I couldn’t find a definitive explanation in the available context for why Chloe chooses the name “Victoria” when she flees to Ashberry. The sources I did check either don’t mention the reasoning or only hint at generic motives. However, I pulled together what is known and a plausible interpretation based on those cl…
What we do know
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Chloe abandons her spy life after being betrayed by her employer and flees to the neighboring kingdom of Ashberry. She adopts the identity “Victoria” to start fresh. Evidence: the summary states she “assumes the identity of a woman named Victoria and flees the country,” turning her back on her old life.
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In volume 2 of the light novel, there is a scene where Chloe is told to continue using the name “Victoria” because using her real name (or another alias) would raise suspicions among people who already knew her by “Victoria.”
Plausible reason / interpretation
Putting those pieces together, the name “Victoria” serves some strategic and symbolic purposes:
- Safety & Secrecy: Since Chloe is fleeing betrayal and danger, she needs a solid cover identity. Using "Victoria" helps create distance from her past spy identity and avoid recognition.
- Established alias: The fact that people already know her as “Victoria” suggests she might have seeded that identity previously (perhaps among strangers or in some off-radar capacity), enabling her to step into it without raising too much suspicion.
- Symbolic rebirth: Choosing a new name is a classic way to symbolize a breaking point from an old life—reinvention, freedom, leaving everything behind. “Victoria” as a name might carry connotations of victory, dominance, control—something Chloe may want to embody after losing control in her former agency.
If you like, I can try to find direct author commentary (if one exists) about the name “Victoria” to confirm whether it has a specific meaning within the story. Do you want me to check?
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