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The story does mention that the other servants thought Yasu (10 years old) was useless and that Krauss/Natsuhi thought her main role was to be Jessica's friend.
Even if they had doubts about her being a secret child or something, (... especially Natsuhi...) not much would come out of it because of everything that gets shoved under "wouldn't put it past Kinzo".
So the one question is how Genji managed to convince Kinzo.
Considering that arc 2 (I think it was?) had a scene showing Kinzo acting very kindly to Kanon and telling him he also needs to try to solve the epitaph or else the magic won't be complete, it seems likely to me he knew all along.
Changing the age thing and the overall secretiveness of the whole thing was probably more related to Natsuhi then to Kinzo.
But here's another idea : Yasu is not Lion, but a servant raised to be the next Beatrice/heir eventually (isn't there like thousands of references to the epitaph not having to be solved by someone of the Ushiromiya blood? cause Lion's an Ushiromiya).
Yasu's age is really 16, she's a 16 years old girl. Eventually Kinzo/Genji told her the story about Lion's fate in order to make it more easy for her to accept her intended role as a new Beatrice/heir. With that came Kanon, Yasu's attempt at being "Lion".
Could also say that Kanon might not be real, but through the stories portrays the inner dilemma that Yasu has toward the female servant vs male heir roles thing.
Oh and the fake breast thing was George's idea (why not? so much is blamed on him already anyway).
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