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When newspapers highlight Olivia Liberty as Herolington University's youngest top graduate, Noah decides to return to the palace with a plan to restore the royal image.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"The Cruelty of Salvation Chapter 1 follows Noah as he wakes from an absurd dream of holding Olivia in his arms. Two years earlier, King Leonard Astrid punishes Duke Walter Lightwing Astrid with estate confinement for a tavern payment scandal, and orders Noah to calm public anger about royalty looking down on commoners. When newspapers highlight Olivia Liberty as Herolington University's youngest top graduate, Noah decides to return to the palace with a plan to restore the royal image.","key_events":["Noah sees newspaper about top graduate Olivia Liberty and turns carriage back to palace to use her.","Noah reflects he must play the clown because Crown Prince Usher must remain flawless.","Leonard confines Walter to his mansion until the scandal dies down.","Noah wakes from a dream about Olivia and realizes he cannot forget her name.","In a flashback two years earlier, King Leonard scolds Duke Walter for refusing to pay at a tavern."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"SHE WILL BE BEHIND THESE DOORS.\n\nOLIVIA.\n\nNOAH!\n\nOLIVIA.\n\nOLIVIA!\nI FEEL FULL, AS IF I'M FINALLY HOLDING SOMETHING I'VE LONGED FOR IN MY ARMS.\n\nYOU FOOL, NOT AGAIN...!\nNOAH!\n\nWHAT A COMPLETELY ABSURD DREAM.\nSHE WOULDN'T CALL ME NOAH. SHE'D CALL ME...\nYOUR HIGHNESS.\nIF SHE HAD TO.\n\nOLIVIA LIBERTY.\nI THOUGHT I WOULD FORGET THAT NAME IN A MONTH.\n\nTWO YEARS AGO\nI PRESENT TODAY'S SCHEDULE, YOUR HIGHNESS.\n\nYOUR SCHEDULE HAS GOTTEN BUSIER RECENTLY.\nTHE MORNING HAS BEEN CLEARED, AS YOU ARE TO HAVE AN AUDIENCE WITH HIS MAJESTY.\nAFTER YOUR MEETING WITH HIS MAJESTY...\n\n...THERE WILL BE AN INTERVIEW CONCERNING THE AUTUMN BANQUET,\nFOLLOWED BY A CHARITY GALA--\nTHREE.\n\nTWO.\nONE.\nGET OUT OF HERE THIS INSTANT!\n\nAGH\nLEONARD...\nLET ME OFF JUST THIS ONCE, BROTHER!\n\nLEONARD ASTRID KING OF HEROD\nYOU FOOL...!\nCALLING ME BROTHER WON'T GET YOU OFF THE HOOK!\n\nWHAT'S SO HARD ABOUT HAVING YOUR DRINK IN PEACE AT A PUB?!\nYOU JUST HAD TO THROW A TANTRUM REFUSING TO PAY, DIDN'T YOU?\nAND YOU CALL YOURSELF ROYALTY?!\nY-YOU SEE... THOSE COMMONERS WERE RUDE TO ME FIRST.\n\nWALTER LIGHTWING ASTRID A DUKE OF HEROD\nYOU STILL HAVEN'T COME TO YOUR SENSES, HAVE YOU?!\nI'LL BEAT THAT ARROGANCE OUT OF YOU ONCE AND FOR ALL!\n\nNOAH!\n\nPLEASE CALM DOWN, YOUR MAJESTY.\nDO I LOOK LIKE I CAN CALM DOWN?!\n\nLET GO OF ME RIGHT NOW!\nNO! PLEASE DON'T LET GO!\nLET GO!\nDON'T!\nLET GO!!!\n\nDON'T!!!\nTHAT'S ENOUGH, BOTH OF YOU.\nTHERE ARE MANY EYES ON US.\nHMPH\n\nDUKE WALTER LIGHTWING!\nY-YES!\n\nYOU ARE TO STAY WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF YOUR ESTATE UNTIL THE SCANDAL DIES DOWN.\nNOT A SINGLE STEP OUTSIDE. AM I CLEAR?\nYES, SIR!\n\nHAVE YOU SEEN THE PAPERS?\nYES.\nTHEN YOU'LL KNOW WHY I SUMMONED YOU.\nAS YOU KNOW, IN TIMES LIKE THIS...\n\n...WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE ARTICLES CLAIMING THAT WE LOOK DOWN ON COMMONERS SPREADING.\nWE HAVE TO CALM PUBLIC OPINION.\nSO--\nDO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO FILL THE FRONT PAGE WITH OTHER GOSSIP.\nRIGHT?\n\nYOU'RE TOO PERVERSE.\nTHAT WILL KEEP ME BUSY FOR A WHILE, I SUPPOSE. IF YOU WILL, ALLOW ME TO EXCUSE MYSELF.\nNOAH. I'M SURE YOU REMEMBER.\nYOUR BROTHER, USHER, IS THE CROWN PRINCE.\n\nHE HAS TO REMAIN AUTHORITATIVE AND FLAWLESS.\nAS A PRINCE, YOU MUST STEP UP IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS.\nHERE WE GO AGAIN.\nNOPHOK, THE LARGEST CONTINENT IN EXISTENCE.\n\nOCEAN\nTHE KINGDOM OF HEROD REIGNED SUPREME OVER THE LAND.\nHEROD\nHEROLINGTON BAY\nHOWEVER, WITH THE CHANGING TIMES, REPUBLICS BEGAN TO EMERGE.\nPOLDER\n\nAND EVEN ACROSS THE NOPHOK CONTINENT...\n... THE STIRRINGS OF REVOLUTION BEGIN TO SPREAD.\nTHAT'S WHY I HAVE TO PLAY THE CLOWN...\n\n...TO COVER UP THE RUMORS THAT THE ROYAL FAMILY LOOKS DOWN ON COMMONERS.\n\nYOUR HIGHNESS.\nIT'S TIME TO MOVE TO THE NEXT EVENT.\nHOW TEDIOUS.\n\nMESON, HOW ARE THE PAPERS TODAY?\nURM... IT'S THE SAME.\nIT'S BEEN A WEEK, AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED.\n\nOH, WAIT.\nTHERE'S ONE PAPER WITHOUT THE DUKE ON THE FRONT PAGE!\nselected as Heroling niversity's Top Grad\nTHE YOUNGEST GRADUATE EVER FROM THE REPUBLIC OF POLDER'S HEROLINGTON UNIVERSITY...\n\n...OLIVIA LIBERTY?\nSHE TOOK THE FRONT PAGE? WHO IS SHE?\nDON'T TELL ME YOU DON'T KNOW HER, YOUR HIGHNESS!\nSHE'S THE FIRST EVER COMMONER WHO ENROLLED IN HEROLINGTON UNIVERSITY, AND THE YOUNGEST AT THAT.\n\nSHE'S BEEN MAKING HEADLINES DAY AFTER DAY EVER SINCE SHE ENROLLED!\nON TOP OF THAT, SHE'S FROM HEROD,\nAND AFTER BEING SELECTED AS THE TOP GRADUATE...\n\n...MS. LIBERTY IS NOW THE MOST POPULAR FIGURE AMONG HEROD'S COMMONERS!\nSO SHE'S POPULAR ENOUGH TO BURY THE ARTICLES ABOUT UNCLE WALTER...\nAND LOOK AT HER FACE--\nMESON.\nTURN THE CARRIAGE BACK TO THE PALACE.\n\nI CAME UP WITH A WAY TO RESTORE THE ROYAL FAMILY'S IMAGE.","bubble_count":105,"pages_count":36,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"The Cruelty of Salvation Chapter 1 follows Noah as he wakes from an absurd dream of holding Olivia in his arms.","spoiler_summary":"The Cruelty of Salvation Chapter 1 follows Noah as he wakes from an absurd dream of holding Olivia in his arms. Two years earlier, King Leonard Astrid punishes Duke Walter Lightwing Astrid with estate confinement for a tavern payment scandal, and orders Noah to calm public anger about royalty looking down on commoners. 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