# WebtoonLib — A Stepmother's Märchen #1: A Certain Stepmother

## Series
- title: A Stepmother's Märchen
- slug: a-stepmother-s-marchen-a7mqkg7p

## Chapter
- number: 1
- chapter_key: 1-ih5xyj
- title: A Certain Stepmother
- release_date: 2026-07-09

### Summary
Known as the “Iron Widow,” Shuri, despite being young and inexperienced, tries to raise her children — who treat her coldly and harshly — with love and believes she has the right to smile again.
- summary_language: en
- summary_source: chapter_translation
- summary_verification: verified

### Key events
- Shuri von Neuschwanstein recites her derogatory nicknames like 'Widowed Spider of Blood and Iron' and 'Iron Widow' and declares she does not care because they prove she protected her family.
- Shuri is informed that Jeremy's fiancee Countess Ohera von Heinrich has arrived to see her and asks for her to wait in the drawing room.
- Shuri affirms she has kept the promise she made to her late husband Johannes about protecting the family.
- Shuri reflects that she shares no blood with her children and they have never called her mother, showing her painful position in the family.

### Characters involved
- Shuri von Neuschwanstein — Main

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
Known as the “Iron Widow,” Shuri, despite being young and inexperienced, tries to raise her children — who treat her coldly and harshly — with love and believes she has the right to smile again.

### Spoiler summary
Known as the “Iron Widow,” Shuri, despite being young and inexperienced, tries to raise her children — who treat her coldly and harshly — with love and believes she has the right to smile again.

## Status
- data_status: complete
- summary_status: editorial

## Transcript
- transcript_source: community
- transcript_language: en
- transcript_bubbles: 36

### Content
THE SPIDER WIDOW OF BLOOD AND IRON,
THE IRON WIDOW, THE MAN HUNTER,
THE WITCH OF NEUSCHWANSTEIN CASTLE,
AND THE DISGRACE OF ALL NOBLEWOMEN.

WHO DO ALL OF THESE TITLES BELONG TO, YOU ASK?
WHY, ME, OF COURSE...
MARCHIONESS SHURI VON NEUSCHWANSTEIN
IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE EMPIRE WITH AS MANY NICKNAMES AS ME?

THEY PICKED THE WORST WAYS TO DESCRIBE ME!
BUT...
I KNOW!!
THOSE NICKNAMES AREN'T SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF!!
UGH...
BLOOD AND IRON... MAN HUNTER...
I DON'T CARE.
NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAYS,
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS...

THE NEUSCHWANSTEIN FAMILY AND MY CHILDREN...
SINCE IT JUST MEANS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SAFELY PROTECT THEM UNTIL THIS DAY.
OF COURSE, THE CHILDREN ARE CLOSER TO BEING MY SIBLINGS IN AGE.

I DON'T SHARE A DROP OF BLOOD WITH THEM!
AND ALSO!
THEY'VE NEVER ONCE CALLED ME MOTHER!
PAINFUL MEMORIES FLASHING BY~
ALL RIGHT, PLEASE ASK HER TO WAIT FOR ME IN THE SITTING ROOM FOR JUST A MOMENT.
YES, MY LADY.
KNOCK KNOCK
SHOUT
SHOUT
MY LADY, THE FIANCÉE OF MASTER JEREMY,
LADY OHERA VON HEINRICH HAS COME TO SEE YOU.

YES.
NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAYS...
JOHANNES, I KEPT MY PROMISE TO YOU.

WILL IT BE ALL RIGHT...
IF I SMILED NOW?

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — A Stepmother's Märchen #1: A Certain Stepmother](/series/a-stepmother-s-marchen-a7mqkg7p/chapter-1-ih5xyj)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/a-stepmother-s-marchen-a7mqkg7p

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