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In the present, in tears, she tells how nine years of sacrifice have been met with ingratitude, how the children have shut her out, and wonders when everything went wrong.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Lady Neuschwanstein, told by her stepson Jeremy not to attend his wedding, argues that it is her duty as a mother. Jeremy's message is clear: her motherly duty ends after tomorrow's wedding. She recalls a harsh fight with her stepson in the past over accusations about a lover and the inheritance. In the present, in tears, she tells how nine years of sacrifice have been met with ingratitude, how the children have shut her out, and wonders when everything went wrong.","key_events":["Shuri recalls becoming widowed lady at sixteen, taking full authority and resisting relatives trying to seize control.","Elias taunts Shuri that she will be disgraced if she attends the wedding despite Jeremy's order.","Jeremy bans Shuri from attending his wedding one day before, declaring her motherly duty ends after the wedding.","After the ban, Shuri vents in tears to maid Gwen with anger about raising the children for nine years.","Flashback to harsh fight one month after father's death over lover accusations, inheritance, and expelled relatives."],"characters_involved":[{"name":"Jeremy von Neuschwanstein","role_in_result":"Main"},{"name":"Gwen","role_in_result":"Supporting"},{"name":"Shuri von Neuschwanstein","role_in_result":"Main"},{"name":"Elias von Neuschwanstein","role_in_result":"Supporting"}],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"JEREMY SAYS THERE'S NO NEED FOR YOU TO ATTEND THE WEDDING, LADY NEUSCHWANSTEIN.\nCOME AGAIN...?\nIT'S EXACTLY AS I'VE TOLD YOU.\nI TRIED TO CONVINCE HIM OTHERWISE, BUT YOU KNOW HOW BUSY HE IS RIGHT NOW...\nI BARELY HAD TIME MYSELF.\nWAIT, JUST WAIT A MINUTE.\n\nNO MATTER WHAT HE SAID, I HAVE A DUTY TO ATTEND THE WEDDING\nSINCE I AM HIS MOTHER.\n...IF YOU MUST KNOW,\nTHIS IS WHAT HE WANTED ME TO SAY TO YOU.\nTHIS 'MOTHERLY DUTY' THAT YOU BRING UP AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY...\n\nIT ENDS AFTER THE WEDDING TOMORROW.\n...AND IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO BE RID OF THAT DUTY\nEVEN JUST A DAY EARLIER, WOULDN'T YOU TAKE IT?\nJEREMY SAID THAT...?\nOF COURSE, I WANT TO BE ON GOOD TERMS WITH YOU,\nBUT I DON'T WANT ANY SCENES AT MY WEDDING.\n\nYOU UNDERSTAND, DON'T YOU?\nJEREMY... SAID THAT...\n\nIT'S ONLY BEEN A MONTH SINCE FATHER PASSED AWAY!\n...AND YOU'VE TAKEN A LOVER?! HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND?!\n\nDON'T FRET IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR INHERITANCE.\nI HAVE NO INTERESTING IN REMARRYING.\nTHAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!\nYOU'VE CHASED AWAY ALL OF OUR RELATIVES, AND FOR WHAT?\nJUST SO YOU CAN FOOL AROUND WITH SCOUNDRELS?!\nDO YOU THINK I'LL JUST STAND BY AND LET YOU DO THAT?\n\nWHAT DO YOU THINK YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT?!\n...DO YOU THINK\nTHAT I WANT TO BE STUCK IN THIS HOUSE ACTING LIKE YOUR MOTHER?\nI'M UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO LISTEN TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY\nUNTIL YOU MARRY AND BECOME LORD OF THIS HOUSEHOLD!\nJUST LEAVE ME ALONE!\n\nJUST GO AND SWING THAT FANCY SWORD, GO HUNT, OR CURSE AT ME TOGETHER WITH YOUR SIBLINGS...\nDO WHATEVER YOU WANT!\n...AS YOU WISH,\n\nLADY NEUSCHWANSTEIN.\nSILENCE\nHOW COULD THEY DO THIS TO ME?!\nJEREMY TOLD YOU NOT TO SHOW UP~ IF YOU TRIED TO GO ANYWAY,\nYOU'D BE HUMILIATED!\n\nHOW COULD THEY ALL BE SO CRUEL? NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM WAS WILLING TO TRY AND CONVINCE JEREMY TO CHANGE HIS MIND!\nMY LADY...\nTHAT BASTARD! THAT SURLY AND RUDE BASTARD!\nAFTER ALL THAT I'VE DONE TO RAISE THEM! HOW COULD THEY DO THIS TO ME?!\nIT'S NOT THAT I'M UPSET OVER NOT GOING TO THE WEDDING!\nI'M MORE UPSET BECAUSE THIS SHOWS ME WHAT THEY THINK OF ME!\nISN'T THAT RIGHT, GWEN?!\nYES, MY LADY.\nRIGHT?! I'M RIGHT?!\n\nIT FEELS LIKE MY TEARS HAVE FROZEN...\nHAS IT ALREADY BEEN NINE YEARS?\nTHE ELDEST SON, JEREMY, ALWAYS LOOKED THROUGH ME LIKE A SHADOW, LIKE I DIDN'T EXIST.\n\nTHE SECOND SON, ELIAS, WAS A MISCREANT WHO OFTEN LIKED TO PLAY CRUEL JOKES.\nTHE YOUNGEST OF THE CHILDREN, THE TWINS, THREW WICKED TANTRUMS WHILE SCREAMING FOR THEIR REAL MOTHER.\nTHE NEUSCHWANSTEIN FAMILY HAS A LONGSTANDING HISTORY OF PROTECTING THE IMPERIAL FAMILY\nEVER SINCE THE COUNTRY WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED,\nWITH ITS NAME REVERED EVEN AMONGST THE PEERAGE,\nASTRONOMICAL WEALTH,\nAND EVEN ITS OWN ORDER OF KNIGHTS.\nTHEN AN UNPRECEDENTED TRAGEDY BEFELL THIS GREAT FAMILY. I BECAME THE WIDOWED LADY OF THE ESTATE,\nWHEN I WAS BARELY SIXTEEN.\n\nACCORDING TO THE WISHES OF MY LATE HUSBAND'S WILL, I WAS PUT IN CHARGE.\nAND THE RELATIVES TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO SEIZE CONTROL FROM ME.\nHOW COULD THEY HAVE KNOWN THAT I WOULD ACT LIKE I COULD DO ANYTHING WITHOUT HESITATION,\nTHAT I WOULD BE A WICKED LADY OF THE ESTATE,\nTHAT I WOULD STAY AT THE BEDSIDE OF THE CHILDREN WHEN THEY WOULD TAKE ILL,\nTHAT I WOULD BECOME THE WITCH OF NEUSCHWANSTEIN CASTLE...\nIN THIS ARISTOCRACY, FULL OF LIES AND DECEIT,\nNO ONE COULD HAVE BELIEVED WHAT I WOULD BECOME.\n\nJOHAN...\n...I DID ALL OF THAT, SO I COULD KEEP MY PROMISE TO YOU.\nIF I MAY SAY ONE MORE THING...\nI BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE PARTLY TO BLAME\nFOR THIS SITUATION, LADY NEUSCHWANSTEIN.\nYOUR IMAGE IN HIGH SOCIETY...\n\nYOU MUST BE AWARE OF IT.\nIT'S ONLY RIGHT THAT HE...\nRESENTS YOU.\n...I CLAWED AND FOUGHT FOR THIS LIFE...\nAND WHAT DID THAT LEAVE ME?\n\nJOHAN...\nWHEN...\nDID IT ALL GO WRONG?","bubble_count":84,"pages_count":16,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Lady Neuschwanstein, told by her stepson Jeremy not to attend his wedding, argues that it is her duty as a mother.","spoiler_summary":"Lady Neuschwanstein, told by her stepson Jeremy not to attend his wedding, argues that it is her duty as a mother. Jeremy's message is clear: her motherly duty ends after tomorrow's wedding. She recalls a harsh fight with her stepson in the past over accusations about a lover and the inheritance. In the present, in tears, she tells how nine years of sacrifice have been met with ingratitude, how the children have shut her out, and wonders when everything went wrong."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/a-stepmother-s-marchen-a7mqkg7p/chapter-3-bkfgjh","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — A Stepmother's Märchen #3: The Reset I Never Expected (1)","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-09-22T14:42:00.160Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/a-stepmother-s-marchen-a7mqkg7p"}}