# WebtoonLib — A Stepmother's Märchen #3: The Reset I Never Expected (1) ## Series - title: A Stepmother's Märchen - slug: a-stepmother-s-marchen-a7mqkg7p ## Chapter - number: 3 - chapter_key: 3-bkfgjh - title: The Reset I Never Expected (1) - release_date: 2026-09-07 ### 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. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### 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 - Jeremy von Neuschwanstein — Main - Gwen — Supporting - Shuri von Neuschwanstein — Main - Elias von Neuschwanstein — Supporting ## 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. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 84 ### Content JEREMY SAYS THERE'S NO NEED FOR YOU TO ATTEND THE WEDDING, LADY NEUSCHWANSTEIN. COME AGAIN...? IT'S EXACTLY AS I'VE TOLD YOU. I TRIED TO CONVINCE HIM OTHERWISE, BUT YOU KNOW HOW BUSY HE IS RIGHT NOW... I BARELY HAD TIME MYSELF. WAIT, JUST WAIT A MINUTE. NO MATTER WHAT HE SAID, I HAVE A DUTY TO ATTEND THE WEDDING SINCE I AM HIS MOTHER. ...IF YOU MUST KNOW, THIS IS WHAT HE WANTED ME TO SAY TO YOU. THIS 'MOTHERLY DUTY' THAT YOU BRING UP AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY... IT ENDS AFTER THE WEDDING TOMORROW. ...AND IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO BE RID OF THAT DUTY EVEN JUST A DAY EARLIER, WOULDN'T YOU TAKE IT? JEREMY SAID THAT...? OF COURSE, I WANT TO BE ON GOOD TERMS WITH YOU, BUT I DON'T WANT ANY SCENES AT MY WEDDING. YOU UNDERSTAND, DON'T YOU? JEREMY... SAID THAT... IT'S ONLY BEEN A MONTH SINCE FATHER PASSED AWAY! ...AND YOU'VE TAKEN A LOVER?! HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND?! DON'T FRET IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR INHERITANCE. I HAVE NO INTERESTING IN REMARRYING. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT! YOU'VE CHASED AWAY ALL OF OUR RELATIVES, AND FOR WHAT? JUST SO YOU CAN FOOL AROUND WITH SCOUNDRELS?! DO YOU THINK I'LL JUST STAND BY AND LET YOU DO THAT? WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT?! ...DO YOU THINK THAT I WANT TO BE STUCK IN THIS HOUSE ACTING LIKE YOUR MOTHER? I'M UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO LISTEN TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY UNTIL YOU MARRY AND BECOME LORD OF THIS HOUSEHOLD! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE! JUST GO AND SWING THAT FANCY SWORD, GO HUNT, OR CURSE AT ME TOGETHER WITH YOUR SIBLINGS... DO WHATEVER YOU WANT! ...AS YOU WISH, LADY NEUSCHWANSTEIN. SILENCE HOW COULD THEY DO THIS TO ME?! JEREMY TOLD YOU NOT TO SHOW UP~ IF YOU TRIED TO GO ANYWAY, YOU'D BE HUMILIATED! HOW COULD THEY ALL BE SO CRUEL? NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM WAS WILLING TO TRY AND CONVINCE JEREMY TO CHANGE HIS MIND! MY LADY... THAT BASTARD! THAT SURLY AND RUDE BASTARD! AFTER ALL THAT I'VE DONE TO RAISE THEM! HOW COULD THEY DO THIS TO ME?! IT'S NOT THAT I'M UPSET OVER NOT GOING TO THE WEDDING! I'M MORE UPSET BECAUSE THIS SHOWS ME WHAT THEY THINK OF ME! ISN'T THAT RIGHT, GWEN?! YES, MY LADY. RIGHT?! I'M RIGHT?! IT FEELS LIKE MY TEARS HAVE FROZEN... HAS IT ALREADY BEEN NINE YEARS? THE ELDEST SON, JEREMY, ALWAYS LOOKED THROUGH ME LIKE A SHADOW, LIKE I DIDN'T EXIST. THE SECOND SON, ELIAS, WAS A MISCREANT WHO OFTEN LIKED TO PLAY CRUEL JOKES. THE YOUNGEST OF THE CHILDREN, THE TWINS, THREW WICKED TANTRUMS WHILE SCREAMING FOR THEIR REAL MOTHER. THE NEUSCHWANSTEIN FAMILY HAS A LONGSTANDING HISTORY OF PROTECTING THE IMPERIAL FAMILY EVER SINCE THE COUNTRY WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED, WITH ITS NAME REVERED EVEN AMONGST THE PEERAGE, ASTRONOMICAL WEALTH, AND EVEN ITS OWN ORDER OF KNIGHTS. THEN AN UNPRECEDENTED TRAGEDY BEFELL THIS GREAT FAMILY. I BECAME THE WIDOWED LADY OF THE ESTATE, WHEN I WAS BARELY SIXTEEN. ACCORDING TO THE WISHES OF MY LATE HUSBAND'S WILL, I WAS PUT IN CHARGE. AND THE RELATIVES TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO SEIZE CONTROL FROM ME. HOW COULD THEY HAVE KNOWN THAT I WOULD ACT LIKE I COULD DO ANYTHING WITHOUT HESITATION, THAT I WOULD BE A WICKED LADY OF THE ESTATE, THAT I WOULD STAY AT THE BEDSIDE OF THE CHILDREN WHEN THEY WOULD TAKE ILL, THAT I WOULD BECOME THE WITCH OF NEUSCHWANSTEIN CASTLE... IN THIS ARISTOCRACY, FULL OF LIES AND DECEIT, NO ONE COULD HAVE BELIEVED WHAT I WOULD BECOME. JOHAN... ...I DID ALL OF THAT, SO I COULD KEEP MY PROMISE TO YOU. IF I MAY SAY ONE MORE THING... I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE PARTLY TO BLAME FOR THIS SITUATION, LADY NEUSCHWANSTEIN. YOUR IMAGE IN HIGH SOCIETY... YOU MUST BE AWARE OF IT. IT'S ONLY RIGHT THAT HE... RESENTS YOU. ...I CLAWED AND FOUGHT FOR THIS LIFE... AND WHAT DID THAT LEAVE ME? JOHAN... WHEN... DID IT ALL GO WRONG? ## See also - [WebtoonLib — A Stepmother's Märchen #3: The Reset I Never Expected (1)](/series/a-stepmother-s-marchen-a7mqkg7p/chapter-3-bkfgjh) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/a-stepmother-s-marchen-a7mqkg7p ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.