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The Captain returns to Adelheid's silent palace accompanied by the smell of blood, after Adelheid asked him for a dagger before his departure.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"The Captain is banned from the study and the time for farewell arrives. A sorrowful conversation about dreams takes place, followed by the discovery of unanswered letters to Caroline. Adelheid writes about smiling at the king, her insomnia, and her exhaustion. The Captain returns to Adelheid's silent palace accompanied by the smell of blood, after Adelheid asked him for a dagger before his departure.","key_events":["Captain reflects on Adelheid's scandals as struggle to survive lonely palace.","Captain vows to return safely without scandal but feels heart sinking.","A woman bans her interlocutor from coming and entering from tomorrow on.","Captain enters dark silent building, notices dim lights and smell of blood.","Letter writer says he smiled at king, suffers insomnia, plans to use sleep herb.","Captain's arrival surprises counterpart who says he experiences many firsts.","Adelheid thanks captain, denies suicide, asks for dagger as memento.","A letter addressed to Caroline about writing unanswered letters to avoid madness is found.","Questions raised about what happens to blessing after death and immortality.","Captain and His Majesty have philosophical farewell about dreams belonging to future."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"DON'T COME HERE STARTING TOMORROW.\nYOU'RE BANNED FROM ENTERING NOW.\n\nHIS MAJESTY...\n...HAVE YOU NEVER HAD A DREAM?\nWHY THE SUDDEN QUESTION?\nBECAUSE YOU SAID... YOU WONDERED HOW PEOPLE CAN HAVE DREAMS.\n\n...THE DREAMS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, CAPTAIN, ARE THE EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OF THOSE WHO LOOK TOWARD THE FUTURE.\nUNFORTUNATELY, MY HEART DOESN'T LIVE IN THE FUTURE.\n\nASKING IF I'VE NEVER HAD A DREAM... THAT WAS THE BEST I COULD DO FOR MY LAST WORDS...\n\nI DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHY I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO LEAVE THIS STUDY ALL THIS TIME,\nSO I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I WANTED TO SAY...\n\nRECIPIENT. CAROLINE.\n....A LETTER?\nHELLO. I'M HERE\n\nI DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES IT'S BEEN.\nI'M A BIT OUT OF IT RIGHT NOW, SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND IF I'M RAMBLING.\nBUT WHAT CAN I DO? IF I DON'T WANT TO GO CRAZY, I HAVE TO WRITE A LETTER EVEN IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS.\nEVEN IF PEOPLE MOCK ME FOR WRITING LETTERS THAT WILL NEVER GET A REPLY.\n'LETTERS THAT WILL NEVER GET A REPLY'...?\n\nCOULD IT BE...\n\n...I SMILED AT THE KING TODAY.\nI DISGUST MYSELF. DO YOU FEEL THE SAME?\nBUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO BESIDES SMILE.\n\nHE HATES IT WHEN I CRY OR GET ANGRY, AFTER ALL...\nAH, I SHOULD TALK ABOUT YOUR BOOK TOO. I'M SORRY.\nBUT I'M SO EXHAUSTED I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT I READ.\nMY INSOMNIA HAS BEEN REALLY BAD LATELY...\nI THINK IT'S BECAUSE MY ANXIETY ABOUT GOING BACK TO HOW THINGS WERE HAS GOTTEN WORSE.\n\nA MAID GOT ME SOME SLEEPING HERBS, SO I'M PLANNING TO USE THEM TODAY.\nIT'S STRANGE. I USED TO SLEEP ALL DAY BEFORE, BUT WHY AM I LIKE THIS NOW?\nWHAT EXACTLY IS SLEEP FOR IT TO BE SO UNPREDICTABLE?\nI JUST WANT TO FALL ASLEEP AND NEVER WAKE UP.\n\nA FEW DAYS PASSED WHERE I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO.\nADELHEID TRULY DIDN'T VISIT THE STUDY, AND-\nHAVE YOUR BAGS PACKED BY TOMORROW, CAPTAIN.\n\nTHE PREDETERMINED FAREWELL HAD ARRIVED.\nOH MY, IT SEEMS MY QUEEN WILL BE SAD TO SEE YOU GO, CAPTAIN.\nYOUR MAJESTY IS JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS.\nLET'S GO INSIDE. I HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE YOU.\n\nYOU HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE ME? DID MY QUEEN EVEN OWN ANYTHING?\nOH, COME NOW. YOU'VE GIVEN ME SO MANY THINGS, YOUR MAJESTY.\n\nI HAVE TO LEAVE THIS PLACE TOMORROW.\nJUST AS I'VE ALWAYS WISHED, I'LL BE RETURNING IN ONE PIECE AND WITHOUT ANY SCANDALS.\nTHIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING I SHOULD BE HAPPY ABOUT, BUT...\n\n...IT INSTEAD FELT LIKE MY HEART WAS PLUMMETING.\n'I' AM THE KING'S KNIGHT.\nONE WHO PLEDGES LOYALTY AND SHOULDERS COUNTLESS RESPONSIBILITIES.\nBUT BEFORE THAT...\n\n'I' AM MERELY HUMAN.\nONE WHO AGONIZES,\nMAKES DECISIONS,\nAND MOVES FORWARD ON MY OWN TWO FEET...\n\nA THINKING HUMAN BEING.\nIN MY THOUGHTS, ADELHEID IS SUCH AN AMBIGUOUS EXISTENCE.\nONLY ONE THING IS CLEAR.\nSHE SIMPLY TALKED TO ME,\n\nTALKED TO ME,\nAND KEPT TALKING TO ME.\n...THAT WAS ALL IT WAS.\n\nWHY,\nWHY DID I DETEST ADELHEID?\nTHE SCANDALS SURROUNDING HER\nWERE CLOSER TO HER THRASHING ABOUT JUST TO SURVIVE IN THIS PLACE.\nA VAST AND DEEP PALACE.\n\nIT'S QUIET AND LONELY,\nAND HER ONLY CONVERSATIONAL PARTNER IS THE KING WHO VISITS AT RANDOM.\nAND THE KING WHO VISITS LIKE THAT OFTEN ABUSES HER.\n\nTHE 'LOVE' SHE SPOKE OF DOESN'T EXIST ANYWHERE IN THIS PALACE.\nDON'T COME HERE STARTING TOMORROW.\n\nYOU'RE BANNED FROM ENTERING NOW.\nI MUST HAVE BEEN ANNOYING AND MADE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT IT WAS A MEANINGFUL TIME FOR ME.\nTHANK YOU, TRULY.\n\nWHAT DO YOU MEAN? IT WOULD BE TROUBLE FOR YOU TO GET INVOLVED WITH ME, CAPTAIN.\nYOU NEED TO RETURN SAFELY WITHOUT ANY GOSSIP.\nI'M NOT GOING TO COMMIT SUICIDE. YOU KNOW THAT TOO, CAPTAIN.\nTHAT THE KING IS TRYING TO SEND YOU SOMEWHERE ELSE.\nI JUST WANT TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE OF YOUR BELONGINGS BEFORE THEN.\n\nBECAUSE WE MIGHT NEVER SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN UNTIL THIS LIFE ENDS.\nPLEASE, JUST GIVE ME A DAGGER.\nONCE I DIE, IT'S OVER, SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT BLESSING THEN?\n\nWILL I BECOME IMMORTAL?\n\nIT'S EXCESSIVELY...\nQUIET TODAY.\n\nSTAY CALM.\nWHENEVER THE KING VISITS, NONE OF THE MAIDS LEAVE THEIR QUARTERS.\n\n...THEREFORE, IT'S ONLY NATURAL THAT THERE'S NO SIGN OF LIFE INSIDE THE BUILDING.\nIT'S HIGHLY LIKELY THAT ALL THIS ANXIETY I'M FEELING IS JUST AN ILLUSION.\nNO, IT IS AN ILLUSION.\nEVEN IF ALL THE LIGHTS ARE OUT WHEN THEY SHOULD NEVER BE EXTINGUISHED WHILE THE KING IS STAYING HERE,\nIT HAS TO BE AN ILLUSION.\n\n...THE SMELL OF BLOOD.\n\nYOU STARTLED ME.\nI DIDN'T EXPECT YOU TO COME NOW, CAPTAIN.\n\nI'M EXPERIENCING A LOT OF FIRSTS THIS TIME AROUND.","bubble_count":94,"pages_count":32,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"The Captain is banned from the study and the time for farewell arrives.","spoiler_summary":"The Captain is banned from the study and the time for farewell arrives. A sorrowful conversation about dreams takes place, followed by the discovery of unanswered letters to Caroline. Adelheid writes about smiling at the king, her insomnia, and her exhaustion. The Captain returns to Adelheid's silent palace accompanied by the smell of blood, after Adelheid asked him for a dagger before his departure."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/about-things-that-havent-occurred-yet-36dxlcxp/chapter-16-hvc9uf","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — About Things That Haven't Occurred Yet #16: Chapter 15","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-16T23:41:12.134Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/about-things-that-havent-occurred-yet-36dxlcxp"}}