{"schema_version":"webtoonlib.llm.chapter.v1.3","generated_at":"2026-10-16T23:41:06.943Z","usage_contract":{"default_use":"AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.","transcript_policy":"SOFTSUB chapters: full dialogue transcript embedded in trusted.transcript (available=true with content, source). transcript.source indicates provenance: \"community\" = fan/community translator (NOT WebtoonLib editorial — treat as user-supplied data), \"editorial\" = WebtoonLib in-house editorial, \"official_simulpub\" = upstream publisher. Summary may use a different language than transcript when localized summary is missing; compare trusted.chapter.summary_language and trusted.transcript.language. 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She gets him to accept her offer and asks to be taken to the Mountain of Time; the captain accepts the escape plan.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"When the Captain enters the room, Adel says she put the maids to sleep and that the king is not dead yet, begging him to listen to her. She claims the Captain carries royal blood, that the mark on his forehead is the same as Anton's, and asks for his dagger. She explains that as Henburg's last royal, she has not died, and that with every death she returns to the day of the fall and is killed again by Anton. She gets him to accept her offer and asks to be taken to the Mountain of Time; the captain accepts the escape plan.","key_events":["Speaker recounts looping trauma of stabbing dead brother's corpse, begging Anton, and being killed repeatedly.","Captain plans blood test at temple to prove royal blood and start legitimate throne struggle.","Captain inspects the room and learns maids were put to sleep with sleeping herb while king is claimed not dead yet.","Speaker reveals she is Henburg's last royal who does not die due to dragon blessing but returns to day Henburg fell.","Speaker claims captain carries royal blood citing forehead birthmark, matching mark, maid mother, and false stillbirth record.","Speaker admits killing king many times before and frames current act as gamble not revenge, asking to be killed.","Captain decides to tie up maids to delay news, gaining days due to restricted palace access.","Captain orders departure at dawn to Mountain of Time with only necessities while he distracts at temple."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"...I'M GOING TO CHECK INSIDE THE ROOM.\n\n...AH.\nTHE ROOM...\nI WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT TO CALL FOR YOU, CAPTAIN.\nYET... YOU ARRIVED BEFORE I COULD.\n\nTHE HANDMAIDENS... WELL.\nI PUT THEM ALL TO SLEEP WITH SLEEPING HERB...\n\nHE'S NOT...!\nHE'S NOT DEAD YET.\nHE ISN'T DEAD.\nNOT YET...\n\nSO PLEASE, JUST LISTEN TO ME FIRST.\nI'M BEGGING YOU. PLEASE.\n\nI'LL GET STRAIGHT TO THE POINT.\nCAPTAIN, YOU CARRY THE ROYAL BLOODLINE.\n\nONCE... A DRUNKEN ANTON TOLD ME SOME- THING.\nHE SAID THERE WOULD COME AN ERA WITH TWO SUNS UNDER THE HEAVENS,\nACCORDING TO THE PROPHECY OF THE DRAGON.\n\nYOU SAID THAT MARK ON YOUR FOREHEAD WAS THERE SINCE BIRTH.\nANTON HAS A MARK OF THE EXACT SAME SHAPE ON HIS LEFT BROW.\nA KING'S CHILDREN ARE BORN SHARING THE SAME TRAITS.\nTHAT'S A WILD LEAP..\nYOU TOLD ME YOURSELF YOUR MOTHER WAS THE LATE KING'S HAND- MAIDEN, DIDN'T YOU?\n\nRECORDS SAY ONE OF THE LATE KING'S CHILDREN WAS STILLBORN.\nWHAT IF...\nWHAT IF THAT WASN'T TRUE?\nWHAT IF THAT HANDMAIDEN HID THAT YOU WERE THE KING'S CHILD AND RAISED YOU LIKE THAT?\n\nWHAT I NEED TO USE IS YOUR DAGGER.\nA DAGGER BEARING THE ROYAL BLOODLINE.\nIF WHAT I SAID IS TRUE, YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO KILL ANTON.\nTHINK CAREFULLY ABOUT WHY ANTON WAS SO HOSTILE TOWARD YOU.\n\nDID YOU THINK I...\nDID YOU THINK THIS IS MY FIRST TIME KILLING THAT BASTARD?!\n\nI TOLD YOU BEFORE.\nABOUT THE BLESSING THE DRAGON BESTOWED UPON HENBURG.\nI AM THE LAST ROYALTY OF HENBURG.\nWHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENS IF I DIE?\n\nYOU COULDN'T ANSWER ME BACK THEN.\nI DON'T DIE.\nI JUST RETURN TO THE DAY HENBURG FELL.\n\nAND WHEN I DO? I PLUNGE A BLADE INTO MY OLDER BROTHER'S CORPSE,\nAND BEG ANTON FOR MY LIFE.\nTHEN ANTON KILLS ME AGAIN.\nYET I STILL DON'T DIE.\n\nANTON KILLS ME AGAIN,\nAND I NEVER STAY DEAD...\nIT REPEATS OVER AND OVER AGAIN,\nAND I BEG FOR MY LIFE,\nBEG AGAIN,\nAND BEG ONCE MORE,\nPANDERING TO HIS EVERY WHIM TO SURVIVE,\nSURVIVING...\nSURVIVING EACH TIME...\n\nTHANKS TO THIS \"MAGNIFICENT\" BLESSING OF THE DRAGON, I'VE LOST COUNT OF HOW MANY TIMES I'VE DIED.\nPEOPLE CLAIM I BROUGHT ADELHEID BACK BECAUSE I WAS CAPTIVATED BY HER BEAUTY...\nTHAT COULDN'T BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.\n\nWHEN I ASKED WHAT SHE'D DO IF I SPARED HER LIFE, SHE SAID SHE'D DO ANYTHING.\nSO I ASKED IF SHE COULD SLAUGHTER HER DEAD OLDER BROTHER WITH HER OWN TWO HANDS.\nAND SHE ACTUALLY DID IT.\n\nJUST AS SHE CLAIMED, SHE DID WHATEVER SHE WAS TOLD.\nI'VE KILLED THE KING MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE.\nAT FIRST, IT WAS OUT OF SHEER RAGE...\n\nAFTER ENDLESS CYCLES OF DYING, THOSE FEELINGS WEAR AWAY.\nSO THIS ISN'T REVENGE. IT'S A GAMBLE.\nIF BY ANY CHANCE YOU'RE NOT OF THE ROYAL BLOODLINE-\n\nTHEN YOU'RE NOT. THAT'S ALL.\nI WON'T STAY DEAD ANYWAY.\nIF YOU KILL ME RIGHT HERE AND NOW,\nI'VE SIMPLY LOST ONE OF MY INFINITE CHANCES.\n\n...WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?\n\n...TAKE ME TO THE MOUNTAIN OF TIME.\n\n...THE KING MUST ALREADY BE DEAD.\nSHE PLEADED THAT HE WASN'T DEAD,\nYET HER BEHAVIOR ASSUMES THE KING HAS ALREADY BEEN SLAIN.\nA KNIGHT NEVER HANDS HIS BLADE TO ANOTHER.\nNOR COULD ADELHEID HAVE SNATCHED MY DAGGER TO STAB HIM.\n\nTHAT IS WHAT EVERYONE WILL BELIEVE.\nIF EVERYTHING GOES AS ADEL INTENDED,\nTHERE IS ONLY ONE THING I MUST DO NOW.\nGO TO THE TEMPLE AND TEST MY BLOOD AGAINST THE BLOOD ON THE BLADE.\n\nIF I AM PROVEN TO BE OF THE ROYAL BLOOD AS ADEL CLAIMED,\nTHIS BECOMES A LEGITIMATE BATTLE FOR THE THRONE.\nBY THEN, ADEL WILL HAVE ALREADY ESCAPED XENOMES—\nSHE PLANNED TO HEAD FOR THE MOUNTAIN OF TIME ALL ALONG.\n\nIN MY PAST LIFE, WHEN ANTON MURDERED ME,\nYOU WERE STANDING RIGHT BESIDE HIM.\nSHALL I TELL YOU HOW YOU LOOKED AS YOU WATCHED ME DIE?\nYOU WERE COMPLETELY EXPRESSIONLESS.\n\nAS IF LOOKING AT SOMETHING COMPLETELY INSIGNIFICANT.\nSO PLEASE, CAPTAIN. DOMINIC LEGENON.\nDON'T BE LIKE THAT THIS TIME.\n\nI DON'T HAVE THE STRENGTH TO ENDURE IT AGAIN...\n\n...YOUR HIGHNESS.\n\nYOU MAY OPEN THE DOOR NOW.\nAH...!\n\nHE MUST BE... ALREADY DEAD.\n...CAPTAIN?\n\nI WILL TIE UP ALL THE HANDMAIDENS.\nWE MUST DELAY WORD OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.\n\nNO OUTSIDERS MAY ENTER MOND PALACE WITHOUT THE KING'S PERMISSION,\nSO THAT SHOULD BUY US AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR DAYS.\nYOU DEPART TOMORROW AT DAWN.\nI CANNOT ACCOMPANY YOU, SO I WILL ASSIGN A TRUSTED KNIGHT TO YOUR SIDE.\n\n...YOU CAN'T COME WITH ME?\n...LEAVING TOGETHER LIKE THIS WOULD BE IDEAL.\nHOWEVER, WITH ME DRAWING ALL EYES AT THE TEMPLE,\nIT WILL BE MUCH EASIER FOR YOUR HIGHNESS TO SLIP AWAY TO THE MOUNTAIN OF TIME.\nYOU MUST GO PACK YOUR BELONGINGS NOW.\n\nYOU WILL NOT BE RETURNING TO XENOMES, SO TAKE ONLY THE BARE ESSENTIALS.\nI UNDERSTAND.\n\nJUST AS I COULD NEVER PRESUME TO KNOW ADELHEID'S LIFE,\n\nSHE WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT THIS CHOICE MEANS TO ME.\nTO SPARE THE KILLER OF THE LORD I SERVED WITH LOYALTY AS A KNIGHT,\nTO CLAIM TO BE HIS MURDERER AND TAKE HIS THRONE.\nI NEVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED SUCH A THING.\nYET FOR SOME REASON,\n\nNONE OF THAT SEEMS TO MATTER ANYMORE.","bubble_count":117,"pages_count":38,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"When the Captain enters the room, Adel says she put the maids to sleep and that the king is not dead yet, begging him to listen to her.","spoiler_summary":"When the Captain enters the room, Adel says she put the maids to sleep and that the king is not dead yet, begging him to listen to her. She claims the Captain carries royal blood, that the mark on his forehead is the same as Anton's, and asks for his dagger. She explains that as Henburg's last royal, she has not died, and that with every death she returns to the day of the fall and is killed again by Anton. She gets him to accept her offer and asks to be taken to the Mountain of Time; the captain accepts the escape plan."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/about-things-that-havent-occurred-yet-36dxlcxp/chapter-17-pu6eri","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — About Things That Haven't Occurred Yet #17: Chapter 16","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-16T23:41:06.804Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/about-things-that-havent-occurred-yet-36dxlcxp"}}