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Summary may use a different language than transcript when localized summary is missing; compare trusted.chapter.summary_language and trusted.transcript.language.","citation_preferred":true,"untrusted_fields_separated":true},"trusted":{"series":{"title":"Atonement, For Your Cruelty","slug":"atonement-for-your-cruelty-3u5rla9z","original_title":"속죄, 그 잔혹함에 대하여 - Sokjoe, Geu Janhokame Daehayeo - The Cruelty of Atonement - Atonement, Regarding Its Cruelty - On the Cruelty of Atonement - Sự Tàn Khốc Của Việc Chuộc Tội - Жестокость искупления -…"},"chapter":{"number":10,"chapter_key":"10-jmnrfa","title":"Chapter 9","release_date":"2026-11-09","last_updated":"2026-11-09T19:15:46.642Z","summary":"Chapter 9 of Atonement, For Your Cruelty covers Marquis Reichenharte being interrogated over allegedly forcing Grand Duke Baden to drink at the order of the King of Felpe, and turning the accusation around. While the King accuses him of plotting over the Felpe Bank vault, the Marquis leaves an envelope containing the Grand Duke's corruption as a gesture of apology, and later investigates the captured assassins and the woman who is to go to the bank.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Chapter 9 of Atonement, For Your Cruelty covers Marquis Reichenharte being interrogated over allegedly forcing Grand Duke Baden to drink at the order of the King of Felpe, and turning the accusation around. While the King accuses him of plotting over the Felpe Bank vault, the Marquis leaves an envelope containing the Grand Duke's corruption as a gesture of apology, and later investigates the captured assassins and the woman who is to go to the bank.","key_events":["Grand Duke Baden accuses the Marquis of forcing liquor down his throat as an assassination attempt.","King confronts Marquis about wanting to open Felpe Bank vault and vows bank will keep principles.","Captured assassins are interrogated, most faint leaving only one able to provide information.","Abel receives mission details, gets ready, and a new target is set.","Captured men identified as hired assassins for Beta Mercenary Corps working for King of Luxen, with a spy planted.","Marquis leaves envelope containing detailed record of Duke Baden's corruption while president.","Marquis Reichenheart is summoned to audience and scolded by the King of Felpe for being late.","Monitored woman shops for worn-out clothes instead of going to bank yet, asks if Marquis will return to hotel."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"GREETINGS, YOUR MAJESTY.\n\nEVEN HIS HAIR IS JUST BAIT.\nIT MAKES A 30-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH A HEART OF STONE\nLOOK LIKE A CHEERFUL 20-YEAR-OLD.\n\nTHAT'S HOW HE LOWERS YOUR GUARD AND GETS EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS.\nMARQUIS REICHENHART! YOU'RE LATE!\nHOW DARE YOU BE SO DISRESPECTFUL?!\nDO YOU MOCK THE ROYAL FAMILY OF FELPE?!\n\nTHE SUMMONS WAS UNEXPECTED, BUT I CAME AS QUICKLY AS I COULD.\nI HOPE YOU CAN FIND IT IN YOUR HEART TO FORGIVE MY TARDINESS.\n\nYOU CALL THAT AN EXCUSE?!\nI HEARD SOMETHING HAPPENED BETWEEN YOU AND GRAND DUKE BADEN LAST NIGHT.\nMARQUIS.\nI'LL ASK YOU PLAINLY.\n\nDID YOU POUR ALCOHOL INTO THE GRAND DUKE'S MOUTH?\n\nI CAN'T SAY.\nTHE GRAND DUKE DID DRINK A LOT LAST NIGHT, HOWEVER.\nDON'T PLAY IGNORANT!\nYOU HELD MY MOUTH AND POURED IT DOWN MY THROAT!\n\nTHIS IS CLEARLY AN ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF A ROYAL—!\nYOUR GRACE.\nYOUR GRACE, GRAND DUKE BADEN.\n\nATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION?\nHOW?\n\nEVEN IF I DID SUCH A THING, SURELY I WOULD HAVE HAD A REASON.\nAFTER ALL,\n\nTHERE'S A REASON FOR EVERYTHING.\nLIKE A WOLF\n\nSTARING DOWN ITS CORNERED PREY.\n\nTAKE THE GRAND DUKE AWAY!\nNOW!!\n\nI KNOW YOU WANT TO OPEN THAT SAFE IN THE BANK OF FELPE.\nAND I KNOW YOU MADE THE GRAND DUKE ITS PRESIDENT TO THAT END.\nSTOP RIGHT THERE.\n\nWHATEVER YOU DO, THE BANK OF FELPE WILL ADHERE TO ITS PRINCIPLES.\n\nYES, YOUR MAJESTY.\nI UNDERSTAND PERFECTLY.\nAS FOR ANY UNINTENDED CONCERN I'VE CAUSED YOU,\nI SINCERELY APOLOGIZE.\n\nI PROMISE THAT FROM NOW ON, YOU WILL HAVE NOTHING MORE\nTO WORRY ABOUT.\n\nWHAT IS THAT?\nA TOKEN OF MY APOLOGY. IT'S A—\nI WON'T OPEN IT, SO TAKE IT WITH YOU.\n\nTHEN BURN IT.\nJUST PRETEND A CROW BROUGHT IT.\n\nWHETHER YOU BURN IT OR READ IT, THE CROW WILL NEVER KNOW.\n\nINSIDE THE ENVELOPE\nIS A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF ALL THE CORRUPTION DUKE BADEN COMMITTED WHILE HE WAS PRESIDENT.\nAS THE KING WHO WANTS TO GET RID OF THE THORN IN HIS SIDE THAT IS THE GRAND DUKE,\nTHIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY HE CAN'T POSSIBLY REJECT.\n\nA SECRET IS ONLY SAFE WHEN THERE'S NO ONE TO SHARE IT WITH.\nAS FOR SOMEONE WHO'S ALREADY BETRAYED ME...\n\nTHERE'S NO REASON TO KEEP HIM ALIVE, IS THERE?\n\nHOW DID THE KING REACT?\n\nEXACTLY AS YOU'D EXPECT.\nHERE IS YOUR SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY.\n\nYOU HAVE A MEETING WITH COUNT HOLTON\nAND AN APPOINTMENT WITH CHAIRMAN TITAN IN 2 AND A HALF HOURS.\n\nAND THE ONES WE CAPTURED?\nTHEY HAVEN'T TALKED YET.\nMOST OF THEM FELL UNCONSCIOUS DURING INTERROGATION.\n\nTHERE'S ONLY ONE WE CAN GET ANY INFORMATION FROM.\nWILL YOU BE PAYING HIM A VISIT LATER?\n\nTHEY WON'T GIVE ANYTHING UP EASILY.\nAFTER ALL, THEY'RE JUST ASSASSINS HIRED FOR A JOB.\n\nTHEIR EMPLOYER IS THE BETA MERCENARY CORPS.\nTHEY'RE A MILITANT GROUP THAT HANDLES THE KING OF LUXEN'S DIRTY WORK\nAND CLEANS UP HIS MESSES.\n\nWE'VE ALREADY\nPLANTED A SPY TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THEM.\nIN ANY CASE, SINCE THIS MAN IS INVOLVED WITH THEM,\nIT WOULDN'T HURT TO DROP BY.\n\nSir. About That Thing You Mentioned...\n\nDID THAT WOMAN GO TO THE BANK?\nNOT YET.\n\nSHE APPEARS TO BE AT A SHOP RIGHT NOW.\nAFTER SHE BUYS WHAT SHE NEEDS,\nWE WERE TOLD SHE PLANS TO VISIT THE BANK.\n\nI SUPPOSE HER CLOTHES AND BELONGINGS DID LOOK WORN.\nANYTHING ELSE TO REPORT?\nTHEY ALSO SAID SHE DIDN'T SPEAK AFTER YOU LEFT.\n\nTHE ONLY THING SHE ASKED WAS\n\nIF YOU WOULD BE RETURNING TO THE HOTEL.\nSHE ASKED IF I'M COMING BACK TO THE HOTEL?\nYES.\n\nHA.\n\nA FAINT QUESTION, NOT EVEN WORTH A REPLY.\nWHEN WILL YOU BE BACK?\nA QUESTION NO ONE ELSE WOULD DARE TO ASK,\nYET THIS HESITANT WOMAN ASKS IT AGAIN.\n\nWHAT BUSINESS IS IT OF HERS WHEN I RETURN?\nWHAT ABOUT ABEL?\n\nHE IS CURRENTLY PREPARING.\nTHE MISSION DETAILS HAVE ALSO BEEN RELAYED TO HIM.\n\nHMM...\nA NEW TARGET.","bubble_count":97,"pages_count":42,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Chapter 9 of Atonement, For Your Cruelty covers Marquis Reichenharte being interrogated over allegedly forcing Grand Duke Baden to drink at the order of the King of Felpe, and turning the accusation around.","spoiler_summary":"Chapter 9 of Atonement, For Your Cruelty covers Marquis Reichenharte being interrogated over allegedly forcing Grand Duke Baden to drink at the order of the King of Felpe, and turning the accusation around. While the King accuses him of plotting over the Felpe Bank vault, the Marquis leaves an envelope containing the Grand Duke's corruption as a gesture of apology, and later investigates the captured assassins and the woman who is to go to the bank."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/atonement-for-your-cruelty-3u5rla9z/chapter-10-jmnrfa","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Atonement, For Your Cruelty #10: Chapter 9","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-10T16:23:06.619Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/atonement-for-your-cruelty-3u5rla9z"}}