# WebtoonLib — Atonement, For Your Cruelty #21: Chapter 20 ## Series - title: Atonement, For Your Cruelty - slug: atonement-for-your-cruelty-3u5rla9z ## Chapter - number: 21 - chapter_key: 21-tq2k5t - title: Chapter 20 - release_date: 2026-11-09 ### Summary Atonement, For Your Cruelty Chapter 20 revolves around the young woman's stubborn decision to take the stolen flowers back to the cemetery. Despite being mocked, when she realizes she cannot find the missing flowers among 562 graves, she buys 460 more flowers and tries to place one on every grave, a sacrifice that surprises those around her while stirring disgust and suffocating disappointment in the man watching her. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### Key events - Helper accompanies woman all day placing flowers on every grave, unable to finish within the day. - Woman who bought stolen flowers goes to cemetery to return them and plans to buy 460 more to cover 562 graves. - Barbara stays behind after dismissal to report Marquise contacted this morning and will visit mansion. - Necklace expense ordered to be recorded as business cost to settle profit and loss later. - Narrator feels sudden disgust and suffocating disappointment, wishing to wash off smell of blood in cold water. - Woman returns to room holding back tears, recalling foolish hazy day buying flowers and man coming home. - Marquise demands necklace worth billions of kerte as engagement gift and personal attendance at birthday party. - Woman waits to open door for Barbara's dinner cart, then senses cool breeze and long mountain-like shadow behind her. - Superior scolds helper for abandoning monthly work and blindly following woman like a dog. ## Spoiler - level: auto ### Safe teaser Atonement, For Your Cruelty Chapter 20 revolves around the young woman's stubborn decision to take the stolen flowers back to the cemetery. ### Spoiler summary Atonement, For Your Cruelty Chapter 20 revolves around the young woman's stubborn decision to take the stolen flowers back to the cemetery. Despite being mocked, when she realizes she cannot find the missing flowers among 562 graves, she buys 460 more flowers and tries to place one on every grave, a sacrifice that surprises those around her while stirring disgust and suffocating disappointment in the man watching her. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 90 ### Content SINCE YOU BOUGHT THE STOLEN FLOWERS... I SUPPOSE YOU INTEND TO RETURN THEM. YOUR DEDICATION IS TRULY TOUCHING, TO THE POINT OF BEING SUFFOCATING. I THOUGHT I WOULD FEEL REFRESHED AFTER GIVING YOU A PROPER HARD TIME. ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO CRAWL ALL THE WAY TO A GRAVEYARD NOW? YES. WHETHER YOU PLANT THEM OR JUST LEAVE THEM, DO YOUR BEST. IT'S AS IF THE GHOSTS ARE PROPPING UP THEIR CHINS, WAITING TO RECEIVE THOSE FLOWERS. AH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT. THEN... PLEASE SIT HERE FOR A MOMENT. I APOLOGIZE. I WILL FINISH THIS QUICKLY...! WHAT KIND OF ABSURD NONSENSE IS THIS? AMONG THESE COUNTLESS HEADSTONES, HOW DOES SHE EVEN KNOW WHICH ONES HAD THEIR FLOWERS STOLEN? THERE ARE... 562 GRAVES, AND ABOUT 100 FLOWERS... ...I'LL BUY 460 MORE... ...DON'T TELL ME, THAT WOMAN. IS SHE PLANNING TO PLACE FLOWERS ON EVERY SINGLE GRAVE IN THE CEMETERY?! SO... YOU BOUGHT AND PLACED THE MISSING FLOWERS? YES. AND YOU WERE HELPING HER WITH ALL THAT? IF I HADN’T HELPED, I DON’T THINK I WOULD HAVE RETURNED WITHIN THE DAY. AND YOU GAVE UP ON WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE WITHIN THE MONTH? ...IF I GIVE UP, DO I NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW HER AROUND ANYMORE? NO. TRY NOT TO BE SO EASILY SWAYED. I TOLD YOU TO COAX HER. I DIDN'T TELL YOU TO GET DRAGGED AROUND LIKE A DOG. I WILL KEEP THAT IN MIND. YOU MAY ALL LEAVE. YOUR EXCELLENCY. I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU. BARBARA USUALLY ONLY IGNORES ORDERS AND STAYS BEHIND FOR ONE REASON. THIS MORNING, THE MARCHIONESS CONTACTED YOUR EXCELLENCY. WHY? REGARDING THE BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR COUNTESS JEROME'S DAUGHTER... SHE CERTAINLY IS BUSY. NOT CONTENT WITH ASKING FOR A NECKLACE WORTH BILLIONS OF KERTE AS AN ENGAGEMENT GIFT, NOW SHE EXPECTS YOU TO GRACE THE BIRTHDAY PARTY IN PERSON BECAUSE IT IS A "PRECIOUS DAY"? SHAMELESSNESS AND GREED MUST BE HEREDITARY. I REPLIED THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT AS YOUR EXCELLENCY IS CURRENTLY AWAY. IT SEEMS THE MARCHIONESS WILL SOON VISIT THE MARQUIS'S ESTATE. PROCESS THE COST OF THE NECKLACE AS A BUSINESS EXPENSE. THAT WAY, WE CAN CALCULATE THE PROFIT AND LOSS LATER. THE DISGUST THAT SUDDENLY SURGED UP SLOWLY SUBSIDES WITH A LONG, DRAWN-OUT BREATH. SOMETIMES, THE SUFFOCATING FRUSTRATION THAT MAKES ME WANT TO TEAR MY CHEST OPEN, AND THE STENCH OF BLOOD THAT FREQUENTLY CLINGS TO MY BODY— I THINK ABOUT WASHING IT ALL AWAY IN CLEAR, COLD WATER. THE COMFORT FOUND ONLY IN THE SUFFOCATING COLD WATER... WHAT A... PATHETIC LIFE THIS IS... HAVE YOU ARRIVED? ..AGAIN. THOSE WORDS. EVERY TIME THEY COME TO MIND, I WONDER HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE CHEWED OVER THEM. WHY IS THAT? ...FOR SOME REASON, I CAN’T QUITE REMEMBER TODAY. IS IT BECAUSE I WAS HOLDING BACK TEARS... I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW I MADE IT TO MY ROOM. PALPIEN... I SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE. WHY DID I BUY THOSE FLOWERS? FROM START TO FINISH, I WAS A FOOL. IT WAS A TRULY HAZY DAY. AIMLESS, AND FAR FROM BEING HELPFUL, A DAY COMPLETELY BUNDLED IN BEING A NUISANCE... STILL, THAT MAN... HE REALLY DID COME TO THIS HOUSE. IT REALLY WAS HIS HOME. IN THAT HAZY DAY, ONLY THAT MOMENT REMAINS VIVID. ...COME TO THINK OF IT, MRS. BARBARA SAID SHE WOULD BRING DINNER LATER. ...SHE'LL PROBABLY PULL THAT CART AGAIN. IT MUST BE DIFFICULT FOR HER TO OPEN THE DOOR. IT WOULD BE BETTER TO STAND BY AND OPEN THE DOOR FOR HER IN ADVANCE. IN THAT MOMENT, THE COOL BREEZE FELT IN A SPLIT SECOND. FELT FROM BEHIND, SOMEONE'S PRESENCE. A SHADOW AS TALL AS A SHEER MOUNTAIN REACHES MY FEET. FEELING AS IF IT IS GRABBING MY ANKLES. ...IT'S HIM. ## See also - [WebtoonLib — Atonement, For Your Cruelty #21: Chapter 20](/series/atonement-for-your-cruelty-3u5rla9z/chapter-21-tq2k5t) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/atonement-for-your-cruelty-3u5rla9z ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.