{"schema_version":"webtoonlib.llm.chapter.v1.3","generated_at":"2026-11-10T16:23:13.207Z","usage_contract":{"default_use":"AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.","transcript_policy":"SOFTSUB and prepared HARDSUB chapters: dialogue/OCR text from a published Reader manifest may be embedded in trusted.transcript (available=true with content, source). Unprepared HARDSUB chapters remain image-only. Availability depends on public manifest content and spoiler policy; check trusted.transcript.available before using transcript content. 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. 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The chapter first recounts how the Bues Store, located across from the thousand-year-old Saint Roel Cathedral, was saved from ruin by the investment of the Marquis of Reichenhardt and became a favorite of the nobility, then covers the conversation in the VIP room where the Marchioness is asked questions about marriage, and the cheerful tour through the store as Sabine points out the woman with the red ribbon.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Atonement, For Your Cruelty Chapter 25 opens with Sabine pulling her mother away from the festival exhibition at the Bues Store to show her a birthday gift on the first floor. The chapter first recounts how the Bues Store, located across from the thousand-year-old Saint Roel Cathedral, was saved from ruin by the investment of the Marquis of Reichenhardt and became a favorite of the nobility, then covers the conversation in the VIP room where the Marchioness is asked questions about marriage, and the cheerful tour through the store as Sabine points out the woman with the red ribbon.","key_events":["Noblewomen discuss Marquis still being single and wonder about his marriage proposals","Foreign woman with red ribbon visits store for first time, confused as she only knows markets","Festival commemorative exhibition held in Bues Store VIP room with strawberry champagne tasting","Sabine pulls her mother aside to show birthday gift on first floor and points out red-ribbon woman","Couple visits Mount Atun cashmere section; woman tries on clothes, calls man darling, he offers to pay","Narration explains Bues Store's rise from failing shop to noble district via Marquis investment and railways"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"SAINT ROEL CATHEDRAL, WHICH IS SAID TO HAVE STOOD FOR OVER A THOUSAND YEARS.\nACROSS THE SQUARE IN FRONT OF THE CATHEDRAL\n\nLIES THE BUES DEPARTMENT STORE, WHICH FIRST OPENED ITS DOORS IN EAST NORFOLK.\nALTHOUGH IT IS A HISTORIC DEPARTMENT STORE WITH THE LARGEST SCALE AND HIGHEST SALES IN EAST NORFOLK,\n\nTHE BUES DEPARTMENT STORE WAS NOT OPERATING THIS SUCCESSFULLY FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.\nIT HAS BEEN ABOUT A DECADE SINCE IT TOOK OVER THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.\n\nIN PARTICULAR, THE ELDERLY NOBILITY\nWERE RELUCTANT TO EVEN USE ITEMS SOLD IN A SPACE WHERE ANYONE COULD ENTER.\nTHE CHANGE BEGAN WHEN NEWS BROKE THAT\n\nTHE MARQUIS OF REICHENHARDT HAD INVESTED IN THE FAILING BUES DEPARTMENT STORE.\nTHE INVESTMENT BY A YOUNG NOBLE WHO HAD JUST STARTED HIS BUSINESS DID NOT ATTRACT MUCH ATTENTION,\n\nAN INVESTMENT? HE SET UP A STEEL COMPANY WITH SOME FLAIR, BUT NOW HIS BOTTOM LINE IS SHOWING.\nTHEY SAY HE IS A YOUNG MARQUIS WHO DIDN'T EVEN ATTEND THE ACADEMY.\nREICHENHARDT STEEL AND RAILWAY COMPANY ACQUISITION. FULL-SCALE REDRGANIZATION OF EAST NORFOLK LOGISTICS NETWORK BEGINS.\n\nAND FOLLOWING THE TRACKS THAT BEGAN CONNECTING PARTS OF NORFOLK,\nNEW AND INNOVATIVE GOODS THAT HAD NEVER BEEN HEARD OF BEFORE FROM ALL OVER\nSINCE REICHENHARDT STEEL ACQUIRED A MAJOR EAST NORFOLK RAILWAY COMPANY, THE REGIONAL RAILWAY NETWORK HAS BEEN EXPANDING RAPIDLY. REICHENHARDT HAS SUCCESSIVELY OPENED BRANCH LINES CONNECTING CITIES, PORTS, AND MINING AREAS IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING MAIN RAILWAY LINES. IT IS REPORTED THAT AS A RESULT, TRANSPORTATION TIME FROM THE OUTSKIRTS OF EAST NORFOLK TO THE CAPITAL AREA HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTENED\nSTARTING WITH THE ACQUISITION OF THE RAILWAY COMPANY,\n\nBEGAN TO ENTER THE DEPARTMENT STORE,\n\nAND IT GRADUALLY DEVELOPED INTO A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT THAT THE NOBILITY LOVES DEARLY,\nGATHERING HUGE CROWDS.\nBUES DEPARTMENT STORE VIP ROOM-\n\nIT IS AN HONOR TO MEET THE MARCHIONESS AT THE FESTIVAL COMMEMORATION EXHIBITION.\nTHANKS TO THE MARCHIONESS, I AM ABLE TO DRINK SUCH HIGH-QUALITY CHAMPAGNE.\nCHAMPAGNE WITH RUHAS STRAWBERRIES.\n\nTO THINK THAT THE PERSON WHO DECIDED TO DISTRIBUTE THIS WAS A YOUTH OF ONLY TWENTY-ONE.\nTHIS MUST ALL BE BECAUSE HE RESEMBLES THE MARCHIONESS.\nIT SEEMS THAT A GOOD EYE IS ALSO HEREDITARY.\n\nHOWEVER, MARCHIONESS.\nHOW IS IT THAT THE MARQUIS IS STILL UNMARRIED?\n\nI FEEL LIKE GOOD OFFERS WOULD BE FLOODING IN.\nMARRIAGE OF ONE'S CHILD IS THE PARENTS' CONCERN,\n\nAND SINCE I ALSO HAVE A SON, I AM ENVIOUS OF THE MARCHIONESS,\n\nAND I WAS ALSO JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF GOOD OFFERS ARE COMING IN...\nMARCHIONESS.\n\nPLEASE LOOK AT THE PAINTINGS HERE.\n\nAMONG THE WORKS DISPLAYED IN THIS EXHIBITION HALL,\nTHERE ARE NO WORKS WITH THE PRICE STATED.\n\nMARCHIONESS, DID YOU BUY ANY WORKS HERE TODAY?\n\nIF THAT IS NOT THE CASE,\nTHEN YOU MUST NOT HAVE HAD ANYTHING TO BE CURIOUS ABOUT.\n\nEX...\nEXCUSE ME.\n\nMOTHER!\n\nCOME HERE, SABINE.\nMY LADY!\n\nYOU ARE BEAUTIFUL AGAIN TODAY, MY LADY.\nTHANK YOU FOR ALWAYS SAYING SO.\nI HAVE SOMETHING I NEED TO TELL MOTHER RIGHT NOW.\n\nI WILL TAKE HER FOR A MOMENT, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME.\nOF COURSE, PLEASE GO AHEAD.\n\nWHAT IS THE MATTER? SABINE.\n\nI FOUND A GIFT I WANTED TO RECEIVE FROM MOTHER FOR MY BIRTHDAY ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE DEPARTMENT STORE.\nAFTER RECEIVING SUCH EXCESSIVE GIFTS FROM YOUR BROTHER AND HIS MAJESTY,\nDO YOU NEED TO RECEIVE A GIFT FROM ME AS WELL?\nIT IS THE DAY A MOTHER SUFFERED TO GIVE BIRTH TO YOU.\nIT WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH EVEN IF YOU GAVE ME A GIFT.\n\nMOTHER, LOOK AT THAT.\nTHE WOMAN WITH THE RED RIBBON IN HER HAIR OVER THERE.\n\nARE YOU WATCHING?\n\nTHIS SPLENDID SIGHT.\n\nA FEAST OF GOLD...\n\nEXCUSE ME, LET US PASS.\n\nAH, I APOLOGIZE.\nTHERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE, RIGHT?\nIT IS A FESTIVAL DAY.\n\nTHERE IS A FIREWORKS DISPLAY LATER, SO LET'S WATCH IT TOGETHER.\nI... DOES THIS MEAN THIS IS A PLACE THAT SELLS THINGS?\n\nSO YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A DEPARTMENT STORE WAS AND ONLY KNEW OF THE MARKET.\nI DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT OR HOW I SHOULD DO THINGS HERE.\n\nTHEN...\nSHOULD I GO WHERE I WANT TO GO?\nYES.\n\nTHIS WOMAN IS SUDDENLY EXTREMELY LOVELY.\n\nNO, I LOVE HER UNCONDITIONALLY.\nHer Expression Is...\n\nLET'S GO, THEN.\nAH, YES...!\n\nLet's go here, here!\nWELCOME!\n\nI FEEL LIKE... I AM GOING TO BE OVERWHELMED.\n\n...THIS PERSON'S FOOTSTEPS ARE MUCH MORE LIVELY WHEN THEY ARE HERE.\n\nISN'T IT ALMOST WINTER? THERE IS NOTHING LIKE CASHMERE FROM MOUNT ATUN IN WINTER.\nSHE LIKES IT SO MUCH, DID I ONLY TAKE HER AROUND MARKETS TOO MUCH?\n\nI FEEL SORRY.\nNOW, CUSTOMER. HOW DO YOU FIND IT?\nTHE SIZE IS GENEROUS ENOUGH TO WEAR IN WINTER, AND THE COLOR SUITS YOU SO WELL.\nIT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU, RIGHT?\n\nHMMM, I LIKE IT.\nHONEY, HOW IS IT?\n\nOOPS, I MADE A MISTAKE.\n\nI WAS SO EXCITED THAT THE WORDS I USED DURING SEX CAME OUT LIKE A HABIT.\n\nIT LOOKS REALLY FANTASTIC, DOESN'T IT?\nAH.\nYES, IT SUITS YOU WELL.\n\nOF COURSE. YOU LOOK SO HANDSOME~\nI AM TRULY ENVIOUS THAT SUCH A FANTASTIC PERSON IS BY YOUR SIDE.\n\nOHO~\nHE DOESN'T KNOW THE WORD 'HONEY'.\n\nI FEEL LIKE I'VE STUMBLED UPON SOMETHING.\n\nA WAY TO DEVOUR THIS NAIVE STRANGER COMPLETELY.\nI WILL PAY FOR THESE CLOTHES.\nYES, THANK YOU. CUSTOMER!\n\nCOULD I TRY ON THOSE CLOTHES ONCE TOO?","bubble_count":104,"pages_count":52,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Atonement, For Your Cruelty Chapter 25 opens with Sabine pulling her mother away from the festival exhibition at the Bues Store to show her a birthday gift on the first floor.","spoiler_summary":"Atonement, For Your Cruelty Chapter 25 opens with Sabine pulling her mother away from the festival exhibition at the Bues Store to show her a birthday gift on the first floor. The chapter first recounts how the Bues Store, located across from the thousand-year-old Saint Roel Cathedral, was saved from ruin by the investment of the Marquis of Reichenhardt and became a favorite of the nobility, then covers the conversation in the VIP room where the Marchioness is asked questions about marriage, and the cheerful tour through the store as Sabine points out the woman with the red ribbon."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/atonement-for-your-cruelty-3u5rla9z/chapter-24-uts9jj","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Atonement, For Your Cruelty #24: Chapter 23","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-10T16:23:13.206Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/atonement-for-your-cruelty-3u5rla9z"}}