{"schema_version":"webtoonlib.llm.chapter.v1.3","generated_at":"2026-11-10T16:21:18.964Z","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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Appearing irritable all day, His Excellency quickly ends the meeting and keeps Simon waiting outside, giving money to the summoned person without touching them and sending them away. Afterwards, a walk through the festival crowd, Marquise Reinhardt's perfume, and a causeless displeasure that feels like a thorn in the throat stand out.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Atonement, For Your Cruelty Chapter 23 revolves around an uneasy deal centered on His Excellency and Simon, and a rejected intimacy. Appearing irritable all day, His Excellency quickly ends the meeting and keeps Simon waiting outside, giving money to the summoned person without touching them and sending them away. 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I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT HE PREFERRED FLASHY BEAUTIES.\nI WILL HANDLE THIS, YOUR EXCELLENCY.\nFORGET IT, SIMON.\n\nI SUPPOSE IT'S ABOUT TIME I LET LOOSE PROPERLY ANYWAY.\nWAIT OUTSIDE.\n\nWHY ARE YOU JUST STANDING THERE? YOU HAVE A JOB TO DO, DON'T YOU?\nAH, YES.\nGOOD GRIEF, HE'S STRIKING.\n\nTHEN....\nI'LL TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF YOU.\n\nRIGHT.\n\nIT WOULD ONLY MAKE SENSE FOR THE ALCOHOL TO STOKE HIS LUST EVEN FURTHER.\n\nAND YET...\n\n...WHY.\n\nWHAT IS IT HE WANTS TO SEE?\n\n?\n\nYOUR EXCELLENCY?\n\nJUST TAKE THE MONEY AND LEAVE.\n\nYOUR EXCELLENCY... DID I MAKE SOME KIND OF MISTAKE...?\nMY STOMACH IS JUST A BIT WEAK.\n\nWHY IS IT OVER ALREADY..?\n\nTODAY IS A FESTIVAL DAY, SO THE CROWDS ARE INDESCRIBABLE.\nI HAVE ARRANGED A DETOUR ROUTE FOR YOU, SO RIGHT THIS WAY.\n\nLET'S JUST WALK FOR A BIT.\nIT'S NOT FAR ANYWAY.\n\nNOT HERE, YOU CAN SEE BETTER THAT WAY!\n\nIT'S STARTING SOON. HURRY, HURRY!\nTHINGS LIKE THIS AREN'T EVEN A BOTHER.\n\nTHEY JUST PASS BY, AND ONCE YOU SWEEP THEM ASIDE, THAT'S THAT.\nYOU'RE WEARING THE SAME PERFUME USED BY THE MARCHIONESS REINHARDT, MY LADY.\nIT CAME BACK IN STOCK RECENTLY, SO I BOUGHT IT RIGHT AWAY.\n\nEVEN THE HEAVY SCENTS OF THEIRS SCATTERED EVERYWHERE IN THE CROWD\n\nCAN BE CLEARED AWAY WITH JUST A PUFF OF CIGARETTE SMOKE,\n\nYET IT FEELS LIKE A SMALL THORN STUCK IN MY THROAT—\nTHIS INEXPLICABLE DISPLEASURE.\n\nWHERE IT'S STUCK,\nAND WHY IT'S STUCK THERE.\n\nNO, IS SOMETHING EVEN STUCK THERE TO BEGIN WITH?\n\nWHY IS IT SO ANNOYING?\n\n!\nYOUR EXCELLENCY!","bubble_count":54,"pages_count":34,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Atonement, For Your Cruelty Chapter 23 revolves around an uneasy deal centered on His Excellency and Simon, and a rejected intimacy.","spoiler_summary":"Atonement, For Your Cruelty Chapter 23 revolves around an uneasy deal centered on His Excellency and Simon, and a rejected intimacy. 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