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The chapter ends with the arrival of a young Imperial envoy named Alec Damon.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Dawn of Vengeance Chapter 38 tells of the cheerful yet tense conversation between the Queen and the Duke of Kiel revolving around bargaining over wine and the chancellorship. The Queen says she left the promised hundred cases of wine in the Duchy of Kiel and will leave domestic affairs to him, then warns that Imperial Crown Prince Alejandro is a monster who will set the continent ablaze. The chapter ends with the arrival of a young Imperial envoy named Alec Damon.","key_events":["Queen and Duke of Kiel drink wine on floor discussing persuasion via wine curiosity","Queen confirms giving hundred wine cases stored in Kiel as retirement gift","Guards verify ambassadors, note Dauphine sent ambassador with Empire support","Queen describes Crown Prince Alejandro as monster who will burn continent","Queen plans to make Duke chancellor, give domestic affairs and invite him to palace","Imperial ship at port revealed, Duke Wheaton is Crown Prince Alejandro","Queen will focus on foreign affairs, recalls Empire backs Dauphine","Duke questions queen's age, queen admits being older than him","Imperial ambassador Alec Damon arrives young handsome with 50 guards"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"WHAT ARE YOU ALL SO GIDDY ABOUT OVER THERE?\n\nAND WHY ARE YOU SITTING ON THE FLOOR LIKE THAT INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE BANQUET HALL?\nWE WERE HAVING A DRINK AND GOSSIPING ABOUT YOU, YOUR MAJESTY.\n\nTHIS DAMNED WINE DISTRACTED ME...\nTHEY SAY IF YOU KNOW YOUR ENEMY AND YOURSELF, YOU'LL WIN A HUNDRED BATTLES.\nI HEARD YOU WERE A WINE ENTHUSIAST, SO I FIGURED I COULD USE IT TO PERSUADE YOU.\nIF ONLY YOU'D STOP TALKING AFTER DOING SOMETHING NICE.\nHM? DID YOU SAY SOMETHING?\nOdelnos\n\nIT'S DELICIOUS!!\nALL RIGHT, THEN.\nI GAVE YOU THE HUNDRED CRATES AS PROMISED, SO WORK HARD FROM NOW ON.\nWHAT?\nI'VE ONLY HAD ONE BOTTLE.\n\nWHERE ARE THE REST?\nIN THE KIEL DUCHY, OBVIOUSLY.\nPort Fortmeier\nWHEN YOU RETIRE LATER, I'LL RETURN YOUR TERRITORY TOO, SO DON'T WORRY.\nAFTER I RETIRE...? WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?\nWELL, YOU'LL BE BUSY WITH YOUR DUTIES AS CHANCELLOR, SO HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY MANAGE A TERRITORY TOO?\nLADY RUTHERFORD IS MANAGING THE KIEL DUCHY WELL, SO LEAVE IT TO HER.\nDON'T OVERWORK YOURSELF.\nA WARM GAZE\nAS IT HAPPENS, I'M UNMARRIED, SO THE PALACE IS COMPLETELY EMPTY. I'LL GIVE YOU A ROOM.\n\nYOU CAN LIVE HERE.\nSO YOU'RE PLANNING TO LOCK ME IN THE PALACE AND MAKE ME WORK?\nOH MY, REFERRING TO IT AS BEING \"LOCKED UP\" MAKES IT SOUND SO HARSH.\nI JUST MEAN WE SHOULD LIVE HERE TOGETHER IN HARMONY.\n*A STRONG DENIAL IS BASICALLY AN ADMISSION.\nTHEN THE WINE...?\nWHY DID YOU LEAVE THE WINE IN THE DUCHY?\nIT'S A FADING DREAM...\nHAHA IT'S AN EARLY RETIREMENT GIFT.\n\nWINE ONLY GETS BETTER WITH AGE, DOESN'T IT?\nI NEED TO STAY CALM. AT LEAST SHE KEPT HER PROMISE...\nBESIDES, HER MAJESTY IS ONLY ABOUT THE SAME AGE AS MY GRANDDAUGHTER...\n\nYOUR MAJESTY, SINCE I'M DRUNK, ANSWER ME HONESTLY.\nYOU AREN'T REALLY 20 YEARS OLD, ARE YOU?\nTHERE'S NO WAY SOMEONE SO YOUNG COULD BE THIS SKILLED IN POLITICS!\nOH...?\nD-DUKE KIEL, THAT WAS A BIT MUCH...\n\nY-YES, PERHAPS YOU'RE TOO DRUNK. YOU SHOULD PROBABLY--\nAS EXPECTED, YOU TRULY ARE WORTHY OF THE CHANCELLOR'S SEAT.\nYOU'VE UNCOVERED A SECRET OF MINE THAT NO ONE ELSE NOTICED.\n\nYOU'RE RIGHT. ACTUALLY, I'M OLDER THAN YOU.\nYOU MAY REFER TO ME AS YOUR BIG SISTER IF YOU LIKE.\nTHERE YOU GO AGAIN...\nYOU JUST HAVE TO GET THE LAST WORD, DON'T YOU?!\nYOU ASKED, SO I SIMPLY ANSWERED HONESTLY. WHY ARE YOU GLARING AT ME LIKE THAT?\nWHATEVER.\nI'LL DIE AT THIS RATE.\nANYWAY, WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE STEPPING AWAY FROM POLITICS?\nEVEN WITH A CHANCELLOR, SHOULDN'T IMPORTANT MATTERS STILL REQUIRE ROYAL APPROVAL?\n\nNO, I INTEND TO LEAVE ALL DOMESTIC AFFAIRS ENTIRELY TO YOU.\nI PLAN TO FOCUS MY EFFORTS ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS INSTEAD.\nFOREIGN AFFAIRS?\n\nDO YOU REMEMBER WHO I SAID WAS BACKING DAUPHINE?\nYOU SAID IT WAS THE EMPIRE. BUT THEIR SUPPORTING DAUPHINE...\n...DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THEY'RE A THREAT TO PHARNAS, DOES IT?\nKIEL,\n\nHOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE CROWN PRINCE?\nYOU MEAN PRINCE ALEJANDRO?\nHE ROSE TO THE POSITION OF REGENT IN PLACE OF THE BEDRIDDEN EMPEROR.\n\nHE'S A LEGITIMATE AND PURE-BLOODED NOBLE,\nAND HE'S A REMARKABLY SHREWD AND CAUTIOUS MAN.\nHIS MATERNAL FAMILY IS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL,\nAND HE'S OVERWHELMINGLY CAPABLE, SHARP, HANDSOME, AND ELOQUENT. THERE'S NOT A SINGLE FLAW ANYONE COULD POINT TO.\nBUT I'M NOT ASKING ABOUT HIS PUBLIC IMAGE. I'M ASKING WHAT KIND OF PERSON HE TRULY IS.\nI HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH REGARDING HIS PERSONAL CHARACTER.\n\nTHE CROWN PRINCE IS EXCEPTIONALLY SKILLED AT HIDING HIS TRUE NATURE.\nTHERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT SORT OF TEMPERAMENT OR IDEALS HE TRULY POSSESSES.\nIT SOUNDS AS THOUGH YOUR MAJESTY KNOWS HIM WELL.\n\nIS THERE ANYONE WHO KNOWS HIM BETTER THAN I DO?\nHE'S A MONSTER WHO WILL ENGULF THE CONTINENT IN FLAMES.\n\nIF THAT MAN BECOMES EMPEROR,\nNOT ONLY PHARNAS, BUT THE ENTIRE CONTINENT WILL BELONG TO THE EMPIRE,\n\nAND EVERY NON-HUMAN RACE WILL BE SLAUGHTERED INTO EXTINCTION.\nWHAT I SAY IS THE TRUTH.\nWHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT IS YOUR CHOICE.\n\nTHAT SOUNDS ABSURD.\nAND YET...\nWHEN WORDS LIKE THAT COME FROM THIS YOUNG QUEEN, IT’S DIFFICULT TO DISMISS THEM OUTRIGHT.\nWELL THEN, ENOUGH OF THESE COMPLICATED MATTERS.\n\nSHALL WE HEAD TO THE BANQUET HALL?\n\nYOU PROPERLY VERIFIED THE FOREIGN AMBASSADORS' IDENTITIES, I ASSUME?\nWE THOROUGHLY CHECKED EVEN THEIR GUARANTORS, SO THERE'S NO CAUSE FOR CONCERN.\nIS HER MAJESTY STILL IN THE HALL?\n\nWE SAW HER HEADING TO THE BALLROOM EARLIER WITH THE OTHER NOBLES.\nSHE'S LIKELY RECEIVING GREETINGS FROM THE AMBASSADORS BY NOW.\nARE THERE ANY NOTABLE DETAILS ABOUT THE AMBASSADORS?\nNOTABLE DETAILS...\nAH, DAUPHINE SENT AN AMBASSADOR AS WELL.\nI ASSUMED THEY'D STILL BE IN CHAOS SINCE THE WAR ENDED SO RECENTLY.\nBUT SINCE THE EMPIRE SUPPORTED THEM, IT SEEMS THEY'RE DOING FAIRLY WELL.\n\nAND WHAT ABOUT THE EMPIRE?\nTHERE WAS A NAME ON THE LIST THAT I'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE.\nALEC DAMON FROM THE EMPIRE?\nOH,\nCOME TO THINK OF IT, I WAS SURPRISED BY HOW YOUNG THE AMBASSADOR WAS.\nHE SEEMED TO BE FROM AN INCREDIBLY PRESTIGIOUS FAMILY. HE ARRIVED WITH 50 GUARDS.\n50 GUARDS FOR ANOTHER NATION'S CORONATION?\n\nYES,\nAND HE WAS QUITE HANDSOME TOO.\nTHE SOLDIERS WERE MAKING SUCH A FUSS OVER HIM.\nHIS HAIR, THE COLOR OF AUTUMN LEAVES, AND HIS SUN-KISSED SKIN WERE ESPECIALLY STRIKING.\nWITH BROWN HAIR AND SUNTANNED SKIN,\nHE WAS A YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL MAN FROM A PRESTIGIOUS FAMILY.\n\nAND HE WAS NAMED ALEC.\nALEC...?\nOH?\nIS THAT YOU, DUKE WHEATON?\nAND THAT SHIP...\nJUDGING BY ITS BUILD, THAT'S AN IMPERIAL VESSEL.\n\nTHIS WAY!\nPLEASE STEP INSIDE, YOUR HIGHNESS!\n\nTHAT'S THE EMPIRE'S CROWN PRINCE,\n\nALEJANDRO!","bubble_count":117,"pages_count":28,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Dawn of Vengeance Chapter 38 tells of the cheerful yet tense conversation between the Queen and the Duke of Kiel revolving around bargaining over wine and the chancellorship.","spoiler_summary":"Dawn of Vengeance Chapter 38 tells of the cheerful yet tense conversation between the Queen and the Duke of Kiel revolving around bargaining over wine and the chancellorship. The Queen says she left the promised hundred cases of wine in the Duchy of Kiel and will leave domestic affairs to him, then warns that Imperial Crown Prince Alejandro is a monster who will set the continent ablaze. The chapter ends with the arrival of a young Imperial envoy named Alec Damon."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/dawn-of-vengeance-b4u1jnn6/chapter-38-wztaa2","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Dawn of Vengeance #38","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-20T23:31:17.891Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/dawn-of-vengeance-b4u1jnn6"}}