# WebtoonLib — Depths of Malice #80

## Series
- title: Depths of Malice
- slug: depths-of-malice-049f84

## Chapter
- number: 80
- release_date: 2025-03-09

### Summary
The current chapter delivers a shocking and visceral confirmation of Marquess Carter's hidden depravity, revealing him to be a pedophile in a flashback sequence. This visual confirmation, which readers found deeply disturbing and sickening, depicts a younger Carter with a chained, young blonde girl. Intense audience speculation immediately identifies the victim as Helena, the missing princess from Blaine's past, a connection that directly links Carter's crimes to the backstory of Verta's key ally and lover. This revelation retroactively frames Verta's recent confrontation with Lady Carter, exposing the wife as a long-time, silent witness to her husband's monstrous acts. The readership is divided on her role; many sympathize with her as a trapped and powerless victim in a foreign land, while others condemn her complicity and failure to act. The explicit nature of the crime has solidified Carter as an irredeemable monster, with some readers noting the disturbing contrast of his handsome appearance. This reveal serves as a major escalation, intensifying the audience's desire for Verta to enact her brutal and well-deserved vengeance upon him.
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- summary_verification: unverified

### Key events
- A flashback reveals Marquess Carter is a pedophile who kept a young girl (implied to be Princess Helena) in chains.

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
The current chapter delivers a shocking and visceral confirmation of Marquess Carter's hidden depravity, revealing him to be a pedophile in a flashback sequence.

### Spoiler summary
The current chapter delivers a shocking and visceral confirmation of Marquess Carter's hidden depravity, revealing him to be a pedophile in a flashback sequence. This visual confirmation, which readers found deeply disturbing and sickening, depicts a younger Carter with a chained, young blonde girl. Intense audience speculation immediately identifies the victim as Helena, the missing princess from Blaine's past, a connection that directly links Carter's crimes to the backstory of Verta's key ally and lover. This revelation retroactively frames Verta's recent confrontation with Lady Carter, exposing the wife as a long-time, silent witness to her husband's monstrous acts. The readership is divided on her role; many sympathize with her as a trapped and powerless victim in a foreign land, while others condemn her complicity and failure to act. The explicit nature of the crime has solidified Carter as an irredeemable monster, with some readers noting the disturbing contrast of his handsome appearance. This reveal serves as a major escalation, intensifying the audience's desire for Verta to enact her brutal and well-deserved vengeance upon him.

## Status
- data_status: complete
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Depths of Malice #80](/series/depths-of-malice-049f84/chapter-80)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/depths-of-malice-049f84

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