{"schema_version":"webtoonlib.llm.chapter.v1.3","generated_at":"2026-11-10T16:17:17.132Z","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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On the other side, an elderly baron demands proof of Vanessa's purity, while her title and rights pass to her uncle, Mr. Wyatt; Vanessa feels like damaged goods and notices cigarette smoke in the garden.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Garden of May opens with Theodore Liam Battenberg, the Duke of Battenberg, overwhelmed by marriage pressure from his grandmother and changing course, and Lady Vanessa being dragged into a marriage bargain by her uncle. Theodore grows sick of the letter, dismisses love as nonsense, and decides to head south with River Ross. On the other side, an elderly baron demands proof of Vanessa's purity, while her title and rights pass to her uncle, Mr. Wyatt; Vanessa feels like damaged goods and notices cigarette smoke in the garden.","key_events":["Theodore expresses frustration with marriage pressure and calls love dreadful and futile.","Theodore receives grandmother's letter urging return to Battenberg and answer Royal Family marriage proposal.","Vanessa reflects on being used for marriage bargaining upon coming of age and notices cigarette smoke.","Vanessa's inherited Somerset title passes to uncle Wyatt, stripping her estate, name, and marriage rights.","Theodore advises River to follow heart and desires, then decides to join his summer holiday.","River explains he will spend summer holiday helping his uncle with gardening at Gloucester Manor.","Elderly baron demands proof of bride's purity before marrying Vanessa, offering everything if guaranteed."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"TO MY DEAREST GRANDSON, THEODORE, DUKE OF BATTENBERG.\nYOUR CONTINUED FAILURE TO REPLY TO MY LETTERS\nHAS ALL BUT TURNED THIS OLD WOMAN'S HEART TO ASH.\n\nI HEAR YOU WILL SOON BE ON SUMMER LEAVE AND RETURNING TO BATTENBERG. IS THAT SO?\nTICKETS\nYOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW EAGERLY BOTH THE ROYAL FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN AWAITING YOUR RETURN.\nUPON YOUR ARRIVAL, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY ADDRESS THE MARRIAGE PROPOSAL SENT BY THE ROYAL FAMILY—\n\nWONDERFUL...\nI SEE GRANDMOTHER\nSTILL HASN'T GIVEN UP.\nTHEODORE LIAM BATTENBERG\nIS THAT ANOTHER LETTER ABOUT A PROSPECTIVE MARRIAGE?\n\nIT'S AN ANNUAL TRADITION. SOMETHING I HAVE TO BRACE MYSELF FOR EVERY VACATION.\nMARRIAGE,\nBETROTHAL,\nOR, AT THE VERY LEAST, NAGGING ME TO START COURTING SOMEONE.\nI'M ALREADY SICK OF IT...\nCOME TO THINK OF IT, CAPTAIN,\n\nI'VE NEVER SEEN YOU COURT ANYONE.\nDON'T YOU GET LOVE LETTERS SENT TO THE ADMIRALTY ALMOST DAILY?\nIT SEEMS LIKE YOU COULD GET MARRIED RIGHT AWAY, NEVER MIND A COURTSHIP.\nSO WHY...?\nIT'S ALL RATHER DREADFUL AND FUTILE, ISN'T IT?\n\nHUH?\nLOVE, I MEAN.\nENOUGH OF THIS NONSENSE.\nTELL ME YOUR SUMMER VACATION PLANS,\n\nRIVER ROSS.\nOH, I’M—\nI’M GOING TO GLOUCESTER MANOR IN THE SOUTH.\nMY UNCLE IS THE GARDENER FOR THE SOMERSET FAMILY.\nHE SAID THEY'RE SHORT-STAFFED, SO I WAS PLANNING ON GOING TO HELP OUT.\n\nYOU'RE GOING TO WORK ON YOUR VACATION?\nWELL, I'D RATHER HELP OUT THAN SPEND THE WHOLE TIME LAZING AROUND.\nBESIDES, THE AIR AT GLOUCESTER MANOR IS NICE,\nTHERE'S A RIVER NEARBY THAT'S GREAT FOR SWIMMING,\nAND—\n\nYOU DON'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY PASSION FOR LIFE.\n\n...WHAT?\nWHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO—\nAM I WRONG?\nYOU'LL PROBABLY ALWAYS BE THIS WAY.\nBUT YOU KNOW,\nJUST ONCE, I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU...\n\nSTOP TRYING TO WORK EVERYTHING OUT IN YOUR HEAD\nAND FOLLOW THIS INSTEAD.\nTAP\n\nYOUR HEART.\nIMPULSES,\nDESIRES... THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.\nI PROMISE YOU, DO THAT,\nAND SOMETHING TRULY WONDERFUL WILL HAPPEN.\n\nYOU SAID YOU HAVE RELATIVES IN THE SOUTH?\nUH, YES...?\nCHANGE OF PLANS.\nI THINK I'LL JOIN YOU\n\nON THAT WHOLESOME SUMMER VACATION OF YOURS.\n\nHAHAHAHA!\nSHE'S DEMURE ENOUGH, AND HER FACE IS QUITE LOVELY.\nTO THINK THE EARL OF SOMERSET RAISED HIS NIECE SO ADMIRABLY!\nSHE'S EVEN BETTER THAN I EXPECTED.\n\nI'M QUITE SATISFIED.\nVANESSA SERIN SOMERSET\nSO, SHALL WE PROCEED AS PLANNED?\nHMM...\n\nBUT BEFORE THE WEDDING...\nI WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PROOF OF THE BRIDE'S PURITY.\n\nANY DOUBT CAST UPON MY NIECE\nIS AN INSULT TO ME, BARON.\nNOW, NOW. EVEN IF I AM REMARRYING,\n\nDAMAGED GOODS WOULD BE RATHER UNSIGHTLY, WOULDN’T THEY?\nIF HER PURITY IS GUARANTEED, LORD SOMERSET,\nYOU MAY ASK ANYTHING OF ME.\n\nI KNOW SOMEONE WHO’S EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD\nAT TELLING WHETHER OR NOT A WOMAN IS EXPERIENCED WITH MEN...\nFROM NOW ON, EVERYTHING WILL BE DIFFERENT.\nTHE TITLE OF THE LATE EARL OF SOMERSET\nHAS PASSED TO YOUR UNCLE, MR. WYATT.\n\nTHEREFORE, LADY VANESSA, YOU CAN NO LONGER CLAIM ANY RIGHTS TO THE ESTATE OR THE FAMILY NAME.\nFURTHERMORE, FROM NOW ON,\nMR. WYATT WILL HOLD ALL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES CONCERNING YOU.\nEVERYTHING, DOWN TO WHAT YOU EAT, WHAT YOU WEAR, AND WHAT YOU SPEND.\nAND WHEN YOU COME OF AGE,\n\nEVEN YOUR MARRIAGE.\nI DO HOPE...\n\nTHAT FORTUNE FAVORS YOU IN THE DAYS TO COME.\nURGH...\nHAA...\n\nUSING ME FOR A MARRIAGE DEAL THE MOMENT I COME OF AGE...\nI SUPPOSE “GOODS” IS THE PERFECT WORD FOR IT.\n\nDAMAGED GOODS...\n...?\n\nCIGARETTE SMOKE?\nIS SOMEONE IN THE GARDEN...?","bubble_count":94,"pages_count":26,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Garden of May opens with Theodore Liam Battenberg, the Duke of Battenberg, overwhelmed by marriage pressure from his grandmother and changing course, and Lady Vanessa being dragged into a marriage bargain by her uncle.","spoiler_summary":"Garden of May opens with Theodore Liam Battenberg, the Duke of Battenberg, overwhelmed by marriage pressure from his grandmother and changing course, and Lady Vanessa being dragged into a marriage bargain by her uncle. Theodore grows sick of the letter, dismisses love as nonsense, and decides to head south with River Ross. On the other side, an elderly baron demands proof of Vanessa's purity, while her title and rights pass to her uncle, Mr. Wyatt; Vanessa feels like damaged goods and notices cigarette smoke in the garden."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/garden-of-may-siz3a4k4/chapter-2-xtyyxe","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Garden of May #2: Chapter 1","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-10T16:17:17.132Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/garden-of-may-siz3a4k4"}}