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Meanwhile, at the Otero mansion, Leo discusses the plan to break off the engagement, his sick mother, and the asylum-seeking doctor from Kutan.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Isabel Alvarez meets Lady Violeta Hernandez, but the hostility in her eyes unsettles Violeta. Her asking about her return home on the last carriage yesterday heightens suspicion. A note arrives from Isabelle to meet in the warehouse after the shift. Meanwhile, at the Otero mansion, Leo discusses the plan to break off the engagement, his sick mother, and the asylum-seeking doctor from Kutan.","key_events":["A counter-plan to win over Kutan's doctors and deprive Kutan of medical power is proposed.","Violeta receives a note from Isabelle to meet in the warehouse after the shift and decides to go.","Violeta senses hostility in Isabel's gaze and wonders if she imagined it.","Kutan's threat is explained through new weapons, rapid medical advances, and human experiments on soldiers and corpses.","A brilliant doctor from Kingdom of Kutan is proposed to heal Leo's mother despite Empire consulting all authorities.","A Kutanese mole leaking information is caught, commits suicide, and a secret message in Kutan language is found.","At the Duke of Otero's mansion, Leo discusses breaking his engagement and his mother's worsening health.","Isabel Alvarez introduces herself to Violeta Hernandez and asks if she got home safely on the last carriage."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"HELLO. MY NAME IS ISABEL ALVAREZ.\n\nLADY VIOLETA HERNANDEZ.\nHELLO, MISS ISABEL.\n\nWHY IS SHE LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT?\nIT'S AS IF I'VE DONE SOMETHING TO UPSET HER.\n\nDID YOU MAKE IT HOME ALRIGHT ON THE LAST CARRIAGE YESTERDAY?\n\nYESTERDAY...\n\nOH, YES, I GOT HOME WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE.\nISABEL, HOW DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT? DID YOU SEE HER YOURSELF?\nNO, I WAS JUST ASKING...\n\nCOULD I HAVE JUST IMAGINED IT?\nBUT THERE WAS DEFINITELY HOSTILITY IN HER EYES...\n\nSee you at the warehouse after our shift. We'll talk there. — Isabelle\nI'M SURE I JUST IMAGINED IT. AFTER ALL, SHE WAS THE ONE WHO ASKED TO MEET.\n\nALRIGHT, I'LL GO MEET HER AND FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.\n\nDUKE OTERO'S MANSION\n\nDO YOU EVEN UNDERSTAND...\n...WHAT A BLESSING IT IS TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND SEE THE FACE OF THE PERSON YOU LOVE FIRST THING?!\n\nYOU SHOULD HURRY UP AND BREAK OFF YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH MY SISTER TOO,\nSO YOU CAN FIND TRUE LOVE AND EXPERIENCE THIS JOY FOR YOURSELF!\nSO, HOW IS THE PLAN TO BREAK OFF THE ENGAGEMENT COMING ALONG?\nDON'T YOU FEEL SORRY FOR YOUR SISTER AT ALL?\n\nYOU KNOW SHE AND I AREN'T EXACTLY THE CLOSEST SIBLINGS.\nMORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW IS YOUR MOTHER'S HEALTH?\n\nSTILL NO IMPROVEMENT?\nAS IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW ALREADY.\n\nI SEE.\nLEO, ANTICIPATING THIS, I SECRETLY TRACKED DOWN A BRILLIANT DOCTOR.\n\nI APPRECIATE IT, BUT I'VE ALREADY CONSULTED EVERY MEDICAL AUTHORITY IN THE EMPIRE.\nHEY! DO YOU REALLY THINK I'D RECOMMEND SOME ORDINARY DOCTOR TO YOU?\nWHEN IT COMES TO THE HUMAN BRAIN, HE HAS NO EQUAL.\n\nHE CAME TO US STRAIGHT FROM THE KINGDOM OF KUTAN.\nFROM KUTAN?\nCURRENTLY, KUTAN POSES A THREAT TO THE EMPIRE DUE TO ITS DEVELOPMENT OF NEW WEAPONRY AND ITS RAPID LEAP FORWARD IN MEDICINE.\n\nTHE ONLY TRAGEDY IS THAT THE PRICE OF THIS PROGRESS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY BLOODY...\nTHEY HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPING ENEMY SOLDIERS FROM THE BATTLEFIELD AND SECRETLY SMUGGLING CORPSES TO CONDUCT HUMAN EXPERIMENTS.\n\nHOWEVER, DESPITE UNIVERSAL CONDEMNATION, KUTAN'S DOCTORS HAVE BECOME FAMOUS THROUGH A SERIES OF SUCCESSFUL SURGERIES AND TREATMENT METHODS.\nAND NOW, MORE AND MORE ARISTOCRATS IN GARCIA ARE SECRETLY TURNING TO THEM FOR HELP.\n\nAND YOU, AS A PRINCE OF THE EMPIRE, KNOWING ALL OF THIS BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE, DARE TO SUGGEST SUCH A THING TO ME?\nOH, COME ON, LEO! AREN'T WE OBLIGATED TO TRY EVERY POSSIBLE OPTION?\nARE YOU REALLY JUST GOING TO ABANDON YOUR MOTHER TO HER FATE?\n\nAND WHAT EXACTLY IS HIS REASON FOR MOVING HERE?\nMONEY? A THIRST FOR FAME?\nHAS IT NOT CROSSED YOUR MIND THAT HE COULD BE A SPY?\nDO YOU REALLY THINK I DIDN'T LOOK INTO HIM?\nyou wound me!\n\nHE'S A DEFECTOR.\nHE USED TO BE A MILITARY MEDICAL OFFICER FOR GARCIA,\nBUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, HE WAS CAUGHT IN AN ARTILLERY STRIKE, KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS, AND WOKE UP IN KUTAN.\n\nTO PUT IT SIMPLY, HE ENDED UP AS A PRISONER OF WAR.\nHE ALMOST BECAME A LAB RAT,\n\nBUT HE REVEALED HIS STATUS AS A MILITARY MEDIC, GOT PLACED INTO A RESEARCH GROUP, AND MANAGED TO SURVIVE BECAUSE OF IT.\nSO IT'S NOT A MATTER OF MONEY OR FAME, BUT SHEER DESPERATION.\n\nTHEN THAT'S ALL THE MORE REASON NOT TO TRUST HIM.\nDESPERATE PEOPLE ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS.\nBECAUSE WHEN SOMEONE IS IN THAT STATE, THEY'RE CAPABLE OF DOING ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING.\nBESIDES, WHAT IF SOMEONE IS ALREADY MANIPULATING HIM BY PLAYING ON THAT DESPERATION?\n\nYOU ARE UNBEARABLE!\nARE YOU REALLY GOING TO HEARTLESSLY REJECT YOUR FRIEND'S SINCERE CONCERN?\nYOUR HIGHNESS, INSTEAD OF DISPLAYING FRIENDSHIP, YOU OUGHT TO SHOW AT LEAST A LITTLE VIGILANCE.\n\nIF YOU'RE SO DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE COUNTRY'S SECURITY, THEN JUST RETURN TO THE ARMY!\nTHAT IS ALSO OUT OF THE QUESTION.\n\nYou can't do this, you can't do that! I'm telling you, I didn't start all of this without a good reason!\nTHEN TELL ME THE REAL REASON.\n\nWE FINALLY CAUGHT THAT KUTANESE MOLE WHO WAS LEAKING INFORMATION!\nUNFORTUNATELY, HE COMMITTED SUICIDE IMMEDIATELY, BUT A SECRET MESSAGE WRITTEN IN THE KUTANESE LANGUAGE WAS FOUND AMONG HIS BELONGINGS.\n\nJUST IMAGINE THE ASTRONOMICAL FINANCIAL LOSSES WE SUFFERED BECAUSE OF THAT INFORMATION LEAK!\nTHEREFORE, AS A ...COUNTERATTACK, I WANT TO WIN OVER KUTAN'S DOCTORS.\nAFTER ALL, NOTHING REFLECTS A NATION'S TECHNOLOGICAL MIGHT QUITE LIKE ITS MEDICINE!\n\nBY STRIPPING THEM OF THEIR ADVANCED MEDICINE AND SKILLED DOCTORS, WE WILL DEAL A CRUSHING BLOW TO KUTAN.\n\nSO SEIZE THIS CHANCE AND HEAL YOUR MOTHER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.\nIT WILL SAVE YOU FROM UNNECESSARY WORRIES IN CASE A WAR BREAKS OUT.\n\nALL THE WORKERS HAVE ALREADY GONE HOME,\nWHICH MEANS ISABEL MUST HAVE FINISHED HER SHIFT TOO AND IS WAITING FOR ME AT THE WAREHOUSE?\n\nSee you at the warehouse after our shift. We'll talk there.\nI'D BETTER STEP AWAY FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND I'LL FINISH THE REST WHEN I GET BACK.","bubble_count":76,"pages_count":34,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Isabel Alvarez meets Lady Violeta Hernandez, but the hostility in her eyes unsettles Violeta.","spoiler_summary":"Isabel Alvarez meets Lady Violeta Hernandez, but the hostility in her eyes unsettles Violeta. Her asking about her return home on the last carriage yesterday heightens suspicion. A note arrives from Isabelle to meet in the warehouse after the shift. Meanwhile, at the Otero mansion, Leo discusses the plan to break off the engagement, his sick mother, and the asylum-seeking doctor from Kutan."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/i-became-the-affair-partner-of-a-trash-duke-mxeul3ac/chapter-18-6sicxg","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — I Became the Affair Partner of a Trash Duke #18","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-17T07:10:34.206Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/i-became-the-affair-partner-of-a-trash-duke-mxeul3ac"}}