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Vivi, meanwhile, opens the debt notice and is shaken by her father's debt of two billion kron.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Hugo visits Vivi and asks about her nanny's condition and whether she has met with Dante. He says his work has improved, offers help, and gives her an invitation to the cabaret's masked grand opening ball. Vivi is undecided and wants to wait for her nanny's surgery. After Hugo leaves, he sinks into ambitious thoughts. Vivi, meanwhile, opens the debt notice and is shaken by her father's debt of two billion kron.","key_events":["Hugo visits Vivi at home, asks about her nanny's recovery and whether she still meets Dante","Vivi receives debt collection notice from law office showing debt of two billion kron","Hugo gives Vivi a silver-sealed invitation to cabaret grand opening masked ball and asks her to be his dance partner","Vivi defers decision on ball until after her nanny's surgery, does not promise to attend","After leaving, Hugo's inner monologue reveals resentment of poverty and desire to get rich and claim Vivi","Vivi recalls her father waiting then taking his own life, resolves not to despair and to repay little by little"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"HUGO!\nHEY, VIVI!\n\nHOW HAVE YOU BEEN, HUGO?\nNOT BAD. REYNA TOLD ME YOU'VE BEEN HAVING A REALLY ROUGH TIME LATELY.\nIS EVERYTHING OKAY NOW?\nYEAH, EVERYTHING'S FINE. AND NANNY IS RECOVERING MUCH FASTER THAN EXPECTED.\nI SEE. I'M SORRY I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO HELP...\n\nOH, STOP! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR.\nYOU'RE... NOT SEEING THAT DANTE GUY ANYMORE, RIGHT?\n\nWELL... YOU COULD SAY THAT.\nAND HE HASN'T SHOWN HIS FACE AROUND HERE?\n\nNO. AND EVEN IF HE TRIED, I'D JUST IGNORE HIM.\nBUT... WHY DO YOU ASK?\nI'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT YOU.\n\nYOU KNOW, VIVI... THINGS ARE FINALLY STARTING TO LOOK UP FOR ME.\n\nTHAT'S GREAT! DID YOU FIND A NEW JOB?\nSOMETHING... LIKE THAT.\n\nANYWAY, VIVI,\nI'M FINALLY IN A POSITION WHERE I CAN HELP YOU OUT, SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU RUN INTO ANY TROUBLE.\n\nTHANKS, BUT EVERYTHING IS REALLY FINE NOW! ALMOST EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SORTED OUT.\nI SEE. STILL... YOU HAVE TO TELL ME IF YOU EVER NEED A HAND. PLEASE, LET ME HELP.\n\nALRIGHT, IT'S A PROMISE. THANK YOU.\nLIFE ISN'T EXACTLY EASY FOR HIM EITHER SINCE HE'S AN ORPHAN, YET HE'S STILL TRYING TO LOOK AFTER ME.\nHUGO REALLY IS SUCH A GOOD PERSON.\nOH RIGHT, HERE.\n\nAN INVITATION. IT WAS BRUTAL TRYING TO GET MY HANDS ON IT.\nAN INVITATION?\nI FEEL LIKE I'VE SEEN THIS SILVER WAX SEAL SOMEWHERE BEFORE...\n\nYOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE GRAND OPENING BANQUET OF THE CABARET.\nI MANAGED TO LAND A JOB THERE.\nI'M ACTUALLY ACQUAINTED... WITH THE DIRECTOR, WHICH IS HOW I SNAGGED AN INVITATION.\nSO...\n\nWOULD YOU DO ME THE HONOR OF BEING MY DATE FOR THE DANCE?\nME... WITH YOU?\n\nIT'S A MASQUERADE BALL, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT ANYONE ELSE THINKS.\nI'LL TAKE CARE OF THE DRESS, THE MASK, AND THE CARRIAGE ESCORT, VIVI. JUST SAY YOU'LL COME, OKAY?\nHUGO, I'M SORRY, BUT...\n\nVIVI, YOU USED TO LOVE BALLS WHEN WE WERE KIDS.\nI KNOW IT'S NOT THE BEST TIMING RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S ON THE WEEKEND. A LITTLE DISTRACTION WOULD DO YOU SOME GOOD.\nI APPRECIATE THE OFFER, BUT I REALLY DON'T WANT TO BE A BURDEN TO YOU.\nIT JUST DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT.\n\nBUT WHAT IF YOU DID IT AS A FAVOR TO ME?\nWHAT?\nTHIS MIGHT BE MY VERY FIRST... AND LAST CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.\n\nI WANT YOU TO BE MY VERY FIRST PARTNER.\nHUGO, I...\n\nDON'T WORRY ABOUT THE MONEY. I HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR THE DRESS. I'M BEGGING YOU.\nTHIS IS THE FIRST TIME HUGO HAS EVER PLEADED LIKE THIS, LIKE A TOTAL KID. IT COMPLETELY THREW ME OFF!\nLET'S JUST WAIT AND SEE HOW THINGS GO FOR NOW. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN ONCE NANNY'S CONDITION CLEARS UP AFTER HER SURGERY.\n\nALRIGHT. DO YOU PROMISE YOU'LL GO IF MADAME RECOVERS?\nI'LL THINK ABOUT IT.\nI SHOULD PROBABLY GET GOING NOW.\nSORRY FOR TAKING UP SO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.\n\nNOT AT ALL, I WAS REALLY GLAD TO FINALLY SEE YOU.\nSEE YOU AROUND.\n\nUNTIL NOW, I WAS TOO POOR TO DO ANYTHING BUT HOVER AROUND YOU FROM A DISTANCE.\nI WAS FORCED TO STAND BY AND WATCH YOU GIVE YOUR HEART TO BASTARDS LIKE DANTE.\n\nBUT THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.\nAS SOON AS MY MOTHER'S CABARET TAKES OFF, I'LL MAKE A FORTUNE, PULL YOU OUT OF THIS POVERTY...\n\n...AND MAKE YOU MINE!\n\nHUGO WASN'T ACTING LIKE HIMSELF AT ALL, IT COMPLETELY STUNNED ME.\nSOMETHING MUST HAVE HAPPENED TO HIM.\nTIME TO GET READY TO HEAD OUT.\nTODAY I NEED TO COLLECT MY WAGES SO I CAN PAY OFF THE DEBT FOR THE DUKE'S CARRIAGE REPAIRS.\n\nONCE I RETURN THAT MONEY, I'LL FINALLY BE COMPLETELY RID OF THAT DUKE!\n\nTHE RECENT MAIL.\nI'LL JUST LOOK THROUGH THIS QUICKLY BEFORE I GO.\n[LAW FIRM]\n\nWAIT, SO THERE WERE EVEN MORE VICTIMS FROM THAT INVESTMENT SCAM?!\nEXACTLY HOW MUCH MORE HAS THE DEBT INCREASED?!\nNO. IT'S TOO EARLY TO DESPAIR.\n\nI STILL HAVE A JOB, AND I CAN ALWAYS TAKE ON MORE CLIENTS. LITTLE BY LITTLE...\nWAIT? WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO WAIT FOR?!\nMY FATHER WAITED AND WAITED, AND IN THE END, HE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. WHAT EXACTLY AM I SUPPOSED TO WAIT FOR NOW?!\n\nI CAN'T GIVE UP...\n\nI CAN'T KEEP RUNNING AWAY FROM THIS ANYMORE.\n\nDEBT COLLECTION NOTICE.\nTHIS CAN'T BE REAL.\n\nT-TWO... TWO BILLION... CROWNS...\nFATHER OWED A WHOPPING TWO BILLION CROWNS?!\n\nAUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CREDITOR, HECTOR OTERO VON BERN...\nLEOPOLD OTERO VON BERN.","bubble_count":82,"pages_count":33,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Hugo visits Vivi and asks about her nanny's condition and whether she has met with Dante.","spoiler_summary":"Hugo visits Vivi and asks about her nanny's condition and whether she has met with Dante. He says his work has improved, offers help, and gives her an invitation to the cabaret's masked grand opening ball. Vivi is undecided and wants to wait for her nanny's surgery. After Hugo leaves, he sinks into ambitious thoughts. Vivi, meanwhile, opens the debt notice and is shaken by her father's debt of two billion kron."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/i-became-the-affair-partner-of-a-trash-duke-mxeul3ac/chapter-23-tx89z9","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — I Became the Affair Partner of a Trash Duke #23","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-17T01:52:01.488Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/i-became-the-affair-partner-of-a-trash-duke-mxeul3ac"}}