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In the present day, Lady Violetta Hernandez is summoned to the Leopold Dukedom early in the morning, and the Duke asks her to have an affair with him.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Two days ago at the Imperial Palace, the Emperor shows Prince Ian the telegram with the war threat from the Kingdom of Kutan over the broken engagement. To prevent war, Ian proposes breaking off his sister Erika and Leo's engagement and marrying Erika to Kutan instead. The Emperor demands a huge scandal in which the blame for the breakup will be pinned on Leo. In return, Leo asks for the destruction of his father's will, which could be used to incriminate his mother. In the present day, Lady Violetta Hernandez is summoned to the Leopold Dukedom early in the morning, and the Duke asks her to have an affair with him.","key_events":["Violeta Hernandez was summoned early morning to Leopold Dukedom and met Duke in study","Emperor permitted breaking Erika and Leo engagement if all blame falls scandalously on Leo","Leo conditioned acceptance on destruction of his father's will held by the princess","Prince Ian proposed new marriage alliance between his sister Erika and Kutan despite her existing engagement","The Duke asked Violeta Hernandez to have an affair with him","Two days ago at Imperial Palace, Emperor scolded Prince Ian over broken Kutan engagement and war threat telegram"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"TWO DAYS AGO, THE IMPERIAL PALACE\nWHAT ON EARTH DO YOU PLAN TO DO ABOUT THIS!!\nLOOK AT THIS IF YOU HAVE EYES!\n\nREAD WHAT'S WRITTEN IN THIS TELEGRAM BECAUSE OF THE BROKEN ENGAGEMENT YOU RECKLESSLY CAUSED!\nIF THE GARCIA EMPIRE DOES NOT PAY THE PRICE FOR THE UNILATERALLY BROKEN ENGAGEMENT,\n\nOUR KINGDOM OF KUTAN WILL NOT HESITATE TO GO TO WAR.\nTELL ME HOW YOU INTEND TO DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION!!!\n\n...FATHER, PLEASE CALM YOURSELF. THIS IS ACTUALLY A SIMPLE MATTER.\nWHAT? SIMPLE?! YOU THINK A DECLARATION OF WAR IS SIMPLE!\nAND IT'S THE KINGDOM OF KUTAN. OF ALL PLACES!\nKUTAN, A MASSIVE ISLAND KINGDOM LOCATED FAR AWAY.\n\nTHOUGH IT IS A SMALL KINGDOM COMPARED TO THE GARCIA EMPIRE...\nITS MILITARY POWER, BUILT ON NEW WEAPONRY, IS FORMIDABLE ENOUGH TO RIVAL GARCIA'S.\n\nTHAT IS WHY RODRIGO, THE CURRENT EMPEROR OF GARCIA, SOUGHT TO AVOID WAR WITH KUTAN.\nHE ATTEMPTED TO SECURE A PEACE TREATY BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS BY PROPOSING A \"MARRIAGE ALLIANCE\"...\n\nHOWEVER, PRINCE IAN, THE PARTY TO THE MARRIAGE ALLIANCE,\nFELL IN LOVE WITH THE CURRENT CROWN PRINCESS AND BROKE THE ALLIANCE.\nYES, IT'S SIMPLER PRECISELY BECAUSE IT'S THE KINGDOM OF KUTAN.\nNO MATTER HOW STRONG THEIR MILITARY IS, A KINGDOM IS STILL JUST A KINGDOM.\n\nTHEY ARE NO MATCH FOR OUR EMPIRE.\nHONESTLY, ALWAYS SO FULL OF TALK!\nFINE, THEN WHAT IS THIS \"SIMPLE\" ALTERNATIVE YOU SPEAK OF?\nTHAT IS....\nANOTHER MARRIAGE.\n\nPLEASE, CALM DOWN!! JUST LET ME FINISH FIRST...\nYOU'RE THE ONE WHO RUINED THE MARRIAGE ALLIANCE IN THE FIRST PLACE! ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE\nARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE A FOOL OF YOUR FATHER!!!\nYES, OF COURSE, I AM ALREADY A MARRIED MAN. HOWEVER....\nERIKA ISN'T YET.\n\n...YOU RASCAL, THE BEST ALTERNATIVE YOU CAN COME UP WITH IS....\nSELLING OFF YOUR OWN YOUNGER SISTER?! AND ONE WHO IS ALREADY ENGAGED AT THAT!\n\n...BUT FATHER, YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO.\nTHAT THE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN ERIKA AND LEO ISN'T EXACTLY NORMAL.\n\nARE YOU REALLY GOING TO JUST LEAVE YOUR DAUGHTER BE WHILE SHE KEEPS CAUSING SCANDALS\nJUST TO PROVOKE A FIANCÉ WHO DOESN'T EVEN GIVE HER A SECOND LOOK?\nIN THAT CASE, IT'S BETTER TO HAVE THEM BREAK UP CLEANLY AND LET HER LIVE A MORE EFFICIENT LIFE.\nIF I BREAK THEM OFF NOW, IT WILL LOOK LIKE I'M JUSTIFYING ERIKA'S INFIDELITY!\nCONSIDERING YOUR SISTER'S REPUTATION, KUTAN WON'T ACCEPT HER EITHER...\n\nSHE'S MY DAUGHTER, BUT WITH HER TEMPER, SHE WON'T STAY QUIET EVEN IF I SEND HER THERE!\n\nTHEN SHE'LL BE SENT RIGHT BACK, AND IT'S WAR!\n...THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO SHAPE PUBLIC OPINION AT A TIME LIKE THIS, ISN'T IT?\nLEO... I'M SURE HE WOULDN'T MIND TAKING THE BLAME FOR THE BREAK-UP.\n\nWE MUST PREVENT AN UNNECESSARY WAR.\nTHAT BROKEN ENGAGEMENT YOU WANTED SO BADLY...I'M GIVING YOU MY PERMISSION.\n\nPERMISSION TO BREAK THE ENGAGEMENT...\n\nWHAT IS HE PLOTTING NOW?\n...IS THERE A PRICE?\n...I SEE YOU AREN'T BITING SO EASILY.\n\nJUST AS YOU THOUGHT, THERE IS A PRICE.\nPLEASE, TELL ME.\nTHE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BREAK-UP MUST NOT FALL ON OUR ERIKA.\n\nIN OTHER WORDS, THE ENGAGEMENT MUST BE BROKEN ENTIRELY DUE TO YOUR FAULT.\nSO THAT'S HOW THE RUMORS MUST SPREAD.\n......EXACTLY.\n\nSO... YOU'RE TELLING ME TO DO SOMETHING SCANDALOUS ENOUGH TO OVERSHADOW THE PRINCESS'S REPUTATION?\nYOU KNOW THAT MERE RUMORS AREN'T ENOUGH ANYMORE.\nIF I PERMIT THE BREAK-UP OTHERWISE, EVERYONE WILL THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF MY DAUGHTER'S CHEATING,\nAND THEN ERIKA'S REPUTATION WILL BE BEYOND REPAIR.\n...HE HAS A POINT.\nI DID HAVE HUGO ACT AS MY DOUBLE TO HAVE A FAKE AFFAIR FOR THE SAKE OF THE BREAK-UP,\n\nBUT COMPARED TO ME, WHO ONLY CIRCULATED RUMORS IN SECRET,\nERIKA'S INFIDELITY HAS BEEN FAR TOO RECKLESS.\n\nIF ERIKA'S REPUTATION FALLS ANY FURTHER, IT WILL BE A DIFFICULT POSITION FOR THE IMPERIAL FAMILY AS WELL. SO...\nI UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN.\nSO, YOU WANT A SCANDALOUS AFFAIR...ONE PROVOCATIVE ENOUGH\n\nTHAT ALL THE \"BLAME FOR THE BREAK-UP\" IS SHIFTED ONTO ME.\nHOWEVER, YOUR MAJESTY, NO MONEYLENDER GOES IN BLINDLY. THEY ALWAYS LOOK AT THE LOSSES FIRST AND KEEP AN ESCAPE ROUTE OPEN.\n\n...I TAKE IT YOU WANT SOMETHING ELSE, THEN.\nMY FATHER'S WILL, WHICH THE PRINCESS TOOK,\nPLEASE DESTROY IT.\n\n...YOU, ISN'T THAT MATTER ALREADY OVER ANYWAY?\n\nI KNOW. BUT IT CONTAINS CIRCUMSTANCES THAT COULD BE USED TO FRAME MY MOTHER.\nTHAT'S WHY YOU DIDN'T REVEAL IT BACK THEN AND HAVE KEPT IT UNTIL NOW.\nTO USE IT AS A LEASH ON ME WHENEVER YOU WISH.\n\n...FINE. I SHALL ACCEPT YOUR CONDITION.\n\nHOWEVER, THE \"SCANDAL\" YOU CAUSE\nMUST BE FAR MORE PROVOCATIVE AND TALKED ABOUT THAN MY DAUGHTER'S REPUTATION.\n\nTHE SAME GOES FOR YOUR PARTNER.\nYOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.\nAS IT HAPPENS...\n\nI HAVE JUST THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB.\n\nTHE LEOPOLD DUCHY.\n\nI ENDED UP BEING PRACTICALLY DRAGGED HERE, EVEN PUTTING OFF MY CONSULTATIONS...\nWHAT BUSINESS COULD THE DUKE HAVE WITH ME THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING...\nPLEASE, COME INSIDE.\n\nTHE DUKE IS WAITING FOR YOU IN THE STUDY.\n\nWELCOME.\nLADY VIOLETA HERNANDEZ.\n\nI ACCIDENTALLY GOT LOST IN HIS FACE FOR A SECOND THERE...!\nget a grip!\n...YOU ASKED FOR ME, YOUR GRACE.\nYES, BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING I NEED TO TELL YOU PERSONALLY.\n...IS IT BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CARRIAGE?\n\nVIOLETA HERNANDEZ...\n\nI'M GOING TO NEED YOU TO HAVE AN AFFAIR WITH ME.","bubble_count":95,"pages_count":37,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Two days ago at the Imperial Palace, the Emperor shows Prince Ian the telegram with the war threat from the Kingdom of Kutan over the broken engagement.","spoiler_summary":"Two days ago at the Imperial Palace, the Emperor shows Prince Ian the telegram with the war threat from the Kingdom of Kutan over the broken engagement. To prevent war, Ian proposes breaking off his sister Erika and Leo's engagement and marrying Erika to Kutan instead. The Emperor demands a huge scandal in which the blame for the breakup will be pinned on Leo. In return, Leo asks for the destruction of his father's will, which could be used to incriminate his mother. In the present day, Lady Violetta Hernandez is summoned to the Leopold Dukedom early in the morning, and the Duke asks her to have an affair with him."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/i-became-the-affair-partner-of-a-trash-duke-mxeul3ac/chapter-7-2ss5kx","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — I Became the Affair Partner of a Trash Duke #7","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-17T07:57:18.913Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/i-became-the-affair-partner-of-a-trash-duke-mxeul3ac"}}