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The Duke tries to persuade her with the promise of revenge against the princess, while the woman explains that she does not want revenge, but marriage with someone she loves.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"The Duke offers the young woman a fake relationship with him, but she firmly refuses. The Duke claims she once ruined the seats of his car by getting in while muddy and wet, and presents her with a 5 million kron repair bill. The woman says she will pay the debt, but refuses to become his mistress. The Duke tries to persuade her with the promise of revenge against the princess, while the woman explains that she does not want revenge, but marriage with someone she loves.","key_events":["Woman states she wants to marry someone she loves and has no luxury for revenge.","Duke presents 5 million kron repair bill; woman promises to repay somehow and refuses to pay as mistress.","Duke decides woman is perfect mistress candidate for deal with Emperor and plans to win her willingly.","Revealed woman rode duke's car without permission while muddy and wet, damaging master-crafted seats.","A duke offers a woman a fake relationship/mistress arrangement and she rejects it.","Woman accuses duke of sabotaging past relationships; duke suspects someone else did it in disguise.","Duke tries to lure woman with revenge against a princess, but she says she does not want revenge."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"I'M GOING TO NEED YOU TO HAVE AN AFFAIR WITH ME.\nEXCUSE ME?\n\nIS... THAT WHAT YOU WANTED TO SAY TO ME?\nFOR STARTERS. SO, ARE YOU UP FOR IT?\n...THERE'S NO WAY I CAN DO THAT.\n\nYOU'D BETTER MAKE IT POSSIBLE.\nFREE-LOADING. DID YOU REALLY THINK I'D JUST LET IT SLIDE?\n\nMY MEMORIES WERE SO FUZZY THAT I'D FORGOTTEN...!\nIT REALLY WAS THE DUKE'S CARRIAGE I RODE THAT DAY!\n...I AM TRULY SORRY ABOUT THAT INCIDENT. I DIDN'T DO IT ON PURPOSE...\n\nWHETHER IT WAS ON PURPOSE OR NOT DOESN'T MATTER.\nWHAT MATTERS IS HOW MUCH DAMAGE YOU CAUSED.\n\nHER PALE VIOLET EYES...\nTHEY'RE STRANGELY STRIKING.\n...I'LL PAY YOU BACK, NO MATTER HOW MUCH IT IS.\n\nHOW BOLD OF YOU.\nHOWEVER, I'LL PRETEND I DIDN'T HEAR THAT FIRST PART.\nWOW, YOU'VE GOT GUTS.\nBUT TELL ME, IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE GIVEN YOUR CURRENT SITUATION?\n\nHERE, THE REPAIR BILL FOR THE CARRIAGE.\n\n5 MILLION CROWNS.\n\n5⋯.\n5 MILLION CROWNS?! EVEN THE FINE IS ONLY AROUND 2 MILLION!\nSO YOU'VE ALREADY LOOKED INTO THE FINES.\n\nAND YET, YOU NEVER ONCE CAME TO SEE ME OR TRIED TO PAY IT BACK?\nIT'S NOT THAT I WASN'T GOING TO PAY. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS YOUR CARRIAGE BACK THEN.\nI WASN'T FEELING WELL, SO MY MEMORY...\nSIGH, MY LADY.\n\nTHOSE CARRIAGE SEATS WERE A MASTERPIECE, MADE OVER SEVERAL WEEKS BY A MASTER CRAFTSMAN USING THE FINEST MATERIALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.\nBUT SINCE YOU SAT THERE, CAKED IN MUD AND SOAKING WET, THEY BECAME NOTHING BUT TRASH FIT FOR THE INCINERATOR.\nAND YET YOU TRY TO BRUSH IT ALL OFF BY SAYING YOU DIDN'T KNOW OR DON'T REMEMBER.\n\nI DESPISE THE EXCUSES OF PARASITES WHO LOOK FOR A FREE RIDE MORE THAN ANYTHING.\n\nMAKING EXCUSES FOR A DEBT IS A LUXURY, WOULDN'T YOU AGREE?\nI'LL ASK AGAIN.\n\nCAN YOU HAVE AN AFFAIR WITH ME?\n\nTHE REPAIR COSTS... I WILL PAY THEM BACK SOMEHOW.\nSO, I'M SORRY, BUT I MUST DECLINE YOUR OFFER...\nI DON'T UNDERSTAND.\n\nWHY TAKE THE LONG WAY AROUND WHEN THERE'S AN EASY PATH RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU?\nBECAUSE... I HAVE NO INTENTION OF PAYING YOU BACK BY BEING TREATED AS YOUR MISTRESS.\nIT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AN EASY PATH TO SOMEONE IN YOUR HIGH POSITION, YOUR GRACE, BUT IT ISN'T FOR ME.\n\nYOU DON'T KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT WHAT I'VE ENDURED TO SURVIVE THIS LONG!\nHOW INTERESTING.\nI CAN'T SEEM TO TAKE MY EYES OFF THOSE STEADY, PALE VIOLET EYES.\n\nTHE BRAZENNESS THAT COMES FROM A FALLEN STATUS,\nAND THE NATURAL ELEGANCE OF HER NOBLE BIRTH BLEND TOGETHER IN A STRANGE HARMONY.\n\nON TOP OF THAT, SHE'S A WOMAN BOLD AND RECKLESS ENOUGH TO CURSE ME OUT INSIDE MY OWN CARRIAGE.\n\nTHE MORE I LOOK AT HER, THE MORE SHE SEEMS LIKE THE PERFECT PERSON FOR MY DEAL WITH THE EMPEROR.\nTO PLAY THE ROLE OF A MISTRESS AGAINST A SHARP-WITTED PRINCESS, SHE'LL NEED THAT KIND OF NERVE.\n\nBESIDES, SHE HAS A LONG HISTORY WITH THE PRINCESS AND SHOULD BE USED TO SCENES OF INFIDELITY AS AN AFFAIR CONSULTANT.\n\nYOU SHOULDN'T BE SO ADAMANT ABOUT REFUSING.\nUSUALLY, PEOPLE OF THIS SORT TEND TO PUSH BACK WHEN COERCED,\nI NEED TO MAKE HER MOVE OF HER OWN ACCORD...\nHOW SHOULD I WIN HER OVER?\nBECAUSE FOR YOU...\n\nSHOULD I THREATEN HER, OR SEDUCE HER?\nTHIS MIGHT NOT BE SUCH A BAD DEAL AFTER ALL.\nIS SHE TREMBLING? HOW PITIFUL.\n\nSHE DOESN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT HER PATHETIC STATE ONLY STIMULATES A PREDATOR'S CURIOSITY FURTHER.\nMISS VIOLETA HERNANDEZ.\n\nDON'T YOU WANT TO GET REVENGE ON THE PRINCESS?\n\nREVENGE ON ERIKA...?\nNOW, TAKE THE BAIT.\nTHE TYPE OF PERSON WHO IS EASILY SWEPT UP IN EMOTIONS... WHO KEEPS FALLING FOR THE ILLUSION OF LOVE DESPITE BEING INSULTED.\n\nJUST LIKE MY MOTHER.\n\nHER NECK IS SO PALE AND SLENDER...\n\nHER SCENT IS....\nIT WAS THE SAME BACK THEN.\nA SCENT LIKE GREENERY MIXED WITH SOMETHING SWEET....\n\nREVENGE... I DON'T WANT IT.\nWHAT?\n\nI WANT MARRIAGE.\nTHAT'S WHY I DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY. NOT EVEN THE LUXURY TO THINK ABOUT REVENGE.\nTO ME... THAT TRULY IS A LUXURY.\n\n...MARRIAGE?\n\nISN'T MARRIAGE JUST A TRANSACTION\nWHERE BOTH PARTIES GIVE AND TAKE BASED ON THEIR OWN CONDITIONS?\nDUKE OTERO!\nI'M SURE YOU'VE RECEIVED MANY MARRIAGE PROPOSALS.\n\nWAS THE GROOM'S DOWRY NOT ENOUGH?\nIF YOU WANT, I CAN ARRANGE A MARRIAGE WHERE YOU'RE SOLD OFF.\nTHOUGH, AT BEST, YOU'D ONLY END UP AS A MISTRESS OR A SECOND WIFE.\n\nDON'T INSULT ME LIKE THAT.\nI'M GOING TO MARRY SOMEONE I LOVE.\n...LOVE?\n\nLOVE!\n\nNO MATTER HOW FOOLISH YOU ARE, HOW COULD YOU BRING LOVE INTO MARRIAGE....\nI AM SERIOUS.\nSO PLEASE, DON'T TRY TO FORCE THAT PROPOSAL ON ME ANYMORE!\n...AND WHILE WE'RE AT IT, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE.\n\nI HEARD THAT YOU'VE BEEN SABOTAGING MY RELATIONSHIPS ALL THIS TIME.\nTHAT YOU URGED MY LOVERS TO BREAK UP WITH ME BECAUSE I WASN'T ON THEIR LEVEL.\nWHAT...?\nAH, HUGO, THAT BRAT....\n\nDID HE GO AROUND DOING THAT WHILE DISGUISED AS ME?\n\nTRYING TO PICK THOSE PESTS OFF OF THIS WOMAN?\nSO?\nI DON'T KNOW WHY YOU DID IT, BUT I'M ASKING YOU TO STOP. PLEASE DON'T DO IT AGAIN.\nAT THIS RATE, PEOPLE WILL THINK I'M THE ONE IN YOUR DEBT.\n\nI WILL MAKE SURE TO PAY BACK THE REPAIR COSTS.\nNOW, IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME!\nWHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?\n\nI'M NOT FINISHED YET.\n\nLADY HERNANDEZ.","bubble_count":104,"pages_count":44,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"The Duke offers the young woman a fake relationship with him, but she firmly refuses.","spoiler_summary":"The Duke offers the young woman a fake relationship with him, but she firmly refuses. The Duke claims she once ruined the seats of his car by getting in while muddy and wet, and presents her with a 5 million kron repair bill. The woman says she will pay the debt, but refuses to become his mistress. 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