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While the servants fear their wages being frozen, Diana reveals her plan: she will propose marriage to the Third Prince Cassion.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Diana, who has returned to age 13, gets ready with her servant Janice and meets with her uncle Count Colcos. She remembers the pain of making him her guardian in her past life and losing everything. This time she is determined: she refuses to make Colcos her guardian, tells him to return to the country estate, and throws him out of her house. While the servants fear their wages being frozen, Diana reveals her plan: she will propose marriage to the Third Prince Cassion.","key_events":["Diana reassures household about frozen wages and plans to propose to Prince Cassion.","Diana reunites with loyal servant Janice and prepares for meeting.","Diana recalls past life where her uncle seized guardianship and took everything.","Diana rejects Count Colcos as guardian and expels him from her house."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"MY LADY, YOU LOOK ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, AS ALWAYS.\n\nSO THIS IS WHAT I LOOKED LIKE WHEN I WAS YOUNGER... I CAN'T GET USED TO IT.\nTO THINK I'VE RETURNED TO MY THIRTEEN-YEAR- OLD SELF.\nA MIRACLE REALLY DID HAPPEN.\n\nTHANKS TO THAT, I CAN REUNITE WITH JANICE, WHO RISKED HER LIFE FOR ME.\nBY THE WAY, JANICE. DIDN'T YOU SAY I HAVE SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO DO TODAY?\n\nYES, THAT'S RIGHT.\nTODAY IS THE DAY YOU MEET COUNT COLCOS.\n...COUNT COLCOS, MY UNCLE.\n\nMY ONLY GUARDIAN, WHO WAS LIKE A PARENT TO ME AFTER I LOST MY PARENTS AT A YOUNG AGE.\nHAVING NEVER DOUBTED THAT HIS AFFECTION WAS GENUINE LOVE,\nIN MY PAST LIFE, I APPOINTED HIM AS MY LEGAL GUARDIAN.\n\nAND AS A RESULT...\n\nYOU SHOULD HAVE JUST QUIETLY PLAYED YOUR ROLE AS MY WALLET.\nHOW DARE YOU TRY TO ACT LIKE THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE?\n\nUNCLE...?\nJUST DIE QUIETLY.\n\nI WILL BECOME THE HEAD AND LEAD THIS FAMILY!\nI WAS STRIPPED OF EVERYTHING THAT DAY.\n\nMY LADY.\nMY LADY!\nARE YOU ALRIGHT, MY LADY?\nYOU WERE CRYING EARLIER... DID YOU HAVE A NIGHTMARE?\n\n...A NIGHTMARE.\nIF ONLY ALL OF THAT HAD BEEN A NIGHTMARE. HOW WONDERFUL THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN.\n\nBUT IT WASN'T A NIGHTMARE. IT WAS MY PAST LIFE.\nMY LADY... SHOULD WE POSTPONE YOUR MEETING WITH COUNT COLCOS?\n\nJANICE... BACK THEN AND EVEN NOW, SHE ALWAYS PUTS ME FIRST.\nIT'S FINE. I WAS JUST LOST IN THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT.\nTODAY IS THE DAY I SEE MY UNCLE, SO I WANT TO WEAR A PRETTY DRESS.\nCOULD YOU HELP ME?\n\nOF COURSE, MY LADY.\nI STILL DON'T KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED.\nWHETHER A LEGEND CAME TRUE...\n\nOR IF THIS WAS PRINCE CASSION'S MAGIC.\nBUT THERE'S ONE THING I KNOW FOR SURE.\nTHIS IS MY CHANCE TO TAKE REVENGE ON THOSE WHO DROVE ME TO HELL!\n\nUNCLE, HAVE YOU BEEN WELL?\n\nDIANA, MY DEAR NIECE! HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?\nGOOD, SINCE I HAVE YOU LOOKING OUT FOR ME, AFTER ALL.\nNATURALLY. I AM YOUR ONLY FAMILY.\n\nI SUPPOSE YOU COULD SAY I'M YOUR GUARDIAN NOW.\nYOU CAN TALK TO ME ABOUT ANYTHING,\nSO PLEASE, FEEL COMFORTABLE LEANING ON ME.\n\"GUARDIAN\"... TELLING ME TO \"LEAN\" ON HIM...\n\nHE'S SAYING ALL OF THIS WHILE PLOTTING MY DEMISE.\nIN THE PETRORA KINGDOM, THERE ISN'T MUCH A YOUNG HEIR CAN DO ALONE.\n\nTHEREFORE, A GUARDIAN MUST BE APPOINTED TO EXERCISE THE HEAD'S AUTHORITY UNTIL THE HEIR COMES OF AGE.\nCONSIDERING THE COUNT'S FINANCIAL SITUATION, HE SHOULDN'T EVEN BE ABLE TO DREAM OF AFFORDING SUCH EXPENSIVE CLOTHES.\nHE CLEARLY BELIEVES HE HAS FULL CONTROL OVER ME.\nYou aren't feeling unwell anywhere, right?\n\nAND HE ISN'T EXACTLY WRONG TO THINK SO.\nShould we sit and have some tea while we talk?\nBECAUSE IN MY PAST LIFE, I BELIEVED HIS ACT WAS GENUINE AND HANDED THE POSITION OVER TO HIM.\nBUT NOW I KNOW. I CAN SEE THAT SIGNATURE, SYCOPHANTIC SMILE PLASTERED ON HIS FACE...\nLet's do that.\n\nSO... ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME YOU CHOSE YOUR GUARDIAN?\nHAVE YOU MADE UP YOUR MIND?\nYES, I'VE DECIDED.\n\nI WILL NOT BE APPOINTING YOU AS MY GUARDIAN.\nDIANA, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WHO ELSE WOULD ACT AS YOUR GUARDIAN IF NOT ME?\n\nTHAT IS FOR ME TO DECIDE.\nI AM THE RIGHTFUL HEIR TO THE EHRENVERE DUCAL HOUSE, AFTER ALL.\nBUT YOU'RE STILL YOUNG.\nAND THINK OF THE SERVANTS IN THIS HOUSE. WITHOUT A GUARDIAN, YOU WON'T EVEN BE ABLE TO PAY THEIR WAGES PROPERLY.\n\nDIANA, THIS IS A MATTER OF THE FAMILY'S SURVIVAL.\nTHIS ISN'T SOMETHING YOU CAN JUST THROW A CHILDISH TANTRUM OVER.\nI DIDN'T MAKE THIS DECISION LIGHTLY.\n\nHAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE SAYING?\nABOUT SOMEONE BRINGING IN THE WRONG GUARD DOG...\nAND THAT DOG TURNS AROUND TO BITE ITS MASTER AND CLAIM THE HOUSE FOR ITSELF.\nDIANA! WHAT ARE YOU IMPLYING...?!\n\nWHAT DO YOU THINK I'M IMPLYING?\nI DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHERS HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU, BUT...\nI'M NOT THAT KIND OF PERSON. YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT?\n\nYOU SHOULD ONLY BELIEVE WHAT YOU SEE AND EXPERIENCE FOR YOURSELF.\nOH, I'VE SEEN AND EXPERIENCED IT, ALRIGHT.\n... I'LL JUST ASK YOU ONE THING, UNCLE.\nPLEASE JUST STAY IN YOUR PLACE.\n\nJUST AS YOU DID WHEN MY FATHER WAS ALIVE. I'LL REMAIN HERE IN EHRENVERE, AND YOU WILL REMAIN ON YOUR PROVINCIAL ESTATE.\nEHRENVERE IS MY FAMILY.\n\nAND I WON'T JUST CARELESSLY HAND IT OVER TO ANYONE.\nH-HOW... HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?\nI WAS ONLY SAYING ALL THIS FOR YOUR SAKE...!\nIF YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT ME THAT MUCH...\n\nI HAVE ONE MORE REQUEST.\nGET OUT OF MY HOUSE.\n\nAND NEVER COME LOOKING FOR ME AGAIN.\n\nMY LADY! IS IT TRUE YOU TOLD COUNT COLCOS YOU WON'T APPOINT HIM AS YOUR GUARDIAN?\nYES, BUT WHERE DID YOU HEAR THAT?\nA MOUSE TOLD ME!\nA MOUSE...?\n\nIS THAT A NICKNAME OR SOMETHING...?\nANYWAY, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? EVERYONE IS PANICKING.\nTHEY'RE WORRIED OUR WAGES WILL BE FROZEN UNTIL A GUARDIAN IS APPOINTED...\nShould we start looking for work at another estate?\nWhat was Her Grace thinking...?\nYOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.\n\nI'D NEVER LET MY PRECIOUS HOUSEHOLD STAFF STARVE. I HAVE A PLAN.\nCOULD YOU PREPARE A CARRIAGE FOR ME?\nPRINCE CASSION... I NEED TO GO SEE THE THIRD PRINCE.\nWHAT? WHY HIM...?\nI'M GOING TO PROPOSE TO HIM.","bubble_count":103,"pages_count":35,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Diana, who has returned to age 13, gets ready with her servant Janice and meets with her uncle Count Colcos.","spoiler_summary":"Diana, who has returned to age 13, gets ready with her servant Janice and meets with her uncle Count Colcos. She remembers the pain of making him her guardian in her past life and losing everything. This time she is determined: she refuses to make Colcos her guardian, tells him to return to the country estate, and throws him out of her house. 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