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Casion mistakes it for a marriage proposal and gets embarrassed, then the pair are caught while breaking into the residence of Gadrian, an 8th-circle mage.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Chapter 23 of I Bought the Villains with Money revolves around Diana telling Prince Casion that he could be a mage and making a secret plan to heal him. Diana gains Casion's trust and asks him to have Zenis find a ring that nullifies barriers, distracts the guards, and puts the ring on Casion. Casion mistakes it for a marriage proposal and gets embarrassed, then the pair are caught while breaking into the residence of Gadrian, an 8th-circle mage.","key_events":["Diana expresses unconditional belief in prince's words; prince is moved and values her more","Diana plans to force entry to high-level mage's quarters to have prince's illness treated","Diana gives Prince Casion a ring disabling mid-level barriers for 30 minutes, mistaken for proposal","Prince asks Diana if he could be a mage; Diana says impossible, she can only recognize magical tools","High-level mage Lord Gadrian notices uninvited guests with barrier-nullifying ring and wants to talk","Zenis finds hidden magical tools in deserted corner with help from mice","Diana tasks Zenis with finding magical tools and distracting guards for 10 minutes"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"YOUR HIGHNESS, THIS MIGHT SOUND LIKE A STRANGE THING TO SAY...\nBUT HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT THAT YOU MIGHT BE A MAGE?\nME, A MAGE? THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE...\nISN'T THAT GOING A BIT TOO FAR JUST BECAUSE I CAN IDENTIFY MAGIC TOOLS?\n\nIS THAT SO...?\nHmm...\nI THOUGHT SHE WOULD FIND IT ABSURD... BUT IS SHE ACTUALLY GIVING IT SERIOUS THOUGHT?\n\nDIANA, DO YOU BELIEVE WHAT I'M SAYING?\nOF COURSE. WHY WOULDN'T I BELIEVE YOUR HIGHNESS'S WORDS?\n...WHY? I COULD BE WRONG, SO HOW CAN YOU BELIEVE ME WITHOUT ANY SUSPICION?\n\nI JUST BELIEVE YOU, BECAUSE THEY ARE YOUR WORDS.\n...YOU REALLY ARE STRANGE.\n\nPARDON?\nSOMETIMES YOU SAY EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO HEAR.\nLIKE YOU'RE READING MY MIND.\n\n...DON'T TELL ME YOU WERE MOVED BY WHAT I SAID?\nI'LL KEEP TELLING YOU THE THINGS YOU WANT TO HEAR IN THE FUTURE.\nIS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO HEAR?\n\nTH-THAT'S ENOUGH. I DON'T NEED IT!\nI THOUGHT SHE WAS JUST A DECENT PARTNER.\nI MIGHT, PERHAPS, CARE FOR HER MORE THAN I THOUGHT...\n\nMY LADY! I FOUND THE MAGIC TOOLS YOU ASKED FOR!\nYES, MY LADY! JUST LEAVE IT TO ME!\nZENIS, I'LL LEAVE THE MAGIC TOOLS TO YOU.\nI HAD PARTED WAYS WITH ZENIS AT THE CARRIAGE.\n\nDID YOU FIND WHAT I ASKED FOR?\nYES! I ASKED AROUND AND FOUND THEM!\nTHEY WERE HIDDEN IN SUCH A REMOTE CORNER THAT I HAD TO ASK THE MICE TO HELP LOCATE THEM.\n\nTHANKS, AND ONE MORE THING...\nD-DISTRACT THE GUARDS...?!\nMY LADY, WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO?\n\nJUST GIVE ME 10 MINUTES. IT'S SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR HIS HIGHNESS, OKAY?\nUGH... MY LADY, MAKING A FACE LIKE THAT IS CHEATING...!\n\nALL RIGHT, I'LL GO RIGHT NOW!\nDISTRACTING THE GUARDS...?\nWHAT IS SHE UP TO NOW?\n\nPRINCE CASION.\nWILL YOU PUT THIS RING ON?\nA-A RING?! WAIT, NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT...\n\nI ASKED DIANA TO MARRY ME, BUT I HAVEN'T EVEN PROPOSED YET...!\nSO DIANA IS PROPOSING TO ME FIRST...?!\n\nPLEASE. IT'S NECESSARY, SO PLEASE PUT IT ON.\nW-WAIT, WAIT A SECOND...\nYES?\n\nI WANTED TO BE THE ONE TO PROPOSE FIRST—!!!\n\nWH-WHAT! WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?\nNO, NO... THIS ISN'T A PROPOSAL RING.\nIT'S A RING THAT CAN NEUTRALIZE MID-LEVEL MAGIC BARRIERS FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES!\n\nA MAGIC BARRIER... WHAT?\nACTUALLY, I'VE BEEN THINKING LATELY THAT YOUR ILLNESS MIGHT BE TREATABLE WITH MAGIC.\n\nSO, I WAS PLANNING TO VISIT A HIGH-RANKING MAGE'S PRIVATE QUARTERS AND ASK THEM TO TREAT YOU.\nTHEN, ASKING TO DISTRACT THE GUARDS WAS ALSO...\nBECAUSE THE GUARDS WOULD SURELY STOP US\nIF WE TRIED TO BREAK INTO AN 8TH-CIRCLE MAGE'S RESIDENCE.\nI-I DIDN'T KNOW THAT...\n\nAND I THOUGHT DIANA WAS PROPOSING TO ME...!\nWELL THEN, YOUR HIGHNESS CAN DO THE REAL PROPOSAL LATER.\nOKAY?\n\n...I-I DIDN'T KNOW! IT'S ALL BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T EXPLAIN THINGS PROPERLY!!\nHAHA, YES, I'M SORRY!\n\n...WE HAVE UNINVITED GUESTS.\nIT SEEMS THE MAGIC TOOL MERCHANTS SOLD THEM A BARRIER-NEUTRALIZING TOOL.\nSHALL I DEAL WITH THEM?\nTHEY MIGHT BE ASSASSINS.\n\nYOU HAVE MANY ENEMIES, MASTER.\nTHAT'S TRUE, BUT NO ONE WOULD HIRE SUCH BRATS AS ASSASSINS.\nTHEY HAVE ENOUGH WIT TO BUY AND WEAR A BARRIER-NEUTRALIZING RING JUST TO MEET A MAGE,\n\nAND THESE CHILDREN HAVE DEATH LOOMING OVER THEM...\n...LORD GADRIAN, THE MEETING STARTS IN 10 MINUTES.\nWE SHOULD HEAD OUT SOON.\n\n...NO, I'LL MOVE IN A LITTLE WHILE.\nI'D LIKE TO TALK TO THESE CHILDREN.\n...IT SEEMS THOSE TWO HAVE PIQUED YOUR CURIOSITY, LORD GADRIAN.\nCALL ME IF YOU NEED ME.\n\n...?!\nAAAH...!\n\nJUDGING BY YOUR CLOTHES... YOU SEEM TO BE CHILDREN OF HIGH-RANKING FAMILIES.\n\nWHAT BRINGS YOU TO THIS PLACE?\nI DIDN'T EXPECT TO RUN INTO HIM SO SOON...\nARE YOU, PERHAPS, LOST?\n\n...GADRIAN!","bubble_count":81,"pages_count":29,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Chapter 23 of I Bought the Villains with Money revolves around Diana telling Prince Casion that he could be a mage and making a secret plan to heal him.","spoiler_summary":"Chapter 23 of I Bought the Villains with Money revolves around Diana telling Prince Casion that he could be a mage and making a secret plan to heal him. Diana gains Casion's trust and asks him to have Zenis find a ring that nullifies barriers, distracts the guards, and puts the ring on Casion. Casion mistakes it for a marriage proposal and gets embarrassed, then the pair are caught while breaking into the residence of Gadrian, an 8th-circle mage."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/i-bought-the-villains-with-money-8vputcbm/chapter-23-pkm3hi","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — I bought the villains with money #23","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-20T23:31:22.348Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/i-bought-the-villains-with-money-8vputcbm"}}