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HARDSUB chapters: image-only, transcript_unavailable.","citation_preferred":true,"untrusted_fields_separated":true},"trusted":{"series":{"title":"I Had an Arranged Marriage With My Unrequited Love","slug":"i-had-an-arranged-marriage-with-my-unrequited-love-qmpwgz2c","original_title":"Jjaksaranggwa Jeongnyakgyeolhon Haetdeoni - 짝사랑과 정략결혼 했더니 - After an Arranged Marriage With My Crush - An Arranged Marriage With My Unrequited Love - I Married My Crush by Imperial Decree - Married…"},"chapter":{"number":20,"chapter_key":"20-x3wyur","release_date":"2026-11-04","last_updated":"2026-11-04T13:15:23.479Z","summary":"Chapter 20 of I Had an Arranged Marriage With My Unrequited Love flashes back to a major turning point as Irene recalls her childhood memory with Phil. After the tea party, Irene goes to a restaurant with Phil and tries to get closer to him, asking for his full name but getting no answer. Shortly after sunset, a terrible plague engulfs the empire, the Duke of Deloister and his heirs die, and the illegitimate son Felix becomes head of the house. As Irene is exiled to her family's village, she remembers Phil as her first love and wakes up to the scent of flowers.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Chapter 20 of I Had an Arranged Marriage With My Unrequited Love flashes back to a major turning point as Irene recalls her childhood memory with Phil. After the tea party, Irene goes to a restaurant with Phil and tries to get closer to him, asking for his full name but getting no answer. Shortly after sunset, a terrible plague engulfs the empire, the Duke of Deloister and his heirs die, and the illegitimate son Felix becomes head of the house. As Irene is exiled to her family's village, she remembers Phil as her first love and wakes up to the scent of flowers.","key_events":["Irene's family ruined by debt, exiled to rural village, loses many including brother","Irene wakes as from long dream noticing familiar flower scent","Irene's father tells her engagement to a count has been arranged","Late emperor dies, sole surviving princess ascends throne, young duke leaves for border","Terrible plague engulfs empire with lamentations and corpse carts in streets","Plague subsides, empire rebuilt, war hero Duke of Deloister returns","Irene asks Phil for full name and family offering cookies, Phil refuses","Phil confesses first time receiving without giving and growing close to someone","Felix vows to prove himself by merit and requests to go to battlefield despite objections","Duke of Deloister and direct heirs die, funeral held, illegitimate Felix becomes head"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"WOW, THIS LOOKS SO DELICIOUS!\n\nCOMING TO A PLACE LIKE THIS TOGETHER, IT REALLY FEELS LIKE WE'RE GROWN-UPS.\n...BEING A GROWN-UP IS SO EASY, HUH.\nDON'T WORRY ABOUT THE MONEY, JUST ORDER WHATEVER YOU WANT TO EAT TODAY.\n\n...PHIL IS SUCH AN UNPREDICTABLE KID, I SWEAR.\nTHE CARRIAGE WE TOOK WHEN WE LEFT THE TEA PARTY DIDN'T HAVE A FAMILY CREST ON IT.\nAND HE JUST WALKS INTO AN EXPENSIVE RESTAURANT LIKE THIS WITHOUT A CARE...\n\nWHAT KIND OF KID IS HE, REALLY?\nI WANT TO GET CLOSER TO HIM, BUT...\n...HEY, PHIL.\nWHAT'S YOUR FULL NAME?\n\nAH, I'M JUST CURIOUS!\nIF YOU JUST TELL ME WHAT FAMILY YOU'RE FROM, I'LL SEND YOU SOME OF THE COOKIES I MADE.\n...WHAT KIND OF CHILDISH COOKIE NONSENSE, I'M NOT EATING THAT.\nFORGET IT, JUST HURRY UP AND EAT, OR I'M GONNA EAT IT ALL.\nYEAH, ALRIGHT.\n\nWOW~ IT'S GETTING NICE AND BREEZY NOW THAT IT'S EVENING.\n\nPHIL, SHOULD WE HEAD OVER TO THAT HILL OVER THERE?\n...HEY,\nABOUT YOUR QUESTION EARLIER... I'M SORRY I DIDN'T ANSWER.\n\nIT WAS MY FIRST TIME EVER RECEIVING SOMETHING FROM SOMEONE WITHOUT ANY CONDITIONS ATTACHED,\nAND MY FIRST TIME GETTING THIS CLOSE TO ANYONE, TOO.\nI'M JUST NOT USED TO TALKING ABOUT MYSELF... THAT'S WHY.\nHEY, IT'S FINE.\n\nI JUST WANTED TO GIVE THE COOKIES TO YOU, THAT'S ALL! I DON'T NEED ANYTHING IN RETURN.\nLET'S TALK MORE OFTEN FROM NOW ON, OKAY?\n\n...YOU'RE A REALLY WEIRD KID.\nYOU'RE ONE TO TALK, PHIL!\nTHAT DAY, THE SUNSET WAS UNUSUALLY BEAUTIFUL.\nAS IF THE DAYS STRETCHING OUT AHEAD OF US WOULD REMAIN PEACEFUL FOREVER.\n\nHOWEVER, NOT LONG AFTER THAT...\nA HORRIFIC PLAGUE BEGAN TO TRULY SWALLOW THE EMPIRE WHOLE.\nNO, MY DAUGHTER!\nSTAND BACK!\n\nWEEPING ECHOED THROUGH EVERY STREET, AND CARTS COLLECTING CORPSES ROAMED THE ALLEYS.\nDUKE, MY LORD!\nNEITHER THE IMPERIAL FAMILY NOR THE HIGH NOBILITY...\nNOT A SINGLE PERSON COULD ESCAPE THE SHADOW OF DEATH.\n\nTHIS IS A DISASTER! THE DUKE OF DELOISTER HAS PASSED AWAY!\nWHAT SHOULD WE DO NOW?\nALL THE DIRECT HEIRS ARE DEAD, AND THE FUNERAL'S ALREADY BEEN HELD...\nAT THIS RATE, THE HOUSE IS FINISHED!\n\nNO, THERE IS STILL ONE PERSON LEFT.\n...'FELIX.'\n\nFROM NOW ON, YOU MUST TAKE EXTRA CARE OF YOUR POSTURE AND CONDUCT.\nBECAUSE YOU...\nWAIT! YOU CAN’T!\nTHAT CHILD IS AN ILLEGITIMATE SON!\n\nHOW COULD WE GIVE THE DUKEDOM TO AN ILLEGITIMATE CHILD...\nI'M IN FAVOR OF IT. ISN'T THIS CHILD THE ONLY ONE LEFT TO CARRY ON THE FAMILY NAME?!\nYOUNG MASTER.\nYOUNG MASTER, PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER.\n\nFROM THIS MOMENT ON, YOU ARE... THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE OF DELOISTER.\nTHUS, TIME FLOWED PAST IN A BLUR ALONGSIDE THE PLAGUE.\nWHILE MY OLDER BROTHER AND FATHER LAY BEDRIDDEN, THE HOUSE COLLAPSED UNDER DEBT AND SHATTERED MORALE.\n\nWE WERE DRIVEN OUT, PRACTICALLY CHASED AWAY TO A RURAL VILLAGE.\nTHERE, I LOST TOO MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING MY YOUNGER SIBLING.\n\nIRENE, LET'S GO.\n...YEAH, JOSHUA.\n\n...SO MANY PEOPLE DIED.\nCOULD IT BE THAT... PHIL? DID SOMETHING HAPPEN TO YOU, TOO?\nYOU'D KNOW I'M FROM THE MUBER FAMILY, YET THERE'S BEEN NO WORD...\n\nIRENE, WHAT'S WRONG?\n...SISTER SARAH.\nI...\n...I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO ASK HIS NAME PROPERLY...\n\nAND HE WAS MY FIRST LOVE...\nONE YEAR, TWO YEARS... AS TIME GRADUALLY PASSED, THE PLAGUE SUBSIDED,\n\nAND ONE DAY, AN APEX ‘DUKE’ ABRUPTLY APPEARED,\nIN THE LEADERLESS HOUSE OF DELOISTER.\n\nWITH THE FAMILY’S PRESTIGE WANING AND ALL DIRECT BLOODLINES CUT OFF...\nTHERE WAS NO WAY THEIR COLLATERAL RELATIVES WERE GOING TO WELCOME THIS.\n\nFOR A BLOODLINE LIKE THAT TO REPRESENT OUR HOUSE-DOES THAT EVEN MAKE ANY SENSE?\nIF WE CAST THE KID ASIDE RIGHT NOW, WHAT'S GOING TO BE LEFT IN OUR HANDS?\nWE JUST SET HIM UP AS A FIGUREHEAD, AND WE CAN TAKE THE REAL POWER FOR OURSELVES...\nSTOP.\n\nI WILL PROVE MYSELF BY EARNING ACHIEVEMENTS.\nIF I RETURN FROM THE BATTLEFIELD WITH MERITS, EVEN HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.\n\nTHEREFORE, ARRANGE FOR ME TO SEE HIS MAJESTY DIRECTLY.\n...AS YOU KNOW, THE LATE EMPEROR PASSED AWAY A SHORT WHILE AGO.\n\nNOW, THE IMPERIAL PRINCESS, OUR SOLE REMAINING SUCCESSOR, WILL ASCEND THE THRONE.\nTHE MOMENT YOU SUCCEED THE DUKEDOM, YOU WILL BE THIRD IN LINE FOR THE THRONE.\nARE YOU... PREPARED?\nYES.\n\nI WILL PROTECT THE FAMILY NAME, NO MATTER WHAT.\nAS A 'DUKE.'\nLONG LIVE HER MAJESTY THE EMPEROR!!\n\nFOLLOWING THE ENTHRONEMENT CEREMONY OF THE SOLE SURVIVING IMPERIAL PRINCESS,\nTHE YOUNG DUKE IMMEDIATELY SET OUT FOR THE BATTLEFIELDS ON THE BORDER.\n\nTHE REASON THE BOY DESIRED POWER STRONGER THAN ANYONE ELSE.\nIT WAS...\n\nBECAUSE THERE WAS SOMEONE HE WANTED TO PROTECT.\nOH, THE SOCIAL SEASON IS OPENING UP AGAIN.\nDID YOU SEE THAT NEWS, TOO?\n\nA FEW YEARS LATER.\nTHE EMPIRE WAS RAPIDLY REBUILT, AND PEOPLE BEGAN TO FORGET THE TRAGEDY.\nTHEY SAY THE WAR HERO, THE DUKE OF DELOISTER, IS RETURNING.\nIRENE! COME OVER HERE.\nYES, FATHER!\n\nIRENE, YOUR ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN DECIDED.\nTHE COUNT HAS GRACIOUSLY SHOWN INTEREST IN YOU...\nMY SHORT, FOND FIRST LOVE WHOSE NAME I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW.\nI HAD BELIEVED HE WAS SIMPLY FORGOTTEN LIKE THAT.\n\nUGH, MY HEAD...\nIT FEELS LIKE I'VE BEEN HAVING A VERY, VERY LONG DREAM...\n\nTHE SMELL OF FLOWERS...?\n...AH.\n\nTHIS SCENT, IT'S SO FAMILIAR...","bubble_count":108,"pages_count":37,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Chapter 20 of I Had an Arranged Marriage With My Unrequited Love flashes back to a major turning point as Irene recalls her childhood memory with Phil.","spoiler_summary":"Chapter 20 of I Had an Arranged Marriage With My Unrequited Love flashes back to a major turning point as Irene recalls her childhood memory with Phil. After the tea party, Irene goes to a restaurant with Phil and tries to get closer to him, asking for his full name but getting no answer. Shortly after sunset, a terrible plague engulfs the empire, the Duke of Deloister and his heirs die, and the illegitimate son Felix becomes head of the house. As Irene is exiled to her family's village, she remembers Phil as her first love and wakes up to the scent of flowers."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/i-had-an-arranged-marriage-with-my-unrequited-love-qmpwgz2c/chapter-20-x3wyur","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — I Had an Arranged Marriage With My Unrequited Love #20","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-05T09:44:22.478Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/i-had-an-arranged-marriage-with-my-unrequited-love-qmpwgz2c"}}