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As the man disguised as a reporter threatens the Duke with intimate photos taken at the marketplace and frightens him with ruining the Duchess's reputation, Felix angrily silences him, buys the photos and negatives for thirty gold, and makes him sign a contract with a three-hundred-gold penalty for any leak.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"I Had an Arranged Marriage With My Unrequited Love depicts a tense confrontation in which Duke Felix faces blackmail over claims that his wife Irene had a forbidden love affair. As the man disguised as a reporter threatens the Duke with intimate photos taken at the marketplace and frightens him with ruining the Duchess's reputation, Felix angrily silences him, buys the photos and negatives for thirty gold, and makes him sign a contract with a three-hundred-gold penalty for any leak.","key_events":["Duke realizes photo date matches date Irene refused his bed, doubting his happy marriage.","Duke recalls Irene changed around Christmas, lost smile, slept for days, refused to share his bed.","Duke confronts a self-proclaimed reporter presenting intimate photos of Irene with a man at the market.","Reporter threatens to leak photos; Duke threatens him then buys photos and negatives for thirty gold.","Duke orders investigation into the man's identity and relationship, first ordering kill then revoking it.","At night Irene notices Felix has not returned despite lightened workload when servant arrives panicked.","Duke forces reporter to sign contract with three-hundred-gold penalty if any photo of his wife leaks.","Investigation identifies man as Joshua Hassler, childhood close friend of Irene's family visiting for Christmas."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"EVEN YESTERDAY, THE TWO OF THEM WERE STROLLING AROUND THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ON A COZY DATE TOGETHER,\nWERE YOU NOT AWARE OF THIS, DUKE?\n\nWHEN I LOOKED INTO LAST TIME'S PHOTOS,\n\nI HEARD THAT MY WIFE HAS HAD A CLOSE FRIENDSHIP WITH THE HASSLER FAMILY SINCE SHE WAS YOUNG,\nHOW COULD TWO PEOPLE LIKE THAT BE HAVING AN AFFAIR?\nTHIS IS ABSURD.\n\nYOU MAY TAKE YOUR LEAVE NOW.\n...THEN ARE YOU SAYING, DUKE,\nTHAT YOU DON’T CARE EVEN IF THESE PHOTOS ARE MADE PUBLIC TO THE PRESS?\n\nSOMEONE IS BOUND TO LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS AND HARBOR SUSPICIONS, I'M SURE.\nORDINARY CITIZENS LIKE MYSELF, YOU SEE, LOVE A GOOD PIECE OF GOSSIP.\nIS YOUR GRACE REALLY ALRIGHT WITH THE DUCHESS'S REPUTATION BEING DRAGGED THROUGH THE MUD...\n\nRIGHT NOW,\nWHO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE THREATENING?\n\nHOW DARE YOU, RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME?\n\nURGH...!\nYOUR GRACE!\n\n...WHAT SHOULD I DO?\nTHERE ARE MANY WHO ENVY AND FEEL JEALOUS OF IRENE, WHOSE SOCIAL STANDING SUDDENLY SOARED BY THE EMPEROR'S COMMAND.\n\nON THE DAY THESE PHOTOS MAKE IT INTO THE NEWSPAPERS, SHE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BECOME THE CENTRAL FIGURE OF A MASSIVE SCANDAL.\nIF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN...\n\n...WHAT IS YOUR ASKING PRICE?\nAH! THIRTY GOLD! THIRTY GOLD WILL DO!\nTHAT'S STEEP FOR JUST A FEW PHOTOS. YOU BROUGHT THE NEGATIVES, DIDN'T YOU?\n\nOF COURSE I DID, YOUR GRACE. I'VE BROUGHT EVERYTHING...\nTHERE AREN'T ANY OTHER PHOTOS LEFT, ARE THERE?\nABSOLUTELY NOT, I WOULD NEVER PULL SUCH A CHEAP STUNT!\n\nIN THAT CASE,\nWOULD YOU BE FINE WITH SIGNING A CONTRACT STATING THAT IF ANY PHOTOS RELATED TO MY WIFE ARE LEAKED,\nYOU WILL PAY A PENALTY OF THREE HUNDRED GOLD?\n\n...OF COURSE, DUKE.\nLOOKING AT HER CLOTHES, THESE WERE TAKEN JUST YESTERDAY.\n\nEVEN THOUGH SHE SMILED SO BRIGHTLY YESTERDAY,\nIS THAT THE KIND OF EXPRESSION SHE'S BEEN SHOWING ME TODAY?\n\nEVERYTHING STARTED GOING WRONG\nAROUND CHRISTMASTIME.\n\nYOUR GRACE.\nHOW DOES THIS NECKLACE LOOK?\nLADY MUBER... NO,\n\nI THINK IT WOULD SUIT THE DUCHESS OF DELOISTER QUITE WELL.\nTHE MARCHIONESS OF GRANTEA, THEODORA\nI CAN'T REALLY TELL,\nISN'T THIS ONE MORE EXPENSIVE?\n\nHM, YOU PREPARED THE MOST EXPENSIVE WEDDING GIFTS IN THE EMPIRE,\nBUT I HEARD THE DUCHESS HASN'T BEEN WEARING THEM MUCH.\nI GUARANTEE IT, LET'S GO WITH THIS ONE.\n\nI'M GOING TO TRY IT ONCE, SO PLEASE HELP ME OUT, YOUR GRACE.\nBY THIS TIME, IRENE HAD ALREADY CHANGED.\nIRENE.\n\nWHEN MY NORMALLY ALERT NEW BRIDE REMAINED FAST ASLEEP FOR DAYS ON END,\nAT FIRST, I THOUGHT SHE MIGHT JUST BE TIRED.\nBUT EVERY TIME WE OCCASIONALLY CROSSED PATHS,\n\nA SHADOW HUNG OVER HER FACE INSTEAD OF A SMILE.\nDID I DO SOMETHING WRONG?\nWAS IT A MISTAKE TO RUSH INTO SHARING A BED?\n\n...OR PERHAPS,\nWAS THIS DIFFERENT FROM THE MARRIED LIFE SHE WANTED?\nIN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, COULD AN EXPENSIVE GIFT POSSIBLY MEAN ANYTHING?\n\nJUST AS I WAS THINKING I NEEDED TO FOCUS ON REPAIRING OUR RELATIONSHIP,\nA MAN CALLING HIMSELF A ‘REPORTER’ STEPPED INTO MY OFFICE FOR THE FIRST TIME.\n...MY WIFE IS HAVING AN AFFAIR?\nTAKE A GOOD LOOK, YOUR GRACE.\n\nDOESN’T THIS LOOK LIKE AN AFFECTIONATE ATMOSPHERE TO ANYONE?\n...WELL.\nIT JUST LIKE SHE'S BUYING THINGS WITH SOMEONE SHE KNOWS.\nTHAT'S ENOUGH. I HAVE WORK PILING UP, SO LEAVE AT...\n\nYOUR GRACE?\nBEFORE I KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING, I HAD BOUGHT THE PHOTOS FOR A HEFTY SUM.\nFIND OUT WHO HE IS.\n\nUNDERSTOOD. WHAT SHALL I DO WITH HIM AFTER THE INVESTIGATION?\nKILL HIM.\n\nY-YOUR GRACE...!?\n...NO, WAIT.\nFIND OUT WHO HE IS.\n\nAND WHAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP HE HAS WITH MY WIFE.\n\nYOUR GRACE.\nJOSHUA HASSLER.\n\nHE IS THE SECOND SON OF THE VISCOUNT HASSLER FAMILY,\nAND I'M TOLD HE HAS HAD FREQUENT EXCHANGES WITH THE VISCOUNT MUBER FAMILY SINCE CHILDHOOD.\nIT SEEMS THE TWO OF THEM GREW CLOSE BECAUSE THEY ARE AROUND THE SAME AGE.\nAFTER BEING AWAY FROM HIS HOMETOWN FOR A LONG TIME TO STUDY,\nHE RECENTLY CAME TO THE CAPITAL FOR HIS CHRISTMAS VACATION, IT APPEARS.\n\nHEARING THE EXPLANATION,\nA PICTURE IMMEDIATELY FORMED IN MY HEAD.\nA PEER NOBLE WHOM SHE HAD BEEN CLOSE WITH SINCE CHILDHOOD.\n\nA MAN AND A WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN SEPARATED FOR SOME REASON,\nONLY TO MEET AGAIN AND HAVE THEIR AFFECTION SPARK...\n...NO, THAT CAN'T BE.\n\nMY MARRIED LIFE WITH IRENE WAS 'HAPPY'.\nSHE ALWAYS GREETED ME WITH A SMILE,\nAND EVEN ACCEPTED MY REQUESTS TO SPEND THE NIGHTS TOGETHER.\n\nIF SMILES LIKE THOSE WERE ALL A LIE...\n\nEVEN THOUGH I TRY TO THINK RATIONALLY,\nTHE DATE THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN...\nAND THE DATE SHE REFUSED TO SHARE MY BED ARE THE SAME.\n\nTHIS COULD MEAN, PERHAPS, THAT REALLY...\nPRESENT DELOISTER DUCAL ESTATE\n\nIT'S ALREADY NIGHTTIME...\nWHAT TIME IS IT?\n...HUH?\n\nFELIX HASN'T COME BACK YET?\nEVEN WHEN HE USUALLY HAD A LOT OF WORK, HE DIDN'T STAY AWAY UNTIL THIS HOUR,\nAND DIDN'T HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR SAY HE WOULD LIGHTEN HIS WORKLOAD?\n\nWHY ON EARTH...\nMADAM!\nTHE DUKE HAS...!","bubble_count":106,"pages_count":40,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"I Had an Arranged Marriage With My Unrequited Love depicts a tense confrontation in which Duke Felix faces blackmail over claims that his wife Irene had a forbidden love affair.","spoiler_summary":"I Had an Arranged Marriage With My Unrequited Love depicts a tense confrontation in which Duke Felix faces blackmail over claims that his wife Irene had a forbidden love affair. 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