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In the morning, Felix apologizes to Irene and wants to call a doctor; Irene brushes it off as a marital duty.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Chapter 8 of I Had an Arranged Marriage With My Unrequited Love depicts Irene waking up with shame and regret after a drunken night and her fragile confrontation with Felix. At the bar outside the city, reporter Tom confesses that he failed to trick the Duchess and barely escaped the Duke's wrath, while mentioning a mysterious person's grand plan. In the morning, Felix apologizes to Irene and wants to call a doctor; Irene brushes it off as a marital duty.","key_events":["The Duke wakes remorseful, requests warm water, towel and doctor, and apologizes to Irene.","Tom hints a mysterious person leaked Duchess outing info and timed her childhood friend's appearance.","Reporter Tom discusses his failed blackmail against the Duchess and nearly being killed by the Duke at a bar.","Irene pays reporter for photos, visits Imperial Palace to meet Alexa, gets drunk and loses memory.","Irene wakes with bite marks, accepts night as marital duty to bear child, refuses doctor.","Emperor, fed up with Duke of Deloister's marriage, orders him summoned to palace.","Emperor reviews Technology Institute report on successful high-speed train trial with high risks."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"LAST NIGHT, A BAR ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY.\nHEY, TOM.\nWHAT HAPPENED WITH SCORING THAT BIG PAYDAY?\nHA! DON'T EVEN ASK.\n\nBIG PAYDAY MY ASS, I BARELY MANAGED TO BREAK EVEN.\nWHY, DIDN'T THINGS GO WELL THIS TIME?\nIT WENT WAY WORSE THAN EXPECTED.\nTHE DUCHESS HAS A NAIVE-LOOKING FACE YET IS AN ABSOLUTE IRON FORTRESS,\n\nAND I ALMOST GOT KILLED BY HIS LORDSHIP.\nUGH, JUST THINKING ABOUT IT MAKES ME SHIVER.\nTSK TSK, AND WHERE'D THE MONEY GO?\nARE YOU KIDDING ME?\nIT'S ALREADY GONE TO GAMBLING, OBVIOUSLY.\n\nSAME AS EVER, I SEE.\nANYWAY, WASN'T THAT PUSHING YOUR LUCK A BIT TOO MUCH?\nNORMALLY YOU JUST FLEECE POCKET CHANGE FROM COUNTRY NOBLES,\nBUT SUDDENLY 'ROYALTY'?\n\nAND THAT'S FROM THE FORMER EMPEROR'S FAMILY, TOO...\nWOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF YOUR HEAD ROLLED RIGHT OFF THE MOMENT YOU MESSED WITH THEM.\nHEY NOW!\nWATCH YOUR MOUTH, YOUR OWN HEAD MIGHT ROLL OFF FIRST IF YOU KEEP THAT UP.\nAND I DON'T TAKE FIGHTS I CAN'T WIN, THERE'S A METHOD TO ALL OF THIS.\n\nREALLY? LET'S HEAR IT THEN, WHAT IS IT.\n...WELL.\n...IT'S ALL THANKS TO THAT PERSON.\nWHAT?\n\nINFORMATION REGARDING THE DUCHESS'S OUTINGS,\nTHE CHILDHOOD FRIEND SHOWING UP AND STIRRING THE POT JUST A BIT TOO CONVENIENTLY TO BE MERE COINCIDENCE...\n\nIF IT WEREN'T FOR THAT PERSON,\nSHAKING UP THAT NOBLE DUCAL HOUSE TO THIS EXTENT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SO EASY.\n...HMM.\n\nSOUNDS LIKE A STORY THAT GETS DANGEROUS THE DEEPER YOU KNOW.\nSO, IS THE BIG SCORE OVER NOW?\nNOPE.\n...WHAT THE HELL DID I DO TO IRENE LAST NIGHT?\n\nIS ANYONE OUT THERE?!\nYOUR GRACE.\nBRING ME WARM WATER AND A SOFT TOWEL.\nAND CALL A DOCTOR.\n\nAS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.\nWE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE RIGHT TIME AND PLACE AGAIN.\n\nUNTIL THAT PERSON'S 'GRAND DESIGN' IS COMPLETE...\n\n...IRENE?\nA SPLITTING HEADACHE AND THE SMELL OF ALCOHOL LINGERING ON MY LIPS.\nTRACES OF BEING BITTEN ALL OVER,\n\nAND A BODY MESSED UP BY BODILY FLUIDS.\n\nLIKE A BROKEN MUSIC BOX, MY MEMORIES ARE CHOPPY AND CUT OFF.\nYESTERDAY THAT REPORTER GUY BROUGHT MORE PHOTOS AND TOOK THE MONEY,\n\nAND UNABLE TO BRING MYSELF TO GO INSIDE THE HOUSE, I WAS PACING AROUND BEFORE HEADING TO THE IMPERIAL PALACE...\n...ALEXA.\n\nRIGHT, I WENT TO MEET ALEXA,\nINTENDING TO HAVE A DRINK, BUT BEFORE I KNEW IT, I WAS DEAD DRUNK.\nI'M PRETTY SURE I TALKED A LOT ABOUT SOMETHING, BUT...\nMY MEMORY IS AS HAZY AS IF IT WERE COVERED IN FOG.\n\nAND...\n\n...THIS IS THE WORST.\nTO PULL OFF SOMETHING LIKE THIS, HOW AM I ANY DIFFERENT FROM A BEAST?\n\n...UHM...\nARE YOU AWAKE, IRENE.\n...AH, DUKE...\n\nAH...\nS-SHOULD I WIPE IT DOWN MYSELF?\nIRENE, PLEASE LIE DOWN.\nI'VE CALLED A DOCTOR. PLEASE, UNTIL THEN, I...\nN-NO...!\n\nYOU DON'T NEED TO GO AS FAR AS CALLING A DOCTOR.\nBUT YOUR BODY...\nAH...\n\nIT'S NOT EVEN LIKE I'M BLEEDING OR ANYTHING, PLEASE DON'T WORRY SO MUCH OVER IT.\nI'LL ASK A MAID TO APPLY SOME OINTMENT.\n...I'LL GO WASH UP NOW, DUKE.\n\nDRINKING ALCOHOL THAT I NEVER USUALLY TOUCH WAS A MISTAKE.\nTHOUGH SHE SAYS SHE'S ‘FINE,’ IRENE IS CLEARLY WALKING ON EGGSHELLS AROUND ME.\n...I AM SORRY, IRENE.\n\nWHATEVER MY FEELINGS MIGHT BE,\nWHAT I DID IS SOMETHING A HUMAN BEING SHOULD NEVER DO.\nI SINCERELY, TRULY APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT.\nI WILL MAKE SURE SOMETHING LIKE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.\n\nAND, FROM NOW ON...\nDUKE.\nI AM REALLY OKAY, I KNOW...\n\nREGARDLESS OF WHATEVER HAPPENED LAST NIGHT...\nIT'S PART OF BEING A MARRIED COUPLE.\nAND BEARING THE DUKE'S CHILD IS ALSO MY DUTY AS HIS WIFE.\nSO PLEASE DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.\n\nUM, I THINK BREAKFAST WOULD BE BEST AS SOMETHING THAT HELPS WITH HANGOVERS.\nSHALL I HAVE IT BROUGHT HERE? OR TOGETHER IN THE DINING ROOM...\n\nMY MIND WENT ICE COLD IN AN INSTANT.\nPART OF BEING A MARRIED COUPLE, A WIFE'S DUTY?\n\nCOULD IT BE THAT LAST NIGHT, IRENE TOO...\nENDURED IT WITHOUT PUSHING ME AWAY BECAUSE OF THAT?\nPERHAPS EVER SINCE OUR MARRIAGE,\n\nSHE HAS SPENT EVERY SINGLE NIGHT WITH THOUGHTS LIKE THOSE...\n\nIF THAT'S THE CASE, I...\nIMPERIAL PALACE\n\nYOUR MAJESTY THE EMPEROR.\nTHE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HAS SUBMITTED A REPORT.\nWHAT IS IT THIS TIME? AS IT IS, I ALREADY HAVE A MOUNTAIN OF WORK PILED UP.\nIT STATES THAT THE HIGH-SPEED TRAIN TEST WAS SUCCESSFUL,\nBUT THAT THE RISK BURDEN IS TOO HIGH TO BUILD AN EXPRESS TRAIN TRAVERSING THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.\n\nAIDE LUCIAN VON EBERT\nHAND IT OVER.\n\n...HA!\nTHERE'S NOT A SINGLE TECHNICAL MATTER IN HERE.\n'SINCE WE MUST CHOOSE A SUITABLE CITY FOR THE TRAIN TO PASS THROUGH,\nWE MUST RECEIVE LOBBYING FROM NOBLES BEGGING TO HAVE IT PASS THROUGH THEIR TERRITORY,\n\nOR GRANT AUDIENCES TO GRAND NOBLES WISHING TO INVEST...'\nJUST LIKE THE OLD GEEZERS THEY ARE,\nIT'S ALL ENTIRELY WORLDLY NONSENSE.\nANOTHER USELESS PILE OF CHORES HAS BEEN ADDED.\nWORK WAS ALREADY BACKED UP AS IT IS, AND NOTHING'S GETTING RESOLVED...\n\nAND THIS IS ALL BECAUSE OF THAT BASTARD.\n...EBERT.\nYES, YOUR MAJESTY.\n\nTHAT DAMN 'MARRIAGE' OF HIS IS CHOKING THE LIFE OUT OF ME.\nSUMMON THE DUKE OF DELOISTER.\n\nALEXA BELLATORIUM EMPEROR FELIX'S COUSIN","bubble_count":117,"pages_count":39,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Chapter 8 of I Had an Arranged Marriage With My Unrequited Love depicts Irene waking up with shame and regret after a drunken night and her fragile confrontation with Felix.","spoiler_summary":"Chapter 8 of I Had an Arranged Marriage With My Unrequited Love depicts Irene waking up with shame and regret after a drunken night and her fragile confrontation with Felix. 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