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Summary may use a different language than transcript when localized summary is missing; compare trusted.chapter.summary_language and trusted.transcript.language.","citation_preferred":true,"untrusted_fields_separated":true},"trusted":{"series":{"title":"I Only Need the Duke's Child","slug":"i-only-need-the-duke-s-child-t7h7gek5","original_title":"I Only Need Our Child, Your Grace - 공작님의 아이만 필요합니다 - Gongjangnimui Aiman Pillyohamnida - All I Need Is the Duke's Child - Je n'ai besoin que de l'enfant du Duc - Solo necesito al hijo del duque - Від…"},"chapter":{"number":13,"chapter_key":"13-73s7mi","release_date":"2026-11-09","last_updated":"2026-11-09T20:18:30.051Z","summary":"Chapter 13 of I Only Need the Duke's Child covers the Duchess, newly recovered from her fever, meeting with the tailor Baroness Shionelle and the disappearance of her loyal maid Lina. Upon overhearing the other maids mocking Lina and bragging about pouring dirty water on her, the Duchess slaps someone for the first time and demands an apology to protect her, just as the Duke intervenes.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Chapter 13 of I Only Need the Duke's Child covers the Duchess, newly recovered from her fever, meeting with the tailor Baroness Shionelle and the disappearance of her loyal maid Lina. Upon overhearing the other maids mocking Lina and bragging about pouring dirty water on her, the Duchess slaps someone for the first time and demands an apology to protect her, just as the Duke intervenes.","key_events":["Duke arrives in corridor after hearing commotion over bullying confrontation","Duchess overhears maids boasting about pouring dirty water on maid Lina","Duchess goes for walk alone and finds manor maids behavior strangely attentive","Duchess meets tailor Baroness Shionelle and reviews sketches for first dress as Duchess","Duchess's fever breaks and Duke orders warm luxurious fabrics for New Year dresses","Duchess demands maids apologize to Lina and slaps one for the first time"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"THANK GOODNESS HER GRACE'S FEVER WENT DOWN SO QUICKLY.\nAT THIS RATE, SHE SHOULD BE FEELING MUCH BETTER BY TOMORROW MORNING.\n\nONCE SHE'S AWAKE, I'LL TIDY HER HAIR...\nAND MAKE SURE SHE HAS HER WARMEST SHAWL--\nMY, YOU'RE STILL WORKING AT THIS HOUR?\nHER GRACE'S CONDITION MUST BE WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT.\nHOW UNFORTUNATE. IT SEEMS YOUR WORKLOAD HAS ONLY INCREASED. YOU REALLY SHOULD GET SOME REST AS WELL.\n\nOTHERWISE, THAT INJURY MAY NEVER HEAL PROPERLY.\nAND DO TRY NOT TO BE SO CLUMSY NEXT TIME.\nIF YOU HAPPEN TO FALL AGAIN, YOU MIGHT HURT FAR MORE THAN JUST YOUR HAND.\n\nYOUR GRACE...\nLADY SHIONELLE HAS SENT OVER A BOOK OF FABRIC SAMPLES.\nAH, THAT'S RIGHT... THE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS ARE NEARLY UPON US, AREN'T THEY?\n\nINDEED, YOUR GRACE. LADY SHIONELLE REQUESTED THAT THE FABRICS FOR HER GRACE'S GOWNS BE SELECTED IN ADVANCE.\nTHAT WAY, ANY RARE MATERIALS MAY BE PROCURED AHEAD OF TIME.\nACIEL...\n\nI DON'T CARE WHAT FABRICS ARE USED.\nTELL HER TO SPARE NO EXPENSE AND CHOOSE WHICHEVER MATERIALS ARE BEST SUITED FOR KEEPING WARM DURING THE WINTER.\n\nthat is what i was told...\n\n...which is why i narrowed the selection to fabrics that are both light and warm.\nBARONESS SHIONELLE, MODISTE\nIT WOULD SEEM HIS GRACE IS QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT YOU FALLING ILL AGAIN.\n\nI UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE ONLY RECENTLY REGAINED YOUR STRENGTH.\nYOUR GRACE...?\nOH, FORGIVE ME! ONE OF MY MAIDS APPEARS TO BE MISSING...\nPLEASE, PAY ME NO MIND.\nI'M GLAD MY HEALTH IMPROVED IN TIME FOR OUR MEETING.\nI WISHED TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR THE EXQUISITE WORK YOU DID ON MY WEDDING GOWN.\n\nTHE PLEASURE WAS ENTIRELY MINE, YOUR GRACE. AFTER ALL, FEW MODISTES CAN BOAST THAT THEIR WORK WAS WORN BY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LADY IN THE EMPIRE.\nAND NOW YOU'VE GRANTED ME THE PRIVILEGE OF DESIGNING YOUR VERY FIRST GOWN AS THE DUCHESS OF DELMARQUE.\nNOW THEN, SHALL WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE SKETCHES I'VE PREPARED FOR YOU?\n\nTHE NEXT TIME I VISIT, I SHALL BRING THE COMPLETED GOWNS FOR YOUR FITTING, YOUR GRACE.\n\nWHERE IS LINA?\nI HAVEN'T SEEN HER SINCE SHE HELPED ME GET DRESSED THIS MORNING.\nI-I'M AFRAID I DO NOT KNOW, YOUR GRACE. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SEARCH FOR HER?\nNO... THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY.\n\nARE YOU GOING OUT FOR A WALK, YOUR GRACE?\nYES, BUT I WISH TO GO ALONE.\nOF COURSE, YOUR GRACE...\n\nSOMETHING FEELS AMISS...\nYOUR GRACE, LADY SHIONELLE HAS ARRIVED.\n\nTHE MAIDS OF THIS ESTATE HAVE ALWAYS KEPT THEIR DISTANCE FROM ME. MOST OF THEM WOULD NOT EVEN SPEAK TO ME UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY...\n...SO WHY ARE THEY SUDDENLY ATTENDING TO ME TODAY? AND WHERE HAS LINA GONE?\n\nHAVE EITHER OF YOU SEEN LINA?\nSURELY SHE ISN'T HIDING SOMEWHERE CRYING JUST BECAUSE SHE GOT A LITTLE DIRTY WATER DUMPED ON HER?\n\nCRYING? HARDLY. SHE DIDN'T EVEN FLINCH. SHE SIMPLY WENT OFF TO CLEAN HERSELF UP.\nHONESTLY, SHE'S EVERY BIT AS COLD AS HER MISTRESS.\nTHOUGH GETTING THAT SMELL OUT OF HER CLOTHES IS PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE A WHILE.\nYOU DON'T THINK SHE'D RUN STRAIGHT TO HER GRACE AND TELL ON US, DO YOU?\nIF SHE WAS GOING TO TATTLE, SHE WOULD'VE DONE IT AFTER THE LAST INCIDENT.\nRATHER DISAPPOINTING, IF YOU ASK ME.\n\nYOUR GRACE?\nWHY ARE YOU STANDING BY THE DOOR?\n\nTHE LINA I KNOW WOULD NEVER HAVE ENDURED SOMEONE LIKE THIS IN SILENCE...\nTHEN IT SUDDENLY DAWNED ON ME...\nSHE HAD BEEN ENDURING ALL OF THIS ALONE BECAUSE SHE FEARED THAT SPEAKING OUT WOULD ONLY FURTHER DAMAGE MY ALREADY POOR REPUTATION.\n\nSHE PROBABLY ENDURED THE SAME HARDSHIPS IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE AS WELL.\nTHIS WAS YET ANOTHER THING I FAILED TO NOTICE...\n...AND FAILED TO MAKE RIGHT, BECAUSE I WAS SO CONSUMED BY MY OWN CIRCUMSTANCES.\n\nAPOLOGIZE.\n\nYOU WILL APOLOGIZE TO LINA AT ONCE.\nA-APOLOGIZE? I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN, YOUR GRACE.\nWHAT HAVE WE DONE WRONG--\n\nIT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD EVER STRUCK SOMEONE.\nIT FELT HORRIBLE. MY HEART WAS POUNDING SO HARD...\nTHAT I FELT AS THOUGH I MIGHT VOMIT.\n\nFOR A MOMENT, IT FELT AS THOUGH I HAD BECOME MY MOTHER.\nBUT I CAN'T BACK DOWN NOW. NOT IF I WANT TO PROTECT LINA.\n\nALL OF YOU KNOW PERFECTLY WELL WHAT I MEAN.\nY-YOUR HIGHNESS, PLEASE! I'M REALLY ALL RIGHT!\nIT'LL ONLY MAKE THINGS WORSE IF WE MAKE--\nB-BUT...\n\n...I'M NOT ALL RIGHT.\nHOW COULD I POSSIBLY BE ALL RIGHT WHEN THEY'RE TREATING YOU SO CRUELLY BECAUSE OF ME?\n\nWHAT IS GOING ON HERE?\nI COULD HEAR THE COMMOTION FROM HALFWAY DOWN THE CORRIDOR.\nY-YOUR GRACE...\n\nAH... I SEE.","bubble_count":78,"pages_count":28,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Chapter 13 of I Only Need the Duke's Child covers the Duchess, newly recovered from her fever, meeting with the tailor Baroness Shionelle and the disappearance of her loyal maid Lina.","spoiler_summary":"Chapter 13 of I Only Need the Duke's Child covers the Duchess, newly recovered from her fever, meeting with the tailor Baroness Shionelle and the disappearance of her loyal maid Lina. Upon overhearing the other maids mocking Lina and bragging about pouring dirty water on her, the Duchess slaps someone for the first time and demands an apology to protect her, just as the Duke intervenes."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/i-only-need-the-duke-s-child-t7h7gek5/chapter-13-73s7mi","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — I Only Need the Duke's Child #13","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-10T16:23:16.140Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/i-only-need-the-duke-s-child-t7h7gek5"}}