# WebtoonLib — I Only Need the Duke's Child #13 ## Series - title: I Only Need the Duke's Child - slug: i-only-need-the-duke-s-child-t7h7gek5 ## Chapter - number: 13 - chapter_key: 13-73s7mi - release_date: 2026-11-09 ### 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_verification: verified ### 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 ## 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. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 78 ### Content THANK GOODNESS HER GRACE'S FEVER WENT DOWN SO QUICKLY. AT THIS RATE, SHE SHOULD BE FEELING MUCH BETTER BY TOMORROW MORNING. ONCE SHE'S AWAKE, I'LL TIDY HER HAIR... AND MAKE SURE SHE HAS HER WARMEST SHAWL-- MY, YOU'RE STILL WORKING AT THIS HOUR? HER GRACE'S CONDITION MUST BE WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT. HOW UNFORTUNATE. IT SEEMS YOUR WORKLOAD HAS ONLY INCREASED. YOU REALLY SHOULD GET SOME REST AS WELL. OTHERWISE, THAT INJURY MAY NEVER HEAL PROPERLY. AND DO TRY NOT TO BE SO CLUMSY NEXT TIME. IF YOU HAPPEN TO FALL AGAIN, YOU MIGHT HURT FAR MORE THAN JUST YOUR HAND. YOUR GRACE... LADY SHIONELLE HAS SENT OVER A BOOK OF FABRIC SAMPLES. AH, THAT'S RIGHT... THE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS ARE NEARLY UPON US, AREN'T THEY? INDEED, YOUR GRACE. LADY SHIONELLE REQUESTED THAT THE FABRICS FOR HER GRACE'S GOWNS BE SELECTED IN ADVANCE. THAT WAY, ANY RARE MATERIALS MAY BE PROCURED AHEAD OF TIME. ACIEL... I DON'T CARE WHAT FABRICS ARE USED. TELL HER TO SPARE NO EXPENSE AND CHOOSE WHICHEVER MATERIALS ARE BEST SUITED FOR KEEPING WARM DURING THE WINTER. that is what i was told... ...which is why i narrowed the selection to fabrics that are both light and warm. BARONESS SHIONELLE, MODISTE IT WOULD SEEM HIS GRACE IS QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT YOU FALLING ILL AGAIN. I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE ONLY RECENTLY REGAINED YOUR STRENGTH. YOUR GRACE...? OH, FORGIVE ME! ONE OF MY MAIDS APPEARS TO BE MISSING... PLEASE, PAY ME NO MIND. I'M GLAD MY HEALTH IMPROVED IN TIME FOR OUR MEETING. I WISHED TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR THE EXQUISITE WORK YOU DID ON MY WEDDING GOWN. THE 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. AND NOW YOU'VE GRANTED ME THE PRIVILEGE OF DESIGNING YOUR VERY FIRST GOWN AS THE DUCHESS OF DELMARQUE. NOW THEN, SHALL WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE SKETCHES I'VE PREPARED FOR YOU? THE NEXT TIME I VISIT, I SHALL BRING THE COMPLETED GOWNS FOR YOUR FITTING, YOUR GRACE. WHERE IS LINA? I HAVEN'T SEEN HER SINCE SHE HELPED ME GET DRESSED THIS MORNING. I-I'M AFRAID I DO NOT KNOW, YOUR GRACE. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SEARCH FOR HER? NO... THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY. ARE YOU GOING OUT FOR A WALK, YOUR GRACE? YES, BUT I WISH TO GO ALONE. OF COURSE, YOUR GRACE... SOMETHING FEELS AMISS... YOUR GRACE, LADY SHIONELLE HAS ARRIVED. THE MAIDS OF THIS ESTATE HAVE ALWAYS KEPT THEIR DISTANCE FROM ME. MOST OF THEM WOULD NOT EVEN SPEAK TO ME UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY... ...SO WHY ARE THEY SUDDENLY ATTENDING TO ME TODAY? AND WHERE HAS LINA GONE? HAVE EITHER OF YOU SEEN LINA? SURELY SHE ISN'T HIDING SOMEWHERE CRYING JUST BECAUSE SHE GOT A LITTLE DIRTY WATER DUMPED ON HER? CRYING? HARDLY. SHE DIDN'T EVEN FLINCH. SHE SIMPLY WENT OFF TO CLEAN HERSELF UP. HONESTLY, SHE'S EVERY BIT AS COLD AS HER MISTRESS. THOUGH GETTING THAT SMELL OUT OF HER CLOTHES IS PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE A WHILE. YOU DON'T THINK SHE'D RUN STRAIGHT TO HER GRACE AND TELL ON US, DO YOU? IF SHE WAS GOING TO TATTLE, SHE WOULD'VE DONE IT AFTER THE LAST INCIDENT. RATHER DISAPPOINTING, IF YOU ASK ME. YOUR GRACE? WHY ARE YOU STANDING BY THE DOOR? THE LINA I KNOW WOULD NEVER HAVE ENDURED SOMEONE LIKE THIS IN SILENCE... THEN IT SUDDENLY DAWNED ON ME... SHE HAD BEEN ENDURING ALL OF THIS ALONE BECAUSE SHE FEARED THAT SPEAKING OUT WOULD ONLY FURTHER DAMAGE MY ALREADY POOR REPUTATION. SHE PROBABLY ENDURED THE SAME HARDSHIPS IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE AS WELL. THIS WAS YET ANOTHER THING I FAILED TO NOTICE... ...AND FAILED TO MAKE RIGHT, BECAUSE I WAS SO CONSUMED BY MY OWN CIRCUMSTANCES. APOLOGIZE. YOU WILL APOLOGIZE TO LINA AT ONCE. A-APOLOGIZE? I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN, YOUR GRACE. WHAT HAVE WE DONE WRONG-- IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD EVER STRUCK SOMEONE. IT FELT HORRIBLE. MY HEART WAS POUNDING SO HARD... THAT I FELT AS THOUGH I MIGHT VOMIT. FOR A MOMENT, IT FELT AS THOUGH I HAD BECOME MY MOTHER. BUT I CAN'T BACK DOWN NOW. NOT IF I WANT TO PROTECT LINA. ALL OF YOU KNOW PERFECTLY WELL WHAT I MEAN. Y-YOUR HIGHNESS, PLEASE! I'M REALLY ALL RIGHT! IT'LL ONLY MAKE THINGS WORSE IF WE MAKE-- B-BUT... ...I'M NOT ALL RIGHT. HOW COULD I POSSIBLY BE ALL RIGHT WHEN THEY'RE TREATING YOU SO CRUELLY BECAUSE OF ME? WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? I COULD HEAR THE COMMOTION FROM HALFWAY DOWN THE CORRIDOR. Y-YOUR GRACE... AH... I SEE. ## See also - [WebtoonLib — I Only Need the Duke's Child #13](/series/i-only-need-the-duke-s-child-t7h7gek5/chapter-13-73s7mi) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/i-only-need-the-duke-s-child-t7h7gek5 ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. 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