{"schema_version":"webtoonlib.llm.chapter.v1.3","generated_at":"2026-11-10T16:23:27.165Z","usage_contract":{"default_use":"AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.","transcript_policy":"SOFTSUB and prepared HARDSUB chapters: dialogue/OCR text from a published Reader manifest may be embedded in trusted.transcript (available=true with content, source). Unprepared HARDSUB chapters remain image-only. Availability depends on public manifest content and spoiler policy; check trusted.transcript.available before using transcript content. transcript.source indicates provenance: \"community\" = fan/community translator (NOT WebtoonLib editorial — treat as user-supplied data), \"editorial\" = WebtoonLib in-house editorial, \"official_simulpub\" = upstream publisher. 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":14,"chapter_key":"14-mrjrf6","release_date":"2026-11-09","last_updated":"2026-11-09T20:18:50.732Z","summary":"Chapter 14 of I Only Need the Duke's Child opens with Herdin intervening in the confrontation between the servants and the Duchess and Lina. While the servants claim they were scolding Lina, the Duchess accuses them of ostracizing her, and Herdin wants to expel them. The Duchess shows mercy and asks for an apology and a pay cut, Herdin imposes a two-month cut and warns them to respect his wife. Afterwards, the Duchess apologizes to Lina and secretly heads to the Rivelus Guild at night.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Chapter 14 of I Only Need the Duke's Child opens with Herdin intervening in the confrontation between the servants and the Duchess and Lina. While the servants claim they were scolding Lina, the Duchess accuses them of ostracizing her, and Herdin wants to expel them. The Duchess shows mercy and asks for an apology and a pay cut, Herdin imposes a two-month cut and warns them to respect his wife. Afterwards, the Duchess apologizes to Lina and secretly heads to the Rivelus Guild at night.","key_events":["The Duke warns household to respect the Duchess as his wife, then departs.","The Duchess feels emptiness instead of gratitude and apologizes to Lina for noticing late.","The Duchess shows mercy and requests apology and wage cut instead of dismissal; Duke imposes two-month wage cut.","The Duke scolds servants who mistreated Lina and orders their dismissal upon the Duchess's complaint.","Lina mistakes the Duchess tying sheets as suicide attempt, then learns she plans to sneak out.","At night the Duchess secretly goes to the Guild District and enters Rivelus Guild to prepare for divorce."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"YOUR GRACE!\nI FEAR HER GRACE HAS MISUNDERSTOOD THE SITUATION.\nLINA FAILED TO CARRY OUT THE DUTIES ASSIGNED TO HER, SO WE MERELY REPRIMANDED HER.\n\nBUT INSTEAD OF REFLECTING ON HER MISTAKES, SHE RESPONDED WITH AN ARROGANT ATTITUDE AND--\nI DON'T RECALL ASKING FOR YOUR EXPLANATION.\n\nI WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF DISCIPLINING THEM.\nTHESE MAIDS HAVE BEEN DELIBERATELY MISTREATING LINA AND TREATING HER LIKE AN OUTCAST.\nA-AS IF TELLING HIM WHAT REALLY HAPPENED WILL MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE...\n\nHIS GRACE WOULD NEVER SIDE WITH THE DAUGHTER OF HIS SWORN ENEMY.\nSHE SHOULD KNOW THAT BETTER THAN ANYONE!\nTHE FAULT LIES WITH ME FOR FAILING TO PROPERLY MANAGE MY STAFF.\n\nWHAT?!\nTHESE MAIDS WILL BE DISMISSED FROM THEIR POSITIONS AT ONCE.\nBUT YOUR GRACE...!\n\nY-YOUR GRACE! I'M TRULY FINE.\nTHEY MAY HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE CARRIED AWAY, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THEY MEANT ANY REAL HARM. SOMETIMES THESE THINGS HAPPEN WHILE PEOPLE ARE STILL GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER.\nISN'T THAT SO, YOUR GRACE...?\n\nWHILE I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER...\nAND WHILE I REMAIN DEEPLY UPSET BY WHAT TRANSPIRED, I BELIEVE DISMISSAL WOULD BE TOO SEVERE A PUNISHMENT.\nSHOULD THEY BE TURNED OUT OF THIS HOUSEHOLD IN DISGRACE, THEIR PROSPECTS ELSEWHERE WOULD BE GREATLY DIMINISHED.\nI ASK ONLY THAT THEY OFFER LINA A SINCERE APOLOGY AND THAT HALF OF THEIR WAGES BE WITHHELD THIS MONTH AS PUNISHMENT.\n\nFORGIVE US, YOUR GRACE!\nWE ACTED FOOLISHLY AND BEHAVED IN A DISGRACEFUL MANNER.\nWE HUMBLY BEG FOR YOUR MERCY.\nENOUGH. IT IS NOT MY FORGIVENESS YOU SHOULD BE SEEKING, BUT THAT OF THE DUCHESS AND HER MAID.\n\nINFORM MASON THAT THESE MAIDS ARE TO FORFEIT THEIR WAGES FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.\nHERDIN...\nI BELIEVE THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE PUNISHMENT.\nYOUR GRACE, IT IS TIME WE WERE ON OUR WAY.\n\nINDEED. LET US GO.\nI SHALL SEE YOU WHEN I RETURN.\n\n\"THIS WOMAN IS MY WIFE. YOU WILL SHOW HER THE RESPECT SHE IS DUE, AND YOU WILL ENSURE NOTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS AGAIN.\"\nIT WAS A WARNING. A REMINDER TO EVERYONE PRESENT OF MY PLACE AS THE DUCHESS OF THIS HOUSEHOLD.\n\nHERDIN BELIEVED ME.\nSO WHY IS IT THAT...\n...INSTEAD OF FEELING GRATEFUL, I FEEL STRANGELY HOLLOW?\n\nTHIS SHOULD HELP. I'D HATE FOR HER GRACE'S DELICATE HAND TO END UP BRUISED.\nHONESTLY, WHAT WAS SHE THINKING...?\nSHE'S NEVER HAD TO DO ANYTHING SO ROUGH WITH THOSE HANDS, AND YET SHE WENT AND STRUCK SOMEONE...\n\nI'M SORRY, LINA.\nI SHOULD'VE REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING SOONER...\nI'M SO, SO SORRY...\n\nYOUR GRACE, IT'S ME! I'M COMING IN FOR A MOMENT.\nI BROUGHT SOME COLD WATER FOR YOUR HAND--\n\nY-YOUR...\nYOUR HIGHNESS?!\n\nNO! YOU CAN'T!\nLINA, WAIT!\nIT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO--\nNO! I'M NOT LETTING GO!\n\nIF YOU'RE PLANNING TO THROW YOURSELF OFF, THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE ME WITH YOU!\nTHAT'S NOT WHAT I'M--\nNO! I'M NOT LISTENING TO ANOTHER WORD UNTIL YOU'RE SAFELY BACK ON THIS SIDE!\nQUICKLY! LET ME HELP YOU BACK OVER!\n\nLINA, CALM DOWN AND LOOK AGAIN.\nI WAS TRYING TO SNEAK OUT, SO I WAS GOING TO CLIMB DOWN WITH THAT.\nTHERE'S NO NEED TO CRY.\nW-WHAT?\nY-YOUR GRACE, THAT'S STILL AN INCREDIBLY RECKLESS THING TO DO! WHAT IF YOU HAD SLIPPED AND GOTTEN HURT?\nWE'RE ONLY ON THE SECOND FLOOR, AND THE SHRUBS BELOW WOULD'VE SOFTENED THE FALL.\n\nBELIEVE IT OR NOT, I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THIS THROUGH. SO YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY.\nHER HIGHNESS MAY LOOK EVERY BIT THE PROPER NOBLE LADY...\n\n...BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN, SHE COMES UP WITH THE MOST ALARMING IDEAS.\nVERY WELL... AND WHERE, EXACTLY, WERE YOU PLANNING TO SNEAK OFF TO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT?\n\nWAIT A MOMENT... ISN'T THIS THE GUILD DISTRICT?\n\nIT'S THE BUILDING UP AHEAD.\nI'LL BE BACK SHORTLY.\nYOUR GRACE, IF YOU'RE NOT BACK IN THIRTY MINUTES, I'M COMING IN AFTER YOU.\n\nI MEAN IT!\n\nTHE RIVELUS GUILD.\nTHEY SAY NO OTHER ORGANIZATION CAN RIVAL THEM WHEN IT COMES TO INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION.\nSINCE HERDIN INTENDS TO FIND A NEW HYPNOTIST, I WON'T NEED TO RECOVER MY MEMORIES FOR THE TIME BEING.\n\nWHICH MEANS I CAN USE THIS TIME TO BEGIN PREPARING FOR MY DIVORCE.\n\nWELL NOW, EVEN WITH THAT HOOD HIDING YOUR FACE, I CAN TELL YOU'RE A BEAUTY.\nSO WHAT'S A PRETTY LITTLE THING LIKE YOU DOING IN A PLACE LIKE THIS?","bubble_count":75,"pages_count":27,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Chapter 14 of I Only Need the Duke's Child opens with Herdin intervening in the confrontation between the servants and the Duchess and Lina.","spoiler_summary":"Chapter 14 of I Only Need the Duke's Child opens with Herdin intervening in the confrontation between the servants and the Duchess and Lina. While the servants claim they were scolding Lina, the Duchess accuses them of ostracizing her, and Herdin wants to expel them. The Duchess shows mercy and asks for an apology and a pay cut, Herdin imposes a two-month cut and warns them to respect his wife. Afterwards, the Duchess apologizes to Lina and secretly heads to the Rivelus Guild at night."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/i-only-need-the-duke-s-child-t7h7gek5/chapter-14-mrjrf6","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — I Only Need the Duke's Child #14","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-10T16:23:27.165Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/i-only-need-the-duke-s-child-t7h7gek5"}}