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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":16,"chapter_key":"16-5t2bbd","release_date":"2026-11-09","last_updated":"2026-11-09T20:19:40.244Z","summary":"Chapter 16 of I Only Need the Duke's Child opens as Blair's secret guild visit reaches Herdin's ears, and the Duke begins to suspect her intentions. Thinking that pressuring the Rivellus Guild will only push Blair further into hiding, Herdin decides to have her secretly watched for now. The chapter then jumps to the day before the New Year Festival; Blair meets hypnotist Agnes Loreline to recover her memories and tells her about her first encounter with Herdin at the Empress's palace when she was ten years old in her childhood.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Chapter 16 of I Only Need the Duke's Child opens as Blair's secret guild visit reaches Herdin's ears, and the Duke begins to suspect her intentions. Thinking that pressuring the Rivellus Guild will only push Blair further into hiding, Herdin decides to have her secretly watched for now. The chapter then jumps to the day before the New Year Festival; Blair meets hypnotist Agnes Loreline to recover her memories and tells her about her first encounter with Herdin at the Empress's palace when she was ten years old in her childhood.","key_events":["Agnes proposes slow recovery with weekly tea and childhood stories instead of force.","Blair meets hypnotist Agnes Loreline to help recover lost traumatic memories.","Blair recalls first meeting Herdin at age ten at Empress's palace on New Year Festival.","Blair reveals she must recover memories within six months before pregnancy and Aciel.","Jerome reports Blair and her maid secretly left for the Guild District and returned.","Herdin decides not to force Rivelus Guild and to keep Blair under secret surveillance."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"SIR JEROME CAME TO REPORT WHAT HE'D SEEN WHILE PATROLLING THE ESTATE.\nHE SPOTTED HER GRACE AND HER MAID SLIPPING OUT ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.\nHE FOLLOWED THEM AND DISCOVERED THEY'D GONE TO THE GUILD DISTRICT.\n\nTHE GUILD DISTRICT? AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT?\nYES, YOUR GRACE. THEY RETURNED NOT LONG AGO.\nWHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT MY SEEMINGLY WELL-BEHAVED WIFE HAD A PENCHANT FOR SNEAKING OFF ON SUCH RECKLESS ESCAPADES?\n\nI MUST ADMIT, I FEEL RATHER BLINDSIDED.\nSHOULD I HAVE OUR MEN FIND OUT WHAT SHE HIRED THE GUILD FOR?\nWHY BOTHER?\nFOR ALL WE KNOW, SHE MAY BE CONSPIRING WITH THE IMPERIAL FAMILY.\n\nPERHAPS SHE'S HELPING THEM DEVISE A PLAN TO PLACE HOUSE DELMARQUE ENTIRELY UNDER THEIR CONTROL.\nIF THAT WERE THE CASE, THEY WOULDN'T USE THE PRINCESS. IT WOULD IMMEDIATELY AROUSE SUSPICION, CONSIDERING SHE LIVES HERE.\nBESIDES, THE EMPEROR HAS COUNTLESS PAWNS AT HIS DISPOSAL.\nTHAT IS TRUE...\n\nPERHAPS ONE DAY THEY'LL COME AFTER HOUSE DELMARQUE. BUT NOT YET.\nFOR NOW, THE EMPEROR STILL NEEDS MY STRENGTH.\n\nTHEN WHY ON EARTH WOULD HER GRACE VISIT A GUILD?\nTHAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW MYSELF...\nWHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE THAT LITTLE HEAD OF HERS?\nTHE RIVELUS GUILD WOULD NEVER BETRAY A CLIENT'S CONFIDENCE.\n\nTRYING TO FORCE THEM TO SPEAK WOULD ONLY MAKE THINGS WORSE.\nAND IF BLAIR FOUND OUT I WAS INVESTIGATING HER, SHE'D HIDE HER TRUE INTENTIONS FROM ME COMPLETELY.\n\nKEEP AN EYE ON HER FOR THE TIME BEING.\nAND MAKE CERTAIN SHE DOESN'T NOTICE.\n\nTHE DAY BEFORE THE NEW YEAR'S FESTIVAL\nIT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU, YOUR GRACE.\n\nMY NAME IS AGNES LORELINE...\n...AND I COME FROM ONE OF HOUSE DELMARQUE'S VASSAL FAMILIES.\nAGNES LORELINE HYPNOTIST\nI'LL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO HELP YOU RECOVER YOUR MEMORIES.\n\nTHEN I LEAVE MYSELF IN YOUR CAPABLE HANDS.\nI DON'T INTEND TO FORCE YOUR MEMORIES TO RETURN ALL AT ONCE.\nI'D RATHER HELP YOU BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH THAT PART OF YOUR LIFE LITTLE BY LITTLE.\nYOU LOST YOUR MEMORIES AFTER EXPERIENCING SOMETHING DEEPLY TRAUMATIC, DIDN'T YOU, YOUR GRACE?\n\nPEOPLE IN YOUR SITUATION OFTEN BURY THEIR MEMORIES EVEN DEEPER WHEN THEY'RE FORCED TO CONFRONT THEM TOO QUICKLY.\nAND HOW DO YOU INTEND TO HELP ME BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH THAT PART OF MY LIFE?\nWE'LL START SIMPLY. WE'LL HAVE TEA TOGETHER ONCE A WEEK, JUST LIKE THIS.\n\nI'D LIKE YOU TO TELL ME STORIES FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD.\nWHATEVER COMES TO MIND.\nBUT...\nTHAT WON'T BRING MY MEMORIES BACK QUICKLY ENOUGH.\n\nIF I CAN'T END THIS MARRIAGE SOON AFTER BECOMING PREGNANT...\nIT'LL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP MY CONDITION A SECRET FROM HIM.\nAND EACH TIME I ATTEMPT TO RECOVER MY MEMORIES, I FALL SO ILL THAT I'M CONFINED TO MY BED. ONCE I'M PREGNANT, I WON'T BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT RISK ANYMORE.\n\nI ONLY HAVE ABOUT SIX MONTHS LEFT BEFORE ACIEL COMES INTO MY LIFE.\nNO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS... I HAVE TO RECOVER MY MEMORIES BEFORE THEN.\nYOUR GRACE, YOU NEEDN'T RUSH YOURSELF.\n\nI'LL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO HELP YOU RECOVER YOUR MEMORIES.\nALL I ASK IS THAT YOU TRUST ME AND ALLOW ME TO GUIDE YOU.\n\nVERY WELL...\nI LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR STORIES.\nTO KNOW ANOTHER'S LIFE IS TO BROADEN ONE'S OWN HORIZONS AND SEE THE WORLD ANEW.\nCOME TO THINK OF IT, IT'S ALREADY THE LAST DAY OF THE YEAR.\nIT FEELS AS THOUGH WE ONLY JUST WELCOMED THE NEW YEAR YESTERDAY.\n\nINDEED, TIME SLIPS BY SO QUICKLY.\nTRYING TO REMEMBER THINGS OUT OF NOWHERE CAN BE OVERWHELMING, SO LET'S START WITH SOMETHING SPECIFIC.\nWHY DON'T YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU REMEMBER OF THE NEW YEAR'S FESTIVAL FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD?\nTHE NEW YEAR'S FESTIVAL?\nYES, LET'S THINK BACK TO THE FESTIVAL FROM THE YEAR THE FIRE HAPPENED.\n\nDO YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING AT ALL FROM THAT DAY?\nIT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT. EVEN THE FAINTEST MEMORY WILL DO.\nI REMEMBER THAT DAY QUITE WELL...\nIT WAS THE DAY I MET HERDIN FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.\n\nI WAS TEN YEARS OLD THEN. IT WAS THE LAST DAY OF THE YEAR.\n\nI SPENT THE DAY PAYING VISITS TO MY RELATIVES AND WISHING THEM PROSPERITY IN THE COMING YEAR.\nAFTER SPENDING HOURS GETTING DRESSED, I WENT STRAIGHT TO THE EMPRESS'S PALACE.\nI NEVER KNEW WHY, BUT FOR SOME REASON, HER MAJESTY WAS BUSIER THAN USUAL AROUND THAT TIME, SO I RARELY HAD THE CHANCE TO SEE HER.\n\nI'M GOING TO ASK HER MAJESTY TO PLAY CARDS WITH ME.\nAND THIS TIME, I'M ABSOLUTELY GOING TO WIN.\nYOUR MAJESTY!\n\nOH, BLAIR. I'M DELIGHTED YOU'VE COME. YOUR TIMING COULDN'T BE MORE PERFECT.\nTHAT BOY... HE MUST BE THE CHILD HER MAJESTY SPOKE OF.\nAS YOU KNOW, I HAVE ONLY ONE NEPHEW.\n\nHE'S ALREADY BECOME THE HEAD OF HOUSE DELMARQUE, THOUGH HE'S STILL SO YOUNG.\nI'M CERTAIN HE MUST FEEL TERRIBLY LONELY.\nI ONLY HOPE HE FINDS A TRUE FRIEND. SOMEONE LIKE YOU, BLAIR.\nYOU NEEDN'T WORRY, YOUR MAJESTY.\n\nWHEN WE MEET, I'LL BE HIS FRIEND.\nHERDIN...\n\n...THIS IS HER HIGHNESS, PRINCESS BLAIR.\nI AM HERDIN DELMARQUE. IT'S AN HONOR TO MAKE YOUR ACQUAINTANCE, YOUR HIGHNESS, THE SHINING JEWEL OF THE EMPIRE.\nWOW, EVEN THE WAY HE BOWS IS SO GRACEFUL--\n\nI-IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU TOO... DUKE DELMARQUE.\nI'VE ALWAYS HOPED THE TWO OF YOU WOULD MEET SOMEDAY.\nI'M DELIGHTED I'VE FINALLY HAD THE CHANCE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO ONE ANOTHER.\n\nHOW ABOUT ANOTHER GAME OF CARDS?\nREALLY? I'D LOVE THAT, YOUR MAJESTY!\n\nTHEN LET'S HAVE HERDIN JOIN US AS WELL.\nCOME NOW, BOTH OF YOU. SIT.\nI WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE STORIES SURROUNDING HOUSE DELMARQUE.\nTHEIR FALL FROM GRACE...\n\n...HAD BECOME A FAVORITE TOPIC OF GOSSIP AMONG THE NOBILITY, WHO RELISHED OTHER PEOPLE'S MISFORTUNE.\nI KNEW THE ORIGINS OF HOUSE DELMARQUE.\n\nI KNEW OF THE POWER THAT RAN THROUGH THEIR BLOODLINE...\n...AND THE TRAGIC PRICE THEY ULTIMATELY PAID FOR IT.\n\nHE'S REALLY SCARY...","bubble_count":96,"pages_count":32,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Chapter 16 of I Only Need the Duke's Child opens as Blair's secret guild visit reaches Herdin's ears, and the Duke begins to suspect her intentions.","spoiler_summary":"Chapter 16 of I Only Need the Duke's Child opens as Blair's secret guild visit reaches Herdin's ears, and the Duke begins to suspect her intentions. Thinking that pressuring the Rivellus Guild will only push Blair further into hiding, Herdin decides to have her secretly watched for now. The chapter then jumps to the day before the New Year Festival; Blair meets hypnotist Agnes Loreline to recover her memories and tells her about her first encounter with Herdin at the Empress's palace when she was ten years old in her childhood."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/i-only-need-the-duke-s-child-t7h7gek5/chapter-16-5t2bbd","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — I Only Need the Duke's Child #16","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-10T16:17:18.137Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/i-only-need-the-duke-s-child-t7h7gek5"}}