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While his mother wishes to become a real family, Herdin keeps his distance from her, does not attend Aciel's first birthday, and the woman is seen confessing her love to him in the study.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"I Only Need the Duke's Child tells of hope and disappointment for Aciel and his mother upon Herdin's return from the north after half a year. Herdin arrives with priestess Miella Elias, and the servants whisper about a relationship between them. While his mother wishes to become a real family, Herdin keeps his distance from her, does not attend Aciel's first birthday, and the woman is seen confessing her love to him in the study.","key_events":["After putting Aciel to sleep, Blair regrets loving Herdin and wishes to turn back time","Blair witnesses intimate confession moment between Herdin and Miella through open study door","Blair believes Herdin hates her but hopes to become real family for Aciel","After Herdin refuses meetings, Blair gives up trying to close distance","Herdin returns to mansion after half year in north with priestess Miella while Blair and baby Aciel await him","Servants spread rumors of romantic relationship between Herdin and Miella","Herdin refuses to attend Aciel's first birthday, celebration held without him"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"YOUR GRACE, YOUR GRACE!\nHIS GRACE IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT ANY MOMENT!\n\nACIEL, YOUR FATHER IS HERE.\nSHALL WE GO WELCOME HIM TOGETHER?\nDADA...\n\nTHIS WILL BE YOUR FIRST TIME SEEING YOUR FATHER SINCE YOU WERE IN MY WOMB, WON'T IT?\nEVEN I CAN’T HELP FEELING A LITTLE EXCITED.\n\nHALF A YEAR HAD PASSED SINCE HERDIN LEFT FOR THE NORTH...\n...YET HE NEVER ONCE RETURNED. NOT EVEN ON THE DAY ACIEL WAS BORN.\nIT MUST BE BECAUSE HE STILL RESENTS ME.\n\nI CAN’T EVEN REMEMBER HOW MANY NIGHTS I LAY AWAKE CRYING.\nBUT EVEN SO...\nHE CAN’T HATE ME FOREVER.\n\nNOW WE SHARE A PRECIOUS CHILD.\nHE HAS BECOME A FATHER...\n...AND I HAVE BECOME A MOTHER.\nTHOUGH IT MAY ALREADY BE TOO LATE, I STILL WISH FOR US TO BECOME A PROPER FAMILY.\n\nIF NOT FOR OURSELVES, THEN AT LEAST FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL CHILD.\nONCE YOUR FATHER SEES HOW MUCH YOU RESEMBLE HIM, I'M SURE HE'LL FEEL...\n...THE SAME JOY I DO.\n\nHERDIN...?\nWHO IS THAT WOMAN?\nHIS GRACE HAS BEEN AWAY FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR, AND NOW HE'S RETURNED WITH ANOTHER WOMAN AT HIS SIDE...?\nTHEY ARRIVED IN THE SAME CARRIAGE TOGETHER... SURELY THEY AREN'T INVOLVED WITH ONE ANOTHER...?\nTHIS IS MIELLA ELIAS.\n\nSHE IS A PRIESTESS WHO JOURNEYED TO THE NORTH AFTER RECEIVING A REVELATION FROM THE GODDESS.\nBY CHANCE, SHE ENCOUNTERED OUR KNIGHTS WHILE THEY WERE UNDER ATTACK BY MONSTERS AND CAME TO THEIR AID.\nI WAS IMPRESSED BY HER ABILITIES AND DECIDED TO EMPLOY HER ASSISTANCE IN OUR CONTINUED EFFORTS TO SUBJUGATE THE MONSTERS THREATENING THE NORTH.\n\nA CAPABLE WOMAN, AND A POWERFUL NOBLEMAN WISE ENOUGH TO RECOGNIZE HER WORTH.\nSHE WILL CONTINUE SERVING ALONGSIDE US, AND I TRUST SHE WILL CARRY OUT HER DUTIES FAITHFULLY.\nON THE SURFACE, THAT WAS ALL THERE WAS TO THEIR RELATIONSHIP...\nAND YET, THE SERVANTS CONTINUED WHISPERING ABOUT THE TWO OF THEM.\n\nI HEARD MISS ELIAS WILL BE STAYING AT THE ESTATE...\nFOR QUITE SOME TIME...\nDON'T YOU THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING GOING ON BETWEEN HER AND HIS GRACE?\nHIS GRACE RARELY LETS HIS EMOTIONS SHOW, SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO TELL WITH HIM... BUT WITH HER, IT'S QUITE OBVIOUS.\nEXACTLY!\nHER AFFECTION FOR HIS GRACE IS PLAIN TO SEE!\n\nJUST LOOK AT HOW THE TWO OF THEM ARE ALWAYS TOGETHER THESE DAYS.\nAT THIS POINT, IT’S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE HIS GRACE DEVELOPS FEELINGS FOR HER TOO.\nA WOMAN THAT LOVELY AND TALENTED WOULD BE HARD FOR ANY MAN TO IGNORE!\nYOU MAY BE RIGHT.\n\nAT THE VERY LEAST, SHE SEEMS FAR MORE SUITED TO HIS GRACE THAN THE DAUGHTER OF A SWORN ENEMY.\nNO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE WHISPERED, I PRETENDED NOT TO HEAR THEM.\nBECAUSE ACKNOWLEDGING THE RUMORS, EVEN FOR A MOMENT, WOULD FEEL AS THOUGH I WERE ADMITTING THEY WERE TRUE.\nAND SO, THE STIFLING HEAT OF SUMMER...\n...FADED INTO AUTUMN...\n...AND BEFORE LONG, WINTER RETURNED ONCE MORE, COLD AND DESOLATE AS EVER.\n\nHERDIN WAS ALWAYS CONSUMED BY WORK...\n...AND HE NEVER ONCE SOUGHT ME OUT FIRST.\nAND ON THE RARE OCCASIONS I WENT TO SEE HIM MYSELF, HE REFUSED TO MEET WITH ME.\n\nEVENTUALLY, I GAVE UP TRYING TO BRIDGE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US.\nAND YET... THERE WAS STILL ONE THING THAT COMFORTED ME.\n\nEVERY SO OFTEN, HERDIN WOULD SHOW A SMALL MEASURE OF AFFECTION TOWARD ACIEL.\nAND IN THE END, I CHOSE TO PIN MY HOPES ON THAT FAINT TRACE OF AFFECTION HE SHOWED OUR CHILD.\n\nACIEL'S BIRTHDAY IS ONLY TWO WEEKS AWAY...\nMAYBE THIS ONCE, HE'LL AGREE TO MY SMALL REQUEST.\nI'D LIKE FOR US TO GO TO OUR MANOR IN HOLSTEIN AND SPEND SOME TIME TOGETHER AS A FAMILY.\n\nWHY IS THE DOOR TO HIS STUDY OPEN...?\nHERDIN--\n\nI FEEL AS THOUGH I'M DREAMING...\nI LOVE YOU, YOUR GRACE.\n\nI LOVE YOU.\n\nYOUR GRACE... I'VE JUST RECEIVED NOTICE THAT HIS GRACE WILL NOT BE RETURNING TO THE ESTATE AS PLANNED.\nHE REQUESTED THAT THE YOUNG MASTER'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION BE HELD WITHOUT HIM...\nAND SO, A FEW DAYS LATER, ACIEL'S FIRST BIRTHDAY ARRIVED. IT WAS A SMALL AND MODEST CELEBRATION, BUT A HAPPY ONE.\n\nTHE SERVANTS GATHERED AROUND AND SHOWERED HIM WITH HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS...\n...THE TABLES OVERFLOWED WITH DELICIOUS FOOD...\n...AND COUNTLESS GIFTS ARRIVED FROM THE VASSALS OF HOUSE DELMARQUE.\n\nIT TRULY WAS A PERFECT BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION...\n...EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT HIS FATHER WASN'T THERE.\n\nMY DARLING CHILD, YOU WERE SO UTTERLY ADORABLE TODAY.\n\nOH, YOU PRECIOUS LITTLE THING...\nNOW, YOU MUST GET SOME REST.\nDADA?\n\nDID YOU NOTICE THAT I SPENT THE ENTIRE DAY WAITING FOR YOUR FATHER?\n\nHE'LL COME HOME... IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY.\nI'M CERTAIN HE'LL RETURN BEFORE THE NIGHT IS THROUGH.\nSO DON'T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING, ACIEL...\nSLEEP PEACEFULLY, MY LOVE, AND DREAM SWEET DREAMS.\n\nACIEL'S JUST AN INNOCENT CHILD...\nHE'S STILL SO LITTLE... HE DESERVES ALL THE LOVE AND AFFECTION HIS PARENTS CAN GIVE HIM.\nNO MATTER HOW MUCH HERDIN MAY HATE ME... HE SHOULD NEVER HAVE NEGLECTED ACIEL LIKE THIS...\n\nWHY DID I EVER FALL IN LOVE WITH A MAN SO COLD AND UNCARING?\nIF I COULD GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING...\n\n...I WOULD NOT GIVE HIM MY HEART.\nHERDIN...?\n\nIF ONLY I COULD TURN BACK TIME...","bubble_count":88,"pages_count":31,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"I Only Need the Duke's Child tells of hope and disappointment for Aciel and his mother upon Herdin's return from the north after half a year.","spoiler_summary":"I Only Need the Duke's Child tells of hope and disappointment for Aciel and his mother upon Herdin's return from the north after half a year. Herdin arrives with priestess Miella Elias, and the servants whisper about a relationship between them. 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