{"schema_version":"webtoonlib.llm.chapter.v1.3","generated_at":"2026-11-10T16:17:12.626Z","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":26,"chapter_key":"26-vpyv4e","release_date":"2026-11-09","last_updated":"2026-11-09T22:25:06.340Z","summary":"In I Only Need the Duke's Child Chapter 26, Herdin confronts the misunderstanding over the cute earmuffs Blair received from the princess. As he discusses the princess's kindness at the New Year banquet, his anger and hesitation toward Blair are questioned, then Blair's fear of fire is revealed in the fireplace room and Herdin calms her by invoking the sleeping-together clause in the contract.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"In I Only Need the Duke's Child Chapter 26, Herdin confronts the misunderstanding over the cute earmuffs Blair received from the princess. As he discusses the princess's kindness at the New Year banquet, his anger and hesitation toward Blair are questioned, then Blair's fear of fire is revealed in the fireplace room and Herdin calms her by invoking the sleeping-together clause in the contract.","key_events":["Earmuffs lent at New Year Banquet are brought up to be returned with thanks.","Blair wakes terrified of fireplace fire and is soothed to sleep beside Herdin."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"OH MY, WHAT IS THIS CUTE PAIR OF EARMUFFS?\nYOU COULDN'T HAVE PREPARED THIS TINY THING AS A GIFT FOR ME, COULD YOU?\nIT WAS LENT TO ME BY HER HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS.\n\nI BROUGHT IT BECAUSE HIS MAJESTY WISHED FOR ME TO PASS IT ALONG.\nBLAIR? WHEN?\n...DID YOU NOT HEAR?\nABOUT WHAT? BLAIR DIDN'T SAY A THING, YOU SEE?\n\nThat is...\nAT THE NEW YEAR'S BANQUET A WEEK AGO...\nWHAT'S THIS?\nSHE REALLY DIDN'T TELL A SINGLE PERSON?\nI'LL KEEP TODAY A SECRET.\n\n-THAT WAS HOW HER HIGHNESS FOLLOWED ME OUT AND HANDED ME THE EARMUFFS, TELLING ME TO COVER MY EARS.\nTHEN YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS AND RETURN IT.\n\nPARDON...?\nSOMEONE WHO HAS RECEIVED A FAVOR OUGHT TO GO AND EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE PROPERLY.\nYOU'RE TRYING TO PASS THAT CHORE OFF TO ME?\nNOW THAT YOU'RE GROWN UP, YOU'RE TRYING TO USE ME AS AN ERRAND BOY.\n\nIT IS NOT LIKE THAT.\nBY THE WAY, DID YOU ACTUALLY WEAR THESE EARMUFFS?\nYou must have looked cute.\nWILL YOU TRY WEARING THEM IN FRONT OF ME JUST ONCE?\nI DID NOT WEAR THEM! I MERELY KEPT THEM WITH ME.\n\nI HAVE NO DESIRE TO RUN INTO THE PRINCESS.\nI'M TERRIFIED THAT NAIVE PRINCESS MIGHT THINK OF ME WITH AFFECTION.\n\nHERDIN, DO YOU DISLIKE BLAIR?\nBLAIR ISN'T NOISY LIKE THE CHILDREN YOU DISLIKE,\nAND SHE DOESN'T BLINDLY HATE OR CURSE AT YOU, DOES SHE?\n\nYOU SAID YOU EVEN RECEIVED HER HELP.\n...BUT ISN'T SHE THAT WOMAN'S DAUGHTER?\nYOU MUST NOT THINK THAT WAY.\nTHAT IS NOT BLAIR'S FAULT.\n\nBLAIR IS A GOOD CHILD, REGARDLESS OF WHAT KIND OF PERSON HER MOTHER IS.\nDON'T YOU THINK SO, TOO?\n\nI AM AWARE OF THAT.\nIT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO THINK OF THE EMPRESS AND THE PRINCESS SEPARATELY.\nHOWEVER...\nTHE PRINCESS IS A KIND PERSON.\n\nSINCE I AM IN A POSITION WHERE I HAVE TO HATE THE PRINCESS,\nI TRIED SO HARD TO DENY IT.\nI AM SORRY FOR DRAGGING EVEN YOU TWO INTO THE ADULTS' PETTY RELATIONSHIPS.\n\nI HAVE COME TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THE FAVOR I RECEIVED FROM THE PRINCESS DURING THE NEW YEAR'S FESTIVAL.\n\nYOUR HIGHNESS, YOU MUST WAKE UP NOW.\n\nOh, right...\nNANNY SAID I SHOULDN'T YAWN IN A PLACE LIKE THIS...\nYOUR...\n\nN-NANNY...!\nWHAT DO I DO?! THE DUKE OF DELMARQUE IS HERE!\n\nI HAVEN'T EVEN WASHED MY FACE YET...\n\n...IT'S A GOOD THING I CAME TO CHECK.\n\n...HM? THIS ISN'T A PILLOW.\nTHIS WARM SENSATION...\n\nWHY IS THE ROOM SO WARM?\n\nTHE FIREPLACE... HAS A FIRE LIT.\nFIRE.\nA DISASTER THAT BURNED AWAY MY HAPPIEST DAYS.\nNO.\n\nTHE TERROR THAT THOSE FLAMES MIGHT SNATCH AWAY EVERYTHING ONCE AGAIN—\nARE YOU SCARED?\n\nTHE FIRE... IS TERRIFYING.\n\nIT SHOULD DEFINITELY BE TERRIFYING, BUT...\nTHE SOUND OF HERDIN'S HEARTBEAT...\nMY ANXIOUS PULSE GRADUALLY CALMS DOWN.\n\nIF YOU HAVE CALMED DOWN, SLEEP SOME MORE.\nI WILL INVOKE THE JOINT-SLEEPING CLAUSE WRITTEN IN THE CONTRACT TODAY.\nWait..\nWHAT DOES THAT MEAN?\nIF YOU WISH TO SHARE A BED, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU GAVE ME TIME TO WASH UP.\n\nYOU MUST TAKE ME FOR SOME TRASH WHO SATISFIES HIS LUST WITH A PATIENT.\nI DIDN'T THINK THAT.\nBUT THIS IS PART OF THE CONTRACT, SO I NEED TO KEEP MY PROMISE...\nSTOP.\n\nTHAT DAMNED CONTRACT AGAIN.\nWHAT I MEAN IS LITERALLY JUST SLEEPING TOGETHER.\nYOU CAN'T SLEEP IF YOU'RE BY YOURSELF WITH THE FIREPLACE ON.\n\nBUT...\nTHERE IS NO BENEFIT IN THIS FOR HERDIN AT ALL.\nTHIS IS PURELY FOR MY SAKE...\n\nI WON'T DO ANYTHING, SO JUST GO TO SLEEP.\n\nTHE AIR IN THE ROOM WARMED BY THE FIREPLACE.\nTHE BLANKET DRAPED OVER ME IS COZY,\nAND THE FAMILIAR WARMTH I FEEL WITHOUT EVEN TOUCHING...\n\nBRINGS A SENSE OF STABILITY.\nI STILL DESPISE YOU.\n\nBUT TODAY WAS TRULY EXHAUSTING, SO—\nWOULDN'T IT BE OKAY... 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