{"schema_version":"webtoonlib.llm.chapter.v1.3","generated_at":"2026-11-10T16:21:06.436Z","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":27,"chapter_key":"27-3jttxq","release_date":"2026-11-09","last_updated":"2026-11-09T20:23:44.522Z","summary":"I Only Need the Duke's Child Chapter 27 opens with Blair lighting the fireplace despite her fear of fire and forgiving Melly. Discussing forgiveness with Lina, Blair gives Melly a chance to look after the baby marten Pippi and accepts her sincere apology. She then swears to Herdin that she will never harm him, just as an invitation bearing the imperial crest arrives for the couple.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"I Only Need the Duke's Child Chapter 27 opens with Blair lighting the fireplace despite her fear of fire and forgiving Melly. Discussing forgiveness with Lina, Blair gives Melly a chance to look after the baby marten Pippi and accepts her sincere apology. She then swears to Herdin that she will never harm him, just as an invitation bearing the imperial crest arrives for the couple.","key_events":["Woman reflects she never grew close to ducal residence people before regression","Couple receives an invitation bearing the imperial crest","Woman names baby marten Pippi and wants it to have human friends","Maid Melly apologizes for past incident and is assigned to care for baby marten","Woman swears on everything she will never harm Herdin, he chooses to believe her","Revealed Melly first found the collapsed woman and got help","Woman tries to light fireplace despite fear of fire, apologizes to worried husband"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"WHY DID YOU DO THAT YESTERDAY?\nWHEN YOU'RE SO TERRIFIED OF FIRE...\nIF YOU WANTED TO LIGHT THE FIREPLACE, YOU SHOULD HAVE CALLED FOR ME.\n\nI'M SORRY. YOU MUST HAVE BEEN WORRIED.\nI JUST... HAD MY REASONS.\nCOME TO THINK OF IT, WHERE IS THE MARTEN?\n\nAH, MELLY WENT TO GIVE IT SOME MILK JUST A MOMENT AGO.\nMELLY, HUH...\nLINA, DID YOU FORGIVE HER?\n\nSHE SEEMED TERRIFIED EVER SINCE THAT INCIDENT.\nINSTEAD OF PICKING ON ME, SHE WAS ACTUALLY AVOIDING ME.\n\nSO I JUST SPOKE TO HER FIRST.\nDON'T MIND ME, JUST DO WHAT YOU'VE ALWAYS DONE.\nSHOULD I NOT HAVE FORGIVEN HER AFTER ALL?\n\nDON'T BE LIKE THAT. AS LONG AS YOU'RE FINE WITH IT, I'M ALRIGHT.\nI WANT YOU TO GET ALONG WITH THE OTHERS, TOO.\nBUT SHE WRONGED YOUR GRACE AS WELL.\n\nLINA, EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES.\nOF COURSE, THERE ARE MISTAKES THAT CAN NEVER BE FORGIVEN.\n\nBUT THERE ARE ALSO THINGS THAT CAN BE SET RIGHT, EVEN IF IT'S LATE.\nIF A PERSON WERE ENTIRELY DEFINED BY A SINGLE MISTAKE,\nPEOPLE WOULD GIVE UP ON EVERYTHING OVER JUST ONE MISTAKE.\nEVEN WHEN THEY HAVE THE CHANCE TO BECOME BETTER.\nIT'S TRUE THAT MELLY WAS IN THE WRONG.\n\nAw, so cute~\nBUT I DON'T BELIEVE HER MISTAKE WAS IRREDEEMABLE.\nSO WHY NOT GIVE HER A CHANCE TO MAKE AMENDS?\n\nYOUR GRACE IS FAR TOO KIND FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.\nWELL, STILL, JUST AS YOUR GRACE SAID, SHE DIDN'T SEEM LIKE AN ENTIRELY BAD GIRL.\nAFTER ALL, SHE WAS THE FIRST TO FIND YOUR GRACE COLLAPSED YESTERDAY AND TAKE ACTION.\n\nREALLY?\nI OUGHT TO THANK MELLY, THEN.\n\nY-YOUR GRACE...?!\nAH, I JUST CAME BY TO SEE YOU BEFORE GOING TO BREAKFAST.\nTHANK YOU FOR LOOKING AFTER IT, MELLY.\n\nOH, NOT AT ALL. IT'S ONLY WHAT I SHOULD BE DOING.\nIT SEEMS YOU'VE EATEN YOUR FILL.\nCOME TO THINK OF IT, I HAVEN'T EVEN APOLOGIZED FOR WHAT HAPPENED BACK THEN...\n\nAPOLOGIZE.\nDO YOU LIKE ANIMALS?\nAH, YES...\nTHEN, WHENEVER YOU HAVE TIME, COULD I ASK YOU TO LOOK AFTER THIS LITTLE ONE?\n\nPARDON?\nI READ IN A BOOK THAT MARTENS LIVE IN GROUPS.\nI THOUGHT IT WOULD NEED FRIENDS, BUT I CAN'T VERY WELL BRING IN ANOTHER KIT LIVING HAPPILY WITH ITS MOTHER, CAN I?\n\nSO I WAS THINKING OF GIVING IT PLENTY OF HUMAN FRIENDS INSTEAD.\nOF COURSE, ONLY IF YOU'RE ALRIGHT WITH IT.\n\nO-OF COURSE! JUST LEAVE IT TO ME.\nI TAKE CARE OF THE CATS IN THE REAR GARDEN AS WELL.\nREALLY? THAT'S A RELIEF.\n\nYOUR GRACE, BACK THEN...\nI AM TRULY SORRY.\n\nI GREW UP WITHOUT PROPER MANNERS, SO I ACTED INSOLENTLY WITHOUT KNOWING ANY BETTER.\nEVERYONE ELSE WAS DOING IT, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS FINE TO JOIN IN...\n\nI AM TRULY SORRY. I DESPERATELY WANTED TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU.\nIT WAS SOMETHING THAT WENT UNNOTICED BEFORE MY REGRESSION.\n\nBECAUSE OF THAT, I WAS NEVER ABLE TO GET CLOSE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE DUCAL HOUSE UNTIL THE DAY I DIED.\nBUT MAYBE THIS TIME, THINGS COULD BE DIFFERENT.\nI ACCEPT YOUR APOLOGY.\nIN RETURN, WILL YOU TAKE GOOD CARE OF THIS LITTLE ONE?\nYES! I WILL TAKE GREAT CARE OF IT.\n\nAH, BY THE WAY-\nTHIS LITTLE ONE'S NAME IS PIPPI.\n\nYES. DOESN'T IT SOUND LIKE THE SOUND IT MAKES?\nHER GRACE...\nREALLY HAS NO NAMING SENSE.\n\nDID YOU SLEEP PEACEFULLY?\n\nYES, THANKS TO YOU.\n\nHERDIN.\nABOUT WHAT WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY.\nI UNDERSTAND THAT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, I COULD SEEM SUSPICIOUS ENOUGH.\n\nBUT I WILL NEVER DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD BRING HARM TO YOU.\nI SWEAR ON MY EVERYTHING.\nDOES THAT \"EVERYTHING\" INCLUDE YOU AS WELL?\n\nPARDON?\nWHAT IN THIS WORLD COULD POSSIBLY BE MORE PRECIOUS THAN \"ONESELF\"?\nTO SAY YOU WOULD STAKE EVERYTHING,\nYET LEAVING OUT THE MOST PRECIOUS THING FROM YOUR OATH LACKS CREDIBILITY.\n\nHE CLEARLY SAID YESTERDAY THAT HE WOULDN'T DOUBT ME ANYMORE...\nIS HE GOING BACK ON HIS WORD IN JUST ONE DAY?\nBUT...\n\nHIS EXPRESSION DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE TRULY DOUBTS ME OR FEELS UPSET.\n...OF COURSE IT INCLUDES ME.\nAND I AM SINCERE WHEN I SAY I WANT TO MAINTAIN A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.\n\nA WOMAN ASKING ME TO BELIEVE HER, EVEN THOUGH SHE CAN'T BE COMPLETELY HONEST.\nABSURD AS IT IS...\nYESTERDAY, I DIDN'T CATCH THE SCENT OF ANOTHER BASTARD ON BLAIR.\n\nFOR NOW, I SUPPOSE I WILL BELIEVE HER.\n\nYOUR GRACE, MADAM.\nAN INVITATION HAS ARRIVED FOR THE TWO OF YOU.\nTHIS IS...\n\nTHE IMPERIAL CREST.","bubble_count":92,"pages_count":34,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"I Only Need the Duke's Child Chapter 27 opens with Blair lighting the fireplace despite her fear of fire and forgiving Melly.","spoiler_summary":"I Only Need the Duke's Child Chapter 27 opens with Blair lighting the fireplace despite her fear of fire and forgiving Melly. Discussing forgiveness with Lina, Blair gives Melly a chance to look after the baby marten Pippi and accepts her sincere apology. She then swears to Herdin that she will never harm him, just as an invitation bearing the imperial crest arrives for the couple."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/i-only-need-the-duke-s-child-t7h7gek5/chapter-27-3jttxq","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — I Only Need the Duke's Child #27","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-10T16:21:06.435Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/i-only-need-the-duke-s-child-t7h7gek5"}}