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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":"Marriage with a Suspiciously Demure Husband","slug":"marriage-with-a-suspiciously-demure-husband-ia4yl5c6","original_title":"Josinhan Nampyeonui Gyeolhon Mokjeogi Susanghada - 조신한 남편의 결혼 목적이 수상하다 - My Demure Husband's Purpose for Marrying Me Is Suspicious - My Demure Husband's Reason for Marriage Is Suspicious - The…"},"chapter":{"number":12,"chapter_key":"12-ieqwh2","release_date":"2026-11-14","last_updated":"2026-11-14T23:56:29.207Z","summary":"Chapter 12 of Marriage with a Suspiciously Demure Husband focuses on the tension surrounding Hazel Love, opening with Lord Kailus's man's dilemma over how to address her. As Kailus glares sharply at those who treat Hazel — the woman he married for revenge — harshly, and the secret of his ten-year headache and the Divine Purification Stone is revealed, the tension grows when Hazel misunderstands him and thinks she has bought time for her escape plan.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Chapter 12 of Marriage with a Suspiciously Demure Husband focuses on the tension surrounding Hazel Love, opening with Lord Kailus's man's dilemma over how to address her. As Kailus glares sharply at those who treat Hazel — the woman he married for revenge — harshly, and the secret of his ten-year headache and the Divine Purification Stone is revealed, the tension grows when Hazel misunderstands him and thinks she has bought time for her escape plan.","key_events":["Kailus's subordinate explains dilemma over how to address Kailus's wife and decides to call her Prisoner to soften it","Kailus says after road and fence repairs he will properly give his wife her wedding anniversary gift","Revealed Kailus suffers 10-year mysterious headache and killing urges relieved only by Divine Purification Stone which broke","Kailus learns last betrayer was caught, orders carriage prepared, delegates punishment, and leaves to pick up Hazel from work","Revealed Kailus's headaches eased after meeting Hazel Love but return when away, so replacement stone is needed","Hazel mishears road and fence repair talk as burial pit plan and believes elimination operation is on hold"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"HELLO, I AM ONE OF LORD KAILUS'S SUBORDINATES.\nLATELY, I HAVE DEVELOPED ONE CONCERN I CANNOT TALK ABOUT.\nIT IS ABOUT WHAT TITLE I SHOULD USE\nSUBMITTED FOOTAGE\nFOR LORD KAILUS'S WIFE.\n\nSINCE SHE IS A WOMAN LORD KAILUS MARRIED TO TAKE REVENGE FOR STEALING HIS SOURCE OF FUNDS,\nSUBMITTED FOOTAGE\nAT FIRST, IT DID NOT MATTER WHAT WE CALLED HER.\nBUT HERE IS THE THING.\nI WANT TO KNOW\n\nAS TIME WENT ON, WHENEVER IT SEEMED LIKE SOMEONE MIGHT ADDRESS THAT WOMAN CARELESSLY,\nLORD KAILUS'S GAZE SEEMED TO GROW STRANGELY SHARP.\nSHE IS CLEARLY SOMEONE HE WILL GET RID OF SOON, SO WHY DOES HE LOOK AT US LIKE THAT?\n\nIN THE END, I DECIDED TO SOFTEN IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE\nAND CALL HER \"THE CAPTIVE.\"\nWELL, ONCE HE GETS RID OF HER SOON, THIS WORRY WILL DISAPPEAR TOO, RIGHT?\n\nI SINCERELY HOPE THIS TROUBLESOME ACT ENDS QUICKLY.\nBUT ON THE OTHER HAND...\nWHILE PERFORMING THIS RIDICULOUS PLAY,\n\nMY MASTER HAS BECOME RATHER GENEROUS,\nSO DEEP DOWN, I ALSO KIND OF HOPE IT LASTS A LITTLE LONGER.\nI DO NOT LIKE IT,\nBUT THE PERSON WHO RETURNS GREETINGS THE BEST\n\nHuh?!\nHello~\nIS THAT CAPTIVE.\nTHEN, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY CONCERN.\n\nTHE OWNER OF THE DIVINE PURIFICATION STONE IS THE CAPTIVE... MY LORD'S WIFE.\n\nAH,\nMY WIFE USED TO BE PART OF THE IMPERIAL KNIGHT ORDER.\nTHERE IS NO CHOICE, THEN.\nTHE CROWN PRINCE'S SIDE IS WATCHING OUR BACK ALLEY BUSINESS ANYWAY,\n\nSO IT WOULD BE BEST TO AVOID FRICTION FOR THE TIME BEING.\nWAIT, EARLIER HE CLEARLY SPOKE AS IF HE DID NOT CARE ABOUT THE CROWN PRINCE...\nIN ANY CASE, FIND OUT IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER DIVINE PURIFICATION STONES.\n\nTHIS DAMNED HEADACHE...\nWHEN WILL IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?\n\nFOR TEN YEARS,\nOR PERHAPS EVEN LONGER.\nLORD KAILUS HAS SUFFERED FROM A MYSTERIOUS, UNPLEASANT HEADACHE.\n\nHE EVEN FEELS IMPULSIVE, MURDEROUS URGES.\nHIS MOOD WILL SUDDENLY PLUNGE TO THE BOTTOM,\nOR HE WILL BECOME DEEPLY CONSUMED BY SOME DESIRE.\n\nLORD KAILUS IS SOMEONE WHO WANTS EVERYTHING TO MOVE ACCORDING TO HIS WILL.\nMOREOVER, HE HATES LOOKING UP TO ANYONE,\nAND HAS A NATURE THAT ENJOYS RULING OVER OTHERS.\n\nSO HOW UNPLEASANT MUST IT BE FOR HIM TO BE UNABLE TO CONTROL HIS OWN MOOD?\nWE HAVE SEARCHED FOR SEVERAL DOCTORS,\nBUT NONE OF THEM COULD FIND THE CAUSE,\nAND NO MATTER WHAT METHODS WE TRIED, NOTHING WORKED.\n\nTHEN, A FEW YEARS AGO,\nHE HAPPENED TO HOLD A DIVINE PURIFICATION STONE\nTHAT HE HAD RECEIVED FROM ANOTHER NOBLE IN PLACE OF A DEBT,\n\nAND HE WAS FREED FROM THAT LONG -LASTING HEADACHE.\nHOWEVER, LORD KAILUS'S \"IMPULSES\"\nCOULD NOT BE COMPLETELY ERASED,\n\nBECAUSE ONE DAY, HE LOST HIS REASON AND THE DIVINE PURIFICATION STONE BROKE.\nTHE PROBLEM WAS THAT HE HAD NO MEMORY OF THAT NIGHT AT ALL,\n\nSO WE DID NOT KNOW WHY HE HAD BECOME FURIOUS ENOUGH TO LOSE HIS REASON,\nOR HOW IT HAD BROKEN.\nSO WE TRIED AGAIN AND AGAIN TO OBTAIN A PURIFICATION STONE THAT WOULD REMOVE HIS HEADACHES,\nBUT THE ONLY THING THAT HAD ANY EFFECT WAS THE RARE AND POWERFUL DIVINE PURIFICATION STONE.\nORDINARY PURIFICATION STONES WERE COMPLETELY USELESS.\n\nSTILL, WAS IT A BLESSING IN DISGUISE?\nEVER SINCE HE MET THE CAPT... HAZEL, THAT WOMAN,\nLORD KAILUS SEEMED TO SUFFER FROM FAR FEWER HEADACHES.\n\nAS IF HE NO LONGER NEEDED SOMETHING LIKE A DIVINE PURIFICATION STONE.\nBUT THAT WAS ONLY A TEMPORARY METHOD.\nWHEN HE IS AWAY FROM THE CAPTIVE, THE HEADACHES RETURN,\n\nAND HAZEL LOVE IS SOMEONE WHO MUST BE ELIMINATED,\nSO WE NEED A SUBSTITUTE.\nBUT OF ALL PEOPLE, IT IS TIED TO THE CROWN PRINCE'S FIANCÉE.\nIF THE ORIGINAL DIVINE PURIFICATION STONE HAD NOT BROKEN,\nTHERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO REASON FOR THINGS TO BECOME THIS TROUBLESOME.\n\nTHEN, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO REPORT?\nAH, YES.\nWE CAPTURED THE LAST OF THE SUBORDINATES WHO BETRAYED YOU AND HAD MANAGED TO FLEE.\nWHAT WOULD YOU LIKE US TO DO...?\n\nIT IS TIME FOR HAZEL TO LEAVE WORK.\n...MY LORD?\nWHAT NOW?\n...SHOULD WE DISPOSE OF THE SUBORDINATE WHO BETRAYED YOU?\n\nPREPARE THE CARRIAGE FIRST. HANDLE THE REST YOURSELF.\n\nHE USUALLY ALWAYS HANDLES TRAITORS HIMSELF...\nBUT HE IS LEAVING IT TO ME?\n...I DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ANYMORE. I SHOULD JUST PREPARE THE CARRIAGE.\nYES, SIR!\nI AM HEADING OUT NOW!\n\nWHY IS HE TOUCHING MY HAND SO MUCH TODAY?\n\nIS HE TRYING TO MEMORIZE MY FINGERPRINTS SO I CANNOT RUN AWAY?!\nIt is absurd, but weirdly plausible.\nBEFORE I ESCAPE, I SHOULD CHANGE THE FINGERPRINT REGISTRATION AT THE BANK FIRST...\nUM, LORD NOAH.\n\nI HAVE AN ADDITIONAL REPORT... MY APOLOGIES.\nIS SOMETHING THE MATTER?\nIT SEEMS HE HAS RETURNED FROM THE TASK I GAVE HIM DURING THE DAY.\nI WILL BE RIGHT BACK.\n\nTHAT SUBORDINATE... HIS NAME WAS SID, RIGHT?\nCONSIDERING HE IS THE ONE I HAVE RUN INTO MOST OFTEN AMONG NOAH'S, NO, KAILUS'S SUBORDINATES,\nHE MUST BE HIS RIGHT-HAND MAN.\nIT MIGHT BE AN IMPORTANT REPORT.\n\nYES, BECAUSE IT COLLAPSED FROM THE RAIN THAT DAY...\nIT TOOK A FEW DAYS...\n\nAGAIN...\nREPAIRS TODAY...\nWHAT? WHAT COLLAPSED?!\nI cannot hear them well~!\nCOULD HE MEAN THE HOLE THEY PLANNED TO BURY ME IN COLLAPSED BECAUSE OF THE RAIN,\nAND THEY REPAIRED IT AGAIN?\n\nPUT IT ON HOLD FOR THE TIME BEING AND ... PROCEED.\nYOUR ORDER...\nUNTIL...\nGASP... \"ON HOLD\"?\nHE SAID ON HOLD JUST NOW, RIGHT?\nHE MUST HAVE ORDERED THEM TO PUT THE OPERATION TO GET RID OF ME ON HOLD FOR NOW!!\n\nAS EXPECTED, THAT GIFT MUST HAVE SOFTENED HIS HEART A LITTLE.\nHALLELUJAH! DEAR GOD! KAILUS, YOU REALLY ARE HUMAN AFTER ALL!\nI HAVE BEEN GIVEN ROOM TO MAKE MY ESCAPE PLAN.\nI WAS SECRETLY WORRIED I MIGHT MAKE A MISTAKE IF I RUSHED IT,\n\nBUT NOW I CAN BE MORE THOROUGH.\nGREAT.\nSO THE ROAD REPAIRS SHOULD BE FINISHED BY TOMORROW,\n\nAND THE FENCE YOU ORDERED TO BE MADE STURDIER SHOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS.\nIF IT DOES NOT RAIN, IT MAY EVEN BE POSSIBLE TO COMPLETED WITHIN A WEEK.\nI LIKE THAT.\n\nIT IS A LITTLE LATE, BUT...\nI WILL BE ABLE TO PROPERLY GIVE MY WIFE\n\nHER \"WEDDING ANNIVERSARY GIFT.\"","bubble_count":128,"pages_count":38,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Chapter 12 of Marriage with a Suspiciously Demure Husband focuses on the tension surrounding Hazel Love, opening with Lord Kailus's man's dilemma over how to address her.","spoiler_summary":"Chapter 12 of Marriage with a Suspiciously Demure Husband focuses on the tension surrounding Hazel Love, opening with Lord Kailus's man's dilemma over how to address her. As Kailus glares sharply at those who treat Hazel — the woman he married for revenge — harshly, and the secret of his ten-year headache and the Divine Purification Stone is revealed, the tension grows when Hazel misunderstands him and thinks she has bought time for her escape plan."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/marriage-with-a-suspiciously-demure-husband-ia4yl5c6/chapter-12-ieqwh2","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Marriage with a Suspiciously Demure Husband #12","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-15T00:17:39.332Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/marriage-with-a-suspiciously-demure-husband-ia4yl5c6"}}