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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":9,"chapter_key":"9-wuxiuj","release_date":"2026-11-14","last_updated":"2026-11-14T22:57:17.316Z","summary":"Marriage with a Suspiciously Demure Husband Chapter 5 revolves around guild master Hazel hiring Ginger Perian, who appears before her, and her plan to escape from her husband Noah. Hazel makes Ginger, who is Kailus's orderly, an ally in exchange for saving him from death, then makes up an excuse about opening a branch to distract Noah. The chapter reaches an emotional point with their gift exchange on their first and last wedding anniversary.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Marriage with a Suspiciously Demure Husband Chapter 5 revolves around guild master Hazel hiring Ginger Perian, who appears before her, and her plan to escape from her husband Noah. Hazel makes Ginger, who is Kailus's orderly, an ally in exchange for saving him from death, then makes up an excuse about opening a branch to distract Noah. The chapter reaches an emotional point with their gift exchange on their first and last wedding anniversary.","key_events":["Guild master realizes Ginger should be in capital arena under Kailus and plots to ally with him.","Couple celebrates first wedding anniversary with gifts and love confessions.","Ginger Perian asks guild master for employment and is hired with promise of rescue from death.","Guild master asks husband Noah for branch expansion research to distract him, he accepts.","Guild master assigns Veronica to train Ginger and plans to call him for secret help later.","Guild master resolves not to get used to Noah's fake kindness while unable to escape."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"HELLO, GUILDMASTER!\n\nMY NAME IS GINGER PERIAN.\nI look forward to working with you~\nWAIT, WHY IS THAT PERSON SHOWING UP HERE?!\nA CHARACTER WHO STARTS OUT AS A VILLAIN'S SUBORDINATE AND LATER JOINS THE SIDE OF JUSTICE IS A FAIRLY COMMON TROPE.\n\nIT IS ALSO COMMON FOR THAT CHARACTER TO HAVE A RATHER PITIFUL BACKSTORY,\nJUST WAIT A LITTLE LONGER... I WILL DEFINITELY SET YOU FREE.\n\nAND FOR THAT KIND OF CHARACTER TO EVENTUALLY MEET THEIR DEATH\nIS SUCH A TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IT WOULD FEEL STRANGE WITHOUT IT.\nGINGER PERIAN, WHO IS STANDING IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW, WAS EXACTLY THAT KIND OF CHARACTER.\n\nIN OTHER WORDS, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, GINGER PERIAN\nIS A SUBORDINATE OF THE \"VILLAIN\"... KAILUS.\nSHE SHOULD ORIGINALLY BE IN THE CAPITAL'S GLADIATOR ARENA...\n\nDID THE PLOT CHANGE BECAUSE KAILUS ENDED UP STAYING BY MY SIDE\nUNLIKE IN THE ORIGINAL STORY?\nI CAN DO MOST ODD JOBS,\nAND I AM FAIRLY GOOD WITH A SWORD.\nI ALSO LEARNED HERBOLOGY IN THE PAST.\n...ANYWAY, SINCE SHE IS DEFINITELY A PROTAGONIST-SUPPORTING CHARACTER, SHE REALLY IS QUITE CAPABLE.\n\nHmm.\nTHEN... SHOULD I TAKE THIS CHANCE TO ADD ANOTHER CARD TO MY HAND?\nSHE IS A CHARACTER WHO BETRAYS KAILUS ANYWAY,\nSO I CAN USE THE ORIGINAL STORY TO MAKE HER MY ALLY.\nCAN YOU START WORKING TODAY, MS. GINGER PERIAN?\n\nIN RETURN, I WILL HELP YOU AVOID DEATH.\nYES, GUILDMASTER! JUST TELL ME TO DO ANYTHING!\n\nVERONICA WILL TEACH YOU THE WORK FOR THE TIME BEING,\nSO I WILL CALL YOU LATER WHEN I NEED HELP IN EARNEST.\n...OF COURSE, I WILL HAVE TO PUT IT INTO ACTION WHEN THERE IS NO ONE WATCHING.\n\nYOU EVEN BROUGHT DOCUMENTS INTO THE BEDROOM. YOU MUST HAVE A LOT OF WORK?\n\nTHERE IS SOMETHING I NEED TO CHECK.\nNOW THAT A NEW EMPLOYEE HAS COME IN, ONCE HER TRAINING IS OVER, THIS KIND OF WORK SHOULD DECREASE TOO.\nI TRULY LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT.\n\nMM...\nI SHOULD NOT GET USED TO THIS FAKE KINDNESS.\nHAA, WHATEVER.\nI CANNOT RUN AWAY RIGHT NOW ANYWAY, SO I WILL JUST LET HIM DO AS HE LIKES.\n\nNOAH, THAT SPOT IS FINE...\n\nI AM YOUR HUSBAND. WHAT IS THERE TO BE EMBARRASSED ABOUT?\nA VILLAIN WHO EVEN GIVES FOOT MASSAGES TO KILL HIS TARGET.\nHE IS SO THOROUGH IT IS BEYOND TERRIFYING...\nHAZEL, YOUR GAZE IS RATHER INTENSE.\n\nNO, IT IS NOT!\nI WAS JUST LOOKING AT YOU CALMLY.\nLIAR.\nN-NO, I'M NOT.\n\nI LIKE IT WHEN YOU WANT ME, HAZEL.\nAT THIS RATE, IT WILL BE HARD TO GET OUT OF THIS PERSON'S SIGHT...\nHe is too Persistent.\n\nIN THAT CASE,\nI HAVE TO SOMEHOW MAKE KAILUS BUSY.\nNOAH, I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING LATELY.\nI AM THINKING OF EXPANDING MY BUSINESS A LITTLE.\n\nEXPANDING?\nTHINGS ARE GOOD AS THEY ARE, BUT I THINK FERRARIUM HAS ITS LIMITS WHEN IT COMES TO RECEIVING REQUESTS.\nI THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO OPEN BRANCHES IN OTHER REGIONS.\nWE HIRED A NEW EMPLOYEE TOO, SO I THINK THE TIMING IS PERFECT.\nOTHER REGIONS, HUH.\n\nTHAT IS A BIT UNEXPECTED.\nSORRY. IT IS UNEXPECTED FOR ME TOO.\nI JUST MADE UP THIS EXCUSE ON THE SPOT.\nSO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO HELP ME. WILL YOU?\nNOW, AFTER EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE SO FAR, YOU CANNOT REFUSE, CAN YOU? YOU BASTARD.\nHURRY UP AND ACCEPT. HURRY.\n\nWOULD THAT NOT BE DIFFICULT? YOU ARE ALREADY BUSY WITHOUT A MOMENT TO REST.\nIT IS FINE. I HAVE YOU, NOAH.\nIF YOU WANT TO DO IT,\nI WILL LOOK INTO IT.\n\nTHANK YOU, NOAH!\nGO ON AND BUSY YOURSELF WITH THAT. I WILL PREPARE TO RUN AWAY IN THE MEANTIME.\nNOW I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT VILLAIN FLUSTERED FOR ONCE.\n\nGO ON, FEEL THE EXACT SAME BETRAYAL AND DESPAIR I FELT!\nHAZEL, THEN I WILL LOOK INTO IT DILIGENTLY.\n...HM?\n\nWILL YOU GIVE ME YOUR PRECIOUS TIME NOW, HAZEL?\n\nI LET MY GUARD DOWN...!\n\nIN THE END, THE DAY I HOPED WOULD NEVER COME HAD ARRIVED.\nOUR FIRST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY\nAND OUR LAST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.\nSTILL, I HAVE TO GET UP AND MOVE.\nI NEED TO GIVE NOAH HIS GIFT.\n\nI HEARD THAT IF YOU LOVE WITHOUT REGRETS, NO LINGERING ATTACHMENT WILL REMAIN.\nI HAVE TO GIVE NOAH EVERYTHING I MEANT TO GIVE AND END THINGS BEAUTIFULLY,\n\nSO THAT EVEN IF I LIVE ALONE LATER, I WILL NOT CRY MISERABLY BECAUSE I MISS HIM.\nI HAVE SO MANY YEARS LEFT TO LIVE. I CANNOT DO SOMETHING THAT PATHETIC.\n\nNOAH, DID YOU FINISH TAKING CARE OF YOUR URGENT WORK?\nYES, I FINISHED EVERYTHING.\nI VAGUELY REMEMBER SEEING HIM LEAVE IN A HURRY WHILE I WAS HALF-ASLEEP EARLIER.\nIS HE GETTING BUSIER AND BUSIER PREPARING TO KILL ME...?\n\nTHIS IS...?\n\nNOAH, IT IS REALLY PRETTY.\nYES. IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR EYES, SO IT SUITS YOU VERY WELL, HAZEL.\n\nBUT IF I WALK AROUND WEARING SOMETHING LIKE THIS,\nRUMORS MIGHT SPREAD THAT THE BARON AND BARONESS OF FERRARIUM ARE SQUANDERING THEIR FORTUNE.\nTHAT LITTLE BIT OF MONEY...\nHM? NOAH, WHAT DID YOU SAY?\nNOTHING.\n\nI ONLY ADMIRED IT IN PASSING WITHOUT THINKING MUCH,\nAND YET HE WENT OUT OF HIS WAY TO GIVE IT TO ME AS A GIFT...\nTHANK YOU FOR MARRYING ME.\nHAZEL, I LOVE YOU.\n\nHOW SHAMELESS, CONFESSING HIS LOVE LIKE THAT.\nIF HE HAD CONFESSED WITH NO EXPRESSION AT ALL, I WOULD HAVE ACCEPTED IT FOR WHAT IT WAS.\n\n...ME TOO, NOAH.\nMARRYING YOU\nWAS THE BEST THING I EVER...\nHAZEL?\n\nNO.\nI SHOULD NOT LET HIM REALIZE\nTHAT I AM SHAKEN.\n...WAS THE BEST THING I EVER DID!\n\nI AM TRULY LUCKY.\n\nWHY... ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT?\nBECAUSE YOU ARE LOVELY.\n\nI AM A TRULY FORTUNATE MAN.","bubble_count":115,"pages_count":38,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Marriage with a Suspiciously Demure Husband Chapter 5 revolves around guild master Hazel hiring Ginger Perian, who appears before her, and her plan to escape from her husband Noah.","spoiler_summary":"Marriage with a Suspiciously Demure Husband Chapter 5 revolves around guild master Hazel hiring Ginger Perian, who appears before her, and her plan to escape from her husband Noah. Hazel makes Ginger, who is Kailus's orderly, an ally in exchange for saving him from death, then makes up an excuse about opening a branch to distract Noah. 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