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She then receives Princess Cecilia's meeting invitation and, recalling the humiliation from her past life, considers attending.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin Chapter 16 begins with Irenne being startled by the arrival of Sir Michael during her dungeon conversation with Felix and Reina. She defends herself against Wilhelmina's contemptuous attitude, citing that she is a 9th-rank purifier and putting forward the maids Hanna and Nina in order to keep her from entering Sir Michael's room. She then receives Princess Cecilia's meeting invitation and, recalling the humiliation from her past life, considers attending.","key_events":["Irenne plans to repay 100,000 gold debt with weekly rewards and recalls childhood cottage with parents.","Irenne urges Felix not to risk serious injury and to challenge suitable dungeons step by step.","Irenne recalls past-life humiliation at Cecilia's meeting where her tea gift was thrown in fireplace.","Wilhelmina visits the room, criticizes maids Hanna and Nina, and delivers Princess Cecilia's meeting invitation.","Irenne and others worry whether Sir Michael overheard their conversation after he left."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"S-SIR MICHAEL?!\n\nS-SINCE WHEN HAVE YOU BEEN STANDING THERE...?\n\n...HE JUST LEFT.\nI WONDER HOW MUCH HE HEARD.\nWELL... HE IS NOT SOMEONE WHO WOULD INTENTIONALLY EAVESDROP ON A CONVERSATION,\nSO PERHAPS HE JUST MISSED THE CHANCE TO MAKE HIS PRESENCE KNOWN...\n\nTRUE...\nA-ANYWAY!\nI UNDERSTAND HOW YOU FEEL, FELIX, BUT...\nI DO NOT WANT YOU TO RISK GETTING BADLY HURT JUST TO OBTAIN A GOOD TOKEN.\nSO LET US CHALLENGE DUNGEONS THAT SUIT US FIRST, AND TAKE THINGS STEP BY STEP.\n\nALL RIGHT?\n...ALL RIGHT.\nLET US DO THAT, REINA...\n\nHANNA, COULD YOU PREPARE TWO CUPS OF TEA?\nYES, LADY IRENNE.\n\nTHANK YOU.\nIRENNE.\nWHAT KIND OF MAID STOPS A GUEST FROM ENTERING AND MAKES HER WAIT STANDING FOR HOURS?\nHOW ABOUT TRAINING THEM PROPERLY WHILE YOU HAVE THE CHANCE?\nTHAT WAY, EVEN WHEN YOU ARE NOT HERE, I CAN COME IN COMFORTABLY.\n\nAFTER DYING ONCE AND COMING BACK TO LIFE, THE ATTITUDE WILHELMINA SHOWS ME\nIS BECOMING INCREASINGLY CLEAR.\nWILHELMINA.\n\nIN YOUR EYES,\nDO I STILL LOOK LIKE YOUR MAID?\n\nWHAT?\n...THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO ASK,\nBUT SHE MUST HAVE COME AS PRINCESS CECILIA'S CLOSE AIDE TO OBSERVE MY MOVEMENTS.\n\nI SHOULD NOT PROVOKE HER FOR NO REASON AND GIVE HER AN EXCUSE.\n...THAT WILL NOT DO, WILHELMINA.\nWHAT?\nIT WILL NOT DO?\nWHY NOT?\n\nAS YOU KNOW, I AM A 9TH GRADE PURIFIER.\nHOW COULD SOMEONE LIKE ME POSSIBLY STAY IN SUCH A FINE ROOM\nFORTRESS- APPOINTED MAID, NINA MEYER.\nFORTRESS- APPOINTED MAID, HANNA MEYER.\nWITH DEDICATED MAIDS OF MY OWN?\nTHIS ROOM WAS PREPARED BY THE TIRENIA KINGDOM\n\nSO SIR MICHAEL CAN REST COMFORTABLY.\nEVEN WITHOUT THAT, UNLIKE ORDINARY KNIGHTS, HE RETURNS AFTER SUBJUGATING DUNGEONS\nWITHOUT RECEIVING PROPER PURIFICATION AND IN A SENSITIVE STATE.\nI DOUBT HE WOULD BE PLEASED TO FIND AN UNFAMILIAR PERSON INSIDE HIS ROOM.\nIT WOULD BE SAD IF SIR MICHAEL\n\nBECAME EVEN MORE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH YOU AFTER SUDDENLY RUNNING INTO YOU WITHOUT ANY NOTICE.\nSHE SAYS HE IS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH ME. SO BACK THEN, HE REALLY..\n\n...I CANNOT LEAVE AN EVEN WORSE IMPRESSION ON SIR MICHAEL.\nTH-THEN I SUPPOSE IT CANNOT BE HELPED.\nSIR MICHAEL'S REST IS IMPORTANT, AFTER ALL.\nTHANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING, WILHELMINA.\n\nBY THE WAY,\nWHAT IS THIS \"GOOD NEWS\" YOU SAID YOU HAD TO TELL ME?\nAHH, THAT?\nWELL, YOU SEE...\nPRINCESS CECILIA SAYS SHE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO NEXT WEEK'S GATHERING.\n\nIS THAT NOT SUCH A JOYFUL AND HONORABLE THING?\nJUST AS EXPECTED.\nTHIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS MY PREVIOUS LIFE.\n\nNOT LONG AFTER I BECAME SIR MICHAEL'S PARTNER IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE,\nPRINCESS CECILIA INVITED ME TO HER GATHERING.\nI WAS SO HAPPY AND GRATEFUL THAT I SCRAPED TOGETHER EVERY COIN I HAD AND DID NOT HAVE,\nBOUGHT TEA LEAVES AS A GIFT, AND WENT, BUT...\nAS SOON AS I ARRIVED AT THE GATHERING, I UNDERSTOOD.\n\nSHE HAD ONLY CALLED ME TO SEE\nWHAT KIND OF FACE THE WOMAN RUMORED TO HAVE SEDUCED SIR MICHAEL HAD.\n\nAND I EVEN SAW THE PRINCESS'S MAID\nTHROW THE TEA LEAVES I BROUGHT AS A GIFT INTO THE FIREPLACE...\nNO MATTER HOW DIFFERENT OUR STATUSES WERE, IT WAS TERRIBLY CRUEL.\nIT IS NOT A GOOD MEMORY BUT...\n\nWHEN I HAD JUST BEEN ANXIOUS OVER NEW VARIABLES,\nSOMETHING I EXPECTED HAPPENED THE SAME WAY SO I FEEL RELIEVED TOO.\nIRENNE?\nWHY ARE YOU NOT ANSWERING?\nARE YOU TOO HAPPY TO SPEAK?\nAH, YES.\n\nWHY WOULD THE PRINCESS INVITE ME?\nWHAT IS WITH THAT PLAIN REACTION...?\nI ASKED THE PRINCESS AGAIN AND AGAIN TO INVITE YOU TO THE GATHERING!\nDO YOU UNDERSTAND NOW HOW MUCH I CARE ABOUT YOU?\n\nAHH, RIGHT...\nWHAT SHOULD I DO?\nIF I WANT TO REDUCE POSSIBLE VARIABLES,\nTHEN, ATTENDING THE GATHERING LIKE IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE WOULD BE BEST.\nYOU SAID THE GATHERING IS NEXT WEEK, RIGHT?\nI WILL THINK ABOUT IT UNTIL THEN.\n\nTHINK ABOUT IT? WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU SAYING?\nPRINCESS CECILIA'S GATHERING IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IN ITSELF, AN OPPORTUNITY!!\nWHO KNOWS?\nTHANKS TO THE PRINCESS'S ARRANGEMENT, YOU MIGHT FIND ANOTHER KNIGHT WILLING TO PAIR WITH YOU AGAIN NEXT YEAR!\n\nOH MY LOOK AT HER.\nTHE MOMENT I MENTION NEXT YEAR, SHE TURNS GLOOMY\nI SUPPOSE SHE REALLY IS NOT CONFIDENT SHE CAN KEEP SIR MICHAEL TIED TO HER.\n\nANYWAY, I WILL SEND THE INVITATION THROUGH A MAID NEXT WEEK, SO YOU MUST COME!\nPREPARE A PROPER GIFT TOO!\nNEXT YEAR...\n\nWILL THERE BE A NEXT YEAR FOR ME?\nMOST OF WHAT I HAD PLANNED UNTIL NOW HAS GONE WRONG.\nI DO NOT REGRET SAVING REINA, BUT...\nSTILL, SINCE SIR MICHAEL AGREED TO SHARE REWARDS WITH ME ONCE A WEEK,\n\nPERHAPS I CAN REPAY THE 100,000 GOLD BY STEADILY GATHERING REWARDS OVER THE YEAR.\nSINCE THEY ARE GIFTS I RECEIVED FROM SIR MICHAEL,\nI REALLY DO NOT WANT TO SELL THEM UNLESS I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE, BUT...\nIN AN EMERGENCY, I THINK THE DRESSES AND ACCESSORIES ALONE COULD MAKE UP 10,000 GOLD.\nAND AFTER THAT,\n\nTHEN...\nHOW DO I WANT TO LIVE?\nIN MY PREVIOUS LIFE, I ONLY LIVED ACCORDING TO THE COUNT'S ORDERS,\n\nAND AT THE FORTRESS, I WAS TOO BUSY SURVIVING.\nI HAD NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT KIND OF LIFE I WANTED TO LIVE.\nI ONLY VAGUELY THOUGHT THAT I WANTED TO HIDE AWAY QUIETLY.\nI...\nI WANT TO LIVE IN A SMALL CABIN, LIKE WHEN I WAS LITTLE.\n\nLIKE BACK THEN, WHILE MOM BAKED FRAGRANT APPLE PIE,\nAND DAD TOLD ME INTERESTING STORIES IN A GENTLE VOICE.\nIRENNE,\nIF YOU FOLLOW THE RAINBOW TO THE END OF THE CONTINENT,\n\nTHERE IS A PLACE CALLED THE SEA, LARGER THAN ALL THE RIVERS AND LAKES COMBINED.\nIT IS SO VAST AND BLUE THAT IT OPENS UP YOUR HEART.\nTHE WAVES THAT RISE AND ROLL SHINE WHITE, JUST LIKE YOUR PRETTY HAIR.\nLATER, LET US GO SEE THE SEA WITH YOUR MOTHER.\n\nOKAY!\nBUT IN THAT CABIN,\nMOM AND DAD ARE NO LONGER THERE,\nAND I WILL BE ALONE...\n\nIrenne?","bubble_count":126,"pages_count":34,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin Chapter 16 begins with Irenne being startled by the arrival of Sir Michael during her dungeon conversation with Felix and Reina.","spoiler_summary":"My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin Chapter 16 begins with Irenne being startled by the arrival of Sir Michael during her dungeon conversation with Felix and Reina. She defends herself against Wilhelmina's contemptuous attitude, citing that she is a 9th-rank purifier and putting forward the maids Hanna and Nina in order to keep her from entering Sir Michael's room. She then receives Princess Cecilia's meeting invitation and, recalling the humiliation from her past life, considers attending."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/my-husband-is-definitely-a-paladin-54041nrv/chapter-16-hjcj2w","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin #16","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-29T01:17:06.414Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/my-husband-is-definitely-a-paladin-54041nrv"}}