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Panicking after squire Gabriel announces Michael's upcoming visit, Irenne makes festival masks with her maids Hanna and Nina, comes up with the idea of a rabbit mask, and tries to hide her face under the pretense of having a cold.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin Chapter 23 focuses on Lady Irenne's struggle to hide her body's reactions during tonight's purification. Panicking after squire Gabriel announces Michael's upcoming visit, Irenne makes festival masks with her maids Hanna and Nina, comes up with the idea of a rabbit mask, and tries to hide her face under the pretense of having a cold.","key_events":["Irenne joins maids sewing animal masks for summer festival and gets idea to hide face.","Irenne greets Michael at night wearing large rabbit mask claiming a cold from ice dungeon.","Michael asks permission to touch Irenne somewhere other than her hand while holding her.","Michael guides struggling Irenne to lean on him and accept demonic energy little by little.","Michael moves behind masked Irenne to avoid face-to-face contact and begins purification.","Irenne panics because she cannot hide her body's strange reaction during purification.","Gabriel visits Irenne to report Michael will purify at headquarters then request purification from her."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"A FEW HOURS EARLIER,\nRIGHT AFTER REINA AND CYNTHIA LEFT.\nSIR MICHAEL'S *SQUIRE CAME BY.\nApprentice Paladin Gabriel.\n\n*an apprentice knight who serves and accompanies a knight.\nTHE COMMANDER SAID HE WILL CLEANSE HIMSELF AT THE PALADIN QUARTERS,\nTHEN COME TO ASK LADY IRENNE FOR PURIFICATION.\nYES, THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME.\n\nNOT AT ALL. IT IS ONLY NATURAL. THEN,\nI WILL LEAVE NOW.\n\nTHIS IS BAD!\nI STILL HAVEN'T FOUND A WAY TO HIDE HOW STRANGE\nMY BODY GETS DURING PURIFICATION!\nI WAS HAVING SUCH A GOOD TIME WITH THOSE TWO\nTHAT I COMPLETELY FORGOT!\n\nOur fun little moment together..\nI SEARCHED HARD THROUGH BOOKS ABOUT PURIFICATION TOO, BUT...\nWHEN A PURIFIER PERFORMS PURIFICATION, SHE MUST COMPOSE HER BODY AND MIND WITH REVERENCE AND PROCEED WITH GRATITUDE TOWARD THE GODDESS SWHO BESTOWED HER POWER...\nTHEY WERE ALL FULL OF USELESS TEXTBOOK PRINCIPLES.\nTIP! MENTIONING THE PLEASURE FELT DURING THE PURIFICATION PROCESS IS AN UNSPOKEN TABOO.\n\nCome on, really?\nWHAT SHOULD I DO? HE'S COMING TONIGHT.\nNO MATTER HOW HARD I THINK, I CAN'T COME UP WITH A SINGLE GOOD IDEA~~~\nSTILL...\n\nIS IT THANKS TO THIS RING?\nTHE DISHONORABLE WHISPERS ABOUT SIR MICHAEL SEEM TO HAVE QUIETED DOWN.\nAND EARLIER, SIR MICHAEL'S SQUIRE ALSO LOOKED RELIEVED.\nTHOUGH THE TEST RESULTS SAID THE INCREASE WAS BARELY NOTICEABLE.\nThere is no difference at all..\n\n...FOR NOW, I SHOULD DRINK A CUP OF WARM TEA\nAND THINK AGAIN ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE TONIGHT'S PURIFICATION.\nHANNA, COULD YOU BRING ME A CUP OF TEA RIGHT NOW...\n\nHM?\nHANNA, NINA. WHAT ARE YOU MAKING?\nLADY IRENNE!\nSINCE YOU KINDLY LET US DO OTHER WORK WHILE YOU WERE RESTING BEFORE...\nYou do not need to worry about me. Feel free to work in the next room~\nThe maid dormitory is too far...\nWE WERE MAKING ANIMAL MASKS FOR THIS SUMMER FESTIVAL.\n\nTHEY SAID THEY WOULD PAY 10 SILVER FOR EACH MASK.\n10 SILVER?!!\nCOULD I MAKE THEM WITH YOU?!\nIt is not like I can do anything else right now...\n\nOH MY, WOULD YOU?\nWe were short on hands anyway~\nLADY IRENNE, YOUR HANDS ARE SO QUICK!\nYOU SEEM EVEN MORE SKILLED THAN WE ARE!\nREALLY! THE CRAFTSMANSHIP IS WONDERFUL!\n\nis it?\nI HAVE BEEN SEWING SINCE MY DAYS AT THE ORPHANAGE...\nI USED TO BE SCOLDED IF MY HANDS WEREN'T QUICK ENOUGH.\nI THINK I MADE IT PRETTY WELL...\n\nTHIS...\nTHIS IS IT...!!!!\n\nAND SO, BACK TO THE PRESENT.\nWELCOME!\n\nSIR MICHAEL...?\nAre you not coming in...?\nLADY IRENNE...\n\nWHAT IS THAT ON YOUR HEAD...?\nAH, THIS, UM...\nI THINK I DRESSED TOO LIGHTLY IN THAT ICE ATTRIBUTE DUNGEON,\nAND I CAUGHT A COLD .\n\nCOUGH. COUGH!\nI WAS WORRIED I MIGHT PASS THE COLD TO YOU DURING PURIFICATION.\nTHE CAPITAL'S TREATMENT CENTERS SAY COLDS SPREAD WHEN YOU FACE SOMEONE DIRECTLY!\nA RABBIT MASK THAT LARGE, INSTEAD OF A HANDKERCHIEF OR MASK...?\nHIT THE MARK.\n\nAH! WELL... UM...\nS-SIR MICHAEL, YOU ARE THE HOPE OF THE CONTINENT...!! EVERYONE PRAYS FOR YOUR HEALTH,\nSO YOU MUST NOT FALL ILL BECAUSE OF ME...!\nI do not mind you taking the mask, but...\nWhat are you going to use it for...?\nS-SO I CHOSE SOMETHING BIG TO MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE I WOULD NOT PASS IT ON!!\nTHE BIGGER, THE BETTER WITH THINGS LIKE THIS!!!\n\nAH... AHCHOO, AHCHOO.\n\nIF YOUR COLD IS SEVERE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO PURIFY ME TODAY.\nI FAILED TO CONSIDER YOUR CONDITION CLOSELY ENOUGH, LADY IRENNE.\n\nNO, NO! YOU NEED PURIFICATION!\nIT IS NOT SERIOUS, AND I CAN STILL PURIFY YOU!\nPLEASE, JUST LET ME PURIFY YOU LIKE THIS!!!\nIF YOU SAY SO... YES, UNDERSTOOD.\n\nTHANK GOODNESS!\n...SIR MICHAEL?\nWHY ARE YOU BEHIND ME... AH!\n\nIT SHOULD BE FINE AS LONG AS OUR FACES ARE NOT FACING EACH OTHER, SHOULD IT NOT?\nI THINK YOU WOULD BE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WEARING THE MASK DURING PURIFICATION.\nTH-THAT IS TRUE, BUT...\n\nDO NOT WORRY.\nI WILL MAKE SURE OUR FACES DO NOT FACE EACH OTHER.\nTHEN,\nI WILL ASK YOU FOR PURIFICATION AGAIN TODAY.\n...IT IS ALL RIGHT. IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT.\n\nIN THIS POSITION, WE'RE NOT FACING EACH OTHER...\n\nNO...!\nTHE DEMONIC ENERGY IS STRONGER THAN LAST TIME...!\nMY VOICE IS GOING TO SLIP OUT...\n\nOUR BODIES ARE PRESSED TOGETHER, SO I CAN FEEL SIR MICHAEL'S FIRM BODY...\nTHE MORE I TRY NOT TO TOUCH HIM, THE LESS MY BODY LISTENS.\nTH-THIS POSITION IS DANGEROUS...!\n\nWAIT,\nWAIT A MOMENT, SIR MICHAEL...\nLET'S REST FOR A MOMENT...\nYOU WANT TO STOP THE MOMENT WE BEGIN PURIFICATION?\nTHAT IS TOO CRUEL TO YOUR PARTNER.\n\nB-BUT...\nTHE DEMONIC ENERGY IS TOO STRONG, AND MY BODY HAS NO STRENGTH...\nI AM RIGHT BEHIND YOU, SO DO NOT WORRY. LEAN ON ME.\nI WILL SLOWLY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF DEMONIC ENERGY I RELEASE,\nSO PLEASE ENDURE IT A LITTLE LONGER.\nRELAX, AND SLOWLY...\n\nDO NOT TRY TO TAKE IN EVERYTHING THAT FLOWS IN AT ONCE.\nTHINK OF ACCEPTING IT LITTLE BY LITTLE, STARTING FROM THE EDGE.\n\nSLOWLY, JUST AS SIR MICHAEL SAID...\nSOMEHOW, I HAVE TO ENDURE IT...\n\nYOU ARE DOING WELL.\n\nSHE HAS NO IDEA.\nWHENEVER I HOLD HER IN MY ARMS LIKE THIS,\nHOW MUCH I...\n\n...IRENNE.\nJUST A LITTLE MORE...\n\nMAY I TOUCH YOU SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN YOUR HAND?","bubble_count":122,"pages_count":35,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin Chapter 23 focuses on Lady Irenne's struggle to hide her body's reactions during tonight's purification.","spoiler_summary":"My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin Chapter 23 focuses on Lady Irenne's struggle to hide her body's reactions during tonight's purification. Panicking after squire Gabriel announces Michael's upcoming visit, Irenne makes festival masks with her maids Hanna and Nina, comes up with the idea of a rabbit mask, and tries to hide her face under the pretense of having a cold."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/my-husband-is-definitely-a-paladin-54041nrv/chapter-23-sb7p46","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin #23","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-29T01:16:46.011Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/my-husband-is-definitely-a-paladin-54041nrv"}}