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The chapter closes with Michael being dragged into a deadly dungeon raid.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Chapter 38 of My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin opens with Sir Michael receiving no reply to the note he wrote to Irene Rodiam, interpreting her silence as hatred and suffering pangs of conscience. The truth is revealed: a jealous woman seized his note and had it burned, sending an insulting message in its place. The chapter closes with Michael being dragged into a deadly dungeon raid.","key_events":["Michael's letter contents revealed: welfare check, mana stone stock, extra amethyst offered.","Jealous woman mocks Michael's chastity vow and demeans Irene as sewer rat failure.","Mortally wounded and alone, Michael prays asking if loving a woman is loyalty or blasphemy.","Michael shares scouting reports and agrees to fair division of loot.","Michael prepares to march and joins joint raid after tactical briefing.","A jealous woman reveals she seized and burned Michael's letter to Irene Rodiam.","Michael receives no reply to his note and fears his hidden longing was seen and now hated.","Joint raid in high-level year-end dungeon ends with all fighters except Michael slaughtered."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"HAVING RECEIVED NO ANSWER TO MY NOTE,\n\nNOR CATCHING SIGHT OF HER STANDING ATOP THE RAMPARTS ANYMORE...\nCOULD HER SILENCE BE HER WAY OF REPLYING TO ME?\nDID SENDING THAT NOTE PLACE AN UNWANTED WEIGHT UPON HER HEART?\n\nOR PERHAPS...\nNO MATTER HOW HARD I TRIED TO BURY AND MASK MY FEELINGS,\nDID SHE SEE RIGHT THROUGH TO THE UNCHASTE LONGING HIDDEN BETWEEN MY LINES?\nAND IF SHE DID...\nHAS SHE COME TO...\n\nLOATHE ME NOW?\n\n...PREPARE TO MARCH OUT.\n\nGOODNESS ME.\nDID YOU END UP WAITING IN VAIN AGAIN TODAY, SIR MICHAEL?\n\nNATURALLY, THAT RODIAM GIRL ISN'T GOING TO SHOW HER FACE HERE.\nAFTER ALL, I HAD THE MESSAGE YOU WROTE TO HER SEIZED...\n\nAND TOSSED STRAIGHT INTO THE FLAMES UNTIL NOTHING REMAINED.\nSTILL, THERE IS NO NEED FOR YOU TO FRET OVER HER.\nIN PLACE OF YOUR LETTER TO IRENE RODIAM,\n\nI HAD HER CLOSEST COMPANION DELIVER A LITTLE MESSAGE OF MY OWN.\nUSING THE EXCUSE OF BIDDING FAREWELL TO THE PALADIN COMMANDER,\nTRAILING AFTER HIM AND PESTERING HIM LIKE THAT...\n\nIS NOTHING SHORT OF A NUISANCE AND A DISGRACE TO BOTH HIM AND HIS PEERS.\nALL I DID WAS HAVE SOMEONE REMIND HER OF HER STATION.\n\nJUST ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE SHE KNOWS HER PROPER PLACE.\nAS FOR THAT LAUGHABLE NOTE YOU PENNED TO THE RODIAM GIRL...\n\nINSIDE THE ENVELOPE...\nPENNED IN SUCH FLAWLESS, NEAT SCRIPT.\nWERE GENTLE QUESTIONS ASKING IF YOUR PAIR HAD BEEN KEEPING WELL,\n\nBRINGING UP WHAT TOOK PLACE DURING YOUR PREVIOUS DUNGEON RAID,\nAND ASKING WHETHER HER SUPPLY OF MANA STONES WAS RUNNING LOW,\nWHILE MENTIONING THAT YOU HAD TUCKED AN EXTRA AMETHYST INSIDE FOR HER.\nASSURING HER THAT SHE NEED ONLY ASK FOR MORE AT ANY TIME\nSHOULD SHE FEEL THE PAYMENT FELL SHORT OF HER EFFORTS.\n\nYOU EVEN WENT SO FAR AS TO ASK IF SHE MIGHT ALLOW YOU\n\nEVERY SINGLE LINE WAS WRITTEN WITH SUCH COURTEOUS, TENDER CARE.\n...EVEN A FOOL COULD SEE THOSE WERE THE WORDS OF A MAN SMITTEN WITH A WOMAN.\nAND INSTEAD OF CHOOSING ME, YOU DIRECT SUCH WARMTH TOWARD A GUTTER RAT LIKE IRENE RODIAM!\n\nYOUR MARTIAL PROWESS AND STRIKING FEATURES SUITED A CHAMPION OF THE CONTINENT SO WELL THAT YOU CAUGHT MY EYE,\nAND EVEN WHEN MY BROTHER COMMANDED ME TO SLAY YOU SHOULD YOU REFUSE TO JOIN OUR BANNER,\nI SHOWED YOU ENOUGH FAVOR TO SPARE YOUR LIFE—\nAND THIS IS HOW YOU REPAY ME, BY DRAGGING MY PRIDE THROUGH THE MUD?\n\nOH, PALADIN MICHAEL\nIF THAT IS TRUE, THEN YOUR GODDESS IS NO BETTER THAN ANY JEALOUS MORTAL WOMAN.\n성기사 미카엘.\n\nTERRIFIED THAT THE INSTANT HER DEVOTED CHAMPION TASTES THE WARMTH OF A REAL WOMAN,\nHIS DEVOTION TO HER WILL STRAY,\nMAKING HER NOTHING MORE THAN A PETTY, INSECURE CREATURE.\nOH, THE GODDESS KNOWS THE TRUTH ALL TOO WELL.\nSHE KNOWS THE MOMENT A PALADIN EMBRACES A WOMAN, HIS DIVINE DEITY FADES INTO A MERE PHANTOM,\n\nWHILE THE FLESH-AND-BLOOD WOMAN IN HIS ARMS BECOMES THE CENTER OF HIS UNIVERSE.\nLET US SEE, THEN, MICHAEL, SWORD OF GOD,\n\nJUST HOW MUCH LONGER THAT FRAGILE WILLPOWER OF YOURS CAN UPHOLD YOUR VOW OF CHASTITY.\nA BOTTOM-RANKED FAILURE LIKE THAT GIRL COULD NEVER HOPE TO CLEANSE THE DEMONIC ENERGY FESTERING INSIDE YOU,\nWHICH MEANS BEFORE LONG, YOU WILL BE GROVELING AT MY FEET AND PLEADING FOR MY PURIFICATION.\n\nHOW I LONG TO WATCH THAT STOIC, RIGHTEOUS EXPRESSION OF YOURS TWIST WITH CARNAL HUNGER AND HUMILIATION!\nAND IF YOUR STUBBORN PRIDE KEEPS YOU FROM KISSING MY BOOTS EVEN AT THE VERY END—\n\nTHEN YOU CAN SIMPLY ROT AND DIE!\nGOOD DAY TO YOU, SIR MICHAEL.\n\nI TRUST THE TACTICAL BRIEFING WENT SMOOTHLY?\nKNOWING THE STRICT DOCTRINES OF THE PALADIN ORDER, JOINING A STANDARD JOINT RAID LIKE THIS MUST HAVE GONE AGAINST THE GRAIN FOR YOU...\nEVEN SO, YOU FREELY SHARED YOUR SCOUTING REPORTS AND CONSENTED TO SPLITTING THE SPOILS FAIRLY,\nAND FOR YOUR GENEROSITY, YOU HAVE MY DEEPEST THANKS.\n\nTHINK NOTHING OF IT.\nEVERY HOUR WE DELAY IN CLEARING THIS PLACE ONLY BRINGS GREATER MISERY TO THE COMMON FOLK.\nPOOLING OUR FORCES TO WIPE OUT THIS DUNGEON AS QUICKLY AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE IS ALL THAT MATTERS.\nHE REFUSES TO EVEN MEET MY GAZE WHILE SPEAKING TO ME...\n\nJUST AS ONE WOULD EXPECT FROM A HIGH-TIER DUNGEON SPAWNING AT THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR,\nTHE BEASTS POURING OUT OF IT ARE SO FEROCIOUS THAT MY VANGUARD HAS BEEN PUSHED TO THE BRINK.\nSTILL, WITH A CHAMPION LIKE YOU LEADING THE CHARGE, SIR MICHAEL, SURELY THE DUNGEON LORD WILL FALL IN SHORT ORDER?\nI PRAY WE CLEAR THIS DUNGEON WITHOUT INCIDENT SO WE MAY CELEBRATE TOGETHER BACK AT THE FORTRESS.\n\nMAY THE LIGHT OF THE GODDESS WATCH OVER YOUR BLADE, SIR.\nYET THE MONSTROSITY LURKING AT THE HEART OF THAT HIGH-TIER DUNGEON\n\nTURNED OUT TO BE A CALAMITY DWARFING ANYTHING THEY HAD EVER FACED BEFORE,\nP-PRINCESS, LOOK OUT, SIR BRITSSON IS DOWN...!\nKEEP YOUR SHIELD UP AND EYES FORWARD, CURSE IT!\nIF WE BREAK FORMATION NOW, NONE OF US ARE WALKING OUT OF HERE ALIVE!\n\nUNTIL EVERY LAST WARRIOR IN THE RAIDING PARTY, SAVE FOR MICHAEL HIMSELF, WAS SLAUGHTERED.\n\nTHAT STRIKE TO MY SKULL HAS LEFT MY SIGHT SWIMMING IN A RED HAZE,\nWHILE THE THICK BLOOD POOLING IN MY WINDPIPE MAKES DRAWING A SINGLE BREATH AGONY.\nTELL ME, WAS THIS SACRED BLADE OF MINE...\nALWAYS SUCH A CRUSHING WEIGHT TO LIFT?\n\nTRY AS I MIGHT TO PUSH THE THOUGHT ASIDE,\nWHETHER FROM THE FOUL DEMONIC ENERGY EATING AWAY AT MY VEINS,\nIT FEELS AS THOUGH MY VIGOR HAS BEEN DRAINED TO A MERE SHADOW OF MY PRIME...\nALL SENSATION HAS FADED FROM MY ARMS AND LEGS.\n\nHOW MANY SWINGS DO I EVEN HAVE LEFT IN THESE BATTERED ARMS?\nIS THERE TRULY NO ONE ELSE LEFT STANDING BESIDES ME...?\nIF THAT IS SO...\nTHE MOMENT MY KNEES BUCKLE IN THIS CHAMBER,\n\nTHE NEXT TO BE TORN APART BY THIS BEAST WILL BE THE DEFENSELESS TOWNSFOLK BEYOND THE GATE...\n\nCOULD IT BE THAT THIS VERY HOUR...\n\nMARKS THE MOMENT I AM FINALLY FREED FROM THE HEAVY CHAINS OF THIS MORTAL FLESH,\nALLOWING MY WEARY SPIRIT TO DRIFT TOWARD THE RADIANCE,\nBACK INTO THE WAITING ARMS OF THE GODDESS...\n\nSIR MICHAEL...?\nHEAR ME, O GODDESS.\n\nYOUR MOST DEVOTED BLADE,\nMICHAEL, THE SWORD OF GOD, BEGS FOR AN ANSWER.\nTO CHERISH, HUNGER FOR, AND WORSHIP A WOMAN OF FLESH AND BLOOD\n\nWHO MIRRORS YOUR DIVINE IMAGE SO CLOSELY,\nTO THE POINT WHERE, EVEN IN THE FADING DELIRIUM OF MY DYING BREATH,\n\nMY FLESH ACHES WITH A BEASTLY, CONSUMING HUNGER FOR HER.\nWHEN EVERY SPOT HER GENTLE FINGERS GRAZED BURNED LIKE SACRED STIGMATA,\nWHEN EVERY SOFT BREATH ESCAPING HER LIPS ECHOED IN MY MIND LIKE HOLY SCRIPTURE,\nAND HER EMBRACE WASHED OVER ME LIKE A MIRACLE FROM THE HEAVENS...\n\nTELL ME, HAS MY DEVOTION SIMPLY WANDERED ACROSS A FORBIDDEN BOUNDARY,\nOR–\nHAVE 1 COMMITTED AN UNFORGIVABLE BLASPHEMY THAT DAMNS MY SOUL FOREVER?","bubble_count":108,"pages_count":39,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Chapter 38 of My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin opens with Sir Michael receiving no reply to the note he wrote to Irene Rodiam, interpreting her silence as hatred and suffering pangs of conscience.","spoiler_summary":"Chapter 38 of My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin opens with Sir Michael receiving no reply to the note he wrote to Irene Rodiam, interpreting her silence as hatred and suffering pangs of conscience. The truth is revealed: a jealous woman seized his note and had it burned, sending an insulting message in its place. The chapter closes with Michael being dragged into a deadly dungeon raid."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/my-husband-is-definitely-a-paladin-54041nrv/chapter-38-kzvt6p","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin #38","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-31T11:38:46.720Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/my-husband-is-definitely-a-paladin-54041nrv"}}