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News that he has broken his vow of chastity has reached the capital, and Micheal hurries to return to the castle.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin Chapter 39 opens with the sweet dreams Micheal sees on the verge of death and the heavy guilt he feels when he wakes up. As he curses himself for the marks he left on the woman who saved his life, an imperial summons arrives from the Grand Temple. News that he has broken his vow of chastity has reached the capital, and Micheal hurries to return to the castle.","key_events":["Micheal rides back two days and nights without rest and asks where Lady Irene is.","Micheal prepares wedding and proposal gift, valuing his sacred vow above all.","Micheal leaves fortress for capital and leaves message he will return within five days.","Micheal wakes, senses monster aura, and feels guilt for marks left on his savior.","High Priest dismisses Micheal from Holy Knight duty and tells him to love the woman devotedly.","Imperial summons from Grand Temple arrives about broken chastity vow and purification.","Micheal dreams of the woman who purified him as goddess, lover, and wife while near death.","News of dismissal spreads continent-wide with rumors blaming shameful selfish woman.","Micheal requests excommunication before Grand Temple, confessing love burns brighter than faith."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"JUST A BIT...\nSLOWER...!\nHER WARM, LOVELY LIPS.\nTHE VOICE WHISPERING MY NAME WAS AGONIZINGLY SWEET.\n\nLIKE A DREAM, THE VISIONS ON THE EVE OF DEATH\nUNFOLDED COUNTLESS VISTAS BEFORE MY EYES.\nIN SOME, SHE APPEARED AS THE GODDESS I HAD REVERED ALL MY LIFE,\n\nWHILE IN OTHERS, SHE WAS COMPLETELY DETACHED\nFROM PAIR CONTRACTS, FORTRESSES, OR DUTIES,\nEXISTING SIMPLY AS A LOVER IN AN ORDINARY, PEACEFUL WORLD.\n\nIN YET ANOTHER, SHE WAS MY WIFE, CRADLED IN MY EMBRACE WHILE HOLDING OUR CHILD...\n\nSHE WAS MY EVERYTHING.\nEVERY SINGLE VISION WAS SO BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL\nTHAT I WISHED TO DWELL IN THEM FOR ALL ETERNITY.\n\nAND YET...\nTHE WAKING REALITY THAT GREETED ME WAS MERCILESS.\n\nWHERE DID THE ILLUSION END,\nAND WHERE DID REALITY BEGIN?\nTHE LINGERING AURA OF THE MONSTER INSIDE MY BODY\nSNEERED AT ME THROUGH MY CLOUDED SENSES.\n\nBEHOLD.\nLOOK AT THE GROTESQUE MARKS YOU LEFT LIKE A BEAST\nUPON THE WOMAN WHO SAVED YOUR LIFE.\nLOOK AT THE HYPOCRISY YOU COMMITTED,\n\nALL WHILE POSING AS THE SWORD OF GOD!\nCHOKED BY DISGUST AT MY OWN VILE DEPRAVITY, I TORE MYSELF FROM THE BED.\n\nBETTER TO HAVE DRAWN MY LAST BREATH IN THAT DUNGEON.\nIF ONLY...\nC-COMMANDER! YOU ARE AWAKE!\nTHANK THE HEAVENS YOU HAVE REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS.\n\nFORGIVE US FOR DISTURBING YOU WHILE YOU HAVE YET TO FULLY RECOVER,\nBUT AN IMPERIAL SUMMONS HAS ARRIVED FROM THE GRAND TEMPLE,\nDEMANDING YOUR IMMEDIATE PRESENCE TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION.\nWORD THAT YOU BROKE THE VOW OF CELIBACY AND RECEIVED PURIFICATION\nAPPEARS TO HAVE ALREADY REACHED THE CAPITAL.\n\nFROM THE FORTRESS TO THE CAPITAL WHERE THE GRAND TEMPLE STANDS\nIS A THREE-DAY RIDE WITHOUT REST.\nAND ANOTHER THREE DAYS TO RIDE BACK TO THE FORTRESS...\nCOMMANDER...!!!\n\nCOMMANDER, ALLOW ME TO ACCOMPANY-\nNO.\nGO TO THE PURIFIERS' QUARTERS AT ONCE AND DELIVER MY MESSAGE TO LADY IRENE.\nTELL HER I WILL RETURN WITHIN FIVE DAYS AT THE LATEST.\n\nSO PLEASE, WAIT JUST A LITTLE LONGER!\nYOU NEED NOT FRET; WE SHALL SEE IT DELIVERED WITHOUT FAIL.\nGO ON AND TURN BACK WITH AN EASY MIND.\n\nPARDON?\nBUT I MUST PERSONALLY MEET LADY RODIAM TO CONVEY THE COMMANDER'S WORDS...\nWITH THINGS SO VOLATILE, IS IT WISE FOR A HOLY KNIGHT TO CALL UPON THE PURIFIERS' QUARTERS?\nSCANDALS CONCERNING SIR MICHAEL ARE ALREADY STIRRING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE WALLS.\n\nWE FEAR FURTHER HARM TO THE DIGNITY OF BOTH SIR MICHAEL AND THE TEMPLE.\nON THE ROYAL BLOODLINE OF THE VISCONTI FAMILY,\nI SWEAR HIS MESSAGE SHALL REACH HER WITHOUT FAIL.\nSO PLEASE, RETURN TO YOUR POST.\n\n...COMMANDER!\nALLIED CAPITAL, THE GRAND TEMPLE\n\nAN EXCOMMUNICATION, YOU SAY?\nYES.\n\nW-WHAT MADNESS IS THIS?!\nFOR THE KNIGHT COMMANDER OF THE TEMPLE TO UTTER EXCOMMUNICATION SO LIGHTLY-\nSIR MICHAEL, WHAT DO YOU TAKE THE TEMPLE'S STANDING FOR?!\nCOMPOSE YOURSELF, SIR! EXCOMMUNICATION?! THERE IS AMPLE GROUND FOR CLEMENCY!\nTRUE, YOU SHARED A BED WITH A PURIFIER,\n\nBUT DID IT NOT HAPPEN WHILE YOU LAY UNCONSCIOUS, HANGING BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH?!\nNO, THAT IS NOT THE ISSUE.\nI CAN NO LONGER SERVE THE GODDESS AS I ONCE DID.\nFOR THE LOVE I HARBOR TOWARD THE ONE WHO PURIFIED ME BURNS FAR BRIGHTER THAN MY FAITH.\n\nHE HAS COMPLETELY LOST HIS MIND!\nHOW DARE YOU UTTER SUCH PROFANE BLASPHEMY BEFORE THE GRAND TEMPLE!\nSACRILEGE! THROW HIM INTO THE DUNGEON THIS INSTANT...\nMY SON.\n\nMAY I ASK WHAT CAME TO PASS DURING THAT TIME?\n...I DARED TO HARBOR CARNAL LOVE FOR THE WOMAN WHO BECAME MY PAIR PARTNER.\nMY SOUL, MY FLESH... EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING\n\nCAN NEVER RETURN TO HOW IT WAS BEFORE LEARNING THIS DESIRE FOR HER.\nI WISH TO LAY DOWN THE SWORD OF A HOLY KNIGHT, RETURN TO THE FORTRESS,\nBEG FORGIVENESS FOR THE SINS I HAVE COMMITTED,\n\nAND SPEAK OF OUR FUTURE TOGETHER.\nFOR A PERSON...\n\nFOR A MORTAL TO LOVE ANOTHER MORTAL-HOW COULD THE GODDESS EVER DEEM THAT PROFANE?\nTHE GIFT OF PURIFICATION AND THE BLISS IT BRINGS ARE BOTH DIVINE GRACES BESTOWED BY HER HAND.\nTO LEAD YOU TO TRUE LOVE,\n\nIT SEEMS THE GODDESS TREASURED AND GUARDED YOUR DESIRES ALL THIS TIME...\nMY SON, MICHAEL.\nI HEREBY RELEASE YOU FROM THE MANTLE OF A HOLY KNIGHT.\nLOVE HER WITH THE SAME DEVOTION, WITH THE SAME WHOLEHEARTED SOUL\n\nWITH WHICH YOU ONCE SERVED THE GODDESS.\nYOUR EMINENCE!\nWHAT ABSURDITY IS THIS...?!\n\nWITH THE HIGH PRIEST'S UNYIELDING BLESSING, THE DISMISSAL PROCEEDED WITHOUT HINDRANCE,\nYET RUMORS TRAVEL FASTER THAN STALLIONS—\nTHEY SAY SIR MICHAEL HAS BEEN STRIPPED OF HIS HOLY ORDERS!\nAND BEFORE THE RITES WERE EVEN FINALIZED, THE SCANDAL RIPPLED ENDLESSLY ACROSS THE CONTINENT.\n\nTHEY SAY IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THAT WOMAN.\nSHAMELESS CREATURE.\nWHAT A PROFANE, SELFISH WENCH.\nAH...\n\nIT SEEMS A WEDDING REQUIRES QUITE A LARGE SUM OF COIN.\nTHANK YOU FOR PREPARING THIS. AND THIS IS...?\nAH, A TOKEN WHEN PROPOSING... I HAD NO IDEA. THANK YOU.\n\nWHAT ELSE SHOULD I BESTOW UPON HER?\nI HAVE NEVER POSSESSED ANYTHING MORE PRECIOUS THAN THE SACRED VOW I SWORE TO GOD.\nAND EVEN THAT... I HAVE ALREADY OFFERED TO HER.\nA LIFE BORN FROM SHATTERING THE SACRED VOW SWORN TO THE DIVINE...\n\nWHO KNEW IT COULD SHINE\nWITH SUCH DAZZLING RADIANCE?\n\nI AM PUSHING YOU FAR TOO HARD; FORGIVE ME.\nWE HAVE RIDDEN THROUGH TWO DAYS AND NIGHTS WITHOUT REST...\nHOLD ON JUST A LITTLE LONGER.\n\nI WANT TO RETURN TO HER SIDE, EVEN A SECOND SOONER.\nWILL SHE ACCEPT MY PROPOSAL?\n\nCOULD SHE BE FURIOUS WITH ME FOR VANISHING WITHOUT A SINGLE WORD OF EXPLANATION?\nEVEN IF SHE TURNS AWAY MY SUIT... EVEN SO...\nJUST ONCE MORE—\nI LONG TO HEAR HER VOICE CALLING MY NAME.\n\nFASTER, JUST A MOMENT FASTER!\nSIR MICHAEL HAS ARRIVED!!!\n\nOPEN THE FORTRESS GATES!!!\nCOMMANDER!!!!!\nGABRIEL! WHERE IS LADY IRENE?!!\n\n...C-COMMANDER, THE THING IS...\n\nGABRIEL.\nWHERE IS LADY IRENE?\n\nAdy: I'm Waiting For Your Comments!!!","bubble_count":124,"pages_count":40,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin Chapter 39 opens with the sweet dreams Micheal sees on the verge of death and the heavy guilt he feels when he wakes up.","spoiler_summary":"My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin Chapter 39 opens with the sweet dreams Micheal sees on the verge of death and the heavy guilt he feels when he wakes up. As he curses himself for the marks he left on the woman who saved his life, an imperial summons arrives from the Grand Temple. News that he has broken his vow of chastity has reached the capital, and Micheal hurries to return to the castle."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/my-husband-is-definitely-a-paladin-54041nrv/chapter-39-2f8v75","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin #39","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-07T09:26:20.340Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/my-husband-is-definitely-a-paladin-54041nrv"}}