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Just as she is about to make a deal with another knight, a blood-covered Sir Michael appears earlier than expected and asks her for the grace of purification.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"After her death, Irene realizes she has returned to the past and arrives at the Royal Alliance Castle, where she sees the Night of Contracts repeating exactly as before. This time she is determined not to become Sir Michael's partner; she plans to use her knowledge of future dungeon information and the mysterious metal fragment she brought from the reward room. Just as she is about to make a deal with another knight, a blood-covered Sir Michael appears earlier than expected and asks her for the grace of purification.","key_events":["Irene records future dungeon timings, rewards, and monster traits to sell artifacts for 100,000 gold.","Irene finds the strange metal fragment from the reward room in her hand after time travel and hides it.","Blood-covered Sir Michael appears early and humbly asks Irene for purification.","Irene decides to contract with a knight other than Sir Michael and offers generous terms to a lecherous knight.","Irene realizes she has returned to the past and arrives at the Royal Alliance Castle for the Night of Contracts."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"AH...\nI CAN ALREADY SEE THE KINGDOM ALLIANCE FORTRESS.\n\nTO THINK I WOULD COME BACK HERE ONCE AGAIN...\nTHIS IS NOT A DREAM.\nI REALLY RETURNED TO THE PAST!\n\nAT FIRST, I THOUGHT IT WAS MY LIFE FLASHING BEFORE MY EYES.\nSO I ASKED THE COUNT FOR HALF A YEAR, JUST LIKE BEFORE,\nTHEN WENT INTO MY ROOM AND WAITED FOR TRUE DEATH TO COME, BUT...\n\n...HUH?\nWHY AM I NOT DYING...?\n\nInstead, I slept soundly.\nMISS IRENNE!\nHOW LONG ARE YOU PLANNING TO SLEEP?\nHURRY, FINISH YOUR MEAL, COME DOWNSTAIRS, AND HELP WITH THE DISHES.\n\nAH, YES...\nIS SHE REALLY GOING TO THE FORTRESS TO FIND A KNIGHT WHO WILL BECOME HER PARTNER?\nHOW WILL SHE DO THAT WHEN SHE IS LOWEST GRADE?\nWHO KNOWS~\nTHE MAIDS WHO SNEERED AS THEY TOSSED ME MY MEAL WERE THE SAME.\n\nTHE HEAD BUTLER WHO THREW OUT MY BAG AND TOLD ME TO LEAVE QUICKLY,\nAND THE COACHMAN WHO WAS ANNOYED THAT HE SUDDENLY HAD TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FORTRESS, WERE THE SAME TOO.\nEVERYTHING IS THE SAME, AND A FULL WEEK HAS ALREADY PASSED, MAKING IT THE NIGHT OF CONTRACTS.\n\nI REALLY AM THE ONLY ONE WHO RETURNED TO THE PAST...\nTHE PAIN OF MY BONES AND FLESH BEING TORN BY A MONSTER'S CLAWS IS STILL SO VIVID...\n\nPRINCESS CECILIA CLEARLY SAID ALL THE MONSTERS IN THE DUNGEON WOULD ALREADY BE CLEARED.\nSHE SAID SIR MICHAEL WOULD BE INSIDE...\nBUT SIR MICHAEL WAS NOT IN THE DUNGEON,\n\nAND THE BOSS MONSTER GUARDING THE REWARD ROOM APPEARED AND ATTACKED ME.\nBUT THIS STRANGE METAL FRAGMENT I FOUND IN THE REWARD ROOM BEFORE I DIED...\n\nWHEN I OPENED MY EYES, IT WAS IN MY HAND AFTER I HAD RETURNED TO THE PAST.\nLOWEST GRADE DUNGEONS USUALLY HAVE UNIMPRESSIVE REWARDS SUITED TO THEIR LEVEL,\nBUT VERY RARELY, A RARE ARTIFACT THAT WOULD NORMALLY ONLY COME FROM A HIGHEST GRADE DUNGEON APPEARS...\nARTIFACTS.\n\nTHEY POSSESS UNIQUE MAGICAL ABILITIES,\nAND ARE THE MOST VALUABLE REWARDS THAT CAN BE OBTAINED FROM DUNGEONS.\nA GEM THAT LETS ITS HOLDER BREATHE UNDERWATER,\nA RING THAT SHINES BRIGHTLY ENOUGH TO LIGHT UP AN ENTIRE ROOM,\nA NECKLACE PASSED DOWN AS A ROYAL TREASURE BECAUSE IT SLOWS THE WEARER'S AGING, AND SO ON...\n\nARTIFACTS LIKE THOSE CAN CHANGE A PERSON'S LIFE,\nOR BE SOLD FOR A PRICE JUST AS GREAT.\nI THOUGHT IT WAS JUST USELESS JUNK THAT NO ONE BOTHERED TO TAKE...\n\nWAS THIS ALSO THAT KIND OF ARTIFACT?\nAH, NOTHING HAPPENED.\nSTILL, I SHOULD KEEP IT SAFE JUST IN CASE.\n\nI DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHY OR HOW I RETURNED TO THE PAST,\nBUT FOR NOW, BEFORE LEAVING FOR THE FORTRESS, I RECORDED EVERY BIT OF THE FUTURE I COULD REMEMBER.\nTHE TIMING OF DUNGEONS THAT WILL APPEAR OVER THE NEXT YEAR, THEIR REWARDS, MONSTER ATTRIBUTES AND CHARACTERISTICS, AND SO ON...\nI NEVER THOUGHT THE TIME I SPENT ALONE AT THE FORTRESS,\n\nLOOKING THROUGH DUNGEON RECORDS IN THE ARCHIVE WHENEVER I WAS BORED, WOULD COME IN HANDY LIKE THIS.\nIF THE DUNGEONS APPEAR AGAIN EXACTLY AS I REMEMBER,\nTHEN EVEN IF I MAKE AN UNFAVORABLE CONTRACT AT THE NIGHT OF CONTRACTS,\nI CAN SELL ARTIFACTS AND PAY BACK 100,000 GOLD IN NO TIME.\nTHEN I WILL NOT NEED TO FORM A CONTRACT WITH SIR MICHAEL.\n\nSIR MICHAEL...\nHEY! WE'RE AT THE FORTRESS! GET DOWN!\n\n...RIGHT.\nMAYBE THIS IS A SECOND CHANCE GIVEN TO ME BY GOD SO I CAN FIX MY MISTAKE.\nIF SO, I WILL NEVER MAKE THE MISTAKE OF BECOMING SIR MICHAEL'S PARTNER AGAIN.\n\nI WILL NOT LIVE FOOLISHLY LIKE I DID BEFORE!\n\nGOOD, THE ATTENDEES ARE THE SAME TOO.\nNOTHING HAS CHANGED.\n\nTHE PARTNER I NEED IS SOMEONE FAIRLY STRONG,\nAND SOMEONE WITH EVEN THE SLIGHTEST WILLINGNESS TO FORM A CONTRACT WITH ME...\n...MOST IMPORTANTLY, ANYONE BUT SIR MICHAEL.\nTHERE HE IS!\nTHE KNIGHT WHO MOCKED ME DURING THE NIGHT OF CONTRACTS IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE.\n\nI HAD THOUGHT HE WAS SIMPLY A LUSTFUL MAN, BUT HE WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO SURVIVE UNTIL A YEAR LATER.\nTHIS TIME, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE HIS FONDNESS FOR WOMEN AGAINST HIM.\nFOR THAT, I DRESSED UP A LITTLE MORE CAREFULLY THAN I DID IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE.\n\nHE SPOKE TO ME EVEN WHEN I WAS WEARING A HOOD BACK THEN,\nSO IF I SHOW HIM JUST A HINT OF MY SILHOUETTE NEARBY...\n\nHEY THERE, PURIFIER LADY. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A PARTNER?\n\nHE TOOK THE BAIT!\nYES,\nI HAVE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL KNIGHTS, SO I HAVE NOT DECIDED YET.\nOHO... EXCUSE ME, BUT WHAT PURIFICATION GRADE DOES OUR POPULAR LADY HAVE?\n\n10TH GRADE.\n10TH GRADE? HAHA! YOU MUST BE JOKING!\n\nWHAT KNIGHT WOULD EVER BECOME PARTNERS WITH A LOWEST GRADE...\n\n...THERE MIGHT BE ONE~?\nI KNOW MY PURIFYING POWER IS VERY SLIGHT.\nTHAT IS WHY I INTEND TO YIELD A GREAT DEAL ON THE CONTRACT TERMS FOR MY KNIGHT.\n\nOH, AND HOW MUCH WOULD YOU YIELD?\nYOU MAY TAKE ALL THE REWARDS FROM THE DUNGEONS.\nHOWEVER, ONCE A MONTH, YOU MUST GIVE ME ONE REWARD FROM A LOW GRADE DUNGEON.\n\n...REALLY? THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH?\nYES, BUT I WILL CHOOSE WHICH DUNGEON THE REWARD I RECEIVE COMES FROM.\nTHERE ARE NO OTHER CONDITIONS.\nGOOD. I LIKE THOSE TERMS.\n\nWHY NOT CHOOSE ME WITHOUT GOING ANYWHERE ELSE,\nAND SPEND THE NIGHT CHECKING WHETHER WE ARE COMPATIBLE AS PARTNERS?\nI MAY NOT LOOK IT, BUT I AM QUITE SKILLED IN MANY WAYS.\n\nRIGHT.\nA PARTNER WHO IS NOT SIR MICHAEL.\nTHIS IS ENOUGH...\n\nWHAT IS THIS...?!\nTHAT MAN, COULD HE BE...\n\nSIR MICHAEL?!\nWHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON?\n\nEVERYONE ATTENDING THE NIGHT OF CONTRACTS IS THE SAME AS BEFORE,\nBUT ONLY SIR MICHAEL APPEARED EARLIER THAN HE SHOULD HAVE.\nAND WHY IS HE COVERED IN BLOOD LIKE THAT...?\nWHY IS HE COMING... TOWARD ME?\n\nMY LADY.\n\nI HUMBLY BEG YOU\nTO GRANT ME THE GRACE OF YOUR PURIFICATION.\n\nWHA...\nWHAT DID YOU SAY...?!","bubble_count":108,"pages_count":38,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"After her death, Irene realizes she has returned to the past and arrives at the Royal Alliance Castle, where she sees the Night of Contracts repeating exactly as before.","spoiler_summary":"After her death, Irene realizes she has returned to the past and arrives at the Royal Alliance Castle, where she sees the Night of Contracts repeating exactly as before. This time she is determined not to become Sir Michael's partner; she plans to use her knowledge of future dungeon information and the mysterious metal fragment she brought from the reward room. 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