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Irenne is bewildered and embarrassed by the luxury.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Under the guise of friendship, Wilhelmina corners Irenne and questions why she partnered with Sir Michael. Irenne remembers that in her previous life she spread gossip and left her isolated, and acts cold toward her. When Wilhelmina drags her into a room and humiliates her, Michael arrives, protects his partner, and reveals that he sent Irenne dresses, jewels, and cosmetics. Irenne is bewildered and embarrassed by the luxury.","key_events":["Wilhelmina asks Irenne to introduce her to Sir Michael to become his partner","Announcement orders partners to prepare for first subjugation in one hour","Wilhelmina interrogates Irenne about her partnership with Sir Michael claiming friendship","Irenne hesitates but accepts the expensive gifts at Michael's insistence","Sir Michael sends Irenne luxury dresses, shoes, jewelry, and cosmetics","Irenne decides to take the invisibility ring from Dungeon No. 181 and leave castle","Wilhelmina drags Irenne to her private room to continue questioning","Sir Michael appears and confronts Wilhelmina about business with his partner"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"WHY... I AM CURIOUS?\n\nDID SHE JUST ANSWER MY QUESTION WITH ANOTHER QUESTION?\nTHAT WENCH?\nTO ME, OF ALL PEOPLE?\nWHAT DO YOU MEAN, WHY AM I CURIOUS?\n\nOBVIOUSLY, IT'S BECAUSE I AM YOUR FRIEND!\nIS IT NOT NATURAL TO ASK THIS MUCH BETWEEN FRIENDS?\nI CAME BECAUSE I WAS WORRIED ABOUT YOU!\nFRİEND?\n\nYES, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I THOUGHT WILHELMINA WAS MY REAL FRIEND.\nEVEN THOUGH, IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE, THE PERSON WHO MADE UP AND PURPOSELY SPREAD MALICIOUS RUMORS ABOUT ME,\nWORRIED?\n\nLEADING EVERYONE IN AVOIDING AND TORMENTING ME,\nWAS YOU, WILHELMINA.\nEVEN WHEN I WAS SUFFERING BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH SIR MICHAEL, YOU FORCED HER WAY TO ME AND SAID,\n\n...BUT, YOU KNOW,\nIF THINGS ARE GOING TO TURN OUT LIKE THIS, WOULD IT NOT BE BETTER IF I WERE HIS PARTNER INSTEAD?\nRIGHT, IRENNE! INTRODUCE ME TO SIR MICHAEL.\nI DO NOT MIND HAVING ANOTHER KNIGHT TO PURIFY.\nTHAT WAY THINGS WOULD BE EASIER FOR YOU TOO, RIGHT?\n\nIN MY PREVIOUS LIFE,\nI DID NOT KNOW WHAT A REAL FRIEND WAS.\nI BELIEVED THAT IF I TREASURED SOMEONE, EVEN IF IT WAS ONE-SIDED, AND KEPT THE RELATIONSHIP GOING,\n\nTHAT ALONE WOULD BE ENOUGH TO HAVE A FRIENDSHIP.\nBUT\nTHE CURRENT ME\nKNOWS AT LEAST A LITTLE OF WHAT\nA REAL FRIEND IS...\n\nWELL, I DO NOT KNOW EITHER.\nIF YOU ARE THAT CURIOUS, WHY NOT ASK SIR MICHAEL YOURSELF?\nINSTEAD OF PRYING INTO SOMEONE ELSE'S PARTNER BEHIND HIS BACK.\n\nPRYING INTO SIR MICHAEL?\nWHO? WHO IS SHE TALKING ABOUT?\nI DO NOT KNOW. IS IT THAT WOMAN?\nIS THE ONE IN FRONT OF HER NOT SIR MICHAEL'S PARTNER?\nN-NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, THIS IS NOT REALLY THE PLACE FOR THIS!\n\nLET US GO TO YOUR ROOM, IRENNE!\nWHAT? WAIT...!\n\nLET GO OF ME,\nWILHELMINA!\nWILHELMINA!!\nUGH...!\n\nTHERE. NOW IT'S JUST THE TWO OF US.\nSO WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED?\nWHY DID SIR MICHAEL BECOME PARTNERS WITH YOU?!!!\nI TOLD YOU I REALLY DO NOT KNOW. HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY IT?\n\nLET GO OF ME ALREADY, WILHELMINA!\nAS IF THAT MAKES ANY...\nNO, WAIT. NO.\nIT REALLY IS EXACTLY AS SHE SAID. THERE IS NO SPECIAL REASON.\n\nOTHERWISE, THERE IS NO WAY THIS WENCH COULD HAVE BECOME SIR MICHAEL'S PARTNER.\nAND IF ANYTHING...\nIF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN IT MEANS I HAVE A CHANCE TOO, DOES IT NOT?\n\nWHAT AN ABSURD LITTLE WENCH.\nSHE ONLY MANAGED TO HOOK A MAN BECAUSE SHE GOT LUCKY,\nYET HER ATTITUDE HAS SUDDENLY TURNED SO ARROGANT.\n\nMAYBE SIR MICHAEL LEARNED ABOUT YOUR SITUATION AS A LOWEST GRADE PURIFIER AND BECAME YOUR PARTNER OUT OF PITY.\nWHAT?\nHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN GENEROUS TO PITIFUL PEOPLE, HAS HE NOT?\nTHAT IS WHY I CAME HERE, BECAUSE I WAS WORRIED\nTHAT YOU MIGHT MISTAKENLY THINK YOU WERE SPECIAL TO HIM AND END UP HURT.\n\nTHIS IS ALL FOR YOUR...\n\nEXCUSE ME,\nBUT WHAT BUSINESS DO YOU HAVE WITH MY PARTNER?\n\nAH...\nWELL... THAT IS... UM...\nSIR MICHAEL!!\nWHAT BRINGS YOU ALL THE WAY HERE?\n\nI CAME TO CHECK WHETHER THE ITEMS I SENT...\nNO, THE ITEMS TIRENIA SENT ARRIVED SAFELY.\nPARDON?\nWHAT ITEMS...?\nAH, IF YOU GO INSIDE YOUR ROOM...\n\n12 DRESSES MADE BY ONE OF THE THREE GREATEST BOUTIQUES ON THE CONTINENT.\n5 HIGH QUALITY FUR COATS AND GOWNS.\nFLUFFY SLIPPERS MADE FROM MONSTER WOOL AND SATIN RIBBON SHOES.\n\nA SET OF NECKLACES, EARRINGS, AND RINGS MADE WITH MAGIC STONES AND DIAMONDS.\nCOSMETICS MADE FROM GLACIAL WATER THAT ONLY APPEARS IN HIGH-GRADE DUNGEONS.\nTHE FINEST SCENTED OIL FOR A PURIFIER'S SWIFT RECOVERY...\nWAIT, WAIT, WHAT IS ALL THIS?!! WHAT IS THIS?!!\n\nS-SIR MICHAEL. WHAT IS ALL THIS...?\nDO YOU NOT LIKE THEM?\n\nI LOOKED INTO IT AND FOUND THAT HERE, DAILY NECESSITIES MUST BE PURCHASED AT ONE'S OWN EXPENSE.\nSO I THOUGHT YOU WOULD NEED THEM.\nTh-That is not the point...\nIT IS TRUE THAT THESE ARE THINGS I NEED,\nBUT THEY ARE FAR TOO MANY, EXPENSIVE, AND PRECIOUS FOR ME TO USE.\nI CANNOT ACCEPT THINGS LIKE THIS...\nJUST ACCEPT THEM.\n\nPARDON?\nJUST...\nPLEASE ACCEPT THEM.\n\nI ENDED UP ACCEPTING THEM. AFTER SEEING THAT LOOK ON HIS FACE, I SOMEHOW COULD NOT REFUSE...\nWhen did Wilhelmina go back?\n\nA BED AND A MEAL SO WARM AND SOFT THAT MY BODY FELT LIKE IT MIGHT MELT.\nA CEILING SO HIGH IT FEELS DISTANT...\nEVERYWHERE I LOOK, THERE ARE ONLY FINE THINGS.\nNOT MERELY FINE THINGS, BUT LUXURIES I COULD NEVER HAVE EVEN DREAMED OF BEFORE.\n\nTHINGS THAT CAME FOR ME, YET DO NOT FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG TO ME...\nTHAT IS WHY I CANNOT USE ANY OF THEM CARELESSLY.\nA CHAIR FOR MAIDS, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A DINING CHAIR.\nA MEAL LEFT UNTOUCHED.\nHOW DID SUCH LUXURY COME TO BE GIVEN TO ME?\n\nIN MY PREVIOUS LIFE, I WAS SO BUSY REPAYING THE COUNT THAT I COULD NOT EVEN EASILY BUY ONE WINTER BLANKET,\nAND EVEN WHEN I PILED EVERYTHING I OWNED OVER MYSELF, I HAD TO LIVE IN A CONSTANT COLD.\nTHAT WINTER IN PARTICULAR WAS UNUSUALLY LONG AND HARSH, SO I COULD HAVE FROZEN TO DEATH IN MY SLEEP...\n\nIT WAS TO THE POINT WHERE THE INSIDE OF A DUNGEON FELT WARMER.\nHOW DESPERATE MUST I HAVE BEEN TO BEG SIR MICHAEL TO LET ME ENTER A DUNGEON WITH HIM,\nEVEN THOUGH I KNEW HE WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH ME?\n\nAS ALWAYS, SIR MICHAEL ASKED NOTHING OF ME EVEN INSIDE THE DUNGEON,\nAND I SIMPLY HELD MY BREATH AND WALKED WHILE WATCHING HIS BACK.\nI HOPED HE WOULD WALK JUST A LITTLE MORE SLOWLY,\nTHAT THE DUNGEON CLEARING TIME WOULD LAST EVEN A LITTLE LONGER...\n\nBUT THE MOMENT WE ENTERED THE REWARD ROOM, AND I SAW THE SPARKLING ITEMS,\nI FINALLY LOST ALL REASON COMPLETELY AND GRABBED ONE.\nTHE ILLNESS PIERCING THROUGH MY BODY FELT CLOSER AND MORE PAINFUL THAN SHAME.\n...WHAT ARE YOU DOING?\n\nTHOSE ITEMS ARE TO BE AUCTIONED AND SENT TO THE TEMPLE.\nWITH THIS, I CAN BUY A WOOL BLANKET.\nWITH THIS...\nI-I AM SORRY, SIR...\n\nC-COULD YOU LET ME HAVE JUST THIS ONE...?\nTAKE IT.\n\nHIS WORDS, MIXED WITH A SIGH, LODGED IN THE PIT OF MY STOMACH LIKE GUILT.\nSO EVEN AFTER RECEIVING THE JEWEL, I COULD NOT BRING MYSELF TO EXCHANGE IT FOR EVEN A COTTON BLANKET AND PLACED IT INTO THE JAR INSTEAD.\nI WAS SO FOOLISH...\n\nBUT THAT WILL NO LONGER HAPPEN.\nAS LONG AS I OBTAIN THE INVISIBILITY RING FROM DUNGEON NO. 181, OPENING TODAY,\nI WILL HAVE NO REASON TO STAY AT THE FORTRESS UNTIL WINTER.\n\nLISTEN, EVERYONE!\nIN 1 HOUR, WHEN THE 10 O'CLOCK BELL RINGS, THE FIRST SUBJUGATION WILL BEGIN,\nPARTNERS LEAVING FOR THE DUNGEONS SHOULD PREPARE!\n\nI WILL DEFINITELY OBTAIN THAT RING\nAND LEAVE THIS FORTRESS...\n\nAND YOU.","bubble_count":135,"pages_count":40,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Under the guise of friendship, Wilhelmina corners Irenne and questions why she partnered with Sir Michael.","spoiler_summary":"Under the guise of friendship, Wilhelmina corners Irenne and questions why she partnered with Sir Michael. 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