# WebtoonLib — Roxana #2 ## Series - title: Roxana - slug: roxana-ex5i39wf ## Chapter - number: 2 - chapter_key: 2-5467rd - release_date: 2026-10-15 ### Summary Roxana describes the Agrece family's banquet tradition based on the balance of power: as a child she had no place at the table, and everything changed after "That Incident." Her birth, her affectionate mother, and her father Lante Agrece, who named her Roxana and left, are recalled. The Agrece legacy of living by theft, poison, and murder weighs heavily on Roxana, whose practical skills are weak. Her older brother Achille promises to protect her but fails to pass the special test and dies. The chapter ends with her secretly giving an antidote to the paralyzed Cassis Pedelian and coming to rescue him. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### Key events - Narrator is reincarnated as baby Roxana, remembers mother's warm voice, honey hair and blue eyes. - In present, Roxana secretly approaches paralyzed Cassis Pedelian to give him antidote and save him. - Narrator explains Lante Agrece has over ten wives and many children, only top three sit at monthly banquet. - Achille fails the special test, dies young and is declared eliminated in That Incident. - Roxana talks with protective older brother Achille who promises to always protect her while trembling. - All Agrece children must undergo early training; Roxana lacks practical talent and is despised by father. - Roxana first meets her indifferent father who names her and leaves, never visiting her. - Roxana is angered by father's demand for early flirting training and sees family as hopeless. - Roxana learns Agrece family are underworld crime lords dealing in theft, drugs, fraud and murder. ## Spoiler - level: auto ### Safe teaser Roxana describes the Agrece family's banquet tradition based on the balance of power: as a child she had no place at the table, and everything changed after "That Incident." Her birth, her affectionate mother, and her father Lante Agrece, who named her Roxana and left, are… ### Spoiler summary Roxana describes the Agrece family's banquet tradition based on the balance of power: as a child she had no place at the table, and everything changed after "That Incident." Her birth, her affectionate mother, and her father Lante Agrece, who named her Roxana and left, are recalled. The Agrece legacy of living by theft, poison, and murder weighs heavily on Roxana, whose practical skills are weak. Her older brother Achille promises to protect her but fails to pass the special test and dies. The chapter ends with her secretly giving an antidote to the paralyzed Cassis Pedelian and coming to rescue him. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 117 ### Content THE BANQUET. THIS FAMILY TRADITION WAS ALL ABOUT POWER DYNAMICS. LANTE AGRECE HAD MORE THAN TEN WIVES, AND CONSEQUENTLY HAD MANY, MANY CHILDREN. CONTENT ADVISORY THIS EPISODE CONTAINS DEPICTIONS AND/OR STRONG IMPLICATIONS OF THE FOLLOWING: STRANGULATION ONLY THE THREE MOST ACCOMPLISHED CHILDREN... ...WERE ALLOWED TO JOIN OUR FATHER AT THE BANQUET TABLE EVERY MONTH. NEVER DID THAT TABLE... ...HAVE A SEAT FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME. OF COURSE, THAT WAS ONLY WHEN I WAS A CHILD. EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE "THE INCIDENT." IT'S A GIRL! YOU'LL BE A GOOD SISTER TO ACHILLE. THE VERY FIRST VOICE I EVER HEARD... ...WAS WARM AND GENTLE. MY MOTHER HAD HONEY BLOND HAIR THAT SHIMMERED LIKE GOLD, AND DEEP BLUE EYES THAT REMINDED ME OF A VAST LAKE. EVEN THEN, I WAS INTO PEOPLE'S LOOKS. SHE'S BEAUTIFUL! MY DAD IS ONE LUCKY GUY! I WAS INFATUATED BY MY MOTHER'S BEAUTY. YOU COULD SAY I WAS QUITE SATISFIED WITH MY REINCARNATION. HOWEVER, THE DAY I FIRST SAW MY FATHER... ROXANA. WE'LL NAME HER ROXANA. THAT TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH! AND JUST LIKE THAT, HE WAS GONE, AAAGH!!! COME TO THINK OF IT, HE DIDN'T EVEN COME VISIT ME UNTIL TODAY! WHAT A CRAPPY FATHER!!! ROXANA, HAVİNG SPARED ONLY A MOMENT TO NAME ME. STILL... MY BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BABY. MY MOTHER WOULD SMILE AT ME AS ALWAYS. GROW BIG AND STRONG... ...AND MAKE HOUSE AGRECE PROUD. AGRECE? THAT NAME SOUNDS FAMILIAR... THAT VERY MOMENT, SOMEONE HIT ME. AGRECE. THAT WAS THE AMİLY İ BELONGED TO THEFT. DRUGS AND POISON. FRAUD. NOT TO MENTION... MURDER. WE COULD KILL WITHOUT BATTING AN EYE. OUR FAMILY WERE CRIMINALS, RULERS OF THE SEEDY UNDERGROUND WORLD. THE WORST THING WAS... .ANYONE BORN INTO THE FAMILY HAD TO FOLLOW THE SAME PATH. THIS IS HOW THE AGRECES HAVE CARRIED ON THEIR FAMILY LEGACY. TO BECOME A TRUE AGRECE, ONE WENT THROUGH TRAINING FROM AN EARLY AGE. I WAS NO EXCEPTION. I DIDN'T MIND THE STUDYING, BUT I HAD NO TALENT IN PRACTICAL SKILLS. EVEN MY FATHER... YOU'RE DISMISSED. HOW PATHETİC. ...LOOKED DOWN ON ME. HE'S SUCH A DESPICABLE PERSON. I NEVER WANTED TO WORK FOR HIM, ANYWAY. "HOW PATHETIC." I HATE HOW HE TREATS ME LIKE I'M SOME KIND OF OBJECT. AND ON TOP OF THAT, COURTSHIP?! SIGH XANA! DATING? ALREADY? HOW IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WANT YOUR OWN DAUGHTER TO WORRY ABOUT AT THIS AGE...?! THERE'S NO HOPE FOR THIS FAMILY. XANA. XANA! ACHILLE...? ACHILLE AGRECE. HE'S MY BROTHER. FOUR YEARS OLDER THAN ME, WE SHARE THE SAME MOTHER. YOU SEEM UPSET. IS SOMETHING WRONG? You Can Tell Me Anything. UNLIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THIS FAMILY, HE'S A BIG SOFTIE, A BIT LIKE AN INNOCENT PUPPY. FATHER WANTS ME TO BEGIN PREPARING FOR COURTSHIP ALREADY. WHAT?! WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT? I Have No Interest In Learning That At All. DOES MOTHER KNOW? OF COURSE, SHE EXPECTS ME TO BECOME A PROUD AGRECE. A PROUD... AGRECE... RIGHT. OKAY... LISTEN TO HER... WE'RE AGRECES, AFTER ALL. BACK THEN, WHY DIDN'T I NOTICE... DON'T WORRY... ...HIS TINY HANDS TREMBLING? I'LL ALWAYS PROTECT YOU, XANA. I STILL REFUSE TO LEARN THAT SORT OF THING. HAHA... XANA... OUR FAMILY LEGACY WAS AN IRKSOME BURDEN FOR BOTH OF US. WE WERE BARELY GETTING BY WHEN "THE INCIDENT" OCCURRED. ACHILLE!!! ACHILLE DIDN'T MAKE IT THROUGH THE "SPECIAL TEST," AND ENDED UP DYING AT AN EARLY AGE. ACHILLE AGRECE HAS SUCCESSFULLY BEEN DISPOSED OF. ACHILLE!!! AND NOW... EXCUSE ME. CASSIS PEDELIAN. THEY MUST'VE USED SOMETHING TO PARALYZE HIM. BLOOP UGH... UM... WHAT'S... ...GOING-- UGH!!! SHH... BE QUIET. DON'T SPIT IT OUT. IT'S AN ANTIDOTE. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I'M HERE TO SAVE YOU. YOU MAY BE THE HEROİNE'S BİG BROTHER BUT MY SURVİVAL DEPENDS ON YOURS. ## See also - [WebtoonLib — Roxana #2](/series/roxana-ex5i39wf/chapter-2-5467rd) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/roxana-ex5i39wf ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.