# WebtoonLib — Save the Sunfish Princess! #1 ## Series - title: Save the Sunfish Princess! - slug: save-the-sunfish-princess-6t8csixu ## Chapter - number: 1 - chapter_key: 1-ettas9 - release_date: 2026-11-08 ### Summary In Save the Sunfish Princess! Chapter 1, the female chancellor betrayed by Rusley Highspear is stabbed before the throne and learns that the children she tried to protect have been burned. On the verge of death, she makes a contract with a mysterious being, agreeing to make Nenya Padorin the sun of the empire, and returns ten years into the past to the city of Rutel in the year 1362. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### Key events - The woman regresses 10 years to year 1362 in border city Rutel to search for Nenya Padorin. - On her deathbed, the woman contracts with a mysterious being to place Nenya Padorin on the Platinum Throne. - The regressed woman intervenes to save Nenya from bandits and vows to trust no one. - Nenya, saintess of Rutel, is targeted for kidnapping by bandits while buying flowers for the temple. - Rusley Highspear kills the female chancellor who made him emperor and declares himself the sole sun of the Empire. ## Spoiler - level: auto ### Safe teaser In Save the Sunfish Princess! ### Spoiler summary In Save the Sunfish Princess! Chapter 1, the female chancellor betrayed by Rusley Highspear is stabbed before the throne and learns that the children she tried to protect have been burned. On the verge of death, she makes a contract with a mysterious being, agreeing to make Nenya Padorin the sun of the empire, and returns ten years into the past to the city of Rutel in the year 1362. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 125 ### Content THERE WAS A TIME... WHEN I BELIEVED YOU WERE A SUN THAT SHONE SO BRILLIANTLY. THEN YOU SHOULD BE PLEASED. EVERYTHING HAS TURNED OUT EXACTLY AS YOU WISHED. RAISE YOUR HEAD AND LOOK AT THE THRONE. WHO IS THE MAN SITTING UPON IT NOW? AS OF THIS MOMENT, I, RUSLEY HIGHSPEAR, AM THE SOLE SUN OF THE EMPIRE. THEN LET ME ASK YOU ONE THING, YOUR IMPERIAL MAJESTY! AFTER I WORKED LIKE A DOG FOR YOU, WHY DID YOU TURN MY STOMACH INTO A SWORD SHEATH?! WAIT... THEN TIRIEN... WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN...? DON'T TELL ME THEY'RE ALL... EVERY LAST CHILD YOU TRIED TO PROTECT WAS BURNED AT THE STAKE. ALONG WITH THAT MAN. DO YOU SUPPOSE THEY SCREAMED YOUR NAME AS THEY BURNED ALIVE? I'VE WANTED TO SEE THAT LOOK ON YOUR FACE FOR SO LONG. I'VE WATCHED YOU DROWN COUNTLESS POLITICAL ENEMIES, YET I COULD NEVER SEE INTO THE MURKY DEPTHS OF YOUR HEART. YOU SHOULD'VE CHOSEN ME OVER THOSE LITTLE BIRDS FROM THE START! THE EMPIRE'S SUN CASTS NO SHADOW. GLORY TO THE PLATINUM THRONE. GL-GLORY TO THE PLATINUM THRONE! GLORY TO THE PLATINUM THRONE! ...SO THIS IS HOW THE WOMAN WHO ONCE HELD THE ENTIRE EMPIRE IN HER HANDS MEETS HER END. EVEN THE HIGH AND MIGHTY DIE WHEN THEY BLEED, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. EVERYONE WHO MIGHT HAVE MOURNED YOU IS ALREADY DEAD, BUT MAY YOU REST IN PEACE. IS THIS TRULY THE END? IN THE END, I COULDN'T ACCOMPLISH A THING... WHERE DID MY PLANS GO WRONG? WHICH CHOICE SENT THIS STORY DOWN THE WRONG PATH? FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. WHO...? IF YOU WERE GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE, WOULD YOU START OVER? PLACE THE RIGHTFUL RULER UPON THE PLATINUM THRONE AND MAKE AN EMPEROR ONCE MORE. ...YOU DON'T EVEN NEED TO ASK! I REFUSE TO DIE LIKE THIS! IT'S TOO UNFAIR! IF YOU'VE GOT THE POWER TO DO IT, SEND ME BACK RIGHT NOW! THIS CONTRACT CANNOT BE UNDONE. YOUR SECOND LIFE WILL BE A CURSE IN ITSELF. IF SHE DIES, YOU WILL RETURN TO THE PAST. BUT NEVER FORGET THAT THIS POWER IS FINITE. YOU HAVE ONLY ONE TASK: MAKE NENYA PADORIN... THE SUN OF THE EMPIRE! ! EXCUSE ME, ARE YOU ALRIGHT? WHAT YEAR IS IT ACCORDING TO THE PLATINUM CALENDAR? OH, UM... IT'S 1362. You're soaking wet... THANKS! MY BODY'S COMPLETELY FINE... NOT A SINGLE SCAR, EITHER. I REALLY DID COME BACK... TEN YEARS INTO THE PAST... THAT MEANS THE WAR OF SUCCESSION HASN'T EVEN BEGUN YET. THE UNDISPUTED LARGEST NATION ON THE CONTINENT: KARIA, THE PLATINUM EMPIRE. ITS LANDS WERE SO FERTILE THAT PEOPLE BELIEVED THEY WERE BLESSED BY GOD, AND IT BOASTED A FORMIDABLE MILITARY FORCE LED BY ITS KNIGHTS. BUT NOTHING IN THIS WORLD LASTS FOREVER. THE REIGNING EMPEROR WAS POISONED TO DEATH WITHOUT LEAVING AN HEIR. THE GREAT NOBLES KNOWN AS THE SEVEN GREAT HOUSES SEIZED THEIR CHANCE AND LAUNCHED A WAR OF SUCCESSION TO CLAIM THE IMPERIAL THRONE. THAT WAS THE BASIC PREMISE OF THE STORY. AND AFTER BEING TOSSED AROUND IN THAT WHIRLWIND OF HISTORY, I MANAGED TO MAKE A NEW EMPEROR. TSK. THAT WORTHLESS BASTARD. JUST HOW LONG HAD HE BEEN PLANNING TO STAB ME IN THE BACK? ANYWAY, NENYA PADORIN... ACCORDING TO THE ORIGINAL STORY, SHE WOULD’VE BEEN ASSASSINATED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. SHE WAS, QUITE LITERALLY... THE WEAKEST CONTENDER. AT THE VERY LEAST, I KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. JUDGING BY THE SCENERY AND BUILDINGS AROUND ME, THIS IS RUTEL, A CITY ON THE BORDER. JUST BEFORE THE STRUGGLE FOR THE IMPERIAL THRONE BEGINS, NOMADIC INVADERS WILL REDUCE THIS CITY TO RUINS, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE EMPIRE'S TURMOIL. AND NENYA, WHO WILL BE AMONG THE REFUGEES, WILL UNEXPECTEDLY BE REVEALED AS AN ILLEGITIMATE DAUGHTER OF HOUSE PADORIN, ONE OF THE SEVEN GREAT HOUSES, AND GET DRAGGED INTO THE SUCCESSION WAR. THE FACT THAT RUTEL IS STILL STANDING MEANS NENYA MUST BE HERE. THOSE WATER GHOSTS SURE KNOW HOW TO TREAT A CUSTOMER. WHAT'S THIS? LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE COME TO THE WRONG PLACE, MISS. OR ARE YOU HOPING TO BE SOLD INTO SLAVERY? I NEED YOU TO FIND SOMEONE. SHE'S A YOUNG WOMAN WITH PLATINUM-BLOND HAIR AND EMERALD-GREEN EYES, AND SHE'S STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL. HERE'S YOUR FEE. IT'S BROKEN, BUT IT SHOULD STILL FETCH A DECENT PRICE. DEAL? BURNET FLOWERS? MORE INJURED PEOPLE AGAIN? YOU'RE TAKING THIS TO THE TEMPLE, AREN'T YOU? YOU'VE GOT SUCH A KIND HEART. Oh, not at all~ HERE YOU GO, NENYA! THANK YOU! I'LL STOP BY AGAIN! SURE! GET HOME SAFELY! HEH HEH HEH... YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG I’VE WAITED FOR THIS DAY... I’LL HAVE MY FUN WITH YOU, THEN SELL YOU OFF TO ONE OF THE SEVEN GREAT HOUSES. BOSS, MESSING WITH THE SAINTESS OF RUTEL IS A BIT... WOULDN'T THAT TURN THE ENTIRE CITY AGAINST US? WHAT ARE THOSE EYES OF YOURS FOR? THIS PENDANT ISN'T AN ORDINARY TRINKET. WE'VE ALREADY STRUCK GOLD. WE CAN WORRY ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES LATER. ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS TAKE THIS WOMAN AND GET OUT OF RUTEL! PLEASE... SOMEONE... HELP... JUST AS I THOUGHT. YOU KNEW ABOUT HER ALL ALONG. THEN AGAIN, A FACE LIKE HERS IS HARD TO MISS. JUST LEAVE. BECAUSE TODAY, I'M IN A GOOD... MOOD... WH-WHAT THE HELL?! AH... AHH... THANK YOU FOR SAVING ME... ...WHY? THERE'S SOMETHING I NEED TO CHECK. I MADE UP MY MIND EARLIER. IN THIS LIFE... I WON'T EVEN TRUST THE DEVIL. ## See also - [WebtoonLib — Save the Sunfish Princess! #1](/series/save-the-sunfish-princess-6t8csixu/chapter-1-ettas9) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/save-the-sunfish-princess-6t8csixu ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.