# WebtoonLib — Side Characters Deserve Love Too #28

## Series
- title: Side Characters Deserve Love Too
- slug: side-characters-deserve-love-too-d020da

## Chapter
- number: 28
- release_date: 2025-03-12

### Summary
The fragile hope for an alliance between Joe (Geumja) and the original novel's heroine, Deloah, shatters as Deloah's sharp intellect uncovers inconsistencies in Joe's fabricated backstory. Catching Joe in a lie, Deloah reveals a cold, calculating side, declaring her intolerance for deceit and re-evaluating the seemingly naive stable boy as a suspicious and duplicitous threat. This confrontation solidifies her role as a formidable antagonist for a large portion of the readership, who now see her as a "scary" but competent schemer. However, many readers defend Deloah's pragmatism, while simultaneously expressing intense frustration with Joe's "stupid" and careless behavior that jeopardizes her own mission. The interpersonal drama is dramatically overshadowed by the chapter's shocking bombshell: a reveal that Kyle's beloved younger brother, Teo, is fated to die in the original story. This devastating new information has galvanized the audience, shifting their primary concern from palace intrigue to the urgent need to protect the innocent prince from his tragic fate.
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- summary_verification: unverified

### Key events
- Geumja realizes Teo is the doomed 5th prince and is being actively poisoned.

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
The fragile hope for an alliance between Joe (Geumja) and the original novel's heroine, Deloah, shatters as Deloah's sharp intellect uncovers inconsistencies in Joe's fabricated backstory.

### Spoiler summary
The fragile hope for an alliance between Joe (Geumja) and the original novel's heroine, Deloah, shatters as Deloah's sharp intellect uncovers inconsistencies in Joe's fabricated backstory. Catching Joe in a lie, Deloah reveals a cold, calculating side, declaring her intolerance for deceit and re-evaluating the seemingly naive stable boy as a suspicious and duplicitous threat. This confrontation solidifies her role as a formidable antagonist for a large portion of the readership, who now see her as a "scary" but competent schemer. However, many readers defend Deloah's pragmatism, while simultaneously expressing intense frustration with Joe's "stupid" and careless behavior that jeopardizes her own mission. The interpersonal drama is dramatically overshadowed by the chapter's shocking bombshell: a reveal that Kyle's beloved younger brother, Teo, is fated to die in the original story. This devastating new information has galvanized the audience, shifting their primary concern from palace intrigue to the urgent need to protect the innocent prince from his tragic fate.

## Status
- data_status: complete
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Side Characters Deserve Love Too #28](/series/side-characters-deserve-love-too-d020da/chapter-28)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/side-characters-deserve-love-too-d020da

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