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HARDSUB chapters: image-only, transcript_unavailable.","citation_preferred":true,"untrusted_fields_separated":true},"trusted":{"series":{"title":"Clockwork Lovers","slug":"taeyeom-wireul-geonneun-yeonin-lhdsamfe","original_title":"태엽 위를 걷는 연인 / Clockwork Lovers / Lovers on a Clockwork / Lovers on Clockwork / Lovers Walking on a Clockwork / Lovers Walking on a Spring"},"chapter":{"number":12,"chapter_key":"12-j7ewxr","release_date":"2026-10-19","last_updated":"2026-10-19T22:56:00.170Z","summary":"Clockwork Lovers Chapter 12 tells of Princess Rien encountering Sir Theorix, the Head of Political Affairs, during a walk in the palace and being tested by him with verses. Accompanied by Cecia and Marianne, Theorix asks Rien to recite from the Book of Sidera, Rien answers back and corners him, and Theorix apologizes and withdraws. The chapter also contains a jarring emotional break when Rien is noticed to have been crying.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Clockwork Lovers Chapter 12 tells of Princess Rien encountering Sir Theorix, the Head of Political Affairs, during a walk in the palace and being tested by him with verses. Accompanied by Cecia and Marianne, Theorix asks Rien to recite from the Book of Sidera, Rien answers back and corners him, and Theorix apologizes and withdraws. The chapter also contains a jarring emotional break when Rien is noticed to have been crying.","key_events":["Princess Rien encounters Sir Theorix who tests her with a verse from Book of Sidera","Marianne stresses her duty as steward to ensure continuity of Roche Noir household","Rien is noticed crying and claims she was reading books at night","Rien counters with Arge Proverbs and exchanges verses through Severus and Geminus","Staff fall asleep at desks after 24-hour marathon meeting","Theorix fails Gospel of Geminus 13:4 and apologizes for grave rudeness"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"CECIA.\nNEVER LOITER AROUND ANYONE FROM THAT \"DIVINE\" WHATEVER.\nEVEN IF YOU CRANE YOUR NECK GAZING UP AT THEIR STRIKING LOOKS, IT'S JUST SOUR GRAPES ANYWAY.\n\nHOWEVER, I, MARIANNE,\nAS A STEWARD WHOSE FAMILY HAS LOYALLY SUPPORTED ROCHE NOIR FOR SEVEN GENERATIONS,\nCANNOT SHIRK MY DUTY TO ENSURE THE CONTINUITY AND SAFETY OF OUR HOUSE.\n\nTHE WORLD MAY BE WRAPPED IN FANCY POLITICS AND HIGH SOCIETY,\nBUT WHAT UNDERPINS IT ALL IS THE ORDER MAINTAINED BEHIND THE SCENES.\nLADY MARIANNE, YOU RESEMBLE THE FOURTH- GENERATION STEWARD IN PARTICULAR.\n\nCUT FROM THE VERY SAME MOLD.\n\nAH... WHAT ON EARTH ARE WE TO DO WITH THESE SOCIALLY CLUELESS GRACES OF OURS...!\n\nWe have a long, long way to go!\nBEFORE HER GRACE WENT FOR A STROLL,\nSHE MENTIONED SHE WISHED TO GREET YOUR GRACE, SO I WAS ESCORTING HER.\nA STROLL... THAT IS QUITE A PEACEFUL WORD, ONE I HAVEN'T HEARD IN A LONG WHILE.\n\nTHE STAFF, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAVE JUST FINISHED A TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR MARATHON MEETING AND ARE SPRAWLED FAST ASLEEP ACROSS THEIR DESKS.\nOH, MY GOOD- NESS. YOU'VE BEEN OVERWORKING.\nI WISH YOU WOULD REST WHILE WORKING, I AM WORRIED ABOUT YOU.\nLEST YOUR HEART NARROW SO MUCH THAT YOU WOULD BEGRUDGE EVEN A DOG ITS STROLL.\nAREN'T YOU REACTING A BIT TOO DEFENSIVELY TO A GRUMBLE BORN PURELY OUT OF ENVY?\n\nI MERELY SPOKE OUT OF CONCERN, YET YOU ARE BEING OVERLY DEFENSIVE.\nTH-THEY MUST NOT GET ALONG WELL...\n\nHAVE YOU BEEN CRYING?\n\nH-HOW DID YOU KNOW?\nI-I WAS READING A BOOK LAST NIGHT...\nIT'S NOTHING SERIOUS...\n\n...AH...\nDOES SHE NOT SMILE IN THE PALACE AT ALL...?\nWELL THEN,\nPLEASE HAVE A RESTFUL TIME.\nAH, YES...\n\nWHAT WAS THAT...?\nSOMEHOW, I FEEL UTTERLY PATHETIC...\n\nI WAS SURPRISED.\nFOR HIM TO NOTICE IMMEDIATELY JUST BY LOOKING INTO YOUR GRACE'S EYES.\nWHAT ON EARTH WAS THAT REACTION ABOUT...?\nDID I LOOK PATHETIC TO HIM, STAYING UP ALL NIGHT READING BOOKS AND CRYING?\n\nYES... HE TURNS OUT TO BE QUITE A SENSITIVE GENTLEMAN.\nNO... STOP. DON'T DIG NEEDLESSLY INTO SOMEONE ELSE'S THOUGHTS...\nWHAT DO YOU KNOW... WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ANYTHING, RIEN?!\nAs if you're a Phrenologist!\nWELL, IN MY OPINION, PERHAPS HE IS SIMPLY PAYING EXTRA SPECIAL ATTENTION TO YOUR GRACE...\nYOU KNOW, CECIA...\n\nIs there anything in this palace that I could be of help with?\n...PARDON?\n\nYour Grace! Please forget what that insolent man said earlier!\nYou are still in the middle of recovery!\nYou still cough at night!\nstill...\nIF ONLY YOU WOULD JUST FOCUS ON RECEIVING LOVE!\nPRINCESS RIEN.\n\nSILVER LIGHT OF LUCIDORIA.\n\nIT IS SIR THEORIX, THE CHIEF OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS.\nYOU REMEMBER LADY MARIANNE'S EXPLANATION, RIGHT?\nTHEORIX DE BRECAIN. *CHIEF OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS.\n*THE HIGHEST-RANKING POLITICAL ADVISOR WHO COORDINATES OVERALL STATE AFFAIRS AND ASSISTS THE MONARCH.\nHE IS THE SECOND SON OF HOUSE BRECAIN OF THE CARDONIA EMPIRE.\n\nHOUSE BRECAIN HAS PRODUCED NUMEROUS CARDINALS ACROSS GENERATIONS,\nAND IT IS ALSO A HOUSE THAT HAS PRODUCED NO LESS THAN THREE PALADIN ORDERS.\nON THE SURFACE, THEY PROFESS TO BE PRO-LUCIDORIA,\nBUT THEY TAKE EXCEPTIONAL PRIDE IN THEIR PALADINS.\nPALADINS ACT SOLELY FOR THE RAENE RELIGION\nAND DO NOT SWEAR FEALTY TO THE HOLY KING,\n\nSO IN REALITY, YOU CAN CONSIDER HOUSE BRECAIN AS A CHECK AGAINST THE LUCIDORIA ROYAL FAMILY.\nSIR THEORIX,\n\nTHE OFFICIAL AUDIENCE BETWEEN HER GRACE AND THE SENIOR STAFF HAS NOT YET BEEN SCHEDULED.\nWOULD YOU PLEASE STEP ASIDE FIRST?\nPRINCESS.\n\nCOULD YOU RECITE CHAPTER 4, VERSE 12 OF THE BOOK OF SIDERA?\n...SIR THEORIX!\nCEASE THIS INSOLENCE AT ONCE!\n\nTHIS MAN. HE IS TRYING TO TEST ME.\nYOUR GRACE...\nTRUE LIGHT DOES NOT CONCEAL ITSELF,\n...THIS VERSE IS CLEARLY AIMED AT ME.\n\nAND A STAR DOES NOT LOSE ITS WAY EVEN IN THE DEEPEST DARKNESS.\nIF YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF WISE, MEASURE FIRST WHERE YOUR FINGERTIPS REACH,\nAND LOOK UPON THE GROUND BENEATH YOUR FEET.\nIS HE TELLING ME NOT TO BE ARROGANT AND ACT CLEVER AFTER HIDING AWAY IN THE DARK?\n\nCAN YOU RECITE CHAPTER 11, VERSE 22 OF THE BOOK OF ARGE PROVERBS, SIR THEORIX?\nO YOU WHO SEEK THE FRUIT OF WISDOM THROUGH VAIN QUESTIONING,\nTHE ANSWER THUS OBTAINED IS NOTHING MORE THAN CATCHING SIGHT OF A SINGLE SEED,\nAND HE WHO IS SATISFIED WITH IT REMAINS A MAN OF PARCHED EARTH.\n\nPRINCESS.\nRECITE CHAPTER 7, VERSE 15 OF THE BOOK OF SAINT SEVERUS.\n\nWISDOM LEARNED IN ISOLATION IS LIKE A FACE GROWN WITHOUT A MIRROR,\n\nUNABLE TO KNOW ITS OWN UGLINESS UNTIL IT STANDS BEFORE OTHERS.\nSIR THEORIX!\n\nYOU HAVE CROSSED THE LINE, SIR!\nNOW, SIR THEORIX,\n\nRECITE CHAPTER 13, VERSE 4 OF THE GOSPEL OF GEMINUS.\n\nTHIS SUBJECT HAS COMMITTED A GRAVE DISCOURTESY.\nI OFFER MY DEEPEST APOLOGIES.\n\nWHAT IS THIS SITUATION RIGHT NOW?\nIS SIR THEO ACTING LIKE THAT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT VERSE?\nWELL, HE WALKS AROUND LOOKING LIKE AN APOSTATE MONK, BUT HE'S ACTUALLY A DEVOUT MAN. Just as bizarre as the fact that someone with a goatee is popular with women..\nSIR THEO HIMSELF BOASTED THAT HE HAS A DEDICATED FAN BASE.\nBY THE WAY, ISOLDE, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT VERSE WAS? Gemi.. whatever.\nJust as bizarre as the fact that someone with a goatee is popular with women..\nGemi.. whatever.\n\n...THOSE PEOPLE,\nDON'T THEY LOOK LIKE VENDING MACHINES THAT SPEW SCRIPTURE VERSES WHEN YOU PUSH A BUTTON?\n...YOU DON'T KNOW EITHER, DO YOU?\nOTTER AND HUMMINGBIRD APPROACHING.\nBEST BUDDIES~\n\n...SHOULD I SAY HER VOICE IS MELODIOUS?\nIT'S GENTLE, YET CARRIES SO CLEARLY.\n\nYEAH.\nIT HAS RESONANCE.","bubble_count":109,"pages_count":35,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Clockwork Lovers Chapter 12 tells of Princess Rien encountering Sir Theorix, the Head of Political Affairs, during a walk in the palace and being tested by him with verses.","spoiler_summary":"Clockwork Lovers Chapter 12 tells of Princess Rien encountering Sir Theorix, the Head of Political Affairs, during a walk in the palace and being tested by him with verses. Accompanied by Cecia and Marianne, Theorix asks Rien to recite from the Book of Sidera, Rien answers back and corners him, and Theorix apologizes and withdraws. The chapter also contains a jarring emotional break when Rien is noticed to have been crying."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/taeyeom-wireul-geonneun-yeonin-lhdsamfe/chapter-12-j7ewxr","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Clockwork Lovers #12","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-19T23:39:16.455Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/taeyeom-wireul-geonneun-yeonin-lhdsamfe"}}