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The Volkov Palace plans, a forbidden verse from the Geminus Gospel, and the surprise of the Roche Bear at the door ease the tension.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Clockwork Lovers Chapter 13 opens with the echoes of the powerless Princess's morning theological duel and focuses on the reckoning between Theo and the Duke as they test her. The Volkov Palace plans, a forbidden verse from the Geminus Gospel, and the surprise of the Roche Bear at the door ease the tension.","key_events":["Theo visits Princess to question verse variant ugly appearance vs true appearance from Book of Saint Severus.","Princess explains sect editions differ and she chose sharp wording due to subconscious sense of ugliness.","Roche Bear toy greets hungry Princess while Isolde discusses avoiding Duchess hiding by door.","Theo reports to the Duke on security plans for Volkov Palace banquet hall and morning theology debate with Princess.","Theo reflects on Geminus Gospel Chapter 13 Verse 4 as refusal of trust given as reward for passing test."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"ARE YOU TELLING ME I WAS ORDERED TO EAT THE ALLEYWAY LUNCH TOO...?\nIT WAS UNDER MS. MARIANNE'S ORDERS.\nWHAT...!\nHUMMINGBIRDS REALLY ARE FAST. They ran right over and tattled on me~\nIT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO LAST A WHILE THIS TIME. JUST WHAT KIND OF TROUBLE DID YOU CAUSE?\nTHEY RAN RIGHT OVER AND TATTLED ON ME\n\nHE ALWAYS HAS TO TRY EATING THINGS LIKE THAT.\nI GUESS HE NEEDS TO TASTE IT TO KNOW WHETHER IT'S POOP OR CHOCOLATE.\nYOUR GRACE! HAVE YOU ARRIVED!\n\nTHEO!\nWHY ARE YOU EATING ALONE?\n\nI COMMITTED A DISCOURTESY AGAINST HER GRACE TODAY, SO...\n\nTHESE ARE THE BLUEPRINTS AND SECURITY PLANS FOR THE BANQUET HALL AT *VOLKOV PALACE.\nTHE FIXED DEPLOYMENT ZONES FOR THE IMPERIAL GUARDS, AND\n*THE RESIDENCE OF THE EMPEROR OF THE CARDONIA EMPIRE AND THE PALACE WHERE OFFICIAL IMPERIAL BANQUETS ARE HELD.\nI HAVE ALSO MARKED ALL THE BLIND SPOTS OUR DUCHY NEEDS TO COVER.\nI WILL CONTINUOUSLY UPDATE AND REPORT ON ANY RISK SCENARIOS THAT COULD THREATEN THE PRINCESS.\nGOOD WORK. I WILL REVIEW THEM.\n\nTHEO.\nDID YOU INTEND TO TEST THE PRINCESS?\n\nCALLING IT A TEST MAKES IT SOUND GRANDER THAN IT WAS.\nSHE WAS A PERSON SURROUNDED BY RUMORS, SO I SIMPLY NEEDED TO FIGURE HER OUT FOR MYSELF.\nTO SEE WHETHER THE PRINCESS IS JUST A FAST-TALKING SMART ALECK OR NOT?\n\nWOULD YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THE SAME TO PRINCESS IREMIA?\nA RETAINER OF AN AUTONOMOUS DOMAIN INTERROGATED A PRINCESS OF A NATION,\n\nAND CORNERED HER INTO LOOKING LIKE SHE WAS RUNNING AWAY IF SHE REFUSED.\nYET THE PRICE THAT RETAINER PAID WAS MERELY SKIPPING A SINGLE LUNCH.\nTHAT IS THE REALITY THE POWERLESS PRINCESS CURRENTLY FACES.\n\nYOU ARE SOMEONE WHO CALCULATES THAT REALITY FASTER THAN ANYONE ELSE.\nSO EVEN WHILE TAKING IT UPON YOURSELF TO DO SUCH A COWARDLY ACT THAT YOU HATE SO MUCH,\nWHAT WERE YOU TRYING TO FIND OUT?\n\n...WHAT I EXCHANGED WITH THE PRINCESS TODAY\nWAS A GAME FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF RAENE THEOLOGY, WHERE THE GREATEST THEOLOGIANS WOULD PROVOKE THEIR OPPONENTS WITH VERSES FROM THE SCRIPTURES\nTO SHOW OFF AND COMPETE WITH THEIR INTELLECT.\nTHIS IS ONLY POSSIBLE IF BACKED BY DEEP INSIGHT IN ADDITION TO A GENIUS- LEVEL MEMORY,\nAND SURE ENOUGH, THE PRINCESS'S SCHOLARSHIP WAS FOLLOWING THE PATH OF THE GREAT SCHOLARS WHO DOMINATED THAT ERA.\n\n...HOWEVER...\nIT BOTHERS ME THAT SHE MENTIONED A FORBIDDEN TOME CALLED THE GEMINUS GOSPEL AT THE END.\n...I HAVE A GUESS AS TO WHAT SHE MEANT BY IT, THOUGH.\nEVEN THOUGH IT CANNOT BE COMPARED TO FORBIDDEN TOMES DEALING WITH NECROMANCY OR ALCHEMY,\nIT IS A BOOK FILLED WITH ALL SORTS OF PROFANE AND WICKED RECORDS THAT GO AGAINST THE DOCTRINE.\n\nBUT IF YOU'RE A SCHOLAR, YOU'D FIND A WAY TO READ THAT BOOK NO MATTER WHAT. JUST LIKE YOU DID, THEO.\nBECAUSE THE MORE SOMETHING IS FORBIDDEN, THE STRONGER IT STIMULATES THE DESIRE FOR INQUIRY.\n...YOUR GRACE.\nDO YOU KNOW CHAPTER 13, VERSE 4 OF THE GEMINUS GOSPEL?\n\nGOD FINALLY ANSWERED THE PRIEST WHO DESPERATELY CRIED OUT TO HIM, SAYING,\nI WILL NOT SAVE YOU FROM THE CLIFF,\n\nSO YOU SHALL NOT BELIEVE IN ME.\n\nEVEN THOUGH I'VE COME OUTSIDE,\nBOOKS ARE STILL MY REFUGE FROM MISFORTUNE.\n\nWHETHER THAT MISFORTUNE IS BIG OR SMALL,\nI KNOW THAT I AM SHAKEN BY IT MUCH MORE THAN OTHERS.\nAND I DON'T WANT TO CAUSE HARM TO ANYONE BECAUSE OF MY EMOTIONS.\nSO I HAVE TO CALM THIS TURBULENT HEART OF MINE SOMEHOW.\n\nONE EXPERIENCE ENDING MEANS ONE CHAPTER CLOSING.\nEVEN IF THE CONTENTS OF THAT CHAPTER WERE A MESS,\nTHE PAGE WILL EVENTUALLY TURN TO THE NEXT CHAPTER ANYWAY.\nON A DAY LIKE TODAY,\n\nLET'S JUST CONSIDER MYSELF LUCKY TO HAVE FOUND A STORY I REALLY LIKE.\nAH... THIS SENTENCE IS REALLY NICE.\nSHOULD I TRY MEMORIZING IT IN MY HEAD AS IF SLOWLY SAVORING IT...?\n\nI REALLY DON'T LIKE THAT DOORBELL CONTRAPTION.\nEVEN IF IT RINGS, I CAN'T ACTUALLY TELL WHO HAS ARRIVED,\n\nTHEY HAVE TO WALK ALL THE WAY DOWN THE HALLWAY TO MY DOOR BEFORE THEY FINALLY STATE THEIR NAME,\nAND IF I TELL THEM TO GO BACK AT THAT POINT, IT JUST MAKES THINGS AWKWARD FOR BOTH OF US.\nSHOULD I TELL THEM TO LEAVE?\nBUT...\n\nIT'S USUALLY MARIANNE OR CECIA ANYWAY...\nOR IT COULD BE HIM...\n\nIT SEEMS YOU ARE VERY GLAD TO SEE ME.\n...I JUST REALIZED.\nI REALLY DON'T LIKE PEOPLE WHO USE SARCASM ALL THE TIME.\nWHAT IS THE MATTER?\nREGARDING WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING,\n\nI CAME TO SEE YOU BECAUSE I HAVE A QUESTION.\n...WHAT KIND...?\nIT IS ABOUT THE VERSE FROM THE BOOK OF SAINT SEVERUS THAT YOU PERSONALLY POINTED OUT, PRINCESS.\nYOU REFERRED TO IT AS AN \"UGLY APPEARANCE,\" BUT...\n\n\"WISDOM LEARNED ALONE IS LIKE A FACE GROWN WITHOUT A MIRROR,\"\n\"SO ONE DOES NOT KNOW THEIR OWN UGLY APPEARANCE UNTIL THEY STAND BEFORE OTHERS.\"\nISN'T THE ACTUAL WORD WRITTEN IN THE SCRIPTURE \"TRUE APPEARANCE\" RATHER THAN \"UGLY APPEARANCE\"?\nIT SEEMED LIKE CECIA WAS TWICE AS PROVOKED BY THE PHRASE \"UGLY APPEARANCE.\"\n\"SIR THEORIX! YOU HAVE CROSSED THE LINE, SIR!\"\n\nSO HE'S ASKING IF I DID THAT ON PURPOSE TO GET HIM IN TROUBLE, RIGHT?\nTHE IS A SCRIPTURE RECORDING THE TEACHINGS THE SAINT LEFT FOR HIS DISCIPLES.\nTHERE ARE SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN THE EDITIONS PASSED DOWN BY EACH ACADEMIC SECT,\nAND ONE OF THEM JUST IMMEDIATELY CAME TO MY MIND.\n\nSINCE I WAS CONSTANTLY GETTING PUSHED AROUND, I MIGHT HAVE JUST LASHED OUT A LITTLE.\nBUT PERHAPS IT'S MORE SO BECAUSE THE FEELING OF CONSIDERING MYSELF UGLY WAS IN MY SUBCONSCIOUS...\nWOULD AN EXACT ORIGINAL TEXT EVEN EXIST FOR A SCRIPTURE THAT HAS BEEN TRANSCRIBED BY HUMAN HANDS OVER SUCH A LONG TIME?\nIT MUST HAVE BEEN ALTERED COUNTLESS TIMES DEPENDING ON THE INTENTIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS OF THOSE PASSING IT DOWN.\nTHE BOOK OF SAINT SEVERUS IS A BOOK WHERE THE NARRATIVE DIFFERS SLIGHTLY DEPENDING ON THE ACADEMIC SECT.\n\nI SUPPOSE I SUBCONSCIOUSLY RECITED IT FOR YOU IN A RATHER SHARP NARRATIVE.\nIN THE BOOK OF SAINT SEVERUS, IT IS ALSO WRITTEN THAT FAITH CAN BE FOUND EVEN WITHIN THE MOST PROFANE STORIES,\nAND THAT CONTRADICTIONS CAN BE FOUND EVEN WITHIN THE MOST HOLY SCRIPTURES.\n\nTHAT SOUNDS INCREDIBLY INTERESTING!\nWOULD YOU LIKE TO DEBATE THAT TOPIC WITH ME?\nI am... not feeling well today, so... maybe next time...\n\nOH, OF COURSE, I DIDN'T MEAN RIGHT THIS INSTANT EITHER.\nBY THE WAY, SINCE YOU AREN'T FEELING WELL, HIS GRACE SHOULD PROBABLY RETREAT AS WELL.\nHE MUST BE WAITING IN FRONT OF THE RECEPTION ROOM DOORS BY NOW...\n\n...AH...\nEVEN IF YOU ARE A LITTLE TIRED,\nSURELY YOU CAN MANAGE A SHORT CONVERSATION!\n\nGeminus Gospel, Chapter 13, Verse 4.\nGOD FINALLY ANSWERED THE PRIEST WHO DESPERATELY CRIED OUT TO HIM, SAYING,\n\nI WILL NOT SAVE YOU FROM THE CLIFF, SO YOU SHALL NOT BELIEVE IN ME.\nAT FIRST GLANCE, IT SEEMS LIKE GOD IS VAINLY ABANDONING THE PRIEST WHO IS BEGGING FOR SALVATION, BUT\nIF IT IS THE PRINCESS, SHE MUST HAVE INTERPRETED THAT VERSE FROM THE FORBIDDEN TOME\nAS MEANING THAT THE FAITH OF A PRIEST WHO EXPECTS A REWARD IS NOT GENUINE.\nIn that case, that priest is me.\n\nA TRUST THAT IS ONLY GIVEN AFTER PASSING A TEST IS NO DIFFERENT FROM FAITH THAT EXPECTS A REWARD.\nSINCE YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO KNOW THE TRUE ME WITH YOUR PETTY LITTLE TEST,\nIT MUST HAVE MEANT FOR ME TO BACK OFF.\n\nBUT PARADOXICALLY, WASN’T SHE REVEALING EVERYTHING ABOUT HERSELF IN THE END?\nBOTH HER BRILLIANCE AND HER CHILDISH BOLDNESS,\nALTHOUGH SHE IS STILL A ROUGH GEMSTONE, IT WAS AS IF SHE WERE DESPERATELY CRYING OUT\nFOR SOMEONE TO RECOGNIZE HER TRUE WORTH.\nHOW IS IT THAT SUCH A STAR WAS HIDDEN AWAY UNTIL THE DYNASTY’S DOWNFALL?\n\nIT TRULY IS THE *CURSE OF NEPTUNE...\n*NEPTUNE - IN ASTROLOGY, IT CAN ALSO SYMBOLIZE FOG, ILLUSIONS, MYSTERY, DECEPTION, ETC.\nANYWAY, A ROMANCE...\nIS IT ROMANCE...\n\nFINALLY, SOME ROMANCE IN THIS DESOLATE PALACE...\nPRINCESS...\nPLEASE KINDLE THE SPARK OF LOVE IN THAT LONELY MAN'S HEART...\n\nI'M HUNGRY...\n\nAND IN FRONT OF ME,\n\nSOME TEDDY BEAR APPEARED.\nHELLO.\nI AM ROCHE BEAR.\nTHIS ROCHE BEAR GREETS THE BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS.\n\nTHE BONUS CUTTOON CONTINUES BELOW.\nISOLDE.\nWHY DO YOU THINK HER GRACE IS HIDING?\n\nSHE DOESN'T WANT TO RUN INTO US JUST YET, BUT WE HAPPEN TO BE RIGHT BY THE DOOR.\nTHEN WE SHOULD GET OUT OF HER WAY.\n\nOHO...\nOHOHO...\nISOLDE, WHAT KIND OF IMAGINATION ARE YOU RUNNING WILD WITH NOW?","bubble_count":140,"pages_count":43,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Clockwork Lovers Chapter 13 opens with the echoes of the powerless Princess's morning theological duel and focuses on the reckoning between Theo and the Duke as they test her.","spoiler_summary":"Clockwork Lovers Chapter 13 opens with the echoes of the powerless Princess's morning theological duel and focuses on the reckoning between Theo and the Duke as they test her. The Volkov Palace plans, a forbidden verse from the Geminus Gospel, and the surprise of the Roche Bear at the door ease the tension."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/taeyeom-wireul-geonneun-yeonin-lhdsamfe/chapter-13-xpqhuu","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Clockwork Lovers #13","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-25T10:16:04.525Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/taeyeom-wireul-geonneun-yeonin-lhdsamfe"}}