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After questioning the Princess about why she quoted the forbidden text to Sir Theorix, she promises to watch her words, and the chapter closes with a gentle smile over a tea-time joke.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Chapter 15 of Clockwork Lovers depicts the Princess confronting His Excellency about the misunderstanding after she walked away toward the pavilion. As the Princess admits that she tenses up in strained atmospheres and is tired, His Excellency apologizes for failing to make her feel at ease. After questioning the Princess about why she quoted the forbidden text to Sir Theorix, she promises to watch her words, and the chapter closes with a gentle smile over a tea-time joke.","key_events":["Princess explains she walked to pavilion not from dislike but because she tenses when scolded","Theorix's warming-tea joke makes Princess laugh, same joke His Excellency tried before","Princess reflects quoting forbidden text to Theorix was due to pride and weariness","His Excellency asks Princess to promise to speak carefully to avoid words being used against her","His Excellency watches Princess smile from afar and wonders if she will smile because of him"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"WHAT?\nWHAT ON EARTH IS HE TALKING ABOUT?\nIS IT BECAUSE I WALKED AWAY TOWARD THE PAVILION?\n\nNO, THAT'S NOT IT!\nI-I DIDN'T WALK AWAY BECAUSE I DISLIKE YOU, YOUR GRACE...!\n\nIT'S JUST...\nWHENEVER SOMEONE GETS REPRIMANDED OR THE ATMOSPHERE TURNS TENSE,\nI BECOME STRANGELY NERVOUS, ALMOST AS IF I WERE THE ONE BEING SCOLDED.\nPERHAPS BEING OUTSIDE AFTER SO LONG HAS MADE ME MORE SENSITIVE THAN I USED TO BE...\nTHE PATH THROUGH THE CONIFER FOREST WAS BARELY MAINTAINED.\nIF YOU WENT SO FAR AS TO BUILD A ROAD FOR THE VILLAGE, SHOULDN'T YOU ALSO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTAINING IT?\nNOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, HIS GRACE WAS SIMPLY POINTING OUT WHAT NEEDED TO BE SAID...\n\nIT'S EMBARRASSING THAT I COULDN'T EVEN HANDLE SUCH A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE ATMOSPHERE...\nI WAS JUST...\nI WAS SIMPLY TIRED...\n\nAND YET...\nTHAT LADY HAD SUCH A LOVELY SMILE.\n\nWHEN YOU WERE WITH THAT CHILD, PRINCESS...\nCOME TO THINK OF IT, REINEL DID SAY I LOOKED TROUBLED THAT DAY...\nSEEING HER RUN OFF LOOKING SO DISTRESSED BROKE MY HEART. I COULDN'T JUST STAND BY AND DO NOTHING.\n\nI WASN'T USED TO ANYONE PAYING ATTENTION TO MY EXPRESSIONS OR FEELINGS...\nSO I NEVER IMAGINED SOMEONE WOULD REACT THIS WAY...\n\n...IT SEEMS I'VE MISUNDERSTOOD YOU RATHER FOOLISHLY.\nI'VE NEVER BEEN PARTICULARLY GOOD AT MAKING OTHERS FEEL COMFORTABLE,\nSO I HASTILY ASSUMED YOU FELT UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND ME AS WELL. PLEASE ACCEPT MY SINCEREST APOLOGIES.\n\n...HE CERTAINLY WASN'T THE EASIEST PERSON TO BE AROUND.\nTHERE'S NO NEED FOR YOUR GRACE TO APOLOGIZE...\nSTILL... THAT DOESN'T MEAN I DISLIKED SPENDING TIME WITH HIM...\nMY CARELESS REACTION ENDED UP CREATING SUCH A MISUNDERSTANDING.\nI CAN'T EXPECT HIM TO UNDERSTAND HOW I TRULY FEEL WHEN I HAVEN'T SAID A WORD.\n\nIN THAT MOMENT, FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE, THE ONLY THING HE COULD JUDGE ME BY WAS MY ATTITUDE.\nTHE REASON I QUOTED THAT FORBIDDEN TEXT TO SIR THEORIX WAS...\nSIMPLY BECAUSE MY PRIDE GOT THE BETTER OF ME WHEN HE TRIED TO TEST ME.\n...BECAUSE I WAS THOROUGHLY FED UP WITH IT ALL.\nREGARDLESS OF HOW THAT TEST TURNED OUT,\nI WANTED HIM TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE WOULD NEVER TRULY KNOW WHO I AM.\n\nESPECIALLY WHEN EVERYONE ONLY SEES WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE IN ME.\nNO ONE HAS EVER GIVEN ME A CHANCE.\nA CHANCE TO TAKE THINGS SLOWLY, GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER,\n\nAND SHOW THEM WHO 1 REALLY AM...\nAN ANSWER OBTAINED BY BACKING SOMEONE INTO A CORNER CAN HARDLY BE CONSIDERED GENUINE.\nNEITHER THEORIX NOR I MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO CONVEY, PRINCESS.\nHE HAS ALSO ADMITTED THAT HIS CONDUCT WAS BOTH COWARDLY AND INSOLENT.\n\nHOWEVER, JUST AS YOU SAID,\nPEOPLE OFTEN SEE ONLY WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE IN OTHERS,\nMISTAKING ONE ASPECT OF A PERSON FOR THEIR ENTIRE BEING.\nTHERE WILL ALWAYS BE THOSE WHO FAIL TO UNDERSTAND YOUR TRUE INTENTIONS,\nAND CONDEMN YOU AS A HERETIC LED ASTRAY BY PROFANE WRITINGS.\n\nSO, WOULD YOU MAKE ME A PROMISE?\nTO PREVENT YOUR WORDS FROM BEING TWISTED AND TURNED AGAINST YOU LIKE ARROWS,\nPLEASE BE MORE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT YOU SAY.\n\nREFUSING TO GIVE AMMUNITION TO THOSE EAGER TO TEAR YOU DOWN\nIS ALSO A WAY OF PROTECTING YOURSELF.\n...YES.\n\n...YOU NEVER SEEM TO HESITATE WHEN EXPRESSING YOUR THOUGHTS, PRINCESS.\nPERHAPS IT'S BECAUSE YOU'VE SPENT SO MANY YEARS STUDYING ON YOUR OWN.\nTHERE WAS NO ONE TO CHALLENGE YOUR OPINIONS,\nNOR ANYONE TO TEACH YOU HOW MUCH WEIGHT YOUR WORDS COULD CARRY.\n\nYOU EVEN LOOKED DOWN ON THE MAGISTRATES WHO MAY ONE DAY QUESTION YOU,\nIT'S SIMPLY LAUGHABLE.\nTHE SHALLOW BELIEF THAT A PERSON'S PIETY CAN BE MEASURED BY THEIR KNOWLEDGE ALONE.\nAND MADE REMARKS THAT CAST DOUBT ON THE VERY PURPOSE BEHIND THE SCHOLARSHIP YOU ESTABLISHED.\nPERHAPS IT'S AN OBSESSION BORN OUT OF DOUBT.\nA DESPERATE DESIRE TO DISCOVER WHAT IT IS THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEWITCHED PEOPLE.\n\nCLINGING TO IT SO OBSESSIVELY THAT I MIGHT ONE DAY BE ABLE TO REJECT IT COMPLETELY.\nEVEN IF YOUR VIEWS STEM FROM EXCEPTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND PROFOUND INSIGHT,\nIF YOU FAIL TO CHOOSE YOUR WORDS CAREFULLY AS A PRINCESS OF A HOLY DYNASTY ENTRUSTED WITH SERVING THE DIVINE WILL,\n\nYOU WILL INEVITABLY BRING RUIN UPON YOURSELF AT THE HOLY TRIAL.\n\n...PRINCESS.\n\nYES...?\nWHAT KIND OF TEA DO THE PEOPLE OF ROCHENOIRE...\n\n...IT'S NOTHING.\n\nALL RIGHT...\nWHAT WAS THAT ABOUT...?\nMY MIND IS ALREADY TROUBLED ENOUGH...\nYour Grace!\n\ndid you enjoy your tea?\n...HOW CAN HE SMILE SO CASUALLY AFTER ALL THAT?\nHIS VOICE IS SO LOUD, TOO...\n\nI'D FEEL AWKWARD AND UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND ANYONE I'D HAD EVEN THE SLIGHTEST DISAGREEMENT WITH...\nBUT SEEING HIM ACT THIS WAY SOMEHOW PUTS MY MIND AT EASE...\n...IS THAT HIS GRACE?\nISN'T THAT THE ROCHE BEAR HEAD FROM THE FESTIVAL...?\nTEA TIME WITH THE ROCHE BEAR? I'M SO JEALOUS~\n\nHE EVEN WENT SO FAR AS TO DRESS UP LIKE THAT FOR MY SAKE.\nI SHOULDN'T KEEP LOOKING SO GLOOMY...\nNOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, I DID TELL SIR THEORIX I WAS TIRED...\n...THEN...\n\nYES, IT WAS SO WONDERFUL THAT I FORGOT ALL ABOUT MY EXHAUSTION...\nSHOULD I SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT...?\nPRINCESS.\nDO YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF TEA THE KNIGHTS OF ROCHENOIRE DRINK EVERY MORNING?\nPARDON...?\n\n...I WOULDN'T KNOW. WHAT KIND OF TEA DO THEY DRINK...?\nWARM! UP! TEA!\n\nOH NO...\nEARLIER, HIS GRACE...\nWAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO TELL THAT PUN.\nIT DOESN'T SUIT HIM AT ALL...\n\nI CAN FEEL SOMEONE'S GAZE ON ME...\n\nWH-WHAT...?\nWHY IS HE STARING AT ME?\n\nDON'T TELL ME HE REALIZED I'M LAUGHING AT HIM?!\nTH-THAT WAS REALLY FUNNY, SIR THEORIX...!\n...PLEASE DON'T DO THAT...\n\n...HER SMILE IS LOVELY.\n\nTRULY LOVELY.\nI WONDER IF THE DAY WILL EVER COME WHEN SHE SMILES BECAUSE OF ME.","bubble_count":108,"pages_count":34,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Chapter 15 of Clockwork Lovers depicts the Princess confronting His Excellency about the misunderstanding after she walked away toward the pavilion.","spoiler_summary":"Chapter 15 of Clockwork Lovers depicts the Princess confronting His Excellency about the misunderstanding after she walked away toward the pavilion. As the Princess admits that she tenses up in strained atmospheres and is tired, His Excellency apologizes for failing to make her feel at ease. After questioning the Princess about why she quoted the forbidden text to Sir Theorix, she promises to watch her words, and the chapter closes with a gentle smile over a tea-time joke."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/taeyeom-wireul-geonneun-yeonin-lhdsamfe/chapter-15-p55iyt","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Clockwork Lovers #15","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-09T16:19:44.156Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/taeyeom-wireul-geonneun-yeonin-lhdsamfe"}}