# WebtoonLib — Clockwork Lovers #15 ## Series - title: Clockwork Lovers - slug: taeyeom-wireul-geonneun-yeonin-lhdsamfe ## Chapter - number: 15 - chapter_key: 15-p55iyt - release_date: 2026-11-08 ### 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. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### 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 ## 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. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 108 ### Content WHAT? WHAT ON EARTH IS HE TALKING ABOUT? IS IT BECAUSE I WALKED AWAY TOWARD THE PAVILION? NO, THAT'S NOT IT! I-I DIDN'T WALK AWAY BECAUSE I DISLIKE YOU, YOUR GRACE...! IT'S JUST... WHENEVER SOMEONE GETS REPRIMANDED OR THE ATMOSPHERE TURNS TENSE, I BECOME STRANGELY NERVOUS, ALMOST AS IF I WERE THE ONE BEING SCOLDED. PERHAPS BEING OUTSIDE AFTER SO LONG HAS MADE ME MORE SENSITIVE THAN I USED TO BE... THE PATH THROUGH THE CONIFER FOREST WAS BARELY MAINTAINED. IF YOU WENT SO FAR AS TO BUILD A ROAD FOR THE VILLAGE, SHOULDN'T YOU ALSO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTAINING IT? NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, HIS GRACE WAS SIMPLY POINTING OUT WHAT NEEDED TO BE SAID... IT'S EMBARRASSING THAT I COULDN'T EVEN HANDLE SUCH A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE ATMOSPHERE... I WAS JUST... I WAS SIMPLY TIRED... AND YET... THAT LADY HAD SUCH A LOVELY SMILE. WHEN YOU WERE WITH THAT CHILD, PRINCESS... COME TO THINK OF IT, REINEL DID SAY I LOOKED TROUBLED THAT DAY... SEEING HER RUN OFF LOOKING SO DISTRESSED BROKE MY HEART. I COULDN'T JUST STAND BY AND DO NOTHING. I WASN'T USED TO ANYONE PAYING ATTENTION TO MY EXPRESSIONS OR FEELINGS... SO I NEVER IMAGINED SOMEONE WOULD REACT THIS WAY... ...IT SEEMS I'VE MISUNDERSTOOD YOU RATHER FOOLISHLY. I'VE NEVER BEEN PARTICULARLY GOOD AT MAKING OTHERS FEEL COMFORTABLE, SO I HASTILY ASSUMED YOU FELT UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND ME AS WELL. PLEASE ACCEPT MY SINCEREST APOLOGIES. ...HE CERTAINLY WASN'T THE EASIEST PERSON TO BE AROUND. THERE'S NO NEED FOR YOUR GRACE TO APOLOGIZE... STILL... THAT DOESN'T MEAN I DISLIKED SPENDING TIME WITH HIM... MY CARELESS REACTION ENDED UP CREATING SUCH A MISUNDERSTANDING. I CAN'T EXPECT HIM TO UNDERSTAND HOW I TRULY FEEL WHEN I HAVEN'T SAID A WORD. IN THAT MOMENT, FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE, THE ONLY THING HE COULD JUDGE ME BY WAS MY ATTITUDE. THE REASON I QUOTED THAT FORBIDDEN TEXT TO SIR THEORIX WAS... SIMPLY BECAUSE MY PRIDE GOT THE BETTER OF ME WHEN HE TRIED TO TEST ME. ...BECAUSE I WAS THOROUGHLY FED UP WITH IT ALL. REGARDLESS OF HOW THAT TEST TURNED OUT, I WANTED HIM TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE WOULD NEVER TRULY KNOW WHO I AM. ESPECIALLY WHEN EVERYONE ONLY SEES WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE IN ME. NO ONE HAS EVER GIVEN ME A CHANCE. A CHANCE TO TAKE THINGS SLOWLY, GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER, AND SHOW THEM WHO 1 REALLY AM... AN ANSWER OBTAINED BY BACKING SOMEONE INTO A CORNER CAN HARDLY BE CONSIDERED GENUINE. NEITHER THEORIX NOR I MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO CONVEY, PRINCESS. HE HAS ALSO ADMITTED THAT HIS CONDUCT WAS BOTH COWARDLY AND INSOLENT. HOWEVER, JUST AS YOU SAID, PEOPLE OFTEN SEE ONLY WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE IN OTHERS, MISTAKING ONE ASPECT OF A PERSON FOR THEIR ENTIRE BEING. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE THOSE WHO FAIL TO UNDERSTAND YOUR TRUE INTENTIONS, AND CONDEMN YOU AS A HERETIC LED ASTRAY BY PROFANE WRITINGS. SO, WOULD YOU MAKE ME A PROMISE? TO PREVENT YOUR WORDS FROM BEING TWISTED AND TURNED AGAINST YOU LIKE ARROWS, PLEASE BE MORE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT YOU SAY. REFUSING TO GIVE AMMUNITION TO THOSE EAGER TO TEAR YOU DOWN IS ALSO A WAY OF PROTECTING YOURSELF. ...YES. ...YOU NEVER SEEM TO HESITATE WHEN EXPRESSING YOUR THOUGHTS, PRINCESS. PERHAPS IT'S BECAUSE YOU'VE SPENT SO MANY YEARS STUDYING ON YOUR OWN. THERE WAS NO ONE TO CHALLENGE YOUR OPINIONS, NOR ANYONE TO TEACH YOU HOW MUCH WEIGHT YOUR WORDS COULD CARRY. YOU EVEN LOOKED DOWN ON THE MAGISTRATES WHO MAY ONE DAY QUESTION YOU, IT'S SIMPLY LAUGHABLE. THE SHALLOW BELIEF THAT A PERSON'S PIETY CAN BE MEASURED BY THEIR KNOWLEDGE ALONE. AND MADE REMARKS THAT CAST DOUBT ON THE VERY PURPOSE BEHIND THE SCHOLARSHIP YOU ESTABLISHED. PERHAPS IT'S AN OBSESSION BORN OUT OF DOUBT. A DESPERATE DESIRE TO DISCOVER WHAT IT IS THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEWITCHED PEOPLE. CLINGING TO IT SO OBSESSIVELY THAT I MIGHT ONE DAY BE ABLE TO REJECT IT COMPLETELY. EVEN IF YOUR VIEWS STEM FROM EXCEPTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND PROFOUND INSIGHT, IF YOU FAIL TO CHOOSE YOUR WORDS CAREFULLY AS A PRINCESS OF A HOLY DYNASTY ENTRUSTED WITH SERVING THE DIVINE WILL, YOU WILL INEVITABLY BRING RUIN UPON YOURSELF AT THE HOLY TRIAL. ...PRINCESS. YES...? WHAT KIND OF TEA DO THE PEOPLE OF ROCHENOIRE... ...IT'S NOTHING. ALL RIGHT... WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT...? MY MIND IS ALREADY TROUBLED ENOUGH... Your Grace! did you enjoy your tea? ...HOW CAN HE SMILE SO CASUALLY AFTER ALL THAT? HIS VOICE IS SO LOUD, TOO... I'D FEEL AWKWARD AND UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND ANYONE I'D HAD EVEN THE SLIGHTEST DISAGREEMENT WITH... BUT SEEING HIM ACT THIS WAY SOMEHOW PUTS MY MIND AT EASE... ...IS THAT HIS GRACE? ISN'T THAT THE ROCHE BEAR HEAD FROM THE FESTIVAL...? TEA TIME WITH THE ROCHE BEAR? I'M SO JEALOUS~ HE EVEN WENT SO FAR AS TO DRESS UP LIKE THAT FOR MY SAKE. I SHOULDN'T KEEP LOOKING SO GLOOMY... NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, I DID TELL SIR THEORIX I WAS TIRED... ...THEN... YES, IT WAS SO WONDERFUL THAT I FORGOT ALL ABOUT MY EXHAUSTION... SHOULD I SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT...? PRINCESS. DO YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF TEA THE KNIGHTS OF ROCHENOIRE DRINK EVERY MORNING? PARDON...? ...I WOULDN'T KNOW. WHAT KIND OF TEA DO THEY DRINK...? WARM! UP! TEA! OH NO... EARLIER, HIS GRACE... WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO TELL THAT PUN. IT DOESN'T SUIT HIM AT ALL... I CAN FEEL SOMEONE'S GAZE ON ME... WH-WHAT...? WHY IS HE STARING AT ME? DON'T TELL ME HE REALIZED I'M LAUGHING AT HIM?! TH-THAT WAS REALLY FUNNY, SIR THEORIX...! ...PLEASE DON'T DO THAT... ...HER SMILE IS LOVELY. TRULY LOVELY. I WONDER IF THE DAY WILL EVER COME WHEN SHE SMILES BECAUSE OF ME. ## See also - [WebtoonLib — Clockwork Lovers #15](/series/taeyeom-wireul-geonneun-yeonin-lhdsamfe/chapter-15-p55iyt) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/taeyeom-wireul-geonneun-yeonin-lhdsamfe ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.