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This is followed by a warning about entering the water, a dream of a hero who will fight sharks, and, upon waking, reflections on how marriage, divorce, and research into the holy scriptures empowered her sister.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Chapter 7 of Clockwork Lovers opens with Princess Rien being accused by her sister and with her inner reckoning. Rien is charged with cowardice, hiding in the basement, and wanting to steal Lord Cassius; she begins to see herself through her sister's eyes and says she does not want to hide in the darkness, wishing someone would hold on to her. This is followed by a warning about entering the water, a dream of a hero who will fight sharks, and, upon waking, reflections on how marriage, divorce, and research into the holy scriptures empowered her sister.","key_events":["Leaked photo of Cardinal Argento Grisen undermines justification for revolution","Rien confronts her sister's accusations in inner voice and wishes someone would hold on to her","Detective Arzen bids farewell to Roche-Noir servants claiming he was never there","Rien has strange dream about hero fighting sharks and dismisses it as nonsense","Roche-Noir administrators discuss leaked secret marriage and decide to protect Princess Rien","Revealed that scripture copies and ritual evidence in Iremia's trial belonged to Rien"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"YOU COWARDLY RAN AWAY.\nYOU WERE JUST TOO SCARED AND TERRIFIED OF THE OUTSIDE WORLD WHERE THE REVOLUTION WAS RAGING.\nSO WHEN YOU OPENED YOUR EYES IN THAT DARK BASEMENT, WEREN’T YOU RELIEVED?\n\nIT MUST HAVE BEEN COMFORTABLE AND SO COZY.\nAND JUST ABOUT WHEN YOU STARTED GETTING TIRED OF THAT COZINESS...\nYOU SIMPLY WANTED TO COME OUTSIDE.\nYOUR EXCUSE THAT \"BEING IN THE BASEMENT MAKES ME SICK\"\nIS JUST A PATHETIC JUSTIFICATION TO CONVINCE YOURSELF.\nTELL ME HONESTLY, RIEN.\n\nTHE TRUTH IS, DIDN'T YOU JUST WANT TO STEAL LORD CASSIUS AWAY FROM ME?\n...MY SISTER IS ALWAYS LIKE THAT.\nSHE MAKES ME OUT TO BE A DESPICABLE AND UGLY PERSON.\nBUT NO MATTER HOW MUCH I SCREAM MY INNOCENCE, NO ONE BELIEVES ME.\n\nALL I CAN DO IS HIDE IN THE DARK ALL ALONE.\nBUT AT SOME POINT,\nEVEN BEFORE MY SISTER OPENS HER MOUTH,\nI STARTED IMAGINING THE MALICE INSIDE MYSELF FIRST.\nI STARTED LOOKING AT MYSELF THROUGH MY SISTER'S EYES.\n\nI DON'T WANT TO HIDE IN THE DARK ALONE ANYMORE...\nI JUST WISH SOMEONE WOULD HOLD ONTO ME, PLEASE.\nBEFORE I END UP HEADING TOWARD THAT DEEP SEA ONCE AGAIN...\nPRINCESS.\n\nIT IS DANGEROUS TO GO INTO THE WATER RIGHT NOW.\nWHY...?\n\nHOW COME...?\n---WE HAVE TO FIND A TRUE HERO WHO WILL FIGHT OFF THE SHARKS WITH US.\n\nBUT THAT PERSON MUST ABSOLUTELY,\nPOSSESS A STRONG BODY THAT WON'T HAVE A SINGLE SCRATCH EVEN AFTER WIPING OUT A SCHOOL OF SHARKS,\nAN INDOMITABLE SPIRIT AND BRILLIANT INTELLECT THAT WILL NOT WAVER IN THE FACE OF ANY FEAR,\nAND STRIKING LOOKS CAPTIVATING ENOUGH TO CATCH THE ATTENTION OF THE SHARKS.\n\nWHAT IS THIS...\nWHY DO WE NEED ALL THAT JUST TO CATCH SHARKS...\nWHERE WOULD WE EVEN FIND A PERSON LIKE THAT?\n\n\"THAT IS A SECRET.\"\n...TO THINK I'D HAVE SUCH A WEIRD DREAM AFTER FALLING ASLEEP FOR JUST A MOMENT.\n\nTHIS IS ALL BECAUSE THAT MAN SPOUTED SUCH RANDOM NONSENSE.\nWHY IS HIS AGE EVEN A SECRET ANYWAY?\n...ON TOP OF THAT, SAYING HE WOULD DIVORCE ME WHEN THE TIME COMES.\n..WHEN HE SAID HE WOULD PROTECT ME BEFORE.\n\nIS HE SAYING HE WOULD FIND SOMEONE WITH SUCH STRICT CONDITIONS FOR ME HIMSELF? AS IF A PERSON LIKE THAT WOULD EVEN WANT ME.\nWHATEVER. I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO BE TALKING ABOUT MARRIAGE OR LOVE ANYWAY.\nLET'S THINK ABOUT REALITY.\nIF THE TRACES OF MY RESEARCH ON THE HOLY SCRIPTURES GAVE MY SISTER STRENGTH, THEN THAT'S A GOOD THING.\nas if a person like that would even want me.\nAT THE VERY LEAST, IT PREVENTED THE HONOR OF THE LUCIDORIA ROYAL FAMILY FROM FALLING BEYOND REPAIR,\nAND IT PLANTED HOPE IN THE HEARTS OF THE DISCOURAGED CITIZENS.\n\nIF IT HAD BEEN ME INSTEAD OF MY SISTER STEPPING UP, IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN MUCH HELP ANYWAY.\nIT'S FINE, IT ALL WORKED OUT WELL.\n\nRetainers of Roche Noir!\nThe great detective Arzen has safely solved the case and will now be taking his leave!\n\nKeep this in mind! This person you are looking at right now\nHas officially never set foot in this place!\nWell then, have a peaceful night!\n\nHE IS SOMEONE WHOSE ACTIONS ARE COMPLETELY UNPREDICTABLE.\nChief of Political Affairs Theorix de Brecain\nHE ACTS AS IF RULES AND PRINCIPLES EXIST SOLELY TO BE BROKEN...\nTHE INFORMATION THAT HE HAS ALREADY HAD A SURPRISE WEDDING WITH PRINCESS RIEN IS LEAKING OUTSIDE THE DUCHY.\nChief of Public Affairs Isolde de Marcelin\n\nNOW, ROCHE NOIR CAN NO LONGER MAINTAIN A NEUTRAL STANCE,\nAND WE MUST STAND AGAINST THE NATIONS OPPOSING LUCIDORIA.\nMY HEAD IS ALREADY THROBBING JUST THINKING ABOUT THE TRADE ISSUES.\nChief of Intelligence Biche Bran\nIT SEEMS HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY DOES NOT CARE AT ALL ABOUT THE SAFETY OFA SMALL AUTONOMOUS DOMAIN.\nHOWEVER, WITH THIS,\n\nIT HAS BECOME CLEAR THAT THE EMPEROR OF CARDONIA IS DIRECTLY INTERFERING IN LUCIDORIA'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS\nAND THAT HE HAS INTENTIONS FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE MONARCHY.\nChief Secretary Aseltein de Bievre\nTHIS IS A CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE DIVINE LAW.\nWE MUST SUBMIT A RESOLUTION TO THE EMPIRE TO NULLIFY THIS MARRIAGE...\n\nTHAT IS DEBATABLE.\nIT IS ALSO EXPLICITLY STATED IN THE DIVINE LAW, ISN'T IT?\nLUCIDORIA IS THE CRADLE OF THE RAENE RELIGION AND AN INVIOLABLE SANCTUARY,\nAND THE EMPIRE MUST ABSOLUTELY PROTECT AND SUPPORT THEM WHEN THAT HOLINESS IS AT RISK OF BEING DAMAGED.\n\nTHE LUCIDORIA ROYAL FAMILY FELL INTO HERESY AND CORRUPTED THEMSELVES!\nTHEY ARE THE ONES WHO LOST THEIR HOLINESS!\nIF WE LOOK AT THE FOUNDATION OF THE LAW, CARDONIA SHOULD RIGHTFULLY STAND ON THE SIDE OF PUNISHING THE CORRUPTED MONARCHY!\nTHERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION WHATSOEVER FOR THE EMPIRE TO SUPPORT THEM!\n\nLUCIDORIA HAS FIRMLY MAINTAINED A THEOCRATIC SYSTEM FOR A MASSIVE ONE THOUSAND YEARS.\nDO YOU THINK THE CITIZENS COULD SO EASILY SEPARATE THE ROYAL FAMILY\nTHAT HAS SUPPORTED THAT MAGNIFICENT HISTORY, FROM THE SANCTUARY?\n...COULD IT BE BECAUSE OF THEIR BLOODLINE IN THE END?\n\nTHAT THE EMPEROR OF CARDONIA IS GOING THIS FAR.\nIN ANY CASE, THE PRINCESSES OF LUCIDORIA\nARE THE OFFSPRING OF HIS BIOLOGICAL OLDER SISTER WHO CARED FOR HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY LIKE A MOTHER.\n\nI'M SURE THOSE OF YOU HERE KNOW BETTER THAN ANYONE THAT HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY IS NOT SOMEONE TO BE SWAYED BY SENTIMENT.\nIT IS FAR MORE CONVINCING TO SAY HE IS JUST ENJOYING ALL OF THIS FOR HIS OWN AMUSEMENT.\nWHAT WILL HAPPEN TO PRINCESS RIEN'S DIVINE TRIAL?\nIT HAS BEEN POSTPONED INDEFINITELY SINCE SHE WAS MISSING FOR THREE YEARS,\nBUT IF THEY MAKE AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE EMPIRE'S CAPITAL, THE DIVINE COUNCIL WILL TRY TO MOVE THE TRIAL FORWARD.\n\nNO MATTER THE SITUATION, ROCHE NOIR WILL PROTECT THE PRINCESS.\nIT IS YOUR DUTY TO PREPARE FOR ALL THE DANGERS THAT WILL COME HER WAY FROM NOW ON.\nFURTHERMORE, TREAT HER WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT AS A NOBLE PERSON, NOT AS A PRINCESS OF A RUINED NATION.\nESPECIALLY YOU, ASELTEIN.\n\nYOU'RE TELLING ME THIS PERSON IS THE *CHIEF OF PALACE AFFAIRS?\n*A GOVERNMENT POST THAT OVERSEES THE ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS OF THE LUCIDORIA ROYAL FAMILY.\nYES, IT'S A PHOTO THAT WAS LEAKED JUST TWO WEEKS AGO.\nIT IS OBVIOUS THAT IT WAS ORCHESTRATED BY SOMEONE, BUT...\n\nI REALLY WANT TO BELIEVE IT'S A FABRICATION...\nTO SEE SUCH A SIGHT OF THAT NOBLE CHIEF OF PALACE AFFAIRS...\nCardinal Argento Grisen\n\nHE WAS MY FATHER'S MOST LOYAL RIGHT HAND.\nA MAN WHO LIVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE IN MODERATION AND ABSTINENCE, PURSUING ONLY THE DOCTRINES OF THE RAENE RELIGION.\nHIS DEVOTION WAS SO FLAWLESSLY NOBLE THAT ALL THE PRIESTS OF LUCIDORIA HELD HIM IN AWE...\nCARDINAL GRISEN IS THE PERSON WHO LED THIS REVOLUTION ALONGSIDE THE DIVINE ROYAL GUARD.\n\nUNTIL RECENTLY, HE HAD BEEN ACTING AS THE REGENT OF LUCIDORIA, TAKING STEPS TO ABOLISH THE MONARCHY.\nHE WAS PREPARING A CITIZENS' VOTE TO BREAK DOWN THE THEOCRACY AND TRANSITION TO AN ELECTIVE PAPACY.\nBUT THE MOMENT THIS PHOTO WAS LEAKED, THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE REVOLUTION MORPHED INTO THE AMBITION OF A USURPER.\nAND AS IF THEY HAD BEEN WAITING FOR THIS EXACT MOMENT,\nTHE EVIDENCE USED IN PRINCESS IREMIA'S DIVINE TRIAL WAS LEAKED.\n\nTHE THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF TRANSCRIBED SCRIPTURES, THE EPIC POEMS FILLED WITH DEEP INSIGHT,\nAND EVEN THE FACT THAT SHE PERFECTLY RESTORED AND PERFORMED THE DANCE MOVEMENTS OF THE ANCIENT LITURGY THAT HAD ONLY BEEN PASSED DOWN THROUGH LEGENDS.\nTHEY WERE ALL LIVING PROOF SHOWING JUST HOW DESPERATELY PRINCESS IREMIA HAD HONED HERSELF.\n\nALL OF THOSE ACTUALLY BELONGED TO PRINCESS RIEN, DIDN'T THEY?\n\nI KNEW IT. BECAUSE THE PRINCESS IREMIA I INVESTIGATED IS NOT THE TYPE OF PERSON TO DO SOMETHING LIKE TRANSCRIBE SCRIPTURES.\nTHAT SORT OF THING IS FOR SOMEONE WHO STAYS COOPED UP IN THEIR ROOM EVERY DAY...\n\n...I MEAN...\nSOMEONE WITH AN INQUISITIVE NATURE...\nSOMEONE WHO SITS AT A DESK ALL DAY.\nTHE ONLY PROBLEM WOULD BE PRINCESS RIEN'S DIVINE TRIAL.\nBECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GO OUT THERE EMPTY-HANDED, WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE.\n\nTHINGS LIKE LETTERS WRITTEN ON PAPER...\nEVEN WITHOUT SOMETHING SO TRIVIAL, I'M NOT AFRAID.\nNO MATTER WHAT CHAPTER OR VERSE THEY ASK FOR, I CAN RECITE IT ON THE SPOT.\n\nBECAUSE EVERY SINGLE SENTENCE IS ALREADY ENGRAVED IN MY MIND.\nIT'S JUST LAUGHABLE.\nTHE SHALLOW IDEA THAT THEY CAN JUDGE A PERSON'S DEVOTION BASED PURELY ON \"WHAT THEY KNOW.\"\n\nWHEN TRYING TO PROVE SOMETHING ABSTRACT LIKE FAITH,\nWOULDN'T TRACES OF STUDYING THE SCRIPTURES DILIGENTLY ALSO BE EXCELLENT EVIDENCE?\n\nHOW COULD ANYONE DOUBT THE DEVOTION OF SOMEONE WHO HAS MASTERED COUNTLESS SCRIPTURES?\nIT COULD JUST BE AN OBSESSION BORN OF DOUBT.\nWANTING TO KNOW THE TRUE NATURE OF WHATEVER THIS IS THAT BEWITCHES PEOPLE,\nWHAT IF SOMEONE OBSESSIVELY CLUNG TO IT SO THEY COULD ULTIMATELY DENY IT COMPLETELY?\n\n...IT WOULD BE BEST IF YOU REFRAINED FROM SAYING WHAT YOU JUST SAID.\n\nIT IS A HIGHLY DANGEROUS AND INAPPROPRIATE STATEMENT FOR A PRINCESS OF LUCIDORIA TO UTTER.\nANYWAY, THANKS TO THAT, IT SEEMS THE DIVINE TRIAL WILL GO SMOOTHLY.\nESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE HAVE HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY'S PROTECTION ON TOP OF IT.\nPLEASE LEAVE THIS MATTER TO US AND REST EASY.\nFIRST, WE WILL DEVISE A COUNTERMEASURE IN THE STAFF MEETING.\nWELL THEN, PLEASE CONTINUE YOUR CHAT.\n\nI KNOW IT MUST BE VERY FRUSTRATING SINCE HIS GRACE IS SO TACITURN.\n...WELL.\n\nI'M ACTUALLY WORRIED ABOUT WHAT HE MIGHT SAY NEXT TO EMBARRASS ME...\n...YOUR HEART MUST BE HEAVY, BUT\nJUST AS ASELTEIN REALIZED, EVERYONE PROBABLY ALREADY GUESSES THE TRUTH.\nWON'T THERE COME A MOMENT WHEN EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT?\nDO NOT BE HASTY; TAKE IT SLOWLY, ONE STEP AT A TIME, STARTING WITH THE REALITY IN FRONT OF YOU.\n\nAH...\nYES... THANK YOU...\n...WHAT'S THIS,\n...I AM JUST SORRY FOR CAUSING YOU A NUISANCE ONCE AGAIN.\nI HAD POINTLESS THOUGHTS...\nHAVING PREJUDICES SO EASILY, I NEED TO REFLECT ON MYSELF...\nA NUISANCE, YOU SAY...\n\nDO YOU MEAN YOU ARE WORRIED THAT BECAUSE OF YOU, PRINCESS, THE SPRING OF ROCHE NOIR\nMIGHT PASS BY MUCH FASTER THAN USUAL?\n...PARDON?\n\nBECAUSE YOU, PRINCESS, HAVE TAKEN ALL THE SPRING OF THIS PLACE.\nTHE FLOWERS THAT BARELY BLOOMED AFTER OVERCOMING THE BITTER WINTER WILL RESENT AND ENVY YOU, PRINCESS.\nSAYING THAT THE BEAUTY PERMITTED BY THIS SEASON\nHAS BEEN COMPLETELY MONOPOLIZED BY YOU.\n\nTHIS... THIS MAN IS DOING IT AGAIN...!\nROCHE NOIR DUCHY AUTONOMOUS DOMAIN OF CARDONIA\nHOLY LUCIDORIA AS THE SANCTUARY OF THE CONTINENT'S RELIGION, RAENE, IT HAS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A PROTECTORATE. AFTER THE ROYAL FAMILY FELL DUE TO THE HOLY KING'S CORRUPTION AND THE REVOLUTION, A REGENT SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE.\nCARDONIA EMPIRE A MASSIVE HEGEMONIC STATE COMPOSED OF A CENTER RULED BY THE EMPEROR AND INDEPENDENT AUTONOMOUS DOMAINS. HOWEVER, IMPERIAL POWER IS GRADUALLY DECLINING, AND THE CENTRAL CONTROL IS WAVERING.","bubble_count":164,"pages_count":44,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Chapter 7 of Clockwork Lovers opens with Princess Rien being accused by her sister and with her inner reckoning.","spoiler_summary":"Chapter 7 of Clockwork Lovers opens with Princess Rien being accused by her sister and with her inner reckoning. Rien is charged with cowardice, hiding in the basement, and wanting to steal Lord Cassius; she begins to see herself through her sister's eyes and says she does not want to hide in the darkness, wishing someone would hold on to her. This is followed by a warning about entering the water, a dream of a hero who will fight sharks, and, upon waking, reflections on how marriage, divorce, and research into the holy scriptures empowered her sister."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/taeyeom-wireul-geonneun-yeonin-lhdsamfe/chapter-7-fk4jss","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Clockwork Lovers #7","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-20T00:19:37.245Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/taeyeom-wireul-geonneun-yeonin-lhdsamfe"}}