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After feeling regret and questioning herself, she accepts the duke's offer to tour the nearby area together and sets off on a trip toward Red Windmill Village.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Clockwork Lovers Chapter 8 marks a turning point that opens with Princess Rien's misunderstanding with the duke. Rien mistakes his compliments for the same kind of ordinary flattery constantly paid to her sister Iremia, even taking his remarks about the weather as mockery. After feeling regret and questioning herself, she accepts the duke's offer to tour the nearby area together and sets off on a trip toward Red Windmill Village.","key_events":["Pair travels by car to suburban village then by carriage to Red Windmill Village and discuss village maintenance.","A small child runs to greet Lord Regent and asks if he found a girlfriend.","Lord Regent says he is excluded from staff meetings by protocol and invites Princess to tour nearby area, which she accepts.","Princess misinterprets Lord Regent's compliments and weather talk with prejudice, then regrets her hasty judgment.","Princess notes irony of ugly gargoyle statue at village entrance meant to drive away evil spirits."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"IT WAS A COMPLIMENT MY SISTER IREMIA HEARD ALL THE TIME...\nIT SEEMS YOUR GRACE IS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THE PERSON YOUR STAFF KNOWS.\nCONSIDERING HOW WELL YOU SPEAK.\n\nBECAUSE I WAS TAUGHT TO ONLY SPEAK WHEN NECESSARY.\nTHAT WASN'T WHAT I MEANT...\nNOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, THIS MAN...\n\n\"AS A MAN, YOU ARE MORE MY TYPE, PRINCESS RIEN.\"\nEVEN WHEN WE HAD JUST MET, HE SAID SUCH CHEESY THINGS SO CASUALLY.\nTHE WOMEN AROUND YOUR GRACE MUST BE QUITE PLEASED.\nSINCE THEY WOULD ALWAYS RECEIVE SUCH EXCESSIVE PRAISE...\nIS THIS MAN ALSO THE TYPE TO JUST SHOWER WOMEN WITH COMPLIMENTS LIKE ANY ORDINARY MAN...?\n\nAS IF MY SISTER HAD CREATED ALL THE BEAUTY IN THE WORLD,\nYOU MUST BE BUSY, SO I SHOULDN'T TAKE UP YOUR TIME.\nYOU MUST BE BUSY, SO I SHOULDN'T TAKE UP YOUR TIME.\nIT SEEMS YOU ARE HAVING A LOT OF MEETINGS BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.\nI USED TO WONDER IF THEY WERE ALL JUST COPYING FROM THE SAME BOOK.\n\n...PRINCESS.\nDON'T YOU FEEL THAT THE WEATHER IS PARTICULARLY WARM AND THE WIND IS GENTLE TODAY?\n...THIS MAN ISN'T VERY CREATIVE EITHER.\n\n...AH...\nARE YOU GOING TO SAY THAT IS ALL THANKS TO ME NOW?\nI MEANT IT LITERALLY...\n\nTHE WEATHER IS WARM TODAY AND THE WIND IS BLOWING LESS.\nI BELIEVE YOU DON'T POSSESS THE TALENT TO CONTROL THE WEATHER...\n\nTH-THAT'S TRUE...\nWHY DID I JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS LIKE THAT?\nCOULDN'T I HAVE JUST STOPPED MY THOUGHTS BEFORE GETTING CARRIED AWAY?\nFOR PROCEDURAL REASONS, I AM NOT INCLUDED IN THE STAFF MEETINGS, SO PLEASE DO NOT WORRY.\nRATHER, IF YOU ARE OKAY WITH IT,\n\nWOULD YOU LIKE TO LOOK AROUND THE NEARBY DOMAIN TOGETHER?\n...ME,\nWITH YOUR GRACE?\n\n...YES.\nM-ME, WITH THIS MAN?\nH-HOW?\n...AH...\n\nWELL...\nIF YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE...\nI WOULD LOVE TO.\n\nI WAS ALSO... FEELING SUFFOCATED JUST STAYING IN MY ROOM...\n\nTHEN, WOULD YOU WAIT HERE?\nI WILL GO GET READY.\nYES...\n\nYOU AGREED NOT TO ACT LIKE THAT IN PLACES WHERE PEOPLE PASS BY.\n\nBUT THERE'S NO ONE HERE.\n...I AM A PERSON TOO.\n...ARE YOU NERVOUS ABOUT SOMETHING?\n\n...THE ARMOR STAND\nWAS JUST OUT OF LINE.\n\nFIRST, WE WILL TAKE A CAR TO A SUBURBAN VILLAGE,\nAND THEN TRANSFER TO A CARRIAGE.\n\nHave a safe trip, Your Grace!\nAN OUTING,\nA PICNIC,\n\nSIGHTSEEING...\nFOR A VERY LONG TIME,\nIT FEELS LIKE I'VE ONLY SEEN THESE WORDS IN BOOKS.\n\nWHAT A TRULY PRETTY VILLAGE.\n\nWE STARTED MAINTAINING THE OLD, SMALL VILLAGES IN THE SUBURBS LAST YEAR.\nWE IMPROVED THE AESTHETICS OF THE VILLAGES AND REPAIRED OUTDATED FACILITIES. ALL THE ROOFS WERE NEWLY REPLACED AS WELL.\nAH...\nNO WONDER IT LOOKS SO ORDERLY AND WELL-ORGANIZED... THE COLORS ARE UNIFIED TOO...\n\nEVEN IN SUCH A SMALL AND BEAUTIFUL VILLAGE,\nIT WAS BIZARRE THAT THEY PLACED A HIDEOUS GARGOYLE STATUE AT THE ENTRANCE.\n\"Driving away more wicked evil spirits with the face of a hideous monster.\"\n\nIT IS QUITE IRONIC THAT WHILE THEY PRAY EVERY SINGLE DAY SEEKING GOD'S PROTECTION,\nTHEY ERECT DEMONIC FIGURES WHERE THEY LIVE AND TRY TO RELY ON THEM.\nAH RIGHT, THE RESIDENTS OF THE DOMAIN DO NOT YET KNOW THE NEWS THAT I HAVE FORMALLY INHERITED THE DUKEDOM, SO...\nIt's the Lord Regent!\n\nLord Regent!\nA YOUNG CHILD...?\n\nTO THINK A CHILD WOULD RUN UP TO WELCOME HIM,\nDOES HE UNEXPECTEDLY HAVE A FRIENDLY IMAGE WITHIN THE DOMAIN...?\nHuh? Lord Regent! Did you get a girlfriend?\n\nHOW ILL- MANNERED.\nWHO TAUGHT YOU TO BE LIKE THAT?","bubble_count":76,"pages_count":26,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Clockwork Lovers Chapter 8 marks a turning point that opens with Princess Rien's misunderstanding with the duke.","spoiler_summary":"Clockwork Lovers Chapter 8 marks a turning point that opens with Princess Rien's misunderstanding with the duke. Rien mistakes his compliments for the same kind of ordinary flattery constantly paid to her sister Iremia, even taking his remarks about the weather as mockery. After feeling regret and questioning herself, she accepts the duke's offer to tour the nearby area together and sets off on a trip toward Red Windmill Village."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/taeyeom-wireul-geonneun-yeonin-lhdsamfe/chapter-8-rindbc","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Clockwork Lovers #8","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-20T00:18:31.524Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/taeyeom-wireul-geonneun-yeonin-lhdsamfe"}}