# WebtoonLib — The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway #1: Chapter 0

## Series
- title: The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway
- slug: the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc

## Chapter
- number: 1
- chapter_key: 1-pd3cjg
- title: Chapter 0
- release_date: 2026-11-10

### Summary
The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Draft Chapter 1 opens with six-year-old Inés Valeztena de Perez choosing Cárcel, the most handsome man in her eyes, as her fiancé, and tells of the shadow this decision casts, turning Cárcel's life upside down. Believing all noble families are the same, Inés, despite being the only daughter of Duke Valeztena and having rejected the Imperial Prince, chooses the heir of Duke Escalante solely for his looks. The chapter closes with an emotional confession of Cárcel's love for her, the pain of parting, and his promise to wait for her forever.
- summary_language: en
- summary_source: chapter_translation
- summary_verification: verified

### Key events
- Narrator recalls being told never forget I like you, but now feels abandoned and vows to wait forever
- Ines Valeztena de Perez, only daughter of Duke Valeztena, rejects the Imperial Prince and role of Imperial Princess
- Ines chooses Carcel, heir of Duke Escalante, as fiance solely because he is the most handsome among suitors
- Narrator calls Ines his sun and wishes to be loved in return this time
- 17 years ago, a six-year-old girl points at a boy and declares she will marry the most handsome man in the world

## Spoiler
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### Safe teaser
The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Draft Chapter 1 opens with six-year-old Inés Valeztena de Perez choosing Cárcel, the most handsome man in her eyes, as her fiancé, and tells of the shadow this decision casts, turning Cárcel's life upside down.

### Spoiler summary
The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Draft Chapter 1 opens with six-year-old Inés Valeztena de Perez choosing Cárcel, the most handsome man in her eyes, as her fiancé, and tells of the shadow this decision casts, turning Cárcel's life upside down. Believing all noble families are the same, Inés, despite being the only daughter of Duke Valeztena and having rejected the Imperial Prince, chooses the heir of Duke Escalante solely for his looks. The chapter closes with an emotional confession of Cárcel's love for her, the pain of parting, and his promise to wait for her forever.

## Status
- data_status: complete
- summary_status: editorial

## Transcript
- transcript_source: community
- transcript_language: en
- transcript_bubbles: 29

### Content
IT WAS ON THAT DAY 17 YEARS AGO...
I WILL MARRY THE MOST HANDSOME MAN IN THE WORLD.
...WHEN THAT SIX-YEAR-OLD GIRL POINTED HER FINGER AT ME...

...THAT MY WHOLE LIFE BEGAN TO FALL APART.

NOBLE FAMILIES ARE ALL THE SAME.

THE ONLY THING THAT STANDS OUT TO ME IS HIS FACE.

INÉS VALEZTENA DE PEREZ
SHE BELONGED TO ONE OF THE HIGHEST-RANKING FAMILIES IN THE "GRANDES DE ORTEGA,"
A LABEL THAT REFERRED TO THE 17 NOBLE FAMILIES THAT HAD BEEN BESTOWED WITH TITLES OF PEERAGE BY THE ORTEGA IMPERIAL FAMILY.

SHE WAS THE ONE AND ONLY DAUGHTER OF DUKE VALEZTENA...
...WHO HAD REJECTED BOTH THE IMPERIAL PRINCE AND THE ROLE OF IMPERIAL PRINCESS.

AND OF THE MANY SUITORS FROM WHOM SUCH AN ESTEEMED AND CLEVER GIRL COULD HAVE CHOSEN,
SHE SETTLED ON THE HEIR TO DUKE ESCALANTE, WHO STOOD OUT EVEN AMONG OTHER NOBLES,

FOR THE SOLE REASON THAT HE WAS THE MOST HANDSOME.
SHE WAS NONE OTHER THAN YOU.

DON'T EVER FORGET THAT I LIKE YOU, CÁRCEL.
THAT WAS WHAT YOU SAID.

AND YET, YOU'RE LEAVING ME NOW.

HOW COULD I HAVE KNOWN...

...WHAT YOUR REASONS WERE?
BUT, INÉS,
YOU'RE MY SUN.

NO MATTER WHAT SADNESS...
...MAY LIE IN YOUR PAST OR OUR FUTURE,
I WILL FOREVER BE STANDING HERE...
...WAITING FOR YOU.

I HOPE THAT THIS TIME...

...YOU WILL LOVE ME TOO,
JUST AS I'VE ALWAYS LOVED YOU...

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway #1: Chapter 0](/series/the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc/chapter-1-pd3cjg)
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