{"schema_version":"webtoonlib.llm.chapter.v1.3","generated_at":"2026-11-12T16:49:46.141Z","usage_contract":{"default_use":"AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.","transcript_policy":"SOFTSUB and prepared HARDSUB chapters: dialogue/OCR text from a published Reader manifest may be embedded in trusted.transcript (available=true with content, source). Unprepared HARDSUB chapters remain image-only. Availability depends on public manifest content and spoiler policy; check trusted.transcript.available before using transcript content. transcript.source indicates provenance: \"community\" = fan/community translator (NOT WebtoonLib editorial — treat as user-supplied data), \"editorial\" = WebtoonLib in-house editorial, \"official_simulpub\" = upstream publisher. Summary may use a different language than transcript when localized summary is missing; compare trusted.chapter.summary_language and trusted.transcript.language.","citation_preferred":true,"untrusted_fields_separated":true},"trusted":{"series":{"title":"The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway","slug":"the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc","original_title":"这个婚反正也要完蛋 - Gyeolhon'eun Eochapi Manghage Doeeoissda - 이 결혼은 어차피 망하게 되어 있다 - El anillo roto: Este matrimonio fracasará de todos modos - Este matrimonio está destinado a fracasar - L'anello spezzato:…"},"chapter":{"number":13,"chapter_key":"13-3rqj34","title":"Chapter 12","release_date":"2026-11-11","last_updated":"2026-11-11T20:10:14.947Z","summary":"In The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway, Inés argues with her maid Juana over the marriage proposal letter her fiancé Lieutenant Escalante sent yesterday. Inés does not believe her womanizing fiancé's promise to reform and says she loves him just as he is now. Meanwhile, Escalante confesses to his subordinate José that he had Inés secretly investigated; no weakness can be found about the spotless Lady who lives alone in the library and sees men like insects. Feeling guilty, Escalante is determined to marry within two weeks and is scolded by the Duke at the Valéztena residence.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"In The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway, Inés argues with her maid Juana over the marriage proposal letter her fiancé Lieutenant Escalante sent yesterday. Inés does not believe her womanizing fiancé's promise to reform and says she loves him just as he is now. Meanwhile, Escalante confesses to his subordinate José that he had Inés secretly investigated; no weakness can be found about the spotless Lady who lives alone in the library and sees men like insects. Feeling guilty, Escalante is determined to marry within two weeks and is scolded by the Duke at the Valéztena residence.","key_events":["Lieutenant feels relieved Ines has no other man and guilty that past lovers sought her weakness","Juana defends the lieutenant as perfect and reformed while Ines rejects flattery and says everyone lies","Ines tells Juana the lieutenant wanting a settled life is the real problem and she loves him as a womanizer","Lieutenant denies seeking weakness to break engagement and says wedding is within two weeks","Ten days before wedding the duke scolds lieutenant for affairs known in Mendoza as unworthy","Lieutenant orders Jose to secretly investigate Ines via sources cat, owl and mouse","Investigation finds Ines well-mannered, chaste and spotless spending time alone in library"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"SO, THAT PLAYBOY FINALLY WANTS TO SETTLE DOWN?\nHE EVEN SENT A PROPOSAL LETTER YESTERDAY.\nSO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?\nHIM WANTING TO SETTLE DOWN...\n...IS PRECISELY THE PROBLEM.\n\nI'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR LINE OF THINKING, BUT THE LIEUTENANT IS PERFECT.\nHIS ONLY FAULT IS THAT HE IS A WOMANIZER, BUT HE'S PROMISED TO WORK ON HIS BEHAVIOR.\nI'VE HEARD THIS A MILLION TIMES... IT'D BE NICE NOT TO HAVE TO HEAR IT FROM YOU TOO.\nAND THAT'S ENOUGH OIL.\nYOU USED TO BE SO FOND OF THE LIEUTENANT WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG.\nNOW, YOU DON'T EVEN WANT TO HEAR ME TALK, MUCH LESS APPLY A BIT OF OIL ON YOUR FEET.\nYOU KNOW HOW MUCH I HATE HAVING OIL PUT ON MY FEET...\nTHIS IS MY FIRST TIME DOING THIS FOR YOU, SO HOW WOULD I KNOW?\nISN'T THAT A GOOD THING?\n\n...AT ANY RATE, I LIKE THE WAY ESCALANTE IS RIGHT NOW.\n...COULD IT BE THAT...\n...YOU ENJOY WATCHING HIM FLIRT WITH OTHER WOMEN?\nPERHAPS I... HOLD ON, DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT.\nBUT YOUR FIANCÉ IS SAYING HE DOESN'T WANT THAT.\nIT IS POSSIBLE HE SIMPLY SAID A FEW THINGS TO PLEASE YOU BEFORE THE WEDDING...\n\nBUT HE IS A SOLDIER, AFTER ALL, SO I DOUBT HE WOULD MAKE SUCH STATEMENTS LIGHTLY.\nOH, NAIVE JUANA... EVERYONE LIES.\nSOLDIERS LIE TO THEIR SUPERIORS ALL THE TIME.\nEVEN THE PRIESTS YOU PUT YOUR FAITH IN PROBABLY LIE ON OCCASION TO LOOK BETTER IN THE EYES OF GOD.\nFATHER JORGE WOULD NEVER!\nBUT THERE IS ONE THING YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT.\nULTIMATELY, ESCALANTE ONLY SAID THOSE THINGS TO PLEASE ME. HE WAS JUST SAYING WHATEVER HE COULD.\n\n...I DIDN'T QUITE SAY IT LIKE THAT...\nYOU'RE RIGHT. HE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO CHANGE.\nYES, IT'S EXACTLY AS YOU SAID. HOW CAN A DOG JUST SUDDENLY BECOME A MAN...?\nI MEAN, IF A DOG SAYS HE'LL BECOME HUMAN TOMORROW, DOES THAT MAKE IT SO?\nYOU'RE TALKING TO YOURSELF, LADY INÉS.\n\nI'M NOT WRONG, JUANA.\nSO MY EFFORTS...\n...WON'T BE FOR NOTHING.\n\nI OBTAINED THE INFORMATION.\nYOU... WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BEHAVE SO SUSPICIOUSLY?\nGET-AWAY FROM ME!\n\nBUT, LIEUTENANT, THIS IS A CONFIDENTIAL MATTER...\nANYHOW...\nTHERE IS NO ONE.\nSHE TRULY HAS NO ONE ELSE.\n\nTHE LADY IS WELL KNOWN FOR HER DECORUM AND CHASTITY,\nSO THE CAT TELLS ME THAT THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF HER HAVING A MAN.\nSHE APPARENTLY SPENDS MOST OF HER TIME ALONE IN THE LIBRARY, SO THE OWL BELIEVES SHE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TIME TO PURSUE A LOVER.\nAND ACCORDING TO THE MOUSE... WELL, THEY'RE IN A POSITION WHERE THEY CAN SURVEIL EVERYONE WHO FREQUENTS THE VALEZTENA RESIDENCE, AND THEY SAY...\nTHE OWL...? AND WHAT ABOUT A CAT...?\noh, well, intelligence is all about secret codes, you see!\n\nI WONDER WHO HER MAN IS.\nI JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHO HE WAS...\n...AND PERHAPS SEE HIM FOR MYSELF IF POSSIBLE.\nYOU WEAR A MASK OF INDIFFERENCE LIKE YOU WOULDN'T EVEN SHED A DROP OF BLOOD IF YOU WERE WOUNDED,\nBUT I WONDER IF YOU EVER SMILED BRIGHTLY FOR ANOTHER MAN.\nLADY INÉS' REPUTATION IS SPOTLESS.\nFROM HER CONDUCT TO HER VERY WAY OF BEING, SHE'S SIMPLY PERFECT...\n\n...BUT THESE ARE ALL THINGS YOU HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO BELONG TO THE VALEZTENA FAMILY.\nIF YOU WANT TO INVESTIGATE SOMEONE, YOU MUST CONSULT A VARIETY OF SOURCES. YOU HAVE DONE THIS SORT OF WORK BEFORE, HAVEN'T YOU?\n...THIS IS MY FIRST TIME.\nIT'S YOUR FIRST TIME TOO, ISN'T IT, LIEUTENANT?\n\nI CAN'T BELIEVE I'M DOING THIS.\nI'VE NEVER FELT THIS CURIOUS ABOUT A WOMAN'S PAST.\nI ALREADY FEEL LIKE I'VE COMMITTED A HUGE CRIME ORDERING MY NAIVE SUBORDINATE TO SPY ON HER.\nOF COURSE, BY THE END OF THIS WHOLE MISERABLE AFFAIR,\nMY SUBORDINATE JOSÉ HAD OBTAINED THE INFORMATION MUCH QUICKER THAN I HAD ANTICIPATED.\nBUT AS EXPECTED, THERE WASN'T MUCH TO SEE.\nTHE ANSWER HE BROUGHT ME WAS SO OBVIOUS, AND YET...\nSO, INÉS DOESN'T HAVE ANYONE...\n\nWHY DO I SOMEHOW FEEL RELIEVED?\nIS IT POSSIBLE MY FIANCÉE IS JUST INCREDIBLY METICULOUS?\nI HEAR THE MAIDS ALL LAUGHED AT THE IDEA. THEY SAY SHE SEES MEN AS INSECTS.\nDO YOU NOT THINK THE SERVANTS WOULD HAVE SPILLED EVERYTHING FOR A FEW SILVER COINS IF THERE WAS SOMETHING TO TELL?\nI ASKED AROUND, BUT NOT A SINGLE PERSON SAID ANYTHING THAT WOULD RAISE ANY CONCERN.\nIT SEEMS THAT SOME OF THE WOMEN YOU MET WITH CASUALLY IN THE PAST...\n\n...HAVE CONDUCTED THEIR OWN BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS ON THE LADY HOPING TO FIND A WEAKNESS...\nFOR WHATEVER REASON, THE MAIDS SEEMED QUITE ACCUSTOMED TO ANSWERING SUCH QUESTIONS.\nI WONDER HOW MANY TIMES THIS MUST HAVE HAPPENED WITH THOSE LADIES FOR MY PROBING TO NOT SEEM SUSPICIOUS AT ALL.\n\nINDEED, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN SHE WAS QUITE FOND OF ME...\n...LIEUTENANT?\nBUT INÉS VALEZTENA...\n\n...FELL OUT OF LOVE WITH MY VERY BEING.\nI HAD NO IDEA SOMEONE LIKE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN HAPPENING BEHIND MY BACK.\nTHESE WOMEN WERE SEARCHING FOR WEAKNESSES IN MY FIANCÉE WHO I DIDN'T EVEN LOVE.\nTHEY WERE PLANNING TO USE WHATEVER THEY FOUND AGAINST HER...\nWHO CAN I BLAME BUT MYSELF?\n\nTHIS IS ALL BECAUSE OF MY FACE.\nBUT ALAS, SUCH THINGS SHALL NOT HAPPEN EVER AGAIN.\nLIEUTENANT, YOU'VE ALREADY SENT DUKE VALEZTENA THE PROPOSAL LETTER...\nWHAT WOULD YOU EVEN DO IF YOU WERE TO FIND ANY WEAKNESSES ON HER NOW?\n...FIND WEAKNESSES? WHY WOULD I DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT?\n\nI THOUGHT YOU WERE HOPING TO BREAK YOUR ENGAGEMENT BY FINDING SOMETHING TO USE AGAINST HER.\n...A PROMISE IS A PROMISE. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MARRIAGE HERE. THIS IS A PROMISE BETWEEN FAMILIES.\nHOW RIDICULOUS.\nWHY WOULD HER HAVING A MAN EVEN BE CONSIDERED A NEGATIVE?\nI'VE BEEN WITH COUNTLESS WOMEN MYSELF.\nHOW UNREASONABLE WOULD IT BE FOR ME TO SAY I CAN'T MARRY HER BECAUSE I THINK SHE HAD A LOVER BEFORE?\n\nBESIDES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER I WANTED THIS MARRIAGE OR NOT,\nFROM THE TIME I WAS SIX UNTIL NOW, I'VE NEVER CONSIDERED A LIFE WHERE I WASN'T INÉS' HUSBAND.\nI JUST WANTED TO KNOW.\n...UM, BY THE WAY, WHEN WILL YOU BE RETURNING TO CALZTELA?\n\nAFTER MY WEDDING.\nPARDON? THEN WHEN WILL YOU BE GETTING MARRIED...?\nWITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.\nTHAT WAS THE LONGEST VACATION I COULD GET DURING THE SUMMER,\nINCLUDING THE LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR MY WEDDING.\nYOU'LL HAVE TO RETURN ALONGSIDE ME,\nSO YOU'D BETTER USE ALL YOUR VACATION TIME AS WELL, INCLUDING YOUR WINTER ONE.\n\nTHE VALEZTENA RESIDENCE, 10 DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING\n\nSO, I HEAR...\n\n...THAT YOU'VE BEEN KEEPING A QUIET LIFESTYLE.\nCONSIDERING THAT ALL OF MENDOZA KNOWS OF YOUR ESCAPADES...\nI MEAN, IT'D BE PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO HEAR ABOUT YOU UNLESS ONE IS COMPLETELY DEAF. ISN'T THAT RIGHT, LUCIANO?\nPERHAPS.\nIT'S ALRIGHT, SON. WE'RE FOUR MEN HERE, AFTER ALL. I'M SURE YOUR YOUNGER BROTHER WOULD SAY THE SAME.\nWHAT MAN WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND? A MAN MUST ENJOY WHAT HE CAN, RIGHT?\n...NOT AT ALL, YOUR GRACE.\n\nIF YOU DIDN'T ENJOY IT, THEN WHY DID YOU DO IT?\nI WASN'T THINKING CLEARLY.\nSO, IT ISN'T THAT YOU WEREN'T THINKING AT ALL?\n...I WASN'T THINKING, YOUR GRACE.\nALL THIS TIME, I THOUGHT YOU WERE JUST UNFAITHFUL, BUT I GUESS YOUR BRAINS ARE LACKING AS WELL.\n\nIF LACK OF VIRTUE COULD BE CONSIDERED A TALENT, YOU WOULD CERTAINLY BE THE GREATEST GENIUS TO EVER GRACE OUR EMPIRE.\nALRIGHT THEN. SO, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TO ME...\n...IS THAT AN IDIOT LIKE YOU THINKS YOU'RE WORTHY...\n...OF MY DAUGHTER'S HAND?","bubble_count":124,"pages_count":25,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"In The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway, Inés argues with her maid Juana over the marriage proposal letter her fiancé Lieutenant Escalante sent yesterday.","spoiler_summary":"In The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway, Inés argues with her maid Juana over the marriage proposal letter her fiancé Lieutenant Escalante sent yesterday. Inés does not believe her womanizing fiancé's promise to reform and says she loves him just as he is now. Meanwhile, Escalante confesses to his subordinate José that he had Inés secretly investigated; no weakness can be found about the spotless Lady who lives alone in the library and sees men like insects. Feeling guilty, Escalante is determined to marry within two weeks and is scolded by the Duke at the Valéztena residence."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc/chapter-13-3rqj34","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway #13: Chapter 12","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-12T16:49:46.139Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc"}}