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While the women asking for help praise him, Cárcel's fame, family, and military service are discussed, and the chapter closes with Inés learning of his infidelity for the first time.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 1 depicts Lord Cárcel being stopped to help a countess suffering from dizziness and being shaken by gossip about his fiancée Inés. While the women asking for help praise him, Cárcel's fame, family, and military service are discussed, and the chapter closes with Inés learning of his infidelity for the first time.","key_events":["Narration details Carcel's womanizing past from age 15 to maturity at 23","Carcel accepts emergency, discusses duty to protect Imperial waters and family honor","Women stop passing Carcel to ask for help after Countess complains of severe dizziness","After 17-year engagement, Ines learns of Carcel's infidelity for first time","Women flatter Carcel as heir of greatest noble family and most handsome man"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"...PLEASE...\nW, WAIT JUST A MOMENT!\nL, LORD CÁRCEL...!\n\nI BEG YOUR PARDON, BUT WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO LEND US A HAND?\nTHE COUNTESS JUST STARTED COMPLAINING OF EXTREME VERTIGO.\nI JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. IT'S ONLY US FEEBLE WOMEN IN THIS PLACE...\nI IMAGINE WHAT SHE'S EXPERIENCING IS JUST SIMPLE DIZZINESS. IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE.\n\nSHE SHOULD BE FINE IF SHE JUST RESTS IN A QUIET PLACE FOR A BIT,\nBUT HER RESIDENCE IS ALL THE WAY ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF MENDOZA...!\n\nWOW, IT'S REALLY HIM...\nTHE SON OF THE GREATEST NOBLE FAMILY IN ORTEGA.\nAND HE'S THE MOST HANDSOME MAN IN MENDOZA...\n\nMY LADY?\n...OH, MY APOLOGIES...!\nAS I WAS SAYING, WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A GENTLEMAN TO PASS BY SO WE COULD ASK FOR HELP.\nBUT AS LONG AS WE'VE BEEN WAITING HERE, NOT A SINGLE SOUL HAS WALKED BY.\n\nTHAT'S WHY WE WERE SO RELIEVED THAT YOU APPEARED WHEN YOU DID,\nLORD CÁRCEL...!\n\n...YES,\nTHIS LOOKS LIKE AN URGENT MATTER INDEED.\n\nI FEEL SO HONORED KNOWING THAT A GENTLEMAN LIKE YOURSELF IS OUT HERE PROTECTING THE WATERS OF THE EMPIRE.\nI HEARD THAT YOUR GRANDFATHER DEDICATED HIS WHOLE LIFE TO SERVING ORTEGA AND THAT YOU DECIDED TO FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS.\nPEOPLE SAY YOU WANTED TO CARRY ON YOUR FAMILY'S HONORABLE TRADITION...\n\nEVEN SO, I WAS VERY SHOCKED TO HEAR THE NEWS AT FIRST.\nAFTER ALL, YOU'RE THE HEIR TO THE ESCALANTE FAMILY,\nAND THE NUÑERA SEA IS STILL A DANGEROUS PLACE WHERE BATTLES OCCUR QUITE FREQUENTLY.\nYOUR GRANDFATHER ADMIRAL CALDERON'S GREAT VICTORY WAS ENOUGH TO BRING US A BRIEF MOMENT OF PEACE,\n\nBUT THE PIRATES STILL CAUSE SO MUCH TROUBLE EVERY YEAR...\nAS A MEMBER OF THE GRANDES DE ORTEGA, I'VE LEARNED THAT MY POWER COMES WITH GREAT RESPONSIBILITY.\n\nMY GRANDFATHER ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT TO HOLD A POSITION OF THE GREATEST HONOR,\nONE MUST BE READY TO ACCEPT THE GREATEST RESPONSIBILITY...\n\nTHE GRANDES DE ORTEGA\nTHE LABEL REFERRED TO THE 17 GREAT NOBLE FAMILIES THAT HAD BEEN BESTOWED WITH TITLES OF PEERAGE BY THE ORTEGA IMPERIAL FAMILY.\nBUT EVEN AMONG THEM, THE ESCALANTE FAMILY WAS CONSIDERED THE CREAM OF THE CROP.\nAND AS THE HEIR TO THIS POWERFUL FAMILY,\n\nWITH HIS INCREDIBLY GOOD LOOKS THAT WERE COVETED BY ALL,\nIT WAS AS IF HE HAD TRULY BEEN BLESSED BY GOD.\nBY THE AGE OF 15, HE WAS ALREADY SPENDING TIME WITH EVERY LADY WHO HAD COME OF AGE.\n\nBY 17, HE WAS BEING FOLLOWED BY ADMIRERS EVERYWHERE HE WENT.\nAT 20, HE BEGAN FAMILIARIZING HIMSELF WITH MORE MATURE WOMEN OF LITTLE CONSEQUENCE.\nHE HAD ALWAYS BEEN WILDLY INSATIABLE, EVEN IN HIS YOUTH.\nCÁRCEL ESCALANTE DE ESPOSA\n\nNOW, AT THE AGE OF 23,\nHE WAS IN HIS PRIME.\n\nI DIDN'T ENLIST TO DO THIS, BUT...\nNOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT...\n...WHY DID I ENLIST AT ALL?\n\nTHAT WOMAN IS TOO ORDINARY.\nYOUR FIANCÉE, I MEAN... HNGH... SHE ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU, LORD CÁRCEL...\nOF COURSE, SHE DOES COME FROM THE BEST FAMILY...\n\nAFTER ALL, SHE BELONGS TO HOUSE VALEZTENA.\n...BUT SHE ALWAYS HAS THAT BORED, UNINTERESTED LOOK ON HER FACE.\nHOW CAN SHE BEHAVE THAT WAY WHEN SHE HAS SUCH A PERFECT FIANCÉ LIKE YOU?\nIT'S TOO MUCH, REALLY.\n\nI MEAN, IT ISN'T LIKE SHE'S A NUN.\n\nAFTER 17 YEARS OF BEING ENGAGED,\nTHAT WAS WHEN INÉS VALEZTENA DE PEREZ...\n...FIRST LEARNED OF HIS INFIDELITY.","bubble_count":58,"pages_count":20,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 1 depicts Lord Cárcel being stopped to help a countess suffering from dizziness and being shaken by gossip about his fiancée Inés.","spoiler_summary":"The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 1 depicts Lord Cárcel being stopped to help a countess suffering from dizziness and being shaken by gossip about his fiancée Inés. 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