# WebtoonLib — The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway #2: Chapter 1 ## Series - title: The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway - slug: the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc ## Chapter - number: 2 - chapter_key: 2-byuu3f - title: Chapter 1 - release_date: 2026-11-10 ### 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. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### 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 ## 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. 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. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 58 ### Content ...PLEASE... W, WAIT JUST A MOMENT! L, LORD CÁRCEL...! I BEG YOUR PARDON, BUT WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO LEND US A HAND? THE COUNTESS JUST STARTED COMPLAINING OF EXTREME VERTIGO. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. IT'S ONLY US FEEBLE WOMEN IN THIS PLACE... I IMAGINE WHAT SHE'S EXPERIENCING IS JUST SIMPLE DIZZINESS. IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE. SHE SHOULD BE FINE IF SHE JUST RESTS IN A QUIET PLACE FOR A BIT, BUT HER RESIDENCE IS ALL THE WAY ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF MENDOZA...! WOW, IT'S REALLY HIM... THE SON OF THE GREATEST NOBLE FAMILY IN ORTEGA. AND HE'S THE MOST HANDSOME MAN IN MENDOZA... MY LADY? ...OH, MY APOLOGIES...! AS I WAS SAYING, WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A GENTLEMAN TO PASS BY SO WE COULD ASK FOR HELP. BUT AS LONG AS WE'VE BEEN WAITING HERE, NOT A SINGLE SOUL HAS WALKED BY. THAT'S WHY WE WERE SO RELIEVED THAT YOU APPEARED WHEN YOU DID, LORD CÁRCEL...! ...YES, THIS LOOKS LIKE AN URGENT MATTER INDEED. I FEEL SO HONORED KNOWING THAT A GENTLEMAN LIKE YOURSELF IS OUT HERE PROTECTING THE WATERS OF THE EMPIRE. I HEARD THAT YOUR GRANDFATHER DEDICATED HIS WHOLE LIFE TO SERVING ORTEGA AND THAT YOU DECIDED TO FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS. PEOPLE SAY YOU WANTED TO CARRY ON YOUR FAMILY'S HONORABLE TRADITION... EVEN SO, I WAS VERY SHOCKED TO HEAR THE NEWS AT FIRST. AFTER ALL, YOU'RE THE HEIR TO THE ESCALANTE FAMILY, AND THE NUÑERA SEA IS STILL A DANGEROUS PLACE WHERE BATTLES OCCUR QUITE FREQUENTLY. YOUR GRANDFATHER ADMIRAL CALDERON'S GREAT VICTORY WAS ENOUGH TO BRING US A BRIEF MOMENT OF PEACE, BUT THE PIRATES STILL CAUSE SO MUCH TROUBLE EVERY YEAR... AS A MEMBER OF THE GRANDES DE ORTEGA, I'VE LEARNED THAT MY POWER COMES WITH GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. MY GRANDFATHER ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT TO HOLD A POSITION OF THE GREATEST HONOR, ONE MUST BE READY TO ACCEPT THE GREATEST RESPONSIBILITY... THE GRANDES DE ORTEGA THE LABEL REFERRED TO THE 17 GREAT NOBLE FAMILIES THAT HAD BEEN BESTOWED WITH TITLES OF PEERAGE BY THE ORTEGA IMPERIAL FAMILY. BUT EVEN AMONG THEM, THE ESCALANTE FAMILY WAS CONSIDERED THE CREAM OF THE CROP. AND AS THE HEIR TO THIS POWERFUL FAMILY, WITH HIS INCREDIBLY GOOD LOOKS THAT WERE COVETED BY ALL, IT WAS AS IF HE HAD TRULY BEEN BLESSED BY GOD. BY THE AGE OF 15, HE WAS ALREADY SPENDING TIME WITH EVERY LADY WHO HAD COME OF AGE. BY 17, HE WAS BEING FOLLOWED BY ADMIRERS EVERYWHERE HE WENT. AT 20, HE BEGAN FAMILIARIZING HIMSELF WITH MORE MATURE WOMEN OF LITTLE CONSEQUENCE. HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN WILDLY INSATIABLE, EVEN IN HIS YOUTH. CÁRCEL ESCALANTE DE ESPOSA NOW, AT THE AGE OF 23, HE WAS IN HIS PRIME. I DIDN'T ENLIST TO DO THIS, BUT... NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT... ...WHY DID I ENLIST AT ALL? THAT WOMAN IS TOO ORDINARY. YOUR FIANCÉE, I MEAN... HNGH... SHE ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU, LORD CÁRCEL... OF COURSE, SHE DOES COME FROM THE BEST FAMILY... AFTER ALL, SHE BELONGS TO HOUSE VALEZTENA. ...BUT SHE ALWAYS HAS THAT BORED, UNINTERESTED LOOK ON HER FACE. HOW CAN SHE BEHAVE THAT WAY WHEN SHE HAS SUCH A PERFECT FIANCÉ LIKE YOU? IT'S TOO MUCH, REALLY. I MEAN, IT ISN'T LIKE SHE'S A NUN. AFTER 17 YEARS OF BEING ENGAGED, THAT WAS WHEN INÉS VALEZTENA DE PEREZ... ...FIRST LEARNED OF HIS INFIDELITY. ## See also - [WebtoonLib — The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway #2: Chapter 1](/series/the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc/chapter-2-byuu3f) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.