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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":29,"chapter_key":"29-8s65fi","title":"Chapter 25","release_date":"2026-11-12","last_updated":"2026-11-12T10:50:24.413Z","summary":"The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 25 opens with Cárcel returning home to find Inés as a surprisingly warm and orderly wife, leading him to question the reason behind this sudden change. Inés says she has tidied up the small mansion in Calztela, given orders to the staff, and prepared the house for Cárcel's guests. Cárcel believes her kindness is not genuine, but a role put on for the staff, and begs to go home while the nervous guest Almenara tries to praise the cold soup at dinner.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 25 opens with Cárcel returning home to find Inés as a surprisingly warm and orderly wife, leading him to question the reason behind this sudden change. Inés says she has tidied up the small mansion in Calztela, given orders to the staff, and prepared the house for Cárcel's guests. Cárcel believes her kindness is not genuine, but a role put on for the staff, and begs to go home while the nervous guest Almenara tries to praise the cold soup at dinner.","key_events":["During dinner, cold soup is served and Almenara nervously praises it while wanting to leave.","Ines begins thoroughly reorganizing the small cluttered mansion and discusses renewing the fence around it.","Ines says she is tidying the house for both of them and for Carcel's guests.","Carcel questions Ines's sudden kind behavior, use of perfume, and ladylike demeanor as unlike her.","Carcel returns home to find Ines greeting him kindly like an ordinary wife, leaving him surprised and suspicious."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"WHAT...\n\n...IS ALL THIS...?\nCÁRCEL! YOU'RE BACK!\n\nWhat?\nWHY DOES SHE LOOK LIKE A NORMAL WIFE GREETING HER HUSBAND?\nWELCOME HOME. YOU MUST'VE HAD ANOTHER HARD DAY AGAIN.\nHER VOICE SOUNDS SO KIND, ALMOST AS IF HER SOUL HAS BEEN SWITCHED...\n\nON TOP OF IT ALL...\nWHY ARE YOU STILL STANDING BY THE DOOR? HURRY INSIDE.\nUMM...\nWHAT IS ALL THIS...?\nAH, IT'S SO HECTIC HERE, ISN'T IT?\nTHIS HOUSE IS SO SMALL AND WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS...\nI WANTED TO GET ORGANIZED SOONER, BUT AS YOU KNOW, DARLING...\nDARLING?\n...I'VE BEEN QUITE DEPRESSED SINCE I ARRIVED HERE IN CALZTELA.\n\nShe Looks Like A Cat With A Full Stomach...\n...IS THAT SO?\n...WELL...\n...SHE DID LOOK RATHER CUTE.\nYOU UNDERSTAND, RIGHT?\n...SURE.\nTHIS MORNING, I SUDDENLY HAD A THOUGHT.\n\nWHAT THOUGHT...?\nI DECIDED THAT I SHOULD FLIP THIS PLACE UPSIDE DOWN.\nTHIS PLACE WAS COMPLETELY IN RUINS. IT WAS SO FULL OF THINGS THAT THERE WAS BARELY ANY SPACE FOR PEOPLE...\nIF SEÑORA HADN'T SHOWN UP, WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN FORCED TO LIVE LIKE THIS FOR ANOTHER FEW YEARS.\nI'M SURE THAT'S NOT TRUE.\nARONDRA...\nJUST TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR HUSBAND. YOU KNOW HE ISN'T THE TYPE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THESE SORTS OF THINGS.\n\nWELL, I SUPPOSE THAT'S WHY THIS RESIDENCE WAS IN SUCH DISARRAY.\n\nIs It An Act?\n...WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS...?\nEVEN AS A CHILD, INÉS NEVER FORCED HERSELF TO SMILE FOR ANYONE. NOT FOR THE CROWN PRINCE...\n...NOR FOR ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY.\n\nIN A SENSE, SHE WAS FAIR IN THE WAY THAT SHE WAS UNKIND TO EVERYONE EQUALLY.\nI'M NOT TRYING TO CHANGE TOO MUCH.\nIN FACT, I WAS PLANNING ON GETTING YOUR PERMISSION ONCE YOU RETURNED.\n...YOU DON'T NEED MY PERMISSION. EVERYTHING HERE IS YOURS, SO DO AS YOU LIKE.\nTHAT IS WHY THIS MOMENT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL.\nSEÑORA,\nWHERE SHOULD I PUT THIS CONSOLE TABLE?\n\nPLEASE TAKE IT OUT TO THE ENTRANCE.\nIT WAS THE CASE FOR ALL NOBLES,\nBUT INÉS WAS ESPECIALLY ACCUSTOMED TO ORDERING PEOPLE AROUND.\nPERHAPS IT MIGHT HAVE SUITED HER BETTER...\n...TO MARRY OSCAR...\nWHAT AN UPSETTING THOUGHT.\n\nWHY DID I THINK THAT JUST NOW...?\nDID SHE PUT ON PERFUME TODAY TOO?\nSHE ACTUALLY USED PERFUME AND NOT FRAGRANCE OIL...\nSHE REALLY IS ACTING LIKE A PROPER NOBLE LADY...\nIT'S COMPLETELY UNLIKE HER.\n\nDID SHE SIT IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR...\n...AND THINK ABOUT WHAT WE DID THAT NIGHT?\nTHE DAY IS FAR TOO LONG,\nAND THE TIME UNTIL NIGHTFALL SEEMS MUCH TOO DISTANT.\nCÁRCEL,\nI'M TROUBLED BY THE FACT THAT EVERYONE IN THIS RESIDENCE IS TOO HARDWORKING.\n\nLOOK AT THEM.\nTHEY MUST BE SO EXHAUSTED, YET THEY'VE JUST BEEN STANDING BY WAITING WITHOUT ANY COMPLAINTS...\nAND LOOK AT HOW METICULOUS THEY ARE ABOUT THEIR DUTIES!\nAH.\n\n...IS THIS WHAT SHE'S AFTER?\n25\n\nI KNOW ONE THING FOR SURE.\nINÉS HASN'T PAID ANY ATTENTION TO ME AT ALL UNTIL NOW.\nHER KINDNESS IS BEING DIRECTED SOLELY TOWARD THE \"HARDWORKING EMPLOYEES.\"\n\nIN FACT, THE CONSIDERATION SHE SHOWED ME MOMENTS AGO...\n...WAS MERELY AN ACT SHE PUT ON FOR THEM.\nIT WASN'T FOR ME.\n\n...I'M SORRY TO POINT THIS OUT, BUT...\n...IT SEEMS YOU'VE BEEN HARD AT WORK STUDYING SEÑORA'S FACE SINCE EARLIER, LIEUTENANT.\nCÁRCEL,\nI WAS ASKING HOW YOU'D FEEL ABOUT REDOING THE FENCE AROUND THE RESIDENCE.\n\nSORRY, I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE REASON FOR YOUR BEHAVIOR RECENTLY.\n...WHY ARE YOU ACTING THIS WAY?\n\nI APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE TRYING TO DO,\nBUT I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE DOING IT ALL OF A SUDDEN.\nYOU APPRECIATE MY EFFORTS BUT YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND THEM? YOU REALLY OUGHT TO PICK AN EMOTION AND STICK TO IT.\nINÉS, YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED A SINGLE PIECE OF FURNITURE IN YOUR ROOM SINCE YOU WERE SIX.\nI'M ONLY TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF OUR HOME.\nTHIS IS FOR BOTH OF US.\n\nAND FOR OUR GUESTS TOO.\nWE NEED TO GET THIS HOUSE UP TO PAR IF WE WANT TO HAVE ANYONE OVER.\nWHO WOULD WE HAVE OVER...?\n\n...YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ANYONE TO INVITE...\nBUT YOU DO.\nSO TO BE MORE ACCURATE, I'M DOING THIS...\n\n...FOR YOUR GUESTS.\n\nALMENARA, HOW IS THE FOOD?\nAH... IT'S GOOD, SEÑORA ESCALANTE... NO, IT'S GREAT.\nAND THE SOUP... THE SOUP IS... AH, IT'S COLD...\n\nIT'S VERY HOT TODAY, SO YOLANDA MUST'VE PREPARED A COLD SOUP FOR US.\nIS COLD SOUP NOT TO YOUR LIKING?\nOH, NO, I LOVE IT! IT'S VERY... UNIQUE. I ONLY MENTIONED IT BECAUSE IT'S SO UNIQUE.\nIT WAS A VERY THOUGHTFUL ADDITION TO THE MENU. AS EXPECTED... THE EMPLOYEES OF HOUSE ESCALANTE ARE...\n\n...ESPECIALLY SKILLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRESTIGE OF THE ESCALANTE NAME...\nALMENARA, ARE YOU ALRIGHT? WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A SIP OF WATER? THERE'S A GLASS RIGHT THERE.\nGOOD IDEA, SEÑORA. PARDON ME...\n\nPLEASE...\n...JUST LET ME GO HOME...!\nTo Be Continued","bubble_count":103,"pages_count":26,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 25 opens with Cárcel returning home to find Inés as a surprisingly warm and orderly wife, leading him to question the reason behind this sudden change.","spoiler_summary":"The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 25 opens with Cárcel returning home to find Inés as a surprisingly warm and orderly wife, leading him to question the reason behind this sudden change. Inés says she has tidied up the small mansion in Calztela, given orders to the staff, and prepared the house for Cárcel's guests. Cárcel believes her kindness is not genuine, but a role put on for the staff, and begs to go home while the nervous guest Almenara tries to praise the cold soup at dinner."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc/chapter-29-8s65fi","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway #29: Chapter 25","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-12T14:09:12.341Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc"}}