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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":3,"chapter_key":"3-3tjuj2","title":"Chapter 2","release_date":"2026-11-10","last_updated":"2026-11-10T12:33:45.553Z","summary":"The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 2 focuses on the infidelity confrontation between Inés and Lord Cárcel. Cárcel comes to the mansion feeling guilty and eager to explain after learning that Inés saw him with other women, but Inés has refused to see him for two weeks, using the rain as an excuse. In a cold manner, she says she is not angry, that he is free since they are not married, and makes it clear she has no interest in him, shaking Cárcel's belief that she loves him.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 2 focuses on the infidelity confrontation between Inés and Lord Cárcel. Cárcel comes to the mansion feeling guilty and eager to explain after learning that Inés saw him with other women, but Inés has refused to see him for two weeks, using the rain as an excuse. In a cold manner, she says she is not angry, that he is free since they are not married, and makes it clear she has no interest in him, shaking Cárcel's belief that she loves him.","key_events":["She openly declares she has no interest in him at all","She refused to see him for two weeks, blaming it on heavy rain","He questions his belief that she loves him and feels guilty for not loving her back","Women gossip about their fiancee's nun-like clothes and arrogance while she overhears everything","Confrontation at the mansion about infidelity where she says he is free before marriage","He plans to enjoy himself fully before wedding to avoid regrets living like a monk after"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"JUST LOOK AT THOSE CLOTHES SHE WEARS. YOUR FIANCÉE DRESSES LIKE A NUN.\nAND YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE HOW ARROGANTLY SHE BEHAVES IN FRONT OF THE OTHER NOBLE LADIES.\nIF YOU ONLY KNEW, LORD CÁRCEL...\n\n...SO...\n...SHE HEARD EVERYTHING.\n\nTHE RESIDENCE OF DUKE VALEZTENA\n\"ONCE MARRIED, A MAN MUST TAKE NO OTHER WOMAN THAN HIS WIFE.\"\n\nI'VE ALREADY TAKEN PLENTY OF WOMEN, SO WHAT DOES IT MATTER?\nSUCH AN ANTIQUATED IDEA FOR A NOBLE SOCIETY WHERE ADULTERY IS ALREADY WIDELY ACCEPTED.\n\"ADULTERY IS FORBIDDEN EVEN IN DEATH.\"\nTHAT'S HIM!\nOH MY!\nIF THAT'S THE CASE, I SHOULD HAVE AS MUCH FUN AS I CAN BEFORE THE WEDDING.\nAT LEAST THEN, IF I HAVE TO LIVE OUT THE REST OF MY LIFE LIKE A MONK,\nI WON'T HAVE ANY REGRETS.\n\nMY SCOUNDREL-LIKE WAYS WILL SOON BE BEHIND ME.\nOH NO...\nI HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE!\n\nLORD CÁRCEL.\n...INÉS.\n\nI BELIEVE YOU WANTED TO SEE ME ABOUT SOMETHING.\nI DID. IN FACT, I NOT ONLY NEEDED TO SEE YOU YESTERDAY, BUT ALSO THREE DAYS AGO, AS WELL AS TWO WEEKS AGO.\nWE HAD TERRIBLE RAIN.\nI SIMPLY DIDN'T WANT TO PUT YOU OUT ON MY ACCOUNT.\n\nTHIS REACTION IS TO BE EXPECTED GIVEN WHAT SHE SAW,\nBUT SHE HAS NEVER IGNORED ME LIKE THIS BEFORE.\nTHAT DAY...\nI KNOW HOW YOU MUST'VE FELT.\nBUT WHOSE FAULT IS IT...\n...THAT I MUST LIVE LIKE A MONK FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE?\nI DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND...\n...WHAT IT IS YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY, LORD CÁRCEL.\nYOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M SAYING.\nI DON'T. NOT AT ALL.\n\nSHE CHANGED MY LIFE WITH A SINGLE POINT OF HER FINGER.\nTO CALL THIS WOMAN SUBMISSIVE WOULD BE A COMPLETE AND UTTER JOKE.\nBUT...\n...INÉS VALEZTENA LOVES ME.\nSHE CHOSE ME OUT OF LOVE,\n\nGIVING UP HER NOBLE STATUS AND HER BIRTHRIGHT TO MARRY INTO THE IMPERIAL FAMILY AS A RESULT.\nTHERE WERE NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES FOR HER TO UNDO IT ALL, BUT SHE THREW THEM AWAY.\nWHETHER IT WAS 17 YEARS AGO OR NOW, SHE'S BEEN WAITING FOR ME. OUT OF LOVE...\n...RIGHT IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN.\n\nAND THAT WAS ALWAYS THE PROBLEM.\nINÉS VALEZTENA LOVES ME,\nBUT I DON'T LIKE HER AT ALL.\nI SPENT AGES DROWNING MYSELF IN GUILT BECAUSE OF IT.\nI CAN EXPLAIN EVERYTHING.\n\nI SAW YOU WITH MY OWN EYES, SO I HAVE ALL THE EXPLANATION I NEED.\nAND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THERE'S NO PROBLEM AT ALL.\n...ARE YOU SERIOUS?\nLORD CÁRCEL.\nI UNDERSTAND HOW UPSETTING THAT MUST'VE BEEN FOR YOU! AT LEAST YELL AT ME!\nBUT I'M NOT UPSET AT ALL.\n\nOF COURSE YOU'RE UPSET!\nNO, I'M NOT.\nYOU REFUSED TO SEE ME FOR TWO WEEKS BECAUSE OF IT!\nTHAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE RAIN.\nI DIDN'T WANT YOU TO ARRIVE SOAKING WET.\nAND FRANKLY SPEAKING, I FIND THIS SORT OF BACK-AND-FORTH TO BE VERY TIRING, LORD CÁRCEL.\nYOU AND I AREN'T REALLY CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, ARE WE?\n\nAND IT'S NOT AS THOUGH YOU WERE INVOLVED WITH JUST ONE OR TWO WOMEN EITHER.\n...DID YOU REALLY THINK I HAD NO IDEA?\n...AND YOU AREN'T ANGRY?\nWHY SHOULD I BE ANGRY? YOU'RE FREE TO BE WITH WHOEVER YOU WANT.\nI'M YOUR FIANCÉ.\nWE'RE TO BE MARRIED SOON.\nTHAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO LOSE YOUR FREEDOM RIGHT NOW.\n\nAND BESIDES, YOU AND I AREN'T MARRIED YET.\nSO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.\nTHIS ISN'T FUNNY IN THE LEAST, INÉS...\nI KNOW.\n\nLIKE YOU SAID,\nI'M NOT SAYING THIS TO YOU BECAUSE I'M JUST SO UNDERSTANDING.\nI'M TELLING YOU THAT YOU'RE FREE TO DO AS YOU WISH...\n\n...BECAUSE I HAVE NO INTEREST IN YOU.\n\nDO YOU UNDERSTAND,\nESCALANTE?\nIT WAS THE SUMMER WHEN I TURNED 23.\nTHAT WAS WHEN SHE TOLD ME...\n...THAT EVERYTHING I'D COME TO BELIEVE WAS WRONG.","bubble_count":81,"pages_count":18,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 2 focuses on the infidelity confrontation between Inés and Lord Cárcel.","spoiler_summary":"The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 2 focuses on the infidelity confrontation between Inés and Lord Cárcel. Cárcel comes to the mansion feeling guilty and eager to explain after learning that Inés saw him with other women, but Inés has refused to see him for two weeks, using the rain as an excuse. In a cold manner, she says she is not angry, that he is free since they are not married, and makes it clear she has no interest in him, shaking Cárcel's belief that she loves him."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc/chapter-3-3tjuj2","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway #3: Chapter 2","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-10T16:17:15.131Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc"}}