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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":30,"chapter_key":"30-2m6bxs","title":"Chapter 26","release_date":"2026-11-12","last_updated":"2026-11-12T10:50:58.482Z","summary":"The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 26 focuses on the tension between Inés's guest José Almenara and Cárcel, with the marriage's loyalty test coming to the fore. While José's plain personality is introduced, Cárcel treats his subordinate rudely and is forced to apologize, and Inés discusses the repairs in Calztela, the winter garden plan, and the idea of a party for the officers. Then Empress Cayetana's ambition and her plan to use Inés are recalled, and in the finale, disappointed that Cárcel's flirtatious life in Mendoza is over, Inés decides to create an opportunity for him.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 26 focuses on the tension between Inés's guest José Almenara and Cárcel, with the marriage's loyalty test coming to the fore. While José's plain personality is introduced, Cárcel treats his subordinate rudely and is forced to apologize, and Inés discusses the repairs in Calztela, the winter garden plan, and the idea of a party for the officers. Then Empress Cayetana's ambition and her plan to use Inés are recalled, and in the finale, disappointed that Cárcel's flirtatious life in Mendoza is over, Inés decides to create an opportunity for him.","key_events":["Jose testifies Carcel's frivolous life in Mendoza is over, confirming his fidelity","Ines befriends Jose, invites him to see estate repairs and asks help meeting other officers","Ines scolds Carcel for swearing at guest Jose and forces him to give a clear apology","Ines decides to create opportunity for Carcel to meet other women","Ines plans a small party with food and wine for officers and families after repairs","Jose admires Ines as kind beauty, unlike gloomy crow rumors"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"JOSÉ ALMENARA\nFOR THE THIRD SON OF COUNT ALMENARA, HE WAS A SURPRISINGLY SIMPLE MAN...\n...WHO WAS NATURALLY TIMID AND HUMBLE.\nAT THE SAME TIME...\nYOU NOT ONLY RAN AWAY BEFORE YOUR MARRIAGE TO THE CROWN PRINCE,\n\nBUT YOU ALSO RETURNED WITH A COMMONER'S CHILD.\nBUT ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE BECOME DAMAGED GOODS,\nYOU'RE STILL THE NOBLE DAUGHTER OF HOUSE VALEZTENA.\nIF YOU ADMIT TO YOUR SHORTCOMINGS AND BECOME A FAITHFUL WIFE TO A MORE EXPERIENCED MAN,\nI BELIEVE IT WILL BRING YOU HAPPINESS.\n\nTHE ROLE OF COUNT ALMENARA'S SECOND WIFE...\n...WOULD SUIT YOU VERY WELL.\n\nHE ALMOST BECAME MY STEPSON BACK IN MY SECOND LIFE.\nANYWAY, THE MILITARY ACADEMY HAS RUINED SO MANY PEOPLE...\n\nDOES CÁRCEL BULLY YOU OFTEN, SECOND LIEUTENANT?\nPARDON? NOT AT ALL...!\nJUST WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO THIS MAN THAT HE'S DENYING IT SO VEHEMENTLY?\nDamn It,-you Have It All Wrong.\nTHIS BASTARD HAS NO IDEA WHAT A COMFORTABLE LIFE HE HAS IN THE NAVY.\nCÁRCEL, DID YOU JUST SWEAR AT MY GUEST?\nSEÑORA ESCALANTE, I MISSPOKE.\nEXPLAIN IT TO HER CLEARLY, ALMENARA. WE BOTH KNOW THAT YOU WERE NEVER BULLIED.\n\nI THINK YOU SHOULD RECEIVE AN APOLOGY FROM CÁRCEL BEFORE EXPLAINING ANYTHING, SECOND LIEUTENANT.\nER... PLEASE DON'T FIGHT BECAUSE OF ME...\nIF OBEYING YOUR COMMANDING OFFICER IS CONSIDERED BULLYING, THEN I KNOW PLENTY OF MEN WILLING TO JUMP FROM THEIR SHIPS AND END IT ALL RIGHT NOW.\nREGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY'RE ON GOOD TERMS OR NOT, THIS IS CERTAINLY AN ODD DYNAMIC FOR A NEWLYWED COUPLE...\nIT FEELS LIKE AN ADULT...\n...TEACHING A CHILD.\n\nTHE SECOND LIEUTENANT MAY BE YOUR SUBORDINATE, BUT YOU STILL SHOULDN'T FORGET TO SHOW REVERENCE TO COUNT ALMENARA,\nANOTHER FELLOW MEMBER OF THE GREAT GRANDES DE ORTEGA, CÁRCEL.\nHAA...\n...PERHAPS I WAS SLIGHTLY OUT OF LINE.\nI BEG YOUR PARDON?\n\nOUT OF LINE HOW?\nYOU NEED TO EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID WRONG.\nDAMN IT... I'M SORRY... I INVITED YOU HERE, YET I SWORE AT YOU.\nCÁRCEL.\n...I'M SORRY I CURSED AGAIN. HAPPY NOW?\nCÁRCEL.\nFINE, FINE...\n\nSHE'S MUCH DIFFERENT FROM THE RUMORS...\nSHE ISN'T AT ALL GLOOMY LIKE A CROW.\nIN FACT, SHE IS AN INCREDIBLE BEAUTY WHO SPEAKS WITH KINDNESS.\nOF COURSE, I WAS FORCED TO USE ALL OF MY VACATION DAYS THIS YEAR, BUT...\n...WHEN ELSE WILL I EVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE AN APOLOGY FROM THE LIEUTENANT?\nAH, ONE MORE THING.\n\nNOT TO MENTION, SEÑORA IS SUCH A NICE WOMAN.\nI CAN CALL YOU JOSÉ FROM NOW ON, RIGHT?\nAFTER ALL, WE'RE ALREADY FRIENDS.\nSO ALL IN ALL, THIS PROVED TO BE A VERY FRUITFUL DAY.\n\nMY AUNT, EMPRESS CAYETANA,\nWAS THE INCARNATION OF PURE AMBITION.\nMY FATHER, WHO HAD SEVERAL LARGE GOALS HE WAS WORKING TOWARD THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE,\nCOULD BARELY MANAGE TO KEEP UP WITH HIS SISTER.\n\nIT APPEARED THAT THE EMPRESS WAS AFRAID THAT SEÑORITA INÉS, WHO HAD BEEN BORN INTO AN EQUALLY NOBLE BLOODLINE,\nMIGHT SUDDENLY OUTSHINE HER IN THE WORLD JUST AS SHE HAD EVERYONE ELSE.\nTHAT IS WHY EVEN THOUGH SHE WASN'T FOND OF THE WAY THE CROWN PRINCE FOLLOWED INÉS AROUND,\nTHE EMPRESS COULDN'T LET HER BECOME A MEMBER OF ANOTHER FAMILY.\n\nEVEN IF IT MEANT HAVING TO MAKE THAT UNPLEASANT “CROW”...\n...OSCAR'S WIFE.\nBUT IN THE END,\nTHE GIRL WHO WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR HER SON BUT WAS TOO GOOD TO GIVE AWAY...\n\n...BECAME HER NEPHEW'S FIANCÉE INSTEAD, WHICH WORKED OUT PERFECTLY.\nINÉS WAS NO LONGER IN THE WAY, AND ALL THAT WAS LEFT WAS TO USE HER ACCORDINGLY.\nTHE EMPRESS MADE A HOBBY OF SENDING US LISTS OF EVENTS WE WERE MEANT TO ATTEND.\nINÉS REJECTED MOST INVITATIONS, SAVE FOR THOSE SENT BY THE EMPRESS HERSELF,\nBUT I STILL ATTENDED ALL THE EVENTS, IF ONLY TO HIGHLIGHT INÉS' ABSENCE THROUGH THE EMPTY SEAT BESIDE ME.\n\nACCORDING TO THE EMPRESS, THESE THINGS SHOWED...\n...DUKE VALEZTENA'S SUPPORT OF THE CROWN PRINCE...\n...AND SERVED AS A DISPLAY FOR THE GREATEST MARITAL UNION.\nIT WAS A MEANS TO REMIND THE DUKE THAT THERE WAS NO GOING BACK.\nTHE EMPRESS KNEW THAT THE DUKE PLANNED TO TAKE HIS DAUGHTER BACK THE MOMENT HE HAD THE CHANCE.\nTHAT'S WHY SHE WAS SO ADAMANT ABOUT IMPRINTING THE ESCALANTE NAME ON INÉS IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.\nTHINKING ABOUT IT AGAIN NOW, IT MUST'VE BEEN SUCH A TIRING LIFE BEING CONTROLLED BY SO MANY PEOPLE.\n\nI ALMOST FORGOT. THIS FENCE WAS JUST RECENTLY PAINTED. WHAT DO YOU THINK, JOSÉ?\nAH, I SEE. IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL.\nHAVE YOU EVEN HAD A MOMENT TO REST SINCE YOU ARRIVED IN CALZTELA?\nI DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'VE MANAGED TO DO IT ALL ON YOUR OWN.\nI'M ALRIGHT.\nGETTING TO HAVE A HAND IN THINGS MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE, WHICH MAKES IT FUN AS WELL.\n...ANYWAY, WHY ISN'T THAT JERK LEAVING?\n\nIT LOOKS SO DIFFICULT TO ME.\nMY FIANCÉE WILL BE DOING SOME REPAIRS ON OUR RESIDENCE AS WELL, BUT I'M QUITE WORRIED ABOUT IT...\nI'LL HELP HER. IT WOULD BE NICE FOR US WIVES TO BECOME FRIENDS.\nWOULD YOU? SHE ALREADY HAS SO MANY COMPLAINTS...\nSHE'LL FEEL DIFFERENT ONCE SHE ARRIVES IN CALZTELA.\nTHIS PLACE VERY MUCH HAS ITS OWN CHARM.\nLATELY, THE OFFICERS ARE SAYING THAT MARRIAGE MUST NOT BE ALL THAT BAD.\nSEEING AS THE LIEUTENANT ALWAYS LOOKS SO HAPPY IN THE MORNINGS LATELY...\nIS THAT SO?\n\nINDEED. AND THANKS TO IT, HE LOOKS EVEN MORE HANDSOME NOW.\nIT WILL BE QUITE PROBLEMATIC IF HE GETS ANY MORE ATTRACTIVE.\nHE'S BUTTERING HER UP NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN?\nI'M CERTAIN HE'S CHANGED SINCE GETTING MARRIED.\nTHERE IS NO DOUBT THAT YOU ARE THE ONE BOOSTING THE LIEUTENANT'S ATTRACTIVENESS, SEÑORA.\nYOU'RE JUST TRYING TO FLATTER ME WITH EMPTY WORDS, SECOND LIEUTENANT.\n\nNOT AT ALL, SEÑORA. THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT EMPTY.\nALRIGHT, ALRIGHT. WELL, MARRIAGE IS A GOOD THING, AFTER ALL, SO I'M SURE YOU WILL MAKE YOUR OWN SEÑORITA VERY HAPPY, JOSÉ.\nAH, DID I TELL YOU EARLIER? WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A GLASS CONSERVATORY OVER THERE AND PLACE A GAME TABLE INSIDE.\nTHAT WAY, EVERYONE CAN VISIT AND HAVE FUN TOGETHER. DO YOU LIKE PLAYING POOL?\n...OF COURSE, BUT WOULD THE LIEUTENANT LIKE THAT?\nWELL, IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE BETTER THAN HIM PLAYING BY HIMSELF WHILE STARING AT THE WALL.\nIT LOOKS LIKE HE NEVER BECAME CLOSELY ACQUAINTED WITH ANYONE, PROBABLY BECAUSE HE ALREADY KNOWS HE'S GREAT ON HIS OWN.\nI'M SURE IT'S BEEN FRUSTRATING FOR YOU TO PUT UP WITH, BUT PLEASE TRY TO BE UNDERSTANDING. CÁRCEL IS INDEED VERY GREAT.\n\nYES, I KNOW. THERE IS NO DOUBT HE LIVES IN A WORLD OF HIS OWN GREATNESS...\nTHEY'RE TREATING ME AS IF I HAVE NO SOCIAL SKILLS.\n...THIS IS INCREDIBLY DEGRADING, BUT...\nAS SOON AS THE REPAIRS ARE FINISHED, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES OVER.\nWE'LL HAVE A SMALL PARTY WITH FOOD AND WINE.\nFOR SOME REASON,\nHER ASKING OTHERS TO BE UNDERSTANDING OF ME...\n...FEELS LIKE SHE'S TAKING CARE OF ME AS \"HER MAN.\"\n\nI LIKE IT.\nSECOND LIEUTENANT, PLEASE HELP ME SEE TO IT THAT THE GATHERING IS A SUCCESS. I WANT AS MANY PEOPLE TO ATTEND AS POSSIBLE.\nAND IF IT ISN'T TOO LATE TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION, I'D LIKE TO GET TO KNOW THE OTHER OFFICERS AS WELL.\nDON'T WORRY! I WILL BRING EVERY SINGLE ONE.\n\nTHAT...\n...IDIOT...\nWITH THE ASSISTANCE OF HIS CLOSEST ACQUAINTANCE,\nIT WAS CONFIRMED, TO MY REGRET, THAT THE PROMISCUOUS LIFESTYLE CÁRCEL LED IN MENDOZA HAD STAYED THERE.\n\nJOSÉ ALMENARA WAS NOT SOMEONE WHO COULD LIE...\n...TO HIS SUPERIOR'S WIFE.\nI DIDN'T FIND OUT MUCH FROM TONIGHT'S DINNER.\nMAYBE THE PROBLEM IS THAT CÁRCEL HASN'T BEEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH ANY OTHER WOMEN.\nHE USED TO ATTEND ALL THE SOCIAL EVENTS IN MENDOZA,\n\nSO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE HASN'T PARTAKEN THE SAME WAY HERE.\nBESIDES, DOESN'T HE ENJOY THOSE PARTIES?\n...NO, I SHOULDN'T BE DISAPPOINTED JUST YET.\nIF IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY HE'S LACKING, I'LL JUST MAKE ONE FOR HIM MYSELF.\n...YOU LOOK AWFULLY RELAXED.\n\nYOU'RE EVEN ZONING OUT NOW WHILE YOU'RE BEING PLEASURED.\nTo Be Continued","bubble_count":132,"pages_count":25,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 26 focuses on the tension between Inés's guest José Almenara and Cárcel, with the marriage's loyalty test coming to the fore.","spoiler_summary":"The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 26 focuses on the tension between Inés's guest José Almenara and Cárcel, with the marriage's loyalty test coming to the fore. While José's plain personality is introduced, Cárcel treats his subordinate rudely and is forced to apologize, and Inés discusses the repairs in Calztela, the winter garden plan, and the idea of a party for the officers. Then Empress Cayetana's ambition and her plan to use Inés are recalled, and in the finale, disappointed that Cárcel's flirtatious life in Mendoza is over, Inés decides to create an opportunity for him."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc/chapter-30-2m6bxs","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway #30: Chapter 26","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-12T13:59:11.001Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc"}}