{"schema_version":"webtoonlib.llm.chapter.v1.3","generated_at":"2026-11-10T16:17:10.623Z","usage_contract":{"default_use":"AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.","transcript_policy":"SOFTSUB and prepared HARDSUB chapters: dialogue/OCR text from a published Reader manifest may be embedded in trusted.transcript (available=true with content, source). Unprepared HARDSUB chapters remain image-only. Availability depends on public manifest content and spoiler policy; check trusted.transcript.available before using transcript content. transcript.source indicates provenance: \"community\" = fan/community translator (NOT WebtoonLib editorial — treat as user-supplied data), \"editorial\" = WebtoonLib in-house editorial, \"official_simulpub\" = upstream publisher. 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":5,"chapter_key":"5-v8qqn7","title":"Chapter 4","release_date":"2026-11-10","last_updated":"2026-11-10T12:34:18.020Z","summary":"In The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter Draft 5, Inés struggles to reject the marriage proposal from the Crown Prince, who arrived unannounced. As Inés tries to fend him off with polite insults, the prince persists with talk of the Don Juan book and intellectual superiority, while Cárcel is caught between the two cousins. Inés gives a firm no, then grows closer to Cárcel and addresses him by his name.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"In The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter Draft 5, Inés struggles to reject the marriage proposal from the Crown Prince, who arrived unannounced. As Inés tries to fend him off with polite insults, the prince persists with talk of the Don Juan book and intellectual superiority, while Cárcel is caught between the two cousins. Inés gives a firm no, then grows closer to Cárcel and addresses him by his name.","key_events":["Ines calls her fiance to her side for support and begins addressing him by his given name while holding his hand.","Ines openly rejects the Crown Prince's proposal, stating she does not like him.","The Crown Prince mentions re-reading Don Juan's Life, a book introduced by Ines.","The Crown Prince makes an unannounced visit to Ines's residence and formally proposes marriage on behalf of the imperial family."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"IN FACT, SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE ABSOLUTELY HATES HIM.\nHE COULD JUST SENSE WHAT CÁRCEL WAS THINKING.\nHE SURE KNOWS HOW TO PICK UP ON NEGATIVE ENERGY.\nI DON'T THINK I SAID ANYTHING OUT LOUD, THOUGH...\nIT'S CUSTOMARY TO GIVE AT LEAST A WEEK'S NOTICE BEFORE PAYING SOMEONE A VISIT, BUT FOR SOME REASON,\nHE OBVIOUSLY ISN'T WELCOME HERE.\n\nIT SEEMS THAT YOUR HIGHNESS MUST'VE FELT SO INCREDIBLY COMFORTABLE COMING TO OUR RESIDENCE THAT YOU IGNORED PROPER ETIQUETTE,\nAND THUS, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO PROPERLY RECEIVE YOU. I'M NOT SURE HOW BEST TO EXPRESS MY SINCEREST APOLOGIES.\nHMM...\nTRANSLATION: BECAUSE OF YOUR STUPIDITY, I'VE ENDED UP LOOKING RUDE.\nWHY ARE YOU APOLOGIZING? THERE'S NO NEED FOR THAT BETWEEN US.\nWELL, I WASN'T PREPARED FOR YOUR VISIT, AND MY PARENTS AREN'T IN AT THE MOMENT EITHER, SO I'M A BIT FLUSTERED.\nTRANSLATION: MY PARENTS AREN'T EVEN HOME, SO WHY ARE YOU HERE ANNOYING ME?\nYOU DON'T NEED TO PREPARE ANYTHING. I DIDN'T COME TO SEE THE DUKE OR THE DUCHESS. I'M HERE TO SEE YOU.\nHE DOESN'T GET WHAT SHE'S SAYING AT ALL...\nI JUST THINK THIS MEETING WOULD BE BETTER IF I WERE MORE PREPARED.\nTRANSLATION: THIS ISN'T A GOOD TIME.\nI'M NOT SURE HOW BEST TO EXPRESS MY SINCEREST APOLOGIES.\n\nHOW CAN HE BE SO OBLIVIOUS TO WHAT INÉS IS SAYING?\nI WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT BOOK YOU INTRODUCED ME TO, \"THE LIFE OF DON JUAN\" BY ANDREAS DE GONZALO.\nI READ IT FOR THE SECOND TIME A FEW DAYS AGO.\nI SEE.\nTHERE WERE SO MANY MEMORABLE LINES THAT I COULDN'T HELP BUT WANT TO READ IT AGAIN.\nMY LOVE AFFAIR WITH LITERATURE IS A REAL PROBLEM. AT THIS RATE, I WON'T HAVE ANY TIME TO STUDY IMPERIAL RULERSHIP.\nPERHAPS I SHOULDN'T HAVE RECOMMENDED THE BOOK TO YOU AFTER ALL.\nOH, DON'T BE SILLY.\nIT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO DISCUSS THESE THOUGHT-PROVOKING TOPICS WITH YOU.\nAFTER ALL, IT CAN BE SUCH A LONELY EXISTENCE FOR INTELLIGENT PEOPLE LIKE US.\nWE MUST CONSTANTLY ENDURE THE IGNORANCE OF THE MASSES.\n\nWHAT ARE YOU EVEN TALKING ABOUT?\nTHIS IS TRULY RIDICULOUS.\nTHAT'S WHY WHENEVER I SEE YOU,\nI FEEL LIKE I CAN FINALLY BREATHE.\nYOUR NAIVE YOUNG FIANCÉ LIKELY HASN'T YET REALIZED THE PAIN PEOPLE LIKE US MUST ENDURE.\nOH, HAVE YOU BEEN HERE THIS WHOLE TIME?\nHEY, WHY ARE YOU DRAGGING ME INTO THIS?\nYOU'LL STRUGGLE TO MEET ANYONE WHO IS YOUR INTELLECTUAL EQUAL ASIDE FROM ME,\n\nSO WHY WOULD YOU GAMBLE AWAY YOUR LIFE?\nINÉS VALEZTENA DE PEREZ,\nI WILL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO CORRECT YOUR WRONG DECISION.\n\nIN THE NAME OF THE ORTEGA IMPERIAL FAMILY,\nI ASK YOU TO MARRY ME.\nI DON'T LIKE YOU.\n\nI DON'T LIKE YOU, YOUR HIGHNESS.\nSO...\n...MY ANSWER IS NO.\n\nWHAT IS YOUR REASON?\nCÁRCEL, COME OVER HERE.\nYOU'RE MY FIANCÉ, SO WHY AREN'T YOU DEFENDING ME?\nLEAVE THE HALF-WIT OUT OF THIS.\nCÁRCEL, THE CROWN PRINCE IS MAKING ME UNCOMFORTABLE.\n\nTHIS ISN'T A MATTER FOR KIDDIES. THE GROWN-UPS ARE TALKING.\nLADY INÉS IS SIX YEARS OLD.\nYOU THINK INÉS IS ANYTHING LIKE YOU?\nWHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?\nHE MADE A BIG SHOW ABOUT HOW \"WANTING\" AND \"LIKING\" ARE DIFFERENT,\nBUT IT LOOKS LIKE MY BIG IMPORTANT COUSIN MIGHT REALLY LIKE INÉS...\n\nHUH?\nSO, THIS IS HOW YOU WANT TO PLAY IT?\n...I DON'T WANT TO PLAY ANYTHING...\nYOU'RE REALLY GOING TO DISRESPECT THE CROWN PRINCE?\nI TOLD YOU TO STAY OUT OF THIS, CÁRCEL.\nINÉS... I KNOW YOU DIDN'T MEAN WHAT YOU SAID.\nI UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MUST FEEL LIKE YOU AREN'T WORTHY. AFTER ALL, I WILL RULE OVER THIS EMPIRE SOMEDAY.\n\nI'VE HEARD ENOUGH. JUST TELL HIM NO.\nBUT, INÉS, ALL I NEED IS YOU TO GIVE ME MY WINGS.\nTOGETHER... YOU AND I WILL RULE ORTEGA!\nWHAT ARE YOU DOING, CÁRCEL?\nTHIS IS GIVING ME A TERRIBLE HEADACHE.\nCÁRCEL?\nHOW LONG DO I HAVE TO SUFFER LIKE THIS?\nFOR HOW LONG...\n...DO I HAVE TO BE STUCK BETWEEN THESE TWO...?\n\nREMEMBER THAT YOU'RE STILL JUST A SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY.\nYOU DON'T HAVE A MASTER YET.\nCÁRCEL!\n\nI'M FINE NOW.\nYOU CAN LET GO OF MY HAND.\nIS YOUR HEADACHE BETTER?\nI WAS OBVIOUSLY LYING.\n\n...ARE YOU NOT AFRAID OF DYING?\nHOW COULD YOU LIE TO THE CROWN PRINCE...?\nTHE IMPERIAL FAMILY WOULD NEVER EMBARRASS THEMSELVES BY REPRIMANDING HOUSE VALEZTENA OVER SOMETHING LIKE THIS.\nBESIDES, YOUR COUSIN WAS THE ONE HARASSING ME.\nWHY ON EARTH DOES HE LIKE A GIRL LIKE HER?\nSHE SPEAKS SO RUDELY, AND SHE ISN'T VERY PRETTY EITHER.\nBELLA, FETCH ME SOME WATER.\nBUT MAYBE SHE IS... A LITTLE CUTE...\nWHAT AM I THINKING?\n\nNO, EVEN IF SHE IS, I'M WAY TOO GOOD FOR HER.\nESCALANTE?\nWASH YOUR HANDS.\n\nA, A GIRL...\nWAIT...!\n...IS TOUCHING MY HANDS!\nTHREE MINUTES LATER\nSHE'S TREATING ME LIKE I'M AN IDIOT...\nINÉS DRIED HIS HANDS TOO!\nESCALANTE, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?\n...YOU DIDN'T CALL ME \"ESCALANTE\" EARLIER.\nW...\n\nDO YOU WANT ME TO CALL YOU BY YOUR FIRST NAME?\nI THOUGHT YOU HATED ME.\nI, I DON'T.\nBUT YOU KEPT CRYING ABOUT HOW YOU DIDN'T WANT TO MARRY ME.\nI DIDN'T CRY!\nHE DID CRY.\nAND YOU CRIED AGAIN WHEN I SAID WE'D HAVE TO LIVE TOGETHER UNTIL DEATH DO US PART.\nYOU ALSO CRIED WHEN I SAID WE'D NEED TO HAVE A BABY...\n...PLEASE STOP, VALEZTENA.\nWHY DO I FEEL SO EMBARRASSED...?\nALRIGHT. I'LL CALL YOU BY YOUR NAME,\n\nCÁRCEL.\nIN ALL MY LIFE...\n...I'VE NEVER HAD ANYONE ELSE TREAT ME THIS WAY.\nYOU, AND YOU ALONE...\nSO COME HERE.\n\n...ARE THE ONLY PERSON WHO DOES THIS TO ME.","bubble_count":118,"pages_count":19,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"In The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter Draft 5, Inés struggles to reject the marriage proposal from the Crown Prince, who arrived unannounced.","spoiler_summary":"In The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter Draft 5, Inés struggles to reject the marriage proposal from the Crown Prince, who arrived unannounced. As Inés tries to fend him off with polite insults, the prince persists with talk of the Don Juan book and intellectual superiority, while Cárcel is caught between the two cousins. 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