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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":9,"chapter_key":"9-eh6ekz","title":"Chapter 8","release_date":"2026-11-10","last_updated":"2026-11-10T12:35:22.269Z","summary":"The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 8 opens in the reception room of the Escalante Mansion with Inés proposing a mutual freedom arrangement to Cárcel. Inés says they should not interfere in each other's private lives throughout the engagement and marriage, that he doesn't need to hide his dissolute lifestyle, and presents this as like a debt she owes him. Cárcel first mocks her and implies she has a lover, then angrily rejects it; he says they will not live separate lives, that he will stay faithful, and that he wants a real marriage.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 8 opens in the reception room of the Escalante Mansion with Inés proposing a mutual freedom arrangement to Cárcel. Inés says they should not interfere in each other's private lives throughout the engagement and marriage, that he doesn't need to hide his dissolute lifestyle, and presents this as like a debt she owes him. Cárcel first mocks her and implies she has a lover, then angrily rejects it; he says they will not live separate lives, that he will stay faithful, and that he wants a real marriage.","key_events":["Woman proposes open marriage to fiance, allowing mutual freedom during engagement and after wedding without interfering.","Man suspects woman has secret lover and made proposal to keep seeing him.","Couple bickers briefly over sitting on table versus chair.","Woman recalls man joined military academy and enlisted to delay wedding, calling it a favor to her.","Woman acknowledges knowing about man's womanizing lifestyle and respects his efforts to hide it.","Man rejects open marriage, declares fidelity, physical intimacy, and having children together with no separate lives."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"ESCALANTE, DON'T YOU THINK...\n...THIS SPACE IS A BIT TOO OPEN FOR US TO TALK?\nIS THERE A REASON WHY WE CAN'T TALK HERE?\nESCALANTE RESIDENCE, RECEPTION ROOM\n\nNO, BUT WE DO HAVE TO DISCUSS SOMETHING PERSONAL.\nTHE ROOM IS PRIVATE ENOUGH. GO AHEAD AND SPEAK.\n...YOU LEFT IN SUCH A HURRY LAST TIME...\n...THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO FINISH OUR CONVERSATION.\n...I DIDN'T LEAVE IN A HURRY.\n\nI APPRECIATE THE EFFORT YOU MADE TO CONCEAL THE TRUTH FROM ME.\nSPECIFICALLY,\nI'M REFERRING TO YOUR EARNEST ATTEMPTS TO KEEP YOUR INDECENT LIFESTYLE FROM BEING EXPOSED...\n\nI KNOW YOU DID SO OUT OF RESPECT FOR ME.\nI KNOW I SHOULD BE KEEPING MY MOUTH SHUT,\nGIVEN THAT I AM THE ONE AT FAULT HERE, BUT...\n\n...IT SEEMS YOU REALLY HAVE LOST YOUR MIND.\nJUST LET ME FINISH, ESCALANTE.\n\nI MEANT IT WHEN I SAID THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT COVERING UP WHO YOU MEET.\nI HAVE NO INTEREST IN YOU...\n...AND I KNOW YOU AREN'T INTERESTED IN ME EITHER.\nFOR THE REST OF OUR ENGAGEMENT, WE CAN SIMPLY CONTINUE AS WE HAVE BEEN,\nNEITHER OF US INTERFERING IN THE OTHER'S PERSONAL LIFE.\nAND THAT GOES FOR AFTER THE WEDDING AS WELL.\n\nAS LONG AS NEITHER OF US BEHAVES IN A WAY THAT IS OPENLY DISRESPECTFUL,\nWE CAN DO AS WE PLEASE AND STAY OUT OF EACH OTHER'S BUSINESS.\n\n...YOU'RE SAYING WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT IN PRIVATE?\nSO, YOU PLAN ON DOING SOMETHING BEHIND MY BACK, IS THAT IT?\nYOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR CAKE ANYWAY, SO YOU'RE LETTING ME HAVE MINE TOO?\n\n...ESCALANTE.\n\nPEOPLE SIT ON CHAIRS, NOT TABLES.\nWELL, I DON'T THINK I'LL SUDDENLY BECOME A TOAD JUST BECAUSE I SAT ON A TABLE.\n\nARE YOU A CHILD?\nBEFORE YOU CALL ME A CHILD, YOU SHOULD CONSIDER WHAT NONSENSE YOU JUST SPAT OUT.\n...SO, THIS WHOLE SHOW OF YOURS...\n...WAS ALL FOR YOUR LOVER?\n\nTELL ME, ARE YOU DOING THIS SO YOU CAN KEEP SEEING HIM?\nTHAT WOULD EXPLAIN EVERYTHING.\nIT WOULD EXPLAIN WHY SHE IGNORED MY MISDEEDS, WHY SHE GAVE ME PERMISSION TO DO AS I PLEASE,\nAND WHY SHE WENT AS FAR AS TO DETAIL HOW WE'LL LIVE OUR LIVES AS A MARRIED COUPLE.\n\nWHO KNOWS?\nMAYBE IT'S NOT JUST ONE MAN...\n...BUT SEVERAL.\nI CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW MANY MEN SHE MIGHT HAVE SEDUCED WITH HER PORCELAIN SKIN AND THAT VOLUPTUOUS BODY.\nCONSIDERING HER PERSONALITY AND THE WAY SHE ORDERS PEOPLE AROUND,\nI'M SURE SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL ANYONE WITH JUST A FEW WORDS.\n\nBUT AFTER WE GET MARRIED...\nTHERE IS NO MAN.\nIS IT WRONG FOR ME TO WANT TO MAKE YOUR LIFE A LITTLE EASIER?\nTHAT'S THE SOLE REASON I EVEN SUGGESTED THAT THIS BE A RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT.\n\nI JUST WANT YOU TO BE FREE.\nAFTER ALL, YOUR LIFE WAS ALTERED BECAUSE OF ME.\nYOU ENDED UP BECOMING ENGAGED TO ME EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SOMETHING YOU NEVER WANTED.\nYOU EVEN HAD TO STEP UP AS THE HEIR OF YOUR HOUSE AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE, AND ALL BECAUSE OF ME.\nWE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE MARRIED SIX YEARS AGO,\n\nBUT YOU ENTERED THE MILITARY ACADEMY JUST TO DELAY THE WEDDING.\nYOU EVEN ENDED UP ENLISTING.\nTRUTHFULLY, YOU DID ME A FAVOR.\nIT WASN'T THAT I DIDN'T LIKE YOU. I WAS JUST HAPPY THAT OUR MARRIAGE WAS POSTPONED FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.\n\nI'M SURE THIS MEANS NOTHING TO YOU.\nNOTHING TO ME?\nWHAT I WANT TO KNOW...\n...IS WHY THIS SUDDENLY MEANS NOTHING TO YOU!\n\nYOU WANT TO LET IT ALL GO JUST FOR MY CONVENIENCE?\nYOU BOARDED A NAVAL SHIP AND WENT OFF TO BATTLE...\n...JUST TO PUT OFF SPENDING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE WITH YOUR PLAIN-JANE NUN OF A FIANCÉE...\nNO, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.\nSHE MUST HAVE SOME ULTERIOR MOTIVE.\nSO I'LL MAKE IT UP TO YOU.\n\nI'LL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE EVEN MORE FREEDOM AFTER WE'RE MARRIED.\nI'VE COME TO SEE EVERY SIDE OF YOU OVER THE LAST 17 YEARS.\nI WILL BE YOUR WIFE IN NAME ONLY...\n...AND I WILL LEAD A LIFE THAT'S SEPARATE FROM YOURS...\nTHAT'S WHY I'M CERTAIN ABOUT THIS.\n\nYOU WANT TO LIVE A LIFE THAT'S SEPARATE FROM YOUR HUSBAND'S?\nYOU THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE?\nCÁRCEL, I...\n\n...I THOUGHT YOU SAID WE NEEDED TO MAKE BABIES TOGETHER?\n\nDO YOU NOT PLAN ON DOING THAT WITH ME?\nI'M SORRY TO BREAK THIS TO YOU, INÉS, BUT YOU AND I WON'T BE LIVING SEPARATE LIVES.\nYOU'LL HAVE TO KISS ME HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF TIMES...\n...AND OUR BODIES WILL COME TOGETHER THOUSANDS OF TIMES.\nI WON'T BE LAYING A FINGER ON ANY WOMAN OTHER THAN YOU.\nWE WILL BE TOGETHER WHEN YOU BEAR OUR FIRST CHILD AND WHEN YOU BEAR THE NEXT ONE AFTER THAT.\n\nAND EVEN WHEN WE'RE NOT MAKING CHILDREN, I WILL BE SURE TO SATISFY YOU...\n...AND I WILL MAKE YOU SATISFY ME.\nI HAVE NO NEED FOR ANY SO-CALLED FREEDOM OR A PERSONAL LIFE.\n\nMY DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE DOESN'T INCLUDE THOSE THINGS.\nI MAY BE AN AWFUL BASTARD,\nBUT I'M FAR MORE FAITHFUL THAN YOU THINK, INÉS VALEZTENA.","bubble_count":89,"pages_count":24,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 8 opens in the reception room of the Escalante Mansion with Inés proposing a mutual freedom arrangement to Cárcel.","spoiler_summary":"The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 8 opens in the reception room of the Escalante Mansion with Inés proposing a mutual freedom arrangement to Cárcel. Inés says they should not interfere in each other's private lives throughout the engagement and marriage, that he doesn't need to hide his dissolute lifestyle, and presents this as like a debt she owes him. Cárcel first mocks her and implies she has a lover, then angrily rejects it; he says they will not live separate lives, that he will stay faithful, and that he wants a real marriage."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc/chapter-9-eh6ekz","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway #9: Chapter 8","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-10T16:13:37.257Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc"}}