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While setting a plan through the spy Umberto to eliminate Etienne, Medea forms an alliance with Sisaire to protect Baldina, as the mercenary Acares is set into motion by a mysterious invitation from the palace.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"In Chapter 16 of The Crown I Will Claim, Princess Medea saves Sir Sisaire from a deadly trap set by the Lord Protector by exposing the poisoned Hallus tea served to him. While setting a plan through the spy Umberto to eliminate Etienne, Medea forms an alliance with Sisaire to protect Baldina, as the mercenary Acares is set into motion by a mysterious invitation from the palace.","key_events":["Medea forms alliance with Sisaire to remove Count Etienne and oppose Lord Protector and Kazhen Empire.","Maid confesses Lord Protector holds her son Jeremy hostage and forced her to poison Sisaire for four months.","Mercenary Carlo shows gold-embroidered feast invitation from Lord Protector to leader Acares.","Medea uses Tom to deliver impotence-causing incense to Umberto to set trap for Etienne.","Princess Medea exposes that tea served to Sir Sisaire contains deadly Hallus poison causing madness."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"AS PER YOUR ORDERS, I DELIVERED THE INCENSE THAT INDUCES IMPOTENCE...\n...TO UMBERTO, ETIENNE'S ATTENDANT.\nSINCE HE HAS TO KEEP HIS TRUE IDENTITY HIDDEN,\nHE'LL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO FOLLOW OUR INSTRUCTIONS.\n\nONCE ETIENNE USES THE INCENSE, UMBERTO WILL SEND US A NOTE.\nOH? ETIENNE'S MANOR IS KNOWN FOR ITS TIGHT SECURITY, THOUGH.\nTOM MUST BE QUITE SKILLED.\nPUT IN A GOOD WORD FOR ME!\nHE'S FAR TOO FRIVOLOUS TO SERVE AT YOUR SIDE.\n\nBY THE WAY, YOUR HIGHNESS,\nHOW DID YOU KNOW UMBERTO WAS AN IMPERIAL SPY?\nIF ETIENNE HADN'T CAUSED A SCENE...\n...WHILE I WAS PRAYING IN THE CHAPEL AS PUNISHMENT FROM GRANDMOTHER,\nI-I'M UNDER ATTACK! SOMEONE'S TRYING TO ASSASSINATE ME!!\n\nI WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOWN, EVEN WITH THE MEMORIES OF MY PAST LIFE.\nWHILE UMBERTO STRUGGLED TO CALM HIM DOWN,\nTHAT \"BADGE\" SLIPPED FROM HIS TORN CLOTHES PURELY BY CHANCE.\n\nLET'S JUST... CALL IT LUCK.\nFIRST, I'LL USE UMBERTO TO ELIMINATE MINISTER ETIENNE.\nAND THEN, THROUGH THIS CONNECTION, I'LL DRAW THE OWNER OF THE BADGE TO MY SIDE.\nNO TRAP COULD BE MORE EFFICIENT.\n\nTELL TOM TO KEEP AN EYE ON UMBERTO.\nYES, YOUR HIGHNESS.\nTHE TRAP IS SET.\n\nNOW, LET’S GO MEET THE HUNTER.\n\nEpisode 16\n\nGREETINGS, YOUR HIGHNESS.\nIT’S BEEN A WHILE, SIR SISAIRE.\n\nYOU WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME?\nAT LEAST IN TERMS OF APPEARANCE, SHE’S EXACTLY AS I REMEMBER HER.\nBUT WITH HER CHANGE IN ATTITUDE AND THE WAY SHE DEALT WITH QUEZIN,\nTHINGS AROUND HER HAVE DEFINITELY CHANGED.\n\nPERHAPS...\nWHAT IS IT THIS TIME? HAS DUKE CLAUDIO SENT ANOTHER REQUEST?\nIF THAT'S THE CASE, I'M AFRAID I'LL HAVE TO ASK YOU TO LEAVE.\n\nMY APOLOGIES, BUT I HAVE OTHER PRESSING MATTERS TO ATTEND TO.\nTHAT'S NOT WHY I'M HERE. AS FOR UNCLE JOAQUIN--\n\nTHIS IS AN INTERESTING TEA. THE SCENT SEEMS... FAMILIAR.\nAH, IT'S AN HERBAL TEA MY MAID PREPARED HERSELF.\nSINCE SHE PERSONALLY BREWED EACH ONE, I DRINK IT IN APPRECIATION.\nIF IT'S NOT TO YOUR LIKING, I CAN HAVE SOMETHING ELSE PREPARED.\nSIR SISAIRE, THIS TEA IS CALLED \"HALLUS.\"\nI WOULDN'T EXACTLY CALL IT HERBAL TEA.\n\nISN'T THAT RIGHT?\nPARDON...?\nYOUR HIGHNESS, WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?\nI'M IMPRESSED THAT YOU WENT TO SUCH LENGTHS AS TO PREPARE THIS RARE HERB AS TEA.\n\nSINCE IT'S SO PRECIOUS, IT'S ONLY PROPER THAT YOU HAVE A CUP, WOULDN'T YOU AGREE?\nM-MY APOLOGIES, YOUR HIGHNESS. I WOULDN'T DARE DRINK TEA MEANT FOR YOU...\nOH? IT SEEMS YOU DIDN’T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE \"TEA LEAVES\" WERE CALLED.\n\nYOUR HIGHNESS, WHAT’S GOING ON?\n\nDRINK.\n!!!\n\nYOUR HIGHNESS!\nARE YOU...\n\n...AFRAID TO DRINK IT?\nYOUR MASTER IS PROTECTING YOU WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING HE'S BEEN DRINKING POISON.\nP-PLEASE FORGIVE ME, YOUR HIGHNESS!\n\nI WAS BEING TH-THREATENED! M-MY SON... THAT MAN HAS MY SON!\nI'M SORRY, YOUR HIGHNESS!!\n\nI'LL ACCEPT ANY PUNISHMENT YOU SEE FIT! IF YOU ORDER ME TO DRINK IT, I WILL!\nPLEASE, JUST SAVE MY SON!!!\nWHAT IS GOING ON...? POISON?!\n\nWHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! WHO THREATENED YOU?!\nTHE LORD P-PROTECTOR... HE TOOK MY SON, JEREMY, HOSTAGE...\n...AND FORCED ME TO BREW THIS TEA EVERY DAY. I'VE BEEN GIVING IT TO YOU FOR THE PAST F-FOUR MONTHS...\nSO THIS WAS IT.\nTHE REASON BALDINA'S GENIUS CHANCELLOR DIED AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE.\n\nNEAR THE END OF THE WAR BETWEEN PELEUS AND THE NOMADS,\nSISAIRE SUDDENLY FELL INTO A MADNESS THAT WOULD NORMALLY AFFLICT VETERAN WARRIORS AFTER YEARS OF TRAINING.\nHE TRIED TO HIDE IT AND CONTINUED GOVERNING IN SECLUSION,\n\nBUT IN THE END, HE COULDN'T OVERCOME IT... AND WAS LATER FOUND DEAD, HAVING TAKEN HIS OWN LIFE.\n\nBIND HER AND LOCK HER IN THE NEXT ROOM. HER PUNISHMENT WILL BE DECIDED BY HIS GRACE.\nY-YOUR HIGHNESS...! I'M SORRY! PLEASE SPARE ME!!\nY-YOUR GRACE...! I BEG OF YOU...!!\n\nYOUR GRACE!!!!!\n\nI DON’T BELIEVE SHE NEEDS TO WORRY ABOUT HER SON’S SAFETY.\nFROM WHAT I KNOW, YOU’RE SURPRISINGLY SOFT-HEARTED.\nSINCE WHEN DID YOU BECOME SO KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT POISONS?\nYOU NEEDN’T CONCERN YOURSELF WITH THAT. IT’S A SECRET.\n\nI’M GLAD I STUDIED POISONOUS AND MEDICINAL PLANTS IN MY PAST LIFE.\nI ONLY DID IT BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE EVEN A LITTLE USEFUL WHILE ON EXPEDITIONS.\nHALLUS...\n...IS A LETHAL HERB. ITS SCENT ALONE CAN INDUCE MADNESS.\n\nFOUR MONTHS ISN’T ENOUGH FOR DEPENDENCY TO SET IN,\nBUT YOU SHOULD STILL TAKE AN ANTIDOTE FOR A WHILE, JUST IN CASE.\nYOUR HIGHNESS,\nYOU DON’T SEEM SURPRISED THAT THE LORD PROTECTOR WAS POISONING ME.\nIN THE PAST, YOU WOULD HAVE INSISTED THAT THE MAID WAS LYING AND TRIED TO CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE.\n\nAFTER NARROWLY ESCAPING DEATH, MY EYES WERE FINALLY OPENED.\nI NOW UNDERSTAND WHAT MY UNCLE IS AFTER, SIR SISAIRE.\nI ALSO KNOW THE KAZHEN EMPIRE IS BEHIND HIM.\n\nAND I'M SURE YOU DO AS WELL.\nTHE REASON I CAME HERE TODAY IS TO STATE MY INTENTIONS.\nI'M GOING TO PROTECT BALDINA FOR MY BROTHER, PELEUS.\n\nTO DO THAT, I WANT TO GET RID OF MY UNCLE'S RIGHT-HAND MAN, COUNT ETIENNE,\nAND HELP YOU REGAIN CONTROL OF THE INNER PALACE.\n\nTHE COUNT IS NOT AN EASY OPPONENT.\nI WILL GLADLY ASSIST YOU.\nTELL ME YOUR PLAN, YOUR HIGHNESS.\n\nARE YOU REALLY NOT GOING TO THE PRINCESS'S RECOVERY BANQUET, BOSS?\nYOU GOT AN INVITATION TOO.\nDOESN'T MATTER. I'M NOT GOING.\nIF WE'RE GOING TO STAY IN BALDINA, WE CAN'T JUST KEEP IGNORING THE LORD PROTECTOR.\n\nYOU PROMISED SISAIRE YOU'D MAINTAIN A PUBLIC PRESENCE. YOU NEED TO ATTEND.\nLOOK AT THIS, MERCENARY \"ACARES.\" IT'S EVEN WRITTEN IN GOLD!\nSERIOUSLY, WHERE DOES THE LORD PROTECTOR EVEN GET THE MONEY TO SPRINKLE GOLD DUST ON INVITATIONS LIKE THIS?\n\nCARLO...\nBOSS...!\nGO GET TERRENCE.\n\nNOW.","bubble_count":111,"pages_count":37,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"In Chapter 16 of The Crown I Will Claim, Princess Medea saves Sir Sisaire from a deadly trap set by the Lord Protector by exposing the poisoned Hallus tea served to him.","spoiler_summary":"In Chapter 16 of The Crown I Will Claim, Princess Medea saves Sir Sisaire from a deadly trap set by the Lord Protector by exposing the poisoned Hallus tea served to him. While setting a plan through the spy Umberto to eliminate Etienne, Medea forms an alliance with Sisaire to protect Baldina, as the mercenary Acares is set into motion by a mysterious invitation from the palace."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/the-crown-i-will-claim-oxvs7yc3/chapter-16-74eju6","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — The crown i will claim #16","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-19T00:08:14.749Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/the-crown-i-will-claim-oxvs7yc3"}}