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She turns her uncle's feast into her own triumph with a prayer for Saint Esther's Day and consolidates her power at court.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Chapter 21 of The Crown I Will Claim tells how Medea turns the crisis at the feast held in Princess Medea's honor — sparked when her cousin Virna wears her dress — to her advantage. Under everyone's gaze, Medea explains her plain attire by the war and the people's hunger, implying she deliberately gave the dress to Virna. She turns her uncle's feast into her own triumph with a prayer for Saint Esther's Day and consolidates her power at court.","key_events":["Medea leads collective prayer for Baldina's victory before Eternal Star","Medea explains plain attire as wartime humility while king is at front","Light interpreted as Saint Esther's spear appears in sky, crowd celebrates","Virna appears wearing Medea's lavish dress; Medea claims she gifted it willingly","Medea recalls past life humiliation over same dress and vows not to fall","Feast speech praises Medea for conducting state affairs in king's absence","Marquis of Montega returns from border to pay respects at feast in Medea's honor","At front, King Peleus tells Deangel he misses his sister Medea"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"Episode 21\n\nEVERYONE'S LOOKING AT ME! THEY CAN'T TAKE THEIR EYES OFF ME!!\nI KNEW IT! I BELONG HERE, IN THE PALACE, FAR MORE THAN IN A DUCAL HOUSE!\n\nAND FAR MORE THAN THAT MONGREL!\nPRINCESS MEDEA,\n\nI AM MONTEGA. I'VE RETURNED FROM THE FRONTIER TO PAY MY RESPECTS TO YOUR HIGHNESS.\nWHAT...?\nIT'S BEEN A WHILE, MARGRAVE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE JOURNEY.\n\nAH, PLEASE FORGIVE MY DISCOURTESY. I DID NOT RECOGNIZE YOU, AS YOU HAVE GROWN SO MUCH SINCE I LAST SAW YOU.\nBUT...\n\n...IT SEEMS THINGS ARE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT DUKE CLAUDIO LED ME TO BELIEVE.\nVIRNA!\nW-WHY ARE YOU WEARING THAT? THAT'S HER HIGHNESS'S DRESS...!\nAH, WELL...\nI WAS WONDERING WHO WAS STANDING BESIDE YOU, YOUR HIGHNESS.\nTHIS MUST BE DUKE CLAUDIO'S DAUGHTER.\n\nAH...\nTHEY'RE COUSINS, SO THEY RESEMBLE EACH OTHER QUITE A BIT, DON'T THEY?\nVIRNA, GREET YOUR UNCLE--\nIS THAT SO? I CAN'T SAY I SEE IT,\nBUT I CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT LADY VIRNA WISHES TO RESEMBLE HER HIGHNESS VERY MUCH.\n\nVIRNA! YOU'RE GIVING YOUR UNCLE THE WRONG IDEA! WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU DOING?\nPLEASE DON'T SCOLD HER TOO MUCH, AUNT CATHERINE.\nVIRNA WANTED THIS DRESS VERY MUCH.\n\nIT'S ONLY RIGHT THAT IT GOES TO THE ONE IT SUITS BEST.\nWHAT DID SHE JUST SAY?!\nTO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I STILL HAVEN'T FULLY RECOVERED FROM MY FALL, AND THIS DRESS FEELS A BIT TOO HEAVY FOR ME.\n\nYOU CAN WEAR IT INSTEAD IF YOU'D LIKE, VIRNA.\nDON'T TELL ME... SHE DID THIS ON PURPOSE!!\nHOUSE CLAUDIO HAS ALWAYS SENT ME MORE GIFTS THAN I COULD EVER NEED.\nSO PLEASE CONSIDER VIRNA'S DRESS MY WAY OF RETURNING THE FAVOR.\n\nSO THE DUKE'S DAUGHTER COVETED THE PRINCESS'S DRESS?\nTHAT'S ODD. EVEN SO, WHY IS HER HIGHNESS DRESSED SO PLAINLY...?\nDIDN'T THEY SAY THAT THE DUKE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PUT IN A DIFFICULT POSITION BECAUSE OF HER HIGHNESS'S EXTRAVAGANCE?\n\nMY AUNT PREPARED MANY OTHER BEAUTIFUL DRESSES AS WELL, OF COURSE.\nHOWEVER, THIS IS WARTIME.\nKNOWING THAT HIS MAJESTY IS ON THE BATTLEFIELD AND THE PEOPLE ARE GOING HUNGRY,\nI SIMPLY COULDN'T BRING MYSELF TO DRESS LAVISHLY.\nSO I CAME TO THE BANQUET LIKE THIS, EVEN IF IT MAY SEEM RATHER OUT OF PLACE.\nBUT, YOUR HIGHNESS, YOU ARE HIS MAJESTY'S ONLY SISTER.\n\nWHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO WEAR, WHO WOULD DARE CRITICIZE YOU?\nINDEED. I AM BALDINA'S ONLY PRINCESS.\nWHETHER I'M DRESSED IN SILK OR RAGS, THAT TRUTH REMAINS. SO WHAT IS THERE FOR ME TO HESITATE OVER?\n\nWELL SAID, YOUR HIGHNESS. ONLY A FOOL WOULD DEMAND THAT YOU PROVE IT.\nSILK OR NOT, WHAT MATTERS MOST IS WHO WEARS IT.\n\nNOW THEN, MAY I HAVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION?\nAS YOU ALL KNOW, TONIGHT'S BANQUET IS HELD SOLELY IN HONOR OF HER HIGHNESS.\nWHILE HIS MAJESTY IS ON THE BATTLEFIELD, HER HIGHNESS HAS DILIGENTLY OVERSEEN THE AFFAIRS OF STATE IN HIS STEAD,\nEVEN OVEREXERTING HERSELF SO MUCH THAT IT AFFECTED HER HEALTH.\n\nTHOUGH THIS OCCASION MAY FALL SHORT OF HER ROYAL STATURE,\nSHE HAS GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTED IT IN RECOGNITION OF OUR HUMBLE SINCERITY.\nI THOUGHT SHE WASN'T FEELING WELL BECAUSE SHE FELL OFF A HORSE DURING AN OUTING!\nI CAN'T BELIEVE EVEN THE LORD PROTECTOR HAS TO GO THIS FAR TO PLEASE HER.\nTHEREFORE, ALL OF YOU MUST RECOGNIZE THAT HER HIGHNESS'S VERY PRESENCE BRINGS HONOR TO THIS KINGDOM!\nSO WHAT, SHE PESTERED THEM INTO THROWING THIS BANQUET TOO?\n\nTO HER HIGHNESS.\nMAY SHE BE FOREVER BLESSED.\n\nTO HER HIGHNESS, PRINCESS MEDEA!!\n\nHOW DID I NOT SEE IT IN HIS EYES?\nTHOSE ARE THE EYES OF THE MONSTER WHO TORE MY BROTHER APART AND RIPPED ME TO PIECES TO SEIZE BALDINA'S THRONE.\n\nBUT THIS TIME... I WON'T FALL SO HELPLESSLY.\nI'M TRULY TOUCHED BY HOUSE CLAUDIO'S DEVOTION,\n\nAND I'M GRATEFUL TO MY UNCLE FOR CHOOSING THIS DATE FOR THE BANQUET.\nAFTER ALL, TODAY IS THE DAY OF SAINT ESTHER, WHEN THE STAR OF ETERNAL VICTORY RISES.\n\nSAINT ESTHER...? THE LEGENDARY WARRIOR PRIESTESS OF THE GODDESS?\nCOME TO THINK OF IT, TODAY IS SAINT ESTHER'S DAY. IT'S IMPRESSIVE THAT HER HIGHNESS KNOWS OF SUCH AN OLD HOLIDAY...\nTHAT SOUND... WAS THAT A BELL?\nFROM THE MOMENT I HEARD MY UNCLE WOULD BE HOSTING THIS BANQUET,\n\nI WISHED TO PRAY TOGETHER WITH ALL OF YOU GATHERED HERE...\n...BEFORE THE STAR OF ETERNAL VICTORY, FOR BALDINA'S TRIUMPH.\nL-LOOK AT THAT!\n\nIT'S THE SPEAR OF SAINT ESTHER!\nSAINT ESTHER HAS DESCENDED UPON BALDINA!!\nFOR BALDINA'S VICTORY!!\nSAINT ESTHER...?\n\nWHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS...?\nYOU MUST BE SO TAKEN ABACK. THIS WASN'T PART OF YOUR PLANS, AFTER ALL.\nIN MY PAST LIFE, WHEN I ATTENDED THE BANQUET IN THAT DRESS,\nALL THE RIDICULE AND SCORN WERE DIRECTED AT ME.\n\nAND THEN, AS I FALTERED, I ACCIDENTALLY STEPPED ON THE DRESS AND TORE IT, AS IF BY SOME CRUEL TWIST OF FATE.\nAFTER THAT, I SHUT MYSELF AWAY IN THE PALACE COMPLETELY, LIKE A FOOL.\nDEA, DON'T TRUST OUR UNCLE TOO MUCH. THEY'RE ALL...\n\nPELEUS, MY BROTHER.\nI'M SORRY.\nI'M SO SORRY.\n\nI CANNOT YET BRING OUR UNCLE DOWN...\n...NOR AVENGE YOU FOR BEING TORN APART BY THOSE BEASTS.\nEVEN IF I HAVE TO BURN EVERYTHING THIS TIME,\nI WON'T LET THE CROWN BE PASSED TO ANOTHER.\n\nPLEASE... STAY SAFE...\n\nDEANGEL, PELEUS' RIGHT-HAND MAN\nWHAT'S ON YOUR MIND, YOUR MAJESTY?\nI'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT MY SISTER.\nTONIGHT, I MISS HER MORE THAN EVER.\n\nPELEUS LEONEL DE BALDINA, KING OF BALDINA","bubble_count":95,"pages_count":31,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Chapter 21 of The Crown I Will Claim tells how Medea turns the crisis at the feast held in Princess Medea's honor — sparked when her cousin Virna wears her dress — to her advantage.","spoiler_summary":"Chapter 21 of The Crown I Will Claim tells how Medea turns the crisis at the feast held in Princess Medea's honor — sparked when her cousin Virna wears her dress — to her advantage. Under everyone's gaze, Medea explains her plain attire by the war and the people's hunger, implying she deliberately gave the dress to Virna. She turns her uncle's feast into her own triumph with a prayer for Saint Esther's Day and consolidates her power at court."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/the-crown-i-will-claim-oxvs7yc3/chapter-21-hxhipj","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — The crown i will claim #21","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-21T23:34:27.252Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/the-crown-i-will-claim-oxvs7yc3"}}