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The chapter ends with the introduction of Carlo and Achares from Fasade.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Chapter 22 of The Crown I Will Claim depicts Medea's power struggle with Minister Etienne at the royal banquet. Feeling humiliated, Virna orders Sheila to give something to Medea while Samon warns her. Medea demands the budget and report from Etienne for the unauthorized banquet, provoking him with Quezin's words about a maggot in the palace. The chapter ends with the introduction of Carlo and Achares from Fasade.","key_events":["Left alone, the minister curses Quezin and threatens to kill the princess","Virna warns Samon against foolish actions; Samon says they will act with his father when time comes","The Princess provokes the minister by quoting Quezin about a maggot rotting the palace","The Princess confronts Minister Etienne that her seal was not used and demands budget report by tomorrow","A humiliated woman orders Sheila to deliver something to Medea, calling her a dog for objecting","Carlo from Fasade and Commander Achares greet the princess and note Saint Esther's Spears in sky"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"HOW DARE SHE...?!\nHOW DARE SHE HUMILIATE ME LIKE THIS?!\n\nI'LL NEVER FORGIVE HER!\n\nSHEILA.\nGIVE THIS TO MEDEA.\nWHAT?\nB-BUT THIS IS A ROYAL BANQUET... YOU SHOULD BE CAREFUL...\n\nSHUT UP.\nAAAH...!\nSINCE WHEN DOES A DOG GIVE ORDERS TO ITS MASTER? GO. NOW.\nYES... MY LADY.\n\nVIRNA.\n\nYOU'RE NOT ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING FOOLISH AGAIN, ARE YOU?\nNOT TODAY. WE'RE ALREADY DRAWING ENOUGH ATTENTION AS IT IS.\nSAMON.\nRELAX. I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING.\nSHE NEARLY DIED FROM THAT FALL, AND NOW SHE'S ACTING LIKE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON.\n\nSOMEONE NEEDS TO PUT HER BACK IN HER PLACE BEFORE SHE GETS EVEN MORE FULL OF HERSELF...\nI SAID, NOT TODAY.\nDON'T RUSH THINGS. FATHER AND I WILL RUIN HER WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT.\n\nSO STAY OUT OF IT AND DON'T DO ANYTHING STUPID.\nUGH.\n\nHMPH\nSO DRAMATIC.\nIT'S NOT LIKE SHE CAN DO ANYTHING ANYWAY.\n\nEpisode 22\nWELL, WHO DO WE HAVE HERE?\n\nIF IT ISN’T HER HIGHNESS.\nIT’S BEEN A WHILE, MINISTER ETIENNE. YOU SEEM TO HAVE GROWN MORE ROBUST THAN BEFORE.\nHAHAHAHA, YOU FLATTER ME.\n\nIT’S ALL... THANKS TO YOU, YOUR HIGHNESS.\n\nIT'S RARE TO COME ACROSS A BANQUET THIS GRAND THESE DAYS. ONE SHOULD DRINK AND MAKE THE MOST OF IT.\nMY THOUGHTS EXACTLY.\nAS YOU SAID, THERE'S NO ROYAL IN THE PALACE WHO COULD AUTHORIZE AN EVENT LIKE THIS...\nSO TELL ME, MINISTER, WHOSE APPROVAL DID YOU RECEIVE TO HOLD THIS BANQUET?\n\nBECAUSE I CERTAINLY DON'T RECALL PUTTING MY SEAL TO IT.\nPERHAPS WE SHOULD DISCUSS THIS SOMEWHERE PRIVATE, YOUR HIGHNESS.\n\nPLEASE, COME IN, YOUR HIGHNESS.\n\nHONESTLY, IT SEEMS THAT FOOL SISAIRE HAS BEEN FEEDING YOU NONSENSE AGAIN.\nTHE AFFAIRS OF THE INNER PALACE ARE DIFFICULT AND COMPLICATED.\nEVERYTHING IS BEING HANDLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROPER PROCEDURE. THERE IS NO NEED FOR YOUR HIGHNESS TO TROUBLE YOURSELF WITH SUCH MATTERS.\n\nYOU NEED ONLY SPEND YOUR DAYS READING WITH YOUR MAIDS AND YOUR EVENINGS ENJOYING BANQUETS LIKE THIS, AS YOU ALWAYS HAVE.\nBRING ME THE BUDGET AND REPORT FOR TONIGHT'S BANQUET BY TOMORROW.\nIF, AS YOU CLAIM, EVERYTHING WAS HANDLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROPER PROCEDURE, THERE SHOULD BE NO ISSUE.\nHUH. YOU SEEM RATHER SPIRITED THESE DAYS,\nBUT IN A PALACE AS VAST AS THIS, WHO CAN TRULY BE CALLED AN ALLY TO YOUR HIGHNESS?\n\nMUST YOU TRULY PROVOKE ME SO?\nYOU WOULD DO WELL NOT TO STIR THINGS UNNECESSARILY. EVEN BEASTS KNOW BETTER THAN TO WANDER WILLINGLY TOWARD THEIR OWN DEMISE.\n\nAND IF I WERE TO MAKE A MOVE,\nI WONDER WHETHER YOUR HIGHNESS WOULD CONTINUE TO SLEEP SO PEACEFULLY AT NIGHT.\n\nMINISTER, DID YOU KNOW...\n...THAT QUEZIN WAS EVERY BIT AS CONFIDENT AS YOU ARE NOW BEFORE SHE DIED?\n\nPOWER IS SUCH A FLEETING THING.\nONE DAY, A PERSON CAN HOLD THE ENTIRE PALACE IN THE PALM OF THEIR HAND... AND THE NEXT, THEY END UP IN THE DIRT.\nHMPH. YOU TRULY UNDERSTAND NOTHING, YOUR HIGHNESS. DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT IDIOTIC WOMAN AND I ARE ALIKE?\nSPEAKING OF WHICH,\nBEFORE QUEZIN DIED, SHE TOLD ME SOMETHING RATHER INTERESTING.\n\nSHE SAID THERE WAS A MAGGOT IN THE PALACE, ONE FAR FILTHIER AND MORE CORRUPT THAN SHE EVER WAS,\nAND THAT THE ROYAL PALACE COULD NEVER FUNCTION PROPERLY UNTIL IT WAS CHASED OUT.\nTHIS MAGGOT, APPARENTLY,\n\nIS SO UGLY AND PATHETIC THAT HE CANNOT EVEN PROPERLY FULFILL A MAN'S ROLE AT NIGHT...\n...AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN PURGED FROM THE BLOODLINE ALTOGETHER.\nSO, TO SOOTHE HIS WOUNDED PRIDE, HE TURNS TO TORMENTING THE WEAK AND VULNERABLE INSTEAD...\nARE YOU ALL RIGHT, MINISTER? YOU LOOK RATHER FLUSHED.\n\nI-IT'S JUST A LITTLE WARM IN HERE, THAT'S ALL.\nQUEZIN... I SHOULD'VE SLAUGHTERED THAT B*TCH MYSELF!\nBUT I SIMPLY CAN'T MAKE SENSE OF IT AT ALL.\nDO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE ANY IDEA WHOM QUEZIN COULD HAVE BEEN REFERRING TO?\nNO... YOUR HIGHNESS. I CAN'T SAY I DO...\n\nTHIS WENCH... HOW MUCH DOES SHE ACTUALLY KNOW?\nTHEN DO LOOK INTO IT FOR ME. AS THE PRINCESS, I FIND THE MATTER RATHER TROUBLING.\nOF COURSE... LEAVE IT TO ME.\nI'LL BE RELYING ON YOU, MINISTER.\n\nA MAGGOT...? A MAGGOT...?!\n\nHOW DARE THAT B*TCH CALL ME A MAGGOT?!\n\nDAMN IT AAALL!\n\nI'LL KILL HER! I'LL TEAR HER APART!!!\n\nYOUR HIGHNESS.\n\nGREETINGS, VALIANT PRINCESS OF BALDINA. I AM CARLO OF FASADE.\nI MUST SAY, THE SPEARS OF SAINT ESTHER THAT ADORNED THE SKY EARLIER WERE TRULY REMARKABLE.\nI'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A RADIANT BLESSING OF VICTORY--\n\nIT WAS TOO CONVENIENT TO BE CALLED A COINCIDENCE.\nSINCE WHEN DOES THE WILL OF THE GODS ALIGN SO NEATLY WITH HUMAN TIMING?\nWAIT A MOMENT!\n\nWELCOME TO BALDINA, SIR CARLO.\nAND THIS IS...?\nMY APOLOGIES, YOUR HIGHNESS. HE'S ALWAYS HAD A HABIT OF MAKING UNNECESSARY JOKES...\nTHIS IS ACHARES, THE COMMANDER OF FASADE.","bubble_count":88,"pages_count":33,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Chapter 22 of The Crown I Will Claim depicts Medea's power struggle with Minister Etienne at the royal banquet.","spoiler_summary":"Chapter 22 of The Crown I Will Claim depicts Medea's power struggle with Minister Etienne at the royal banquet. Feeling humiliated, Virna orders Sheila to give something to Medea while Samon warns her. Medea demands the budget and report from Etienne for the unauthorized banquet, provoking him with Quezin's words about a maggot in the palace. 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