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Shaken by Chancellor Sisaire's raid, the Duke asks Medea for help, while she demands 30 chests of gold in exchange for the rescue and sows distrust among the allies.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"In Chapter 25 of The Crown I Will Claim, Princess Medea enters a critical negotiation with her uncle, Duke Claudio, over his request for her seal following Minister Etienne's arrest. Shaken by Chancellor Sisaire's raid, the Duke asks Medea for help, while she demands 30 chests of gold in exchange for the rescue and sows distrust among the allies.","key_events":["Etienne in isolation tried to bribe a guard to write a letter to Medea.","Medea confronted servant Umberto the Red Fox over secret letters and incense plot and sent him back to Kazhen.","Medea demanded 30 chests of gold in return for helping to stall and shake trust.","Duke Claudio asked Princess Medea to affix her seal to save Etienne fearing implication.","Chancellor Sisaire arrested Minister Count Etienne for wartime military law violation and child abduction and searched his mansion."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"W-WHAT?!\nWHAT DID YOU SAY?! MINISTER ETIENNE HAS BEEN ARRESTED?!\nCHANCELLOR SISAIRE HAS TAKEN ACTION AGAINST HIM. HE STORMED INTO THE COUNT'S RESIDENCE THIS MORNING AND PERSONALLY DETAINED HIM.\nIT APPEARS EVIDENCE HAS BEEN FOUND OF CHILDREN BEING ABDUCTED FOR... ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES.\n\nTHAT FOOL...!!\nI DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY MORE! GET OUT!!\nY-YES, YOUR GRACE!\n\nDAMN IT ALL!\nWE LET HIM INDULGE HIMSELF HOWEVER HE PLEASED! THE LEAST HE COULD'VE DONE WAS COVER HIS TRACKS PROPERLY!\nTHE CHANCELLOR HAS CHARGED THE MINISTER WITH VIOLATING MILITARY LAW DURING WARTIME.\nHE ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE ABDUCTED CHILDREN WERE SOLD TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES THROUGH THE BLACK EYE MERCHANT GUILD.\n\nTHE CHANCELLOR IS CURRENTLY CONDUCTING A THOROUGH SEARCH OF COUNT ETIENNE'S MANOR.\nIF THIS ESCALATES, WE COULD BE IMPLICATED AS WELL. WE NEED TO ACT QUICKLY.\nIF WE HADN'T FALLEN OUT WITH THE MINISTER OVER THAT INCIDENT WITH VIRNA, WE COULD'VE HANDLED THIS...\nI NEED TO SEE HIM. WHERE IS HE NOW?\n\nHE'S BEING KEPT UNDER STRICT ISOLATION DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE CHARGES.\nGAINING ACCESS WON'T BE EASY.\nEVER SINCE PINATELLI PURGED MOST OF MY CONTACTS IN THE PALACE, I BARELY HAVE ANY INFORMANTS LEFT THERE.\nTHIS IS BECOMING TROUBLESOME.\nFATHER, DOESN'T THE MINISTER STILL HAVE THAT \"THING\" AT HIS MANOR?\nWHAT IF IT LEADS THEM BACK TO US?\nDON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.\n\nMINISTER ETIENNE MAY HAVE BEEN CARELESS IN OTHER MATTERS,\nBUT HE ASSURED ME THAT IT WAS HIDDEN SOMEWHERE NO ONE COULD EVER FIND IT. THERE'S NO NEED FOR CONCERN.\nIN ANY CASE, WE JUST NEED TO GET HIM OUT QUICKLY... BUT HOW...?\n\nFATHER,\nWE HAVE MEDEA FOR THAT, DON'T WE?\n\nEpisode 25\nYOUR HIGHNESS, DUKE CLAUDIO HAS ARRIVED.\nMEDEA!\n\nSOMETHING TERRIBLE HAS HAPPENED!\nUNCLE, WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE...?\nARE YOU ALL RIGHT? YOU DON'T LOOK WELL.\n\nDON'T WORRY ABOUT ME. THAT'S NOT WHAT MATTERS RIGHT NOW.\nMEDEA, THE MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS, COUNT ETIENNE, HAS BEEN WRONGFULLY ARRESTED.\nHE'S A LOYAL SERVANT WHO HAS DEVOTED HIMSELF TO BALDINA FOR MANY YEARS.\nVIOLATING MILITARY LAW? THAT'S COMPLETELY ABSURD. THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN A VICIOUS TRAP SET BY DESPICABLE, GREEDY SCHEMERS.\nWE HAVE TO SAVE HIM!\n\nHERE, AFFIX YOUR SEAL TO THIS.\nYOUR SEAL WILL ONCE AGAIN UPHOLD JUSTICE IN BALDINA.\n\nUNCLE,\nI DON'T UNDERSTAND COMPLICATED MATTERS LIKE MILITARY LAW VIOLATIONS.\nBUT AFTER EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED, I REALIZED SOMETHING.\nQUEZIN, MINISTER ETIENNE, AND EVEN THE MAID WHO ATTENDED ME... THEY WERE ALL LINING THEIR OWN POCKETS.\n\nAND YET, AFTER HELPING AND SAVING ALL OF THEM, I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO ENDED UP WITH NOTHING.\nTELL MINISTER ETIENNE THAT MY PITY NO LONGER COMES FREE OF CHARGE.\nM-MEDEA? WHAT ARE YOU SAYING...?\nI'M... STARTING TO THINK I MAY HAVE COME ACROSS AS FAR TOO EASY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.\nI SUPPOSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ONE GIVES AWAY SUCH PRECIOUS AND FORMIDABLE POWER WITHOUT ASKING FOR ANYTHING IN RETURN.\n\nHOW MUCH ARE YOU ASKING FOR?\nOH, UNCLE. HOW COULD I POSSIBLY NAME THE PRICE MYSELF? THAT'S UP TO THE ONE MAKING THE REQUEST.\nHMM... THOUGH I DID HEAR THERE ARE GOLD BARS STORED IN CHESTS LIKE THOSE THESE DAYS.\n\nI WONDER... HOW MANY IT WOULD TAKE TO FILL THIS ROOM WITH GOLD.\nPERHAPS AROUND 30?\nDON'T YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TOO FAR?!\nOH MY.\n\nUNCLE, EVERYTHING ETIENNE EMBEZZLED WAS MY-- NO, BALDINA'S MONEY.\nONCE PELEUS RETURNS, MERCY WILL BE THE LAST THING ON HIS MIND. HE'LL HAVE ETIENNE'S HEAD.\nAND YET, I'M WILLING TO COVER ALL OF THIS UP FOR HIM. SURELY NO PRICE WOULD BE TOO HIGH FOR THAT!\n\nVERY WELL. I'LL PASS ALONG YOUR TERMS.\n\nYOUR HIGHNESS, WHAT WILL YOU DO IF HE REALLY BRINGS 30 CHESTS OF GOLD?\n\nYOU... HAVE ANOTHER MOTIVE BEHIND THIS AS WELL, DON’T YOU?\nWHO KNOWS?\nBUT ONE THING IS CERTAIN. MY UNCLE WILL BE FAR TOO BUSY TO THINK STRAIGHT FOR A WHILE.\nAFTER ALL, HE’LL HAVE TO GATHER 30 CHESTS OF GOLD TO SAVE THE MINISTER.\n\nETIENNE WAS NEVER A PATIENT MAN.\nNO MATTER HOW DESPERATELY MY UNCLE RUNS AROUND, TRYING TO SAVE HIM,\nWILL HE TRULY RECOGNIZE ALL THAT EFFORT?\n\nI WONDER HOW LONG HIS TRUST IN HIS OLD ALLY WILL ENDURE.\n\nIT'S BEEN A WHILE, UMBERTO.\n\nYOUR HIGHNESS...?\nY-YOUR HIGHNESS! PLEASE SAVE MY LIEGE, COUNT ETIENNE!\nTHE KNIGHTS SUDDENLY BARGED IN AND TOOK HIM AWAY...!\n\nWHAT DO YOU MEAN?\nHAS SOMETHING HAPPENED TO COUNT KENSINGTON?\nYOU CAN DROP THE ACT NOW. THERE'S NO NEED TO BE SO ANXIOUS.\n\nWE'VE GROWN A LITTLE CLOSER THROUGH ALL THOSE SECRET LETTERS, HAVEN'T WE?\nWHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, ENSURE THAT THE COUNT INHALES THE INCENSE. I TRUST YOUR ABILITIES, RED FOX.\n\nSO YOU WERE THE ONE BEHIND THOSE NOTES ORDERING ME AROUND?\nGOOD. YOU CATCH ON QUICKLY.\nNOW THAT IT'S ALL OVER... YOU INTEND TO SILENCE ME, DON'T YOU?\n\nDON'T BE SO AFRAID. THANKS TO YOU, THINGS WENT FAR MORE SMOOTHLY. SO I'LL MAKE THIS QUICK.\nNERIL.\nYES, YOUR HIGHNESS.\n\nGO BACK TO KAZHEN AND DELIVER THIS TO YOUR MASTER.\n\nMAY I ASK YOU SOMETHING?\nWHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO COUNT ETIENNE?\n\nI WON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING.\nHNG...\nHNGH...\n\nY-YOU THERE! COME HERE! I HAVE A FAVOR TO ASK!\nTHAT OLD TOAD HAS BEEN LEFT ALONE IN A COLD PRISON WITH NO ONE LEFT TO TURN TO.\nI'LL GIVE YOU THIS. JUST LET ME WRITE ONE LETTER!\n\nIT'S OBVIOUS WHAT HE'LL CLING TO, ISN'T IT?\nYOU MUST DELIVER IT TO PRINCESS MEDEA!","bubble_count":95,"pages_count":32,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"In Chapter 25 of The Crown I Will Claim, Princess Medea enters a critical negotiation with her uncle, Duke Claudio, over his request for her seal following Minister Etienne's arrest.","spoiler_summary":"In Chapter 25 of The Crown I Will Claim, Princess Medea enters a critical negotiation with her uncle, Duke Claudio, over his request for her seal following Minister Etienne's arrest. Shaken by Chancellor Sisaire's raid, the Duke asks Medea for help, while she demands 30 chests of gold in exchange for the rescue and sows distrust among the allies."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/the-crown-i-will-claim-oxvs7yc3/chapter-25-5vqbek","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — The crown i will claim #25","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-02T21:50:24.219Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/the-crown-i-will-claim-oxvs7yc3"}}