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The chapter ends with Etienne being attacked in prison and mentioning a rebellion document.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"In Chapter 26 of The Crown I Will Claim, Medea finds herself caught in the middle of a bargain involving Minister Etienne's secret fortune and the gold demanded in exchange for a pardon. The chests her uncle Joaquin brought to save Etienne are exposed by her mother's raid, and Medea refuses to seal the pardon. The chapter ends with Etienne being attacked in prison and mentioning a rebellion document.","key_events":["Etienne offers secret funds and merchant guild promissory note in exchange for help.","Chancellor Sisaire is recounted to have visited prison to provoke Etienne.","His Majesty returns promissory note and rejects offer; Etienne claims Joaquin plans rebellion.","Saya counts zeros on note and warns using it will make them a target.","Uncle brings 30 chests of gold and demands pardon seal; Medea refuses pardon.","Queen Mother witnesses gold bargain, accuses son and Joaquin of betrayal and expels them.","Etienne is locked in new isolated cell and attacked by strangling to silence him.","Medea asks grandmother to transfer Etienne to more secure prison due to secret messages."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"IT LOOKS LIKE MINISTER ETIENNE WAS TRULY DESPERATE.\nTO THINK HE EVEN OFFERED UP HIS SLUSH FUND JUST TO SEEK YOUR HIGHNESS'S HELP...\n\nCHANCELLOR SISAIRE MADE A POINT OF VISITING THE PRISON WHENEVER HE COULD, JUST TO GET UNDER HIS SKIN.\nTHIS IS ALL THE SLUSH FUND THAT GREEDY ETIENNE HAS AMASSED OVER THE YEARS.\nI IMAGINE THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE FRANTICALLY SEARCHING FOR IT BY NOW.\nBUT, YOUR HIGHNESS, ISN'T THAT JUST A NOTEBOOK?\n\nIT'S A MERCHANT GUILD DRAFT. IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME SEEING ONE?\nYES... IT DOESN'T LOOK ALL THAT SPECIAL, THOUGH.\nTHE NUMBER WRITTEN THERE REPRESENTS THE MONETARY VALUE.\n\nTH-THAT'S A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY!\nJUST HOW MANY CRIMES DID HE COMMIT?!\nMINISTER ETIENNE IS ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST MEN IN THE KINGDOM.\nSAYA, THAT'S ENOUGH.\nHOW MANY ZEROS ARE THERE? ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR...\nBUT, YOUR HIGHNESS, IF YOU USE THIS DRAFT, YOU'LL BE MAKING YOURSELF A TARGET FOR EVERYONE.\n\nDON'T WORRY. I KNOW THAT WELL ENOUGH.\nTHE PRICE FOR HIS SINS IS NOT MINE TO COLLECT. IT IS OWED TO THOSE WHO DIED BECAUSE OF HIM.\n\nEpisode 26\n\nIT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE'VE SPENT TIME TOGETHER LIKE THIS, MEDEA.\nIT REALLY HAS, UNCLE.\nI'VE MISSED THE TWO OF YOU DEARLY,\n\nBUT YOU BOTH SEEMED SO BUSY LATELY THAT I COULDN'T BRING MYSELF TO SUMMON YOU.\nAND WHOSE FAULT DO YOU THINK IT IS THAT I'VE BEEN RUNNING MYSELF RAGGED THIS WHOLE TIME?\nYOU KNOW WHY, DON'T YOU?\nI'VE BEEN BUSY TRYING TO SAVE A DEAR OLD FRIEND.\n\nHERE, I’VE BROUGHT WHAT YOU ASKED FOR.\nYOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH EFFORT YOUR UNCLE EXPENDED FOR THIS. EVEN MINISTER ETIENNE’S RETAINERS HANDED OVER THEIR ENTIRE FORTUNES.\n\nWE COULDN’T BRING ALL 30 CHESTS HERE.\nTHE REST HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE MONEY CHANGERS, SO YOU MAY COLLECT THEM WHENEVER YOU WISH.\nI TRUST YOU HAVE NO MORE COMPLAINTS NOW. GO ON AND PLACE YOUR SEAL ON THE PARDON.\n\nYOU ACTUALLY MANAGED TO COME UP WITH ALL THIS MONEY.\nJUST FOR MINISTER ETIENNE...\nMEDEA...?\nA PARDON?\n\nWHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, JOAQUIN?\nM-MOTHER?!\n\nH-HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN STANDING THERE...?!\nAND WHAT ARE ALL THESE GOLD COINS? WHAT PARDON ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?\nY-YOUR MAJESTY, THIS WAS SOMETHING PRINCESS MEDEA REQUESTED...\nUNCLE, I'M SORRY.\n\nI DIDN'T ACTUALLY MEAN IT. I JUST THOUGHT...\n...THAT IF I DEMANDED THIS MUCH GOLD, EVEN YOU WOULD GIVE UP...\nWHAT?\nJUST WHAT WERE YOU TRYING TO MAKE HER DO IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS MANY CHESTS OF GOLD?!\n\nA FULL PARDON FOR COUNT ETIENNE...?\nETIENNE'S CRIMES ARE UNDENIABLE. THE REMAINS OF DOZENS OF CHILDREN WERE FOUND IN HIS MANOR ALONE,\n\nAND YET YOU WOULD TRY TO BUY MEDEA'S FAVOR TO SAVE SUCH A VILE MAN?\nM-MOTHER, THIS IS ALL A MISUNDERSTANDING!\nTHERE'S MORE TO THIS MATTER THAN YOU REALIZE. CHANCELLOR SISAIRE HAS BEEN TARGETING ETIENNE FOR A LONG TIME.\nIF YOU WOULD JUST GIVE ME A MOMENT, I CAN EXPLAIN EVERYTHING...\nUNCLE, EVEN GRANDMOTHER SAID IT HERSELF. MINISTER ETIENNE'S CRIMES ARE UNDENIABLE.\n\nYOU ALWAYS SAID I WAS CURSED AND FOOLISH, BUT EVEN I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT MUCH.\nHOW COULD SOMEONE WHO HARMED SO MANY INNOCENT CHILDREN POSSIBLY BE A LOYAL SERVANT OF BALDINA?\nI'VE ALWAYS GRANTED EVERY FAVOR YOU ASKED OF ME, UNCLE,\nBUT I DON'T THINK I CAN DO IT THIS TIME. PLEASE DON'T RESENT ME FOR IT.\nW-WHAT ARE YOU SAYING...?!\n\nHOW UTTERLY DISGRACEFUL.\nONLY NOW DO I FINALLY REALIZE HOW YOU'VE BEEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF MEDEA ALL THIS TIME!\nYOU SCHEMING WRETCHES... YOU ARE THE TRUE TRAITORS TO BALDINA!!\n\nMOTHER, IT'S ALL A MISUNDERSTANDING!\nD-DEAR, LET'S LEAVE FOR NOW.\nI CAN’T STAND THE SIGHT OF EITHER OF YOU. GET OUT!\nMOTHER...!\nGET OUT THIS INSTANT!\n\nHOW COULD I HAVE FAILED TO SEE THE DARKNESS FESTERING WITHIN MY OWN CHILD...?\nGRANDMOTHER, PERHAPS MINISTER ETIENNE SHOULD BE MOVED TO A MORE SECURE PRISON.\nAND WHY IS THAT?\nSIR SISAIRE MENTIONED THAT THE MINISTER HAS BEEN SECRETLY EXCHANGING MESSAGES WITH UNCLE EVEN FROM INSIDE THE PRISON,\n\nAND THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF PEOPLE TRYING TO VISIT HIM.\nGRANDMOTHER, PLEASE TRY TO UNDERSTAND UNCLE.\nAS THE MINISTER'S LONGTIME FRIEND, IT MUST HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO SIMPLY ABANDON HIM IN HIS TIME OF NEED.\n\nDON’T WORRY, MEDEA. I WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.\n\nFROM NOW ON, THIS’LL BE YOUR ROOM.\nNO ONE WILL BE COMING HERE, SO ENJOY THE SOLITUDE.\nW-WAIT!\nDAMN IT, DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU’LL GET AWAY WITH LEAVING ME HERE LIKE THIS?!\n\nIS ANYONE OUT THERE?!\n\n?!!\nKEGH!\nW-WHAT THE-- KEGH... KLEGH!\nMINISTER ETIENNE, YOU'VE CAUSED TOO MUCH TROUBLE THIS TIME.\n\nDIE. IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP YOU QUIET.\nKLEGH\nKEGH\nSO IT'S TO SILENCE ME... BUT WHO WOULD...?!\nDON'T TELL ME IT'S CLAUDIO...?! THAT BASTARD IS TRYING TO KILL ME!\n\nY-YOUR HIGHNESS!\nWHAT BRINGS YOU ALL THE WAY HERE...?\nWHERE IS MINISTER ETIENNE?\nTH-THIS WAY, YOUR HIGHNESS.\nTSK.\n\nGAHH!\nMINISTER.\n\nY-YOUR HIGHNESS!\nI'VE COME TO RETURN THIS. I'M AFRAID I CAN'T ACCEPT YOUR OFFER.\n\nI'D PREFER IT IF YOU NEVER SEEK ME OUT AGAIN.\nP-PLEASE, YOUR HIGHNESS! I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU!!\nCLAUDIO JOAQUIN IS THE REAL THREAT TO BALDINA!\nAREN'T YOU CURIOUS ABOUT THE UGLY TRUTH HE'S BEEN HIDING?!\n\nTHE UGLY TRUTH?\nIT'S TREASON!\nHE'S PREPARING A REBELLION.\nAND...\n...THE SIGNED DOCUMENT IS IN MY POSSESSION.\n\nTo be continued","bubble_count":105,"pages_count":32,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"In Chapter 26 of The Crown I Will Claim, Medea finds herself caught in the middle of a bargain involving Minister Etienne's secret fortune and the gold demanded in exchange for a pardon.","spoiler_summary":"In Chapter 26 of The Crown I Will Claim, Medea finds herself caught in the middle of a bargain involving Minister Etienne's secret fortune and the gold demanded in exchange for a pardon. The chests her uncle Joaquin brought to save Etienne are exposed by her mother's raid, and Medea refuses to seal the pardon. 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