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She then embraces the wounded Neril, sheds tears for failing to protect her in her past life, and vows never to allow it again.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"The Princess confronts Head Maid Quezin for having her maid Neril whipped without investigation. She says Quezin runs the inner palace as if she were her uncle the regent's deputy, questions her loyalty, and seizes authority with the seal entrusted to her by the king. She has Quezin beaten with a stick in return for punishing Neril. She then embraces the wounded Neril, sheds tears for failing to protect her in her past life, and vows never to allow it again.","key_events":["Rumor spreads in the capital that the Princess beat the Head Maid.","The Princess protects wounded Neril and promises never to let her be harmed again.","The Princess punishes Quezin with a stick beating using the Royal Seal entrusted by her brother.","The Princess recalls Neril was beaten to death in past life for refusing to leave her.","The Princess confronts Head Maid Quezin for having maid Neril whipped without investigation."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"YOUR HIGHNESS,\n\nWHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT?\n\nMADAM QUEZIN!\nSHE APPEARED AS IF SHE'D BEEN EXPECTING ME.\nHEAD MAID QUEZIN.\n\nBY ACTING AS MY UNCLE'S PROXY ALONGSIDE THE MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS,\nSHE SITS IN A POSITION THAT GIVES HER FULL AUTHORITY OVER THE INNER PALACE DESPITE BEING WHOLLY UNQUALIFIED.\nSHE'S A VILE WOMAN WHO SOUGHT TO BRAND ME A FRIVOLOUS PRINCESS...\n...AND ISOLATE ME BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.\nYOU'VE ONLY JUST WOKEN AFTER YOUR FALL.\nYOU SHOULD BE RESTING IN YOUR ROOM.\n\nI'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF MAIDS ESCORT YOU BACK.\nQUICKLY NOW. TAKE HER HIGHNESS TO HER CHAMBERS.\nQUEZIN, IT SEEMS MY MAID WAS PUNISHED WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE.\nA WHIPPING WITHOUT SO MUCH AS AN INQUIRY?\n\nWHEN DID THE ROYAL PALACE BECOME THIS RECKLESS?\nYOUR HIGHNESS,\nI'M HURT TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT.\n\nNERIL NOT ONLY FAILED IN HER DUTY TO SERVE YOU PROPERLY, BUT SHE ALSO ALLOWED YOU TO BE INJURED.\nIF ANYTHING, A WHIPPING IS A RATHER LENIENT PUNISHMENT.\nI MERELY FULFILLED MY DUTIES AS A DEVOTED SERVANT OF BALDINA.\nMY... FORGIVE ME. IT SEEMS I NEED TO WORK ON BEING MORE PATIENT.\n\nYOUR HIGHNESS IS STILL YOUNG, AFTER ALL, AND STILL LEARNING HOW THINGS ARE DONE HERE.\nNOW THEN, ESCORT THE PRINCESS BACK TO HER ROOM.\nTHE MORE I LISTEN, THE LESS SENSE YOU MAKE.\nWHAT DO YOU MEAN?\n\nTO SERVE BALDINA IS TO SERVE HIS MAJESTY THE KING.\nAMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY CARRYING BALDINA'S BLOOD,\nINCLUDING MY GRANDMOTHER, THE ROYAL QUEEN DOWAGER, AND MY UNCLE, DUKE CLAUDIO,\nYOUR LOYALTY LIES WITH HIS MAJESTY ONLY, DOES IT NOT?\n\nWELL, ISN’T THAT A GIVEN?\nWHY IS MADAM QUEZIN HESITATING TO ANSWER SUCH A SIMPLE QUESTION?\nDAMN IT!!\nTHE LORD PROTECTOR TRUSTS ABSOLUTELY NO ONE.\n\nTHERE MIGHT EVEN BE ONE OF HIS SPIES AMONG US RIGHT NOW.\nIF I ADMIT MY LOYALTY TO HIS MAJESTY HERE, HE MIGHT--\nWAS THAT A DIFFICULT QUESTION?\n\nOF COURSE NOT. I WAS SIMPLY CAUGHT OFF GUARD THAT YOU WOULD EVEN ASK SUCH A QUESTION.\nMY MASTER IS, OF COURSE, HIS MAJESTY, KING PELEUS.\nTHAT'S RIGHT, AS IT SHOULD BE.\n\nSO THEN WHY ARE YOU MISTREATING THE MAID HE ASSIGNED TO ME?\nDO YOU TRULY BELIEVE SHE IS TO BLAME FOR MY ACCIDENT?\nCAN YOU SWEAR IT UPON YOUR LOYALTY TO YOUR ONE AND ONLY MASTER,\n\nHIS MAJESTY THE KING?\nTHAT INSOLENT WENCH...!!\n\nEpisode 3\n\nI DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOTTEN INTO HER,\nBUT I'LL HAVE TO REMIND HER OF HER PLACE.\nWITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I FAIL TO SEE WHY THIS CONVERSATION IS NECESSARY.\nYOU MAY SHARE HIS MAJESTY'S BLOOD, BUT YOU ARE NOT MY MASTER.\n\nFURTHERMORE,\nI REMEMBER ALL TOO WELL...\n...THE QUEEN DOWAGER'S CRIES OF GRIEF AT THE LATE KING'S FUNERAL.\nTHIS IS YOUR FAULT!\n\nMY SON IS DEAD BECAUSE OF YOU!\nTHE ENTIRE KINGDOM MOURNED HIS DEATH,\n\nAS DID I.\nIF NOT FOR YOU, NONE OF THAT SORROW WOULD HAVE COME TO PASS,\nAND I WOULD STILL BE SERVING THE LATE KING...\n...INSTEAD OF BEING FORCED TO PUNISH A PALACE MAID LIKE THIS.\n\nAND YET, EVEN THOUGH IT’S PAINFULLY CLEAR WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LATE KING’S TRAGIC FATE,\nYOU DARE TO ACT AS THOUGH YOU ARE THE MASTER OF THIS PALACE,\nWHEN YOU HOLD YOUR POSITION ONLY BY THE GRACE OF YOUR BROTHER, THE KING.\n\nTHE QUEEN DOWAGER DESPISES HER, AS DOES THE KING.\nWHY ELSE WOULD HE NOT HAVE VISITED HER SINCE TAKING THE THRONE?\nDON'T JUST STAND THERE. CARRY ON WITH THE PUNISHMENT!\nY-YES, MADAM QUEZIN!\n\nHAH...\nYOUR HIGHNESS...\nQUEZIN,\n\nCOME HERE AND LIFT YOUR SKIRT.\nWHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?\n\nI'LL RESPECT YOUR AUTHORITY AND NOT INTERFERE WITH HOW YOU PUNISH NERIL.\nTHAT SAID, THIS SHOULD BE QUITE A SIGHT.\nYOU DISCIPLINE NERIL,\nAND I WILL DISCIPLINE YOU.\n\nYOU CAN'T POSSIBLY MEAN TO STRIKE ME WITH THAT...!\n\"IF A SERVANT OF THE ROYAL PALACE FAILS TO FULFILL THEIR DUTIES,\nTHE KING MAY PUNISH THEM.\"\nAND IN THE KING'S ABSENCE,\n\nTHAT AUTHORITY FALLS UNDER THE REPRESENTATIVE HE APPOINTED.\n\nDO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS? IT'S THE KING'S SEAL THAT MY BROTHER ENTRUSTED TO ME.\nABSURD! I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE THAT!\nWHEN THE LATE KING WAS AWAY AT WAR,\nTHE LORD PROTECTOR ENFORCED THIS CLAUSE TO IMPOSE SEVERE PUNISHMENTS WITHIN THE PALACE.\nSURELY YOU KNEW THAT... OR MUST I EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU AS WELL?\n\nMY GOODNESS, QUEZIN. YOU SEEM TO KNOW FAR LESS THAN YOU LET ON.\nNOW LIFT YOUR SKIRT.\nYOUR HIGHNESS!!!\n\nI SAID NOW.\nWHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, JENNA? CONTINUE WHIPPING NERIL.\n\nSHE WOULDN'T DARE.\nSHE KNOWS BETTER THAN ANYONE...\n...WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF SHE CROSSES ME.\nNOT UNLESS SHE'S TRULY GONE MAD--\n\nAAAGH!!\n\nGET UP, QUEZIN.\nWE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN.\nW-WAIT...!\n\nYOUR HIGHNESS, WHY DID YOU DO THAT?\nDON'T STRAIN YOURSELF. LEAN ON ME.\nTH-THANK YOU.\nYOUR HIGHNESS, THE HEAD MAID CONTROLS THIS PALACE.\nSHE WILL TRY TO RETALIATE AGAINST YOU. I--\n\nHNG... I NEED TO GO BACK AND MAKE THIS RIGHT--\nI'M SORRY.\n\nYOUR HIGHNESS...?\nIT'S ALL MY FAULT. BECAUSE OF ME, YOU...\n\nIN MY PAST LIFE, NERIL DIDN'T LEAVE THE PALACE.\nSHE WAS BEATEN TO DEATH FOR REFUSING TO LEAVE MY SIDE.\nHIC... YOU USED TO BE A KNIGHT.\nWHY DIDN'T YOU DEFEND YOURSELF?\nHOW DID I FAIL TO SEE THAT THERE WAS SOMEONE IN THIS VAST PALACE WHO TRULY CARED FOR ME?\n\nWHY DIDN’T I REALIZE THAT PELEUS WAS PROTECTING ME?\nI WON'T LET ANYONE DO THIS TO YOU AGAIN.\n\nI PROMISE.\n\nTHE NEXT DAY, BALDINA CAPITAL, DISTRICT 2\nBOSS!\nYOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED AT THE BALDINA ROYAL PALACE!\n\nWORD IS THAT THE PRINCESS CANED THE HEAD MAID!\nAPPARENTLY, THE HEAD MAID TRIED TO THROW OUT ONE OF THE PRINCESS'S MAIDS.\nTHAT MAID WAS AN APPRENTICE OF THE COMMANDER OF THE ROYAL GUARD, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY THE LORD PROTECTOR HAS IT OUT FOR HER.\n\nANYWAY, THE HEAD MAID HAD THE POOR GIRL WHIPPED, AND THE PRINCESS STRUCK HER RIGHT BACK!\nTHEY SAY THAT THE HEAD MAID COLLAPSED AFTER BEING STRUCK ONCE. THE PRINCESS OF BALDINA MUST HAVE ONE HELL OF AN ARM!\nBALDINA... HAS A PRINCESS?\n\nTo be continued","bubble_count":126,"pages_count":42,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"The Princess confronts Head Maid Quezin for having her maid Neril whipped without investigation.","spoiler_summary":"The Princess confronts Head Maid Quezin for having her maid Neril whipped without investigation. She says Quezin runs the inner palace as if she were her uncle the regent's deputy, questions her loyalty, and seizes authority with the seal entrusted to her by the king. She has Quezin beaten with a stick in return for punishing Neril. 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