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Medea counters by sending the handkerchief back to Marieu along with Marieu's bracelet, and then sets off to go to Marquis Gylippus.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"The Head Maid plans to cause a scandal by having Count Etienne's handkerchief hidden in Princess Medea's wardrobe. The disgraced maid Marieu is used as a pawn in this scheme with the promise of being adopted into a noble family. However, Neril reports the situation to Medea. Medea counters by sending the handkerchief back to Marieu along with Marieu's bracelet, and then sets off to go to Marquis Gylippus.","key_events":["Marieu meets Head Maid at night and hides handkerchief in dressing room wardrobe, witnessed by Neril","Medea and Neril leave palace via back gate in apprentice Tom's carriage to go to Marquis Gylippus","Marieu agrees to cooperate in exchange for adoption into noble family and open relationship with Samon","Medea counter-plots by ordering Marieu's bracelet wrapped in handkerchief and planted among Marieu's belongings","Head Maid plots scandal by hiding Count Larque Etienne's handkerchief in Princess Medea's wardrobe"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"I NEED TO HURRY...!\n\nUGH! IT FEELS LIKE I GOT SOME OF THAT OLD TOAD'S SLIME ON ME...!\nI THINK IT'S STARTING TO SMELL, TOO!\nTRYING TO STIR UP A SCANDAL BETWEEN COUNT ETIENNE AND THE PRINCESS...\n\nTHE HEAD MAID REALLY IS RUTHLESS.\nCOUNT LARQUE ETIENNE...\n...COMES FROM A NOBLE FAMILY WITH THREE GENERATIONS OF PRESTIGE AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS.\n\nTHOUGH A POWERFUL MAN AND THE LORD PROTECTOR'S RIGHT-HAND MAN,\nHE'S AS GREEDY AS HE IS PERVERTED. JUST THE SIGHT OF HIM MAKES MY STOMACH TURN.\nAND IF A HANDKERCHIEF BELONGING TO A MAN LIKE THAT WERE TO BE FOUND IN HER WARDROBE,\nPRINCESS MEDEA WOULD BE RUINED.\n\nSHE'LL BE THE TALK OF THE PALACE FOR WEEKS.\nSERVES HER RIGHT! A SCANDAL WITH A 50-YEAR-OLD TOAD WILL RUIN ALL HER CHANCES OF MARRIAGE!\nESPECIALLY IF IT'S COUNT ETIENNE, OF ALL PEOPLE!\n\nBUT STILL...\nTHINGS WEREN'T ALWAYS LIKE THIS BETWEEN US.\nI HEAR THE PRINCESS HAS CAST YOU ASIDE, AND NOW YOU'RE STUCK SCRUBBING FLOORS ALONGSIDE THE OTHER MAIDS.\n\nHOW FOOLISH CAN YOU BE TO LET NERIL TAKE YOUR PLACE?\nSURELY YOU DON'T THINK I'LL BE THE ONLY ONE THE LORD PROTECTOR ABANDONS WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, DO YOU?\nIF I WERE YOU, I'D BE FIGURING OUT HOW TO SURVIVE.\n\nBUT SHE'S STILL ROYALTY... DON'T YOU FEAR THE HEAVENS?\nIF THIS GOES WELL,\nI'LL SEE TO IT THAT YOU'RE ADOPTED INTO A NOBLE HOUSE.\nMY HUSBAND'S NEPHEW IS STILL WITHOUT AN HEIR, YOU SEE.\n\nSPEND A FEW YEARS AS THEIR ADOPTED DAUGHTER,\nAND YOU COULD BE A NOBLE LADY YOURSELF.\n\nIF I BECOME A NOBLE, SAMON AND I CAN FINALLY BE TOGETHER WITHOUT HAVING TO HIDE.\n\nDON'T RESENT ME FOR THIS, YOUR HIGHNESS.\nYOU ABANDONED ME FIRST.\n\nEpisode 8\n\nYOUR HIGHNESS, JUST AS YOU SUSPECTED,\n\nMARIEU MET WITH THE HEAD MAID LAST NIGHT.\nAFTERWARD, I SAW HER ENTER YOUR DRESSING ROOM AND HIDE SOMETHING IN YOUR WARDROBE.\n\nTHIS IS WHAT SHE HID.\nCOUNT ETIENNE...\n\nIT SEEMS QUEZIN IS GETTING DESPERATE.\nTHOSE VILE LITTLE RATS...\nYOUR HIGHNESS, I CAN MAKE TWO OR THREE BODIES DISAPPEAR WITHOUT A TRACE.\nJUST GIVE THE ORDER, AND I WILL---\nWOULD THAT INCLUDE THE MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS AS WELL? YOU'D ONLY BE PUTTING YOURSELF IN DANGER TOO, NERIL.\n\nBUT YOU ARE BOTH MY MASTER AND MY SAVIOR.\nI WOULD GLADLY GIVE MY LIFE FOR YOU!\n\nSHE'S TOO LOYAL FOR HER OWN GOOD.\nSHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'LL CHARGE OUT THE DOOR ANY MOMENT NOW.\nCALM YOURSELF. IT'S TOO SOON FOR THAT.\n\nMORE IMPORTANTLY, NERIL, YOU SAID YOU ARE GOOD AT HIDING THINGS, CORRECT?\nYES, YOUR HIGHNESS.\nTHEN LET'S TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HEAD MAID'S LITTLE GIFT.\n\nISN'T THAT...?\n\nYES, IT'S MARIEU'S BRACELET. ONE OF THE NEW MAIDS BROUGHT IT TO ME.\nSHE SUSPECTED MARIEU HAD STOLEN IT FROM MY COLLECTION.\nI SAW HER DROP IT, AND I WAS GOING TO RETURN IT TO HER, BUT SOMETHING DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT.\nTHIS PIECE IS WELL BEYOND HER STATION, YET IT SEEMS SHE'S BEEN FLAUNTING IT QUITE SHAMELESSLY, CLAIMING IT'S A TOKEN OF LOVE.\nWE SHOULD RETURN IT TO ITS OWNER, BUT NOT WITHOUT ADDING A LITTLE TOUCH FIRST.\n\nWRAP IT IN COUNT ETIENNE'S HANDKERCHIEF AND SLIP IT INTO MARIEU'S BELONGINGS.\nAS YOU WISH, YOUR HIGHNESS.\nNOW THEN, LET'S GET GOING.\n\nYOU SAID AN ESCORT IS WAITING TO TAKE US TO THE MARQUESS, RIGHT?\nYES, ONE OF MY MASTER'S OTHER APPRENTICES SHOULD BE OUTSIDE WITH THE CARRIAGE RIGHT NOW.\nANOTHER OF MARQUESS GYLIPPUS' APPRENTICES?\nYES, HE CAN BE A BIT ARROGANT, BUT HE'S EXCEPTIONALLY SKILLED.\n\nI THINK YOU'LL LIKE HIM, YOUR HIGHNESS.\n\nWELL, WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT? I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE ROYALTY USING THE BACK GATE.\nWE KNIGHTS ONLY USE IT WHEN WE'RE SNEAKING OUT.\n\nSHE WAS RIGHT ABOUT HIM BEING ARROGANT.\nPLEASURE TO MEET YOU, PRINCESS.\nI WAS STARTING TO THINK NERIL HAD GONE AND STARTED DIGGING HERSELF A TUNNEL OR SOMETHING.\n\nTHEN AGAIN, I SUPPOSE KEEPING A COMMONER WAITING IS HARDLY A CONCERN FOR SOMEONE OF YOUR STATUS.\nMIND YOUR TONE, TOM.\nREMEMBER WHO YOU'RE SPEAKING TO.\n\nWHY, YOU LITTLE...!\n\nCOMPARED TO THE SCORN I'VE ENDURED IN MY PAST LIFE,\nTHIS IS JUST CHARMING.\nIT'S ALL RIGHT, NERIL.\n\nIT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU. I'LL BE COUNTING ON YOU TO SEE US SAFELY TO THE ESTATE.\nOH... SURE.\n\nLET'S BE ON OUR WAY, THEN.\n\nTO MARQUESS GYLIPPUS.","bubble_count":78,"pages_count":32,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"The Head Maid plans to cause a scandal by having Count Etienne's handkerchief hidden in Princess Medea's wardrobe.","spoiler_summary":"The Head Maid plans to cause a scandal by having Count Etienne's handkerchief hidden in Princess Medea's wardrobe. The disgraced maid Marieu is used as a pawn in this scheme with the promise of being adopted into a noble family. However, Neril reports the situation to Medea. 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