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Returning to age four, Edwin clings to Anri with longing for the voice that broke his curse and begs her never to leave his side.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Chapter 25 of The Duke's Obsession With His Wife tells of Edwin's tragic first life and his rebirth after death. Born rich but imprisoned by his father, disgraced for the sake of Queen Elize, Edwin dies by a poisoned chalice, hears the judging voices of readers in the darkness, and finds a second chance with a mysterious voice that defends him. Returning to age four, Edwin clings to Anri with longing for the voice that broke his curse and begs her never to leave his side.","key_events":["Edwin removes rotten people, gathers loyal ones, and seeks the voice that saved him.","A reader voice defends Edwin, declares love and promises to make him happy, breaking his curse.","Edwin reawakens as four-year-old on July 7th and chooses to live as worthy heir.","After death Edwin wakes in pitch-black darkness and hears reader voices judging his life.","Edwin is scolded and locked up by his father as a child, growing consumed by burning desire.","Edwin tells Anri she is proof he escaped past failures and begs her to stay by his side.","Edwin is shamed for obsessing over Queen Elize and drinks poisoned wine to join her in hell."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"THE WISH OF A CURSED MAN\n\nTHERE ONCE WAS A MAN, BORN TO RICHES, BUT DOOMED TO LIVE A TRAGIC LIFE.\nALTHOUGH HE HAD SO MUCH, HE APPRECIATED NOTHING...\n...BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT NOTHING HE HAD COULD EVER BRING HIM HAPPINESS.\n\nI'M SORRY, FATHER!\nYOU WOULDN'T BE SPILLING SUCH PATHETIC TEARS...\nIF YOU TRULY UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU DID WRONG, EDWIN.\nFATHER, PLEASE...! LET ME OUT!\n\nAND BECAUSE NO ONE HAD EVER WISHED HIM ANY HAPPINESS...\n...HE NEVER THOUGHT TO WISH IT FOR HIMSELF.\n\nINSTEAD, HE DEVOTED HIMSELF TO AN INTENSE, BURNING DESIRE.\nHE ALLOWED HIS GOOD NAME TO FALL FROM GRACE, SWALLOWING HIS PRIDE TO WALLOW IN FILTH AND BLOOD...\nHE CHASES AFTER THE QUEEN LIKE A DOG!\nHE’S NOT EVEN FIT TO BE HER LOVER!\nHE'S A DISGRACE TO THE GOOD HOUSE OF BRISTON.\n\n...AND HIS MOTHER'S DEATH BURNED AWAY WHAT REMAINED OF HIS HEART.\nDUKE MOOR IS THE ONE WHO SENT THOSE ASSASSINS, NOT ME!\nPLEASE, YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME!\nEVENTUALLY...\n\nLET'S NEVER FIGHT AGAIN, EDWIN.\nTAKE THIS WINE, AND LET US TOAST TO OUR REUNION.\n...HE REALIZED THAT WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS LOVE...\nHAD BEEN NOTHING BUT DESPAIR, ALL ALONG.\n\nLIAR.\nABANDONED BY THE WORLD, HE DRANK FROM THE POISONED CHALICE...\nJOIN ME IN HELL, ELIZE.\n...KISSED THE LIPS OF DESPAIR...\n\n...AND WILLINGLY PLUMMETED DOWN TO HELL.\n\nWHERE IS THIS PLACE?\nIT'S NOTHING BUT PITCH BLACK, ALL AROUND.\nBUT I'M DEAD, AREN'T I?\n\nTHEN, COULD THIS BE HELL?\n\"WHAT A GREAT STORY.\"\n\"BUT I FEEL A LITTLE BAD FOR THE MALE LEAD.\"\n\n\"HOW COULD YOU FEEL BAD FOR HIM?\"\nWHAT'S GOING ON?\nWHOSE VOICES ARE THESE?\n\"HE ABANDONED HIS FAMILY AND EVEN BECAME A MURDERER, ALL FOR JUST SOME WOMAN.\"\n\"HE DOESN'T DESERVE A HAPPY ENDING.\"\n\"BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A MAN WHO'S WILLING TO DESTROY HIMSELF FOR LOVE.\"\n\"WHAT A STORY!\"\n\"WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT THIS STORY?\"\n\n\"IT'S EXCITING.\"\n\"I WOULD HAVE JUST GIVEN UP ON ELIZE, IF I WERE EDWIN.\"\n\"WELL, I THOUGHT IT WAS BORING.\n\nSTOP IT! PLEASE, MAKE IT STOP!!!\nIT WAS AS IF MY SOUL WAS BEING SLASHED INTO PIECES BY A MYRIAD OF INVISIBLE BLADES.\n\nONLY MUCH LATER, AFTER I HAD COMPLETELY LOST MYSELF...\nDID I REALIZE THAT WHAT I WAS HEARING WERE THE SOUNDS OF A BOOK BEING OPEN AND SHUT.\nWHILE LISTENING TO THE UNFAMILIAR VOICES THAT JUDGED EVERY ASPECT OF ME AND MY LIFE...\nI CAME TO REALIZE SOMETHING.\nALL OF MY LIFE'S CHOICES, NO MATTER HOW DIFFICULT OR AGONIZING THEY FELT AT THE TIME...\n\n...HAD BEEN NOTHING BUT A PART OF A PREDETERMINED ROUTE TO SELF DESTRUCTION.\nI WAS DENIED EVEN THE PEACE OF DEATH...\nTHIS IS MY \"CURSE\"...\n\n...DOOMED TO AN EVERLASTING EXISTENCE AS A DEVICE CREATED SOLELY FOR THE FULFILLMENT OF OTHERS.\nMY LIFE WAS NOT MY OWN. IT BELONGED TO A NAMELESS AUTHOR AND HER FACELESS READERS.\nPOOR EDWIN.\n\nWHY SHOULD I HAVE TO WASTE MY LOVE ON SOMEONE LIKE YOU?\nWHEN YOU CAN'T EVEN SPARE ANY LOVE FOR YOURSELF?\nWHAT YOU FELT TOWARD ME WASN'T LOVE.\nYOU WERE JUST A CHILD THROWING A TANTRUM...\nBECAUSE TO YOU, I WAS JUST A TOY YOU COULDN'T HAVE.\n\nNO ONE WILL EVER LOVE YOU, EDWIN.\nTHAT'S NOT TRUE!!!\n\nHE ONLY WANTED YOU AS A TOY?\nBUT YOU NEVER EVEN GAVE HIM A CHANCE, ELIZE!\nHOW DARE YOU SPEAK THAT WAY ABOUT EDWIN...\nWHEN YOU'RE THE ONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS...\nSOMEONE DOES LOVE YOU, EDWIN.\n\nOR, AT LEAST I DO. I LOVE YOU, EDWIN.\nAND I PROMISE TO MAKE YOU HAPPY.\nWHO, ME? BUT I'M JUST A CHARACTER IN A BOOK.\nWHO'D GO SO FAR TO DEFEND ME?\n\nAND WHY...?\n\nAND WHEN I OPENED MY EYES AGAIN...\n...IT WAS JULY 7TH, AND I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD.\n\nEDDIE...?\nEDDIE? EDWIN?\nWHAT'S WRONG? ARE YOU FEELING SICK?\n\nHOW BEAUTIFUL...\nEDDIE! WHAT'D WRONG?\nAND THIS WAS THE UNFORGETTABLE DAY THAT I GOT MY SECOND CHANCE.\n\nI KNEW THIS WORLD WAS MADE UP OF NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF WORDS IN A BOOK, BUT IT STILL FELT SO WARM AND BRIGHT.\nI'M FINE, MOTHER...\nAND SINCE I'VE BEEN BACK...\n...I'VE BEEN TRYING MY BEST TO AVOID MY PAST MISTAKES.\n\nI CHOSE TO LIVE AS THE PROPER HEIR OF A DUKE.\nBRILLIANT!\nI'M PROUD TO HAVE YOU AS MY SON AND HEIR, EDWIN!\nIT WASN'T DIFFICULT...\n...TO STEP INTO ANOTHER LIFE AS A DUKE.\n\nNOR WAS IT DIFFICULT TO LIVE AS A DECENT SON.\nTHE LADY...\nI MEAN, THE DUCHESS IS READY AS WELL.\nI WEEDED OUT ALL THE CORRUPT PEOPLE IN MY LIFE AND COLLECTED THOSE ONLY LOYAL TO ME.\nAND ALTHOUGH IT SEEMED THAT I HAD SETTLED INTO A STABLE LIFE...\n\n...THERE WAS ONE DREAM THAT REMAINED FOREVER BEYOND MY REACH.\nMEETING THE VOICE WHO HAD BROKEN MY CURSE.\nBUT OF COURSE THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE.\n\nTHE VOICE BELONGS TO A READER, WHO EXISTS IN ANOTHER WORLD.\nAND SO, THE ONLY THING I CAN DO TO REPAY MY SAVIOR FOR HER KINDNESS...\n...IS TO TRY AND LIVE A HAPPY LIFE.\n\nANRI IS SOMEONE I NEVER WOULD HAVE CROSSED PATHS WITH DURING MY FIRST LIFE.\nAND THAT'S WHAT DREW ME TO HER.\n\nYOU'RE...\n...LIVING PROOF THAT I'VE MANAGED TO ESCAPE MY PAST FAILURES.\nAND THAT'S WHY, ALL THAT I WANT FROM YOU...\n...IS TO ALWAYS STAY BY MY SIDE, AND WITHIN MY SIGHT.\n\nI BEG YOU, DON'T EVER LEAVE MY SIDE.\nI CAN'T BEAR TO LOSE SIGHT OF YOU.","bubble_count":111,"pages_count":33,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Chapter 25 of The Duke's Obsession With His Wife tells of Edwin's tragic first life and his rebirth after death.","spoiler_summary":"Chapter 25 of The Duke's Obsession With His Wife tells of Edwin's tragic first life and his rebirth after death. Born rich but imprisoned by his father, disgraced for the sake of Queen Elize, Edwin dies by a poisoned chalice, hears the judging voices of readers in the darkness, and finds a second chance with a mysterious voice that defends him. Returning to age four, Edwin clings to Anri with longing for the voice that broke his curse and begs her never to leave his side."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/the-duke-s-obsession-with-his-wife-5a64q63y/chapter-25-te4mxg","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — The Duke's Obsession With His Wife #25: THE WISH OF A CURSED MAN","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-03T20:25:49.560Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/the-duke-s-obsession-with-his-wife-5a64q63y"}}