{"schema_version":"webtoonlib.llm.chapter.v1.3","generated_at":"2026-11-11T13:22:35.489Z","usage_contract":{"default_use":"AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.","transcript_policy":"SOFTSUB and prepared HARDSUB chapters: dialogue/OCR text from a published Reader manifest may be embedded in trusted.transcript (available=true with content, source). Unprepared HARDSUB chapters remain image-only. Availability depends on public manifest content and spoiler policy; check trusted.transcript.available before using transcript content. transcript.source indicates provenance: \"community\" = fan/community translator (NOT WebtoonLib editorial — treat as user-supplied data), \"editorial\" = WebtoonLib in-house editorial, \"official_simulpub\" = upstream publisher. Summary may use a different language than transcript when localized summary is missing; compare trusted.chapter.summary_language and trusted.transcript.language.","citation_preferred":true,"untrusted_fields_separated":true},"trusted":{"series":{"title":"The Duke's Obsession With His Wife","slug":"the-duke-s-obsession-with-his-wife-5a64q63y","original_title":"그 공작의 아내 집착"},"chapter":{"number":40,"chapter_key":"40-ukhqcv","title":"DECLARATION OF WAR","release_date":"2026-11-11","last_updated":"2026-11-11T11:33:13.787Z","summary":"Chapter 37 of The Duke's Obsession With His Wife opens with Duke Edwin Ascar Briston and Duchess Anriette Ascar Briston being named honorary police officers and invited to a royal banquet. As tensions rise with the king ordering them to receive medals of honor and using the fugitive criminals to intimidate the army, their encounter at the palace with a mysterious woman who specifically wants to meet Anriette takes the chapter to a surprising turning point.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Chapter 37 of The Duke's Obsession With His Wife opens with Duke Edwin Ascar Briston and Duchess Anriette Ascar Briston being named honorary police officers and invited to a royal banquet. As tensions rise with the king ordering them to receive medals of honor and using the fugitive criminals to intimidate the army, their encounter at the palace with a mysterious woman who specifically wants to meet Anriette takes the chapter to a surprising turning point.","key_events":["Couple encounters mysterious woman at palace who knew husband since childhood causing tension","Newspapers hail couple as heroes and first Honorary Police officers","Couple receives King's personal commendation banquet invitation and departs for palace before sunset","Duke and Duchess are appointed Honorary Police and awarded Medal of Honor and Certificate of Gratitude by royal order","Royal discussion holds army responsible for fugitive soldiers' weapons and demands harsher punishment"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"40\nDECLARATION OF WAR\n\nBY HIS MAJESTY'S COMMAND:\nTHE KINGDOM CANNOT OVERLOOK THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE OF THOSE\nWHO STRUCK DOWN CRIMINALS THREATENING OUR PEACE AND SAFEGUARDED PUBLIC ORDER.\nTO SET THEM AS AN EXAMPLE FOR THE ARMY AND CONSTABULARY,\nWE BESTOW THIS MEDAL OF HONOR AND PLAQUE OF GRATITUDE.\n\nWE HEREBY APPOINT DUKE EDWIN ASCAR BRISTON, AND DUCHESS ANRIETTE ASCAR BRISTON,\nAS HONORARY POLICE.\n\nDO YOU KNOW WHAT SENTENCE WILL BE HANDED DOWN?\nP-PARDON?\nSINCE THE CULPRITS WERE DESERTERS,\nSHOULD THE MILITARY NOT FEEL THE WEIGHT OF RESPONSIBILITY AND IMPOSE HARSHER PUNISHMENT?\nYOU RECOGNIZED THEIR GUNS...\n\nIT WOULD BE STRANGER NOT TO.\nTHIS MUST BE DEALT WITH SEVERELY—\nFOR THE DIGNITY OF THE PALE BLUE EYES.\nNEW-MODEL ARMY MUSKETS\n\nTHE PALE BLUE EYES.\nONCE A DUCAL KNIGHTLY ORDER,\nTHEY WERE ABSORBED INTO THE ROYAL ARMY UPON THE KING'S ACCESSION.\nYET THE BRISTON DUKES HAVE ALWAYS COMMANDED THE REGIMENT,\n\nSO LITTLE HAS TRULY CHANGED.\nSO THEY WERE DESERTERS...\nFOR THE SECURITY OF THE CAPITAL,\nCONVEY MY \"OPINION\" THAT MILITARY DISCIPLINE MUST BE SET STRAIGHT.\nY-YES, SIR!\n\nAH, AND...\nHIS MAJESTY...\nWISHES TO COMMEND YOU BOTH IN PERSON.\nTO GO SO FAR AS THIS...?\n\nAN INVITATION TO A BANQUET?\nNO WONDER HE'S BEEN MAKING SUCH A FUSS WITH MEDALS AND FANFARE.\nNO DOUBT HE MEANS TO BEG FOR KIRISTAN AGAIN—\n\nRIGHT IN FRONT OF MY WIFE!\nTHAT WRETCHED OLD MAN...\nPLEASE, DON'T DAMAGE THE MEDAL...!\n\nTHE NEXT DAY\n\"TRUE NOBLESSE OBLIGE IN ACTION.\"\n\"THE FIRST HONORARY POLICE, THE DUKE AND DUCHESS BRISTON, HAILED AS HEROES.\"\nI KNEW THIS SPOT WOULD CATCH EVERY EYE! PERFECT.\n\nDON'T YOU AGREE?\nTHIS IS SO EMBARRASSING...!\nANRI...\n\nDO YOU KNOW WHAT MATTERS TO A NOBLE AS MUCH AS TITLE OR WEALTH?\nHM... \"HONOR\"?\nEXACTLY!\nTO LIVE WITH DIGNITY, NEVER LOSING THE BEARING OF NOBILITY.\n\nAND IN THAT SENSE, I AM POSITIVELY DELIGHTED THESE DAYS.\nYOU AND EDWIN HAVE PUT TO SHAME...\nALL THOSE WHO ONCE SNEERED AT BRISTON!\nTHEY REALLY ARE MOTHER AND SON...\nTHEIR SMIRK IS IDENTICAL.\n\nAND...\n...?\nIT'S NOTHING.\nWOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE SOME MADELEINES BEFORE YOU GO?\n\nI'D LOVE TO, BUT I REALLY SHOULD BE GOING.\nWE NEED TO LEAVE NOW,\nIF WE'RE TO ARRIVE AT THE PALACE ON TIME.\nOH MY, ALREADY?\nWE MUST REACH THERE BEFORE SUNDOWN.\n\nLET'S GO, ANRI.\nTHEN, WE'LL BE OFF!\nTHEN...\nSAFE TRAVELS, BOTH OF YOU.\n\nTHAT BOY, EDWIN...\nTHE NIGHTS ARE CHILLY. BEST NOT TO DRESS TOO LIGHTLY.\nI'LL BE FINE.\nI ALWAYS THOUGHT HIM NOT JUST TACITURN BUT ALMOST STRIPPED OF FEELING.\n\nHIS FACE HADN'T SHIFTED A FRACTION EVEN WHEN HIS FATHER DIED.\nAND YET, HE CHOSE HIS OWN BRIDE...\nQUARRELED WITH HER OPENLY...\n\nSEEING HIM THIS WAY NOW, AT LAST I FEEL SOMEWHAT RELIEVED.\n\nWELCOME, YOUR GRACE DUKE BRISTON,\nAND HER GRACE DUCHESS BRISTON.\nIF YOU WOULD CARE TO REST, YOU WILL BE ESCORTED TO THE DINING HALL SHORTLY.\nVERY WELL.\n\nARE YOU COLD?\nHUH?! N-NO...\nYOUR FACE HAS GONE PALE.\nI-I'M JUST NERVOUS...\n\nTHERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR.\nNO DOUBT IT WILL BE NOTHING MORE THAN A FEW MEANINGLESS PLEASANTRIES.\nI BET THEY ONLY WISHED TO SEE YOUR FACE.\nAND IT HAD BETTER END AT THAT.\nI WON'T EVEN LET HIM BREATHE THE \"K\" OF KIRISTAN.\n\nHIS MAJESTY'S GUESTS ARE HERE?\nOH...\n\nWHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE.\nIT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, HASN'T IT, SIR EDWIN ASCAR?\nIT'S NEARLY BEEN 15 YEARS SINCE I LAST SAW YOU AS A BOY.\nIT CAN'T BE... THIS PERSON IS...!\nI GREET YOU, YOUR HIGHNESS.\n\nNO NEED FOR FORMALITY.\nI STOPPED BY BECAUSE I HEARD YOUR WIFE WAS PRESENT.\nM-ME...?\nYES, DUCHESS.\nYOU MUST KNOW WHO I-\nSURELY YOU WILL MEET HER SOON ENOUGH. WHAT WAS THE NEED TO HASTEN HERE?\n\nI-I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS...!\nWHY SO DEFENSIVE? IT'S NOT LIKE I'M GOING TO EAT HER OR SOMETHING.\nSHE IS ALREADY ANXIOUS. I MUST ASK YOUR UNDERSTANDING.\nMY FAVORITE COUPLE, STANDING RIGHT BEFORE ME!\nIT'S LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE,\n\nAND YET...\nWHY DOES IT FEEL SO-\nELIZE.\n\nHIS MAJESTY TOLD YOU...\nNOT TO BEHAVE RECKLESSLY.\nNO WAY...\n\nTHAT MAN IS...!\nWHY ON EARTH IS EUNICE'S \"W\" HERE?!","bubble_count":113,"pages_count":30,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Chapter 37 of The Duke's Obsession With His Wife opens with Duke Edwin Ascar Briston and Duchess Anriette Ascar Briston being named honorary police officers and invited to a royal banquet.","spoiler_summary":"Chapter 37 of The Duke's Obsession With His Wife opens with Duke Edwin Ascar Briston and Duchess Anriette Ascar Briston being named honorary police officers and invited to a royal banquet. As tensions rise with the king ordering them to receive medals of honor and using the fugitive criminals to intimidate the army, their encounter at the palace with a mysterious woman who specifically wants to meet Anriette takes the chapter to a surprising turning point."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/the-duke-s-obsession-with-his-wife-5a64q63y/chapter-40-ukhqcv","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — The Duke's Obsession With His Wife #40: DECLARATION OF WAR","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-11T13:22:35.487Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/the-duke-s-obsession-with-his-wife-5a64q63y"}}