# WebtoonLib — The First Night With the Duke #45

## Series
- title: The First Night With the Duke
- slug: the-first-night-with-the-duke-8bf970

## Chapter
- number: 45
- release_date: 2025-03-08

### Summary
Following their impromptu wedding, Ripley and Duke Zeronis share an emotionally charged and poignant farewell as he departs for a war she inadvertently helped supply. This departure frames the chapter's central conflict, which revolves around Ripley’s continued dealings with the antagonistic Prince Sharman. Despite her new husband's warnings, Ripley appears determined to fulfill the prince's business order, a decision that has deeply polarized the readership. Critics lambast her as "dumb" and gullible, frustrated by her seeming inability to recognize danger, while defenders argue her actions are logically justifiable, as she cannot officially ignore a royal and the supplies are genuinely needed for the war. This debate highlights her established characterization as a flawed and "scatterbrained" protagonist whose choices are rooted in a unique, if questionable, logic stemming from her past life trauma and current circumstances. The chapter mixes this high-stakes tension with moments of comedy and romance, particularly involving the character Wright, whose conspicuous absence from the war effort has become a running joke among readers. Ultimately, the narrative solidifies the consequences of the rushed marriage, leaving Ripley to navigate perilous political and business machinations alone.
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- summary_verification: unverified

## Spoiler
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### Safe teaser
Following their impromptu wedding, Ripley and Duke Zeronis share an emotionally charged and poignant farewell as he departs for a war she inadvertently helped supply.

### Spoiler summary
Following their impromptu wedding, Ripley and Duke Zeronis share an emotionally charged and poignant farewell as he departs for a war she inadvertently helped supply. This departure frames the chapter's central conflict, which revolves around Ripley’s continued dealings with the antagonistic Prince Sharman. Despite her new husband's warnings, Ripley appears determined to fulfill the prince's business order, a decision that has deeply polarized the readership. Critics lambast her as "dumb" and gullible, frustrated by her seeming inability to recognize danger, while defenders argue her actions are logically justifiable, as she cannot officially ignore a royal and the supplies are genuinely needed for the war. This debate highlights her established characterization as a flawed and "scatterbrained" protagonist whose choices are rooted in a unique, if questionable, logic stemming from her past life trauma and current circumstances. The chapter mixes this high-stakes tension with moments of comedy and romance, particularly involving the character Wright, whose conspicuous absence from the war effort has become a running joke among readers. Ultimately, the narrative solidifies the consequences of the rushed marriage, leaving Ripley to navigate perilous political and business machinations alone.

## Status
- data_status: partial
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — The First Night With the Duke #45](/series/the-first-night-with-the-duke-8bf970/chapter-45)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/the-first-night-with-the-duke-8bf970

## Usage
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