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As Grand Duke Miller Dieus tries to expel her, Grand Duchess Heidi Dieus intervenes, and April reminds them that she is an invited guest.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Chapter 21 of The Mansion Awaits Spring depicts the tension that begins as April Ava Lunos enters the charity ball for the Mist Victims together with Director Pejin Dieus. April, the target of gossip as a suspect in the witch trial and the Mist Murders, draws attention in her mother's 7-year-old dress. As Grand Duke Miller Dieus tries to expel her, Grand Duchess Heidi Dieus intervenes, and April reminds them that she is an invited guest.","key_events":["April asks Pejin to accompany her to an empty table, wanting to dance with him for the first time in a long while.","April wears her mother's old out-of-fashion dress, evoking a shared sense of nostalgia among the nobles instead of ridicule.","April's arrival sparks gossip; guests discuss her as the Mist Murders suspect who should face the witch court.","Pejin Dieus and April Ava Lunos arrive together at the Grand Duchess's charity ball for Mist Victims, announced as partners.","April confronts Miller and Heidi Dieus for the first time in 7 years; Miller tries to expel her, Heidi intervenes and welcomes her."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"I'M SO GLAD WE COULD MEET LIKE THIS AT THE END OF THE YEAR.\nSINCE HER GRACE, THE GRAND DUCHESS,\nTHREW A CHARITY PARTY FOR THE FOG VICTIMS...\n...OF COURSE I HAD TO ATTEND.\nBY THE WAY, I HEARD SUPERINTENDENT PEJIN WOULD BE ATTENDING AS WELL...\nBUT I DON'T SEE HIM ANYWHERE.\n\nTHAT RASCAL, PERHAPS HE FORGOT THIS IS A PARTY HOSTED BY HIS SISTER-IN-LAW.\nTHEY SAY HE HASN'T ARRIVED YET.\nOH MY, MY~\nTHE YOUNG LADIES OF THE GRAND DUCHY MUST BE EAGERLY WAITING FOR SUPERINTENDENT PEJIN TO ARRIVE.\nTHEY MUST BE BURNING WITH ANXIETY SINCE HE'S SO LATE.\nEXCUSE ME, YOUR GRACE.\nI HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU...\n\nSUPERINTENDENT PEJIN IS CURRENTLY HEADING TO THE BANQUET HALL...\n...WITH LUNOS...\n\nTHEN, I WILL INTRODUCE OUR NEXT GUESTS.\nSUPERINTENDENT PEJIN DIEUS.\nSIR PEJIN IS HERE? KYAA~\nOHH, FINALLY..!\n\n...AND...\n...MISS APRIL AVA LUNOS.\n?!\n\nENTERING NOW!\n\nLUNOS? YOU MEAN THE LUNOS WE ALL KNOW?\nWASN'T SHE SUPPOSED TO BE FACING A WITCH TRIAL?\n\nTO THINK A SUSPECT IN THE FOG MURDERS WOULD DARE SHOW UP AT A PARTY...\nWHAT IF SHE CAUSES A SCENE?\nBY THE WAY, WHY ARE THOSE TWO ARRIVING TOGETHER?\nSUPERINTENDENT PEJIN IS A POLICE OFFICER, ISN'T HE?\nHE MUST BE ESCORTING HER TO KEEP AN EYE ON HER.\n\nTHE EYES OF THE PEOPLE GOSSIPING ABOUT APRIL...\n...WERE EVEN BUSIER THAN THEIR MOUTHS, FOLLOWING HER DRESS.\nINSTEAD OF THE IMPERIAL-STYLE DRESSES POPULAR AMONG THE NOBLES OF THE GRAND DUCHY...\n\n...APRIL CAME WEARING AN OLD DRESS OF HER MOTHER'S,\nA STYLE THAT HAD GONE OUT OF FASHION OVER 7 YEARS AGO.\nTHEY TRIED TO CRITICIZE IT AS TACKY, BUT THEY COULDN'T BRING THEMSELVES TO SPEAK.\nINSTEAD, THEY ALL SHARED A STRANGE EXPERIENCE...\n\n...OF FEELING A FAMILIAR SENSE OF NOSTALGIA.\nWHEN I WAS THROWN INTO THE MUD...\n...YOU ALL BRANDED ME A WITCH AND THREATENED ME...\n...BUT NOW THAT I'M RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU...\n\n...YOU'RE ALL ON HIGH ALERT BUT CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO STOP ME.\nI LACKED THE CONFIDENCE TO FACE...\n...GRAND DUKE MILLER DIEUS AND GRAND DUCHESS HEIDI DIEUS.\n\nTO THINK I WAS WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THESE COWARDS MIGHT DO...\nIF THAT'S THE CASE, I DON'T NEED TO HESITATE ABOUT FACING YOU, EITHER.\n\nLET'S GO TO THAT EMPTY TABLE OVER THERE...\n\nUGH.. HEY, APRIL..!\nWHERE ARE YOU GOING...?!\n\nMAKING AN ENTRANCE AT THE VERY END AS IF YOU'RE THE MAIN CHARACTER OF THE BANQUET.\nYOU'RE TOO LATE.\n\nPEJIN.\nI WAS A LITTLE LATE BECAUSE I WAS ESCORTING MY PARTNER.\nSHOULDN'T YOU, AS THE HOST,\nCOME AND GREET YOUR GUESTS WHEN THEY ARRIVE?\nWHAT GUESTS...?\n\nHE'S DELIBERATELY PRETENDING NOT TO BE CONSCIOUS OF ME.\nWE ARE FINALLY MEETING AGAIN AFTER 7 YEARS...\nHeidi, Want Some More?\nI WAS WORRIED THAT IF, BY CHANCE, YOU FELT GUILTY TOWARDS ME...\n...MY FEELINGS OF RESENTMENT TOWARDS YOU MIGHT WEAKEN.\n\nBUT YOU'RE JUST AS TERRIBLY SELFISH AND NARCISSISTIC...\n...AS YOU WERE BACK THEN.\nI ACTUALLY FEEL GRATEFUL FOR THAT.\n\nTO THINK HOUSE DIEUS WOULD BECOME SUCH A MESS IN 7 YEARS.\nHAS THE HOST OF THE BANQUET FORGOTTEN THAT THEY NEED TO WELCOME...\n...THEIR INVITED GUESTS?\n\nHOUSE LUNOS ATTENDED A PARTY HOSTED BY HOUSE DIEUS.\nHOW DARE YOU!\n\nAPRIL, IT WOULD BE BEST FOR YOU TO LEAVE NICELY WHEN I ASK YOU TO.\nOTHERWISE...\nWHO KNOWS?\nMY HOUSE ARREST ENDED A LONG TIME AGO,\nAND I'M A LEGITIMATELY INVITED GUEST.\n\nCOULD YOU FORCEFULLY KICK ME OUT WHILE SAVING FACE?\nYOU CAN'T DO THAT.\n\nBECAUSE YOU WANT TO REMAIN A GOOD PERSON TO THOSE AROUND YOU.\n\nYOU KEEP GETTING ON MY NERVES.\nSOMEONE LIKE YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY...!\nMILLER, THAT'S ENOUGH.\n\nSHE'S PEJIN'S PARTNER.\nWE CAN'T JUST CARELESSLY KICK OUT A GUEST AT OUR PARTY.\nI'LL APOLOGIZE ON MILLER'S BEHALF.\n\nWELCOME, APRIL. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.\nNOW...\n\nHOUSE LUNOS IS GONE,\nAND ONLY THE PIRATE FAMILY REMAINS, HUH?\n\nYOU REALLY CAN'T HIDE PIRATE BLOOD.\nHEIDI BASANTA.\n\nYOU HAVEN'T CHANGED ONE BIT EITHER.\n\nNO.\nSINCE I'M STILL HERE, LUNOS REMAINS LUNOS,\nAND YOU REMAIN EXACTLY AS YOU ARE, DON'T YOU?\n\nTHANK YOU FOR INVITING ME.\nYES, PERHAPS NOTHING HAS CHANGED.\n\nTHE UNCHANGING HEIDI \"DIEUS\" FEELS LIKE...\n...DANCING WITH PEJIN...\n\n...FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE.\nWILL YOU ESCORT ME, PEJIN?","bubble_count":99,"pages_count":34,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Chapter 21 of The Mansion Awaits Spring depicts the tension that begins as April Ava Lunos enters the charity ball for the Mist Victims together with Director Pejin Dieus.","spoiler_summary":"Chapter 21 of The Mansion Awaits Spring depicts the tension that begins as April Ava Lunos enters the charity ball for the Mist Victims together with Director Pejin Dieus. April, the target of gossip as a suspect in the witch trial and the Mist Murders, draws attention in her mother's 7-year-old dress. As Grand Duke Miller Dieus tries to expel her, Grand Duchess Heidi Dieus intervenes, and April reminds them that she is an invited guest."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/the-mansion-awaits-spring-943smigg/chapter-22-4ysnqv","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — The Mansion Awaits Spring #22: Chapter 21","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-24T11:25:51.355Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/the-mansion-awaits-spring-943smigg"}}