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The lady hires her as a cleaner, and as she reflects on seven years of change, tension rises again with the fog and a police automobile.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"The Mansion Awaits Spring Chapter 7 opens with the confrontation between the lady of the mansion and 12-year-old Hanna, who started the fire, and reaches a new turning point with her plea for forgiveness. Hanna, who lost her right hand in a factory accident, confesses that she burned the house to pay off the manager's debt, eats a meal, and asks to work in the house. The lady hires her as a cleaner, and as she reflects on seven years of change, tension rises again with the fog and a police automobile.","key_events":["Revealed child labor ban for under 14 was lifted five years ago and Grand Duchy grew rapidly","On fog arrival day, Imperial police arrive to seal and monitor the mansion over serial murder suspicion","Homeowner forgives the arsonist girl, feeds her, and hires her to clean the mansion","A 12-year-old girl with missing right hand is caught and confesses she set fire on factory manager's orders"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"YOU...\nYOU SET THE FIRE, DID YOU NOT?\n\nI-I AM SORRY!!\nPLEASE DON'T CURSE ME...!\nYOU LITTLE... WHAT ELSE ARE YOU HIDING BEHIND YOUR BACK?\n\nHRK!\nTHIS CHILD...\nSHE'S MISSING HER RIGHT HAND.\n\n\"PLEASE DON'T CURSE ME,\" SHE SAYS...\nDID SHE THINK I'D TAKE HER REMAINING HAND TOO?\nI-I AM NOT HIDING ANYTHING...\nPLEASE, FORGIVE ME JUST THIS ONCE...!\n\nI WILL NOT EAT YOU, SO FOLLOW ME.\n\nEAT.\nTH-THANK YOU!\n\n...SO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS,\nYOU INJURED YOUR RIGHT ARM ON A FACTORY MACHINE NOT LONG AGO,\nAND THE FACTORY MANAGER BLAMED YOU FOR BREAKING THE MACHINE...\nSO YOU HAD TO COMPENSATE HIM FOR ALL OF IT?\n\nYES... BUT I DID NOT HAVE ANY MONEY.\nSO HE ORDERED YOU TO BURN DOWN MY HOUSE?\nI CANNOT EARN MONEY WITHOUT A HAND...\n\nI AM SORRY...\nHONESTLY, I CANNOT EVEN GET ANGRY AT HER.\nBUT YOU...\nDID YOU NOT SAY YOU ARE 12?\nFACTORY LABOR IS PROHIBITED FOR CHILDREN 14 AND UNDER.\n\nTHAT LAW WAS ABOLISHED FIVE YEARS AGO.\nTHE LAW CHANGED?\n\nNOW THAT I HAVE COME OUT OF THE MANOR FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS,\nTHE GRAND DUCHY HAS ACHIEVED TREMENDOUS GROWTH.\nBEFORE, I SIMPLY THOUGHT ITS RAPID DEVELOPMENT WAS ASTONISHING...\nBUT THERE WAS ANOTHER SIDE TO THAT PROGRESS.\n\nUM...\nLADY WITCH.\nYOU SHOULD CALL ME \"MY LADY.\"\nMY LADY, I...\n\nCOULD I WORK AT YOUR HOUSE?\n\nMY LADY!\nI FINISHED CLEANING THE THIRD FLOOR!\n\nYOU'RE CERTAINLY QUICK, BUT YOU SHOULD NOT GET IT ALL OVER YOUR FACE.\nYou got dirty from the dust.\n...IS THIS REALLY RIGHT?\nMMPH!\nWHEN I REFUSED THE CHILD'S SUDDEN REQUEST\nAND TRIED TO SCARE HER BY ASKING IF SHE WANTED TO RECEIVE THE WITCH'S CURSE,\nI WAS FIRED FROM THE FACTORY, LOST MY RIGHT HAND, AND I HAVE A MOUNTAIN OF DEBT...\n\nNO ONE ELSE WILL HIRE A KID LIKE ME...\nSHE SAID THAT AND KEPT LOOKING AT ME IN A WAY I COULD NOT IGNORE...\nSO I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO ASK HER TO CLEAN THE HOUSE.\nI will sweep the corner of the rooftop!\n\nWELL... THE MARKET MERCHANTS REFUSE TO SELL ME ANYTHING,\nSO THIS SHOULD BE FINE AS A TEMPORARY MEASURE...\nJUST AS TWELVE-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN CAN NOW WORK,\nTHE WORLD HAS CHANGED, NOT ONLY IN LAW AND TECHNOLOGY, BUT IN EVERY LITTLE THING.\nIN THE PAST, COMMONERS MADE FIRES WITH WOOD,\nBUT NOW THEY SAY EVERYONE USES COAL OR GAS.\n\nTHANKS TO THAT, THE FORESTS OF THE LUNOS ESTATE HAVE GROWN DENSE.\nWHEN I SEE THINGS LIKE THIS, IS PROGRESS NOT ENTIRELY BAD?\n\nTHAT IS AN IMPERIAL POLICE AUTOMOBILE, IS IT NOT?\nTODAY SHOULD NOT BE THE DAY THE POLICE VISIT AGAIN...\nWHAT SCHEME BROUGHT THEM HERE?\n\nHANNA, THAT IS ENOUGH CLEANING. LET US GO DOWNSTAIRS!\nHURRY!\nMY LADY...\nTHE FOG...\n\nTHE FOG IS COMING.\nARE YOU CRAZY?\n\nWHO WALKS AROUND ON A FOGGY DAY LIKE THIS?\nTHAT'S EXACTLY WHY I CAME.\n\nYOU ARE THE PRIME SUSPECT IN THE \"FOG SERIAL MURDER CASE,\" ARE YOU NOT?\nI HAVE TO SEE WHETHER YOU ARE PERFORMING SOME KIND OF CURSED RITUAL.\nI HEARD THERE HAVE BEEN MANY ACCIDENTS ALL OVER.\nDO YOU EVEN HAVE POLICE MANPOWER TO ASSIGN HERE? IS THIS NOT A WASTE?\nGOOD POINT.\nWE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PERSONNEL TO SPARE.\n\nSO HIS MAJESTY\nSENT ME HERE \"ADDITIONALLY.\"\nWE ARE PERSONNEL SENT SOLELY TO WATCH YOU.\nUS.\n\nONCE WE SEAL THIS PLACE, THAT WILL BE THE LAST OF IT.\nTHERE ARE NO OTHER WINDOWS HIDDEN ANYWHERE, ARE THERE, HEAD OF HOUSE LUNOS?\nTHERE IS NOTHING LIKE THAT.\n\nEVEN DURING MY HOUSE ARREST, THE FOG NEVER ENTERED THE HOUSE.\nYOU DO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS TROUBLE. THE FOG DOES NOT ENTER THE MANOR.\n\nI ALMOST WISH YOU REALLY WERE A WITCH,\nAND THAT THIS FOG TRULY WAS YOUR CURSE.\nTHEN I CAN CATCH YOU, ACHIEVE RESULTS,\n\nAND THE FOG WILL BE SOLVED TOO.\nI...\nDO NOT WANT THAT.\nI WOULD DIE.\n\nTHAT IS UNFORTUNATE,\nBUT IT WOULD MEAN EVERYONE IS SAVED BY ONE LIFE, YOURS.\n\nI WILL NOT DIE.\nI HAVE TO RECLAIM MY FAMILY'S HONOR.\nHA\nAH.\n\nWHY ARE YOU SO ANGRY?\nYOU LAUGHED AT ME.\nI AM SORRY FOR THAT.\n\nFORGET IT.\nIT WAS MY FAULT FOR EXPECTING ANYTHING FROM A DIEUS.","bubble_count":103,"pages_count":32,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"The Mansion Awaits Spring Chapter 7 opens with the confrontation between the lady of the mansion and 12-year-old Hanna, who started the fire, and reaches a new turning point with her plea for forgiveness.","spoiler_summary":"The Mansion Awaits Spring Chapter 7 opens with the confrontation between the lady of the mansion and 12-year-old Hanna, who started the fire, and reaches a new turning point with her plea for forgiveness. Hanna, who lost her right hand in a factory accident, confesses that she burned the house to pay off the manager's debt, eats a meal, and asks to work in the house. The lady hires her as a cleaner, and as she reflects on seven years of change, tension rises again with the fog and a police automobile."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/the-mansion-awaits-spring-943smigg/chapter-8-mhiib4","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — The Mansion Awaits Spring #8: Chapter 7","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-24T11:25:49.185Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/the-mansion-awaits-spring-943smigg"}}