# WebtoonLib — The Monstrous Duke's Adopted Daughter #12

## Series
- title: The Monstrous Duke's Adopted Daughter
- slug: the-monstrous-dukes-adopted-daughter-cc9902

## Chapter
- number: 12
- release_date: 2025-03-08

### Summary
The chapter focuses on Marquis Speràdo's transparently false and sudden attempt to act as a loving father, a hypocritical shift that readers meet with universal disgust and derision. Having deduced the immense scale of Leslie's inherited power from the previous chapter's revelations, the Marquis's goal has pivoted from her murder to her exploitation. Readers are horrified by his new tactic: weaponizing fire, the very source of Leslie's recent trauma and attempted murder, to intimidate her into revealing her abilities. The community's intense hatred extends to the entire family, with readers questioning how the Marchioness could be complicit in abusing a child who so closely resembles her, theorizing that she copes by psychologically dehumanizing Leslie. The sister, Ellie, is also viewed as a victim of a different kind of abuse, having been groomed into sadism. Overwhelmingly, readers express extreme anxiety for Leslie's safety during her mandatory one-month stay in this trap, voicing a strong desire for a brutal, fiery revenge against her abusers and eagerly awaiting her escape.
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## Spoiler
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### Safe teaser
The chapter focuses on Marquis Speràdo's transparently false and sudden attempt to act as a loving father, a hypocritical shift that readers meet with universal disgust and derision.

### Spoiler summary
The chapter focuses on Marquis Speràdo's transparently false and sudden attempt to act as a loving father, a hypocritical shift that readers meet with universal disgust and derision. Having deduced the immense scale of Leslie's inherited power from the previous chapter's revelations, the Marquis's goal has pivoted from her murder to her exploitation. Readers are horrified by his new tactic: weaponizing fire, the very source of Leslie's recent trauma and attempted murder, to intimidate her into revealing her abilities. The community's intense hatred extends to the entire family, with readers questioning how the Marchioness could be complicit in abusing a child who so closely resembles her, theorizing that she copes by psychologically dehumanizing Leslie. The sister, Ellie, is also viewed as a victim of a different kind of abuse, having been groomed into sadism. Overwhelmingly, readers express extreme anxiety for Leslie's safety during her mandatory one-month stay in this trap, voicing a strong desire for a brutal, fiery revenge against her abusers and eagerly awaiting her escape.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — The Monstrous Duke's Adopted Daughter #12](/series/the-monstrous-dukes-adopted-daughter-cc9902/chapter-12)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/the-monstrous-dukes-adopted-daughter-cc9902

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