# WebtoonLib — The Monstrous Duke's Adopted Daughter #4

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

## Chapter
- number: 4
- release_date: 2025-03-08

### Summary
This chapter horrifically confirms the Speràdo family's dark secret, revealing a 1,000-year history of sacrificing their own children. Readers were shown the trapped spirits of these young victims, all of whom shared Leslie's white hair, leading to speculation that this trait signified the true inheritors of the family's power. The spirits communicate with Leslie, not with cries for vengeance, but with pleas for her to survive, urging her to "run away" and "live for us." This emotional revelation is immediately followed by a tense public interaction with Leslie's sister, Ellie, whose sudden display of affection is met with overwhelming disgust from readers, who brand her a "two-faced" and hypocritical "snake." In a stark contrast to her family's cruelty, Leslie experiences a moment of genuine warmth from a new character, a kind, gray-haired man identified as a potential priest. This figure is the first to offer her unsolicited kindness, and he is immediately popular with readers, who see him as a potential ally and a beacon of hope in Leslie's grim reality. The chapter powerfully establishes the scale of the family's atrocities while strengthening Leslie's resolve and introducing a much-needed supportive presence.
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## Spoiler
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### Safe teaser
This chapter horrifically confirms the Speràdo family's dark secret, revealing a 1,000-year history of sacrificing their own children.

### Spoiler summary
This chapter horrifically confirms the Speràdo family's dark secret, revealing a 1,000-year history of sacrificing their own children. Readers were shown the trapped spirits of these young victims, all of whom shared Leslie's white hair, leading to speculation that this trait signified the true inheritors of the family's power. The spirits communicate with Leslie, not with cries for vengeance, but with pleas for her to survive, urging her to "run away" and "live for us." This emotional revelation is immediately followed by a tense public interaction with Leslie's sister, Ellie, whose sudden display of affection is met with overwhelming disgust from readers, who brand her a "two-faced" and hypocritical "snake." In a stark contrast to her family's cruelty, Leslie experiences a moment of genuine warmth from a new character, a kind, gray-haired man identified as a potential priest. This figure is the first to offer her unsolicited kindness, and he is immediately popular with readers, who see him as a potential ally and a beacon of hope in Leslie's grim reality. The chapter powerfully establishes the scale of the family's atrocities while strengthening Leslie's resolve and introducing a much-needed supportive presence.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — The Monstrous Duke's Adopted Daughter #4](/series/the-monstrous-dukes-adopted-daughter-cc9902/chapter-4)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/the-monstrous-dukes-adopted-daughter-cc9902

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