# WebtoonLib — The Portrait of Pride #10: Chapter 9 ## Series - title: The Portrait of Pride - slug: the-portrait-of-pride-yrfb921x ## Chapter - number: 10 - chapter_key: 10-ica9rq - title: Chapter 9 - release_date: 2026-10-04 ### Summary The master notices the healing and spirit power Diana has been hiding and questions her; she says she suffers from the poison. Realizing she is a spirit medium of Balestega lineage and a slave with a rare purification ability, he spares her life. A week later, Diana takes leave and exits the palace, and when the master hears she went to meet her lover, he wants her past investigated. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### Key events - Servant takes her once-every-20-days leave and exits palace a week later - Master orders investigation into servant's past and Duke Ospil connection - Infiltrator servant uses healing purification spirit power to draw out master's poison - Servant meets with Eisen outside to report last 20 days in brother's palace - Master learns servant is on leave to meet lover and becomes jealous suspicious - Master identifies servant as rare Balestega lineage spirit medium and spares her life ## Spoiler - level: auto ### Safe teaser The master notices the healing and spirit power Diana has been hiding and questions her; she says she suffers from the poison. ### Spoiler summary The master notices the healing and spirit power Diana has been hiding and questions her; she says she suffers from the poison. Realizing she is a spirit medium of Balestega lineage and a slave with a rare purification ability, he spares her life. A week later, Diana takes leave and exits the palace, and when the master hears she went to meet her lover, he wants her past investigated. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 86 ### Content IF THIS IS THE ORDER YOU RECEIVED FROM MY BROTHER- THEN YOU SHOULD PLAY ALONG. A HEALING POWER... IT'S SINKING INTO ME. SO YOU ARE FINALLY DONE HIDING, YOUR SPIRIT POWERS? WHAT WAS THAT? I DON'T THINK EISEN SENT YOU HERE TO HEAL ME. I... JUST HOPE THE MASTER DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH WITH SOMEONE LIKE THIS... AND I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD LIKE THAT EITHER... I-IN MY EXPERIENCE... EVEN A SMALL AMOUNT OF POISON CAN BE REALLY PAINFUL... AND YOU REALLY SEEM TO BE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF IT, MASTER... ...YOU REALLY ARE QUITE A UNIQUE INFILTRATOR, YOU KNOW? SHE SEEMS WILFUL YET SHE REMAINS LOYAL, SHE ACTS SO PITIFUL AND IS ALWAYS MELANCHOLIC. WHAT A UNIQUE BEAUTY. M-MASTER... PLEASE STOP, THIS POSITION IS... Ungh— ...MASTER? ...... MAS...TER? Hgh... STAY STILL. Haa.... Gngh... ...NOW I'M SURE OF IT, A SLAVE WITH PURIFICATION ABILITIES LIKE YOURS IS RARE. BECAUSE YOU ARE A SPIRIT MEDIUM FROM THE LINE OF BALESTEGA, I WILL SPARE YOUR LIFE FOR TODAY. THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT WHAT YOU MUST DO IN ORDER TO SURVIVE HERE. A WEEK LATER A DAY OFF EVERY 20 DAYS? DID THE FORMER HEAD BUTLER ACTUALLY GIVE HIS APPROVAL FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? RUNOK FOURTH MAIN BUTLER OF THE PALACE. YOU HAVE NO FAMILY AND YOU DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO STAY OUTSIDE THE PALACE, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO GO OUTSIDE...? Ah, DO YOU HAVE A PARTNER YOU WISH TO VISIT? ...IT'S NOTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S A PERSONAL MATTER. WELL, I GUESS THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT IF IT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY MY PREDECESSOR. BUT COME BACK AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. THE MASTER OFTEN LOOKS FOR YOU, DOESN'T HE? WE WANT TO AVOID UPSETTING HIM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. ...UNDERSTOOD. NO MATTER HOW MUCH HE MIGHT LIKE YOU, REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE STILL JUST A MAID, AND THAT IS ALWAYS HOW HE'S GOING TO SEE YOU... ......? DIANA, I NEED MORE PAINT... DIANA? RUNOK, ARE YOU OUTSIDE? YES, I'M HERE! WHERE'S THE MAID? SHE TOOK A DAY OFF AND WENT OUT. I HEARD IT WAS APPROVED BY THE FORMER HEAD BUTLER. WHAT WAS HER REASON FOR GOING OUT? WELL... SHE WENT TO MEET HER LOVER. UHM... YOUR HIGHNESS, SPEAKING OF WHICH, THERE'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU. HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT REPLACING THAT MAID? YOUR HIGHNESS, "DUKE CHRISTEN" HAS BEEN QUITE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR SAFETY. NO MATTER HOW CAPABLE ONE MAY BE, HUMAN HANDS HAVE THEIR OWN LIMITS. THERE ARE MORE THINGS YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF... LOVER, YOU SAID? YES, HER LOVER-- ...HUH? LOVER... Ha Huh... ALRIGHT... SEND HER TO ME AS SOON AS SHE COMES BACK. AND HAVE SOMEONE CHECK IF SHE WORKED FOR THE DUKE OF OSPIL BEFORE. I WANT TO KNOW- WHO SHE MET AT THAT PLACE, AND WHAT HER STORY IS... MAKE SURE TO FIND OUT EVERYTHING ABOUT HER, WITHOUT MISSING A SINGLE DETAIL. I SEE, DIANA. NOW TELL ME WHAT HAS HAPPENED THESE PAST 20 DAYS YOU'VE BEEN WORKING AT MY BROTHER'S PALACE- I'VE BEEN EAGERLY WAITING FOR IT. ## See also - [WebtoonLib — The Portrait of Pride #10: Chapter 9](/series/the-portrait-of-pride-yrfb921x/chapter-10-ica9rq) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/the-portrait-of-pride-yrfb921x ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.