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Jing encounters religious texts in the library, feels something strange when touching a book, and this is followed by the slum incident involving the young duke and Tollin and the Second Prince's interrogation.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"The Seventh Prince Wants to Bail Chapter 22 revolves around Ratel's report about the Stranger and Jing's entry into the library beneath the temple. As Ratel explains how the old Stranger has been combing through the village and asking for permission to enter the library, the Elder reacts with suspicion. Jing encounters religious texts in the library, feels something strange when touching a book, and this is followed by the slum incident involving the young duke and Tollin and the Second Prince's interrogation.","key_events":["The second prince dismisses the failure as a waste of time and rebukes a young lord for recommending an unreliable drunk.","The stranger visits the only library in the land and is offered the basic religious text of God Amica.","Villagers pray to God Amica for mercy and for the downfall of those who brought them to this state.","A failed subordinate begs for another chance, blaming interference by a giant bear that appeared and vanished in the street.","A young duke apologizes for going to the slum alone and worries about his missing coat and the children he promised to help.","A narrator notes the young duke surviving is a deviation from the original story and that the child is needed.","The stranger feels something strange when the book is handed over and senses his time has not yet come.","The stranger is warned that reading destructive texts is treason against the empire punishable by death.","An elder questions the stranger's interest in books, suspecting heretical curiosity and a search for a way out.","A scout reports a wandering old foreigner explores the village daily and seeks permission to enter the library under the temple."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"RATEL,\nHOW HAS THE OUTSIDER SEEMED LATELY?\nHE'S BEEN VERY ACTIVE.\nI'VE SEEN HIM DILIGENTLY EXPLORING EVERY CORNER OF THIS PLACE EACH DAY.\n\nVERY ACTIVE, YOU SAY.\nYOU DON'T OFTEN SEE AN OLD MAN BUSTLING AROUND LIKE THAT HERE.\nIT SOUNDS LIKE HE WAS LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT.\nDID HE ASK YOU TO HELP?\n\nNO, ALL I DID WAS SHOW HIM AROUND THE VILLAGE.\nHMM. IS THAT SO? ANYTHING ELSE?\nHE SEEMS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE LIBRARY BENEATH THE TEMPLE.\nHE ASKED WHETHER HE COULD SEEK YOUR PERMISSION, ELDER.\nWHAT?\n\nTHE LIBRARY...?!\nDID YOU MAKE IT CLEAR TO HIM WHAT'S IN THERE?\nYES. HE SAID HE WANTED TO READ THE BOOKS THERE.\nA CITIZEN OF THE ABIRAN EMPIRE TAKING AN INTEREST IN HERETICAL WRITINGS.\n\nWHAT ON EARTH HAS GOTTEN INTO HIM SINCE HE CAME HERE...?\nHAS HE TAKEN IT UPON HIMSELF TO SEEK AMICA'S WILL?\n\nO GOD AMICA, WHO HAS GRANTED US SURVIVAL...\n\nIN YOUR BOUNDLESS MERCY,\nMAY YOU CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER US...\nAND MAY THOSE WHO REDUCED US TO THIS STATE...\n\nMEET THEIR END SOON...\n\nWHAT DO YOU THINK, JING?\n\nTHIS IS THE ONLY LIBRARY IN AMICA'S DOMAIN.\nWELL, THIS IS QUITE A... COZY... PLACE.\nIT'S A LITTLE UNTIDY, BUT ANYONE IS WELCOME HERE.\n...IT'S MORE ORDINARY THAN I EXPECTED.\n\nSO ORDINARY THAT I FEEL ALMOST FOOLISH FOR LETTING MY HEART RACE SO MUCH.\n...ARE ALL THE BOOKS HERE RELIGIOUS TEXTS?\nTHEY WOULD HAVE NO REASON TO BE HERE OTHERWISE.\nDIDN'T YOU SAY YOU WANTED TO LOOK AROUND?\nYOU'RE FREE TO READ ANYTHING THAT CATCHES YOUR INTEREST.\n\n\"ANYONE\" INCLUDES YOU TOO, JING.\nTHIS IS THE MOST BASIC TEXT.\n\nIT CONTAINS THE FUNDAMENTAL TEACHINGS AND PRECEPTS OF GOD AMICA.\nWOULD YOU LIKE TO READ IT?\n\n...I TRUST YOU UNDERSTAND WELL ENOUGH FROM THIS?\n\nTO READ SUBVERSIVE TEXTS IS TO BETRAY THE ABIRAN EMPIRE!\nAND BETRAYAL IS TREASON!\nTREASON AGAINST THE EMPIRE...!!\n\nIS PUNISHABLE BY DEATH...\n\n...IT SEEMS THE TIME ISN'T RIGHT YET.\nTHERE'S NOTHING TO BE DONE IF YOU'RE NOT READY.\nCOME BACK ANYTIME IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND.\nYOU CAN HEAD BACK UPSTAIRS AHEAD OF ME IF YOU WISH.\n\nI'LL STAY HERE AND DUST OFF THE BOOKS.\n...WHAT WAS THAT JUST NOW?\nWHEN HE BRIEFLY HANDED THE BOOK TO ME...\nI FELT SOMETHING STRANGE...\n\nYOUNG DUKE...!\n\nARE YOU ALL RIGHT? ARE YOU HURT ANYWHERE?!\nI-I'M ALL RIGHT.\nI'M SAFE THANKS TO PALE COMING FOR ME.\nJUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, NEITHER PALE NOR ANYONE ELSE IS TO BLAME.\n\nTHIS ONLY HAPPENED BECAUSE I TRIED TO VISIT THE SLUMS ON MY OWN.\nW-WELL, THAT'S A RELIEF, BUT NEVER...!\nYOU MUST NEVER DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS AGAIN!\nI'M SORRY, TOLLIN... I DIDN'T THINK IT THROUGH.\nWAIT, THOUGH...\n\nWHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR COAT?\nDON'T TELL ME THOSE PAUPERS TOOK IT FROM YOU?! WHICH BASTARD DID IT...?!\nOH DEAR. THIS IS TROUBLE.\nI CAN'T GO NOW, CAN I? THOSE CHILDREN...\n\nI PROMISED I'D COME BACK TO HELP THEM...\nARE THEY SAFE NOW??\nWELL, IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS HAVE SETTLED DOWN FOR NOW.\n\nTHE YOUNG DUKE SURVIVING IS ALREADY A DEPARTURE FROM THE ORIGINAL STORY.\nBUT AFTER COMING THIS FAR, I CAN'T JUST LET HIM DIE.\nMORAL REASONS ASIDE,\n\nI NEED THAT BOY.\nI-I'M SORRY...\nI'M SO... SORRY...\n\nI... I'M SORR...\n\nURGH...!!!\n\nOH? YOU'VE KEPT YOUR EYES CLOSED ALL THIS TIME?\nIT SEEMS YOU REMEMBERED MY WARNING THAT I'D KILL YOU IF YOU LOOKED UP.\nJUST ONCE... IF YOU'D GIVE ME JUST ONE MORE CHANCE...\nI DON'T UNDERSTAND. YOU'RE SO GOOD AT FOLLOWING ORDERS...\nYET YOU COULDN'T EVEN DEAL WITH A SINGLE CHILD.\n\nWHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU HAVE ANY CHANCES LEFT?\nTH-THERE WAS INTERFERENCE!\nSOMETHING WE HADN'T PLANNED FOR AT ALL!\nINTERFERENCE?\nY-YES! IT SUDDENLY APPEARED IN THE ALLEY!\n\nIT WAS, UM... THAT'S RIGHT! IT WAS A GIANT BEAR...!!!\nA GIANT BEAR, YOU SAY...\nIT WAS ENORMOUS! THE SORT YOU'D ONLY FIND DEEP IN THE FOREST!\nIT ATTACKED ME, THEN VANISHED WITHOUT A TRACE!\n\nI SWEAR BY SIERRA THE GREAT, IT'S THE TRUTH!!\n...ENOUGH. I NEEDN'T HEAR ANY MORE.\nI THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE A CLUE HERE, BUT THIS TRIP WAS A WASTE OF TIME.\nIS THAT A SWORD BEING DRAWN...?!\nD-DAMN IT...!\n\nIS HE GOING TO KILL ME?!\nIN A PLACE LIKE THIS...!\nME...!!\n\nYOU THINK I'M GOING TO DIE HERE...?!\nNO KNIGHT HAS EVER BEEN ABLE TO BEAT ME!\n\nI'LL TEAR YOU APART ALIVE!!\nTHAT LIGHT...!\n\n...ROYALTY?!\nF-FORGIVE ME...\n\nH-HOW COULD I DARE... INSULT A GOD...\nDIDN'T YOU SAY HE WAS RELIABLE?\n\nYOU NEVER MENTIONED HE WAS A JUNKIE.\n...MY APOLOGIES, SECOND PRINCE.\nIT WAS MY OVERSIGHT FOR FAILING TO WEED OUT SUCH TRASH.\nI BELIEVE YOU WOULD FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY OF TRASH AS WELL.\n\nWHAT DO YOU THINK, YOUNG LORD CRYSA?\nIF YOU WOULD GIVE ME JUST ONE MORE CHANCE...\nI WILL NOT DISAPPOINT YOU.\n\n...FIRST COUNT CRYSA... AND NOW HIS ELDEST SON?\nHIS THIRD SON, TOLLIN CRYSA, IS GOING TO COLLAPSE FROM SHOCK.","bubble_count":115,"pages_count":39,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"The Seventh Prince Wants to Bail Chapter 22 revolves around Ratel's report about the Stranger and Jing's entry into the library beneath the temple.","spoiler_summary":"The Seventh Prince Wants to Bail Chapter 22 revolves around Ratel's report about the Stranger and Jing's entry into the library beneath the temple. As Ratel explains how the old Stranger has been combing through the village and asking for permission to enter the library, the Elder reacts with suspicion. Jing encounters religious texts in the library, feels something strange when touching a book, and this is followed by the slum incident involving the young duke and Tollin and the Second Prince's interrogation."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/the-seventh-prince-wants-to-bail-wkzthuu4/chapter-22-yj2989","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — The Seventh Prince Wants to Bail #22","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-02T11:29:52.328Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/the-seventh-prince-wants-to-bail-wkzthuu4"}}