# WebtoonLib — The Seventh Prince Wants to Bail #23 ## Series - title: The Seventh Prince Wants to Bail - slug: the-seventh-prince-wants-to-bail-wkzthuu4 ## Chapter - number: 23 - chapter_key: 23-tru5wa - release_date: 2026-11-01 ### Summary The Seventh Prince Wants to Bail Chapter 23 focuses on the Young Duke's effort to find the missing children after the carriage accident. As Knight Commander Jack apologizes and says the search of the outer slums yielded no results, the Young Duke asks for the temple records of the older child named Seya and insists on keeping his promise. Tollin proposes a Merchant Guild plan to trace the expensive coat, then tension rises with Paal Crysa's nighttime visit. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### Key events - Knight commander reports failure to find described children in outer slums after night search. - Paal Crysa visits at night, reveals Igo imprisoned for bribery, delivers mysterious key. - Young Duke recalls older child's name as Seya and requests temple records check. - Tollin concludes carriage accident was deliberate to lure knights away and questions disappearance. - Plan made to trace children via Central Merchant Guild when they sell expensive coat for food. - Tollin notices abnormally few small children in slums and suspects deliberate targeting. - Tollin orders escort knights monitored and thugs who attacked Young Duke interrogated and executed. - Young Duke insists on keeping promise to help children citing weight of House Feedus word. ## Spoiler - level: auto ### Safe teaser The Seventh Prince Wants to Bail Chapter 23 focuses on the Young Duke's effort to find the missing children after the carriage accident. ### Spoiler summary The Seventh Prince Wants to Bail Chapter 23 focuses on the Young Duke's effort to find the missing children after the carriage accident. As Knight Commander Jack apologizes and says the search of the outer slums yielded no results, the Young Duke asks for the temple records of the older child named Seya and insists on keeping his promise. Tollin proposes a Merchant Guild plan to trace the expensive coat, then tension rises with Paal Crysa's nighttime visit. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 146 ### Content YOUNG DUKE! ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?! AS KNIGHT COMMANDER, I MADE A GRAVE MISTAKE BY LEAVING YOUR SIDE! I KNOW IT'S NO EXCUSE, BUT OF ALL TIMES, MY MEN GOT INJURED THE DAY BEFORE...! I'M FINE, SO DON'T WORRY TOO MUCH. TOLLIN TOLD ME TO GET PLENTY OF REST TODAY. MORE IMPORTANTLY, I HEARD YOU WORKED HARD ALL NIGHT. JACK, DID YOU FIND THOSE CHILDREN? AH, YES. WE'VE BEEN SEARCHING THE OUTER SLUMS SINCE LAST NIGHT... BUT WE COULDN'T FIND ANY OF THE CHILDREN YOU DESCRIBED. WE DID FIND A FEW CHILDREN, BUT MOST OF THEM WERE OLDER THAN THE ONES YOU DESCRIBED. I SHOULD HAVE GONE WITH YOU, JACK. DIDN'T I TELL YOU OVER AND OVER YESTERDAY?! IT'S STILL FAR TOO DANGEROUS FOR YOU TO GO THERE, YOUNG DUKE! THE YOUNG DUKE HAS NO IDEA JUST HOW MUCH DANGER HE WAS ACTUALLY IN. THAT WASN'T AN ACCIDENT. IT WAS DELIBERATE. HOW DID IGO KNOW IT WAS THE YOUNG DUKE'S CARRIAGE? AND THERE'S SOMETHING ODD ABOUT THE WAY THE YOUNG DUKE DISAPPEARED. EVEN IF THE CARRIAGE ACCIDENT WAS MEANT TO DRAW THE KNIGHTS AWAY, IT MAKES NO SENSE THAT NO ONE NOTICED THE MOMENT THE YOUNG DUKE LEFT. THERE'S A LOT ABOUT YESTERDAY THAT DOESN'T ADD UP. ESPECIALLY THOSE TWO MEN WHO APPEARED BEFORE THE YOUNG DUKE. THEY WERE PROBABLY ASSASSINS SENT TO KILL HIM. THE SCENE I SAW FOR MYSELF WAS SHOCKING. THE DESTRUCTION WAS EVERYWHERE, AND THE STENCH OF BLOOD WAS OVERWHELMING... IT WAS ALMOST AS IF SOME ENORMOUS BEAST HAD APPEARED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SLUMS...! TOLLIN, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS WORLD REALLY WORKS. THE CRYSA FAMILY COULDN'T HAVE ACTED ALONE. WE MUST FIND OUT WHO'S REALLY BEHIND HOUSE CRYSA! ACTUALLY, I THINK ONE OF THEM WAS TRYING TO SAVE ME... THEY WOULDN'T BELIEVE ME ANYWAY. BETTER NOT SAY ANYTHING. THEIR ROBE CONCEALED ALMOST THEIR ENTIRE FACE, BUT SOMETHING ABOUT THEM LOOKED STRANGELY FAMILIAR. THEIR DISTINCTIVE PRESENCE... THE WAY THEY MOVED... AND THAT JET-BLACK HAIR BLOWING IN THE WIND. I CAN'T PUT MY FINGER ON IT, BUT THEY SEEMED VAGUELY FAMILIAR... THEN I'LL RESUME THE SEARCH THIS AFTERNOON. BRINGING IN MORE PEOPLE SHOULD SPEED THINGS UP CONSIDERABLY. OH, THAT REMINDS ME. I JUST REMEMBERED SOMETHING. I REMEMBER THE OLDER CHILD BEING CALLED SEYA. COULD YOU CHECK WHETHER THE TEMPLE HAS ANY RECORDS OF HER? YOUNG DUKE, AREN'T YOU WORRYING A LITTLE TOO MUCH ABOUT THOSE VAGRANTS? THE FEEDUS KNIGHTS ARE MORE THAN CAPABLE OF HANDLING THIS. PLEASE TRUST THEM AND WAIT. TOLLIN, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT. BUT I MADE THOSE CHILDREN A PROMISE. I PROMISED I WOULD HELP THEM. YOU KNOW THAT AS WELL AS I DO, DON'T YOU? "A PROMISE FROM HOUSE FEEDUS CARRIES WEIGHT." IF I CAN'T EVEN KEEP A SMALL PROMISE LIKE THAT, HOW CAN I HOPE TO LEAD THE PEOPLE OF HOUSE FEEDUS? I THOUGHT HE WAS STILL JUST A LITTLE BOY... BUT HE'S GROWN SO MUCH WHILE I WASN'T LOOKING. BEFORE LONG, THIS CHILD, TOO... WILL GROW INTO SOMEONE AS DIGNIFIED AS YOU WERE. ...THERE'S NO NEED TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE TEMPLE. HM? WHAT THOSE CHILDREN NEED IS FOOD, NOT EXPENSIVE CLOTHING. THAT MEANS THEY'LL HAVE TO SELL THE COAT. AND AN ITEM LIKE THAT CAN'T BE SOLD JUST ANYWHERE. BUT HOW WOULD WE KNOW WHERE THEY'D SELL IT? I'LL HAVE THE ENTIRE CENTRAL MERCHANTS' GUILD KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR YOUR COAT. I'LL ORDER THEM TO REPORT ANY GARMENTS MATCHING ITS DESCRIPTION TO HOUSE FEEDUS AND BUY THEM FOR MORE THAN THE MARKET PRICE. EVENTUALLY, YOUR COAT SHOULD TURN UP. ONCE WE TRACE THE SALE, IT SHOULD ONLY BE A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE WE FIND THE CHILDREN. C-CAN WE REALLY GO THAT FAR...? YOU WANT TO FIND THOSE CHILDREN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO YOU CAN HELP THEM, DON'T YOU? Y-YES, BUT... THIS IS WHAT MONEY AND POWER ARE FOR. IF YOUR INTEN TIONS ARE JUST, THEN USE THEM TO THE FULLEST. W-WAIT, WHAT IS THIS MAN TALKING ABOUT?! HE'S TALKING TO A CHILD!!! REASSIGN EVERY KNIGHT WHO ESCORTED HIM YESTERDAY TO THE OUTSKIRTS. SOMETHING ABOUT THEM FEELS SUSPICIOUS, SO ASSIGN SEPARATE WATCHERS TO KEEP AN EYE ON EACH OF THEM. AND WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH THE VAGRANTS WHO ATTACKED THE YOUNG DUKE? INTERROGATE THEM, THEN HAVE THEM EXECUTED. I'LL SPEAK WITH THE YOUNG DUKE SEPARATELY LATER. ACTING HEAD, YOU HAVE A VISITOR. A VISITOR? I'M NOT EXPECTING ANYONE AT THIS HOUR. THEY SAID YOU'D UNDERSTAND ONCE YOU SAW THEM. ...LORD TOLLIN, I HESITATE TO SAY THIS, BUT SHOULDN'T WE TELL THE YOUNG DUKE A DIFFERENT STORY? JACK, THE YOUNG DUKE IS SO MUCH LIKE THE FORMER DUKE. YOU WERE AT THE HUNTING FESTIVAL. YOU SAW IT YOURSELF. A MAN WHO LIVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE BY HIS PRINCIPLES, ONLY TO BE BROUGHT DOWN SO SUDDENLY... AS IF EVERYTHING HE'D STOOD FOR HAD BEEN MEANINGLESS. THE YOUNG DUKE WAS EVERY BIT AS UNCOMPROMISING YESTERDAY. IF ANYTHING, HE WAS EVEN MORE SO. SHOULDN'T WE TEACH HIM HOW TO BEND BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE? ON THAT, I AGREE WITH YOU. THE FORMER DUKE'S INFLEXIBILITY PUT THE ENTIRE HOUSE AT RISK. OF COURSE, I MEANT WHAT I SAID ABOUT FINDING THOSE CHILDREN QUICKLY. IN FACT, IT'S MORE URGENT THAN INVESTIGATING HOUSE CRYSA. MORE URGENT THAN HOUSE CRYSA? FOR A FEW VAGRANT CHILDREN...? JACK... HOW MANY CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN THE YOUNG DUKE DID YOU SEE IN THE SLUMS? PARDON? WELL... WAIT! I HADN'T NOTICED IT BEFORE, BUT I SAW IT CLEARLY WHILE SURVEYING THE CENTRAL LAND YESTERDAY. THERE WERE FAR FEWER YOUNG CHILDREN THAN THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN. IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT THOSE WHO COULDN'T ADAPT TO THE HOSPITAL PROJECT HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES. AND THE YOUNGEST CHILDREN WOULD HAVE BEEN THE MOST VULNERABLE. THAT MAY BE SO. BUT WHAT IF SOMEONE IS DELIBERATELY TARGETING YOUNG CHILDREN? IF HOUSE FEEDUS LOSES CONTROL OF THE CENTRAL LAND, IT COULD SUFFER A DEVASTATING BLOW. FIND THOSE CHILDREN. AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. ...UNDERSTOOD! NO ONE EVEN CAME TO GUIDE ME THROUGH THIS PLACE. THIS HOUSE'S HOSPITALITY HAS REALLY GONE DOWNHILL. BROTHER... IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, TOLLIN. HOUSE CRYSA SECOND SON PAAL CRYSA I SEEM TO BE SEEING ALL SORTS OF FACES I NEVER EXPECTED LATELY. HAS OUR ELDEST BROTHER FALLEN ILL OR SOMETHING? SO THE NEWS HASN'T REACHED YOU YET. IGO HAS BEEN IMPRISONED. I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS, BUT APPARENTLY HE'S BEEN CHARGED WITH ACCEPTING BRIBES. DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE SUCH A RIDICULOUS EXPLANATION? I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S TRUE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY? THE ACCIDENT IGO CAUSED PUT THE YOUNG DUKE IN DANGER! WHO KNOWS...? IS THAT ALL YOUR FAMILY HAS TO SAY?! I DIDN'T COME HERE JUST TO ARGUE. I HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE YOU. ...WHAT'S THIS? ONLY IGO WOULD KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. THIS IS... A KEY...? SO... WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE AT THIS HOUR OF THE NIGHT? NOTHING SPECIAL IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN AT THIS POINT. OR HAS THE ORIGINAL STORY PROGRESSED FASTER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE AGAIN? HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW IF YOU WON'T SAY ANYTHING?! DID YOU SEE A GHOST IN YOUR SLEEP? AAAAAAGH!!! ...HUH? A GH-GHOST... A GHOST... EEK!! WH-WHAT'S WITH HIM? ...WAIT, DOES HE ACTUALLY MEAN IT? ## See also - [WebtoonLib — The Seventh Prince Wants to Bail #23](/series/the-seventh-prince-wants-to-bail-wkzthuu4/chapter-23-tru5wa) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/the-seventh-prince-wants-to-bail-wkzthuu4 ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.