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The chapter closes with the same recurring dream of a stoned woman who, while people want her burned, wishes to dance.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"In The Witch of Paitan Chapter Draft 1, Roxy is torn between the war council attended by Wilhelm and Veldiam and her secret intimacy with the King of Paitan. While an attack to the left of the Malea Forest is planned before the morning mist lifts, the order not to cross the river sparks debate, then Roxy, dancing in the moonlight, confesses her fear and the king tells her that when the war ends she will come to Paitan as queen. The chapter closes with the same recurring dream of a stoned woman who, while people want her burned, wishes to dance.","key_events":["A war council plans to attack the left side of Malea Forest before morning mist lifts","Order given to encircle Malea Plains with dust clouds and not cross the river","Secret intimate night meeting with moonlight dance and promise to go to Paitan","Promise made to make Roxy queen and wife after the war ends","Protagonist awakens realizing she is seeing the same dream again","Dispute erupts over ambushers beyond the river causing council tension","A stoned woman branded demonic is ordered to be burned, last wish is to dance"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"SO...\nBEFORE THE MORNING FOG CLEARS, RIGHT HERE,\n\nWE'RE GOING TO HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MALEA FOREST.\n\nARE YOU LISTENING TO ME, WILHELM?\nI'M LISTENING.\nWHAT IS IT? WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM THIS TIME?\n\nIT'S NOT SO MUCH A PROBLEM...\nI JUST WONDER WHAT THE POINT OF A MEETING LIKE THIS IS.\n\nTWO CLOUDS OF DUST WILL ROLL IN FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE MALEA PLAINS.\nCHASE THE FLEEING ENEMIES, BUT DO NOT CROSS THE RIVER.\nWHAT HAPPENS IF WE CROSS?\nIF WE RUN INTO THOSE AMBUSHERS, WILL WE GET COMPLETELY WIPED OUT?\n\nWIPED OUT? WATCH YOUR TONGUE! DOESN’T THAT MEAN THERE ARE HIDDEN AMBUSHERS ON BOTH SIDES?!\nVELDIAM, I WASN’T ASKING YOU.\n\nTHE ONE YOU BROUGHT ALONG TO AVOID UNEXPECTED DANGERS...\n...I’M ASKING THE ‘SORCERER’.\n\nO KING OF PAITAN.\n\nTHE SUN OF PAITAN HAS NOT GONE OUT.\n\nTHEN THAT'S SETTLED.\n\nYOU NEVER FAIL TO SURPRISE ME, DANCING UNDER THE MOONLIGHT...\nI CAME OUT TO SEE THE MOON AND BEFORE I KNEW IT--\n\nYOU STARTED DANCING?\nNOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF. IT WAS A DANCE AS BEAUTIFUL AS A GIFT.\n\nYOUR MAJESTY, IF YOU KEEP ACTING LIKE THIS...\nARE YOU AFRAID?\n\nTHAT VELDIAM MIGHT FIND OUT ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP?\nYES, I AM.\n\nBOTH THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP WILL BE EXPOSED...\nAND THAT YOUR MAJESTY IS HEADING OFF TO THE BATTLEFIELD.\n\nROXY...\n\nY-YOUR MAJESTY.. STOP—\nI KNEW.\nFROM THE VERY MOMENT I FIRST LAID EYES ON YOU...\n\nI...\nWE WERE DESTINED TO END UP LIKE THIS.\nY-YOUR MAJESTY—!\n\nS-STOP PL-!\n\nOUR NIGHT IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING.\n\nAND IT WILL GO ON... ALL THROUGH THE WAR.\n\nWHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?\nWHEN I WAS LITTLE, I LOVED TO DANCE.\n\nI WAS SO HAPPY...\nTHEN I WAS FOUND BY A VALERON SORCERER AND HAD TO GO TO THE KINGDOM.\nI HAVEN'T BEEN HAPPY SINCE THEN.\n\nMY MOTHER TOLD ME THAT THE HARDER THINGS GET, THE MORE I SHOULD SMILE.\n\nSHE SAID GOOD THINGS WOULD HAPPEN IF I DID...\nSO... WHENEVER THINGS WERE HARD AND SAD, I SMILED EVEN BRIGHTER.\n\nIS IT... BECAUSE OF ME THAT YOU'RE SUFFERING?\nNO.\nTHE ONLY REASON I SMILE WITH JOY IS BECAUSE OF YOUR MAJESTY.\n\nWHEN I'M WITH YOUR MAJESTY...\n-IT FEELS LIKE I'M FINALLY ALIVE.\n\nTHEN THAT'S ENOUGH FROM NOW ON—\nYOU'LL BE ABLE TO DANCE AND SMILE TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT—\n\nWHEN THE WAR ENDS.. YOU'RE COMING WITH ME TO PAITAN—\nYOU'RE GOING TO BE- THE QUEEN-\n\nHUGH.. NO, Y-YOUR MAJESTY!\nTH-THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE—\n\nTRUST ME.\n\nYOU WILL BE MY WIFE...\n\nLOOK AT HER! SHE'S BEEN HIT WITH STONES AND SHE ISN'T EVEN SCREAMING!\n\nTHAT DEVILISH BITCH!\nI WILL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO REPENT. IF YOU HAVE ANY LAST WORDS, SAY IT.\n\n...WHAT DID YOU SAY?\n\n...I WANT TO DANCE.\n\nL-LIGHT THE FIRE!!\n\nBURN HER!\nCONFESS YOUR SINS!!\n\nDID YOU ENGAGE IN A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A DEVIL?!\nFOR THE SAKE OF YOUR DESIRES—\n\nDID YOU OFFER YOUR BODY TO THE DEMON?!\n\nHAHK...\nHUCK.\nHAH...\nHAH- HAH...\nHAH...\n\nHAH.\nHAH.\nHA...\n\nAGAIN...\n\n¡ IT'S THE SAME DREAM...","bubble_count":81,"pages_count":44,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"In The Witch of Paitan Chapter Draft 1, Roxy is torn between the war council attended by Wilhelm and Veldiam and her secret intimacy with the King of Paitan.","spoiler_summary":"In The Witch of Paitan Chapter Draft 1, Roxy is torn between the war council attended by Wilhelm and Veldiam and her secret intimacy with the King of Paitan. While an attack to the left of the Malea Forest is planned before the morning mist lifts, the order not to cross the river sparks debate, then Roxy, dancing in the moonlight, confesses her fear and the king tells her that when the war ends she will come to Paitan as queen. The chapter closes with the same recurring dream of a stoned woman who, while people want her burned, wishes to dance."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/the-witch-of-paitan-gfrmd26e/chapter-1-zm9s9h","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — The Witch of Paitan #1","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-29T01:17:49.033Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/the-witch-of-paitan-gfrmd26e"}}