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Grateful, the man offers to accompany her at the festival tomorrow, and they decide to meet at 6 o'clock at Kyle's cafe.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"The masked man, fleeing from the young lady who ruined his outfit at the masked ball, climbs out the window and asks Carolina Diaz for help. Carolina convinces the guards with an excuse about a pass to get him out of the palace. On the way, they talk about the birthday festival, overtime work, and the emperor. Grateful, the man offers to accompany her at the festival tomorrow, and they decide to meet at 6 o'clock at Kyle's cafe.","key_events":["Carolina first refuses due to plans with friend, then says plan canceled and accepts 6 o'clock meeting at Kyle's cafe.","A masked nobleman who escaped the ball through window is chased and asks for help.","Carolina persuades guard with overtime and night market excuses and obtains passage.","A woman apologizes to a young lord for ruining his clothes and invites him to rest lounge, he refuses and leaves.","Carolina and Mr. Rojas discuss emperor, overtime, and agree to meet at festival tomorrow.","At palace gate Carolina passes ID check but her companion without pass is stopped by gate rule.","Carolina Diaz agrees to help the fleeing nobleman exit the imperial palace.","Masked ball explained as annual birthday festival event where hierarchy disappears once masks are worn."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"OH MY!\nI'M SORRY, YOUNG MASTER. WHAT SHOULD I DO?\nI'VE RUINED YOUR CLOTHES.\n\nI WOULD LIKE TO PREPARE SOME CLOTHES FOR YOU TO CHANGE INTO AS AN APOLOGY...\nWOULD YOU MIND COMING WITH ME TO THE LOUNGE OVER THERE?\n\n...I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN.\nTHE MASQUERADE BALL, ONE OF THE ANNUAL EVENTS OF THE BIRTHDAY FESTIVAL.\nLIKE ANY OTHER BALL, IT'S A SOCIAL EVENT WHERE NOBLES GATHER,\nBUT IF THERE'S ONE DIFFERENCE...\n\nTHE MOMENT YOU PUT ON A MASK INSIDE THIS\nALL HIERARCHIES, INCLUDING TITLES AND ORIGINS, DISAPPEAR.\nTHEREFORE, IT IS AN UNWRITTEN RULE NOT TO ASK EVEN IF YOU GUESS THE OTHER PERSON'S IDENTITY,\nSO THAT EVERYONE CAN MINGLE WITHOUT FORMALITY, AND\n\nOther Than That~\nI Don't Know...\nTAKING ISSUE LATER WITH WHAT WAS DISCUSSED HERE IS ALSO\nCONSIDERED A GREAT DISCOURTESY IN NOBLE SOCIETY.\nTHIS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO OFFER MORE CANDID ADVICE TO THE EMPEROR\nOR TO ARRANGE MEETINGS FOR NOBLES WHO HAD NO CONTACT,\n\n...AS YOU CAN SEE, RIGHT NOW\nTHERE ARE ONLY YOUNG LADIES TRYING TO WOO ME SOMEHOW USING THIS OPPORTU- NITY.\n\nSINCE YOU CAN'T EVEN HIDE THE COLOR OF YOUR EYES EVEN IF YOU WEAR A MASK.\nTHIS IS WHY I WAS GOING TO LEAVE IT TO > TODAY, BUT...\nYOUR MAJESTY. FORGIVE MY PRE- SUMPTION, BUT...\nNOW THAT THE LONG WAR IS OVER,\nI WOULD LIKE TO GO SEE MY PARENTS IN MY HOMETOWN, AT LEAST DURING THE BIRTHDAY FESTIVAL.\n\nCOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE ME PERMISSION?\n\nI COULDN'T BRING MYSELF TO REFUSE...\nNO, IT'S FINE. I WILL TAKE CARE OF THE CLOTHES MYSELF.\nWELL THEN, I MUST BE GOING–\n\n...THIS JUST WON'T DO.\nI HAVE TO CATCH HIS MAJESTY...\n\nI HAVE TO TALK TO HIM SOMEHOW...\nYOUR MAJESTY~!\nLET'S RUN AWAY...!!!\n\n...SO,\nYOU ATTENDED THE MASQUERADE BALL AND SECRETLY SNUCK OUT?\nAND THEN YOU GOT CAUGHT AND ARE BEING CHASED?\n\n...YES.\nI CAME OUT THROUGH THE WINDOW, SO I MUST HAVE LOOKED SUSPICIOUS TO ANYONE.\nI Have Nothing To Say Since You Brought That Upon Yourself...\nSEEING HOW HE ATTENDED THE BALL, HE REALLY IS A NOBLE.\nBUT,\nWHY DID YOU EVEN ATTEND IF YOU HATE IT ENOUGH TO RUN AWAY?\nWELL... I HAVE MY REASONS.\n\nAFTER ALL, T'S MY BIRTHDAY.\nLET'S JUST SAY I COULDN'T POSSIBLY SKIP IT...\nANYWAY... MISS DIAZ, COULD YOU PERHAPS TAKE ME OUTSIDE WITH YOU?\nI DON'T HAVE AN ACCESS PASS RIGHT NOW.\nI WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD ACCOM- PANY ME ON YOUR WAY OUT...\n\nI'M BUSY AS IT IS, DO I REALLY HAVE TO?\n*CALCULATING OFFICE WORKER PERSONA ACTIVATED\n\nWHAT, THIS GUY ACTUALLY HAS A HUMAN SIDE TO HIM TOO.\nALRIGHT.\n\nI JUST NEED TO HELP YOU GET OUT OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE, RIGHT?\nFOLLOW ME.\n...! THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS DIAZ.\nI WILL DEFINITELY REPAY YOU FOR THIS LATER.\n\nOH, IT'S FINE.\nI WANTED TO PROPERLY THANK YOU FOR SAVING CONNIE ANYWAY.\n\nHELLO.\nYOU’RE WORKING HARD THIS LATE.\n\nI’M ON MY WAY OFF WORK. HERE IS MY ACCESS PASS.\nTHE IDENTITY OF CAROLINA DIAZ FROM THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE HAS BEEN VERIFIED.\nYOUR COMPANION, PLEASE SHOW YOUR ACCESS PASS AS WELL.\nAH, MY COLLEAGUE...\nLEFT HIS ACCESS PASS BEHIND, SO HE ACCOMPANIED ME WHEN COMING TO WORK TOO.\n\nWE CAME IN THROUGH THE MAIN GATE IN THE MORNING.\nTHEN YOU CANNOT PASS THROUGH HERE.\nYOU ARE AN EMPLOYEE OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE, SO YOU SHOULD BE WELL AWARE OF THE ACCESS REGULATIONS.\nIF YOU HAVE A COMPANION WITHOUT AN ACCESS PASS, YOU MUST LEAVE THROUGH THE SAME GATE YOU ENTERED.\n\nI'M SORRY, BUT PLEASE USE THE MAIN GATE.\nWHAT? CAN’T YOU LET IT SLIDE JUST THIS ONCE?\nHONESTLY, WE WANTED TO GO TO THE FESTIVAL NIGHT MARKET SO BADLY,\nWE’VE BEEN WORKING OVERTIME THROUGH THE NIGHT FOR DAYS...\nWE BARELY FINISHED OUR WORK TODAY, SO WE’RE TRYING TO GO EVEN IF IT’S LATE...\n\nBUT WE HAVE TO GO A LONG WAY AROUND TO GET TO THE MAIN GATE,\nAND IN THE MEANTIME, THE FOOD STALLS WILL BE COMPLETELY SOLD OUT...\nIF WE LEAVE THROUGH THIS GATE, WHICH IS CLOSER TO THE MARKET,\nTHERE MIGHT AT LEAST BE SOME DISCOUNTED FOOD LEFT...\nWE'LL JUST HAVE TO GO HOME WITH EMPTY STO- MACHS...!\nIF IT REALLY CAN'T BE HELPED...\n\nA-ALRIGHT. I GOT IT!\nIT'S ONLY THIS ONE TIME, SO PLEASE FOLLOW THE RULES NEXT TIME.\nWow, thank you!\n\n...IMPRESSIVE.\nI DIDN'T EXPECT TO GET OUT THIS EASILY.\nI'VE BEEN WOR- KING AT THE IMPE- RIAL PALACE FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.\n\nIF YOU LOOK PITIFUL ENOUGH, IT ACTUALLY MAKES PEOPLE WANT TO COMFORT YOU!\nAh... I Was Going To Get Off Work, Go To The Festival, And Eat Malatang, Chicken Skewers, And Tanghulu, Ahhh...\nUGH, WHY DOES MY HEART ACHE LIKE IT'S BEEN CUT OUT?\nTHE BASIS OF PER- SUASION IS FORMING A CONSENSUS.\nHO... I SEE.\n\n...COME TO THINK OF IT, MISS DIAZ IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE.\nWERE YOU REALLY STAYING THIS LATE BECAUSE OF WORK?\nAH, YES. IT'S TRUE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK.\nTHE MINISTRY OF FINANCE IS PRECISELY HTHE PLACE THAT GETS INSANELY BUSY INSTEAD OF RESTING DURING THE FESTIVAL PERIOD.\n\nI WONDER HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF BUDGET EXECUTION FORMS I REVIEWED TODAY...\n...YOU MUST RESENT THE EMPEROR.\nPARDON? NO WAY.\nI HAVE NEVER ONCE HARBORDED SUCH A THOUGHT.\nTHIS FESTIVAL IS BEING HELD BECAUSE HIS MAJESTY WAS BORN,\n\nAND EVERYONE CAN RELAX AND ENJOY TODAY\nBECAUSE HIS MAJESTY PROTECTED THIS COUNTRY.\nSO I'M THANKFUL, NOT RESENTFUL.\n\n...IS THAT SO.\nTHIS IS A PERFECT ANSWER, RIGHT?\nHow Dare İ Complai̇n İn Front Of Aclose Ai̇de Of The Emperor!!\n\n...BUT THIS IS THE TRUTH.\nIF THE EMPEROR HADN'T WON THE WAR,\nTHERE WOULDN'T BE THIS KIND OF PEACE.\n\nHE MAY BE SCARY, BUT HE'S SOMEONE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR.\n...THEN,\nDOES MISS DIAZ HAVE NO INTENTION OF ENJOYING THIS FESTIVAL?\nNO, THAT'S NOT TRUE.\nI REALLY WANT TO SEE THE FIREWORKS TOMOR- ROW, AT LEAST.\n\nTHE REASON I WORKED LATE TODAY WAS ACTUALLY BE- CAUSE OF THAT.\n...THEN PERHAPS,\nIF YOU DON'T MIND-\n\nTOMORROW AT THE FESTIVAL,\nWOULD YOU LIKE TO GO WITH ME?\n\nW-WITH YOU, SIR ROJAS?\nWHY SUDDENLY...?\nAHEM, WELL, HOW SHOULD I SAY IT...\nSEEING MISS DIAZ WORKING LATE EVEN DURING THE FESTIVAL PERIOD\nGIVES ME A SLIGHT FEELING OF INDEBTEDNESS, PERHAPS...\n\nOR MAYBE I SHOULD SAY I FEEL SORRY.\nSO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WANTED TO ESCORT YOU.\nA FEELING OF INDEBTED- NESS...?\n\nDOES HE THINK I'M WORKING OVERTIME BECAUSE OF THE DUKE OF CAMELOT BUSINESS?\nIT'S TRUE THAT WORK HAS BEEN CRAZY BUSY LATELY.\nBUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THAT.\nIT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE SOMETHING HE SHOULD BE THIS SORRY ABOUT...?\nAND HERE I THOUGHT HE WAS ASKING ME OUT ON A DATE.\n\nU-UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OFFER.\nBUT I HAVE PRIOR PLANS WITH A FRIEND I WORK WITH TOMOR- ROW.\nAH...\nI SEE.\nPRIOR PLANS...\n\nYOU HAD PRIOR PLANS...\n\n...NO! COME TO THINK OF IT, I THINK THE PLANS GOT CANCELED.\nI've Been Working So Much Overtime I Forgot~\nIS THAT TRUE...?\n\nW...WHAT DID I JUST DO?\nTHEN LET'S MEET AT KYLE'S CAFE TOMORROW AROUND 6 PM, WILL THAT BE ALRIGHT?\nHAHAHA, YES...\nTHE MOMENT I SAW THAT FACE, I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF...\n\nI'M SORRY, CONNIE---!!!\nAT THAT TIME, CONNIE\nWhat Should I Wear Tomorrow~?","bubble_count":150,"pages_count":42,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"The masked man, fleeing from the young lady who ruined his outfit at the masked ball, climbs out the window and asks Carolina Diaz for help.","spoiler_summary":"The masked man, fleeing from the young lady who ruined his outfit at the masked ball, climbs out the window and asks Carolina Diaz for help. Carolina convinces the guards with an excuse about a pass to get him out of the palace. On the way, they talk about the birthday festival, overtime work, and the emperor. 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