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Disgusted by the terrible taste of the coffee, Diaz inspects the beans in the storage room, uncovering a year-old stale roast and fraud, then helps Kyle and tells him to report the merchant.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"In Draft Chapter 17 of Unbeknownst to Me, I'm Secretly Dating the Emperor, Ms. Diaz meets Sir Rojas, who arrives without his robe, and the real tension begins when Kyle has her taste his new cream latte. Disgusted by the terrible taste of the coffee, Diaz inspects the beans in the storage room, uncovering a year-old stale roast and fraud, then helps Kyle and tells him to report the merchant.","key_events":["Rojas meets Diaz in a new outfit without his robe and receives a compliment","Diaz and Rojas leave cafe for restaurant while Kyle wants private talk with Majesty","Rojas orders Kyle to immediately investigate the merchant via guild network","Kyle learns he was scammed by fraudulent merchant and thanks Diaz for saving cafe","Kyle serves his new seasonal cream latte which Diaz says tastes spoiled","Diaz inspects storage room beans and reveals they spoiled as roasted over a year ago"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"...I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU TO ARRIVE THIS EARLY.\nIT'S BEEN A WHILE, MISS DIAZ.\nAH... HELLO, SIR ROJAS.\nBUT TODAY...\nYOU AREN'T WEARING YOUR ROBE?\n\nI DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN YOU LIKE THIS.\nBY ANY CHANCE...\n\nDOES IT LOOK STRANGE?\nI FELT LIKE I WAS ALWAYS WEARING A SIMILAR OUTFIT EVERY TIME WE MET...\nSO I TRIED CHANGING MY ATTIRE.\n\nAH, NO! IT DOESN'T LOOK STRANGE AT ALL.\nRATHER...\n...RATHER?\nWELL, THAT IS TO SAY...\n...UM,\n\nIT REALLY...\nSUITS YOU WELL.\n\nTHEN THAT'S A RELIEF...\nRight~?!\nI spent days agonizing over choosing these clothes!\nI Knew They Would Be Exactly To Miss Diaz's Liking.\nOh My~\nSIR ROJAS REALLY HAS NO EYE FOR THESE THINGS~\n\nSO I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO PUT IN SOME SPECIAL EFFORT FOR HIM, YOU SEE.\nYou Can Praise Me More If You'd Like~\nNOW THEN, MISS DIAZ, SHALL WE HEAD TO THE RESTAURANT?\nNO, NO, HOLD ON A SECOND, SIR ROJAS.\nSINCE YOU’RE ALREADY HERE, YOU SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE BEFORE YOU GO.\n\nTHERE IS STILL PLENTY OF TIME LEFT UNTIL THE RESTAURANT RESERVATION, ISN’T THERE?\nI’m The One Who Made The Reservation, Who Are You Trying To Fool~~\nI just so happen to have developed a new menu item, too.\nPlease let me serve it to the two of you!\nWHAT WILL YOU DO, MISS DIAZ?\nIF YOU DON’T FEEL LIKE IT, YOU CAN DECLINE WITHOUT FEELING PRESSURED.\n\nHMM...\n...THEN SHALL WE JUST HAVE ONE CUP BEFORE WE GO?\nSince He's Asking So Earnestly...\nI KNEW YOU WOULD AGREE, MISS DIAZ!\nThen Please Wait Just A Moment!\n\nOUR CAFE'S NEW SEASONAL MENU ITEM.\nIT IS THE 'CREAM LATTE'.\nKYLE'S SIGNATURE POINT!\n\nSERVED WITH A BLUE FALCON COOKIE~\nSOFT CREAM MADE FROM PREMIUM MILK\nLAYERED OVER RICH, DEEP COFFEE,\nSERVED SO THE TWO FLAVORS HARMONIZE PERFECTLY.\nI AM THE VERY FIRST TO ATTEMPT THIS MENU IN THE CAPITAL!\n\nIT ACTUALLY LOOKS PRETTY PLAUSIBLE FROM THE OUTSIDE, DOESN'T IT?\nMAYBE THIS WILL BE OKAY..?\n\nM-MISS DIAZ?!\nGOODBYE, WORLD...\nARE YOU ALRIGHT?! PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER! HERE, A HANDKERCHIEF...!\nAS EXPECTED, YOUR COFFEE IS DEFINITELY POISON!\nNEVER PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS OUT INTO THE WORLD AGAIN.\n\nI WAS REALLY CONFIDENT THIS TIME~!!\nNO... THIS ISN'T JUST A MATTER OF TASTE.\nI'M CERTAIN, DEFINITELY-\n...UM, MR. KYLE.\nCOULD I PERHAPS SEE THE STORAGE ROOM WHERE YOU KEEP THE INGREDIENTS?\n\nI THINK THERE MIGHT BE A PROBLEM WITH THE COFFEE BEANS.\n\n...THE STORAGE IS THIS WAY.\nI'LL SHOW IT TO YOU FOR NOW,\nBUT THERE'S NO WAY THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE BEANS.\n\nWE ONLY USE THE FINEST BEANS FROM THE SOUTHERN CONTINENT,\nAND IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN A WEEK SINCE THIS BATCH WAS DELIVERED.\nWE WENT THROUGH A SPECIALIZED COFFEE MERCHANT, SO THE DISTRIBUTION PROCESS IS TRANSPARENT, TOO,\nAND WE EVEN HAVE A QUALITY GUARANTEE FROM THE SOUTHERN CONTINENT'S ROYAL FAMILY, SO THAT SAYS IT ALL.\nTHERE'S NO WAY THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM WITH THESE BEANS!\n\nNO, THERE IS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM.\nEVEN THE CHEAPEST COFFEE WOULDN'T HAVE SUCH A TERRIBLE TASTE.\nI Drank So Much Coffee In My Past Life.\nANYWAY, THESE ARE THE BEANS I USE.\nHERE, TAKE A LOOK.\n\nUGH...!\nTHE QUALITY IS GREAT, RIGHT~?\nDOES THIS LOOK NORMAL TO YOU?!!\n\nMR. KYLE, ARE YOU SERIOUS?\nI CAN SMELL THE SOURNESS FROM THIS FAR AWAY.\nT-THAT'S... THEY SAID IT'S BECAUSE IT'S A UNIQUE VARIETY.\nTHAT IT'S BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT OF ACIDITY...\nNO!! YOU CAN'T CALL THIS ACIDITY.\nIt Just Smells Like It's Going Bad!\nARE THESE REALLY PREMIUM BEANS?\nO-OF COURSE!\n\nI HEARD THAT ROASTING DETERMINES THE COFFEE'S TASTE, SO I PAID FIVE TIMES THE PRICE TO BUY...\nBEANS ROASTED BY A PROFESSIONAL BARISTA FROM THE SOUTHERN CONTINENT!!\nROASTED... BEANS?\nYes... That's Right...?\n\nIT SHOULD TAKE A YEAR BY SHIP FROM THE SOUTHERN CONTINENT TO THE EMPIRE...\nWHICH MEANS...\nSouthern Continent\nTHE COFFEE I JUST DRANK!!\nWAS BREWED WITH BEANS ROASTED OVER A YEAR AGO?!\nUH... I SUPPOSE SO?\n\n...BLERGH.\nIS THERE PERHAPS A PROBLEM...?\nIF THIS WERE SOUTH KOREA, IT WOULD BE GROUNDS FOR A LAWSUIT, YOU JERK...!!\n...LISTEN CAREFULLY, MR. KYLE.\n\nCOFFEE BEANS SPOIL EASILY THE MOMENT THEY ARE ROASTED.\nSO YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BRING THEM IN AS UNROASTED GREEN BEANS\nAND ROAST A CERTAIN AMOUNT EACH TIME YOU NEED THEM.\nDID THAT MERCHANT NOT EVEN TELL YOU SOMETHING THIS BASIC?\n\nN-NO... I'M HEARING THIS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.\nTHAT MERCHANT IS THE ONE WHO RECOMMENDED THE SOUTHERN CONTINENT BARISTA IN THE FIRST PLACE...\nYOU WERE PROPERLY SCAMMED BY A CON ARTIST.\nWELL, IT'S ONLY BEEN ABOUT 10 YEARS SINCE COFFEE WAS INTRODUCED TO THE EMPIRE.\nPeople Here Can't Help But Be Unfamiliar With It.\n...IT'S FINE, MR. KYLE.\nIT'S ACTUALLY BETTER NOW THAT WE KNOW THE CAUSE OF THE COFFEE PROBLEM.\n\nIT'LL BE RESOLVED IF YOU JUST GET BEANS FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.\nIT JUST MEANS YOUR COFFEE WILL ONLY GET MORE DELICIOUS FROM NOW ON.\n\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS DIAZ!\n\nI ALMOST RUINED THE CAFE... YOU SAVED MY LIFE!\nHOW SHOULD I EVER REPAY THIS FAVOR...!\nI-IT'S FINE, IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS.\nBUT YOU SHOULD PROBABLY REPORT THAT MERCHANT TO THE CITY GUARD.\nOF COURSE! I'LL MAKE SURE HE ROTS IN PRISON FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.\n\nOF COURSE, BEFORE THAT, I'LL MAKE HIM DRINK ALL THE COFFEE BREWED WITH THESE SPOILED BEANS...\nKYLE.\nINSTEAD OF WASTING TIME HERE, YOU HAD BETTER GO FIND THAT MERCHANT RIGHT AWAY.\nWE DON'T KNOW WHERE HE MIGHT BE PULLING A SCAM RIGHT NOW.\n\nLOOK INTO IT THROUGH THE GUILD'S CONTACT NETWORK.\nRIGHT THIS INSTANT.\n...!\nT-THEN I'LL HEAD UPSTAIRS FIRST~!!\n\nTHE TWO OF YOU SHOULD GO EAT SOON TOO!!\nSIR ROJAS. HE'S THE TYPE WHO CAN'T STAND INJUSTICE...! AN ACTIVE DUTY KNIGHT-REALLY IS DIFFERENT...!\n\n...MISS DIAZ, YOU SEEM QUITE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT COFFEE.\nDO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE AN INTEREST IN THIS FIELD... LIKE KYLE?\nAH, IT'S NOT REALLY THAT...\nTHE COFFEE CULTURE ARRIVED AROUND THE ACADEMY FASTER THAN IN THE CAPITAL.\nSO I JUST NATURALLY LEARNED A LOT ABOUT IT.\nTWO THREE COFFEE\nTHE TRUTH IS, I ONLY KNOW THIS BECAUSE I AM FROM SOUTH KOREA, THE COUNTRY WITH A CAFE EVERY THREE STEPS.\n\nRATHER, IT'S AMAZING THAT NO ONE SUSPECTED THE BEANS UNTIL NOW.\nMOST OF THE CUSTOMERS ORDER DESSERT RATHER THAN COFFEE.\nEVEN THEN, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ACTUALLY COME TO SEE KYLE.\nAH, SO THAT WAS IT.\nIT'S A PROBLEM WHEN THE CAFE OWNER IS TOO HANDSOME.\n\nNO MATTER HOW WEIRD THE COFFEE TASTED,\nIT MUST HAVE BEEN HARD TO SPEAK HONESTLY ABOUT IT.\n\nIS KYLE...\nCONSIDERED THAT HANDSOME?\nUH... I SUPPOSE SO?\nHE HAS A SOFT IMPRESSION AND LOOKS SWEET...\n\nBUT MISS DIAZ, KYLUS IS-\nINTO OLDER WOMEN.\nHE HAS ALWAYS ONLY DATED OLDER WOMEN.\n\n...? W-WHY IS HE BRINGING THAT UP SO SUDDENLY?\nDON'T TELL ME SIR ROJAS...\nIS ASKING ME TO FIND A SUITABLE BLIND DATE FOR KYLE\n\nIS HE SUBTLY ASKING ME FOR A FAVOR...?!\nOH NO~ I'M NOT GOOD AT THIS KIND OF THING!\nDO I EVEN KNOW ANYONE AROUND ME I COULD SET HIM UP WITH...?\nShe Is The Same Age As Me So She Wouldn't Work...\n\nTHEN WE WILL GET GOING NOW.\nPLEASE HAVE A GOOD TIME.\nTHANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TODAY, MISS DIAZ.\nDON'T MENTION IT.\n\n...UM, YOUR MAJESTY.\nBEFORE YOU GO, FOR A MOMENT...\nTHERE IS SOMETHING I NEED TO TELL YOU.","bubble_count":162,"pages_count":40,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"In Draft Chapter 17 of Unbeknownst to Me, I'm Secretly Dating the Emperor, Ms.","spoiler_summary":"In Draft Chapter 17 of Unbeknownst to Me, I'm Secretly Dating the Emperor, Ms. Diaz meets Sir Rojas, who arrives without his robe, and the real tension begins when Kyle has her taste his new cream latte. Disgusted by the terrible taste of the coffee, Diaz inspects the beans in the storage room, uncovering a year-old stale roast and fraud, then helps Kyle and tells him to report the merchant."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/unbeknownst-to-me-i-m-secretly-dating-the-emperor-hr359apd/chapter-17-9y3nxc","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor #17","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-31T12:42:10.527Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/unbeknownst-to-me-i-m-secretly-dating-the-emperor-hr359apd"}}