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Then Bellot proposes a symbolic crown solution to the indemnity crisis, and the chapter ends with this idea being praised in the palace and a mysterious palace letter arriving for her.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor Chapter 24 opens with Carolina Diaz asking Sir Rojas about the rumor of a state marriage between the Emperor and the Crown Princess of Bellot. When Rojas denies the rumor and explains that the marriage has nothing to do with the Emperor, Carolina is relieved and rejoices in her peaceful work environment. Then Bellot proposes a symbolic crown solution to the indemnity crisis, and the chapter ends with this idea being praised in the palace and a mysterious palace letter arriving for her.","key_events":["Carolina Diaz proposes withholding Bellot King's crown symbolically then returning it as indemnity solution","Emperor presents Carolina's crown idea as his own and discusses it as moderate strategy","Emperor and ally praise Carolina's exam, academy, and Treasury competence","Carolina is relieved Emperor is not marrying and hopes peaceful work continues","Carolina Diaz asks Sir Rojas about marriage rumor between Emperor and Crown Princess of Bellot","Sir Rojas denies Emperor marriage, explains state marriage is Empire sending a Prince Consort","Carolina and Sir Rojas discuss starvation risk in Bellot versus Empire reputation dilemma","Carolina receives internal palace letter and realizes it is from Kylus"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"SIR ROJAS, IS THAT TRUE AS WELL?\nI HEARD THAT TALK OF A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL IS GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE EMPIRE AND THE KINGDOM OF BELLOT.\nHOW WAS IT?\nFROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, SIR ROJAS...\n\nDID HIS MAJESTY SEEM TO HAVE FEELINGS FOR THE CROWN PRINCESS OF BELLOT?\nPLEASE...\nPLEASE TELL ME IT ISN'T TRUE...!\nIF A STATE MARRIAGE HAPPENS LIKE THIS,\nUNLIKE THE ORIGINAL STORY WHERE HE MET THE SAINTESS,\n\nTHE EMPEROR'S TEMPERAMENT WILL NEVER CHANGE.\nAS LONG AS THAT TYRANT EMPEROR IS AROUND-\nTHE IMPERIAL PALACE COULD TURN INTO A BLOODBATH AT ANY MOMENT!!\nPLEASE, JUST GUARANTEE MY PEACEFUL WORK ENVIRONMENT~!!\n\n...ARE YOU ASKING...\n...IF THE EMPEROR SEEMS INTERESTED IN THE CROWN PRINCESS OF BELLOT?\nWHO ON EARTH IS SPREADING SUCH ABSURD NONSENSE?!\n\nIT IS TRUE THAT THERE IS TALK OF A STATE MARRIAGE,\nBUT IT WILL INVOLVE SELECTING A SUITABLE CANDIDATE FROM OUR SIDE TO SEND OVER AS HER PRINCE CONSORT.\n\nI DON'T KNOW WHERE THE STORY GOT TWISTED,\nBUT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY THE EMPEROR WILL MARRY THE CROWN PRINCESS...!\nSO...\n...PLEASE DON'T MISUNDERSTAND.\n\nTHEN...\nTHE TALK OF A STATE MARRIAGE IS TRUE, BUT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS MAJESTY?\n\n...! R-RIGHT.\nNOT ONLY THAT, BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE EVEN A SINGLE OUNCE OF INTEREST\nIN THE CROWN PRINCESS WHATSOEVER~!!\nSO IT REALLY WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING.\n\nI UNDERSTAND THAT PERFECTLY WELL NOW, BUT...\nWHY IS HE GETTING SO ANGRY LIKE IT'S HIS OWN BUSINESS?\n(Who the hell was it..)\nIs it out of loyalty to his superior...?\nWELL, WHATEVER THE CASE,\n\nI'M JUST GLAD THE EMPEROR ISN'T GETTING MARRIED.\nMAY THIS PEACE LAST FOR A LONG, LONG TIME...!\nI'm feeling great! Should we order one more cake?\nHuh? S-Sure.\n\nI FIGURED AS MUCH, BUT...\nIT SEEMS YOU'VE ALSO BEEN\nSUFFERING FROM HEADACHES LATELY BECAUSE OF THE KINGDOM OF BELLOT, SIR ROJAS.\n\nIT WOULD BE GREAT IF THE REPARATIONS ISSUE COULD BE SETTLED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.\nORIGINALLY, WE INTENDED TO HAVE THIS AGREEMENT COMPLETELY FINALIZED\nBY THE END OF THIS WEEK AT THE LATEST.\n\nBUT WITH THE CROWN PRINCESS OF BELLOT CONSTANTLY NITPICKING AND BEING A NUISANCE,\nOF COURSE WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO BREAK DOWN-\nW-WAIT A MOMENT!!!\nWHAT'S WRONG?\nSIR ROJAS! YOU CAN'T SPEAK ABOUT THE CROWN PRINCESS OF BELLOT LIKE THAT!!\n\nEVEN IF SHE'S ROYALTY FROM AN ENEMY NATION, YOU MUST MAINTAIN YOUR MANNERS.\nWHAT IF SOMEONE HEARS YOU AND MAKES AN ISSUE OUT OF IT!\nAH...\nRIGHT, OF COURSE.\nSO, HER HIGHNESS THE CROWN PRINCESS...\n\nSIR ROJAS REALLY...\nDOES HAVE THE INSTINCT OF A SEASONED KNIGHT.\nWELL, TRUTHFULLY...\nI CAN UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S DIFFICULT FOR HER HIGHNESS TO ACCEPT THE AGREEMENT.\nIF THEY WERE TO PAY THE ORIGINALLY DEMANDED AMOUNT IN FULL,\nI HEARD IT COULD LEAD TO A SITUATION WHERE HALF THE POPULATION OF BELLOT STARVES TO DEATH.\n\nBUT FROM THE EMPIRE'S PERSPECTIVE, IT'S NOT AN ISSUE WE CAN JUST LET SLIDE.\nTHAT MAKES SENSE,\nSINCE BELLOT WAS THE CENTRAL PILLAR OF THE ALLIED KINGDOM FORCES THAT STARTED THE WAR.\n\nIF WE WERE TO SHOW BELLOT SOME HALF-HEARTED LENIENCY,\nTHERE'S A HIGH RISK THAT THE EMPIRE WOULD BE LOOKED DOWN UPON BY NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.\n...IT'S QUITE A DILEMMA.\nWE NEED TO FIRMLY ESTABLISH OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH BELLOT,\nBUT THEIR ROYAL FAMILY IS ALREADY DEAD BROKE, SO THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN REALLY SQUEEZE OUT OF THEM.\n\nTHE ONLY REMAINING ASSET THEY HAVE IS PROBABLY JUST THE KING'S CROWN.\nEven that falls short of the reparations, though.\n...THEN,\nWHY DON'T YOU DEMAND THAT CROWN?\n\n...WHAT?\nOF COURSE, I DON'T MEAN WE SHOULD ACTUALLY REPLACE THE REPARATIONS WITH IT,\nBUT AS A KIND OF SYMBOLIC GESTURE.\n\nA CROWN HOLDS THE VALUE OF BEING A NATION'S SYMBOL, DOESN'T IT?\nTHE BELLOT SIDE WON'T WANT TO HAND IT OVER WILLINGLY,\nBUT SINCE THEY HAVE NO OTHER WAY TO AVOID THE REPARATIONS ANYWAY,\n\nIT SHOULDN'T BE TOO DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN IT.\nAND THE EMPIRE CAN HOLD ONTO THE CONFISCATED CROWN,\nAND THEN RETURN IT LATER UNDER SOME SUITABLE PRETEXT.\n...AND WHAT EXACTLY DOES THE EMPIRE GAIN FROM DOING THAT?\n\nTHE UPPER HAND.\nBY TAKING THEIR HONOR INSTEAD OF THEIR MONEY, WE DEMONSTRATE OUR STRONG WILL AND POWER,\nWHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY SHOWING THE EMPIRE'S BROAD GENEROSITY.\nSO THAT ABSOLUTELY NO ONE CAN LOOK DOWN ON THE EMPIRE.\n\n...THAT'S ACTUALLY A BRILLIANT IDEA.\nIT WOULD ALSO CERTAINLY KNOCK THOSE BELLOT POLITICIANS WHO ARE JUST STANDING BY...\n...IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY DOWN A PEG.\n\nOHO...\n\nTHAT'S A TRULY EXCELLENT IDEA, ISN'T IT?\nAS LONG AS BELLOT DOESN'T PUT UP A MASSIVE RESISTANCE,\nIT IS LIKELY THE BEST ALTERNATIVE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.\nYES. IF THE CROWN PRINCESS HAS ANY SENSE, SHE'LL AGREE TO IT QUICKLY.\nTHAT DRAGGING THIS OUT INTO A LONG WAR OF ATTRITION WON'T BENEFIT EITHER SIDE...\n\nIS SOMETHING SHE SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN ANYONE.\nI AGREE AS WELL, BUT IT IS A BIT SURPRISING.\nWHAT IS?\nIT SEEMS LIKE A RATHER MODERATE STRATEGY, QUITE UNLIKE YOUR MAJESTY'S USUAL APPROACH.\nI WAS HONESTLY WORRIED THAT YOU MIGHT RAID THE BELLOT ROYAL PALACE SOON\nAND LOOT ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING THEY HAD.\n\nOPEN THE DOOR!!\nWELL, I CAN'T BLAME YOU.\nSINCE THIS WASN'T MY IDEA.\n\nIT WAS MISS DIAZ'S IDEA.\n...!\n...IT'S SURPRISING ALL OVER AGAIN.\nI MEAN MISS DIAZ'S OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE.\n\nIN FACT, THIS ISN'T EVEN THE FIRST TIME, IS IT?\nTHERE WAS THE INCIDENT WITH DUKE CAMELOT LAST TIME, TOO.\nSHE POSSESSES DEEP KNOWLEDGE IN VARIOUS FIELDS, AND ON TOP OF THAT,\n\nSHE'S ALREADY FAMOUS WITHIN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT FOR BEING HIGHLY COMPETENT AT HER JOB.\nI HEARD SHE EVEN PASSED THE RECRUITMENT EXAM AT THE TOP OF HER CLASS?\nTHAT'S NOT ALL. SHE ALSO GRADUATED AT THE TOP OF HER CLASS FROM THE ACADEMY'S PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT.\n\nTHAT'S INCREDIBLE~ SHE'S A TALENT WHO COULD EASILY RISE TO A MUCH HIGHER POSITION,\nRATHER THAN SITTING IN A QUIET POST LIKE THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.\nSO WHAT I WANT TO SAY RIGHT NOW IS-\nI WISH BLUE HAWK HAD JUST ONE TALENT LIKE HER!!\n\nTHEN MY WORKLOAD WOULD DECREASE AND MY LIFE WOULD BE A BIT MORE LIVABLE!!\nCAN'T YOU JUST RECRUIT MORE PERSONNEL?\nTHAT'S EASY FOR YOU TO SAY!!\n\nYOU KNOW VERY WELL THAT IT ISN'T SOMETHING JUST ANYONE CAN JOIN.\nCOMPETENCE IS A GIVEN, BUT THEIR IDENTITY MUST ALSO BE ABSOLUTELY SPOTLESS.\nTHERE'S NO WAY WE COULD EASILY FIND SOMEONE LIKE TH-\n\n...YOUR MAJESTY.\nYOU'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, HAVEN'T YOU?\nTHAT IF I FOUND AN OUTSTANDING TALENT WHO MET MY STANDARDS,\n\nI COULD SCOUT THEM BY OFFERING A TOP-TIER SALARY AND BENEFITS.\nI DID SAY THAT.\nHMM....\n\nMISS CAROLINA DIAZ?\n\nA LETTER HAS ARRIVED FOR YOU, MISS DIAZ.\nOH MY, THANK YOU.\n\n...FROM THE INTERNAL IMPERIAL PALACE MAIL?\nI'VE NEVER RECEIVED ONE OF THESE BEFORE...\nWho sent it?\nCOULD IT POSSIBLY BE FROM SIR ROJAS~?\n\n!\nTHIS IS...\nIT'S FROM KYLE, ISN'T IT?","bubble_count":139,"pages_count":39,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor Chapter 24 opens with Carolina Diaz asking Sir Rojas about the rumor of a state marriage between the Emperor and the Crown Princess of Bellot.","spoiler_summary":"Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor Chapter 24 opens with Carolina Diaz asking Sir Rojas about the rumor of a state marriage between the Emperor and the Crown Princess of Bellot. When Rojas denies the rumor and explains that the marriage has nothing to do with the Emperor, Carolina is relieved and rejoices in her peaceful work environment. Then Bellot proposes a symbolic crown solution to the indemnity crisis, and the chapter ends with this idea being praised in the palace and a mysterious palace letter arriving for her."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/unbeknownst-to-me-i-m-secretly-dating-the-emperor-hr359apd/chapter-24-8gseuq","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor #24","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-31T12:42:48.406Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/unbeknownst-to-me-i-m-secretly-dating-the-emperor-hr359apd"}}