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Then the Blue Falcon guildmaster, under the pretext of a coffee tasting, offers Diaz a high-paying intelligence post, and Diaz, tempted by the money, begins to consider it.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor Chapter 25 follows Lady Diaz as she is cornered by both court diplomacy and a secret job offer. The Emperor demands that Bellot surrender its crown instead of reducing its war reparations, and the envoy and candidates for prince consort are discussed. Then the Blue Falcon guildmaster, under the pretext of a coffee tasting, offers Diaz a high-paying intelligence post, and Diaz, tempted by the money, begins to consider it.","key_events":["Lady Diaz holds coffee tasting praised for roasting and proposes premium cafe strategy.","Emperor demands surrender of Bellot crown to Empire instead of reducing war reparations.","Emperor promises to return crown at Crown Princess coronation, envoy seeks king approval.","Blue Falcon guildmaster offers Lady Diaz official membership with high salary and allowances.","Bellot envoy advances talks for state marriage and reviews prince consort candidate profiles."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"...SO WHAT YOUR MAJESTY IS SAYING IS...\nINSTEAD OF REDUCING BELLOT'S WAR REPARATIONS BY MORE THAN HALF,\nAND SETTING THE REPAYMENT PERIOD INDEFINITELY...\n\nYOU ARE DEMANDING THE CROWN OF BELLOT BE PRESENTED TO THE EMPIRE?\nYES. IT'S A PROPOSAL WHERE YOU WOULDN'T LOSE OUT EITHER, RIGHT?\nAFTERALL, IT'S NOT REALISTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE.\n...IF WHAT YOUR MAJESTY WANTS IS A FORM OF COMPENSATION,\n\nWE WILL COMPENSATE FOR IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.\nI FIND THAT DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT.\nHAVEN'T YOU REPEATEDLY ASKED FOR THE REPARATIONS TO BE REDUCED UNTIL NOW?\nIS THERE A BETTER COUNTERMEASURE THAN THIS AT PRESENT?\n\nTHE CROWN IS NOT A SIMPLE ORNAMENT.\nAUTHORITY, HISTORY, SOVEREIGNTY, TRADITION.\nTHE SYMBOL OF THE NATION ITSELF THAT ENCOMPASSES EVERYTHING.\nDOES THIS MEAN THAT IF THEY LACK WEALTH, THEY WILL TRAMPLE ON OUR HONOR\nAND MAKE AN EXAMPLE OUT OF IT...!\n\nWELL, DON'T WORRY TOO MUCH.\nSINCE I PLAN TO RETURN THE CROWN AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME ANYWAY.\nFOR EXAMPLE-\n\nDURING THE CROWN PRINCESS'S CORONATION CEREMONY.\nTHE CROWN PRINCESS IS A WOMAN WITH A REFINED POLITICAL SENSE, WHICH IS RARE FOR A BELLOTIAN.\n\nEVEN THOUGH SHE WAS THE LOWEST-RANKING PRINCESS BEFORE THE WAR,\nSHE QUICKLY READ THE SIGNS OF DEFEAT, PERSUADED THE MINISTERS TO PROCEED WITH NEGOTIATIONS, AND SO ON...\n\nBECAUSE SHE'S SOMEONE WHO EARNED HER CURRENT AUTHORITY SOLELY THROUGH HER RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS,\nSHE SHOULD FULLY UNDERSTAND THE MEANING BEHIND MY WORDS.\n\n...I WILL ACCEPT THIS PROPOSAL POSITIVELY.\nHOWEVER, COULD YOU PLEASE WAIT\nUNTIL THE DAY I SEND A MESSAGE BACK TO MY HOME COUNTRY AND RECEIVE HIS MAJESTY THE KING'S APPROVAL?\nI'LL DO THAT.\n\nALSO, ALONG WITH THAT-\nI WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH CONCRETE DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE STATE MARRIAGE,\nAND CONVEY THEM TO MY HOME COUNTRY.\nWELCOMING AN IMPERIAL PRINCE CONSORT...\n\n...IS AN UNPRECEDENTED EVENT FOR BELLOT AS WELL.\nI WAS ACTUALLY PLANNING TO DISCUSS THAT TODAY ANYWAY.\n\nTHIS IS...?\nTHESE ARE THE PROFILES OF THE CANDIDATES FOR PRINCE CONSORT.\nEVEN IF IT'S A POLITICAL MARRIAGE, WE CANNOT IGNORE THE CROWN PRINCESS'S INTENTIONS.\n...THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.\n\nIS THERE ANYONE WHO CATCHES YOUR EYE?\n\nTH-THAT'S NOT IT.\nIT'S JUST...\nMutter..\n...I SEE THERE IS SOMEONE WITH BLACK HAIR.\n\n...HOW IS IT?\nIT'S A MASTERPIECE MADE BY ROASTING THE COFFEE BEANS FOR THE OPTIMAL AMOUNT OF TIME,\nAND EVEN GETTING THE EXACT AMOUNT OF WATER RIGHT...!\n\n...MY GOODNESS, THIS-\nIT'S DELICIOUS!\nIT DOESN'T EVEN TASTE BURNT AND IT'S REALLY CLEAN.\n\nReally?!\nYes!\nWHEN YOU SUDDENLY ASKED ME TO TASTE-TEST YOUR COFFEE,\nAND EVEN SENT THAT MESSAGE THROUGH THE IMPERIAL PALACE MAIL, I WAS QUITE SURPRISED BUT...\nTo Miss Diaz. How are you? It's nothing else, but regarding a new menu item, I have an earnest favor..(omitted)\n\nIT CERTAINLY TASTES INCOMPARABLY BETTER THAN BEFORE.\nYOU SHOULD GET A LOT MORE CUSTOMERS FROM NOW ON.\nTHAT'S A RELIEF. JUST AS YOU ADVISED BEFORE,\nI CONTACTED A FAMOUS CAFE IN THE CAPITAL AND GOT THEIR BEANS.\nTHEN FROM NOW ON, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT DIFFERENTIATES YOU FROM OTHER CAFES.\n\nYOU NEED TO CREATE A REASON WHY PEOPLE MUST COME HERE EVEN IF THE BEANS ARE THE SAME.\nSHOWING THEM THE PROCESS OF MAKING THE COFFEE FIRSTHAND,\nOR LETTING THEM SMELL THE AROMA OF THE BEANS BEFORE CHOOSING A MENU ITEM...\nA premium strategy, I guess?\nPAYING ATTENTION TO A SIGNATURE MENU ITEM OR THE INTERIOR IS ANOTHER METHOD.\nAND ALSO-\n\n...AS EXPECTED,\nIT SEEMS MY EYE FOR PEOPLE WASN'T WRONG.\nMISS DIAZ, BY ANY CHANCE, DO YOU HAVE ANY INTENTION OF...\n\n...CONTINUING TO HELP ME BY MY SIDE LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE?\n...OPERATING THE CAFE?\nI think that would be a bit difficult...\nTHAT WOULD BE NICE TOO,\nBUT THIS IS ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.\nTO GET STRAIGHT TO THE POINT-\n\nAS THE GUILD MASTER OF BLUE HAWK, AN INFORMATION GUILD DIRECTLY UNDER THE IMPERIAL FAMILY,\nI WOULD LIKE TO OFFICIALLY OFFER YOU A POSITION TO JOIN US, MISS DIAZ.\nA-AN OFFER TO JOIN?!\n\nBLUE HAWK WANTS ME?\nBUT I'M JUST AN ORDINARY IMPERIAL PALACE OFFICIAL...!\nTHAT'S NOT TRUE. YOU ARE MY SAVIOR, MISS DIAZ.\nBESIDES, ACCORDING TO WHAT HIS MAJ- SIR ROJAS TOLD ME,\nI HEARD YOU RECENTLY GAVE SOME EXCELLENT ADVICE REGARDING THE REPARATIONS ISSUE WITH BELLOT AS WELL.\n\nTH-THAT'S...\nSIR ROJAS JUST LISTENED CAREFULLY TO MY OPINION, THAT'S ALL.\nYOU DON'T NEED TO BE MODEST.\nBECAUSE I HAVE FELT IT EVER SINCE THE INCIDENT WITH DUKE CAMELOT THE OTHER DAY.\nTHAT YOU, MISS DIAZ, ARE A TALENT WHO EXCELS IN MANY DIFFERENT AREAS.\n\n...AND TO CLARIFY THIS BEFOREHAND FOR THE SAKE OF MUTUAL TRUST,\nTHE CURRENT STATE OF BLUE HAWK IS A BIT OF AN EMERGENCY.\nEVER SINCE HIS MAJESTY RETURNED FROM THE WAR, OUR WORKLOAD HAS INCREASED SEVERAL TIMES OVER...\n\nJUST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I HAVEN'T SLEPT FOR MORE THAN THREE HOURS STRAIGHT RECENTLY.\nI SUPPOSE IT'S A RELIEF THAT I DON'T LACK COFFEE TO DRINK.\nSince I happen to be running a cafe.\nI can feel it... The familiar aura of an exhausted office worker...\nSO THEIR WORK-LIFE BALANCE IS COMPLETELY DESTROYED...\n\nWELL, ACCORDING TO THE ORIGINAL STORY, THE MEMBERS OF BLUE HAWK ARE IN THEIR BUSIEST PERIOD RIGHT NOW.\nFOR THE EMPEROR, WHO ASCENDED TO THE THRONE AT THE AGE OF FIFTEEN,\nTHERE WERE STILL COUNTLESS ENEMIES REMAINING, EXCLUDING THE LATE EMPEROR'S FACTION.\n\nNOBLES WHO THOUGHT THE YOUNG EMPEROR WAS A PUSHOVER AND TRIED TO CONTROL HIM,\nAND CORRUPT OFFICIALS WHO COLLUDED WITH ENEMY NATIONS DURING THE WAR TO LINE THEIR OWN POCKETS.\nAND THE ONES WHO PLAYED THE MOST ACTIVE ROLE IN THE PROCESS OF ROOTING THEM OUT...\n\n...WERE NONE OTHER THAN THE EMPEROR'S INTELLIGENCE NETWORK, BLUE HAWK.\n...WHICH MEANS, AS EXPECTED...\nTHIS ISN'T A PLACE FOR AN EXTRA WITHOUT EVEN A NUMBER TAG LIKE ME TO GET INVOLVED IN.\nAND MY DREAM IS TO LIVE A LONG, THIN, PEACEFUL LIFE.\n\nI HAVE NO INTENTION OF TAKING ON SUCH A HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY.\nI SHOULD DEFINITELY REFUSE.\n\n...UM, MISS DIAZ.\nTHIS IS AN INTERNAL DOCUMENT I BROUGHT JUST IN CASE.\nWOULD YOU PLEASE READ IT OVER ONCE?\nIT'S THE CONTRACT THAT NEW MEMBERS SIGN,\nAND YOU CAN THINK OF IT AS THE BASIC SALARY TYPICALLY PAID.\n\nB-BASIC SALARY? THIS MUCH?\nIT'S MORE THAN FOUR TIMES THE MONTHLY SALARY I RECEIVE RIGHT NOW...?!\n\nON TOP OF THAT, OVERTIME OR NIGHT SHIFT ALLOWANCES\nARE NATURALLY PAID SEPARATELY.\nFOR REFERENCE, THE WORK I'D LIKE TO ENTRUST TO YOU, MISS DIAZ,\nIS NOT ANYTHING THAT DIFFICULT OR DANGEROUS.\nBASICALLY, IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO YOUR DUTIES AT THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.\nALSO, MEMBERS HAVE A SEPARATE COVER POSITION,\n\nAND THE COMPENSATION FOR THAT POSITION IS PAID SEPARATELY AGAIN. Just like how I'm a cafe owner.\nIN MISS DIAZ'S CASE, SINCE YOU ARE ALREADY WORKING IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT...\nTHE BASIC SALARY AND VARIOUS ALLOWANCES FROM BLUE HAWK WOULD BE ADDED TO YOUR TREASURY DEPARTMENT SALARY.\n\nTH-THAT MUCH?!!\nGASP...!\n...BY WHEN SHOULD I GIVE YOU AN ANSWER?\nIT'S DIFFICULT TO DECIDE RIGHT AWAY.\nOF COURSE, I WILL GIVE YOU PLENTY OF TIME TO THINK.\n\nSO PLEASE CONSIDER IT POSITIVELY.\n...IT'S TOO MUCH MONEY TO REFUSE, SO I WAS TEMPTED FOR A MOMENT THERE.\n\nTHAT MAKES SENSE, SINCE BLUE HAWK IS SO CLOSELY INTERTWINED WITH THE ORIGINAL STORY.\nESPECIALLY IF THE FEMALE LEAD APPEARS AS SCHEDULED AT NEXT YEAR'S NEW YEAR'S FESTIVAL,\nFROM THEN ON, THE IMPERIAL PALACE WILL BE COMPLETELY SWEPT UP IN A STORM...\n\nAND BLUE HAWK IS PRACTICALLY THE EYE OF THAT STORM.\nAND ALTHOUGH THEY SAY THE EMPEROR IS QUIET FOR NOW,\nONE NEVER KNOWS WHEN OR HOW THAT TYRANT MIGHT SUDDENLY TURN....\nWHO KNOWS EVEN RIGHT NOW?\nHE MIGHT BE GOING CRAZY AND SWINGING HIS SWORD AROUND-\n\nSPOUT THAT NONSENSE ONE MORE TIME.\n\nHOW DARE YOU, RIGHT NOW-\nWHOSE NAME DID YOU JUST BRING UP?","bubble_count":142,"pages_count":40,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor Chapter 25 follows Lady Diaz as she is cornered by both court diplomacy and a secret job offer.","spoiler_summary":"Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor Chapter 25 follows Lady Diaz as she is cornered by both court diplomacy and a secret job offer. The Emperor demands that Bellot surrender its crown instead of reducing its war reparations, and the envoy and candidates for prince consort are discussed. Then the Blue Falcon guildmaster, under the pretext of a coffee tasting, offers Diaz a high-paying intelligence post, and Diaz, tempted by the money, begins to consider it."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/unbeknownst-to-me-i-m-secretly-dating-the-emperor-hr359apd/chapter-25-2j6cgq","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor #25","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-31T12:42:10.983Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/unbeknownst-to-me-i-m-secretly-dating-the-emperor-hr359apd"}}