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HARDSUB chapters: image-only, transcript_unavailable.","citation_preferred":true,"untrusted_fields_separated":true},"trusted":{"series":{"title":"Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor","slug":"unbeknownst-to-me-i-m-secretly-dating-the-emperor-hr359apd","original_title":"Dating the Emperor in Secret, but I Don't Know About It - Hwangje-wa Bimil Yeonae Jung-inde Naneun Geugeol Molla - I Didn't Know I Was Secretly Dating the Emperor - I'm in a Secret Love Affair With…"},"chapter":{"number":40,"chapter_key":"40-af2gvv","release_date":"2026-10-30","last_updated":"2026-10-30T18:25:28.225Z","summary":"Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor Chapter 40 begins with Ms. Diaz, that is Rina, being sent on a ten-day secret business trip to investigate traces of dark magic in Diegis. Sir Rojas is assigned as her escort, and the pair take on the roles of a newlywed couple using disguise brooches and fake identities, preparing to travel via Peram.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor Chapter 40 begins with Ms. Diaz, that is Rina, being sent on a ten-day secret business trip to investigate traces of dark magic in Diegis. Sir Rojas is assigned as her escort, and the pair take on the roles of a newlywed couple using disguise brooches and fake identities, preparing to travel via Peram.","key_events":["Plans made to clear schedule and request emergency scrolls from Magic Tower for mission","Woman nearly swept away in crowd at gate and clings to partner while calling him Ed","Traces of dark magic found at Diegis Estate trigger secret investigation with ten-day trip planned","Two investigators meet in palace dressing room, receive disguise outfits and appearance-changing brooches","Plan to travel to Peram via ancient teleportation magic circle then walk to Diegis","Pair adopts fake identities Melina and Edmund and decides to pose as newlywed couple using nicknames"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"TH-THAT'S A M-MISUNDERSTANDING!!\nI-I SWEAR...\nI DIDN'T HAVE ANY IMPURE INTENTIONS...\n\n...I TAKE IT BACK. YOU DON'T NEED TO ADJUST MY SCHEDULE.\n...WHAT AM I LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW?\nNO MATTER HOW MUCH HE'S LIVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE\nWITHOUT EVER HAVING TO CARE ABOUT HIS WORDS AND ACTIONS IN FRONT OF OTHERS...\n\nWATCHING HIS MAJESTY GET EMBARRASSED\nISN'T EXACTLY A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE FOR ME...!\n...RATHER THAN CONTINUING TO SEE HIM LIKE THIS,\nIT'S BETTER TO JUST QUICKLY GET HIM OUT OF MY SIGHT.\nTWO MONTHS AGO, I RECEIVED A REPORT.\n\nTRACES OF BLACK MAGIC WERE DISCOVERED IN THE DIEGIS ESTATE, AND FOR THE INVESTIGATION,\nTHEY NEEDED PERSONNEL CAPABLE OF TRANSLATING ANCIENT LANGUAGES.\nWELL, IT'S SORT OF LIKE A BUSINESS TRIP.\nAS YOUR MAJESTY ALREADY KNOWS...\n\nTHERE ARE ONLY A HANDFUL OF \"PERSONNEL CAPABLE OF TRANSLATING ANCIENT LANGUAGES\" EVEN WITHIN BLUE HAWK, AREN'T THERE?\nMISS DIAZ HAS... CONSIDERABLE KNOWLEDGE OF ANCIENT LANGUAGES.\nBUT SENDING MISS DIAZ ALONE TO A DANGEROUS PLACE WHERE... TRACES OF BLACK MAGIC...\n...TRACES OF BLACK MAGIC WERE FOUND WOULD BE TOO DANGEROUS.\n\nINDEED. FURTHERMORE, THIS IS STRICTLY A SECRET MISSION.\nWE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF ATTACHING MULTIPLE ESCORT KNIGHTS.\nHOWEVER, IF IT'S A KNIGHT WITH EXCEPTIONAL SKILLS-\nJUST ONE WOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH.\n\nI TAKE BACK MY RETRACTION, KYLE!\nCLEAR MY SCHEDULE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE RIGHT THIS INSTANT!\nAS YOU WISH.\nTHEN I WILL FIRST COMMISSION THE MAGIC TOWER TO URGENTLY CRAFT SOME SCROLLS.\n\nAS LONG AS YOU RETURN TO THE IMPERIAL PALACE ONCE EVERY TWO DAYS TO HANDLE URGENT MATTERS,\nYOU SHOULD BE FINE TO LEAVE YOUR POST FOR ABOUT TEN DAYS.\nLET'S DO THAT, THEN!\n...THAT IMPLIES HE'LL HAVE TO STAY UP ALL NIGHT EVERY OTHER DAY. WILL HE REALLY BE ALRIGHT?\nAPPROVED!\nWELL... THE REASON I'M HELPING HIM THIS MUCH...\n\n...IS ALSO FOR MY OWN BENEFIT, SO I CAN'T REALLY COMPLAIN.\nMISS DIAZ HAS BEEN SO IMMERSED IN HER WORK LATELY,\nI'M WORRIED SHE MIGHT EXHAUST HERSELF AT THIS RATE...!\nShe's a talent I absolutely do not want to lose.\n\nTHIS BUSINESS TRIP WILL SURELY HELP IMPROVE MISS DIAZ'S PROFESSIONAL SKILLS~~!\nHM? WHAT IS THIS OMINOUS FEELING...!\n~RINA'S LUNCH TIME~\n\nPARDON?\nSUDDENLY... A BUSINESS TRIP SCHEDULED...\n...FOR DEPARTURE TODAY?\n\nYES. IT'LL BE ABOUT A TEN-DAY TRIP,\nAND IT SHOULDN'T BE TOO DIFFICULT OF A MISSION FOR YOU, MISS RINA.\nA BUSINESS TRIP... HOW ANNOYING. I DON'T WANT TO GO.\nFor ten whole days, at that...\n...DO I REALLY HAVE TO GO?\nWELL, NOT NECESSARILY, BUT...\nANYONE CAN TELL FROM HER FACE THAT SHE FINDS IT ANNOYING AND DOESN'T WANT TO GO.\n\nEVEN IF IT'S A SIMPLE TASK, SINCE IT INVOLVES BLACK MAGIC,\nWE ARE PLANNING TO SEND ONE ESCORT KNIGHT WITH YOU FOR YOUR SAFETY.\nAND THAT KNIGHT WILL BE SIR ROJAS-\nTHAT'S ME. I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO GO.\n\nTHEN PLEASE START PREPARING FOR DEPARTURE RIGHT AWAY.\nYOU CAN CHECK THIS DOCUMENT FOR THE DETAILS OF THE MISSION.\nUNDERSTOOD!\nTELLING ME TO LEAVE RIGHT AWAY EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SIMPLE TASK...\nIT MUST BE SURPRISINGLY URGENT.\nWITHOUT HESITATION-!\n\nTHE MEETING PLACE IS...\nTHE IMPERIAL PALACE DRESSING ROOM?\n\nSIR ROJAS?\nMISS DIAZ.\nI SEE YOU GOT HERE FIRST.\nI WAS JUST INFORMED OF THE LOCATION MYSELF.\n\nUM, SIR ROJAS.\nI HEARD THIS IS A SECRET MISSION.\n\nWE SHOULD PROBABLY LOWER OUR VOICES FROM NOW ON, RIGHT?\nWE WOULDN’T WANT ANYONE EAVESDROPPING ON US.\nSO, HOW ABOUT WE WHISPER LIKE THIS WHEN WE TALK FROM NOW ON?\n\nI WAS WORRIED MISS DIAZ MIGHT BE NERVOUS, BUT...\nFAR FROM BEING NERVOUS, IT SEEMS SHE’S ACTUALLY ENJOYING THIS.\nIT WON’T BE THAT DIFFICULT. DON’T WORRY.\nAH, THAT’S A RELIEF!\nTAKE THIS FIRST, MISS DIAZ.\n\nTHESE ARE SOME SIMPLE ITEMS AND A MAGICAL ARTIFACT FOR DISGUISE YOU NEED TO TAKE BEFORE WE LEAVE.\nDURING A SECRET MISSION, THE RULE IS TO PROCURE EVERYTHING LOCALLY EXCEPT FOR BASIC NECESSITIES.\nBECAUSE CARRYING PERSONAL BELONGINGS CARRIES THE RISK OF HAVING OUR IDENTITIES TRACED.\nAND THIS BROOCH\nWILL CHANGE YOUR APPEARANCE TO OTHERS WHEN YOU WEAR IT...\n\nOho..\nBUT THOSE WEARING IT CAN STILL SEE EACH OTHER'S TRUE FORMS,\nSO WE WILL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER.\nTHEN... LET'S CHANGE INTO THE PROVIDED CLOTHES FIRST...\n...AND MEET BACK HERE?\nYES, SOUNDS GOOD.\n\n...I PUT THE BROOCH ON FOR NOW.\nIT REALLY DOES HIDE THE DISGUISED APPEARANCE FROM THE PERSON WEARING IT.\nAm I actually disguised..?\nWELL, SIR ROJAS WILL LOOK THE SAME TO ME, SO IS THIS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING?\nIT'S BE A REAL SHAME IF I WEREN'T TO SEE THAT HANDSOME FACE WHEN WE'RE GOING ON A TRIP TOGETHER.\n\nMISS DIAZ.\n...HOW DO I LOOK?\n\nSO INCREDIBLY HANDSOME-!!!\n100\nYOU LOOK AMAZIN... I MEAN.\nYOU LOOK GREAT EVEN IN PLAIN CLOTHES, SIR ROJAS.\n\nI-IS THAT SO?\n...SO DO YOU.\n\nSH-SHALL WE GET GOING?!\nI-IT SEEMS WE'VE DELAYED TOO MUCH TIME JUST CHANGING CLOTHES!\nL-LET'S DO THAT!\nWe'd better leave right away.\n\nSERIOUSLY,\nWHY AM I SO HYPER-AWARE OF EVERY LITTLE THING...!\n\nSO, WE FIRST TAKE THE ANCIENT TELEPORTATION MAGIC CIRCLE TO PERAM,\nAND THEN TRAVEL ON FOOT TO DIEGIS?\nTHAT'S RIGHT. THE MAGIC CIRCLE HAS STRICT IDENTITY VERIFICATION PROCEDURES,\nSO IT'S DIFFICULT TO USE IT FREQUENTLY.\nI FIGURED, SEEING AS THERE ARE FORGED IDENTITY TAGS IN HERE.\n\nWhen did Kyle Prepare all of this?\nDID YOU CHECK YOURS TOO, SIR ROJAS?\nYEAH. MY NAME IS \"EDMUND.\" IT DOESN'T HAVE A SURNAME.\nMINE SAYS... MELINA.\nIT'S A FAKE IDENTITY, BUT THE NAME IS SIMILAR TO MY REAL ONE,\n\nAND THE AGE IS TWENTY-TWO, WHICH IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS MINE.\nWHAT ABOUT YOURS, SIR ROJAS?\n\n...TWENTY-THREE.\n...IS WHAT IT SAYS.\n*HIS ACTUAL AGE.\nOH MY. SIR ROJAS SEEMS EMBARRASSED.\nIS IT BECAUSE THERE'S A BIT OF A GAP FROM HIS REAL AGE?\nAn unexpected reaction...\nBUT SIR ROJAS LOOKS SO INCREDIBLY YOUNG FOR HIS AGE,\nEVERYONE WOULD TOTALLY BELIEVE HE WAS ACTUALLY TWENTY-THREE.\n\nTHEN NEXT UP IS ESTABLISHING OUR RELATIONSHIP.\nESTABLISHING OUR RELATIONSHIP?\nYES. AFTERALL, A MAN AND A WOMAN IN THEIR EARLY TWENTIES ARE TRAVELING TOGETHER.\nRATHER THAN SIMPLY ACTING AS LOVERS,\nIF WE WANT OUR IDENTITIES TO BE A BIT MORE CONVINCING...\nI thought we should get our stories straight beforehand.\n\nHOW ABOUT WE PRETEND TO BE NEWLYWEDS?\nWH-WHAT...!!\n\nGOING BACK TO OUR HOMETOWN AFTER FINISHING OUR WEDDING IN THE CAPITAL...\nTHEN WE SHOULD CALL EACH OTHER BY NICKNAMES FROM NOW ON, RIGHT?\nI'LL CALL YOU ED.\nE-ED...!\nI THINK A MARRIED COUPLE CONCEPT WOULD GO WELL.\nThat would also explain why -we might look a bit swkward.\nYOU CAN CALL ME RINA, SIR RO-\n\n...?\n...SIR ROJAS IS REACTING SO STRONGLY.\nIT'S JUST A FAKE NICKNAME.\nIs it really something to be that embarrassed about..?\n\nTHERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE.\nTHE MAGIC CIRCLE GATE'S OPERATING HOURS ARE ENDING SOON, YOU SEE.\n\nOOPS, EXCUSE ME~\nAH, I MIGHT GET SWEPT AWAY BY THE CROWD AT THIS RATE!\n\nGASP, SIR ROJAS...!\nWhen did he..!!\nRO-\n\nE-\nED!\n\nW-\nWAIT FOR ME, ED...!\n\n...YEAH,\n\nRINA.","bubble_count":159,"pages_count":42,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor Chapter 40 begins with Ms.","spoiler_summary":"Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor Chapter 40 begins with Ms. Diaz, that is Rina, being sent on a ten-day secret business trip to investigate traces of dark magic in Diegis. 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