# WebtoonLib — Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor #40 ## Series - title: Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor - slug: unbeknownst-to-me-i-m-secretly-dating-the-emperor-hr359apd ## Chapter - number: 40 - chapter_key: 40-af2gvv - release_date: 2026-10-30 ### 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_verification: verified ### 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 ## 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. 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. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 159 ### Content TH-THAT'S A M-MISUNDERSTANDING!! I-I SWEAR... I DIDN'T HAVE ANY IMPURE INTENTIONS... ...I TAKE IT BACK. YOU DON'T NEED TO ADJUST MY SCHEDULE. ...WHAT AM I LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW? NO MATTER HOW MUCH HE'S LIVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE WITHOUT EVER HAVING TO CARE ABOUT HIS WORDS AND ACTIONS IN FRONT OF OTHERS... WATCHING HIS MAJESTY GET EMBARRASSED ISN'T EXACTLY A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE FOR ME...! ...RATHER THAN CONTINUING TO SEE HIM LIKE THIS, IT'S BETTER TO JUST QUICKLY GET HIM OUT OF MY SIGHT. TWO MONTHS AGO, I RECEIVED A REPORT. TRACES OF BLACK MAGIC WERE DISCOVERED IN THE DIEGIS ESTATE, AND FOR THE INVESTIGATION, THEY NEEDED PERSONNEL CAPABLE OF TRANSLATING ANCIENT LANGUAGES. WELL, IT'S SORT OF LIKE A BUSINESS TRIP. AS YOUR MAJESTY ALREADY KNOWS... THERE ARE ONLY A HANDFUL OF "PERSONNEL CAPABLE OF TRANSLATING ANCIENT LANGUAGES" EVEN WITHIN BLUE HAWK, AREN'T THERE? MISS DIAZ HAS... CONSIDERABLE KNOWLEDGE OF ANCIENT LANGUAGES. BUT SENDING MISS DIAZ ALONE TO A DANGEROUS PLACE WHERE... TRACES OF BLACK MAGIC... ...TRACES OF BLACK MAGIC WERE FOUND WOULD BE TOO DANGEROUS. INDEED. FURTHERMORE, THIS IS STRICTLY A SECRET MISSION. WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF ATTACHING MULTIPLE ESCORT KNIGHTS. HOWEVER, IF IT'S A KNIGHT WITH EXCEPTIONAL SKILLS- JUST ONE WOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH. I TAKE BACK MY RETRACTION, KYLE! CLEAR MY SCHEDULE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE RIGHT THIS INSTANT! AS YOU WISH. THEN I WILL FIRST COMMISSION THE MAGIC TOWER TO URGENTLY CRAFT SOME SCROLLS. AS LONG AS YOU RETURN TO THE IMPERIAL PALACE ONCE EVERY TWO DAYS TO HANDLE URGENT MATTERS, YOU SHOULD BE FINE TO LEAVE YOUR POST FOR ABOUT TEN DAYS. LET'S DO THAT, THEN! ...THAT IMPLIES HE'LL HAVE TO STAY UP ALL NIGHT EVERY OTHER DAY. WILL HE REALLY BE ALRIGHT? APPROVED! WELL... THE REASON I'M HELPING HIM THIS MUCH... ...IS ALSO FOR MY OWN BENEFIT, SO I CAN'T REALLY COMPLAIN. MISS DIAZ HAS BEEN SO IMMERSED IN HER WORK LATELY, I'M WORRIED SHE MIGHT EXHAUST HERSELF AT THIS RATE...! She's a talent I absolutely do not want to lose. THIS BUSINESS TRIP WILL SURELY HELP IMPROVE MISS DIAZ'S PROFESSIONAL SKILLS~~! HM? WHAT IS THIS OMINOUS FEELING...! ~RINA'S LUNCH TIME~ PARDON? SUDDENLY... A BUSINESS TRIP SCHEDULED... ...FOR DEPARTURE TODAY? YES. IT'LL BE ABOUT A TEN-DAY TRIP, AND IT SHOULDN'T BE TOO DIFFICULT OF A MISSION FOR YOU, MISS RINA. A BUSINESS TRIP... HOW ANNOYING. I DON'T WANT TO GO. For ten whole days, at that... ...DO I REALLY HAVE TO GO? WELL, NOT NECESSARILY, BUT... ANYONE CAN TELL FROM HER FACE THAT SHE FINDS IT ANNOYING AND DOESN'T WANT TO GO. EVEN IF IT'S A SIMPLE TASK, SINCE IT INVOLVES BLACK MAGIC, WE ARE PLANNING TO SEND ONE ESCORT KNIGHT WITH YOU FOR YOUR SAFETY. AND THAT KNIGHT WILL BE SIR ROJAS- THAT'S ME. I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO GO. THEN PLEASE START PREPARING FOR DEPARTURE RIGHT AWAY. YOU CAN CHECK THIS DOCUMENT FOR THE DETAILS OF THE MISSION. UNDERSTOOD! TELLING ME TO LEAVE RIGHT AWAY EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SIMPLE TASK... IT MUST BE SURPRISINGLY URGENT. WITHOUT HESITATION-! THE MEETING PLACE IS... THE IMPERIAL PALACE DRESSING ROOM? SIR ROJAS? MISS DIAZ. I SEE YOU GOT HERE FIRST. I WAS JUST INFORMED OF THE LOCATION MYSELF. UM, SIR ROJAS. I HEARD THIS IS A SECRET MISSION. WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOWER OUR VOICES FROM NOW ON, RIGHT? WE WOULDN’T WANT ANYONE EAVESDROPPING ON US. SO, HOW ABOUT WE WHISPER LIKE THIS WHEN WE TALK FROM NOW ON? I WAS WORRIED MISS DIAZ MIGHT BE NERVOUS, BUT... FAR FROM BEING NERVOUS, IT SEEMS SHE’S ACTUALLY ENJOYING THIS. IT WON’T BE THAT DIFFICULT. DON’T WORRY. AH, THAT’S A RELIEF! TAKE THIS FIRST, MISS DIAZ. THESE ARE SOME SIMPLE ITEMS AND A MAGICAL ARTIFACT FOR DISGUISE YOU NEED TO TAKE BEFORE WE LEAVE. DURING A SECRET MISSION, THE RULE IS TO PROCURE EVERYTHING LOCALLY EXCEPT FOR BASIC NECESSITIES. BECAUSE CARRYING PERSONAL BELONGINGS CARRIES THE RISK OF HAVING OUR IDENTITIES TRACED. AND THIS BROOCH WILL CHANGE YOUR APPEARANCE TO OTHERS WHEN YOU WEAR IT... Oho.. BUT THOSE WEARING IT CAN STILL SEE EACH OTHER'S TRUE FORMS, SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER. THEN... LET'S CHANGE INTO THE PROVIDED CLOTHES FIRST... ...AND MEET BACK HERE? YES, SOUNDS GOOD. ...I PUT THE BROOCH ON FOR NOW. IT REALLY DOES HIDE THE DISGUISED APPEARANCE FROM THE PERSON WEARING IT. Am I actually disguised..? WELL, SIR ROJAS WILL LOOK THE SAME TO ME, SO IS THIS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING? IT'S BE A REAL SHAME IF I WEREN'T TO SEE THAT HANDSOME FACE WHEN WE'RE GOING ON A TRIP TOGETHER. MISS DIAZ. ...HOW DO I LOOK? SO INCREDIBLY HANDSOME-!!! 100 YOU LOOK AMAZIN... I MEAN. YOU LOOK GREAT EVEN IN PLAIN CLOTHES, SIR ROJAS. I-IS THAT SO? ...SO DO YOU. SH-SHALL WE GET GOING?! I-IT SEEMS WE'VE DELAYED TOO MUCH TIME JUST CHANGING CLOTHES! L-LET'S DO THAT! We'd better leave right away. SERIOUSLY, WHY AM I SO HYPER-AWARE OF EVERY LITTLE THING...! SO, WE FIRST TAKE THE ANCIENT TELEPORTATION MAGIC CIRCLE TO PERAM, AND THEN TRAVEL ON FOOT TO DIEGIS? THAT'S RIGHT. THE MAGIC CIRCLE HAS STRICT IDENTITY VERIFICATION PROCEDURES, SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO USE IT FREQUENTLY. I FIGURED, SEEING AS THERE ARE FORGED IDENTITY TAGS IN HERE. When did Kyle Prepare all of this? DID YOU CHECK YOURS TOO, SIR ROJAS? YEAH. MY NAME IS "EDMUND." IT DOESN'T HAVE A SURNAME. MINE SAYS... MELINA. IT'S A FAKE IDENTITY, BUT THE NAME IS SIMILAR TO MY REAL ONE, AND THE AGE IS TWENTY-TWO, WHICH IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS MINE. WHAT ABOUT YOURS, SIR ROJAS? ...TWENTY-THREE. ...IS WHAT IT SAYS. *HIS ACTUAL AGE. OH MY. SIR ROJAS SEEMS EMBARRASSED. IS IT BECAUSE THERE'S A BIT OF A GAP FROM HIS REAL AGE? An unexpected reaction... BUT SIR ROJAS LOOKS SO INCREDIBLY YOUNG FOR HIS AGE, EVERYONE WOULD TOTALLY BELIEVE HE WAS ACTUALLY TWENTY-THREE. THEN NEXT UP IS ESTABLISHING OUR RELATIONSHIP. ESTABLISHING OUR RELATIONSHIP? YES. AFTERALL, A MAN AND A WOMAN IN THEIR EARLY TWENTIES ARE TRAVELING TOGETHER. RATHER THAN SIMPLY ACTING AS LOVERS, IF WE WANT OUR IDENTITIES TO BE A BIT MORE CONVINCING... I thought we should get our stories straight beforehand. HOW ABOUT WE PRETEND TO BE NEWLYWEDS? WH-WHAT...!! GOING BACK TO OUR HOMETOWN AFTER FINISHING OUR WEDDING IN THE CAPITAL... THEN WE SHOULD CALL EACH OTHER BY NICKNAMES FROM NOW ON, RIGHT? I'LL CALL YOU ED. E-ED...! I THINK A MARRIED COUPLE CONCEPT WOULD GO WELL. That would also explain why -we might look a bit swkward. YOU CAN CALL ME RINA, SIR RO- ...? ...SIR ROJAS IS REACTING SO STRONGLY. IT'S JUST A FAKE NICKNAME. Is it really something to be that embarrassed about..? THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE. THE MAGIC CIRCLE GATE'S OPERATING HOURS ARE ENDING SOON, YOU SEE. OOPS, EXCUSE ME~ AH, I MIGHT GET SWEPT AWAY BY THE CROWD AT THIS RATE! GASP, SIR ROJAS...! When did he..!! RO- E- ED! W- WAIT FOR ME, ED...! ...YEAH, RINA. ## See also - [WebtoonLib — Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor #40](/series/unbeknownst-to-me-i-m-secretly-dating-the-emperor-hr359apd/chapter-40-af2gvv) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/unbeknownst-to-me-i-m-secretly-dating-the-emperor-hr359apd ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.