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Knights take her to the Grand Duke's residence to verify her identity.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Sia and Grand Duke Cadrian Ballot, who have been mortal enemies for five years, encounter dark magic while dueling in the Lemart conflict zone. The duel is postponed, and as Sia believes she has died, she awakens in an unfamiliar frail body on Teridana Beach in the Ballot fief. Knights take her to the Grand Duke's residence to verify her identity.","key_events":["Knights take Sia to Grand Duke's residence for identity verification, she plans to gather info and escape","Sia duels longtime rival Grand Duke Cadrian Ballot in Lemart when dark magic erupts","Dark magic spreads over blackened land, immobilizing soldiers and forcing duel postponement","Sia awakens after apparent death in an unfamiliar frail body on Teridana Beach"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"ARE YOU CURIOUS TO SEE GRAND DUKE BALLOT'S FACE?\nIS THAT A CRIME?\n\nWE'VE BEEN AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS FOR FIVE YEARS. IT'S ONLY NATURAL TO BE CURIOUS.\nTHE GRAND DUKE IS THE ENEMY OF OUR EMPIRE.\nIT'S NOT NORMAL TO BE CURIOUS ABOUT AN ENEMY'S FACE.\n\nTHE MOMENT YOU SHOW EVEN THE SLIGHTEST OPENING, HE WILL TAKE YOUR LIFE...\nHE IS YOUR NEMESIS.\nSO FOCUS ONLY ON KILLING HIM, SIA.\n\nTHINK OF NOTHING ELSE.\n\nDO NOT DOUBT.\nSERHIN IS RIGHT ABOUT MOST THINGS.\n\nIT'S NOT BECAUSE HE'S THE CROWN PRINCE OF THE TENASIS EMPIRE,\n\nAND EVEN LESS BECAUSE HE IS THE MASTER I SERVE.\nTHEY SAY HE'S JUST BEEN BRILLIANT SINCE THE DAY HE WAS BORN.\nUNLIKE ME, WHO ONLY KNOWS HOW TO FIGHT.\n\nYOUR MIND IS WANDERING, SIR SIA.\n\nI DON'T RECALL GIVING YOU PERMISSION TO USE MY NAME,\nGRAND DUKE BALLOT.\nAPRIL 10TH, YEAR 408 OF THE IMPERIAL CALENDAR.\nYOU SEEM TO HAVE A LOT ON YOUR MIND TODAY.\n\nSAVE THAT LEISURE FOR AFTER YOU'VE TAKEN MY HEAD.\nTHE LEMART CONFLICT ZONE.\nTHE TIME SINCE THE WAR BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS BEGAN HAS BEEN...\n\n100 YEARS.\nARROGANT AS ALWAYS.\n\nMY ARCH-RIVAL, WHOM I'VE CLASHED SWORDS WITH COUNTLESS TIMES OVER FIVE YEARS OF WAR,\nGRAND DUKE CADRIAN BALLOT.\nI WON'T BE SATISFIED...\n\n...UNTIL I SEE THAT GUY FORCED TO HIS KNEES, HIS FACE TWISTED IN DEFEAT.\n\nCOME AT ME.\n\nHAS ANYONE ELSE EVER MADE ME FEEL THIS EXHILARATED?\nTHAT'S WHY,\n\nI REALLY HAVE TO...\n...SEE GRAND DUKE BALLOT'S FACE FOR MYSELF.\nNOT THE EXPRESSIONLESS FACE IN A PORTRAIT,\nBUT THE LIVING, BREATHING FACE OF THE GRAND DUKE.\n\nAAAAGH!!!\nWHAT'S HAPPENING ALL OF A SUDDEN?!\nWH-WHAT! I CAN'T MOVE MY FEET...!!\n\nGWAH!\nH-HELP...\nDO NOT STEP ON THE BLACKENED EARTH!\nSOLDIERS OF KADEA! DO NOT ENGAGE, FALL BACK IMMEDIATELY!\n\nIT'S DARK MAGIC!\nDAME SIA,\nLET'S POSTPONE TODAY'S DUEL FOR ANOTHER TIME.\n\n...SO,\nMAKE SURE YOU SURVIVE.\n\nYOU STILL HAVE TO...\n...TAKE MY HEAD, DON'T YOU?\nHE'S TOO SOFT.\n\nTELLING AN ENEMY COMMANDER TO SURVIVE ON THE BATTLEFIELD?\nAND EVEN TELLING ME TO TAKE HIS HEAD?\n\nBUT... I ALSO HOPE HE SURVIVES.\nI GUESS CLASHING SWORDS FOR SO LONG GAVE US SOME SORT OF CAMARADERIE.\nIF SERHIN HEARD THIS CONVERSATION, HE'D SAY WE'VE BOTH GONE MAD.\n\n...HUH?\n\nSIA...!\n...DAME SIA!\n\n...WHAT IS THAT NOISE?\nTHE GRAND DUKE?\nIS HE CRAZY? WHY IS HE COMING BACK?\n\nDON'T COME HERE...\nPLEASE...\n\nGO BACK...!\nHEY! THERE'S A SURVIVOR OVER HERE!\n\nUGH...\n...WHAT?\nI SHOULD DEFINITELY BE DEAD...\n\nOH DEAR... SHE MUST BE IN SHOCK.\nWHERE... WHERE AM I...\nARE YOU AWAKE? THIS IS TERIDANA BEACH IN THE BALLOT FIEFDOM.\n\nHOW ON EARTH DID YOU END UP HERE...\nWHAT... DID YOU SAY?\nTHE KADEA EMPIRE'S...\n...BALLOT DUCHY?\n\nI GUESS THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A SMOOTH PATH, EVEN AFTER DEATH.\n\nAHEM! YOUNG LADY. ARE YOU ALRIGHT?\nI'M USUALLY THE TYPE TO JUST ACCEPT THINGS AND MOVE ON.\nBUT THE KNIGHTS' REACTIONS?\n\nDon't worry too much, everything will be fine.\nI GET IT. I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I SAW THIS FACE, TOO.\nTHE REASON I WOKE UP IN AN UNFAMILIAR BODY?\n\nWHO KNOWS. I DIED BY DARK MAGIC, SO I GUESS IT'S POSSIBLE.\nUM... IF YOU'RE UNCOMFORTABLE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SAY SO, JUST LIKE HE SAID.\nTHANK YOU.\n...AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT A YEAR HAS PASSED SINCE I DIED.\nBUT WHY OF ALL THINGS,\n\nWE'LL BE AT THE GRAND DUKE'S RESIDENCE SOON, SO PLEASE BEAR WITH US.\nWHY OF ALL THINGS DID THIS BODY HAVE TO BE IN THE ENEMY'S TERRITORY, THE GRAND DUKE'S FIEFDOM?!\nDON'T WORRY, LADY.\n\nTHE BEACH WHERE YOU WERE FOUND IS A RESTRICTED AREA,\nSO WE'RE ONLY GOING THERE TO VERIFY YOUR IDENTITY.\nYEAH, RIGHT!!\nTHEY SAY THE GRAND DUKE BEHEADS ANYONE, MAN, WOMAN, OR CHILD...\n...THE MOMENT HE DEEMS THEM A THREAT!\n\nWaaaah, save me~\nTHERE ARE RUMORS EVERYWHERE THAT HE TOASTS WITH THE BLOOD OF ENEMY PRISONERS!\nHE'S THE ULTIMATE VILLAINOUS BASTARD!\n\nI'M GLAD I PAID ATTENTION TO THE RUMORS.\nI MUST AVOID GETTING ON THE GRAND DUKE'S NERVES AT ALL COSTS.\nWITH THIS SCRAWNY BODY, I CAN'T EVEN DREAM OF BREAKING THROUGH THE KNIGHTS TO ESCAPE...\n...WHO EXACTLY IS THE OWNER OF THIS BODY?\n\nI DON'T HAVE A SINGLE MEMORY OF HER.\nWHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO NOW?\nWE WILL ARRIVE AT THE GRAND DUKE'S CASTLE SHORTLY.\n\n...FINE.\nSINCE IT'S COME TO THIS, I'LL JUST GET SOME INFO ON THIS BODY AND THEN BAIL!\nHEY, GRAND DUKE.\nI'M JUST STOPPING BY YOUR PLACE FOR A TINY BIT, OKAY?!\n\nSHE'S KIND OF LIKE A WILD ANIMAL.","bubble_count":111,"pages_count":42,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Sia and Grand Duke Cadrian Ballot, who have been mortal enemies for five years, encounter dark magic while dueling in the Lemart conflict zone.","spoiler_summary":"Sia and Grand Duke Cadrian Ballot, who have been mortal enemies for five years, encounter dark magic while dueling in the Lemart conflict zone. 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