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He praises her two years of work, says he has set aside his suspicions, and allows her to leave the mansion, but instead of full freedom, he puts her through a test of honesty and indispensability.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Freya neutralizes an assassin who infiltrated the mansion at night on the third floor, and clashes with Ed over the valuable Eastern Continent carpet stained with blood. In the morning, she sees the carpet has been replaced. Since the Grand Duke has given Ed another job, he takes Freya with him to the Imperial Palace. He praises her two years of work, says he has set aside his suspicions, and allows her to leave the mansion, but instead of full freedom, he puts her through a test of honesty and indispensability.","key_events":["Ed works through the night on cleanup and replaces the third-floor carpet.","The Grand Duke orders Freya to accompany him to the Imperial Palace instead of Ed.","Freya and Ed discuss the assassin corpse and bloody carpet on the third floor near the Grand Duke's bedroom.","Freya plans to find an information guild to gather intelligence on the Tenasis Empire.","The Grand Duke sets aside suspicions after two years of good behavior and allows Freya to leave the mansion."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"PUT YESTERDAY'S THING DOWN ON THE FLOOR.\n...DID HE JUST GET HERE?\nWATCH YOUR MOUTH, WATCH YOUR MOUTH.\n\nYOU DON'T NEED TO DO THIS EVERY TIME...\nPARDON?\nIT'S BECAUSE HANDLING IT MYSELF IS FAR BETTER THAN LEAVING IT TO YOU.\nPAST ATROCITIES\nWhat are you burying here?!\nDON'T TELL ME YOU FORGOT?\nWhat's that burning smell...? Goodness!!!\nOH, DEAR...\nREGARDLESS, I WILL HANDLE THE CLEANUP, BUT...\n\nI'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WERE CAREFUL\nSO THAT THE CORPSE INSIDE DOESN'T END UP BEING YOU, MISS FREYA.\n— ED — ALTHOUGH HE IS THE GRAND DUKE'S AIDE, HE TOOK ON THE DUTY OF GUARDING ME IN PLACE OF SIR ALLEN, WHO SET OUT ON THE EXPEDITION.\nAS YOU CAN SEE.\n\nHE'S A PRICKLY GUY WHO MAKES IT PAINFULLY OBVIOUS THAT HE'S MY WATCHER.\nHMPH, IF HE HANDLES THE ANNOYING, DIRTY WORK FOR ME, I'M ALL FOR IT.\n...MISS FREYA.\nYES?\n\nWHAT ON EARTH IS THIS?!\nTHIS CARPET! THIS IS A LIMITED EAST CONTINENT EDITION!\nTHAT'S WHY I TOLD YOU!\nDIDN'T I TELL YOU TO AVOID SPLATTERING BLOOD ON THE THIRD FLOOR IF POSSIBLE?!\n\n...THINK ABOUT IT, ED.\nWHY WOULD AN ASSASSIN BREAK INTO THE GRAND DUKE'S MANOR?\nOBVIOUSLY TO TARGET HIS HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE-\nTHEN WHERE IS THE FIRST PLACE AN ASSASSIN WOULD GO?\n\n...THE THIRD FLOOR.\nEXACTLY. MOST OF THEM TRY TO INFILTRATE RIGHT HERE\nON THE THIRD FLOOR, WHERE HIS HIGHNESS'S BEDROOM IS.\nNOW THEN.\nIS IT MY FAULT THAT THE CARPET GOT RUINED?\n\nOR IS IT ED'S FAULT FOR LAYING A CARPET IN A PLACE SO EASILY RUINED?\n...MY FAULT?\nOF COURSE NOT.\n\nWHY WOULD THAT BE EITHER OF OUR FAULTS? IT'S THE FAULT OF THE ASSASSIN WHO BROKE IN.\n...SIGH. YES, THAT MAKES SENSE.\nI'LL BE ON MY WAY TO TAKE CARE OF THIS, THEN.\n\nPLEASE GET SOME SLEEP NOW, MISS FREYA.\nTHAT GUY ALWAYS POPS UP WHENEVER HE SMELLS BLOOD IN THE MANOR.\n\nHE'S THE PERSON I NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR THE MOST AFTER THE GRAND DUKE.\n\nI HATE IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE A BOY'S NAME!\n\nWHAT A... BIZARRE DREAM.\n\nALL RIGHT.\nI CAN'T LET HIM SEE ME MAKE ANY MISTAKES TODAY LIKE I DID YESTERDAY.\nFIRST, BEFORE THE GRAND DUKE WAKES UP, I'LL START BY LAYING DOWN A NEW CARPET ON THE THIRD FLOOR-\n...WAIT! IT'S ALREADY BEEN REPLACED?!\n\nSERIOUSLY, DOES THAT ED GUY NOT SLEEP AT NIGHT?!\nHe's even worse than me..\nARE YOU AWAKE, YOUR HIGHNESS?\nMe?\n\nTO THE IMPERIAL PALACE... WITH ME ACCOMPANYING YOU?\nED SAID SOMETHING CAME UP, SO HE CAN'T GO.\n\nI GAVE HIM THAT WORK.\nYOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN TAKE HIS PLACE, BUTLER.\nI HEAR YOU'VE BEHAVED YOURSELF FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.\n\nI EXPECTED YOU TO TRY ESCAPING THE GRAND DUKE'S MANOR AT LEAST ONCE.\nDID HE JUST ACKNOWLEDGE ME? ...WHY SO SUDDENLY?\nAS I TOLD YOU, I HAVE ONLY DONE MY BEST\nTO HONOR MY PROMISE TO YOUR HIGHNESS.\nIF I MEANT TO BREAK MY PROMISE AND LEAVE THE GRAND DUKE'S MANOR,\nI WOULDN'T HAVE BECOME YOUR BUTLER IN THE FIRST PLACE.\n\nVERY WELL. I DID RECEIVE THE REPORTS,\nBUT EVEN JUST LOOKING AROUND THE MANSION BRIEFLY YESTERDAY,\nYOUR HARD WORK WAS CLEARLY EVIDENT.\nTHEREFORE, I WILL PUT ALL MY SUSPICIONS OF YOU TO REST.\n\nYOU MAY NOW STEP OUTSIDE THE GRAND DUKE'S MANOR.\n\n!!\nOH, MY GOODNESS.\nI GET TO LEAVE THIS PLACE MUCH FASTER THAN EXPECTED!\nNOW I CAN GATHER INFORMATION ON THE TENASIS EMPIRE, TOO.\n\nFirst, I'll Track Down An Information Guild—\nTHOUGH IT WILL ONLY BE ONCE.\n\nWHAT IS IT? DID YOU ACTUALLY EXPECT ME TO GRANT YOU FULL FREEDOM?\nBUTLER.\nI HAVE NO USE FOR A BUTLER WHO ONLY PRETENDS TO BE CAPABLE AND TELLS ME WHAT I WANT TO HEAR.\nI NEED A BUTLER WHO CAN SPEAK THEIR MIND TO ME, EVEN AT THE RISK OF THEIR LIFE.\nIN THAT SENSE...\n\nYOU STILL HAVEN'T KEPT YOUR PROMISE, BUTLER.\nIF YOU PROVE YOURSELF SO INDISPENSABLE THAT I CANNOT DO\nPERHAPS I WILL WILLINGLY REVEAL THE SECRET YOU SO WISH TO KNOW.\nI HAVEN'T KEPT MY PROMISE?\nWHAT MORE DO I HAVE TO DO HERE? HOW MUCH BETTER MUST I BE TO SATISFY HIM?\n\nHE'S REALLY GETTING ON MY NERVES...\nI AM NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT YOU MEAN, YOUR HIGHNESS.\nHOWEVER!\nI HOPE YOU KNOW I ALWAYS SPEAK FROM THE HEART.\n\nVERY WELL. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HIDE IT,\nBUT GIVE IT YOUR BEST SHOT.\n\nI SHALL WAIT AND SEE.\nOH, YOU'RE ON.\n\nLET'S SEE WHO COMES OUT ON TOP.\n\nIF HIS BUSINESS IS AT THE IMPERIAL PALACE, HE MUST BE MEETING SOMEONE FROM THE IMPERIAL FAMILY, RIGHT?\n\nRIGHT, STEPPING OUTSIDE THE GRAND DUKE'S MANOR WON'T BE THAT DIFFICULT, FREYA.\nWHEREVER IT MAY BE, I WILL HANDLE IT FLAWLESSLY.\n\nFREYA'S SURVEILLANCE AND ESCORT TEAM.","bubble_count":97,"pages_count":31,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Freya neutralizes an assassin who infiltrated the mansion at night on the third floor, and clashes with Ed over the valuable Eastern Continent carpet stained with blood.","spoiler_summary":"Freya neutralizes an assassin who infiltrated the mansion at night on the third floor, and clashes with Ed over the valuable Eastern Continent carpet stained with blood. In the morning, she sees the carpet has been replaced. Since the Grand Duke has given Ed another job, he takes Freya with him to the Imperial Palace. He praises her two years of work, says he has set aside his suspicions, and allows her to leave the mansion, but instead of full freedom, he puts her through a test of honesty and indispensability."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb/chapter-12-rdd2mq","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke #12","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-17T07:57:42.258Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb"}}