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Meanwhile, the Grand Duke learns from the High Priest about the trace of black magic in the awakened one and the miracle of the World Tree.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"The Grand Duke and his butler arrive at the palace of the enemy empire, but instead of the imperial family, they meet the High Priest at a desolate temple. While the Grand Duke goes to the meeting, he has his butler wait in the garden. As the butler wanders the temple, he recalls being warned in the past to stay away from temples. Meanwhile, the Grand Duke learns from the High Priest about the trace of black magic in the awakened one and the miracle of the World Tree.","key_events":["The Grand Duke and his butler Sia arrive by carriage at the enemy country's imperial palace but walk past it toward the temple.","The Grand Duke leaves Sia outside to wait and allows him to wander the temple garden, citing his first outing in a long time.","At the desolate temple, the Grand Duke and Sia are greeted by the High Priest; it is revealed today's visit is not to meet the Imperial Family.","The High Priest reveals that when Sia awakened, a miracle occurred with the World Tree and a leaf sprouted; he shows the leaf to the Grand Duke.","While alone in the garden, Sia recalls Serhin's past warning never to set foot in a temple and his memory as a nameless scarred woman; he promises Serhin he will return.","In a secret meeting, the Grand Duke asks the High Priest about Sia's faint but intense aura; the priest senses black magic but warns it is too early to conclude it is a lost soul.","The Grand Duke walks ahead of Sia, apparently trying to escort him; Sia is surprised and reflects on what it means to be a perfect butler."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"GOOD GRIEF...\nWALKING SO BOLDLY INTO THE IMPERIAL PALACE OF AN ENEMY NATION... IT DOESN’T EVEN FEEL REAL.\n\nACTUALLY BEING HERE GIVES ME SUCH AN ODD FEELING.\nGRAND DUKE, YOUR HIGHNESS, WE HAVE ARRIVED.\nCOME, LET'S STEP OUT.\n\nYES, YOUR HIGHNESS.\nHUH, WHAT'S THIS?\nWHY IS THE GRAND DUKE STANDING LIKE THAT?\n\nANYONE WATCHING WOULD THINK HE'S TRYING TO ESCORT ME.\nAREN'T YOU GETTING OFF?\n\nAH, YES! OF COURSE I AM!\nWAIT, WAS HE REALLY TRYING TO ESCORT ME?!\nI GUESS NO MATTER HOW MUCH TIME HE SPENT ON THE BATTLEFIELD, AN ARISTOCRAT IS STILL AN ARISTOCRAT.\n\n...STILL,\nA TRULY PERFECT BUTLER SHOULD NEVER RELY ON THEIR MASTER.\n\nTHANK YOU FOR MAKING THE LONG JOURNEY, GRAND DUKE, YOUR HIGHNESS.\nHOW'S THAT? PRETTY RELIABLE, AREN'T I?\nSHALL WE HEAD TO THE IMPERIAL PALACE NOW?\n\nAS EXPECTED, YOU ONLY KNOW HOW TO PRETEND TO BE PERFECT.\nEXCUSE ME?!\nFOLLOW ME.\nWE DIDN'T COME TO MEET THE IMPERIAL FAMILY TODAY.\n\nWHAT?\nWE CAME TO THE IMPERIAL PALACE, BUT WE AREN'T MEETING THE IMPERIAL FAMILY?\nWHAT ARE YOU DOING? AREN'T YOU FOLLOWING?\nYES, YES! COMING RIGHT NOW~!\n\n...BY THE WAY, YOUR HIGHNESS, WHERE ON EARTH ARE WE HEADING RIGHT NOW?\nYOU'LL SEE ONCE WE GET THERE. WE'RE ALMOST THERE.\nTHE FARTHER WE WALK, THE MORE IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM THE IMPERIAL PALACE.\nAH, AROUND HERE?\n\nJUST WHO IS HE PLANNING TO MEET OUT IN A SECLUDED CORNER LIKE THIS?\n...AH, YOU HAVE ARRIVED.\nWELCOME, GRAND DUKE, YOUR HIGHNESS.\nTHANK YOU FOR MAKING THE LONG JOURNEY HERE.\nHAVE YOU BEEN WELL ALL THIS TIME?\n\nIT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE LAST SPOKE.\nIT IS AN HONOR TO SEE YOU, HIGH PRIEST.\n\nGOOD HEAVENS... TO THINK THE PERSON WE WERE MEETING TODAY WAS THE HIGH PRIEST...\n\nNO WONDER THE ATMOSPHERE WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE IMPERIAL PALACE THE ENTIRE WAY HERE!\nBUTLER.\nYES, GRAND DUKE, YOUR HIGHNESS!\n\nI HAVE BUSINESS TO DISCUSS WITH THE HIGH PRIEST, SO WAIT HERE FOR A MOMENT.\nIF YOU GET BORED OF WAITING, YOU'RE FREE TO RUN AROUND IN THE GARDEN WE PASSED EARLIER.\nIT'S YOUR FIRST OUTING IN A WHILE, SO SHOULDN'T YOU MAKE THE MOST OF IT?\n\nCAN YOU BELIEVE THAT COMING FROM THE VERY PERSON WHO KEPT ME LOCKED UP?!\nI'LL SEE YOU LATER THEN.\n...TAKE CARE, YOUR HIGHNESS.\n\nSIGH, WHATEVER!\nEITHER WAY, IT MEANS I'M FREE TO WANDER AROUND, RIGHT?\nNOW THAT IT'S COME TO THIS, I MIGHT AS WELL LOOK AROUND THE TEMPLE.\n\nAFTER ALL, IT'S MY VERY FIRST TIME VISITING A TEMPLE.\nWHAT'S THIS, SIA?\nWHY BRING UP THE TEMPLE ALL OF A SUDDEN?\nWHAT DO YOU MEAN, 'WHY'? MOST KNIGHTS SCHEDULED FOR AN EXPEDITION RECEIVE A BLESSING AT THE TEMPLE.\n\nEVEN SOME OF MY SUBORDINATES HAVE GONE,\nYET I'VE NEVER EVEN CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF IT. WOULDN'T ANYONE BE CURIOUS?\nDON'T PAY ATTENTION TO PLACES LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE EITHER, SIA.\nWHAT? WHY?\n\nYOU KNOW WHY. THOSE BASTARDS DESPISE PEOPLE LIKE US WHO LIVE SOAKED IN BLOOD ANYWAY.\nBESIDES, WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOU THERE?\nCOME ON, YOU'RE BEING RIDICULOUS.\nWHAT COULD BE DANGEROUS ABOUT A TEMPLE-\n\nA NAMELESS WOMAN OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN.\nAND A LARGE BURN SCAR ON HER FACE...\nYOU ONLY SAY THAT BECAUSE YOU DON’T KNOW HOW THAT LOOKS TO THE PRIESTS.\n\nBE CAREFUL, SIA.\nI CARE ABOUT YOU AND CHERISH YOU, SO IT DOESN’T MATTER WHERE YOU CAME FROM.\nHOWEVER...\n\nTHOSE PRIESTS WON’T FEEL THE SAME WAY I DO.\nUGH, SERIOUSLY! WHY ARE YOU BEING SO SENSITIVE?!\n\nWHO WOULD DARE LAY A HAND ON THE CROWN PRINCE'S FAVORITE KNIGHT?!\nSTILL, THANKS FOR WORRYING ABOUT ME.\nI WON'T GO TO ANY TEMPLE FROM NOW ON EITHER, OKAY?\n...YEAH.\nKEEP MY WORDS IN MIND.\n\nNEVER SET FOOT IN A TEMPLE, SIA.\nTHAT GUY WAS ALWAYS A BIT HIGH-STRUNG, BUT HE WAS ESPECIALLY BAD BACK THEN.\n\nSCARING ME OVER WEIRD THINGS, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS THE CROWN PRINCE...\nTHERES REALLY NOTHING TO IT...\n...ANYWAY, I WONDER IF HE'S DOING WELL.\nHE WAS SOMEONE WHO CARED DEEPLY FOR THOSE AROUND HIM,\n\nAND YET I DIED LIKE THAT ON THAT DAY.\n...WAIT FOR ME A LITTLE LONGER, SERHIN.\n\nI'LL FIND A WAY BACK NO MATTER WHAT.\n\nONLY NOW DOES IT FEEL REAL THAT THEY HAVE AWAKENED.\nABOVE ALL, IT IS A GREAT RELIEF TO SEE THEM LOOKING HEALTHY.\n...SO.\nWHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT I ASKED, HIGH PRIEST?\n\nFORGIVE ME, BUT I CANNOT SAY THERE IS ENTIRELY NO TRACE OF BLACK MAGIC.\nAROUND THAT FAINT YET INTENSE AURA, I SENSED THE PRESENCE OF BLACK MAGIC.\n\nTHEN AS I THOUGHT...\nDOES THAT MEAN ANOTHER SOUL INHABITS THAT BODY?\nNO, GRAND DUKE. IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO JUMP TO A HASTY CONCLUSION.\nJUST BECAUSE TRACES OF BLACK MAGIC CAN BE FELT,\nONE CANNOT SAY FOR CERTAIN THAT IT IS A SOUL LOST TO THE ENCROACHMENT OF BLACK MAGIC.\n\nABOVE ALL, WHEN THEY AWAKENED ONCE MORE,\nA BRIEF MIRACLE OCCURRED WITH THE WORLD TREE AS WELL.\nHIGH PRIEST, DON’T TELL ME THAT’S...!\nYES.\n\nIT IS THE LEAF OF THE WORLD TREE THAT SPROUTED WHEN THEY AWAKENED.","bubble_count":100,"pages_count":33,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"The Grand Duke and his butler arrive at the palace of the enemy empire, but instead of the imperial family, they meet the High Priest at a desolate temple.","spoiler_summary":"The Grand Duke and his butler arrive at the palace of the enemy empire, but instead of the imperial family, they meet the High Priest at a desolate temple. While the Grand Duke goes to the meeting, he has his butler wait in the garden. As the butler wanders the temple, he recalls being warned in the past to stay away from temples. Meanwhile, the Grand Duke learns from the High Priest about the trace of black magic in the awakened one and the miracle of the World Tree."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb/chapter-13-gv97ct","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke #13","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-17T05:39:32.358Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb"}}