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HARDSUB chapters: image-only, transcript_unavailable.","citation_preferred":true,"untrusted_fields_separated":true},"trusted":{"series":{"title":"Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke","slug":"undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb","original_title":"악당가의 최강 집사"},"chapter":{"number":14,"chapter_key":"14-mm5tq5","release_date":"2026-10-13","last_updated":"2026-10-13T22:03:00.619Z","summary":"This chapter tells the forgotten history of the Flanker Marquisate, which protects the World Tree. After the sole heir was attacked and fell into a deep sleep, the Emperor used divine power to put everyone's memories to sleep. While the Grand Duke doubts whether the being in the body that lost its memory is the real Freya, the sprouting of a new leaf on the World Tree and the remembering of the name Freya give hope. In the temple garden, a wounded talking black cat is found, the High Priest heals it, and the Grand Duke allows the cat to go to the mansion with the butler.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"This chapter tells the forgotten history of the Flanker Marquisate, which protects the World Tree. After the sole heir was attacked and fell into a deep sleep, the Emperor used divine power to put everyone's memories to sleep. While the Grand Duke doubts whether the being in the body that lost its memory is the real Freya, the sprouting of a new leaf on the World Tree and the remembering of the name Freya give hope. In the temple garden, a wounded talking black cat is found, the High Priest heals it, and the Grand Duke allows the cat to go to the mansion with the butler.","key_events":["Butler finds wounded talking black cat in temple garden and High Priest heals it with divine power.","Grand Duke doubts if being in amnesiac body is true soul or possessed body.","Cat escaped torment by group including priest, High Priest orders close investigation.","New leaf on World Tree and remembering name Freya presented as hope.","Lore told that Flanker Marquisate guarded World Tree and its sole heir fell into deep sleep after attack.","Emperor used divine power to put people's memories of House Flanker to sleep to protect them.","Grand Duke agrees to take cat to mansion and butler names it Byeol-i."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"UNDER DIVINE PROTECTION,\nTHE BEING THAT STEADFASTLY GUARDED HUMANITY'S DAYS OF PROSPERITY: THE WORLD TREE.\nAND THE FAMILY THAT GUARDED THAT WORLD TREE FOR GENERATIONS.\n\nTHE MARQUISATE OF FLANKER.\nTHEY WERE NOT BOUND MERELY BY THEIR PEERAGE AS MARQUISES,\nAND WERE RESPECTED ABOVE ALL OTHERS IN THE WORLD.\nUNTIL THEIR SOLE SUCCESSOR...\nFELL INTO A DEEP SLUMBER AFTER AN ATTACK BY AN UNKNOWN ASSAILANT.\n\nFROM THAT DAY ON, USING THE DIVINE POWER PASSED DOWN THROUGH THE IMPERIAL LINE,\nTHE EMPEROR PUT THE MEMORIES OF THE MARQUISATE OF FLANKER TO SLEEP AMONG THE CITIZENS OF THE EMPIRE.\nALL TO PROTECT THEM AND THE WORLD TREE UNTIL THE DAY HOUSE FLANKER RETURNS.\n\nNOW, EXCEPT FOR THOSE CLOSE FEW...\nWHO SWORE TO PROTECT HOUSE FLANKER...\nNO ONE IN THIS EMPIRE REMEMBERS THE EXISTENCE OF HOUSE FLANKER.\n\n...BACK WHEN I WANDERED SEARCHING FOR HER,\nI THOUGHT THAT IF ONLY SHE WOKE UP,\nEVERYTHING WOULD RETURN TO THE WAY IT WAS.\nBUT NOW, I AM NO LONGER SURE.\nWHETHER THE PRESENCE DWELLING WITHIN THAT AMNESIAC BODY...\nIS TRULY THE SOUL OF THE PERSON I ONCE KNEW,\n\nOR IF SOMEONE SEIZED IT TO USE HER.\nGRAND DUKE, I KNOW YOU ARE MORE DESPERATE THAN ANYONE RIGHT NOW.\n\nEVEN SO, THIS TIME...\nWHY NOT HOLD ON TO A LITTLE MORE HOPE?\nNOT ONLY HAS A NEW LEAF SPROUTED ON THE WORLD TREE,\nBUT DID SHE NOT ALSO RECALL THE NAME 'FREYA' ON HER OWN?\n\nI BELIEVE THAT ALONE IS REASON ENOUGH TO HAVE HOPE.\n...FREYA.\n\n-IT'S DANGEROUS. COME DOWN AT ONCE!\nKADRIAN, YOU DUMMY!\nHOW IS IT DANGEROUS WHEN YOU'RE RIGHT HERE WITH ME?!\n\nYOU'RE GOING TO PROTECT ME ANYWAY!\nRIGHT?\nPLEASE, THIS TIME...\nGRANT ME THE CHANCE TO DO SO.\nOH, THERE'S A GARDEN LIKE THIS INSIDE THE TEMPLE?\nTHEY DON'T CALL IT THE HIGH TEMPLE FOR NOTHING-IT REALLY IS VAST.\n\nHMM... IT'S BETTER MAINTAINED THAN I EXPECTED.\nDO THE PRIESTS TAKE CARE OF IT THEMSELVES?\nWAAAH, IT HURTS! IT HURTS!\n\nHUH?! WHAT'S THAT?!\nWASN'T I THE ONLY ONE HERE?\nAM I REALLY GOING TO DIE? NO, I DON'T WANT TO! I WANT TO LIVE...\nI THOUGHT I'D SURVIVE IF I MADE IT TO THE TEMPLE, BUT WHO KNEW THERE'D BE A PSYCHO HERE...\n\n...IT SOUNDS LIKE A CHILD'S VOICE. WHERE IS IT COMING FROM?\nOH, WOE IS ME, I'M DYING! I'M REALLY DYING HERE!\nOVER HERE?\nWELL, WITH A VOICE THAT LOUD, AT LEAST IT WAS EASY TO FIND.\n\nJUST WHO MANAGED TO GET HURT IN A PLACE LIKE-\nTHAT VOICE... A HUMAN?! A HUMAN?!\nSTAY BACK, HUMAN!\nI'M NOT DEAD YET! COME ANY CLOSER AND I'LL CLAW YOU TO PIECES TOO!\n\nWHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS FURBALL?\nTHIS LITTLE GUY WAS THE ONE TALKING THIS WHOLE TIME?!\nI MIGHT BE WOUNDED, BUT... HUH? YOU SEE THIS?!\nMY CLAWS PACK A MEAN PUNCH!\nCAN THINGS LIKE THIS ACTUALLY HAPPEN IN A PLACE FILLED WITH DIVINE POWER?\nBUT WHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE IT'S DYING...?\n\nMeooww?!\nWHAT ARE YOU DOING?! HOW DARE YOOOUUU...!\nHOLD STILL FOR A SECOND!\nI NEED TO SEE WHERE YOU'RE HURT.\nIT'S IN BAD SHAPE. WHO ON EARTH COULD HAVE...?\n\nHUMAN! IF YOU TRY TO ATTACK ME LIKE THAT 'PRIEST' DID, YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH IT!\nWHAT, A PRIEST? THEN I'D BETTER QUIETLY SLIP AWAY FROM HERE-\nAH, HERE YOU ARE, BUTLER.\nTO THINK YOU WOULD WANDER THIS FAR INTO GOD'S GARDEN...\n\nWHAT WERE YOU DOING HERE?\nUGH, OF ALL TIMES, WHY DID THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE PERSON HAVE TO SHOW UP NOW?!\n\nI MUST BE CAREFUL.\n'YOU'RE ONLY ACTING THIS WAY BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THE PRIESTS WILL SEE IT.'\nI CAN'T GIVE THEM ANY REASON TO FIND FAULT.\n\nWELL, I WAS JUST TAKING A WALK AND BEFORE I KNEW IT-\nMEOOWW~!\nOH, THERE WAS A CAT HERE?\nACK!\nI WAS DRAWN IN BY THE CRIES OF THIS CAT.\n\nGOODNESS, IT IS BADLY HURT.\nYES, IT SEEMS TO HAVE RUN AWAY AFTER BEING TORMENTED...\nAND FROM THE LOOK OF IT...\nIT APPEARS SOMEONE AMONG THE PRIESTS MAY HAVE BEEN MISTREATING IT.\n\nI GUESS PROBING HIM WAS A FAILURE...\n\nPLEASE STAY LIKE THAT FOR A MOMENT.\nMEOW?!\nH-HUH?\n\nWORLD TREE BE PRAISED! IT DOESN'T HURT AT ALL NOW!\nSo this is the power of the High Priest...!\nI am glad to see it has recovered.\nHOW COULD A CAT, SUCH A SACRED PRESENCE IN THE TEMPLE, HAVE GOTTEN SO INJURED?\nA SACRED PRESENCE?\nYES. IN THE PAST, ONE OF THE BEINGS WHO GUARDED THE WORLD TREE\nWAS A FELINE DIVINE BEAST SAID TO HAVE MULTIPLE LIVES.\n\nCOME TO THINK OF IT, THEY SAY THAT FELINE DIVINE BEAST ALSO HAD BLACK FUR,\nSO PERHAPS THIS LITTLE ONE IS A DESCENDANT OF THE DIVINE BEAST.\nTO HELP SOMEONE LIKE ME, YOU ARE A TRULY GOOD HUMAN!\n\nWHOA, WAIT! THE ONE WHO HEALED YOU WAS THE HIGH PRIEST!\nBESIDES, NOW THAT I LOOK AT YOU, YOU RESEMBLE MY FORMER MASTER. I LIKE YOU A LOT, MEOW!\nGOOD HUMAN! NICE HUMAN!\nMY GOODNESS!\nTHAT LITTLE ONE HAS TAKEN QUITE A LIKING TO YOU, BUTLER.\nI MAY HAVE SAID YOU COULD WANDER AS YOU PLEASED...\n\n...YET YOU PICKED UP SOMETHING JUST LIKE YOURSELF.\nYou have arrived, Your Highness.\n...INDEED, YOUR HIGHNESS.\n\nHMM...\nIF THAT CAT TRULY HAS A CONNECTION TO THE DIVINE BEAST...\nAck, be careful!\nMeow!\n\nYOUR HIGHNESS.\nIF IT PLEASES YOU, WOULD YOU CONSIDER TAKING THAT CAT TO THE GRAND DUKE'S MANOR?\n\nWHAT?\nTHERE IS NO ONE TO CARE FOR IT AT THE TEMPLE,\nAND IT SEEMS ESPECIALLY ATTACHED TO YOUR BUTLER.\nIN MANY WAYS, STAYING BY THE BUTLER'S SIDE SEEMS BEST FOR IT.\n\nWOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE?\nNO WAY, WOULD THE GRAND DUKE REALLY AGREE TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS SO EASILY?\nHE'S NOT THE KIND OF PERSON MOVED BY SENTIMENTAL APPEALS IN THE FIRST PLACE!\nYES, I SHALL DO THAT.\n\nIT WORKED?\nBUTLER, GIVE IT A NAME YOURSELF.\nARE YOU TRULY TAKING IT WITH YOU, GRAND DUKE, YOUR HIGHNESS?\nWHAT'S GOTTEN INTO YOU, GRAND DUKE?!\nCOULD IT BE THAT HE ACTUALLY LOVES CATS?\n\nA NAME... WHAT SHOULD I CALL YOU?\nMEOW?\nRIGHT.\n\nSINCE THE PATTERN ON YOUR FOREHEAD IS SO UNIQUE, HOW ABOUT 'BYEOL-I'?\nHAVE A SAFE JOURNEY HOME, THE TWO OF YOU.\nIT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU AFTER SO LONG.\n\nWE WILL VISIT YOU AGAIN SOON.\nOF COURSE, ANYTIME.\nIT SEEMS IT FLED TO ESCAPE A GROUP OF TORMENTORS...\n\nFROM THE LOOKS OF IT,\nIT SEEMS THERE WAS SOMEONE AMONG THE PRIESTS WHO TORMENTED IT AS WELL.\n...HMM.\n\nI SUPPOSE THIS MATTER WARRANTS A CLOSER LOOK.","bubble_count":136,"pages_count":37,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"This chapter tells the forgotten history of the Flanker Marquisate, which protects the World Tree.","spoiler_summary":"This chapter tells the forgotten history of the Flanker Marquisate, which protects the World Tree. After the sole heir was attacked and fell into a deep sleep, the Emperor used divine power to put everyone's memories to sleep. While the Grand Duke doubts whether the being in the body that lost its memory is the real Freya, the sprouting of a new leaf on the World Tree and the remembering of the name Freya give hope. In the temple garden, a wounded talking black cat is found, the High Priest heals it, and the Grand Duke allows the cat to go to the mansion with the butler."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb/chapter-14-mm5tq5","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke #14","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-17T03:45:13.892Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb"}}