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As past memories with his fiancée Freya are recalled, in the third year of Sia's absence at the Tenasis Temple, a report from Kadea gives hope and preparations begin to bring her back.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"The Grand Duke is shaken by the World Tree leaf given by the High Priest; the tree has bloomed with his awakening. His disappearance from the magic-protected room and being found on the dark magic-touched shore raises suspicion. As past memories with his fiancée Freya are recalled, in the third year of Sia's absence at the Tenasis Temple, a report from Kadea gives hope and preparations begin to bring her back.","key_events":["A World Tree leaf given by the High Priest is examined and said to have bloomed upon awakening.","An infiltrator reports the withered World Tree resprouted exactly two years ago, prompting a decision to go to Kadea.","The disappearance from the magic-protected fifth-floor room and discovery on a dark magic-touched shore is discussed.","Kadrian doubts the soul's identity as she recognized him and remembers only the name Freya despite amnesia.","In a past memory Kadrian gives Fredica the nickname Freya from a legend of a sunken city.","In Tenasis Temple Grand Hall His Grace mourns Sia, saying he cannot live without her after three years."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"16\nGRAND DUKE, YOUR HIGHNESS.\nDID SOMETHING HAPPEN AT THE TEMPLE?\nYOU WOULDN'T HAVE COME UP TO THE FIFTH FLOOR WITHOUT GOOD REASON.\n\nOPEN IT. THE HIGH PRIEST GAVE IT TO ME.\nWHAT COULD THE HIGH PRIEST HAVE GIVEN YOU...?\n!\n\nTH-THIS IS... ISN'T THIS A LEAF OF THE WORLD TREE?!\nIT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE THE WORLD TREE WITHERED AWAY, SO FROM WHERE DID HE...?\n\nHE SAID IT BLOOMED WHEN SHE AWAKENED.\nIF IT EVEN SPROUTED A NEW LEAF, THEN HASN'T SHE TRULY AWAKENED?\nIF THAT IS SO...\nSHE WAS BEING THOROUGHLY PROTECTED BY MAGIC RIGHT IN THIS ROOM,\n\nSO HOW IS IT SUPPOSED TO MAKE SENSE OF HER SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE,\nONLY TO BE FOUND ON A SHORE TOUCHED BY BLACK MAGIC?\nI ALSO FIND THAT DEEPLY SUSPICIOUS.\nDO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW SHOCKED I WAS TO FIND\n\nTHE VERY PERSON I WAS SCOURING THE LANDS FOR UNDER YOUR HIGHNESS'S SEARCH ORDER RIGHT HERE IN THE MANSION?\nHOWEVER, YOUR HIGHNESS.\nIT HAS ALREADY BEEN OVER TWO YEARS SINCE SHE AWAKENED.\n\nDIFFICULT THOUGH IT MAY BE,\nYOUR HIGHNESS MUST NOW DECIDE ON HER TREATMENT.\nAFTER ALL, YOUR HIGHNESS IS HER FIANCÉ.\n\nFREYA.\nBACK THEN, I THOUGHT THOSE MOMENTS WOULD LAST FOREVER.\n\nFREDICA!\nPLEASE COME DOWN AT ONCE, FREDICA!\nWHAT IF YOU GET HURT?!\n\nI'LL COME DOWN IF YOU PROMISE NOT TO CALL ME BY THAT NAME, KADRIAN!\nWHEN I FIRST MET HER, I THOUGHT SHE SEEMED NOTHING LIKE SOMEONE FROM HOUSE FLANKER.\n\"FREDICA.\"\n\nUNLIKE HER LOOKS, WHICH RESEMBLED A DELICATELY RAISED GREENHOUSE FLOWER,\nSHE WAS SO FULL OF LIFE, SHE ALMOST FELT WILD.\nSTILL, IT IS A PRECIOUS NAME BESTOWED BY GOD.\nI KNOW! THAT'S WHY I DON'T SAY ANYTHING IN FRONT OF OTHERS!\nBUT I HATE THAT NAME BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE A BOY'S NAME!\n\nAND BESIDES...\nI HATE BEING CALLED BY THAT NAME BY YOU TOO, KADRIAN.\nFREDICA...\nTHEN HOW ABOUT THIS?\n\nIF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL GIVE YOU A NICKNAME.\nA NICKNAME?\nYES.\nPROVIDED YOU FIRST PROMISE TO COME DOWN.\n\nDEAL! WAIT FOR ME!\nI'M COMING DOWN RIGHT NOW!\nFREDICA, BE CAREFUL!\nYOU'LL HURT YOURSELF IF YOU...!\n\nWHOA!\nYAY! I HEARD ABOUT THIS ONCE!\nPEOPLE WHO ARE SPECIAL TO EACH OTHER GIVE EACH OTHER SPECIAL NICKNAMES, DON’T THEY?!\n\nSO WHAT IS IT? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO CALL ME?!\nI RECALL READING IT ONCE... IN AN ANCIENT BOOK.\nTHERE IS A CITY THAT NOW SLEEPS DEEP BENEATH THE SEA,\nAND IT IS SAID THAT GOD ONCE TREASURED THAT CITY SO DEARLY THAT HE SENT DOWN HIS OWN CHILD.\n\nAND THAT CHILD'S NAME WAS...\nGEEZ, YOU'RE GETTING LONG-WINDED AGAIN.\nNEVER MIND THAT, JUST TELL ME THE NAME!\nWHAT KIND OF NAME IS IT?\n\nFREYA.\nHOW DO YOU LIKE IT, FREYA?\nDO YOU LIKE IT?\n\nYes, I absolutely love it!\nI WON'T LET ANYONE ELSE CALL ME THAT!\nLET'S MAKE IT A NICKNAME ONLY YOU AND I KNOW!\nI REALLY LOVE YOU SO MUCH, CADRIAN!\n\nSHE WAS THE ONE WHO FIRST TAUGHT ME\nWHAT IT FELT LIKE TO BECOME PART OF SOMEONE ELSE’S LIFE.\nWHO COULD HAVE KNOWN?\nTHAT AFTER THAT, IT WOULD FALL INTO A DEEP SLUMBER RIGHT ALONG WITH ITS OWNER.\nTHE TIME IS NOT YET RIGHT.\n\nTHERE IS STILL TOO MUCH, I HAVEN’T UNCOVERED ABOUT THAT SOUL.\nI MUST FIND OUT.\nDESPITE CLAIMING SHE LOST HER MEMORIES,\nWHY DID SHE LOOK AT ME AS IF SHE RECOGNIZED ME WHEN WE REUNITED?\n\nHOW COULD SOMEONE WHO SUPPOSEDLY LAY IN BED FOR TEN YEARS\nBE SO REMARKABLYADEPT AT EVERYTHING?\nABOVE ALL, WHY WAS THAT NAME \"FREYA\" THE ONLY THING SHE REMEMBERED?\n\nI THOUGHT EVERYTHING WOULD FALL BACK INTO PLACE ONCE YOU AWAKENED...\nFREYA.\nIS THE SOUL INSIDE YOU TRULY YOU?\n\nYOUR HIGHNESS. YOU MUST AT LEAST EAT SOMETHING.\nGREAT HALL OF THE TENASIS TEMPLE.\nYOU’LL COLLAPSE AT THIS RATE!\nRIGHT, PERHAPS IT’S BETTER THAT I JUST DIE LIKE THIS.\n\nWHAT REASON DO I HAVE TO GO ON LIVING ALONE WITHOUT SIA?\nYOUR HIGHNESS, HOW COULD YOU SAY SUCH A DREADFUL THING?!\n\nIT HAS ALREADY BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE THAT DAY.\nSIA WOULDN’T WANT YOUR HIGHNESS TO BE LIKE THIS EITHER!\nLEONEL.\nIF YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE, YOU'D BETTER WATCH YOUR MOUTH...\n\nI... I APOLOGIZE, YOUR HIGHNESS.\nLIEGE, FORGIVE MY INTRUSION.\nI HAVE COMPLETED THE MISSION YOU ASSIGNED TO ARIAD AND HAVE COME TO REPORT.\n\nYOU'RE...\nTHE ONE WHO WENT ON THE INFILTRATION MISSION INTO KADEA TO MONITOR THEIR TRENDS.\nSO, DO YOU HAVE RESULTS?\nYES, LIEGE.\n\nFROM OBSERVING THE MOVEMENTS OF THE PRIESTS AFTER INFILTRATING THE HIGH TEMPLE,\nIT APPEARS THE LEAF OF THE WORLD TREE, WHICH WAS WITHERED FOR SOME TIME, HAS BEGUN TO SPROUT AGAIN.\nTO BE EXACT, STARTING TWO YEARS AGO.\nJUST AS LIEGE PREDICTED.\nHEH.\n\nIS THAT SO? GOOD WORK.\nBY THE WAY.\nYOU CAME BACK WITH AN INJURED ARM.\nDID SOMEONE CATCH YOU?\n\nI-IT'S NOTHING, LIEGE.\nA CAT AT THE TEMPLE JUST SCRATCHED MY ARM...!\n\nGUH... COUGH...!\nINCOMPETENT FOOLS WHO CAN'T EVEN HANDLE A SIMPLE TASK.\nWITH SIA GONE, ARIAD HAS TRULY BECOME PATHETIC.\nYOUR HIGHNESS!\n\nAT ANY RATE, WE HAVE OUR ANSWER NOW.\nLEONEL, LET'S MAKE PREPARATIONS.\nTHIS TIME, I'LL GO TO KADEA MYSELF.\nI MUST GO AND BRING SIA BACK RIGHT AWAY.\n\nSIA BELONGS BY MY SIDE.","bubble_count":118,"pages_count":34,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"The Grand Duke is shaken by the World Tree leaf given by the High Priest; the tree has bloomed with his awakening.","spoiler_summary":"The Grand Duke is shaken by the World Tree leaf given by the High Priest; the tree has bloomed with his awakening. His disappearance from the magic-protected room and being found on the dark magic-touched shore raises suspicion. As past memories with his fiancée Freya are recalled, in the third year of Sia's absence at the Tenasis Temple, a report from Kadea gives hope and preparations begin to bring her back."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb/chapter-16-ka8mwh","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke #16","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-17T07:10:33.089Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb"}}