# WebtoonLib — Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke #17 ## Series - title: Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke - slug: undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb ## Chapter - number: 17 - chapter_key: 17-7f2j2s - release_date: 2026-10-13 ### Summary Butler Freya, who dreams of two children carving a gift and a heart in her sleep, wakes up in a sweat and thinks it could be a memory belonging to the body's original owner. Returning to her duty with a headache, she sees an imperial carriage with a red flag passing through the front gate. A ceasefire and alliance offer has come from the Tenasis Empire. She cannot believe it because of Serhin's pride, grows worried, and learns that the Grand Noble Assembly has convened. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### Key events - Butler is dismissed from meeting by Grand Duke as Grand Noble Assembly convenes. - Butler wonders if dream children are memory of this body's original owner. - Head butler handles household duties like separating sheets and checking mare about to give birth. - Imperial carriage with red flag rushes into Grand Duchy bringing ceasefire and alliance offer from Tenasis. - Butler dreams of two children carving initials and wakes realizing recurring dream is becoming more vivid. - Butler dozes off while Grand Duke is upstairs, wakes at dawn with throbbing headache. ## Spoiler - level: auto ### Safe teaser Butler Freya, who dreams of two children carving a gift and a heart in her sleep, wakes up in a sweat and thinks it could be a memory belonging to the body's original owner. ### Spoiler summary Butler Freya, who dreams of two children carving a gift and a heart in her sleep, wakes up in a sweat and thinks it could be a memory belonging to the body's original owner. Returning to her duty with a headache, she sees an imperial carriage with a red flag passing through the front gate. A ceasefire and alliance offer has come from the Tenasis Empire. She cannot believe it because of Serhin's pride, grows worried, and learns that the Grand Noble Assembly has convened. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 125 ### Content WHERE IS THIS? HUH? WHAT IS THIS? A PRESENT! THESE VOICES... THEY'RE FROM THAT DREAM... LOOK AT THE LID HERE. DO YOU SEE THE TINY LETTERING ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT? YES, I SEE IT. ...DID YOU ENGRAVE ALL OF THIS YOURSELF? YEP! THOUGH I HAD A LITTLE HELP FROM THE GROWN-UPS. PRETTY COOL, HUH? I PUT BOTH OF OUR INITIALS ON IT. TA-DA! JUST WHO ARE THESE KIDS? WHO ARE THEY THAT THEY KEEP APPEARING IN MY DREAMS? ...THANK YOU. AW, DON'T MENTION IT! SEE THE HEART RIGHT HERE, TOO? IT MEANS ALL YOUR TIME BELONGS TO ME FROM NOW ON, GOT IT? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? NOW YOU'RE REALLY IN TROUBLE! ...WAIT. THAT FACE... AH, NO! ...LER. ...LER. BUTLER! HAH, GASP...! WHAT'S WRONG, BUTLER?! YOU WERE GROANING IN YOUR SLEEP. DID YOU HAVE A NIGHTMARE? A DREAM... WAIT, IS IT DAWN ALREADY?! I ONLY MEANT TO CLOSE MY EYES FOR A SECOND WHILE THE GRAND DUKE WAS UPSTAIRS, BUT I MUST HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP. Once he heads upstairs, he doesn't come down for a while, after all. ...STILL, SINCE NO ONE WOKE ME UP IN THE MEANTIME, NOTHING MUST HAVE HAPPENED, RIGHT? BUTLER, BUTLER! ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? YEAH. IT'S NOTHING, JUST A RECURRING DREAM I HAVE SOMETIMES. A DREAM? YEAH. YOU COULD CALL IT A RATHER PECULIAR DREAM. IT REALLY DID SEEM CONNECTED TO THE ONE I HAD BEFORE. IT SOUNDS LIKE A BOY'S NAME, SO I HATE IT! BESIDES, IT WAS FAR CLEARER THIS TIME THAN BEFORE. AND THE GIRL IN THE DREAM FELT BEYOND CLEAR-IT ALMOST GAVE ME DÉJÀ VU... IF SHE HAD GROWN UP JUST LIKE THAT, SHE SURELY WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE THIS. COULD THAT DREAM... BE A MEMORY BELONGING TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS BODY? ALL RIGHT, LET'S START WITH THE BED SHEETS. PLEASE SORT THEM PROPERLY SO THERE'S NO COLOR BLEEDING. YES, HEAD BUTLER! HEAD BUTLER, COULD YOU CHECK ON THE HORSE THAT'S ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH LATER? OF COURSE. I'LL DROP BY SOMETIME TODAY! YOU CERTAINLY OVERSEE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT, MISS FREYA. DO BUTLERS NORMALLY HANDLE THESE KINDS OF DUTIES AS WELL? Good morning! GOOD MORNING, SIR ALLEN. SO SIR ALLEN . IS KEEPING WATCH TODAY. I'M NOT SURE HOW BUTLERS IN OTHER HOUSEHOLDS DO IT, BUT... I STILL HAVE TO DO IT. AFTER ALL, I AM THE BUTLER OF THE VALLOTE GRAND DUCHY. MISS FREYA... WELL, HOW'S THAT? IMPRESSIVE AND RELIABLE, ISN'T IT? SO MAKE SURE TO PUT IN A GOOD WORD WITH THE GRAND DUKE LATER. TELL HIM YOU'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH AN INCREDIBLE BUTLER, AND THAT HE CAN TRUST ME COMPLETELY... UGH. MISS FREYA! ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? YES, IT'S JUST AN OCCASIONAL HEADACHE. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. BEING THOROUGH IS COMMENDABLE, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T OVEREXERT YOURSELF. OF COURSE! YOU KNOW HOW STURDY I AM. UGH, AND HERE I WAS TRYING TO SCORE SOME POINTS! WHAT'S GOING ON? IT'S BEEN THROBBING EVER SINCE I WOKE UP. I FELT LIKE I SLEPT MORE SOUNDLY THAN USUAL TODAY, TOO. STILL, PLEASE TAKE CARE. OF COURSE, OF COURSE. WELL, MAYBE I DIDN'T SLEEP THAT WELL AFTER ALL. I DID HAVE THAT STRANGE DREAM. ANYWAY, IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING. IF THAT DREAM EARLIER REALLY WAS TIED TO THE PAST, THEN IF THINGS GO RIGHT, I MIGHT FIND OUT WHO THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS BODY WAS, AND MAYBE EVEN WHAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP SHE HAD WITH GRAND DUKE VALLOTE. COULD THAT BOY POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN THE GRAND DUKE AS A CHILD? ...NAH, THAT'S REACHING TOO FAR. MAYBE IF I'D GOTTEN A LOOK AT HIS FACE OR EYE COLOR, IT'D BE DIFFERENT. WHO KNEW I HAD SUCH A WILD IMAGINATION? MISS FREYA, COULD YOU COME HERE AND LOOK OUT THE WINDOW FOR A MOMENT? PARDON? WHAT IS IT, SIR ALLEN? ...IT'S AN IMPERIAL CARRIAGE. IT JUST RUSHED THROUGH THE FRONT GATES. WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED? WAIT... THAT RED FLAG. IT MEANS THEY'VE ARRIVED BEARING URGENT NEWS FROM THE EMPIRE. SIR ALLEN, EXCUSE ME FOR A MOMENT. RIGHT, MISS FREYA! WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON? IF IT'S URGENT NEWS AT A TIME LIKE THIS... URGENT NEWS AT A TIME LIKE THIS... HAS SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH TENASIS? A PROPOSAL FOR AN ARMISTICE AND ALLIANCE HAS ARRIVED FROM THE TENASIS EMPIRE. EXCUSE ME...? AN ALLIANCE?! HAH, HOW CAN THEY BE SO SHAMELESS?! DID THEY THINK WE'D WELCOME AN ALLIANCE PROPOSAL WITH OPEN ARMS AFTER EVERYTHING? THERE IS NO NEED TO MAKE A FUSS. NOTHING HAS BEEN DECIDED YET. YES... YOUR HIGHNESS. ...WAIT, AN ALLIANCE? HOW COULD TENASIS SEND AN ALLIANCE PROPOSAL WHEN SERHIN IS THERE? THE SERHIN I KNOW WOULD NEVER SWALLOW HIS PRIDE AND BOW DOWN TO THE CADEA EMPIRE. THE PERSON WHO HATES AND DESPISES CADEA MORE THAN ANYONE IS THAT EMPIRE'S CROWN PRINCE. HONESTLY, FOR THINGS TO REACH THIS POINT, SERHIN MUST HAVE EITHER LOST HIS MIND OR DIED... DID SOMETHING HAPPEN TO SERHIN...?! BUTLER, YOU MAY TAKE YOUR LEAVE. TSK, SO HE WON'T LET ME HEAR ANYTHING BEYOND THIS POINT, HUH? ...YES, UNDERSTOOD. LET'S NOT JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS JUST YET. NOTHING HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. BESIDES, THE SERHIN I KNOW ISN'T THE TYPE TO DIE SO EASILY. "...DON'T WORRY, SIA. THERE'S NO WAY I'D DIE BEFORE YOU AND LEAVE YOU BEHIND." ...RIGHT, HE'LL BE FINE. BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, HE'S THE KIND OF GUY WHO'LL SURVIVE... ...AND APPEAR BEFORE ME ONCE AGAIN. ...YOUR HIGHNESS, DO YOU THINK SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THE TENASIS EMPIRE? OTHERWISE, THERE'S NO WAY THEY'D MAKE A MOVE LIKE THIS. WHO KNOWS? AT THIS POINT, THERE'S NO TELLING. THOUGH THAT MIGHT CHANGE AFTER ENTERING THE PALACE. WAIT, ENTERING THE PALACE...! DOES THAT MEAN ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ENDLESS MEETINGS IS STARTING?! YES. YOUR MAJESTY HAS CONVENED THE GRAND NOBLE COUNCIL. ## See also - [WebtoonLib — Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke #17](/series/undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb/chapter-17-7f2j2s) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.