# WebtoonLib — Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke #18 ## Series - title: Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke - slug: undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb ## Chapter - number: 18 - chapter_key: 18-c6wsnb - release_date: 2026-10-13 ### Summary The Grand Noble Council will convene to discuss the ceasefire and alliance proposal from Tenasis. The Imperial family looks favorably on the proposal to relieve the war-weary people and to receive reparations. The Grand Duke has on his mind Sia, a knight who died because of dark magic in Remart. Only one attendant will be taken to the Council; squire Ed does not want to go so as not to face discrimination for being from the werewolf Marcats tribe. Butler Freya volunteers and is accepted. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### Key events - Ed revealed as werewolf of Marcats tribe with history of beastfolk discrimination and noble prejudice at palace. - Ed and Freya farewell at mansion just before departure for Imperial Palace. - Grand Duke accepts Freya as attendant and orders letter to Imperial Palace; Freya prepares second palace entry. - Structure of Grand Noble Council revealed: five families from each of three factions decide major diplomatic matters like Tenasis alliance. - Squire Ed refuses to attend palace meeting due to past turmoil, and butler Freya volunteers to replace him as attendant. ## Spoiler - level: auto ### Safe teaser The Grand Noble Council will convene to discuss the ceasefire and alliance proposal from Tenasis. ### Spoiler summary The Grand Noble Council will convene to discuss the ceasefire and alliance proposal from Tenasis. The Imperial family looks favorably on the proposal to relieve the war-weary people and to receive reparations. The Grand Duke has on his mind Sia, a knight who died because of dark magic in Remart. Only one attendant will be taken to the Council; squire Ed does not want to go so as not to face discrimination for being from the werewolf Marcats tribe. Butler Freya volunteers and is accepted. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 130 ### Content THE GRAND NOBLE COUNCIL. FIVE FAMILIES ARE CHOSEN FROM EACH FACTION—THE IMPERIAL FACTION, THE NOBLE FACTION, AND THE TEMPLE FACTION— TO DELIBERATE AND DECIDE ON CRITICAL MATTERS OF STATE. MAJOR DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS, SUCH AS THIS ALLIANCE PROPOSAL FROM TENASIS, ARE ULTIMATELY SETTLED THROUGH THIS COUNCIL. AS EXPECTED... GIVEN THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION, IT MUST GO THROUGH THE GRAND NOBLE COUNCIL. STILL, YOUR MAJESTY MUST VIEW THIS ALLIANCE FAVORABLY, RIGHT? INDEED. THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR REFUSAL. THE CITIZENS OF THE EMPIRE ARE ALREADY THOROUGHLY EXHAUSTED FROM THE PROLONGED WAR. WITH EACH PASSING DAY, THE GLOOM AND DESPAIR SPREADING ACROSS THE EMPIRE... THERE IS NO WAY THE IMPERIAL FAMILY REMAINS UNAWARE OF IT. AND RIGHT ON CUE, AN ARMISTICE AGREEMENT AND ALLIANCE ARRIVED FROM TENASIS, SO THE IMPERIAL FAMILY WILL SURELY SEE THIS AS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY. That certainly makes sense. IT WOULD SOOTHE THE HEARTS OF THE CITIZENS OF THE EMPIRE BY ENDING THE WAR, AND ALLOW THEM TO DEMAND MASSIVE REPARATIONS FROM TENASIS AS WELL. YES. AND ON TOP OF THAT... WE WOULD GAIN AN ALLY TO FACE THE BLACK MAGES TOGETHER... THE GRAND DUKE... MUST BE THINKING OF THAT KNIGHT FROM THE ENEMY NATION AGAIN. THAT KNIGHT FROM THE ENEMY NATION, WHOM HIS HIGHNESS REGARDED SO DEARLY LIKE A COMRADE-IN-ARMS... THEY SAID THAT KNIGHT FELL VICTIM THE DAY BLACK MAGIC SHOWED ITSELF IN THE REMART DISPUTED TERRITORY. I BELIEVE THAT KNIGHT'S NAME WAS SIA. SEEING HOW OFTEN HE BRINGS IT UP, THAT DAY MUST STILL WEIGH HEAVILY ON HIS HEART... AT ANY RATE, THE IMPERIAL PALACE HAS ONCE AGAIN ANNOUNCED... THAT ONLY ONE ATTENDANT MAY ACCOMPANY ME. AH... AN ATTENDANT! YES. WE NEED TO SUBMIT THE LIST OF ATTENDANTS, SO... WHAT WILL YOU DO? WILL YOU COME WITH ME...? N-NO, I REFUSE!!! ...I APOLOGIZE, YOUR HIGHNESS. PLEASE TAKE SOMEONE OTHER THAN ME AS YOUR ATTENDANT. CONSIDERING WHAT HAPPENED BACK THEN... I WOULD PREFER TO AVOID RUNNING INTO MEMBERS OF OTHER NOBLE FAMILIES. THAT DOESN’T SOUND LIKE YOU, BUT DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT. I CAN ALWAYS TAKE ALLEN OR COUNT NORBERT INSTEAD. YES. PLEASE DO, YOUR HIGHNESS. UM, GRAND DUKE! INSTEAD OF THAT... WHY NOT TAKE OUR BUTLER THIS TIME? ...ED. WHAT NONSENSE IS THIS ALL OF A SUDDEN? SURELY YOU KNOW WHAT A BUTLER'S DUTIES ARE. STILL, SOME NOBLES DO BRING THEIR BUTLERS ALONG AS ATTENDANTS. BESIDES, MISS FREYA IS ADEPT AT MY DUTIES AS WELL! SHE'S JUST AS SKILLED AS AN ESCORT KNIGHT! AND IT'S NOT LIKE SHE LOSES TO ANYONE WHEN IT COMES TO ELOQUENCE, SO ISN'T SHE TRULY THE FINEST BUTLER?! AND ABOVE ALL, HAVING KEPT HER LOCKED AWAY FOR TWO YEARS... IT WEIGHS ON YOUR MIND AS WELL, DOESN'T IT, YOUR HIGHNESS? WHICH IS SURELY WHY YOU TOOK HER TO THE TEMPLE AS SOON AS YOU RETURNED. ...THAT WAS MERELY TO PRESENT THE BUTLER TO THE HIGH PRIEST. IF YOU INTEND TO KEEP SPOUTING NONSENSE, SEE YOURSELF OUT. ...YES, YOUR HIGHNESS. ...UGH, HE WON'T BUDGE AN INCH. I THOUGHT HAVING SOME TIME TOGETHER WOULD HELP HIS HIGHNESS MAKE UP HIS MIND, BUT... His Highness is far too busy with official duties, and Miss Freya is busy inspecting the Grand Duke's Manor, so they never get to meet... HMM, THOUGH IT SEEMS HE HASN'T CHOSEN AN ATTENDANT YET.... SHALL I GO SEE MISS FREYA, THEN? SO, WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME IS TO FILL IN FOR YOU? OH DEAR, FILL IN? HOW COULD YOU PUT IT LIKE THAT?! I MEAN, IT'S THE 'GRAND NOBLE COUNCIL,' ISN'T IT? NO MATTER HOW I LOOK AT IT, RATHER THAN ME, THE BUTLER, IT SEEMS FAR MORE FITTING FOR ED, THE AIDE, TO GO. IS THERE SOME SPECIFIC REASON IT MUST BE ME? You have to explain it so I can even consider it. W-WELL, THAT IS.... ...TRUTHFULLY, THERE IS SOMETHING I HAVEN'T TOLD YOU ALL THIS TIME, MISS FREYA. THE TRUTH IS, I... GRAND DUKE. PLEASE PERMIT ME TO ACCOMPANY YOU AS YOUR ATTENDANT TO THIS COUNCIL MEETING! BARGING IN OUT OF NOWHERE, WHAT NONSENSE ARE YOU SAYING? I HEARD THAT THE AIDE IS IN A POSITION WHERE ENTERING THE PALACE WITH YOUR HIGHNESS WOULD BE DIFFICULT. I WOULD LIKE TO GO IN HIS PLACE. ...DID YOU TELL HER EVERYTHING, ED? YES. IT WAS SOMETHING I WOULD HAVE HAD TO TELL HER EVENTUALLY. WE WILL BE SEEING EACH OTHER CONSTANTLY FROM NOW ON, SO I COULDN'T KEEP IT HIDDEN FOREVER. I DID THINK IT WAS STRANGE THAT HE APPEARED WHENEVER THERE WAS THE SMELL OF BLOOD, BUT... TO THINK ED WAS ACTUALLY FROM THE WOLF BEASTMAN MARCATS TRIBE. IN THE PAST, WHEN DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BEASTMEN WAS RAMPANT, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN BEASTMEN WERE PERSECUTED AND ENSLAVED IN SOCIETY. WITH TIME, SUCH PRACTICES FADED AWAY, BUT PREJUDICE TOWARD BEASTMEN STILL LINGERS ON OCCASION, ESPECIALLY AMONG THE NOBILITY, WHO USED TO KEEP THEM AS SLAVES, WHERE TROUBLES FREQUENTLY AROSE. HONESTLY, HEARING INSULTING REMARKS DOESN'T BOTHER ME ALL THAT MUCH. I HAVE HEARD THEM COUNTLESS TIMES OVER THE YEARS, SO I AM QUITE USED TO IT. HOWEVER... LOOK AT THAT ATTENDANT, ISN'T HE ONE OF THOSE MARCATS BASTARDS? WHAT KIND OF FAMILY BRINGS A BEASTMAN AS AN ATTENDANT? HA, THAT TELLS YOU ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE GRAND DUCAL HOUSE. EVEN SO, TO THINK THEY WOULD SINK THIS LOW! I SIMPLY COULD NOT BEAR THEM DRAGGING THE GRAND DUCHY'S NAME INTO THE MUD. THE GRAND DUKE SMOOTHED OVER THE COMMOTION THAT DAY, BUT... IF I AM PUT IN THAT SITUATION AGAIN, I HONESTLY HAVE NO CONFIDENCE I CAN HOLD BACK. SO PLEASE, I BEG OF YOU, MISS FREYA. I KNOW THAT SORT OF PEOPLE ALL TOO WELL. THOSE WHO, CONSUMED BY JEALOUSY, ARE DESPERATE TO DRAG OTHERS DOWN BY ANY MEANS. LOOK, THERE SHE GOES. THE CROWN PRINCE'S IMPERIAL GUARD! SHE'S BEEN STRUTTING AROUND LATELY JUST BECAUSE SHE CAN WIELD A BIT OF AURA. WHAT GOOD IS THAT? SHE'S STILL JUST A WOMAN AFTER ALL! WHEN IT COMES TO MEN LIKE US, HER WEIGHT CLASS ALONE IS ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL... BUT NONE OF THAT MATTERS. BECAUSE IT'S JUST THE DRIVEL OF ALL-TALK, WORTHLESS COWARDS. THEREFORE, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO ACCOMPANY YOU. I WILL GO AND SHOW THEM CLEARLY WHAT KIND OF HOUSE THE BALLOTE GRAND DUCHY IS. AND IF ANYONE DARES STEP OUT OF LINE, I'LL TEACH THEM A LESSON. ...JUST AS SOMEONE SAID, WHEN IT COMES TO ELOQUENCE, THE BUTLER CERTAINLY WON'T BE PUSHED AROUND. Huh?! Who would say such a thing...? VERY WELL. THE BUTLER SHALL TAKE THE ATTENDANT'S PLACE THIS TIME. NOW THAT THE ATTENDANT IS DECIDED, SEND A LETTER TO THE IMPERIAL PALACE. THANK YOU, YOUR HIGHNESS. I WILL DO MY UTMOST TO ASSIST YOU FLAWLESSLY! WITH THIS, IT WAS DECIDED THAT I WOULD HAVE MY SECOND OUTING SINCE BECOMING A BUTLER, AS WELL AS ANOTHER ROUND OF ENTERING THE PALACE. IN A GATHERING OF SO MANY NOBLES, I'LL PLAY THE PART OF THE ULTIMATE ATTENDANT, AND WIN BOTH PRESTIGE FOR THE GRAND DUCHY AND TRUST FOR MYSELF, FREYA! ...OR SO I HAD FIRMLY RESOLVED! UM... GRAND DUKE, YOUR HIGHNESS. PARDON ME FOR ASKING, BUT... I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS THE WAY TO THE IMPERIAL PALACE. WHERE... ARE WE HEADING RIGHT NOW? *MEANWHILE, RIGHT BEFORE DEPARTURE AT THE BALLOTE GRAND DUKE'S MANOR... Ed, please take good care of-that-little guy! Of course. Have a safe trip, Miss Freya! BUTLER, TAKE ME WITH YOU TOOOOO~! ## See also - [WebtoonLib — Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke #18](/series/undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb/chapter-18-c6wsnb) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.