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A week later, a priest arrives to measure her ability.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Count Norbert reports a survivor found a week after the destroyed village on the Teridana Coast. Grand Duke Cadrian Ballot grows suspicious and heads to the castle. The young woman, who claims to have lost her memory, confronts the Grand Duke after being washed. When holy shackles that suppress supernatural abilities are placed on her, suspicion of dark magic grows. She refuses to reveal her identity during interrogation. Instead of escaping, she decides to strengthen her body over two years and return to Tenasis. A week later, a priest arrives to measure her ability.","key_events":["Grand Duke visits castle, places holy relic shackles suppressing supernatural abilities on survivor, suspects dark magic when they react.","Survivor decides to restore weak body to former powerful state within two years and return to Tenasis Empire to Lord Serhin.","A week later, a priest arrives to test survivor's supernatural ability with an orb.","A survivor is found a week after dark mages destroy village near Teridana Coast and taken under Count Norbert's protection.","Survivor claims memory loss during interrogation, says she does not know name or why she woke on beach, told she cannot leave."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"HEY, GRAND DUKE.\nI'M JUST GOING TO STOP BY YOUR HOUSE FOR A MOMENT, OKAY~?!\n\n...YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KILL ME, RIGHT?\n\nAT THE SAME TIME.\nYOUR GRACE.\n\nA LETTER FROM COUNT NORBERT HAS ARRIVED.\nHE SAYS THEY FOUND A SURVIVOR ON TERIDANA BEACH AND ARE CURRENTLY PROTECTING THEM,\nAND HE WANTS YOU TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THEM.\nHmm...\nIT'S ALREADY BEEN A WEEK SINCE THE VILLAGE WAS DEVASTATED BY THE DARK MAGES' ATTACK,\nSO TO HAVE A SURVIVOR TURN UP IN SUCH AN UNEXPECTED PLACE...\n\nIT'S SUSPICIOUS.\nDON'T WASTE TIME WORRYING AND GO QUICKLY.\nI'LL SEARCH EVERY CORNER FOR THE WHEREABOUTS OF \"THAT PERSON.\"\n\nKEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. I'LL BE BACK SOON.\n\nONE YEAR AGO.\n\nTHE DARK MAGES, WHO HAD DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE FOR 400 YEARS,\nREVEALED THEMSELVES IN THE \"REMART CONFLICT ZONE.\"\nTHE AREA WAS IN THE MIDST OF THE WAR BETWEEN KADEA AND TENASIS,\n\nHOWEVER, WHEN THE DARK MAGES CAME, IT WAS REDUCED TO RUINS IN AN INSTANT.\nTHE DARK MAGES CONTINUED ATTACKING VARIOUS PARTS OF THE CONTINENT...\n\nAND JUST ONE WEEK AGO,\nA VILLAGE BESIDE TERIDANA BEACH IN THE GRAND DUCHY WAS ATTACKED BY THE DARK MAGES AND WAS COMPLETELY RUINED.\nA SURVIVOR APPEARING AFTER A WEEK IN RUINS WHERE NOT A SINGLE SURVIVOR HAD BEEN FOUND.\n\nIF THAT PERSON IS CONNECTED TO DARK MAGIC,\nWELCOME, YOUR GRACE.\n\nTHEY WILL NOT LEAVE HERE ALIVE.\n\nTHIS BODY REALLY ISN'T VERY STRONG.\nGet up already. His Grace, the Grand Duke will be arriving at the castle soon!\n\noh my, miss~! You look quite pretty after washing up!\nMy hands were itching to do something, so it's great that such a pretty miss came along~ Hehehe!\nTO THINK I'M THIS EXHAUSTED FROM SUCH A MINOR ORDEAL.\nSTILL...\n\nTHAT MEANS I'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HIM SOON.\n\nTHAT HANDSOME FACE OF HIS.\n\nSO THAT MAN IS CADRIAN BALLOT.\n\nAH... YES, THOSE EYES.\nHE REALLY...\n\nHE REALLY IS THE GRAND DUKE.\nBUT WHY DOES HE LOOK SO...\n\nWH-WHY?!\nWHY IS HE COMING CLOSER?!\nCOULD IT BE...\n\nDOES HE KNOW ME?\n\nWHAAAA????\n\nWHAT'S GOING ON? I CAN'T MOVE MY BODY!\nHANDCUFFS, TOO?\nHANDCUFFSS~??!\n\nWHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING?\nIS THIS HOW HIS GRACE TREATS A POWERLESS GUEST?!\nYOU WENCH!\n\nHOW IMPUDENT. YOU DARE SPEAK TO HIS GRACE LIKE THAT?!\n\nSTAY OUT OF THIS, OLD MAN!\nO-OLD MAN?!\nDIDN'T YOU HEAR IT FROM THE KNIGHTS? I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING.\nBESIDES, IF I HAD THE ABILITY TO ESCAPE, I WOULDN'T HAVE COME TO THE GRAND DUKE'S RESIDENCE IN THE FIRST PLACE.\n\nTHEN WHY ON EARTH ARE YOU PUTTING HANDCUFFS ON ME?!\n...THOSE HANDCUFFS AREN'T ORDINARY HANDCUFFS.\n\nTHEY ARE A DIVINE RELIC THAT FORCIBLY SUPPRESSES \"SUPERNATURAL ABILITIES.\"\nWHAT? THEN THE MORE...\n?!\nYOU...\nTO FALL HELPLESS TO THOSE HANDCUFFS...\n\nIN OTHER WORDS, IT MEANS THEY REACTED TO THE SUPERNATURAL ABILITY INSIDE YOUR BODY.\n\nYES, FOR INSTANCE...\nDARK MAGIC.\n\nTHIS DAMN GRAND DUKE...!\nIF YOU'RE AS HONEST AS YOU CLAIM TO BE, IT WOULD BE BEST TO CONFESS EVERYTHING HONESTLY.\n\nYOU WON'T BE ABLE TO LEAVE UNTIL YOU STOP USING THE EXCUSE THAT YOU'VE LOST YOUR MEMORY AND REVEAL YOUR IDENTITY.\nOLD MAN, I ALREADY TOLD YOU EARLIER, DIDN'T I? I DON'T REMEMBER. I HAVE NO MEMORIES.\nSO...\nYOU DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME OR WHY YOU WOKE UP ON THE BEACH?\n\nYES.\nNOT EVEN WHERE YOU WERE BORN?\nYEEES.\nYOU'RE SAYING YOU REALLY DON'T REMEMBER A SINGLE THING?\nAh, Yes! I told you I don't! YOU COLLAPSED EARLIER, YET YOU CAME HERE YOURSELF TO INTERROGATE ME.\nWHAT A LOYAL BUTLER.\n\nIT'S ONLY NATURAL FOR A RETAINER TO DO SO.\nAND TO CORRECT ONE THING, I'M NOT A BUTLER.\nTHE GRAND DUKE'S HOUSEHOLD CURRENTLY HAS NO BUTLER.\n\nWELL THEN, I'LL COME SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW.\nTHERE'S NO BUTLER? A GRAND DUKE'S HOUSEHOLD?\n\nWELL, WHATEVER. IT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS FOR NOW.\nWHAT I NEED TO THINK ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS THE \"SUPERNATURAL ABILITY\" INSIDE MY BODY...\nWHAT ON EARTH COULD IT BE?\nIF IT'S DARK MAGIC, AS THE GRAND DUKE SAID, IT'S REALLY OVER.\n\nTHAT MEANS MY HEAD WILL BE CHOPPED OFF BEFORE I CAN EVEN ESCAPE, LET ALONE START MY SECOND LIFE.\nRATHER THAN LETTING THEM FIND OUT WHAT THIS SUPERNATURAL ABILITY IS,\nIF I COULD ESCAPE FROM HERE...\nHERE, YOUR MEAL.\n\nNO, WITH THIS BODY, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT EVEN TO TAKE ON ONE OF THOSE GUARDS.\nUNLESS I HAD \"AURA\"...\nAH! RIGHT, AURA!\nIF THE SUPERNATURAL ABILITY INSIDE THIS BODY IS AURA, THEN IT'S POSSIBLE!\n\nIF IT REALLY IS AURA, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO REACH MY FORMER LEVEL?\nNINE YEARS AGAIN?\nNO. I'VE ALREADY CLIMBED THAT TREE ONCE, SO THE SECOND TIME SHOULD BE EASIER.\nI HAVE NO INTENTION OF STAYING IN AN ENEMY COUNTRY FOR LONG.\n\nTWO YEARS.\nWITHIN TWO YEARS, I'LL SHAPE THIS BODY BACK INTO THE CONDITION IT WAS IN DURING MY PRIME\nAND RETURN TO THE SIDE OF MY LORD, SERHIN.\n\nI WILL GO BACK TO THE TENASIS EMPIRE, NO MATTER WHAT!\n\nONE WEEK LATER.\nTO THINK THE PRIEST CAME JUST WITHIN A WEEK,\nIT MUST BE THIS URGENT TO HIM THEN.\n\nNOW, LET'S CHECK YOUR SUPERNATURAL ABILITY.\nPLACE YOUR HAND ON THIS ORB.\n\nTHIN SOUP FOR ALL THREE MEALS A DAY FOR A WHOLE WEEK... THE GRAND DUKE'S HOUSEHOLD REALLY HAS NO MERCY FOR PRISONERS.","bubble_count":109,"pages_count":44,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Count Norbert reports a survivor found a week after the destroyed village on the Teridana Coast.","spoiler_summary":"Count Norbert reports a survivor found a week after the destroyed village on the Teridana Coast. Grand Duke Cadrian Ballot grows suspicious and heads to the castle. The young woman, who claims to have lost her memory, confronts the Grand Duke after being washed. When holy shackles that suppress supernatural abilities are placed on her, suspicion of dark magic grows. She refuses to reveal her identity during interrogation. Instead of escaping, she decides to strengthen her body over two years and return to Tenasis. A week later, a priest arrives to measure her ability."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb/chapter-2-2g8ds9","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke #2","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-17T04:00:20.423Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb"}}