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Artear's hostile glance at Freya and Cadrian leaving her alone leave Freya to face open contempt among the attendants.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke Chapter 22 ramps up the tension as butler Freya steps into the attendants' salon at the palace. The chapter focuses on the intimate conversation between Crown Prince Artear and Grand Duke Cadrian, while covering the danger of Mad Doctor Drek Balehale and the suspicion that the mastermind behind the disease may have infiltrated Kadea. Artear's hostile glance at Freya and Cadrian leaving her alone leave Freya to face open contempt among the attendants.","key_events":["Freya realizes Cadrian's worn pocket watch may match dream watch and plans to check initials.","Cadrian orders Freya to wait in attendants' salon until midnight during Noble Council meeting.","Butler Freya notices Artear's brief hostile look and senses sinister intent behind his smile.","Crown Prince Artear greets Grand Duke Cadrian in palace and takes him away for private talk.","Freya enters attendants' salon where other attendants recognize her as the woman everyone talks about.","Narrator introduces Drek Balehale as Serhin's physician known as Mad Doctor who treats people as test subjects.","Exposition reveals Holy Authority put world's memories of Flanker heir to sleep; she has now awakened."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"DREK BALEHALE, WHO HAD SERVED AS SERHIN TENASIS'S PERSONAL PHYSICIAN.\nHE WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE \"MAD DOCTOR.\"\nHE NEVER SAW PEOPLE AS HUMAN BEINGS,\n\nBUT MERELY AS TEST SUBJECTS...\n...ALL FOR THE SAKE OF MAKING HIS EXPERIMENTS A SUCCESS. HE WAS A TRULY CRUEL BASTARD.\nIF NOT FOR SERHIN,\nHE WAS DANGEROUS ENOUGH THAT HE MIGHT HAVE USED ME AS A GUINEA PIG, TOO.\n\nSINCE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN SHOWING SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE,\nTHE MASTERMIND BEHIND THIS SCHEME HAS LIKELY INFILTRATED KADEA AS WELL...\nHE WOULDN'T HAVE INFILTRATED...\n...JUST ANY NOBLE HOUSE WITHOUT A PLAN.\n\nHE MIGHT EVEN BE HERE, SO I SHOULD TAKE MY TIME AND LOOK FOR HIM.\nCADRIAN!\n...HE'S ADDRESSING THE GRAND DUKE SO CASUALLY?\n\nWHO ON EARTH IS THAT?\nI HEARD YOU CAME ALL THE WAY TO THE IMPERIAL PALACE RECENTLY JUST TO MEET WITH THE HIGH PRIEST, THEN LEFT WITHOUT A WORD.\nI'M RATHER HURT, YOU KNOW.\nYOU CAME ALL THE WAY TO THE PALACE AND DIDN'T EVEN STOP BY TO SEE ME.\n\nHAVE YOU BEEN WELL, YOUR HIGHNESS?\n\nTHE CURRENT EMPEROR OF THE KADEA EMPIRE\nHAD FIVE CHILDREN IN TOTAL.\nTHE LATE EMPRESS GAVE BIRTH TO THE CROWN PRINCE AND SEVERAL OTHER IMPERIAL CHILDREN.\nTHE CURRENT EMPRESS, MEANWHILE, GAVE BIRTH TO THE THIRD PRINCESS.\n\nAMONG THEM, ARTEAR, THE FIRST PRINCE AND CROWN PRINCE, FOLLOWED IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS\nBY BEING BORN WITH THE DIVINE AUTHORITY INHERITED BY SELECT MEMBERS OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY.\nAS A RESULT, HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE EMPIRE'S UNDISPUTED RIGHTFUL HEIR.\nBY THE WAY, ARE HE AND THE GRAND DUKE REALLY THAT CLOSE?\n\nMan, He's Practically Glowing.\nTHE GRAND DUKE NEVER STRUCK ME AS THE TYPE TO PLAY ALONG WITH JOKES LIKE THAT.\nIF I HAD TO COMPARE THEIR RELATIONSHIP...\nWOULD IT BE SOMETHING LIKE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SERHIN AND ME?\n\nEVEN THOUGH THEY'RE BOTH CROWN PRINCES, HIS IMAGE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM SERHIN'S.\nSERHIN WAS LIKE AN ARROGANT, HAUGHTY CAT,\n\nWHILE THIS ONE WEARS A FRIENDLY SMILE THE ENTIRE TIME...\nYOU MUST BE THE BUTLER EVERYONE'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT.\n\nI GREET THE LITTLE SUN OF THE EMPIRE.\n...WHAT WAS THAT JUST NOW?\nIT WAS ONLY FOR AN INSTANT, BUT HE WAS SCRUTINIZING ME.\n\nAND THE EMOTION REFLECTED IN HIS EYES\nWASN'T GOODWILL, BUT WARINESS... PERHAPS EVEN OUTRIGHT HOSTILITY.\nI SUPPOSE ROYALTY IS ROYALTY.\nHIDING SUCH SINISTER INTENTIONS BEHIND A GENIAL SMILE.\nI Take Back What I Said About Him Being Different From Serhin.\n\nAH, CADRIAN.\nSO, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT THAT FROM NOW ON?\nABOUT WHAT?\n\n...AH.\nLET'S DISCUSS THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE.\nOH, ARE YOU SURE THAT'S A GOOD IDEA?\nLEAVING YOUR BUTLER ALL ALONE LIKE THIS?\n\n...IT'LL BE FINE.\nIF I WERE SO WORRIED THAT I COULDN'T EVEN LEAVE HER ALONE AT A GATHERING LIKE THIS,\nI WOULDN'T HAVE BROUGHT HER WITH ME IN THE FIRST PLACE.\n\nMY, WHAT A COLD-HEARTED MASTER YOU ARE!\nIT SEEMS THE CROWN PRINCE DOESN'T KNOW THE GRAND DUKE AS WELL AS HE THINKS.\nTHE GRAND DUKE'S APPROACH HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO THROW SOMEONE INTO A DIFFICULT SITUATION...\n...AND OBSERVE HOW THEY RESPOND!\n\nPLEASE GO AHEAD, YOUR GRACE.\nVERY WELL.\nONCE I'VE FINISHED SPEAKING WITH HIS HIGHNESS, I MUST ATTEND THE NOBLE COUNCIL IMMEDIATELY,\nSO I WON'T BE BACK UNTIL LATE.\n\nUNTIL THEN, WAIT IN THE ATTENDANTS' LOUNGE AND GET SOME REST.\nWAIT.\nCOULD THAT WATCH...\n\nBE THE POCKET WATCH I SAW IN MY DREAM?\nHONESTLY, CADRIAN!\n\nSTILL, THOUGH.\nHOW COULD YOU HIRE SOMEONE YOU CARE ABOUT SO DEEPLY AS YOUR BUTLER?\nISN'T THE DIVINE AUTHORITY STILL IN EFFECT?\nINDEED, ISN'T IT?\n\nIN THAT CASE, RATHER THAN DRAWING UNNECESSARY ATTENTION TO HER,\nI DECIDED IT WOULD BE BEST TO KEEP HER BY MY SIDE AND WATCH OVER HER.\n...HOW HAS HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY BEEN LATELY?\n\nHE'S IMPROVED CONSIDERABLY COMPARED TO BEFORE.\nTO THINK HE'S RECOVERED THIS MUCH AFTER USING HIS DIVINE AUTHORITY...\nWE'RE TRULY FORTUNATE.\n\"DIVINE AUTHORITY.\"\nA SACRED POWER PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS OF THE KADEA IMPERIAL FAMILY,\nCAPABLE OF MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE A REALITY.\n\nBESTOWED BY THE GODS FOR THE PEACE OF THE EMPIRE'S PEOPLE,\nIT WAS FAR TOO POWERFUL FOR A MORTAL TO WIELD,\nPLACING SUCH AN IMMENSE STRAIN ON THE BODY\nTHAT IT COULD NEVER BE USED RECKLESSLY.\nHOWEVER,\n\nAFTER THE SOLE HEIR OF HOUSE FLANKER, THE GUARDIANS OF THE WORLD TREE, FELL INTO A DEEP SLUMBER,\nEVEN THE WORLD TREE ITSELF BEGAN TO WITHER.\nTHE EMPEROR INVOKED HIS DIVINE AUTHORITY TO CALM THE PEOPLE'S UNREST.\nHE WAITED ONLY FOR THE DAY WHEN THE HEIR OF HOUSE FLANKER WOULD AWAKEN SAFE AND SOUND,\n\nAND CAST THE WORLD'S MEMORIES OF HER INTO A DEEP SLUMBER AS WELL\nTHOUGH A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME HAS PASSED, THE YOUNG LADY OF HOUSE FLANKER HAS FINALLY AWAKENED.\nIT IS AN IMMENSE RELIEF.\nTHOUGH I CERTAINLY NEVER EXPECTED HER TO BE SO FORMIDABLE.\n\nSTILL, AREN'T YOU WORRIED, CADRIAN?\n\nEVEN IF NO ONE CAN GUARANTEE WHOSE SOUL RESIDES WITHIN HER,\nSHE'S STILL THE VERY FIANCÉE YOU'VE SPENT ALL THOSE YEARS SEARCHING FOR.\nAND YET,\nYOU INTEND TO KEEP HER AS THE GRAND DUKE'S BUTLER, WHERE HER LIFE IS CONSTANTLY AT RISK?\n\nWHY DIDN'T I REALIZE IT UNTIL NOW?\nCOME TO THINK OF IT, THAT WAS A WATCH THE GRAND DUKE ALWAYS CARRIED WITH HIM.\n\nIT LOOKED A LITTLE TOO WORN FOR SOMEONE OF HIS STANDING,\nSO I VAGUELY ASSUMED IT WAS A MEMENTO OF THE LATE DUKE.\nTHEN ALL I HAVE TO DO IS CHECK THE INITIALS ENGRAVED INSIDE.\n...I'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT LATER.\n\nFOR NOW,\nSHALL I GET TO THE TASKS I CAME HERE TO ACCOMPLISH?\n\nMISS FREYA.\nSERVING AS AN ATTENDANT AT THE PALACE INVOLVES MORE THAN SIMPLY WAITING ON YOUR MASTER.\n\nATTENDANTS GATHER IN THE LOUNGE...\n...TO MINGLE WITH ATTENDANTS FROM OTHER HOUSES AND EXCHANGE INFORMATION.\nUNEXPECTED SITUATIONS CAN ARISE, THOUGH...\nSO DON'T PUSH YOURSELF TOO HARD, MISS FREYA.\n\nSTILL,\nIS THERE ANY REASON TO BACK DOWN WHEN SOMEONE BRINGS A FIGHT RIGHT TO MY DOORSTEP?\n\nBESIDES,\nDIDN'T THE GRAND DUKE TELL ME HIMSELF?\nREMEMBER THIS, BUTLER. NEVER LET ANYONE LOOK DOWN ON YOU.\nSO,\n\n...SHE'S HERE. THE WOMAN EVERYONE'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT.\nI CAN'T BELIEVE SHE ACTUALLY DARED TO SHOW HER FACE IN THIS ROOM.\n\nLET'S SEE IF I CAN SPOT ANY FAMILIAR FACES, TOO.\nLOOKING AT ARTEAR JUST KEEPS REMINDING ME OF SERHIN~\nI Wonder How He's Doing.","bubble_count":122,"pages_count":37,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke Chapter 22 ramps up the tension as butler Freya steps into the attendants' salon at the palace.","spoiler_summary":"Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke Chapter 22 ramps up the tension as butler Freya steps into the attendants' salon at the palace. The chapter focuses on the intimate conversation between Crown Prince Artear and Grand Duke Cadrian, while covering the danger of Mad Doctor Drek Balehale and the suspicion that the mastermind behind the disease may have infiltrated Kadea. 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