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The chapter ends with a woman referred to as Her Imperial Majesty learning of the female butler's existence and demanding to see the Grand Duke.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke Chapter 23 opens with the Grand Duchy's female butler being mocked by servants of nobles, who question how she has survived for half a year. Instead of ignoring the gossip, the Butler confronts the servants of the Doilit and Milo households, threatening to report them to the Grand Duke. Meanwhile, she notices Drek Balehale, who is present under the alias Folken on behalf of House Derfin, and recalls the dark past of the Derfin family. The chapter ends with a woman referred to as Her Imperial Majesty learning of the female butler's existence and demanding to see the Grand Duke.","key_events":["Her Imperial Majesty learns the Grand Duke brought a woman and demands to see him immediately.","Drek Balehale is spotted using alias Folken, identified by eagle crest cufflinks of House Derfin.","Past of House Derfin recalled: respected family fell after count died, heir died mysteriously, greedy second son Jasian succeeded.","The female butler confronts mocking servants, rejects gender insult, and threatens to report them to the Grand Duke.","Servants gossip that Grand Duchy butlers rarely survive a month, questioning how a female butler survived half a year.","Rumor spreads that the Grand Duke rejected a marriage proposal because of his female butler."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"THAT'S HER, ISN'T IT? THE NEW BUTLER OF THE GRAND DUCHY.\nIT'S TRULY REMARKABLE. NORMALLY, BUTLERS SERVING THE HOUSE OF BALLOT...\n...I HEARD MOST OF THEM DON'T EVEN SURVIVE A MONTH BEFORE MEETING THEIR END.\nTHEN HOW HAS SHE MANAGED TO SURVIVE FOR HALF A YEAR?\n\nWELL, PERHAPS NO ASSASSINS HAVE TARGETED HIM DURING THAT TIME.\nOTHERWISE, HOW COULD A WOMAN LIKE HER POSSIBLY FEND OFF ASSASSINS?!\nTHEY CERTAINLY BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY WHEN THERE ARE NO NOBLES AROUND.\n\nDO THEY THINK THAT WITHOUT THE GRAND DUKE OR THEIR MASTERS PRESENT,\nTHEY CAN SAY WHATEVER THEY PLEASE?\nHOW FOOLISH...\nAND THAT INCLUDES ME, BOYS.\n\nIF MY HUNCH IS CORRECT, HE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE HERE, TOO.\nA FEMALE BUTLER? WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?\nDON'T YOU AGREE,\nFOLKEN?\n\nI KNEW IT...!\nSO YOU'RE HERE, DREK BALEHALE.\n\nSO HE'S USING THE ALIAS FOLKEN HERE.\nAN EAGLE CREST ON HIS CUFFLINKS...\nTHE HOUSE OF DERFIN.\n\nIF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THAT FAMILY DIDN'T HAVE THE BEST REPUTATION.\nNEXT IS THE HOUSE OF DERFIN.\nAVOID GETTING INVOLVED WITH THEM WHENEVER POSSIBLE.\n\nWHY? IS THEIR REPUTATION REALLY THAT TERRIBLE?\nUNTIL THE PREVIOUS COUNT'S TIME, THEY WERE A FAIRLY RESPECTABLE FAMILY.\nHOWEVER, AFTER THE LATE COUNT PASSED AWAY,\n\nEVEN THE ELDEST SON, A PROMISING HEIR, DIED PREMATURELY IN A MYSTERIOUS ACCIDENT,\nAND RUMORS SPREAD THAT HIS YOUNGER BROTHER HAD MURDERED HIM.\nYET THE ONE WHO TOOK OVER AS HEAD OF THE FAMILY\nWAS JASIAN, THE SECOND SON, WHOSE ABILITIES WERE MEDIOCRE BUT WHOSE GREED KNEW NO BOUNDS.\n\nTHAT IS THE CURRENT COUNT DERFIN.\n...SO DREK BALEHALE HAS ENDED UP SERVING SOMEONE LIKE HIM.\nHE'S THE KIND OF MAN WHO'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET RESULTS,\nSO HE MUST HAVE A PARTICULAR REASON FOR CHOOSING THE HOUSE OF DERFIN.\n\nWHAT COULD HAVE DRIVEN HIM TO JOIN THEM?\n\nHE'S STILL THE SAME AS EVER.\nTHAT DAMN LOOK IN HIS EYES, AS THOUGH EVERYONE WERE HIS PLAYTHING.\nFOLKEN, WHAT ARE YOU STARING AT SO INTENTLY?\nHAVE YOU TAKEN AN INTEREST IN HER, TOO?\nMIND YOUR TONGUE! AS IF FOLKEN WOULD DARE LUST AFTER HIS GRACE THE GRAND DUKE'S WOMAN!\n\nAFTER ALL, HIS GRACE MIGHT HAVE REJECTED EVEN THAT PERSON'S MARRIAGE PROPOSAL\nBECAUSE OF THAT VERY BUTLER.\n...HM?\n\nTHEN AGAIN, WITH A WOMAN LIKE HER AT HIS SIDE,\nI DOUBT ANY OTHER NOBLE LADY COULD EVER CATCH HIS ATTENTION~\nPATHETIC FOOLS.\n...WH-\nWHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?!\n\nOH, MY. DID YOU HEAR THAT? I SUPPOSE I WAS SPEAKING TO MYSELF A LITTLE TOO LOUDLY.\nEVERYONE ELSE WAS MUTTERING AT THIS VOLUME,\nSO I ASSUMED I COULD DO THE SAME.\nOR WERE THOSE REMARKS MEANT FOR ME TO HEAR ALL ALONG?\n\nI WAS GOING TO OVERLOOK IT, BUT THEY'VE GONE TOO FAR.\nHOW DARE THEY INSINUATE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING ROMANTIC BETWEEN ME AND THE GRAND DUKE?!\nIS THE FACT THAT I'M A WOMAN...\n...REALLY THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU ALL?\n\nARE YOU THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO CAN'T WIN UNLESS YOU FIXATE ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT?\nH-HAS THIS WOMAN GONE MAD?!\nIF MY APPOINTMENT SUPPOSEDLY BRINGS SUCH DISGRACE UPON THE GRAND DUCAL HOUSE,\nWHY DON'T YOU REPEAT THOSE REMARKS DIRECTLY TO HIS GRACE?\n\nAS A TOKEN OF MY APPRECIATION FOR YOUR CONCERN, I'D BE DELIGHTED TO ARRANGE AN AUDIENCE FOR YOU.\nWH-WHAT?!\nWHY? CAN'T YOU DO IT?\n\nTHEN ALLOW ME TO SPEAK ON YOUR BEHALF,\nATTENDANTS OF HOUSE DOILIT AND HOUSE MILO.\nH-HOW DOES SHE KNOW THAT...?!\nYOUR GRACE, APPOINTING A WOMAN AS YOUR BUTLER!\nYOU'VE DRAGGED THE HONOR OF THE HIGH NOBILITY THROUGH THE MUD.\n\nN-NO!\nWE NEVER SAID ANYTHING THAT EXTREME...!\nOH~\nYOU ONLY KEEP HER AROUND BECAUSE YOU'RE LONELY AT NIGHT, IS THAT IT?\nH-HEY..!\n\nAH, WHAT A SHAME.\nIF THE GRAND DUKE HAD WITNESSED THAT, I WOULD'VE EARNED A GREAT DEAL OF HIS TRUST.\nMY, MY~ YOU CERTAINLY HAVE UNUSUAL TASTES.\nDON'T YOU THINK SO, GRAND DUKE?\n\nEVEN SO, THIS IS GOING A LITTLE TOO FAR.\nHOW COULD YOU-\nHOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY LEAVE YOUR BUTLER...\n...IN THE HANDS OF YOUR FIANCÉE?\nAREN'T YOU CONCERNED, CADRIAN?\n\nYOUR HIGHNESS SHOULD KNOW THIS AS WELL.\nNOT ONLY IS SHE THE SORT OF PERSON WHO WOULDN'T STOP EVEN IF I ORDERED HER TO,\n\nBUT SHE IS ALSO...\nFAR MORE POWERFUL THAN WE REALIZE.\nFinally, Some Peace And Quiet.\nOF COURSE,\n\nI STILL CAN'T BE CERTAIN SHE'S THE REAL ONE.\nTRYING TO COVER YOUR TRACKS NOW, ARE YOU?\nIF HE'S GONE THIS FAR, DOESN'T THAT MEAN HE'S PRACTICALLY CERTAIN ALREADY?\nI've Never Seen My Dear Friend Make An Expression Like That Before.\n\nI SUPPOSE I CAN LET MY GUARD DOWN IN THIS REGARD, BUT...\n\"SHE\" WILL THROW A FIT IF SHE LEARNS THE GRAND DUKE BROUGHT A FEMALE BUTLER.\n\nSURELY THE NEWS HASN'T REACHED HER YET, RIGHT?\nWHAT?\nWHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?\n\nOUR GRAND DUKE BROUGHT A WOMAN WITH HIM?\nI MUST SEE THE GRAND DUKE IMMEDIATELY.\nGO ANNOUNCE MY VISIT AT ONCE.\nB-BUT, YOUR IMPERIAL HIGHNESS...!\n\nBUT WHAT?! ARE YOU DARING TO DEFY MY ORDERS?!\nN-NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT...\nIT'S JUST THAT THE MEETING HAS ALREADY BEGUN.\n...SO OUR GRAND DUKE IS AVOIDING ME YET AGAIN.\n\nTHEN, WHICH FAMILY'S YOUNG LADY IS SHE?\nWELL, YOU SEE...\nI HEARD HE BROUGHT THE FEMALE BUTLER FROM HIS ESTATE AS HIS ATTENDANT.\n\n...HAH.\nSO THIS IS THE FAMOUS BUTLER OF THE GRAND DUCAL HOUSE?\nSPLENDID.\nPERHAPS I'LL TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT KIND OF WOMAN SHE IS.","bubble_count":112,"pages_count":31,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke Chapter 23 opens with the Grand Duchy's female butler being mocked by servants of nobles, who question how she has survived for half a year.","spoiler_summary":"Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke Chapter 23 opens with the Grand Duchy's female butler being mocked by servants of nobles, who question how she has survived for half a year. Instead of ignoring the gossip, the Butler confronts the servants of the Doilit and Milo households, threatening to report them to the Grand Duke. Meanwhile, she notices Drek Balehale, who is present under the alias Folken on behalf of House Derfin, and recalls the dark past of the Derfin family. The chapter ends with a woman referred to as Her Imperial Majesty learning of the female butler's existence and demanding to see the Grand Duke."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb/chapter-23-g6c2g8","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke #23","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-23T09:23:13.622Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb"}}