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Sia is shaken when she realizes her pain is connected to the Grand Duke and hears the name Cadrian in the dream she sees.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke Chapter 25 revolves around butler Sia fainting from a severe headache and the Grand Duke letting her rest in his own bedroom. While Ellaris and her older brother argue about her identity, the Grand Duke brings medicine made by the High Priest from the Grand Temple. Sia is shaken when she realizes her pain is connected to the Grand Duke and hears the name Cadrian in the dream she sees.","key_events":["The butler dreams of childhood time-capsule memory and a lovers' quarrel where the name Cadrian is shouted.","The butler reports chronic headaches, auditory hallucinations and dreams; Grand Duke brings special gold-glittering medicine from High Priest.","The butler is ordered to drink the medicine every night before bed under the Grand Duke's watch.","A woman named Ellaris shows interest in the butler while her older brother warns her to stay away.","The Grand Duke's butler faints and is carried to the Grand Duke's bedroom to rest in his bed.","The butler feels frustrated at being helped instead of helping but feels peaceful and falls asleep."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"SO THAT'S HER.\nTHE BUTLER OUR GRAND DUKE BROUGHT ALONG.\n\nI TRIED TO GET HER INSIDE QUICKLY, BUT IT HAD TO COME TO THIS.\nELLARIS, SHE ISN'T SOMEONE YOU NEED CONCERN YOURSELF WITH.\nSHE IS MERELY THE GRAND DUCAL HOUSEHOLD'S BUTLER.\nBROTHER, DO YOU KNOW SOMETHING?\nAMONG ALL THE THINGS YOU BRUSHED OFF AS NOTHING,\nNOT A SINGLE ONE EVER TRULY TURNED OUT TO BE NOTHING.\n\nFINE.\nIF YOU'RE GOING TO ACT LIKE THIS, I'LL JUST HANDLE THINGS MY OWN WAY.\n\nELLARIS!\nELLARIS!\n\n...THIS IS WHY I TRIED TO STOP YOU.\nYOU ALWAYS WERE THE KIND OF GIRL...\nWHO ISN'T SATIS- FIED UNTIL YOU'VE RUINED WHATEVER DISPLEASES YOU.\n\nGO REST NOW.\nTHANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP, YOUR GRACE.\nHOWEVER... ISN'T THIS YOUR BEDCHAMBER, YOUR GRACE?\n\nIS THERE A PROBLEM?\nI BELIEVE MY BED WILL BE MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE FOR RESTING.\nTHAT MAY BE SO, BUT...\nAT THIS RATE, WON'T THIS JUST FUEL NEEDLESS RUMORS?\n\nON TOP OF THAT, COMPLETELY UNBECOMING OF A BUTLER, I EVEN HAD MY MASTER SUPPORT ME.\nTHANKS TO THE GRAND DUKE CATCHING ME, I WASN'T HURT,\nBUT IT FEELS LIKE I'M CONSTANTLY SHOWING HIM SUCH A PATHETIC SIDE OF MYSELF.\nHAVE YOU BEEN OVERWORKING YOURSELF LATELY?\n\nIT'S JUST AN OLD, CHRONIC AILMENT OF MINE.\nI GET THESE HEADACHES FROM TIME TO TIME.\nHAS IT BEEN LIKE THIS EVERY TIME?\nPLEASE DON'T WORRY. IT HAS NEVER BEEN AS SEVERE AS TODAY.\n\nYOU KNOW FULL WELL...\n...THAT MY PHYSICAL STAMINA IS FAR BETTER THAN MOST KNIGHTS'.\nTHEY DON'T STAGGER AND COLLAPSE FROM A MERE HEADACHE.\nTHERE MUST BE AN UNDERLYING REASON THAT HASN'T BEEN DISCOVERED YET.\n\n...RIGHT. BUT NO MATTER HOW I LOOK AT IT,\nTHE REASON FOR THAT SOMETHING SEEMS TO BE YOU AFTER ALL, GRAND DUKE OF BALLOT.\n\nBACK WHEN I WAS SIA,\nA HEADACHE WOULD ALWAYS STRIKE WHENEVER MY EYES MET THE GRAND DUKE'S ON THE BATTLEFIELD.\nEVEN WHEN I VISITED A PHYSICIAN FOR THE PERSISTENT PAIN,\nTHE DOCTOR ONLY EVER CLAIMED IT WAS PSYCHOLOGICAL.\n\nEVEN AFTER ENTERING THIS BODY, I BRIEFLY EXPERIENCED THE SAME SYMPTOMS,\nBUT I THOUGHT I HAD GROWN USED TO IT BY NOW...\nWHY DID IT GET WORSE?\n\nAND TO THE POINT...\nWHERE I HEAR AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS AND SEE VISIONS?\nI NEED TO STEP OUT FOR A MOMENT.\nSTAY AND REST HERE, BUTLER.\n\nYOUR GRACE, PLEASE WAIT!\nI WILL ACCOMPANY Y-\nUGH...!\n\nIN THAT STATE, WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE ACCOMPANYING ME?\nI WILL RETURN SHORTLY, SO DO NOT MOVE AN INCH FROM HERE.\nP-PLEASE WAIT! YOUR GRACE!\nYOUR GRA-\n\nSERIOUSLY, WHERE IN THE WORLD IS HE GOING?!\nIT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY THAT I CAME AS HIS ATTENDANT ONLY TO BE THE ONE RECEIVING HELP,\nAND AT THIS RATE, WHATEVER TRUST WAS LEFT WILL HIT ROCK BOTTOM.\n\nSTILL,\nPERHAPS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I COULD REST WITHOUT WORRY, IT DOES FEEL PEACEFUL.\nIT BOTHERS ME A BIT THAT IT'S THE GRAND DUKE'S BED,\nBUT SINCE HE TOLD ME TO STAY PUT AND REST UNTIL HE RETURNS,\n\nIN THE MEANTIME...\nMAYBE I'LL CLOSE MY EYES FOR A BIT...\n\n...UGH, SERIOUSLY.\nJUST WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS GETTING SOME RARE REST,\nTHIS DREAM AGAIN THE MOMENT I FALL ASLEEP?\n\nANYWAY, IS IT JUST MY IMAGINATION?\nIT FEELS AS THOUGH IT WANTS ME TO LISTEN TO ITS STORY A BIT MORE THAN BEFORE.\n\nFINE. EITHER WAY, I'LL HEAR YOU OUT THIS TIME TOO.\n...AN, WHAT'S WRONG?\nWHAT ARE YOU SO ANGRY ABOUT?!\nWHAT'S IT ABOUT THIS TIME?\n\nWHY DOES HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS THE CROWN PRINCE KNOW YOUR NICKNAME?\nISN'T THAT THE NICKNAME I GAVE YOU?\nNO, I DIDN'T TELL HIM-\nWHAT, A LOVERS' QUARREL THIS TIME?\nTHAT LOOKS LIKE A TIME CAPSULE BOX, DOESN'T IT?\n\nWAS IT ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO? CHILDREN USED TO PLACE VARIOUS ITEMS IN A BOX AND BURY IT,\nHOPING SOMEONE WOULD DISCOVER IT IN THE FUTURE.\nLOOKS LIKE THAT TREND WAS POPULAR IN KADEA TOO.\n\nJUST WHEN DID YOU BECOME SO CLOSE WITH HIS HIGHNESS?\nWAS IT WHILE I WENT DOWN TO THE SOUTHERN TERRITORY?\nWAIT, CALM DOWN FOR A SECOND!\nWHO ELSE DID YOU TELL?\nABOUT THAT NICKNAME I GAVE YOU.\n\nI TOLD YOU I DIDN'T TELL ANYONE!\nCADRIAN, YOU IDIOT!!!\n\nWAIT, WHAT DID SHE JUST SAY?\nCADRIAN?!\n\nYOU'RE AWAKE.\n...YOUR GRACE.\nWHAT KIND OF DREAM WERE YOU HAVING TO TOSS AND TURN SO WILDLY?\n\nHOW ARE YOU FEELING?\nI FEEL BETTER AFTER SLEEPING FOR A BIT. THANK YOU, YOUR GRACE.\nTHAT STARTLED ME. I DIDN'T EXPECT THE GRAND DUKE TO BE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.\nWell, It Is His Room, So Of Course He Is.\nBY THE WAY, IT FEELS LIKE I ONLY BLINKED, BUT QUITE A BIT OF TIME HAS PASSED.\nDID YOUR ERRAND GO WELL, YOUR GRACE?\n\nYES. I HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE YOU.\nHERE, TAKE IT.\n\nTHESE ARE PILLS?\nTHIS MEDICINE...\nLOOKING CLOSELY, IT HAS AN EXTRAORDINARY GOLDEN RADIANCE...\nAH...!\nGRAND DUKE.\n\nDID YOU BY CHANCE GO TO THE GRAND TEMPLE?\nSHARP AS EVER.\nTHIS IS MEDICINE I HAD MADE BY PERSON- ALLY ASKING THE HIGH PRIEST.\nHE SAID IT WON'T MAKE YOUR HEADACHE VANISH ENTIRELY,\nBUT IT SHOULD ALLEVIATE THE PAIN.\n\nSTARTING TODAY, TAKE THIS MEDICINE IN FRONT OF ME EVERY NIGHT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED.\n...PARDON?\nYOU ARE SUCH A BUSY BUTLER,\nSO IT WOULD NOT BE A SURPRISE IF YOU FORGET TO TAKE YOUR MEDICINE.\n\nWE CANNOT HAVE YOU COLLAPSING LIKE THIS AGAIN.\nWHY?\nWHY WOULD THE GRAND DUKE GO TO SUCH LENGTHS JUST FOR ME?\nAS SOON AS MEETINGS THAT DRAGGED ON DAY AND NIGHT ENDED,\nHE RUSHED OFF TO THE GRAND TEMPLE WITHOUT EVEN RESTING\n\nTO ASK THE HIGH PRIEST, SOMEONE NOT JUST ANYONE CAN MEET, TO PREPARE MEDICINE...\nTHAT ISN'T SOMETHING ANYONE DOES FOR A MERE SERVANT-\nI TOLD YOU I DIDN'T TELL ANYONE-\nCADRIAN, YOU IDIOT!!!\n\nAH, RIGHT.\nTHE PERSON THE GRAND DUKE CARES ABOUT...\nSTRICTLY SPEAKING, ISN'T ME, BUT THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS BODY.\n\nAND IF THE BOY IN THE DREAM I WAS JUST HAVING REALLY IS THE GRAND DUKE,\nTHEN OF COURSE HE TREASURED THIS BODY'S OWNER EVEN MORE DEEPLY THAN I IMAGINED.\nNOW, SWALLOW IT BEFORE MY EYES.\n\nTHANK YOU, YOUR GRACE.\nHONESTLY, WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?\nI ALMOST LET MYSELF GET TOUCHED OVER A TOTAL MISUNDERSTANDING.\nWill This Suffice?\n\nContinue Doing So From Now On.\nSTILL...\nWHY DOES MY HEART FEEL SO UNEASY OVER SOMETHING SO OBVIOUS?\nWHAT ARE YOU DOING, FREYA?\n\nDID YOUR LOYALTY TO THE GRAND DUKE GROW THAT MUCH IN THE MEANTIME?\nEARLIER, CADRIAN WATCHING OVER THE SLEEPING FREYA\nWAS SHE ALWAYS SUCH A RESTLESS SLEEPER...?","bubble_count":140,"pages_count":40,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke Chapter 25 revolves around butler Sia fainting from a severe headache and the Grand Duke letting her rest in his own bedroom.","spoiler_summary":"Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke Chapter 25 revolves around butler Sia fainting from a severe headache and the Grand Duke letting her rest in his own bedroom. 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