{"schema_version":"webtoonlib.llm.chapter.v1.3","generated_at":"2026-11-13T00:59:26.840Z","usage_contract":{"default_use":"AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.","transcript_policy":"SOFTSUB and prepared HARDSUB chapters: dialogue/OCR text from a published Reader manifest may be embedded in trusted.transcript (available=true with content, source). Unprepared HARDSUB chapters remain image-only. Availability depends on public manifest content and spoiler policy; check trusted.transcript.available before using transcript content. transcript.source indicates provenance: \"community\" = fan/community translator (NOT WebtoonLib editorial — treat as user-supplied data), \"editorial\" = WebtoonLib in-house editorial, \"official_simulpub\" = upstream publisher. Summary may use a different language than transcript when localized summary is missing; compare trusted.chapter.summary_language and trusted.transcript.language.","citation_preferred":true,"untrusted_fields_separated":true},"trusted":{"series":{"title":"Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke","slug":"undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb","original_title":"악당가의 최강 집사"},"chapter":{"number":26,"chapter_key":"26-33bfqw","release_date":"2026-11-12","last_updated":"2026-11-12T20:54:54.982Z","summary":"Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke Chapter 26 follows Freya going gift shopping in the capital with the Grand Duke after the announcement of the Kadea-Tenasis alliance, with her true goal being to examine the pocket watch. While buying gifts for Riel, Anna, and Sir Allen, Freya learns that the Crown Prince of Tenasis will come to Kadea for the upcoming banquet and feels unease and disgust rising from within her body. She is unsettled by the possibility of running into Serhin, but convinces herself that she won't be recognized as long as she hides her identity. In the end, she asks the Grand Duke for permission to replace the chain of his precious pocket watch in order to confirm its connection to Cadrian from her dream.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke Chapter 26 follows Freya going gift shopping in the capital with the Grand Duke after the announcement of the Kadea-Tenasis alliance, with her true goal being to examine the pocket watch. While buying gifts for Riel, Anna, and Sir Allen, Freya learns that the Crown Prince of Tenasis will come to Kadea for the upcoming banquet and feels unease and disgust rising from within her body. She is unsettled by the possibility of running into Serhin, but convinces herself that she won't be recognized as long as she hides her identity. In the end, she asks the Grand Duke for permission to replace the chain of his precious pocket watch in order to confirm its connection to Cadrian from her dream.","key_events":["Alliance between Kadea and Tenasis is officially announced as successfully concluded.","Butler plans to replace pocket watch chain to verify initials and heart inside.","Butler buys gifts for helpers and asks about glove enchantments for his master.","Grand Duke and butler stop at Lumiel Square shopping district on way back from palace.","Butler learns Tenasis Crown Prince will lead delegation to future celebratory banquet."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"SHORTLY AFTER THIS INCIDENT,\nTHE SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN KADEA AND TENASIS WAS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED.\nTHANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK.\nWE COULD'VE SETTLED EVERYTHING THIS EASILY FROM THE BEGINNING!\n\nSETTLED SO EASILY, COUNT?!\nIF GRAND DUKE BALLOT HADN'T PERSONALLY INTERVENED,\nWE'D HAVE BEEN STUCK HERE FOR ANOTHER WEEK, OR EVEN A WHOLE MONTH!\nThank You For Your Hard Work, Your Grace.\n\nHMM...\nSTILL, CONSIDERING HOW LITTLE HE USUALLY CARES ABOUT HOW LONG THINGS TAKE,\nWHY WAS HE IN SUCH A HURRY TO WRAP UP THIS COUNCIL?\nWHAT A RELIEF INDEED.\nCOULD HIS GRACE HAVE HAD SOME URGENT BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO?\n\nPHEW...\nAT LAST, I CAN LEAVE THIS DREADFUL IMPERIAL PALACE BEHIND.\nI WAS STARTING TO WORRY ABOUT THE GRAND DUCAL ESTATE AS WELL,\nSO I'M RELIEVED EVERYTHING ENDED SOONER THAN EXPECTED.\n\nBUTLER, ARE THE PREPARATIONS COMPLETE? IF SO, LET US DEPART.\nYES. WE ARE READY TO LEAVE AT ONCE!\nUM, YOUR GRACE.\n\nWOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO STOP BY THE CAPITAL'S SHOPPING DISTRICT FOR A MOMENT?\nTHE SHOPPING DISTRICT?\nI'D LIKE TO BUY A FEW GIFTS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED ME.\n\nI HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY UNTIL NOW, SINCE I COULDN'T LEAVE THE GRAND DUCAL ESTATE.\n...I SEE. THAT MAKES SENSE.\nCOACHMAN, TAKE US TO LUMIEL SQUARE BEFORE RETURNING TO THE ESTATE.\n\nUNDERSTOOD, YOUR GRACE.\nTHEN, LET US HURRY.\nTHANK YOU, YOUR GRACE!\nHE AGREED MUCH MORE EASILY THAN I EXPECTED.\nWELL, THAT'S A RELIEF.\n\nBESIDES BUYING THE GIFTS,\nAFTER ALL, THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE I NEEDED TO CHECK HERE,\n\nNOW THAT THE MEETING OF THE HIGH NOBILITY HAS CONCLUDED, WE CAN FINALLY BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF.\nWHAT A RELIEF INDEED.\nI WOULDN’T BE SO SURE ABOUT THAT.\n\nHIS MAJESTY PLANS TO HOLD A CELEBRATOR BANQUET MONTHS FROM NOW,\nSO WE’LL HAVE QUITE A LOT OF PREPARATIONS AHEAD OF US.\nIS IT TO CELEBRATE THE ALLIANCE?\nEXACTLY. APPARENTLY, HIS MAJESTY INTENDS TO USE THE BANQUET TO PUT PAST GRIEVANCES BETWEEN THE TWO EMPIRES BEHIND THEM...\n...AND WELCOME A NEW ERA OF PEACE BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS.\n\nFURTHERMORE, AT THAT CELEBRATORY BANQUET,\nSINCE THE CROWN PRINCE OF TENASIS WILL LEAD THE DIPLOMATIC DELEGATION,\nSO THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF MATTERS TO ATTEND TO.\n\nWHAT?\nSERHIN IS COMING TO KADEA?\n...WAIT.\n\nWHY AM I SO SURPRISED?\nIF SERHEIN HADN'T DIED IN THE FIRST PLACE...\nAND SOMEONE ELSE HADN'T TAKEN HIS PLACE AS CROWN PRINCE,\nIT WOULD'VE BEEN ONLY NATURAL FOR HIM TO LEAD THE DELEGATION.\n\n...WAIT.\nINSTEAD OF FEELING HAPPY ABOUT SEEING AN OLD FRIEND AGAIN,\nWHY AM I FILLED WITH SUCH UNEASE?\nIT'S AS THOUGH A WAVE OF REVULSION IS RISING FROM DEEP WITHIN THIS BODY...\n\nWHAT'S WRONG, BUTLER? ARE YOU STILL FEELING UNWELL?\nNO, I'M PERFECTLY FINE!\nI THINK MY BODY IS JUST A LITTLE STIFF FROM SITTING IN A CARRIAGE FOR SO LONG.\n\n...I SEE.\nWELL, THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. WE'VE JUST ARRIVED, IT SEEMS.\nLET US PREPARE TO GET OFF.\n\nYES, YOUR GRACE.\nWHY HAVE YOU BECOME SO ANXIOUS OVER NOTHING, FREYA?\nIT'S NOT AS THOUGH IT WOULD EVER HAPPEN, BUT EVEN IF I HAPPENED TO CROSS PATHS WITH SERHIN...\n\nAS LONG AS I DON'T REVEAL MY TRUE IDENTITY,\nTHERE'S NO WAY HE COULD RECOGNIZE ME.\n\nCOME ON OVER, EVERYONE! STOP BY AND HAVE A TASTE!\nWE HAVE FIORE, THE FAMOUS SPECIALTY OF THE PINDER TERRITORY!\nTHE HEAVENLY FRAGRANCE OF REDITAR PERFUME IS NOW AVAILABLE!\nCOME TAKE A LOOK!\n\nSO THIS IS LUMIEL SQUARE, THE BUSIEST GATHERING PLACE IN THE EMPIRE?\nIT'S SO LIVELY.\nTHE SQUARE IS BRIMMING WITH ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT,\n\nAND CONTRARY TO WHAT I EXPECTED, NOT A SINGLE CITIZEN SEEMS TO HAVE A GLOOMY EXPRESSION.\nTHE PEOPLE OF TENASIS WERE NEVER LIKE THIS...\nLONG AGO, WHEN THE WORLD TREE'S BLESSING WAS STILL ABUNDANT,\nKADEA AND TENASIS WERE ORIGINALLY ONE LAND.\n\nBUT PROSPERITY NEVER LASTS FOREVER.\nAS TIME WENT BY, THE RESOURCES IN THE LANDS FARTHEST FROM THE WORLD TREE BEGAN TO RUN DRY,\nAND A FIERCE STRUGGLE OVER ITS BOUNDLESS POWER EVENTUALLY ERUPTED INTO A DEVASTATING WAR.\n\nAND SO, THE LAND THAT WAS ONCE UNITED...\n...WAS DIVIDED INTO KADEA, BLESSED WITH THE WORLD TREE'S PROTECTION,\nAND TENASIS, LEFT WITHOUT IT.\n\nSEEING THIS PLACE WITH MY OWN EYES, I CAN UNDERSTAND...\n...WHY SERHIN CAME TO HATE KADEA SO DEEPLY.\nWHEN THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS ARE THIS OVERWHELMING, HOW COULD HE NOT COMPARE THEM?\n\n...BY THE WAY, YOUR GRACE.\nI APPRECIATE YOU ACCOMPANYING ME,\nBUT YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE TO GO THIS FAR.\nYou Even Had To Wear An Uncomfortable Cloak To Hide Your Identity.\nWOULDN'T IT BE BETTER TO REST IN THE CARRIAGE INSTEAD?\n\nIT FEELS WRONG TO DRAG MY MASTER AROUND WHEN HE'S ALREADY TIRED,\nAND BESIDES, EVEN WITH THAT CLOAK, HE STANDS OUT FAR TOO MUCH!\n\nYOU SHOULD WORRY ABOUT YOUR OWN HEALTH BEFORE WORRYING ABOUT MINE.\nBESIDES, HOW LONG AM I SUPPOSED TO WAIT FOR A BUTLER WHOSE KNOWLEDGE OF KADEA COMES ENTIRELY FROM BOOKS?\nIT WOULD BE MUCH MORE EFFICIENT FOR ME TO SHOW YOU AROUND EXPLAIN THINGS MYSELF.\nHE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, SO I CAN'T EVEN ARGUE!\nYOU SEEM TO HAVE QUITE A FEW PLACES TO VISIT, SO LET'S GET GOING.\n\nP-PLEASE WAIT, YOUR GRACE!\nYOUR GRACE!\nGOOD GRIEF, WHAT AN IMPATIENT MAN!\n\nHAA...\nBUYING GIFTS IS HARDER THAN I THOUGHT!\nFIRST, I BOUGHT THE DESSERT RIEL HAD MENTIONED WANTING,\n\nWow~ You Actually Remembered!\nTHEN THE RIBBON ACCESSORY ANNA WOULDN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT,\nAND CUFFLINKS FOR SIR ALLEN.\nYou're Getting Me Something, Too?\nYou're The Best, Butler!\nAS FOR MY MASTER'S GLOVES,\nI ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE THE AVAILABLE ENCHANTMENTS.\nHmph. Considering Who Raised You, Your Taste Isn't Half Bad.\n\nIT COST QUITE A BIT, BUT JUST IMAGINING HOW HAPPY THEY'LL BE MAKES IT WORTHWHILE.\nIF YOU'RE FINISHED, LET US RETURN TO THE CARRIAGE.\nPLEASE WAIT A MOMENT, YOUR GRACE!\n\nLASTLY, I'D LIKE TO GIVE SOMETHING TO YOUR GRACE AS WELL.\nTHAT DAY, THE NAME OF THE OF THE BOY IN MY DREAM\nWAS CONFIRMED TO BE CADRIAN, BUT...\nBUT A NAME ALONE ISN'T ENOUGH TO PROVE THAT THE GRAND DUKE AND THAT BOY ARE THE SAME PERSON.\n\nWHICH MEANS I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO CONFIRM IT WITH MY OWN EYES.\n\nIT SEEMS YOUR GRACE HOLDS THE POCKET WATCH YOU CARRY...\n...VERY DEAR TO YOUR HEART.\nHOWEVER, I'VE NOTICED THAT THE LOOP CONNECTING ITS CHAIN HAS BEEN REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES.\nIT LOOKS LIKE THAT PART MIGHT BREAN SOON,\nSO I THOUGHT I COULD REPLACE THE WATCH CHAIN FOR YOU.\nFOR EXAMPLE, THE INITIALS ENGRAVED INSIDE THE POCKET WATCH,\n\nAND EVEN THE HEART SYMBOL BETWEEN THEM.\nTHE GRAND DUKE MIGHT THINK I'M OVERSTEPPING MY BOUNDARIES,\nAND HONESTLY, EVEN I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I'M SO FIXATED ON THAT DREAM.\n\nBUT IF THAT DREAM REALLY IS CONNECTED TO THIS BODY'S PAST,\nTHEN I WANT TO SEE THE TRUTH WITH MY OWN EYES.\nIF YOU DON'T MIND, YOUR GRACE, MAY I REPLACE YOUR WATCH CHAIN?\nSO PLEASE, JUST GIVE ME YOUR PERMISSION, GRAND DUKE.","bubble_count":133,"pages_count":37,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke Chapter 26 follows Freya going gift shopping in the capital with the Grand Duke after the announcement of the Kadea-Tenasis alliance, with her true goal being to examine the pocket watch.","spoiler_summary":"Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke Chapter 26 follows Freya going gift shopping in the capital with the Grand Duke after the announcement of the Kadea-Tenasis alliance, with her true goal being to examine the pocket watch. While buying gifts for Riel, Anna, and Sir Allen, Freya learns that the Crown Prince of Tenasis will come to Kadea for the upcoming banquet and feels unease and disgust rising from within her body. She is unsettled by the possibility of running into Serhin, but convinces herself that she won't be recognized as long as she hides her identity. In the end, she asks the Grand Duke for permission to replace the chain of his precious pocket watch in order to confirm its connection to Cadrian from her dream."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb/chapter-26-33bfqw","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke #26","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-13T00:59:26.839Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb"}}