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Freya thanks him in surprise, and the Duke sends everyone out and speaks with her alone.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Shortly before Freya's visit, Ed gives the Grand Duke a report on the failed search; no trace of dark magic was found, and the search is concluded. Then Norbert arrives with Freya and asks for his office to be converted into a training hall, as promised in exchange for her memorizing the Book of Ballot Runes in a single day. The Grand Duke refuses to demolish the office and instead grants the floor below in Berdin Tower. Freya thanks him in surprise, and the Duke sends everyone out and speaks with her alone.","key_events":["Story time-skips two years later as Freya vows to succeed starting from the bottom.","Grand Duke refuses office demolition and grants the floor below Norbert's office instead.","Norbert asks to convert his office into a private training hall for Freya's memorization promise.","Ed reports failed search of suspicious areas and Teridana Coast; Grand Duke ends the search.","Freya meets Grand Duke alone, gets headache, and accepts use of the training hall."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"A FEW DOZEN MINUTES BEFORE FREYA'S VISIT.\nI HAVE JUST RETURNED, YOUR GRACE.\n\nGOOD, ED. GIVE ME YOUR REPORT.\nYES, SIR.\nTHE SEARCH WAS A FAILURE.\n\nWE SCOUTED ALL SUSPICIOUS LOCATIONS,\nBUT WE COULDN'T FIND A SINGLE CLUE.\n\nTHE MAGIC TOWER'S RESPONSE WAS SIMPLY THAT WHEN DARK MAGIC IS INVOLVED,\nANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.\nBASED ON THE CONTACT WE RECEIVED BEFORE RETURNING, WE ALSO CHECKED TERIDANA BEACH,\n...BUT NO TRACES OF DARK MAGIC WERE DETECTED.\nI AM ASHAMED THAT MY RESULTS WERE SO MEAGER.\n\nI SEE. SO THAT'S HOW IT ENDS.\nYOU'VE WORKED HARD FOR A LONG TIME.\nWE WILL TERMINATE THE SEARCH NOW.\n\nYOUR GRACE,\nARE YOU GIVING UP? THAT'S NOT LIKE YOU.\nPERHAPS WE SHOULD CONTINUE THE SEARCH A BIT LONGER...\nYOUR GRACE, IT IS NORBERT. MAY I ENTER?\n\nCOME IN.\n\nUH,\nUHHH... UHHHHHH??\nUHHHHHH-?!!\n\nHUH? WHAT? UH...? ACK??? NO, WAIT, WHAAA-??\n\nWHAT'S WITH HIM? DID HE EAT SOMETHING BAD?\nWHAT IS IT, NORBERT?\nHUH?\nWHAT?\n\n!\n\nYOUR GRACE, PLEASE GRANT ME PERMISSION TO CONVERT MY OFFICE IN THE TOWER OF BERDIN\nINTO A PRIVATE TRAINING HALL.\n\nYOUR REASON?\nI MADE A PROMISE TO FREYA.\nTHAT IF SHE READ THE 'BOOK OF BALLOT RUNES' AND MEMORIZED IT IN A SINGLE DAY, I WOULD BUILD HER A PRIVATE TRAINING HALL.\nIS THAT WHY HE BROUGHT ME HERE?\nHE'S SAYING HE'LL TEAR DOWN HIS OWN OFFICE TO BUILD A TRAINING HALL\nJUST TO KEEP A PROMISE HE MADE TO ME?\n\nI DIDN'T REALIZE THE OLD MAN WAS SUCH A MAN OF HIS WORD...\nBUT\nWILL THE GRAND DUKE ACTUALLY ALLOW IT?\n\nHE'LL DEFINITELY SAY NO.\nIT'S A MIRACLE THE GRAND DUKE EVEN LET A SUSPICIOUS PERSON LIKE ME LIVE,\nSOMEONE WITH NO IDENTITY AND NO MEMORIES.\nWHY BOTHER?\nDON'T TEAR DOWN A PERFECTLY GOOD OFFICE. GIVE HER THE FLOOR BELOW INSTEAD.\n\nWHAT?!\nYOUR GRACE, THAT FLOOR IS...\nDO AS I SAY.\nYES... THANK YOU, YOUR GRACE.\nJust Like That?!\n\nWAIT, MASTER. YOU DIDN'T EVEN CHECK IF I READ THE BOOK PROPERLY!\nIF IT INTERFERES WITH WORK, I'LL REVOKE IT. MORE IMPORTANTLY...\nWHAT ARE YOU DOING? GIVE YOUR THANKS TO HIS GRACE.\nOH, UM... THANK YOU.\n\nBUT WHAT'S THE TOWER OF BERDIN, AND WHAT'S WITH THE FLOOR BELOW?\nGACK\nYOUR GRACE, I APOLOGIZE. FORGIVE THE RUDENESS OF BRINGING HER WITHOUT NOTICE...\nENOUGH.\nI'LL SPEAK WITH HER. THE TWO OF YOU MAY LEAVE, BUT LEAVE THE MAID.\n\nBUT, YOUR GRACE...\nLEAVE.\nDAMN IT, MY BIG MOUTH.\n\nI SHOULD'VE JUST SAID 'THANK YOU' AND LEFT IT AT THAT. WHY DID I HAVE TO ASK?\nYOU DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU'RE FREE ENOUGH TO BE ANSWERING QUEST- IONS LIKE THAT.\nYOU'VE BEEN MOVING YOUR PEN NON-STOP EVEN WHILE RECEIVING REPORTS.\nHE DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE TYPE TO DUMP HIS WORK ON OTHERS LIKE SERHIN DID,\nOH MY, SERHIN, THAT'S YOUR JOB.\n\nYOU DO IT TOO, SIA. I CAN'T BE THE ONLY ONE WORKING.\nSO WHY DOES HE CARE ABOUT THIS!\nI FELT IT WHILE WORKING TODAY,\nBUT FOR A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE SUPPOSEDLY DIE CONSTANTLY,\nTHE MORALE AMONG THE GRAND DUCHY'S EMPLOYEES IS SURPRISINGLY GOOD.\n\nDOES THAT MEAN THE GRAND DUKE'S CHARISMA IS JUST THAT STRONG?\nSO.\nWEREN'T YOU THE ONE WHO WANTED A PRIVATE TRAINING HALL?\n...SINCE IT'S A SPACE I'LL BE USING, I WAS JUST CURIOUS.\nDO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO SATISFY EVERY CURIOSITY YOU HAVE TO LIVE?\n\nPRETTY MUCH.\nPRETTY MUCH?\n\nTHIS HEADACHE AGAIN...\n\nUGH...\nI GOT A HEADACHE EVERY TIME I MET THOSE EYES ON THE BATTLEFIELD.\nI CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME EVEN THOUGH MY BODY HAS CHANGED.\n...OF COURSE.\nHONESTLY, I'M BARELY HOLDING BACK MY DYING CURIOSITY TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE YOUR HEAD, YOUR GRACE.\n\nBECAUSE I'M DYING TO KNOW WHO I AM.\n...ARE YOU ILL?\n\nNO, I JUST LACK PHYSICAL STRENGTH.\nANYWAY, FOR THAT REASON,\nI'LL MAKE GOOD USE OF THE PRIVATE TRAINING HALL.\nWHO SAID YOU'D BE USING IT ALONE?\nTHE FLOOR BELOW NORBERT'S OFFICE ALREADY HAS AN OWNER.\n\nYOU OLD GEEZEEEER-!!\nI WAS GOING TO GIVE HER MY OFFICE!\nTHEEEN, WOULD YOU MIND TELLING ME WHO THAT OWNER IS?\nEACH FLOOR OF THE TOWER OF BERDIN CONTAINS A TRAINING HALL OR OFFICE FOR THE FAMILY'S VASSALS.\nAND THE OWNER OF THE TRAINING HALL YOU'LL BE USING...\n\nIS ME.\n\nOH~ IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE NICE?\n\nMASTER MIGHT HAVE A ROUGH WAY OF SPEAKING,\nBUT LOOKING AT THIS, HE SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY KIND PERSON, ALLEN.\nHE'S SURPRISINGLY WARM-HEARTED.\nTHEN I'LL BE WAITING OUTSIDE.\nCALL ME IF YOU NEED ANYTHING.\n\n...THE OLD MAN'S ATTITUDE SEEMS TO HAVE CHANGED SUDDENLY,\nBUT IT'S NOT THAT STRANGE SINCE HE WAS THE ONE ORDERED BY THE GRAND DUKE TO LOOK AFTER ME IN THE FIRST PLACE.\nTHE GRAND DUKE PROBABLY KNOWS WHO THE OWNER OF THIS BODY IS,\n\nSO HE'S CHANGING HIS ‘METHOD OF SURVEILLANCE’ TO TEST ME.\nTO SEE IF I REALLY AM THE OWNER OF THIS BODY.\nWELL, IN THE END,\nI GUESS I SURVIVED THANKS TO 'YOU.'\n\n...THANK YOU.\nI'LL BE SURE TO PAY THIS DEBT BACK.\nIF I BECOME A BUTLER AND EARN THE GRAND DUKE'S RECOGNITION,\n\nI'LL BE ABLE TO FIND YOUR MEMORIES TOO.\nALL RIGHT.\nIT STARTS NOW.\nSTARTING FROM THE BOTTOM...\n\nIS THE SAME NOW AS IT WAS THEN.\nIF IT'S A POSITION I'VE REACHED ONCE BEFORE—\n\nTHEN THIS SECOND CHALLENGE,\nI WILL DEFINITELY SUCCEED.\n\n2 YEARS LATER—","bubble_count":123,"pages_count":38,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Shortly before Freya's visit, Ed gives the Grand Duke a report on the failed search; no trace of dark magic was found, and the search is concluded.","spoiler_summary":"Shortly before Freya's visit, Ed gives the Grand Duke a report on the failed search; no trace of dark magic was found, and the search is concluded. Then Norbert arrives with Freya and asks for his office to be converted into a training hall, as promised in exchange for her memorizing the Book of Ballot Runes in a single day. The Grand Duke refuses to demolish the office and instead grants the floor below in Berdin Tower. Freya thanks him in surprise, and the Duke sends everyone out and speaks with her alone."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb/chapter-9-w6ttdq","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Undercover Butler to the Grand Duke #9","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-17T01:51:56.481Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/undercover-butler-to-the-grand-duke-joq1g3yb"}}