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The meaning of the offer becomes clear: if she works and proves her worth, he will petition for her pardon, and she is asked to mother his small child.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"In When the Biting Wind Blows, an exiled governess wakes in the castle of the feared Duke of Skadi and faces a ninety-day stay of execution. The Duke explains that he found her at death's door in a tavern and carried her to his manor, questions her letter defending Prince Mael's innocence, and after hearing of her education, reveals that he has hired her. The meaning of the offer becomes clear: if she works and proves her worth, he will petition for her pardon, and she is asked to mother his small child.","key_events":["The Duke questions the governess about her teaching in languages, literature, logic and math learned from her bard grandfather.","The Duke receives a letter from a foreign prince swearing to the governess's innocence, which she believes is from young Mael.","The governess reveals she faces execution in ninety days after a royal conspiracy; the Duke promises to petition for pardon if she proves useful.","The governess recalls Skadi's history as founded by an old sovereign using wild tribes beyond icy waters against rivals.","An exiled governess arrives at the Skadi castle and meets the Duke, who says he found her dying in a tavern and carried her to his manor.","The Duke hires the governess, declaring she will mother his little child from this day on.","The Duke declares that within Skadi all souls, including exiled nobles, must equally work."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"IT CANNOT BE TRUE...\n\nI AM STANDING INSIDE...\nTHE STRONGHOLD OF THAT INFAMOUS WARDEN...*\n*warden: A High-ranking Lord Tasked With Holding And Watching Over Banished Prisoners.\n\nTHE \"DUCAL HOUSE OF SKADI.\"\n\"SUBDUE SAVAGES USING SAVAGES-\n\nAGES PAST, THE FORMER MONARCH...\nWELCOMED FIERCE TRIBES DWELLING ACROSS THE ICY WATERS,\nPLANNING TO WIELD THEM AS A BLADE AGAINST RIVAL TRIBES.\n\nSUCH WAS THE TRUE BIRTH...\nOF THE DUCHY OF SKADI.\nWHISPERS CLAIM HE STILL CLINGS TO HIS BRUTAL CUSTOMS,\n\nGOING SO FAR AS TO IMPALE HIS DEFEATED ENEMIES...\nWITHOUT A DOUBT, HE...\nCARRIES AN AURA ENTIRELY ALIEN TO THE GENTLEMEN OF THE SOUTH.\n\nWHILE THE LORDS I ONCE MET RESEMBLED VAIN BIRDS,\nTHE FIGURE BEFORE ME IS-\n\nC U AHAHA..\nThose Are Merely Roasted Fish On Sticks..\nYOU WERE TERRIBLY LATE IN ARRIVING WITH ZERO NOTICE,\nLEADING ME TO BELIEVE YOU HAD EITHER FLED OR DROWNED IN THE SEA.\n\nINSTEAD, I FOUND YOU CLINGING TO LIFE INSIDE A TAVERN.\nIT SEEMED CERTAIN YOU WOULD PERISH IF ABANDONED, THUS I CARRIED YOU TO MY ESTATE.\n...SO THAT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING.\nTHE VOYAGE WAS BEYOND EXHAUSTING, TRUTH BE TOLD...\n\nBRUTAL ENOUGH TO WIPE AWAY THE MEMORY OF THAT NIGHTMARE COURT...\nTHE ULTIMATE SENTENCE WILL BE PRONOUNCED FOLLOWING A NINETY-DAY STAY OF EXECUTION!\n\nTRUTHFULLY...\nISN'T THIS DELAY JUST A CRUEL WAY TO BUY TIME,\nBEFORE ULTIMATELY TAKING MY HEAD ONCE THE NINETY DAYS EXPIRE?\nI AM NOTHING MORE THAN...\nA LOWLY TUTOR ENSNARED WITHIN A ROYAL CONSPIRACY..\n\nMY INSIDES...\nA WAVE OF SICKNESS IS RISING.\nBEFORE YOU REACHED THIS LAND,\n\nA MISSIVE ARRIVED FROM A PRINCE OF THE REALM, SOMEONE I DO NOT KNOW.\nHE WROTE PASSIONATELY TO SWEAR YOU WERE INNOCENT,\nFRETTING CONSTANTLY ABOUT YOUR WELL-BEING.\nYOUNG MASTER MAEL WROTE THAT...?\n\nTHE WORDS CARRIED FAR TOO MUCH TENDER DEVOTION FOR A NOTE ABOUT AN ORDINARY INSTRUCTOR.\nT-TENDER DEVOTION?!\nPRINCE MAEL WAS MERELY—\nWHAT SUBJECTS DID YOU INSTRUCT HIM IN?\n\nOTHER TONGUES...?\nI GUIDED HIM THROUGH FOREIGN TONGUES, ALONGSIDE...\n...CLASSIC LITERATURE, REASONING, DEBATE, AND MATHEMATICS.\nYOU COVERED ALL THOSE FIELDS SINGLE-HANDEDLY?\n\nTHOUGH MY HOUSE HAS LOST ITS FORMER WEALTH,\nMY LATE GRANDFATHER WAS A CELEBRATED BARD AND ACADEMIC.\nHE PASSED ALL HIS KNOWLEDGE DOWN TO ME SINCE CHILDHOOD...\n...COULD YOU DESCRIBE HOW YOU APPROACH CLASSIC LITERATURE?\nWELL, I RELY ON THE VOLUME THAT MOVED MY SOUL THE MOST,\nLINE OF CONVICTION, AS THE FOUNDATIONAL MATERIAL...\n\nWHAT IS GOING ON HERE...?\nWHY DOES THIS CONVERSATION RESEMBLE...\n\nYOU ARE HIRED.\n\nEXCUSE ME...?\nI-I... AM HIRED...?\nYOUR EYES TOLD ME YOU WERE DESPERATE TO SURVIVE.\nDO YOU REFUSE?\nN-NOT AT ALL, I ASSURE YOU...\n\nMIGHT YOU CLARIFY WHAT YOU INTEND BY THOSE WORDS...?\nH-HOLD ON...\n\nSTOP...!\nNOT HERE, I BEG OF YOU...!!\n\n...HAVE MERCY, MY LORD!\nTHAT WAS COMPLETELY UNINTENTIONAL...!\n\nWITHIN SKADI'S BORDERS, NO MATTER ONE'S YOUTH, GENDER, OR BLOODLINE,\nEVERY SOUL IS EXPECTED TO TOIL ALIKE.\nTHAT INCLUDES A BANISHED ARISTOCRAT.\nSO THE OFFER YOU MADE MOMENTS AGO MEANT...\n\nPRECISELY WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE.\nSHOULD YOU DEMONSTRATE YOUR USEFULNESS,\nI SHALL WIELD MY AUTHORITY TO PETITION FOR YOUR PARDON.\n!!\nCOULD THAT TRULY IMPLY...\n\nTHERE IS A CHANCE I WILL KEEP MY LIFE ONCE THE NINETY DAYS PASS-\nSTARTING TODAY, YOU...\n\n...?\n\nSHALL ACT AS THE MOTHER TO MY LITTLE ONE.","bubble_count":80,"pages_count":27,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"In When the Biting Wind Blows, an exiled governess wakes in the castle of the feared Duke of Skadi and faces a ninety-day stay of execution.","spoiler_summary":"In When the Biting Wind Blows, an exiled governess wakes in the castle of the feared Duke of Skadi and faces a ninety-day stay of execution. The Duke explains that he found her at death's door in a tavern and carried her to his manor, questions her letter defending Prince Mael's innocence, and after hearing of her education, reveals that he has hired her. The meaning of the offer becomes clear: if she works and proves her worth, he will petition for her pardon, and she is asked to mother his small child."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/when-the-biting-wind-blows-60d9irw4/chapter-2-t2syf7","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — When the Biting Wind Blows #2","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-05T16:30:41.049Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/when-the-biting-wind-blows-60d9irw4"}}