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I Only Need the Duke's Child — Chapter 36

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Dialogue Transcript I Only Need the Duke's Child — Chapter 36 66

HIS GRACE HAS RETURNED!

WAIT, COULD THAT BE...?

EVEN YOUR GRACE CAME OUT TO GREET ME.

ABOUT SIR CALIGO.

IS HE ONE OF YOUR TRUSTED MEN?

EVEN IN A MOMENT LIKE THIS...

YOU BRING UP ANOTHER BASTARD'S NAME...?

YOU SEEM TO HAVE TIME FOR OTHER THOUGHTS.

WHILE YOU'RE DOING THIS WITH ME...

AFTER DRIVING ME THIS CRAZY FOR YOU...

YOU STILL HAVE ROOM IN YOUR HEAD FOR ANYONE ELSE?

IF BY ANY CHANCE YOU GET PREGNANT, I'LL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY-

NO, THAT WON'T HAPPEN.

WE'RE GETTING DIVORCED, JUST AS PLANNED.

MAKE SOME NOISE.

...I'LL EAT LATER.

WHY?

I FEEL SICK. I WANT TO REST.

A HUNGER STRIKE NOW, OF ALL THINGS?

I DON'T FEEL LIKE EATING RIGHT NOW...

EAT.

BEFORE I FEED YOU EVERY BITE MYSELF.

...NO.

I REALLY HATE YOU...

I ONLY MEANT TO DROP OFF A SNACK, BUT I'VE TAKEN UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.

I HAVE THINGS TO ATTEND TO, SO I'LL TAKE MY LEAVE.

I REALLY HATE YOU...

WHY DID I SAY THAT? LIKE A CHILD.

IT'S NOT AS IF HERDEEN IS SOMEONE WHO'D BE HURT BY SUCH WORDS.

AH, I GET IT.

YOU TWO HAD A FIGHT, DIDN'T YOU?

THEY SAY LOVERS' SPATS ARE LIKE CUTTING WATER WITH A BLADE.

AH, YOUTH. MUST BE NICE.

GO GET YOUR SWORD.

Hurry up and make up~

...PARDON?

YOU'RE SPARRING WITH ME.

UH-OH...

DID I MESS UP?

A FORTNIGHT LATER

MY LADY, MADAME LORELINE HAS ARRIVED.

YOU LOOK WELL TODAY, MADAM.

YOU LOOKED SO EXHAUSTED DURING OUR LAST SESSION, I WAS WORRIED.

WELL...

I'VE BEEN SLEEPING SOUNDLY AT NIGHT LATELY...

IT HAS BEEN A FORTNIGHT SINCE I ASKED MIKHAIL TO LOOK INTO CALIGO.

AND A FORTNIGHT SINCE MY FIGHT WITH HERDEEN.

PERHAPS THAT ARGUMENT RUINED HIS MOOD, BECAUSE HE HASN'T VISITED MY BEDROOM SINCE

I DON'T KNOW WHY HE GREW SO UPSET THAT DAY, BUT...

IT'S BETTER THIS WAY.

EVER SINCE THE THOUGHT CROSSED MY MIND THAT HERDEEN MIGHT HAVE KILLED ME, FACING HIM HAS BEEN PAINFUL.

...THOUGH WE MUST RECONCILE BEFORE I CONCEIVE ASIEL.

COULD IT BE BECAUSE THE WEATHER HAS WARMED UP?

IN ANY CASE, I'M GLAD TO SEE YOUR HEALTH RETURNING.

SHALL WE DISCUSS YOUR MEMORIES OF FIRE TODAY?

MEMORIES FROM BEFORE THE ACCIDENT ARE FINE, AS ARE THOSE FROM AFTER.

IT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER IF IT IS A MEMORY YOU ENJOY TALKING ABOUT, MADAM.

UM, MADAME LORELINE.

YES?

WHEN MIGHT WE BE ABLE TO TRY HYPNOSIS?

...SOMETHING MUST HAVE HAPPENED.

TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION FIRST...

REGARDING HYPNOSIS, YOU MUST OBTAIN HIS GRACE'S CONSENT FIRST.

HIS GRACE GAVE STRICT ORDERS ABOUT THAT WHEN OUR SESSIONS BEGAN.

NOT AGAIN...

MEMORIES THAT AREN'T MINE TEAR THROUGH MY MIND.

Chapter Summary

I Only Need the Duke's Child Chapter 36 opens with a passionate reunion sparked by the Duke's return and a fierce fight triggered by the question about Sir Caligo. As pregnancy and the planned divorce are discussed, the woman suffers nausea and loss of appetite, and angrily shouts her hatred. Two weeks later, Herdeen no longer visits the bedroom, while a Caligo investigation is awaited from Mikhail and fire memories and the Duke's approval for hypnosis are discussed with Madam Loreline.

Chapter Analysis: I Only Need the Duke's Child — Chapter 36

Chapter Analysis I Only Need the Duke's Child — Chapter 36
I Only Need the Duke's Child Chapter 36 opens with an emotional whiplash, as Blair and Herdin Delmarque reunite after his return with desperate intimacy that quickly curdles into conflict. The tenderness of their reunion is broken when Blair asks about Sir Caligo, triggering Herdin's jealous fury and a fierce argument. In the heat of that fight, deeper fractures surface with talk of her pregnancy and their planned divorce, while Blair is already struggling physically with nausea and loss of appetite, culminating in her angrily shouting that she hates him, words she almost immediately regrets as childish. The fallout from that night shapes the rest of the chapter, as two weeks pass with Herdin no longer visiting the bedroom and a cold distance settling between them. Blair reflects on the fight with Herdeen and turns her focus to answers, waiting on Mikhail to report back on his investigation into Caligo. At the same time, she is unsettled by foreign memories that do not feel like her own, particularly fragments connected to fire, which begin tearing at her mind. Seeking clarity, she holds a therapy session with Madam Loreline and requests hypnosis, only to be told that the Duke's prior approval is required, leaving her frustrated and still trapped without explanations. What makes I Only Need the Duke's Child Chapter 36 so tense is how it links marital breakdown to mystery, with Blair's isolation growing just as she needs support for her health and her fractured memories. Her regret over the hateful outburst shows self-awareness, but Herdin's withdrawal and the bureaucratic block on hypnosis leave her with few options except Mikhail's pending findings. The chapter ends not with resolution, but with Blair caught between a stalled marriage, an uncertain pregnancy, and intrusive memories she cannot yet understand.