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Back Off! The Maid Is the Duchess Episode 2

Episode 2 · 58 episodes · Marian Vail, Adrian, Rick Ravenscroft

Episode 2 recap

Rick Ravenscroft orders Adrian to marry Marian Vail to repay her for saving his life. Adrian refuses, and Marian explains she only wants to work. A messenger then delivers a letter stating Marian needs twenty thousand gold coins for her sick father's medicine. Marian returns and agrees to marry Adrian for the money. Rick trades three guild seals to secure Adrian's agreement. The pair go to church and seal their marriage contract.

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Episode 2 scene by scene

  1. 00:00: Rick Demands a Marriage

    Rick Ravenscroft insists that Adrian marry Marian Vail to repay her. Adrian resists the command and argues back. Marian states that she only came to Crownmere to earn money, so Rick tells her to name her reward price.

  2. 00:34: A Desperate Letter from Home

    A messenger delivers a letter from Marian's mother in the street. The note explains that a doctor located the healing herbs for her sick father. The treatment costs twenty thousand gold coins, leaving Marian with no way to afford it.

  3. 01:17: A Deal for Twenty Thousand

    Marian returns to the fountain and agrees to wed Adrian for twenty thousand gold coins upfront. Adrian calls her a fraud. Rick ends Adrian's objections by offering him three vital guild seals. Adrian accepts his grandfather's terms.

  4. 02:12: Wedding at the Church

    Adrian and Marian stand before a priest inside a local church. Both press wax seals onto the official marriage certificate. The priest validates the paperwork and declares them legally wed under kingdom law.

Key lines from episode 2

“If you want to repay her, then marry her yourself, Grandfather.”

Adrian · Adrian rejects Rick's demand to marry Marian at the town fountain.

“Twenty thousand gold coins?!”

Marian Vail · Marian reads her mother's urgent letter about the cost of medicine.

“I'll do it. But I need twenty thousand gold coins before I marry him.”

Marian Vail · Marian returns to Rick and Adrian to accept the wedding proposal.

“Haven't you always wanted the three seals I possess? Marry her and they're yours.”

Rick Ravenscroft · Rick offers Adrian three valuable seals to force his agreement to marry.

“From this moment forward, you are recognized as husband and wife under the laws of the Kingdom of Avelorne.”

the priest · The priest finalizes the marriage after both spouses press their wax seals.

How episode 2 ends

Marian and Adrian press their wax seals onto the wedding certificate at the church altar. The priest pronounces them legally husband and wife under kingdom law. Marian has married a total stranger on her first day in town. How will Adrian treat his new wife once they leave the church?