Betrayal of Dignity

Description

Would you sacrifice your honor to marry a Duke? In order to save her family from ruin, Chloe Verdier must find a groom for her sister, Alice. She soon runs into the handsome but arrogant Duke Tisse who makes a proposal that could save them. When Alice flees with a mysterious man, Chloe must seek out the Duke in the biggest gamble of her life.

Original Webtoon

Official Translations:
English, S.Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, German
French: Manta, Webtoons

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

Betrayal of Dignity (Novel) (Adapted From)

Associated Names

Aufopferung

I Betray My Dignity

Sacrifices

Traición a la dignidad

その品格に反抗を

背离品格

默许侵占

품격을 배반한다

Groups Scanlating

Manta

Latest Release(s)

c.1-4 by Manta 3 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

81 Chapters + Prologue (Complete)

S1: 30 Chapters (1-30)
S2: 27 Chapters (31-57)
S3: 24 Chapters + Review (58-81)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

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User Rating

Average: 7.4 / 10.0 (142 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.2 / 10.0

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Last Updated

December 6th, 2025 3:36pm PST - 1 week ago

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Genre

Drama Historical Josei Romance
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Ridibooks

Surreuk Comics

Serialized In (magazine)

Ridibooks (Ridibooks)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Manta

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #491

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Monthly Pos #774

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3 Month Pos #913

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6 Month Pos #785

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Year Pos #759

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List Stats

On 372 reading lists

On 212 wish lists

On 228 completed lists

On 23 unfinished lists

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DNF Ch. 30

by SmexyBL
2 months ago

Rating: N/A

The characters are hot and the art is pretty, but I am rather unenthusiastic about the flat characters and toxicity thats being toted as romance. I can accept toxic characters and bad actors, but it feels romanticized/lampshaded by the plot which I am not a fan of. I am barely reading at this point, just skimming and so I am not going to finish.

The translation and linguistic artistry kept me engaged the longest. I can really appreciate how it actually feels slimy when something is said and the dialogue oozes nobility. However, its all burdened by flat predictable characters.

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Started off good but it's really not that deep

by MorganaReads
3 months ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

The dynamic was interesting and obviously toxic in an entertaining way, but the ML continues to stay toxic. That is fine if that's the kind of story it is, but the FL's forgiveness came across like the author was trying to convince the audience to accept him as he is and therefore accept his manipulative and destructive actions. It all just came off a little victim blamey and sexist. Overall, I'm fine with toxic characters, I just hate when the story tries to make them the heroes in the end. Also, unlike other readers, I didn't find the ML complex, just toxic, so i wasn't in awe with the character writing as much as others.

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A decent romance with all of the typical tropes

by Pogead
3 months ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

I’ve never read a harlequin novel but this manhwa definitely serves that. You have a rags-to-riches story, ascension to the throne (and all of the political intrigue associated), an obsessive and single-mindedly devoted ML: all of the basic components that make up a typical romance story. It even has a

HEA (happily ever after) for our protagonists.

The one thing that truly stands out is the ML. He’s complex and well-written in a way that emphasizes his unchanging nature. Probably one of the best elements of this entire work, really. If nothing else, I definitely recommend reading for the ML alone.

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i rmb itw as so good

by murderofher
4 months ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

the story WAS SOO GOOD for likte hte first sesason. idk abt the other ones bc the comments were saying its bad and i di d get the feeling it started getting cliche after a while. DEF STILL READ THO. its so worth it just drop it later on

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Lame Ending

by trixiebelle
5 months ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

This is just straight up misery lit, which would have been fine if there was actual payoff, but they rushed the ending to be a typical happily ever after. Like, if this was written to be a tragedy, which seemed to be the direction in the beginning, this would have been peak for sure.

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+1 StellaStar's comment

by Ziggyzag
9 months ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

Honestly, it was promising at first since she seemed to be a mentally strong FL. However, it kinda went down a bit through the next seasons than I expected. It went cliche. Tho I don't mind cliche so long as it's properly executed but some dialogues and scenes cringes me for a josei work.

Love the artsyle tho. I love Chloe's character design. She's so beautiful. The ML is not that bad of a beauty--probably just not my type.

Compared to other toxic works that I've read, this was tolerable since he doesn't feel that infuriating to me. I was more frustrated with Chloe getting easily defeated at one chapter.

It was a fair read all in all.

The chapters though seem short seeing as you can finish this in an entire day if you have a lot of time. You can give this a chance, but I'm not so enthusiastic to recommend it to you.

The only uncommon plot I could separate this from other works is that FL has leg disability + simple medical knowledge in a non-fantasy world of marriage agreement trope.

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Loved It !

by Mahk971
9 months ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Season 1 -> 10/10

Season 2 -> 8/10

Season 3 -> 6/10

As you can see the story started really great. Damien (ML) is a compelling male lead and way too often misunderstood. Let's be clear, he is a manipulative bstrd with toxic tendencies. But contrary to some other MLs from dark romance, he is not abusive, nor a tyrant.

I kept the story on my to read list for the longest. I was very hesitant to read it and nearly dropped it from my list because the comments described Damien as this ML who likes to torment and bully FL relentlessly. That's not true. Damien is calculative yes, the author doesn’t hide that fact. He’s an assh*le through and through. Yet he is the only one who sees Chloe for what she really is, an intelligent, bright, wise, capable and graceful woman. He knows her value, he knows her potential he knows that she’s not just a poor, pitiful crippled woman who can’t do things on her own. He hates that people treat her like a wallflower and even more that she considers herself like one and lower herself. That's why he keeps pushing her, in his own twisted and harsh ways.

As for Chloe (FL), I wouldn't have been able to read this story without her. Way too often, authors write dark romance with red flag / dark flag ML paired up with a weak and defenseless FL. It's like watching a poor puppy getting kicked by a man over and over again. it's not enjoyable for me.

But in this case, Chloe knows how to defend herself and doesn’t fall too quickly for Damien. Truly the only way for me to read this type of story is if FL can go toe to toe with ML. Chloe is an interesting FL, she’s wise, clever, assertive, dignified, she has strong principles and holds her head high despite her disability.

Here the power imbalance is not excessive and their game of cat & mouse is really entertaining. The tension is definitely present too, as well as their chemistry.

But then came season 3. I don't know what happened, maybe the artist was burn out or maybe she was over the story, or did they change some key staff ? In any case, season 3 was rushed, we could tell they wanted to wrap everything as quickly as possible because Chloe caved in way too easily, she and Damien were acting out of character, and the whole issue with the antagonist was anti-climatic.

I still consider Betrayal of Dignity as my favorite OI / OI-adjacent manhwa. It's one of the best story with toxic / red flag ML for sure.

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Should have been so much better... Too many cliches and Chloe is a very polarizing char...

by StellaStar1
10 months ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

Expected more from this. Really disappointing. While Damian was at least an intriguing and flawed character, equally a sadistic bully and a gentleman, but ultimately a total whacko (people forget this, but Damian is not right in the head AT ALL!, and I loved this about his char). I disliked strongly how the author displayed Chloe. Chloe was, IMHO, an overtly prideful, stubborn and sometime idiotic char who did some very stupid choices, but they show her as a Mary Sue, perfect, wonderful and great. Trust me, that she ain't. While she is generally a good person, some things she does are not that fine. Her stringing along of Gilles was the best example. Even if the guy wants it, if you are such a morally upright person, you know you have to remove yourself from him... For his own good. Put yourself second, Chloe dear. But Chloe isn't such a lilly white character as portrayed. But she had so much promise! She could have been a top tier char, her background story was very well laid out and she reminded me Austen's heroines so much. But alas, she fails completely.

The plot was too cliche, with jealous servants, former mistresses and angry crown princes. And too little world building, and Damian's strategic prowess was underplayed so much. And Gilles Watteau was an idiot par excellence, you can see he only exists in relation to Chloe and has to other meaning or purpose. Bad character writing.

Argh, enough! Art is good and there are okay moments, but overall, meh! We need everything better here!

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I hate it

by Lementropy
2 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I hate this. The characters are pieces of work and I do not condone anything that happens in this. But damn it, it’s well written, the conversations feel intelligent, the art is beautiful, and the characters are very dimensional- at least in my uneducated opinion. I just want everyone to be happy. But this one makes it so hard. And apparently I’m here for it.

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Masterpiece

by babyfevergirlie
2 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

The best drama fantasy. Every character is so well written, the pace and how the story slowly process is just so on point. I keep my subscription mainly for this story on manta. Wish there was a way to purchase it for ever.

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