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Episode 13
Hurry up!
Let me help you.
What happened?
How did he end up in that state?
While hunting, he was attacked by a ferocious beast.
Ehhh... that doesn't look like the wound a beast would cause.
We need more herbs.
I can't leave my patient's side, so you will have to get them for me, Master.
Me?!
Ahhh... all right, fine.
Since I'm in the mood for clemency, let's live up to it for real!
If you run away while I'm not here, you...
I shall never leave a patient to run away.
Right, that's right! I'll be back in a moment.
Ahh... where am I gonna find them?
What happened?
I don't know where to begin.
By the way, I should ask you the same question, Milady.
Why are you staying at Mahwang's...
I was captured by a slave trader in Hwangnyong after running away,
and was then sold to Master Mahwang.
I don't know why all the people we get to know have to suffer so much.
Even Dojin...
Did something happen to Dojin?!
The Chief Retainer sent Dojin to the Xin,
but on his way there, he killed the other Black Shadows and escaped.
No grievances to voice, I suppose.
Yes.
Is it the dark umbrage of the shadows?
What your moniker signifies.
That is correct.
From this moment on, you shall become my shadow.
As my umbrage, you shall obtain what I wish,
and dispose of what I loathe.
Your wish shall be my command.
Thence, when one day you emerge from the darkness of my umbrage,
you will show the world your true colors.
That shall be the day your quest for vengeance begins.
Is there anything I can help you with?
There were no herbs, you did an admirable job.
Just as you taught us, at the Black Shadow training camp...
*Houttuynia Cordata/lizardtail; perennial plant from NE/SE Asia; called Juuyaku in Japan
Then, will you get me some eoseoncho*?
Yes.
Did you find that boy?
Not yet, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
- Allow me to importune you again... - No.
Not finding him might just be a better outcome.
Your Majesty.
Muhyul!
Muhyul.
Maro.
Milady.
We always meet this way?!
How did you...
Milady, how did you...
I met her when I went to ask Mahwang for help.
She saved you.
Don't worry.
Master Mahwang treats me as a physician, not a slave.
You shouldn't move yet, it's dangerous.
What Hye Ap and Gweyu are looking for must be those two.
So why are they trying to run away, then?
That... How would I know that?
You really don't know?
Some men suddenly appeared, killed our guards and took Prince Yeojin!
That can't be!
Guards from the Intelligence Bureau are looking for them.
They must be the Black Shadows who abducted Prince Yeojin.
Can you see this blood?
It was shed for His Highness's sake.
Summon Dojin.
Do you know those two?
They were Black Shadows like me.
They infiltrated the capital, and abducted Prince Yeojin.
They must still be in Gungnae Fortress,
so you will have to find them.
Why did you come out?
You shouldn't move yet.
I'm well enough to stand and walk.
So you were a servant of Prince Haemyeong?
I have heard it from Master Mahwang.
Why is someone who served Prince Haemyeong like you...
harboring such deep acrimony for Goguryeo and King Yuri?
I...
was a decorator, who spent his entire life drawing murals inside a cave.
I repudiated the unneighborly gloom of those caves.
And even harder than that,
was living without any answer to all those questions about my identity,
who my parents were and why they abandoned me.
His Highness took me out to the world,
and gave me a dream.
I thought the man who slayed His Highness...
was King Yuri.
I believed that, to protect his crown,
he killed his own son.
The moment Prince Haemyeong met his demise,
I was there with him.
Until the very last moment, his unswayable spirit sweltered us all.
Right as he was about to take his own life, King Yuri arrived.
He was bemoaning his loss in woeful affliction.
I lived all this time out of the ardent wish to avenge His Highness.
But now, I finally realized...
it was all fruit of my misreckoning.
I became a sinner, pointing my treacherous blade at...
the country His Highness was willing to sacrifice his life for.
Wh...who's there?
Give people some hints you're coming, will you?
What's with all your surprise? Uh?!
Is there anything you're hiding from me?
Hiding?! Hiding what?
And Yeon?!
You...
Yeon.
Let's go.
We need to wait a little longer.
Ahhh... that shall suffice.
See? He's all safe and sound.
Let's go.
You can go now.
I am grateful for all your help.
It was assistance out of my debt of gratitude with the prince,
but I hope our paths never cross again.
Let's go.
Use those herbs on the wound every morning and evening.
And, when the purulence starts disappearing,
give him the infusion I prepared.
Yes.
Let's go.
Have you found a way to capture those two?
Yes.
What is it?
The Black Shadows are certainly a formidable apparatus,
but they get support and intelligence from spies already within the system.
The Intelligence Bureau already found their hideaway.
That is not all.
Right about now, their countermeasures might have started already.
You need to drink this infusion.
I'll have to go to the market in the capital.
Why there?
You want to meet the chief?
Spies from Buyeo will try to establish contact with us.
And if you meet them, then what?
We need to inform them of the situation.
Why would you do that?
It's not like we're going back to Buyeo.
It's the one. That man.
If my guess is right, the Black Shadows shall soon make their move,
and try to make contact with the spies.
I shall bestow you some of my men, so get rid of them yourself.
May I ask you a question?
Go ahead.
If the Intelligence Bureau is after them,
wouldn't there be no need for you to act?
This man harbors deep resentment for me.
I shan't allow him to live any longer.
We could have captured him alive. Why did you kill him?
He's a Black Shadow who received special training.
You could have risked all your lives.
Then, what can we do now?
We need to find their hideaway.
The Black Shadows' hideaway constantly changes, according to the mission.
There are a few in and out of the capital.
Looks like they fled already.
They couldn't have reached Buyeo already, could they?
Hide all the traces of us coming here, and keep an eye on this place.
Understood.
How did it go?
That hideaway was empty.
*Also known as Sanchi, Chinese ginseng/Panax notoginseng
Seeing as we found roots of Samchil*, which is used as coagulant,
one of them must be badly injured.
We're rummaging all the sanatoria in the capital,
looking for all the people who recently bought those roots.
I commend your efforts.
You may enjoy some repose.
How did it really go?
We couldn't catch them, but he was extremely thorough and incisive.
Muhyul!
Are you all right?
I have a favor to ask you, Chief.
Tell me.
Allow me audience with His Majesty.
Your Majesty. It's me, Hye Ap.
What is the matter?
His Highness Muhyul is back.
Was he unscathed?
Yes. He's unimpaired.
His Highness seeks audience with you, Sire.
Does he know his true identity?
He doesn't.
Your Majesty.
May you meet His Highness.
Your Majesty.
Why were you looking for me?
I misdoubted your sincerity,
and committed grave perfidy against you.
I beg you for a chance to wash away my sins.
Not being able to avoid Haemyeong's death is my fault.
My perfidy against him is just as grave.
I have already forgiven you,
so do no longer let guilt engulf your thoughts.
Your Majesty!
I pointed my blade at Your Majesty, as one of Buyeo's Black Shadows.
Allow me to rectify for all the time I spent in vain.
What is that supposed to mean?
I shall go back to Buyeo, and act as a spy for Goguryeo.
Your Majesty.
Grant His Highness his wish.
What I wish for is cutting my ties with Muhyul.
I never said I want him to meet his demise!
His Highness is a very bright specimen.
He shall be able to protect himself,
so you need not fret.
What is most important to His Highness now...
is a chance to wash away all his guilt for Your Majesty and Prince Haemyeong.
Give him a chance...
to stand proud next to you, Your Majesty.
Muhyul!
- Maro. - Chamgunnim!
You wretched rascal!
I see you haven't changed in the slightest.
Know how concerned I was that you might have been led astray?
I apologize.
How did it go?
His Majesty gave you his consent.
Consent?!
From this moment on, Muhyul and Maro...
will act as spies of the Intelligence Bureau.
Then, are you sending them back to Buyeo?
It is what we wish for.
Maro and I will continue living as Black Shadows.
Are you insane?
You must have a death wish.
Hey, don't worry!
Try to stop him, at least!
Just wait.
We shall bring you King Daeso's head on a platter.
Looks like he's headed for Her Highness's quarters.
Who is that?
I have never seen him before, either.
Monitor the Ubo and the Empress Dowager's movements.
Yes.
I bid you welcome.
I am deeply relieved to see you had a safe return.
Have a seat.
Yes.
What is the occasion?
Come in.
Pay your respects.
I present to you the Empress Dowager, and Prince Yeojin.
My name is Dojin.
He will be entrusted with protecting His Highness.
I pray something so terrible will never happen again.
But, whenever you may need to go outside the palace,
you can summon him, and have him tag along.
He's our most skilled fighter,
so he shall become a most valuable asset to you.
My gratitude.
Also, Dojin is looking for the Black Shadows who abducted you.
Should he find them, he shall let Your Highness claim all the merit.
Isn't it time you prove you deserve to be this country's crown prince?
Ubo!
I shall forever be indebted to you.
What are you doing?
He's so concerned about you, pay some respects at least.
I am grateful.
You are flattering me.
Why are you letting His Highness claim all the merit?
*Gongmingniao/jivam jivaka, life-sharing bird...
with two heads, from ancient Buddhist mythology
Do you know anything about the gongmyeongjo*?
It was a legendary bird with one body and two heads,
*Xueshan - ancient Tibetan for "Himalaya"
populating the snowy mountains* a long, long time ago.
Despite sharing the same body, the gongmyeongjo's two heads...
despised each other, enough that one took poison to kill the other.
Foolishly enough, one body was all they had.
It didn't realize they would both perish.
The current relationship between Buyeo and Goguryeo is exactly as such.
I shall make sure Buyeo and Goguryeo keep fighting each other,
which in the end will cause both countries to collapse.
And after that,
our Biryu clan shall found a new country.
Prince Yeojin will act as the stepping stone to foment my ambitions.
She's Princess Seryu.
After marrying the leader of the Gisan, she returned after his death.
Follow me.
What is the matter?
I saw you were training alone, so if you pardon the insolence,
I was thinking he might pose enough of a challenge to Your Highness.
Pay your respects.
My name is Dojin.
He's the most skilled of our Buyeo clan's troops,
so he shall be an adequate adversary.
Should we have a duel?
And who's that? You know him?
I have never seen him before.
He's quite skilled.
He's merely blocking Her Highness's attacks,
and refusing to mount any offense on purpose.
Chamgunnim.
Why are you gazing like that?
At what?
It feels like fire is burning inside your eyes!
Ahhh... Man, you must be jealous! Right?!
You deranged little prick. "Man" what?!
Your Highness's skills always astound me.
Where did you get that necklace?
I asked where!
It's a present I received from a compeer.
And where is that compeer now?
His whereabouts are unknown, at the moment.
Why are you asking, Your Highness?
It's nothing. May I have a word with him?
Yes, as you wish.
Follow me.
She's bringing him along?!
Her Highness must be feeling something for him.
- Balso. - Yes.
Stop prattling, or I'll rip your tongue out.
Yes.
Tell me more about this compeer of yours.
He was a soldier of the Biryu clan just like me,
but during our last conflict with Buyeo, we lost trace of him.
But, why are you asking?
This necklace is something I gave to my brother.
When you say brother, do you mean Prince Yeojin?
No.
I had a brother who died just as he was born.
I don't know how this ended up in your hands.
Does anything worry you?
I can't forget the Black Shadows who abducted us.
It was a terrible experience, so don't let it engulf your thoughts,
and forget about it.
Remembering it would only bring you more suffering, Your Highness.
Those men were servants of Haemyeong.
Then, how did they become Black Shadows?
I can't explain that either.
That man's words, asking me what I was doing...
when Haemyeong met his demise, still populate my thoughts.
And the Intelligence Supervisor is keeping quiet about his whereabouts.
But...
why is the Ubo after him?
Is he really after those Black Shadows?
He came to visit my mother, and told her that.
I don't know why the Biryu clan made a move.
Don't say a word about any of this, nor involve yourself any longer.
We shall take care of this matter.
If you manage to find them, have them meet me.
I need to tell that man something.
As you wish.
What if Baegeuk is suspecting something?
Call Maro and Muhyul right now.
Yes.
Where do you plan on going?
I need to check my patient's wounds.
I will not escape, so please let me go.
You can't leave these quarters.
Is something wrong?
I kept it a secret from you,
but those two were Black Shadows.
I didn't realize it, and just helped them because they were Haemyeong's followers,
so now I'm in trouble.
Troops from the Biryu clan are rummaging the market,
looking for people who bought herbs.
If they find out we helped them,
both you and I will meet the Grim Reaper in advance!
Ahhh... why do things always go wrong?!
If Baegeuk is after you, we have no time to waste.
Leave for Buyeo right now.
- Yes. - Yes.
In a month, Balso and I will infiltrate Buyeo.
You remember that refuge we used back when we entered Buyeo with His Highness?
Yes.
We will be waiting for you there.
Understood.
You need to be careful.
Take care of yourselves.
Milady.
I've heard they're after you. Will you be all right?
I needed to see you one more time before I leave.
Leave?!
I am going back to Buyeo.
Not as a Black Shadow, but to help Goguryeo.
When the time comes, I shall avenge your grief.
I am suffering myself because of that grief.
But not showing resentment towards Buyeo and King Daeso...
was my father's wish.
Don't do anything dangerous.
I made this...
at the height of my suffering.
You were by my side during the most difficult moments.
The day I wash away all the time I spent in vain,
and bring back everything as it was...
Then, I...
shall keep you by my side, Milady.
You are back.
How did your mission go?
We failed.
So why did your failure bring you back here?!!
But, Your Majesty.
Muhyul and Maro were unable to slay the king,
but they should be commended for their meritorious service.
And what would such service be?
They announced to all creation...
the royal family's ineptitude by abducting Prince Yeojin,
piercing Goguryeo's escalating might with a most punishing dagger.
We used Prince Yeojin to inveigle King Yuri.
I even had a meeting with the king, but couldn't complete my mission.
My apologies.
I shall give you another chance,
so you must bring me Yuri's head.
Is that clear?
- Yes, Your Majesty. - Yes, Your Majesty.
Why is the Chief Retainer trying to defend us?
It was his first mission in charge of the Black Shadows.
To help his cause, he boosted our achievements.
Simply because accepting our failure would be like admitting his own ineptitude.
How do we proceed now?
Let's begin by going back to the training camp, and start from there.
This necklace is something I gave to my brother.
When you say brother, do you mean Prince Yeojin?
No.
I had a brother who died just as he was born.
Did you say Yeon was your name?
Yes.
Every time our Yeon comes by,
you seem to get younger by the decade, Sangganim.
Decades I swiftly regain hearing your flapdoodle.
Ohh... really, Sangganim.
But, may I ask you something?
I'm all ears.
One of the most clangorous rumors at the market...
is that His Majesty will send Gisan troops to border defense.
Is that true?
That's news to me.
Oh, well, if such a momentous matter escapes you,
it must be flapdoodle, indeed.
Sangganim. I need a word with you.
You may leave us.
Yeon.
Are we going back?
Oh? No, no. He might call us again, so let's just wait.
What's with all that commotion?!
We need to withdraw the border defense troops?!
Did King Yuri really issue such an order?
Yes.
The border defense troops comprise soldiers from our Biryu clan,
and all the other troops under the chieftains' command.
Hence, even their command is bestowed upon generals under the chieftains' command.
They have become flagbearers of their military influence.
Is it true he's replacing them with troops from the Gisan?
- How did you learn that, Sangganim? - The market is drenched in such gossipry!
How can the so-called leaders of this clan fail to learn...
what even commoners on the street can prattle about?!
My apologies.
This is clearly a move on Yuri's part to weaken our military influence.
How should we respond?
I shall gather the troops that are withdrawing here in the capital.
Do you plan to stage a violent protest?
If we let them trample us now, we'll suffer even more in the long run.
All the Gisan troops are ready for deployment.
When you issue your orders, they will immediately depart.
Your Majesty.
We should take this opportunity, and also replace troops...
in Baekryeong and Changmu.
Eradicating rotten branches in heedless haste might hurt the tree.
Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Orabeoni!
Yeon!
The Sangga is looking for us. Let's hurry up!
You won his heart in a moment, you are really something!
Just keep doing this for me, and I shall do everything for you.
Master.
Oh... oh. What?
I'll head to the market, and buy some herbs for him.
Ehhh... I can just send Gong Chan to do that, you can have a rest.
I need to go myself.
Ahhh... is that so?
All right.
Do it quickly, uh?
Yeon!
Orabeoni!
It's really you.
I couldn't believe my eyes.
I never even dreamed I would meet you here.
How did you end up working for the Sangga?
To settle in Goguryeo, I came to the Biryu clan myself.
Don't worry about me, and just be patient.
No matter what,
I will help you escape.
You needn't worry. I met him too in the capital.
He'll be happy to learn you're safe.
Him who?!
Do you mean...
Muhyul?
You met Muhyul?
Yes.
Where is he now?
He's gone back to Buyeo.
He went back there for the sake of Goguryeo.
He said he'll even avenge my father.
Hey!
When are we ever going to find what we're looking for here?!
Wait!
If we choose the wrong one, we'll be detected.
Muhyul.
The troops will come soon for their inspection.
There must be a way to find those confidential reports.
Maro!
Muhyul!
It's the "rok" of deer!
*Buyeo could mean deer ("puhu" in Manchu); it could also come from "beol" (plains)
Buyeo means deer*.
All the ones marked with that must be what we're looking for.
Get up!
The library with all our confidential reports has been destroyed.
The culprit is certainly among us.
We spread niter* on the floor of that library.
*Colorless potassium nitrate used as fertilizer or for making gunpowder
With moisture, niter turns blue.
- Begin! - Yes!
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Where does it hurt?
It's here.
I have a favor to ask you.
There is a man called Dojin. Can you find out more about him?
I had another brother.
What happened?
Tell me the truth. I just want to meet him.
Muhyul, don't take your life so lightly.
There is someone I need to meet. I will not die, so you needn't fret.
- Your Majesty. - Your Majesty!
- What are you doing? Protect him!
I will forget it all.
Buyeo, His Majesty... all.
I shall help you escape from those woeful memories.
I will be the one to help you, just as you helped me.
I shall punish all those who brought your suffering,
so fill my cup, Your Majesty.
Bear in mind, if you succeed on your mission,
you might become the man who inherits my throne.
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