-=Episode 8=-
Do you know him?
No.
Hey, Gwang Taek!
Gwang Taek, are you inside?
This fellow... How dare you come here? I have to...
Sa Mo!
When you stepped foot into Han Yang,
you should have informed me.
Why did you have to meet with the ignorant Dae Ung first?
-=Sword Saint, Gim Gwang Taek (Joseon Best Swordsman)=-
So that loud-mouthed friend of yours is called Dae Ung.
-=Cheon (Heuksa Chorong, Sky Lord)=-
My deepest apologies.
That friend of yours...
has lost a hand.
I know what you mean.
But...
If I was the opponent, would it have turned out the same?
If necessary, we can do it anytime...
Even though you've lost an arm, you're still Joseon's finest swordsman.
Since you're still alive, it is not completely so.
Well...
If you say it like that, then I'm very grateful.
But...
You know...
The place for your sword is the only one still empty.
Are you inside?
Since I have already seen you, I'll just go back.
Your sword... Clean it well and wait for me.
You have become more talkative.
Indeed, the passage of time...
cannot be avoided.
I am leaving. See me out.
-=Heuk Sa Mo=-
Hyeongnim, what exactly is going on? (Hyeongnim - respected older brother)
Hyeongnim, what exactly is going on?
Why are you letting someone we harbor so much hatred for leave just like this?
He did not come here for blood.
Have some patience.
Is it because you're old already or...
because you're scared since you lost an arm?
How are you going to face Sa Goeng hyeongnim when you meet him in Hades in the future?
Enough.
Stop it.
Let's go in.
Hyeongnim!
What is going on?
Just one look,
and I'm getting the shivers already.
But I'm Baek Dong Su.
Sky Lord, there is something I would like to ask.
Go on.
Cheon?
The person who killed my father... Who is it?
What are you talking about?
He had to die anyway.
Although my hatred for him was enough to make me kill,
but... a father will always be a father, right?
Please tell me.
You said the killer is an unreachable person,
and he is at a place higher than Tae San and higher than the sky.
And so...
Could it be the Crown Prince?
You're right.
Why?
What was the Crown Prince's reason for killing my father?
It's just as simple as slaying the dogs after the rabbits are cooked.
After a hunt, dogs that are no longer useful
will be slaughtered for food.
On His Royal Highness's hands, I doubt there will be any blood stains.
Who was the person that plunged the sword into my father's body?
Don't tell me...
it's Sword Saint?
If that is the truth, what do you plan to do?
What? Who is that person?
If it's the sky, do you have the guts to hack it?
-=Crown Prince Sado=-
What is wrong?
What? What?
Sword Saint Gim Gwang Taek is here?
Yes, he is with the captain now.
Do you think the name Baek Dong Su has reached the Sword Saint's ears?
Why?
That, hey...
The Sword Saint has traveled this far to see me.
I should go meet him.
Dong Su.
Yes?
That, do you remember the medicine man from a few days ago?
Medicine man?
That old mister?
That old mister... is Sword Saint.
How is that possible?
Are you sure?
Rea... really?
Hey, Baek Dong Su!
Why are you here?
Let's drink some wine.
Wine? Wine is good!
You... aren't you that...
Right?
But, that handsome fellow with a small face...
why don't I see him around?
Small face and looks handsome...
who else is there other than me?
Un.
Yeo Un?
You are interested in Yeo Un?
Yeo Un?
Hey, hey, hey! Hey... hey!
Don't bother with him. Let's drink!
Fill it up.
Drink up!
This brat can drink.
Isn't this Yeo Un?
What are you doing here?
Where is Dong Su?
He should be in the wine tent.
Wine tent?
Hyeongnim, please wait here for a moment.
I'll go get that Dong Su kid.
You're... Cho Sang's son?
Yes.
Why are your eyes filled with such an intense desire to kill?
Do you... have something to say to me?
One and a half step.
If I can hack off his neck at the same time I draw my sword,
that would be enough.
Why aren't you speaking?
I must pull my sword now. Now!
Your killer aura is too strong.
If it's the sky, Do you have the guts to hack it?
In the future when we have grown up,
will you marry me?
Who are you?
Hello.
It's been long since we last met.
Long?
But who are you and what's with the "It's been long"?
My name is Hwang Jin Ju.
Hwang Jin Ju.
Hwang Jin Ju... Jin Ju...
Ah! You're our Dong Su's childhood sidekick! Jin Ju!
You've really... changed a lot since childhood!
But I... didn't follow Dong Su around.
Admit it! Sidekick!
Seems like you have already met with them.
That's right.
Then I shall take my leave.
Yes, no problem. Go.
See you.
Fine.
Girls really change a lot when they grow up.
This bunch of rotten brats, learning to drink at such a young age!
Aunt! He's here, he's here!
- What? - Go!
Quickly, quickly!
- Rotten girl. - Quickly, quickly!
Sa Mo orabeoni. (Orabeoni - older brother)
Yes, yes, Jang Mi?
You really have suffered a lot because of the children.
It's nothing.
But, Orabeoni...
Yes? What is it?
That...
For Orabeoni, I have prepared some clothes.
Clothes?
I am sorry to have troubled you.
I don't care.
Seriously...
Take care so you don't catch a cold.
Indeed it is this child.
Hyeongnim.
I actually... failed to recognize you.
Fate...
This must be fate.
I say, you're no longer young.
If you use such a weird technique and attract people's attention,
you may lose your life very soon.
Well, I... Of course I came looking for you to have a duel!
Although I would really love to spar with you now,
this is a very sacred place.
So, today... just leave the mountain quietly.
Understand?
Come to think of it,
you're exactly like your father.
Thank you!
For being alive...
thank you very much.
Thank you!
What is this?
Cho Rip, Cho Rip.
Hey!
-=Yeo Cho Sang's grave=-
Simple-minded fellow,
how could you leave just like that?
Your son has grown up.
The look in his eyes too.
He takes after you when you were younger. Exactly the same.
I'm afraid I won't visit anymore.
Rest in peace.
An assassin?
Did you lose him?
I'm afraid so.
It seems like continuing to leave her alone at Cheong Am Temple
is too dangerous.
What did you say?
-=Hong Dae Ju=- What did you say?
The Crown Prince has met with the Samini?
-=Samini - term for female monk=- The Crown Prince has met with the samini?
-=Samini - term for female monk=- Yes.
-=Samini - term for female monk=-
Even the heavens are helping me.
Go and conduct a thorough investigation of the samini's origin.
Yes.
This is a simple matter. I'll take care of it.
Have you met with Heuk Sa Mo?
Yes.
The children have grown up as we expected.
Then, bring the children into the palace.
Hurry up!
I must be crazy to believe your nonsense.
Just once...
It's really the last time today.
Haven't I told you before...
It doesn't matter if she's a fairy. if you continue this, the King of Hades...
Hey!
They actually dared to harass your sister-in-law!
Sister-in-law?
Un!
What?
Yeo Un, I...
While I'm gone, you must wait for me here.
Un! You must not come over there!
I know.
Both of you... No matter what happens, don't come over there!
I'm going.
This is really...
How come it seems to me that he told us to follow him to help him keep a look out?
Let's wait and see.
We must be crazy, crazy.
You wanted to hear my answer?
Between you, Ji Seon, and the Bukbeoljigye,
if you want me to choose one,
I...
will choose you.
Not because you're a woman,
I'm just...
That's enough.
You said you would choose me.
I am content just knowing that.
What are you doing?
I was born to be a consort.
Your Royal Highness's consort.
Your Highness, this is my answer.
All right, you can stop.
Even though you didn't have a choice due to the agreement between our ancestors...
What exactly is this?
The map tattooed on my back...
is the Bukbeoljigye.
Ten years ago,
my father tore out the map from the book
and tattooed it on my back.
From then on,
my body has become a treasure
that must not be destroyed or killed.
What a pitiful retribution.
Trapped by age.
Loss of freedom.
You are in the same situation as me.
We are walking on the same path.
This fellow, seriously...
Do you wish for death?
Hey, you.
Who exactly are you to be
entering and leaving a Seungnyeonim's room freely in the middle of the night? (Seungnyeonim - female monk)
Lower it.
I can get really scary when I'm angry.
Seems like you're really wishing for death!
Leave.
Hey, you.
I left obediently yesterday,
but it won't be that easy today.
Right now isn't the time.
Just leave obediently.
Seriously...
I should be the one saying that.
Hey, you!
Do you see my brothers over there?
They... will appear immediately.
You rascal!
Are you really crazy?
Just intimidating him will do.
Yes.
Wait!
No, that... each other...
There seems to be a misunderstanding.
Stop it this instant.
Retreat and things will be fine.
See that?
That fellow is Joseon's best swordsman.
And as for me...
Your martial art skills are not ordinary...
What do you do?
Enough!
Do you mean to say that you can give up your limb for a comrade?
No.
It's not like that.
Could it be the Crown Prince?
You're right.
You...
did you come from the palace?
I'm asking who you are.
Your Highness.
Your Highness?
Your Highness bullshit!
Why did you all kneel?
Hey, hey. That person he's not... Seriously...
I... I'm wrong?
And also, that...
how could Your Highness come to visit a seungnyeonim at Cheong Am Temple?
This fellow, why did you kneel down then?
No... maybe?
I thought it might be possible, so...
but that doesn't mean you're the Crown Prince for sure.
Furthermore, even though it's like this... but I can't... you aren't... so it's possible...
but it's not as if His Highness has nothing to do...
The point is, why did you have to visit a seungnyeonim in the middle of the night?
Seriously, do you think this is proper conduct?
Seriously...
Of course...
This is improper conduct.
Seriously, this person is...
You're just messing with me.
Hey, hey, hey. Get up.
Didn't he just say he isn't?
Hey! Seriously... he isn't!
The Crown Prince is so busy everyday,
it's hard to even see him around in the palace.
That's right.
I am busy running everywhere.
And I'm known for that.
What?
What are you doing?
Since you already know it's His Highness, why aren't you kneeling?
That, that...
Your Highness, I committed a capital offense!
What a sensible fellow.
Do you know what is a capital offense?
Please pardon me, Your Highness!
Just pardon me, just pardon me this once!
If you pardon me,
my life... it belongs to you!
That is, that is to say,
I mean to say, sacrifice...
I'll absolutely use a sacrificial spirit and pledge my loyalty to Your Highness!
I swear! I really mean it, Your Highness!
So, so...
If you can pardon me, pardon me just this once, really...
Enough.
You brat, what's your name?
Yes.
I'm Baek Dong Su.
Baek Dong Su.
You're Baek Dong Su?
Do you know me?
No, that time...
Don't tell me... you're the fellow from that time?
Ah, no.
Then you must be Yeo Un.
And... you are Yang Cho Rip.
Yes, Your Highness.
I'm very grateful that all of you have grown up to be so strong and healthy.
All of you will become the future of Joseon.
You'll be sent to Gang Hwa. Prepare some travel expenses.
Hey, just stop this!
It's considered fortunate that you were able to retain your life.
In front of His Highness, who else in this world
has ever scolded him like that?
Aish...
What is this? Un! What is wrong with you now?
Aish!
What?
From what I see, there are problems with the both of you.
And it's pretty serious!
It is pretty serious.
You're ready to kill.
Do you want to have a drink?
Fine.
Have a seat.
Do you know...
the two of you are like my sons.
You being friends with my father, I've heard of it.
The kind who's willing to give up our lives for each other...
the kind of good friends you rarely find.
But...
then why did you kill them?
I turned to look, but none of them are with me now.
Why did you kill my father?!
I can do it.
If I do it now, I can kill him.
Do you have the confidence?
When you're handling the sword, you must have confidence in yourself.
What do you mean by that?
You can lie to me.
But the look in your eyes won't lie.
I was with your father all the time.
Although we didn't speak,
I could feel it in my heart
that he has handed you over into my care.
Allow me to care for you.
There is a place I would like to go visit.
What are you doing?
My daughter.
Father! Your daughter has already grown up.
Shouldn't you think twice before you enter my room?
You're right.
I was just afraid that you would secretly
go off somewhere to steal again.
That's why I came to check if you were in your room.
Ah, right.
Since you've already seen me, you can disappear now.
Fine, fine, fine.
What is this?
What?
Those are the stuff from a few days ago when I went to Mo Hwa Ru...
Mo Hwa Ru?
What is this?
What is this, Jin Ju?
Jin Ju!
The Emperor, the Emperor's...
The chikseo written by the Emperor!
Hong Dae Ju! Where are you?
What did you say?
Are you sure you're not mistaken? Or...
I am not mistaken.
So you mean to say
that the chikseo written by the Emperor has been stolen?
-=Chikseo: A charter written by the Emperor for a specific person or a bulletin that needs to be circulated.=- that the chikseo written by the Emperor has been stolen?
-=Chikseo: A charter written by the Emperor for a specific person or a bulletin that needs to be circulated.=-
We didn't know the thief's origin to start with, and now we aren't even sure of his whereabouts.
This really isn't simple...
That...
Would it be possible to allow me to learn about the content of the chikseo?
What do you mean by that?
What about the Norons' Ban Cheong Bok Myeong?
-=Ban Cheong Bok Myeong: plot to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and obey the Ming Dynasty instead=- What about the Norons' Ban Cheong Bok Myeong?
-=Ban Cheong Bok Myeong: plot to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and obey the Ming Dynasty instead=-
-=Ban Cheong Bok Myeong:plot to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and obey the Ming Dynasty instead=- How can you say something so disrespectful?
Moreover, if it is yang wi,
-=Yang wi: Abdication of throne=- Moreover, if it is yang wi,
-=Yang wi: Abdication of throne=- His Majesty is still considering it at this time.
Within the Qing's Imperial Court,
the Emperor said that within the Noron faction, the ideologies are really unstable.
How is it possible to believe and allow them to handle matters concerning the nation?
This was the question he posed.
What do you mean by that?
I, Hong Dae Ju, will use my life to guarantee,
that the Norons' loyalty will remain unchanged.
But of course, the Emperor
does not see Sado as the future king of Joseon.
The content of that chikseo must never be revealed!
I will definitely find it.
Definitely.
-=Heuksa Chorong=-
If it was not the Crown Prince or the Sword Saint,
please tell me who it is.
-=Ji (Heuksa Chorong, Earth lord)=-
What makes you so certain?
They...
don't seem the kind who would kill my father.
Then...
am I that kind of person?
That's not what I meant.
You didn't mean it that way?
You really want know?
Yes.
Even if you know, it won't change anything.
Even if that's the case...
please tell me.
The person who killed your father...
is you yourself.
That day you killed your father with your own hands.
I... must be your first...
and your last.
Do you understand?
It won't help the situation.
Nor will it change anything.
But...
knowing or not does make a difference.
You're wrong.
You're just struggling because you wish to break free from the life of an assassin.
That's why you erased it from your memories.
That's why you curbed your killer's instinct.
I... can't even have control over my own death?
You can't take your own life.
This is the life of an assassin.
Assassin and martial artist,
I've already asked you about their differences.
Do you still remember?
But...
I still don't know the differences between them.
However, the life of an assassin...
I understand it thoroughly.
This is pain.
Embracing someone else's pain as your own, that is an assassin.
Get up.
I...
finally understand now.
Please forgive me.
You can lower your head, but do not lose your focus.
That's right.
The look in your eyes now belongs to that of an assassin
who controls the life and death of other people.
Learn to embrace pain.
You must remember it well.
This bunch of useless fools!
Have you found any clues at all?
That... there have been some.
What?
Someone reported to have seen Hwang Jin Gi.
Hwang Jin Gi?
Yes.
You mean that big traitor, Hwang Jin Gi?
I invited Cheon over, but why...
This isn't a matter that requires the attention of Cheon.
That is true.
Isn't he the famous Hwang Jin Gi in Pal Do?
Rumor has it that he is highly-skilled and untraceable.
Ji, you...
Have you forgotten that I'm the third lord of Heuksa Chorong?
Good. If you bring the chikseo, I'll reward you 10,000 Yang.
If you also bring Hwang Jin Gi's head, I'll reward you 20,000 Yang.
Then I assume you trust me and won't act recklessly on your own.
A message from Lord Hong Dae Ju.
It says that Ji is settling it personally
and has gone to Mo Hwa Ru to catch Hwang Jin Gi.
Hwang Jin Gi.
Hwang Jin Gi...
Stop right there.
Have you brought it?
Yes, it's here.
This is a dangerous item. Destroy it.
Agassi! (Agassi - young lady)
The content of chikseo is related to the Crown Prince's safety...
This has to do with you...
and your daughter's safety.
I understand.
Remember.
From today onward, you're no longer a living person.
What is her name?
Jin Ju. Her name is Hwang Jin Ju.
Did you leave anything behind?
No.
Who is this?
Sitting in front of someone else's door so early in the morning.
Hey! That...
No, it's not...
Sword... Sword Saint.
Ouch!
This rascal...
He is your uncle. Greet him quickly!
I know.
This is our first meeting.
This isn't our first time.
What? Ah, yes...
It's the third time.
Don't just bow like that.
Kowtow to him! Kowtow! Kowtow!
Hyeongnim, they're already grown up,
so they treat my words as bullshit.
Hyeongnim, it's time for you to teach them.
Seriously, it's not because we have grown up...
It's because I am highly skilled...
See! Did you see that?
This is something only a highly skilled person can do.
What do you call that? Catching the blade!
This can only be done by a person with great inborn reflexes!
Looks like you are pretty mischievous.
Since you've already grown up,
I can leave to meet with your father in Hades.
This is the Hoeng So Cheon Gun technique. The problem lies in your footwork.
You have to shift your body's center of gravity to your diaphragm.
How is it, Hyeongnim? Is he still far from it?
Very good.
What? Are you sure?
Leave now all of you.
We're leaving. Please go back.
Yeo Un! Take care of your health!
It's not like they're going to die.
They're just going to the palace nearby. What are you crying for?
They're still so young. I wonder how long they can last in the palace.
It'll be odd if I don't worry!
But, that piece of clothing...
What clothing?
Well, that... Jang Mi.
Hyeongnim, why don't you enter the palace together with them and meet with His Royal Highness?
There is no hurry. The Royal Physician will send a message.
I will be summoned almost immediately.
But, the both of you looks pretty good together.
What?
Hyeongnim, what are you trying to say?
Anyway, His Royal Highness told us to protect the samini.
I still have no idea where to place my luggage.
Why are looking at me like that?
I, Baek Dong Su... can finally enter the palace.
We're going to get rich!
You're right!
Give me a smile, this fellow.
-=Training Commander=-
When can we see Sunbae? (Sunbae - senior, mentor)
-=Im Su Ung (Training Commander)=- Things are different here. Do not act rashly.
- Yes. - Yes.
I'll take care of the procedures for entering the palace. Wait for me at the training field.
- Yes. - Yes.
I... These clothes are still a little uncomfortable.
Me too.
Un, it really suits you.
What about me?
Not you.
What's that noise?
What are they doing?
Things that we've learned since we were little,
are they learning only them now?
But it doesn't look too bad.
I was pretty excited when I found out I could enter the palace.
But do we really have to train with this group of trashy amateurs?
Hey, you!
Say that again.
-=Hong Sa Hae (Hong Dae Ju's son)=- What did you just say?
What nonsense did you just say?
Trash!
What?
T-r-a-s-h.
Hey!
Do you wish for death?
From what I see, you will cause trouble today.
You will, too.
Aish, seriously!
This bunch of rascals, what are they saying?
You can have a taste of this garbage's skills!
-=Hong Myeong Ju (Hong Dae Ju's nephew)=- You can have a taste of this garbage's skills!
Look, aren't they just trash?
All of you are dead meat today.
Close the doors!
Do you really want to battle it out with me?
Wait...
Yeo Un,
dealing with them one-by-one is too troublesome.
Let's do it together!
Attack!