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Deep into the night...
a darkness settles at the end of the thin moonlight.
Becoming one with the moonlight's shadow...
they begin to move.
Why are you doing this?
You take advantage
of the darkness of the night to cross the border.
Who are you people?
We are...
Just as I've heard...
you are not human.
Attack!
Though their hearts beat...
warm blood does not flow within them.
Even if they are slashed...
they have impenetrable bodies that cannot be cut
with the strength of a savage beast.
Although there are no signs of the living within them...
they are not the dead either.
Although they take on the form of human beings...
they are not humans.
They're blood-sucking...
monsters.
We have caught him alive.
To fill up with as much blood as they wanted, the starved monsters...
come up with a plot that would stain
the eight provinces of Joseon with blood.
and plan a civil war.
This is an urgent message.
Send a post officer to the capital city.
By any means...
warn all the people of Joseon...
Be wary.
Monsters that bite the necks of humans, who crave their blood
are running wild in the capital city.
If you do not want to be sacrificed as an innocent person...
Be especially careful of those who smell blood from within the darkness
and target your necks.
Those monsters are known as...
bloodsuckers.
[Episode 5: Season 2, Episode 1]
Supervisor Jung Jae Min.
How can you toss a precious book so recklessly as a scholar?
You call that a book?
Bloodsuckers in the capital city, you say...
Can it be true?
'Impenetrable bodies, and savage beast-like strength.'
It would be nice if these people would appear in front of me.
I want to try fighting them.
You believe in such an exaggerated, false rumor?
Only lowlifes in the streets would laugh about such groundless rumor.
You should be ashamed of yourself.
This is Sungkyunkwan.
There are ghosts living in Sungkyunkwan too.
Haven't you heard?
In the chronicle section of the fourth study room, a noble scholar...
We should have been switched at birth, right?
What do you mean?
We should have been born into each other's households.
I would be born into your household, and you would be born into mine.
I would be born into a family of military officers
and Scholar Jung Jae Min would be born into a family of civil servants.
Look at the beautiful pose of a scholar who reads.
The ideal son that my father wants so much is sitting right there.
It's so unfortunate.
His real son is a wild brat who likes gold and fools around on the streets.
Seriously.
What are you doing?
Play with me.
A man must be cautious when getting along with friends.
Although he can be with friends
he cannot hang out with them rashly.
I like the getting along part.
But, I don't the part about not hanging out.
Hang out with me, please?
Shall we have a duel for the first time in a while?
Is this the martial arts of a bookworm bachelor?
You've improved in such a short time.
It's a waste.
It's the skill of a commander who could command the whole world.
If only you didn't have that nasty disease.
Young Master.
Take your medicine.
Get up quickly.
You fainted because of a petty thing like that?
Such a petty thing?
My Lord.
- Right now, the Young Master... - Are you a girl?
How can a man faint every time he sees blood?
In a family with generations of military generals
how can there be such an inferior, undistinguished weakling?
You...
are a disgrace to our clan.
Just get rid of this.
You know that if you spread rumors around Sungkyunkwan
you could be punished, right?
I don't care if I'm punished...
but it would be troublesome to have such a fun thing taken away from me.
I mean, it's hard to obtain too.
Where are you going?
Are you staying out all night again?
I've found a secret hideout for us.
Rather than the stale smell of books and the boring smell of ink...
I needed a different kind of atmosphere.
What do you mean, a secret hideout?
It's beyond the northern forest of Banchon.
You'll like it too.
Look forward to it.
[Banchon]
Is anyone home?
You're here?
Oh my, we're late.
You see, the end of my husband's brush was on fire.
The words kept on coming, and the flow just wouldn't stop.
Then again, once he really gets into writing
he wouldn't know even if twelve people were to die beside him.
Okay, okay.
It's still merely erotica, isn't it?
Why I ought to just...
Still merely erotica?
How dare an illiterate guy who can't even write a single word...
- What did you say? - Stone head.
You think a story comes out whenever you want it to?
Do you understand the agony of creativity?
Just leave him be.
He's just an idiot.
Would he even have dared to look at the sky in which geese fly?
Jeez, Bro.
Are you done talking?
- Who's the idiot and who's the goose? - Seriously!
- Stop! - Why I ought to...
Why are you acting like humans?
Why are you guys fighting?
Don't learn bad things from humans.
The reason that I told you to come personally...
is because at the Yeon Woong Rock Cave...
more than twenty-nine bloodless corpses were found.
Bloodless corpses, you say...
It must be the deed of Won Sang Gu of Hwasawon.
[Hwasawon]
Ma Ri, you're here?
Yes, the slender bamboo ran out right when everyone gathered.
A present for you, Mother.
Oh my, it's so beautiful.
Goodness.
You were ambushed?
Then, what about the gold to be handed over to Peo No?
My apologies.
It was a done deal. How could you...
If we handed over the 80,000 yang of gold
and the military map
they promised to provoke a battle at the border.
It would have let us enjoy as much blood as we wanted.
I worked so hard to make it.
How could you miss this?
Please kill me, Head Merchant.
If Ho Tae has been captured alive
then that means our existence has been exposed, doesn't it?
But...
they seemed to already know.
They probably did.
If they were hiding to ambush us
then someone must have disclosed our movements.
- Jae. - Yes.
Release the black birds.
Do you have a place in mind?
Try prying into Banchon.
They're fools who sustain themselves with the blood of filthy animals.
They leech off the likes of humans, who are mere insects
and tell them everything.
They're inferior slaves.
They're the results of the corpses found at Yeong Woong cave.
Around ten soldiers were skeletons, and around ten had not decayed yet
so it was possible to examine them in detail.
There were no signs of blood congestion.
Does that mean there was no blood left in the corpses?
Yes.
Although there were no injuries that could be fatal causes of death...
They all similarly had teeth marks all over their necks and bodies.
- Bite marks? - They were sharp canine teeth marks.
An urgent message arrived from the border.
A secret letter was sent to His Majesty from Ham Kyung Province.
A traitor who was going to hand over gold and a military map
to start a civil war, was captured alive.
They say he wasn't a human.
Then...
It was a bloodsucker.
A bloodsucker?
The rumors that's been going around...
Send a spy into the capital city for information.
Personally take charge of it, Police chief.
You must not delay for even a moment.
Furthermore, this matter...
must be dealt with as a top secret.
Yes, My Lord.
I will keep that in mind.
The late-night snack tastes especially good today.
You're right.
It's tasty.
What is there to life?
Sharing a late-night snack together is enough.
I wonder what the Won Sang Gwa people are so greedy for.
You can say that again.
They'll be living for a thousand years anyway.
There's no end to it, no matter how much it's filled.
That's why it's greed.
Disclosing the information was a good thing to do.
I am certain that they were blocked at the border.
Indeed, you did a good thing.
Joseon's become a battlefield many times because of bloodsuckers in the past.
I can't bear to see another war like the second Manchu invasion last time.
Anyhow, the ability of bloodsuckers to create wars is amazing.
If humans...
had a heart just like mine, there would be no such thing as war.
My heart is filled with peace.
Why are you making yourself sound so big by talking about peace?
Hey, tell us the truth.
If you see a river stained by blood because of a war
then you might crave human blood.
- You're scared of that, aren't you? - You're scared, aren't you?
Jeez, this bro has been...
- Seriously! - Stop it.
On top of a bloodsucker being arrested at the border...
unfortunately...
a whole lot of corpses of their preys were discovered.
So we'll have to stay alert.
When it thunders frequently, then lightning is bound to strike.
Tell every household to stay silent and be very careful.
In particular...
you mustn't do anything that violates the country's laws.
The government army's troops can't come into Banchon anyway
so why worry?
Indeed, we live hiding in Banchon.
So, it's unlikely that we will catch their attention.
Goodness, isn't it bitter?
It's thanks to this miracle medicine that we can go around during the day.
It's bearable if I think that it's the taste of the sun and its light.
Goodness, my daughter is so clever.
Okay.
Hey.
- Long time no see. - Welcome.
Nothing new happened, right?
The vegetables have arrived.
Headmaster, what brings you here?
How come I don't see Scholar Han Shi Hoo?
Don't you know the meaning of
Sungkyunkwan's great pursuit of knowledge?
Are the rumors that he's been going to
an improper place for scholars every night
true?
Excuse me?
You didn't know about your roommate's personal affairs?
As soon as the day starts...
bring Scholar Han Shi Hoo to me!
I've found a secret hideout for us beyond the northern forest of Banchon.
How far beyond this forest are you saying it is?
Please be there.
What is...
your name?
What is...
your name?
It's not too late now.
No.
According to our country's regulations, men and women are different.
Why have you stopped?
Hurry up and be on your way.
The poison.
This...
cursed... hemophobia.
Why does it...
This blood...
This is...
the blood of a human.
This human's blood...
You there.
Are you okay?
A scholar has been hurt?
Don't...
go.
What is...
your name?
What is...
your...
I am... part of the Vampire tribe.
I'm not a bloodsucker.
The Vampire tribe...
doesn't ever drink human blood.
How is he?
Fortunately, the poison was extracted in time
so, it did not spread throughout the body.
Please, take care of him.
As for you...
come and see me.
I, an unworthy man, I will quietly accept any decision.
Then, the misconduct of entering a shameful place
and being around an unacceptable group of people...
Are you saying that you admit to doing that?
My apologies.
Although it is only right that you pay for your wrongdoing...
there was a cordial request the Dean.
So, I will not punish you for this time.
Thus, Scholar Han Shi Hoo...
you must consider your father's utmost devotion
and be especially prudent.
And you must concentrate on your studies.
Headmaster, although I may be speaking impertinently
Sungkyunkwan's rules must be impartial to all scholars without exception.
How could I, who broke the rules, use my father's influence
to avoid condemnation?
What?
I ask you to punish me severely, and maintain the order of Sungkyunkwan.
This...
Supervisor Jung Jae Min, are you okay?
- Shi Hoo. - Are you okay?
As you can see.
Apparently, you're safe because the poison was extracted on time.
But...
you have to only eat rice gruel for the next couple of days, right?
They're serving the great delicacy the day after tomorrow.
- Don't eat it no matter what. - Why not?
There's a reason.
Where exactly do you go every night?
- According to the Headmaster... - It's a secret.
How long has it been since we've tasted meat?
It just melts.
Eat up.
We need energy to study too.
Indeed, how can we get the strength to flip pages by only eating vegetables?
We need to eat meat.
Can't you hurry up a bit?
I'm rushing enough as it is.
Fix it quickly.
Exactly how much did you eat for you
to need to go to the bathroom all night enough for the door to break?
I don't even have the strength to stay standing, so please...
It looks like you're all done, so can't you move aside now?
Some of us are on the verge of dying.
Do you have a chunk of iron hanging on your wrist or something?
It's taking you forever to hammer in one nail.
Jeez, if you're in such a hurry, go in and do your business.
As you can see, it's wide open.
There's no obstacle preventing you from doing your business.
What's all this commotion?
The trees will grow healthy and tall.
- There will be enough fertilizer. - What fertilizer?
They say that not even a dog will eat a scholar's feces.
I'm apologetic towards you.
It doesn't even seem like you can walk properly yet.
It's not a problem.
Since all of the incumbents are bedridden
there aren't any personnel to investigate the facts of the outbreak.
It's a relief that you are in good health.
I needed to go out right at that time.
Then again, just because it was the day for the great delicacy
the scholars went crazy over meat.
They were a problem too, weren't they?
I mean, it is even appropriate for a virtuous man to be gluttonous?
They shouldn't accept those with poor financial conditions.
There are even people who have never seen meat broth before.
Goodness.
How dare you bring rotten meat into Sungkyunkwan?
My apologies, but there is no way that's possible.
To whom do you think you're putting forth a ridiculous excuse?
Because of a beast like you
Sungkyunkwan has become filled with sick patients overnight.
How are you planning on atoning for that sin?
I feel mortified, my lord.
The same meat that went to Sungkyunkwan
was delivered to the district general.
If you check with that residence, then you'll find out right away...
Shut up!
Sir.
We must check whether what this man said is true or not.
The cause of the outbreak might not be the meat.
You've come, Head Merchant?
I heard about it, my lord.
There was an outbreak on the day for the great delicacy at Sungkyunkwan?
There was a problem with the meat from this man's butchery.
- I'm sure of it. - No, it was not me.
It was absolutely not me.
I am mortified, Head Merchant!
I will punish him according to the law of Banchon.
- Take him away and tie him up. - Yes, my lord.
Goodness, it's not him.
Goodness.
It's absolutely not me!
Sir.
Father!
No, Father!
Father!
You were a butcher?
You were...
a butcher?
No!
Goodness, my child!
There's no way that can be.
You must check!
Father.
It's not!
Father!
Out of everything in the world, why did you have to...
be a butcher?
You weren't a maiden from a respectable household.
Like I had guessed...
but, how...
You treacherous thing.
How dare...
the likes of a lowly butcher.
He has to suffer the principal penalty for ten days.
The time limit that one can survive without drinking blood...
will be at most four days.
The miracle medicine is the bigger problem.
If you don't drink it once every three days...
Enduring the sunlight...
We have to do something before then!
You think I'm doing this because I don't know that?
Last time...
we got Dal Pyeong out in two days.
The incident is different.
That was simply a matter of putting a hunting trap by mistake.
This time, it involves Sungkyunkwan.
They said it was an outbreak.
You think it's a fire that will die out just by soothing and rubbing it?
There's been a declaration to not give him a single drop of water for ten days.
What should we do about this?
Don't worry.
I can't impose a nuisance on our tribe.
During the three days...
I will find a way by any means.
Goodness, Sis.
How will you do that on your own?
If it really doesn't work out...
I am considering leaving this place.
You...
What are you talking about?
Baek Yi is the head of the Vampire tribe in Banchon.
Where are you saying you'll go after leaving us behind?
You did it, didn't you?
Did what?
They're serving the great delicacy the day after tomorrow.
- Don't eat it no matter what. - Why not?
There's a reason.
On the day that the great delicacy was served...
Several medicinal herbs ran out in the medicine room.
The bathroom door fell off too.
Even the bathroom door fell off?
There would've been a big problem if I had put Han Myung in too.
What?
I wanted to let them empty their stomachs
I added to the iron rice pot...
some miraculous medicine.
You pulled a prank like that?
The scholars only practice hard in their studies.
If they work their stomachs hard too...
isn't that a good thing?
It's fun.
Han Shi Hoo!
Don't you think that because of something you did for fun
someone can be blamed for this and receive guiltless punishment?
Let go.
What happened to you?
It's nothing.
What are you going around doing?
Can't you settle down and prepare to enter the government office, please?
At this rate, you'll be short of points
and won't even be able to apply for the exam in the new year.
I won't be applying...
because I'm not going to take the state examination.
If I were to take the state examination...
I would have to pass, since I can't not do it.
But, if I succeed in becoming a civil servant like that...
then, I'll lose control over my life.
If it's not something I can do by trying, then I will do what I like.
Father.
Ma Ri.
Here.
This wench!
Ma Ri.
Please.
Let me give him one more sip of this water.
You wench, how dare you disobey the Head Merchant's orders.
Do you want to be tied up too, you wench?
Let go of that hand!
Release that man.
Banchon has its own laws.
That butcher is innocent.
I'm going to take this path...
to report that man's innocence to Banchon's Head merchant.
The cause of the outbreak that occurred at Sungkyunkwan...
is different.
What's the reason?
Without the Head merchant's command
we can't just follow merely your words, even if it's from a scholar like you.
I did it.
I...
on the day that the great delicacy was served...
put in diarrheal medicinal herbs...
into the kitchen's iron rice pot.
What did you say?
So, even if you're the one who did it
you came to Banchon to make someone else pay causing for the outbreak?
They say that a widow pretends to be a virgin.
Nobles sure have good personalities.
So...
release that man quickly.
Scholar Han Shi Hoo, reporting his sin.
What brings you here, this late at night?
I report to the Sungkyunkwan chapter.
I...
have knocked down the law and order of Sungkyunkwan
Please punish me.
What do you mean?
Report the circumstances before and after the fact in detail.
Is it true?
I asked if it was true!
My apologies.
It's so strange.
For what reason would you put medicine into the scholars' rice?
Headmaster.
Right now, Supervisor Han Shi Hoo...
I...
committed an evil sin on the day that the great delicacy was served.
I ask you to order my expulsion from Sungkyunkwan.
Although it is commendable that you tried to cover your friend's mistake...
it is not appropriate for a scholar to falsely confess a sin for a friend.
In response to this...
as a way for practicing good conduct...
I order Scholar Jung Jae Min to study at home for two months.
Young Master, what brings you here?
Young Master Shi Hoo.
Chase away the unwelcome guest for me.
Be sure to throw big grains of salt at him.
I will be troubling you as a dependent for the time being.
- I got expelled from Sungkyunkwan. - Expelled?
- Then, you mean he got kicked... - No.
Only I got expelled.
It's a secret that I'm here.
You mustn't tell my family, no matter what.
I'll be dead meat.
I think these old men were uselessly greedy just to enjoy a cup of tea.
I made you put in effort to bring the tea all the way here.
I'm not sure if the tea's aroma will satisfy you.
It's perfect.
Thanks.
Father.
Please call me back while you converse.
I will prepare hot water, so that the tea pot does not cool down.
Okay.
Ara, you should leave now.
Okay.
She must be a precious daughter, she's so elegant.
Even a porcupine praises its own offspring.
Even in my eyes, she has many satisfactory features.
Only satisfactory?
She's a flawless noblewoman.
Sir.
I wanted to wrap up the conversation we were having a few days ago.
I was waiting for you, my lord.
I've been joyful about this marriage offer since a while ago.
Your son is a capable man who's even recognized at Sungkyunkwan.
and has a good reputation as a virtuous man with moral influence.
My in-law.
I am overjoyed that you accepted the marriage happily like this.
My in-law.
The young master wants raw meat bibimbap?
- Yes. - How can that be?
He has never eaten anything raw before, ever since he was young.
I guess his appetite changed.
He said that he's personally going to the butchery to pick good meat.
I will go.
Father!
Did you want this so much as soon as you came back?
Hurry up and eat.
Okay.
Can you get me some boiled water with rice?
Goodness, look at me.
I totally forgot that I was going to boil some for you.
Here, eat it quickly.
That's it, good boy.
That's it, eat more.
Young Master.
What are you doing there?
I suddenly really wanted to see our Poong.
Okay, okay.
He's happy to see me too.
That's it, Poong.
Give me your paw.
Where is the site for washing clothes?
Excuse me?
Have you ever heard of this phrase?
A person responsible for the incident must wrap up the ends.
Since this happened because of you
it's only right that you lead me to the site for washing clothes.
Your Honor.
You've never washed clothes before, have you?
I was grateful to you, Your Honor.
For what?
You released my Father...
even if it wasn't your fault.
I heard it was a prank pulled by
a different scholar who ended up expelled.
It was to pay back... a debt.
Excuse me?
When I was bitten by a poisonous snake...
you sucked out the poison.
But...
what were you looking at a little while ago?
Excuse me?
You were looking at something from under the tree.
The stars.
That's weird.
How can you see stars in broad daylight?
You need to wait...
in order to see it.
A lowly person is trying to scorn a noble.
You're a child of a woman of low status.
Do you think that I'm being harsh?
No.
Although I am a commoner living in Banchon
slaughtering is my job.
So, I would look like a person from the lower class in anyone's eyes.
You said that I was lowly, because I looked lowly to you.
Doesn't being the child of a low-status woman...
make you feel resentful?
People are certainly born as either a noble or lower person.
I am a lower person for sure.
But...
There's a noble and lower person distinction
in my heart given to me by the Heavens.
If nobles consider themselves as low, then they'll be low.
Even lower people like me...
will be noble, if we consider ourselves as noble, right?
Over there.
Put it in.
- Bro. - How much did you put in your pocket?
Put what?
I was only away for ten days, and you put a guy like that in the ring?
You're just dying to stop the fights, and close down, aren't you?
Talk after you watch him.
Do I have to taste paste, to know what it tastes like?
You put that guy, who's as skinny as a mosquito, on...
after getting bribed, didn't you?
Absolutely not.
I'm not the kind of guy that gets bribed...
Are you a man or a woman?
Judging by your body, you do seem like a man.
But, something just...
For a guy who looks stupid, you have a good eye.
There's a beauty that can't be hidden, even if I try.
Fight!
If I can earn money for liquor this easily...
then, the liquor won't taste as good.
Man, the smell of blood.
I wondering where the fishy smell of blood was coming from.
It was the butcher wench.
Hand it over.
This is meat that the Old Master of the Ga Hae Room needs quickly.
This butcher wench, we just want to taste the meat.
Lower your gaze.
We should teach her some respect.
Hey.
Why this little...
Attack all at once!
- Move aside, Your Honor. - I don't think I can do that.
If you meddle in the business of lowly people...
you'll get dust on your precious body.
Although the law of this country
is originally based on the distinction between nobles and commoners
just pretend that law doesn't exist, and come at me.
You'll get hurt.
Use it to buy medication.
A butcher...
For me...
it's a bit early to marry.
It's up to me to decide the right time for you to marry.
Father.
Are you planning on cutting off the family line?
There's no way a weakling like you can become a military general.
What kind of person is Lord Jo Jong Goo?
He's the district general, and kin to the queen.
Each generation had a great general who achieved glorious military merit.
The family has such a great history.
On top of that, the daughter is equipped with wit and beauty.
She's a bride candidate who's too good for you.
Father.
For me, marrying is still...
I'm ashamed to face our ancestors.
Don't you know that this marriage
is your last chance to continue your family's great achievement?
I don't want to.
What have you done as the eldest son of the family?
Get married and continue the family line.
I don't expect anything from you anymore.
Should I show you today?
Our secret hide-out.
Sitting together as two vigorous men
to watch the stars...
is quite all right too.
Why don't you let it out?
What?
The reason why you're refusing the marriage offer.
When the time comes...
the family will decide for us, and we have to follow.
Isn't that our law and life?
It's not like I don't know you.
You've never disobeyed your father.
Is there someone in your heart?
There is in mine.
I've met someone whom I want to compete against.
I've never seen someone like that before.
She was a confident woman.
- Then... - You also...
have someone, right?
Someone in your heart.
She was like a green leaf.
She also seemed like a wild flower.
The first moment I saw her...
she didn't seem like a person from this world.
She didn't seem like a person from this world, you say...
I felt the same way.
Honestly, that spirit...
was not an ordinary woman.
It was as if...
she was the spirit of the forest.
She watched the stars during broad daylight.
I met...
a girl like that.
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[Orange Marmalade. A romance that'll knock on your heart.]
Seeing as you're soul has been knocked out of you
she must be an amazing girl.
Because of me?
I saw you fight off those street gangsters with your flute.
Duel with me just once.
I'm Han Shi Hoo.
What's your name?
You must tell me next time.
They say Young Master Jung Jae Min is an outstanding person.
Has the marriage date been set?
Father, please stop this marriage.
The young master will be marrying soon.
There shouldn't be any chance of trouble, right?
Do I just have to become a military general?
How can a guy who can't even slash out the fears within him
slash that?
What will you do if I can?