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~ Conspiracy in the Court ~ DIRECTOR'S CUT
~ FINAL Episode ~
Why would you behead a criminal who is still under investigation?
Your Highness!
May you stop the questioning!
Free the way.
We have orders from Her Highness.
Don't you realize whom you are facing?!
What is all this discourteous commotion?
Your Highness.
Why are you trying to murder the criminal?
Murder?!
How dare you utter such obloquious drivel in her presence?!
She escaped unscathed?!
What is the matter?
He even wielded his blade right in Her Highness's face.
Both the Minister of Personnel and all those Shipa ruffians will crumble,
what is perturbing you...
What now...
Your Excellency.
She joined forces with Her Highness.
The gravest of ordeals was bestowed upon all of His Majesty's courtiers.
We shall now see...
*"Pure/green brushes" was a metaphor for yangban of strong morals
which brushes will refuse to be swayed*.
Milady.
You risked demise there.
Did you not realize?
Do not take your survival so lightly.
Her Highness cannot slay me.
Give me support.
Sire...
Think your silence will shelter her?
Tell me who it is at once.
If there is anything impervious to most poisons, that is gold.
But seeing it turn into such a ghastly white...
It was the mercury.
It is poisonous enough to even cause gold to react.
That cinnabaris...
contained mercury.
These are all of His Majesty's relics.
Inside my beloved Joseon I hid my last ardent wishes.
"My last fervent hope...
is my country, Joseon."
The missing half of what I gave you shall reveal a secret order of mine.
My father...
gave me this, before he perished.
That infamous and controversial ruler has now perished,
so is it not our world what we are living in?!
The transfer of the capital is now but a distant memory,
and would not people return in droves to the capital?!
Not to mention all the abodes in the Northern District,
whose price will reach the skies.
But a few moments is all it will take to gain a few years' worth of profits.
Listen, Master Yang...
The Commissioner of State Funerals clamored us to send aides.
Summon everyone.
Master Yang!
I will rescue Milady.
How dare you so disdainfully threaten Her Highness?!
I smuggled those shikimi berries into the palace,
and I am aware that Lady Jo instigated that slattern on your behalf,
but how could such trifling matters ever soil the indomitable resolve...
Your Highness has so staunchly invigorated?!
Your Excellency!
I am engaging in parley with the Queen Dowager!
I daringly believe that...
I more than earned a spot in the great legacy of the Joseon you heralded.
May you accord me your benevolence, Your Highness.
I cannot deny your claims.
I shall gleefully accede.
Your Highness!
It is His Majesty's secret will.
Milord!
There is no courtier left to heed these words.
All the Shipa members dispersed to follow personal whims.
They will likely be awaiting the chance to implore Her Highness for their lives.
Did you forget His Excellency Chae Seung Hwan in Hwaseong?!
That is why I shall burn this in your presence.
I cannot allow you to face any more perilous quandaries,
such as leaving for Hwaseong to meet him.
Milord...
Those are His Majesty's final wishes.
His Majesty has long perished,
and no courtier will ever fulfill his wishes.
Those wishes...
already vanished along with his soul.
It is now time...
you live for your own self.
That is what everyone else in the world does.
Milord!
It is lumber for the royal hearse.
And what is this?
They are filled with varnish for the procession.
Will you inspect them?
No need.
What are those men?
They will lend support to the state funeral preparatives.
According survival to that slattern...
was a most astonishing and canny expedient, Your Highness.
I hope my decision to offer you a second chance...
will reap similar rewards.
How could it not?!
All the fervent wishes Your Majesty fomented...
are no different from these empty Juhamnu walls.
Is His Excellency Chae Seung Hwan the only one left?
As his failure in successfully treating His Majesty's malady...
at long last caused most direful quandaries to this country,
unable to endure the encumbering reproach he was about to face,
Physician Shim drank poisonous nectars of his own volition.
Investigating the suspicions fomented regarding His Majesty's demise,
*Jeongjo 24th, 1800
on the twenty-eighth day of the six month, year of Gyeongshin*,
Inspector of the State Tribunal Park Sang Gyu...
That is enough.
As everyone must be engaged in preparations for the royal rites,
concisely divulge only the crucial points.
I closely examined all the infusions and ingredients absorbed,
and I even daringly subjected His Majesty's body to a postmortem,
but what selected courtiers proposed as a possible cause of death...
was found to be just a false assumption.
Meaning....
His resolve should have roared creation for years to come,
but, regrettably,
providence consigned His Majesty to a natural demise.
Should anyone bear any grievance regarding the verdict,
speak now.
Then, inscribe the investigation results,
notify the privy council and the office of Censor-General,
and display it all over the four gates* so that creation will be alerted.
*Heunginji (East), Doneui (West), Sungnye (South), Sukjeong (North)
Seeing you endeavor such an arduous visit,
I am whelmed with awe.
I wonder whether a mendacious fountain of youth....
beclouded my mind into making infantine decisions.
May you accord me your forgiveness.
So, you learned of a peculiar occurrence regarding the Minister of Personnel?!
Just that a mischievous loach...
is attempting to soil our limpid waters.
Propitious fortuity...
merely suggested how to catch the squirrelly loach.
My name is Yang Man Oh, Your Highness.
So you are that merchant from the market.
Cunning as he may be, he will be of significant benefit to us.
Other than that of catching loaches swaying off the current,
did providence bless you with other talents?
I shall answer your every command, Your Highness.
You must be aware of the court lady who employed you,
and the slattern she in turn employed.
Will you be able to deal with them?
They are the kinfolk of Kang Jae Sun, who attempted on His Majesty's life.
Speak at once!
It was...
His Excellency Park In Bin who granted us those proprietary rights.
You wench!
You must be aware that this crime could spell an end for your clan.
It is a conspiracy!
But myself I am aware that Inspector Park concealed the truth about this.
I trust you realize how the celestial bond you possess...
will not make much of a difference, when treason is involved.
Was it "every flow has its ebb"?
It surely shall not be any different in my case.
I was accorded consent to grant you freedom,
if you willingly step down and move back to your hometown.
After all, I shan't allow a court compeer of over ten years...
to drown in the direful dewdrops of the execution grounds.
Is that what Her Highness told you?
That is the case, Milady.
She clamored me to deal with the hound,
now that the hare has been caught.
Right....
Both that slattern and Inspector Park will no longer be of any use to her.
You must fulfill your mission with nary a blemish.
The hound she was speaking of...
is none other than you, Milady.
Her Highness...
seems to believe you are no longer of any use to her.
I must seek audience with her...
Her Highness would never...
She would never...
do this to me.
That Yang Man Oh is attempting to rescue the slattern?!
That is correct, Milady.
Also, the reason why he slew Master Hwang...
was only to rescue that slattern.
And you expect me to believe the spurious utterances...
of someone who just betrayed his keeper?!
I was told that you can only serve one keeper at once.
To remove a keeper who strayed off the righteous path,
bring discipline back to our ranks,
and wash away suspicions of betrayal,
I daringly sought your audience, Milady.
A keeper who strayed off the righteous path?!
Your Excellency.
I have heard you resigned from your post.
Was it not...
exactly what you wished for?!
Was the accident at the public deliberation exposed?
I issued a request to the State Councilor.
To make sure nobody learns of your involvement.
Your Excellency!
I might be leaving now,
but one day I shall grace these gates once again.
For I....
cannot live away from this place.
When you leave the office, come to the outer quarters.
We shall let the night inebriate us, like in olden times.
Your Excellency...
Your Highness!
Yang Man Oh is trying to rescue that slattern.
Your Highness!
Just let them be...
Fire!
Hyungnim!
The criminal?!
We barely escaped ourselves.
It was hard even for us to get out unscathed.
Hyungnim!
Where are you going...
Troops are gathering before the entrance.
Milady!
Yang Man Oh... you knave...
Milady! Milady...
Milady!
Milady...
What now?!
What happened here?
Can't you see by yourself?!
The slattern?
What happened to the slattern?
The Inspector braved the flames to rescue her...
Hyungnim!!
Hyungnim.
Hyungnim!
Hyungnim...
- Hyungnim! - Hyungnim.
Summon the physician immediately.
That...
That... slattern...
Did the slattern perish?
The slattern is dead!
Move the body to the Board of Punishment!
Your Excellency!
This lady...
How could you leave your post?
I shall staunchly reproach you for such malfeasance!
Hasten!
Hyungnim.
She is not the one.
Never you mind.
The criminal everyone wished to disappear shall fulfill their wishes.
Vanishing just like those flames.
Milady.
You endured grave quandaries.
A boat is being prepared for you,
so take refuge for the time being.
I shall escort you to Qing territory.
I must meet with His Excellency Chae Seung Hwan.
I must go, and convey His Majesty's wishes.
Do not expect anything from them.
They are nothing but yangban inebriated by the vile nectars of power.
The best for our people should be achieved by our people firsthand.
If the purpose is the same, so must be the path leading to its fruition.
Our purpose is different, and so is that path!
Even noble-sounding terms like reform are but a hollow and pleasant guise,
masking their attempt to protect what they hold dearest.
Whilst all our people need is some food on their tables,
they squander time in vacuous tirades, with nary a concern in the world.
But you yourself, Master Yang,
have gotten much closer to the yangban you so ardently deride.
I am no yangban!
To the eyes of our people,
that is what you will look like by now.
Now that their silk and opulent abodes bedeck your livelihood,
did your mores change along with your garments?!
Would ruffians sniveling under the yangban's might such as yourselves...
even realize what that means?!
I believe your intents differ from what your behavior suggests.
However,
whether the path you chose is truly the right one,
I am not sure.
Milady!
I have my own calling to follow.
May you accord me your support, Master Yang.
I shall never allow you to leave for Hwaseong.
At least this once, may you follow my wishes.
Master Yang...
That lady...
met her demise, at last?!
I handed my resignation to the State Tribunal.
So, you merely proved Her Highness's innocence,
but you could not rescue that woman.
How do you plan to proceed now?
Her Highness shall not let you off so easily.
She might not be able to escape inquiring gazes in the palace,
but outside those kingly walls, it is a different story.
No matter how staunchly you try to avoid or ignore it,
you will never...
be able to escape from the claws of power.
That is what politics is all about.
Myself, I no longer have any power left.
Inspector Park left the palace seemingly unscathed,
so we could surmise your wishes have been fulfilled?!
My gratitude, Your Excellency.
What are you prepared to give me in return?
As purportless as this retired gisaeng might be,
are you still willing to bask in her embrace?!
How could I ever, in the midst of national mourning?!
How does this place sound, then?
Ohh!
Are you planning to abandon this giru, and follow your beloved?
Never you mind.
Everything has returned as it once was.
The ruler who attempted to sway this country's pillars...
through flagitious political experiments is no longer amongst us.
And all the fawning ruffians answering his call have disappeared from the court.
As for you, as it once used to be,
you may just remain as you are.
She disappeared?!
All our acolytes protecting her are nowhere to be found, either.
Everything has returned as it once was?!
It is not so.
This slattern's heart...
has never been beclouded by such lonesome throes.
Her Highness is aware of the fact that she is still alive.
However...
As she is well aware of your prominent talents,
and she shares your utmost concern for our people,
how could she not cherish you?!
What does she want from me?
Leave this place at once,
and help Inspector Park and that slattern reach Hwaseong.
Bear in mind...
that this is your very last chance to protect everything you achieved...
before being proclaimed Chief of Mercantile Affairs.
You must be aware that this world is not such an easy place to live.
You must follow your calling at all cost.
What on earth is the matter?
You resent me?
I do not deserve such reverence.
I...
am nothing but an ignominious slave who caused...
the demise of many an innocent life.
You are the one who saved Naeuri's life.
I owe you a lot myself.
I have a request.
I am aware that you wish to head for Hwaseong.
If you are intent on going there, Naeuri will follow you.
May you renounce those intents.
He will not go there.
Yes, that is right.
And neither shall you, Milady.
I found out where they are lodging.
Summon everyone.
We shall escort Milady to Hwaseong.
Are you not aware that Master Yang is walking a different path?!
He is the only one able to protect you.
May you return to him.
- Milord. - I myself...
cannot envision what the morrow will bring me.
This will suffice.
You have followed His Majesty's wishes more than enough.
I beg you...
Do not go there.
Milord...
Does it not daunt you?
It does.
You are not forced to do it.
If I was not forced to do so,
I would have never done it.
Like every other woman,
I wish I could meet someone, bear a child,
and spend the rest of my days...
living a normal, happy existence.
But what about all the misdeeds which soiled these hands of mine?!
How can I ever repent for all the tragedies...
these cursed hands of mine brought upon innocent souls?!
I will...
I shall escort her.
Does that imply you are ready to abandon fame and riches?
I can start anew any time I wish.
However...
What Milady needs at this very moment...
is my support.
I shall aid you.
Trade is something only the living do, not wraiths maundering the Hades.
- Don't you know?! - If dread could sway me,
how could I ever stake my all for this?!
Milady.
Whatever the cause,
risking your life is a foolish endeavor.
Forgive my obstinacy.
Knowing you will not follow me brings me some solace,
for surviving and fulfilling one's aspirations...
requires the utmost courage.
May you...
take good care of yourself,
and one day fulfill those wishes.
Milady...
In the early morningtide, I shall come to escort you.
My gratitude.
It is your mother's slave register.
I made sure...
you will be able to lead a dignified existence.
Are you telling us to leave this place?
Remain here, and demise could befall you at any time.
Your Excellency...
I recall the day I first entered the palace,
after passing the national examination.
I myself...
pledged a thousand times that I would engage in politics for our people.
However...
Let alone caring for the lives of our people,
this reality of ours made my own survival itself a trying quest.
Did you say you despise my unquenchable thirst for power?
I said those same words to my father myself.
But after the lives of my kinfolk were bestowed upon my care,
I suddenly turned into my father's own reflection.
Try to become a father yourself.
The same thing will likely happen to you.
That,
no matter how much this world can change,
is one of life's unquestionable truths.
Your Excellency...
No matter how fervently you refuse to call me your father,
I still soil half the blood pumping in your veins.
Milord...
You wretched fool...
Aigoo... how could this happen...
You like it that much?
Aigoo... need to even ask?!
Now, people will stop looking down on us!
If all the others were released from slavery,
they would have been so elated.
And why should it concern us?!
All we need is for you and me to enjoy the rest of our lives!
Right...
This damned piece of paper...
How could it bring so many trials to people?!
How wonderful...
I mean... listen...
Stop grinning like a reprobate and talk to us!
So, does that mean he is harboring a high criminal?!
Master Yang?!
Aigoo... this...
Is the State Tribunal aware of all this?
As long as those criminals are alive,
they shall soon find out.
Ohh Ohh... And I thought things were finally heading in the right direction...
What is this thunderbolt amidst clear skies?!
It will only herald the realization of our dreams.
We shall never allow the entire market to be swept away by treasonous insinuations.
Do you have any stratagem in mind?
If you could only accord me your support,
would there not be a way to find a solution for these quandaries?!
Solution?!
What solution?
It has been a long time.
I trust you have been faring well?!
How could Master Yang do something like that?!
As his senior, you should have offered him precious reproach and advice!
Listen to you...
Do today's spurious moppets even gaze in a senior's direction?!
We fear the repercussions could severely hamper the market.
Accord us your inestimable counsel.
My most cherished Chief Hong shall not be victim of indifference, indeed.
So, tell me. Where is this high criminal?
They were headed for Hwaseong, so they surely must be using Nodeul Port.
Should you deploy officers to find them,
you would be responsible for service of the utmost merit.
Merit... merit... merit!
Is boasting one's meritorious service what matters now?!
How dare he harbors a high criminal?!
I knew the very first moment I saw those callous eyes of his,
that Master Yang would besmirch my utmost trust with betrayal!
My acumen surely could not fail me!
Listen, is anyone out there?
Is anyone?!
I beg you, when I call for you, answer just once!
Uh?! If you're there or not, at least tell me!
I owe you a lot.
No matter what Naeuri told you,
he will follow you all the way.
For that to happen,
too grieving are the throes I subjected him to.
May you...
take good care of him on my behalf.
*Noryangjin's ancient name
I suggest we cross the river at Nodeul Port*.
It will open a swift pathway to Hwaseong.
He will not follow us.
With you by my side, I feel reassured.
Milady...
I myself, joining you on the same path,
feel invigorated.
Master.
Officers from the Capital Bureau are here.
You knave!
You dare harbor that treasonous slattern?!
Did temerarious boldness becloud your mind?
Apprehend them.
You insolent scalawag...
You lowly vermin of a merchant dare wiggle your blade in our presence?!
Boys, slay these varmints!
Yes!
Milady!
Stop there!
Stop!
I knew you would leave.
I was sure...
you would follow her.
They escaped the fortress gates.
Was it you who alerted....
the troops, Lady Han?
That man named Do Sul must have committed a heedless mistake.
Is she not blessed with providence?!
She shall find a way to escape.
I still cannot comprehend this, Your Highness.
How could you let her flee?
Should I turn your curiosity into a bonfire's remains?!
All you need to do is follow my lead.
Yes. Your Highness.
So you deployed without any orders?
Are they not treasonous varmints?
We might have heedlessly lost them,
but tidings regarding their capture...
shall fly past us in no time.
So Her Highness did not order this?
She prohibited any military deployment until after the enthronement.
That is most peculiar.
There is no reprisal, despite her knowing that the slattern is alive?!
Now that I think about it, the Minister of Personnel is missing as well.
By any chance...
Could he not have gone to meet His Excellency Chae Seung Hwan in Hwaseong?
Then, would not that be even more befuddling?
The Minister is attempting to deploy the Royal Guard Garrison in Hwaseong,
but any troop deployment is forbidden?!
It is a mystery, a mystery indeed.
What is the reason you sought me?
You.... hasten!
Bring it to me!
Now!
Is there no doubt this is His Majesty's writing?
Sire!
When the wintry gales swelter us,
he said that brushes would be swayed by the wind.
So...
did you find any unyielding brushes?
In the palace...
there was not a single one left.
You insolent slattern!
How dare you mutter such insidious drivel?!
That is enough, Your Excellency!
Her poisonous nectars slew His Majesty.
- They brought His Majesty's secret will. - Your Excellency!
He attempted to show the new Joseon to all his neglecters...
and open their eyes to the future, so how could it not be called benevolence?!
Those might have been His Majesty's orders,
but we shan't allow the culprits behind his demise to survive.
I concur.
We shall stick her treasonous pate on a gibbet,
and show to all creation that His Majesty's grief has been quenched.
Must it really end this way?
Did you find out?
We did rummage their post, but there was nothing suspicious.
Her Highness allowed them to reach Hwaseong on purpose.
Surely...
there must be a reason behind all this.
Especially as it was the Left Capital Bureau which was sent after us.
We endured unfathomable peril to bring you that secret will,
how could you behead her?!
And how could I ever believe the words of someone...
who willingly forged the investigation results?!
I am aware that it was you who commended Physician Shim to his post,
the man who used cinnabaris and caused His Majesty's demise.
Should you not explain such occurrences, Your Excellency?!
How dare you utter such vile insinuations?!
Your Excellency!
That is merely what you are asserting.
It is far from the truth that has been revealed.
She was the one serving those poisonous nectars to His Majesty,
and did you not willingly conceal such truth?
No need for any execution grounds.
I...
found His Majesty's will,
and fulfilled my calling.
May you...
bring our people the new Joseon His Majesty dreamed of.
You...
How could you...
What are you waiting for?
Slay that varmint... now!
Providence might herald a new ruler,
but how could a ruler dare to dispute divine providence?!
Just to please a throng of miserable vermin,
demanding sacrifices from the yangban?!
- Sire... - Have a safe journey.
Establishing the interim tribunal...
Your armed intrusion into Her Highness's quarters...
as she was questioning her...
Was it all something you concocted with Her Highness?
How could I have ever known all that in advance?!
The slattern might have significantly confounded my plans,
but with even the Right State Councilor out of the picture,
it certainly brought its share of benefits.
"Can't Live Under the Heavens Along with My Father's Enemy."
Pledging her destiny to divine providence!
It is a deep, labyrinthine palace.
I might be entrusting my fate to Her Highness at the moment,
but you never know what could befall me along the path.
This...
shall become the last hand at my disposal, should the need arise.
When the keeper you owe your life to graces you with his presence,
should you not pay your respects?!
Here...
It is all done now.
You will be the ones who slew Minister Chae.
And...
it is here that your calling will end.
This cannot be!
- We must find refuge. - It cannot be...
Is anyone there?
Treasonous varmints slew Minister Chae!
We will take the rear gates.
If we cross past the mountain near the western command post,
we will be able to flee Hwaseong.
We must return to the capital.
Milady!
We must convey what happened.
That His Majesty was poisoned by mercury,
and that Minister Chae was mercilessly slaughtered.
And to whom will you convey all that?
Milady.
Joseon's destiny...
I shall not allow Joseon's destiny...
to be so guilefully altered!
Milady!
That is enough!
What are you doing?
We must leave this place first.
Do you understand?
Do not forget...
that many lives have been sacrificed to grant you survival.
Now...
what could I possibly do?
If you never abandon it,
never give it up until the very end,
is not hope what shall never leave your side?!
If you could not find it again,
from the very start...
they would have never christened it as hope.
We should hasten and leave, Master.
I shall divert their attention.
May you take good care...
of all our survivors.
That...
is what behooves you to do, Master.
Survive.
You shall never see the light at the end of all this darkness otherwise.
By meeting you...
I already...
was allowed to bask in that light.
Whatever hopes they might be,
may you fulfill them.
Let us move.
Nobody shall witness Sang Cheon's last moments.
Master Yang!
What miserable display!
You must have gained all which belonged to me already,
so why did you trail me all the way here?
Was I not the one who showed you...
how to hold that blade?!
We fulfilled all our wishes.
The majority of Joseon's populace shall fill their bellies with our crops,
and all which remained was gaining enough influence to contend with those yangban,
so how could you do something so heedless?
What are you doing, Naeuri?
Sure!
That damned love of yours...
Enjoy it all you want on your way to the Hades!
There is something you are not aware of.
The fact that this damned love of mine...
is the most shining light kindling my path.
All that is left is becoming royal interpreter and treading your way through this world!
Because of my results,
I will get the opportunity to follow the Royal Envoy leaving next month!
Is that true?!
My congratulations, I am really glad!
I...
must briefly rest...
I...
am exhausted.
At least you... Now...
Milady.
Your embrace...
was always this warm.
No...
I want to live...
I, too...
want to survive...
along with you.
May you...
survive...
and live to see a better world.
What did it take to bring us together again?!
And now you leave me this way?
Why...
does everyone leave my side?
Is it because of hopes we shall never fulfill in life?
Then...
only in demise shall I fulfill them.
Now...
nobody shall ever stop me...
from fulfilling those dreams.
The woman my heart embraced with a life of devotion.
Along with the man she devoted her entire life for.
I buried the small and great aspirations their hearts fomented...
deep down this cruel soil.
I shall now forget...
all the aspirations I buried along with them.
But, one day of many moons far away,
should buds grace the soil which buried these souls,
and bloom into luxuriant trees embracing this whole world,
I shall forever remember that woman and her beloved,
and perhaps one day...
let new aspirations capture my soul.
I shall devote the rest of my days...
to the prosperity of our royal family and this country.
I laud your efforts.
You are flattering me, Your Highness.
Did you find the secret will?
Regrettably, I did not.
Most lamentable as it might be,
I convey you tidings regarding Minister Chae's sudden departure.
My...
I will have to count on your strenuous efforts in his stead, Your Excellency.
I shall serve you with utmost zeal, Your Highness.
It was Lee Jae Han who allowed the slattern to reach Hwaseong...
What a daunting specimen.
He shall not last long.
See the crimson tide he left in his wake?
There is talebearing indicating that His Majesty was poisoned by mercury.
And who could have...
And why would it concern you?!
A chronic malady was what killed him.
As time goes by...
it will be forgotten by everyone,
and vanish into the dusty annals of history.
That will be the end of it.
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May you pay your final respects.
Jealousy for those maundering the Hades...
shall not becloud the living.
I hear that you will leave for a long journey.
Anywhere...
Any place away from this Joseon shall be my destination.
I see.
If you wish to follow me,
I could open a giru for you.
I cannot leave this place.
I wish to show this child...
the beautiful world his father so fervently wished for.
Should providence not accord him such blessing,
his offspring...
will likely be embraced by the light those two so devotedly hoped for.
It is futile.
It is just...
what I hope for.
~ WITH S2 presented ~ Conspiracy in the Court
If you never aspire for them, how could you ever fulfill your wishes?
A world that will grant them what their efforts deserve...
Is that not what so-called courtiers like ourselves should create?!
If you know how to forget, do it. But it shan't be easy.
- I wish to know the truth. - If you do, would you be able to handle it?
Whose future would that be?
That of the people of Joseon, and their descendants.
How could you protect your convictions without sacrifices?
If dread could sway me, how could I ever stake my all for this?!
As reality derides my most fervent convictions,
and as my every aspiration becomes the seed of lamentable sacrifices,
is my never giving up truly the answer?!
My last fervent hope...
is my country, Joseon...
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