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What else have you uncovered?
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I reviewed the painters
with whom the guild conducts business,
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but none of them
seem to be the one we seek.
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The guild's archives
contain no suspicious records.
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Chief Merchant Sim must be overseeing
all matters regarding the painter.
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I suspected as much.
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You must delve deeper still.
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To do so, you must appear genuine to all.
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That was far too risky.
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That wench Sim Jae-yi
almost ruined everything.
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Kept alive, she will only do us harm.
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Eliminate her.
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DEAR HONGRANG
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I am well aware of the sincere loyalty
you have shown the chief merchant
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as masters of the guild over the years.
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Thus, I understand
it was no easy decision to come here.
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In return, I shall repay you handsomely
for a long time to come.
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You have my word.
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Yes, madam.
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I have asked you all here today
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not to take down my husband,
the chief merchant of this guild,
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but for the greater good of the guild.
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I hope you do not reproach yourselves
for attending.
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However, should you leave this place
and have another change of heart,
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you should be prepared to lose your life
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and for your kin to face the consequences
for generations to come.
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You have my word on that as well.
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Now, shall we commence the meeting?
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Madam.
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Master Mun.
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It is not we masters
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or the guild's disposition
that moves the chief merchant.
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- Then what does?
- The patrons.
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Their steadfast patronage
has ensured the guild's profitability.
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Among those, the patrons
with the most significant influence
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have continued business with the guild
out of loyalty to your late father,
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the previous chief merchant.
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Therefore, I assume they are inclined
to your favor, madam.
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You should win them over first.
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Madam held a covert meeting
with the guild masters.
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General opinion is against you,
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with rumors that the guild's leadership
has passed to Young Master Hongrang.
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Let us depart at daybreak.
I shall go to Jin Art Studio.
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See to this task personally
and with the utmost secrecy.
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Yes, sir.
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I will be extra cautious.
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How is business?
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Good.
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What is it, sir?
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It is nothing.
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I caught the trace of a familiar scent.
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A familiar scent?
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Mun Gyu-ha.
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Pardon?
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Why mention that name?
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How is he faring these days?
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That man is dead.
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Drinking and gambling
ruined him and his kin.
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Following the death
of his neglected mother,
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it is said he took his own life.
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BIG EYES AND LEAN FACE
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I am sorry I kept you waiting.
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Let us first get you to safety, then…
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What did you do to my sister?
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- Seize him!
- Where is she?
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Tell me! What have you done to Kkot-nim?
Where did you send her off to?
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Where is she? Please tell me!
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Take your pick.
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You may leave with that wench,
or you may take this seal
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and assume this place for yourself.
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Either leave with nothing
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or secure your place.
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Mistress.
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Mistress Jae-yi. Are you still asleep?
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Mistress, I have brought you some food.
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You haven't eaten for four days.
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Mistress.
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Kept alive, she will only do us harm.
Eliminate her.
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Whether you are an imposter or not,
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I hope you are no longer in pain.
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And yet, she herself is in no position
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to worry about another.
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Mistress.
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Good heavens! Eul-bun!
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Eul-bun!
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- What is it?
- This is terrible.
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Mistress Jae-yi is…
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What about my sister?
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Sister, please get better.
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It discourages me
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to see you in pain.
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I feel down.
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A lack of food has impaired
her spleen and stomach.
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Her severe anxiety may explain
the coughing up of blood.
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She will recover after several days
of rest, so do not worry.
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I shall prescribe some lotus heart powder.
Brew it in water and have her drink it.
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Why, is this not Miindo
by the painter Sin?
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How did you manage to acquire
such a precious thing?
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I shall buy it from you this instant.
What is your asking price?
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It is a gift from madam to you,
Minister Hong.
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What?
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She is offering this as a gift?
A piece as precious as this?
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Very well, then.
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How may I be of service to her?
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She has returned?
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Why? Is there more I must know?
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I was rash.
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It was careless of me.
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I know full well the extent of your pain
even before the incident.
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And yet, I have only caused you
further suffering.
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I am sorry.
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What if…
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What if he truly is Hongrang?
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What do you intend to do, then?
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I must accept it.
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A brother of yours is, in a way,
a brother of mine.
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Let me get this straight.
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The one who conspired with Hong-sik
to have me drink pomegranate wine
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was not Sim Jae-yi
but rather the stake himself.
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She was trying to protect him…
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and I merely danced to her tune.
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I am utterly repulsed and cannot eat.
Do not delay your words further.
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Why have you gathered us all here?
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Hongrang.
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Yes?
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Pay your great-uncle a visit.
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My uncle?
But it is quite a journey from here.
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He has sent me a letter.
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He last saw you as a child
and wishes dearly to see you again.
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It was inconsiderate of me
not to send you sooner.
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I would like my sister to join me.
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I have yet to fully recover
my childhood memories,
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and it worries me that I may
unintentionally cause him distress.
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Her company would help
alleviate my uneasiness
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and may even help stir up old memories.
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Very well. She may join you.
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He is away yet again?
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Yes, he is.
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Considering that he travels
without his palanquin,
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his leg must have recovered.
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Well, that is--
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Have this delivered to His Excellency.
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He handed you this and simply left?
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Yes, my lord.
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Both the husband and wife
are making a tactful effort.
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However, I have already received
a gift beyond measure from madam.
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It would be hard to persuade me
with anything else.
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What… is this?
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Prepare the palanquin!
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I must go to the Min Family's Guild
at once!
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- This is a counterfeit.
- Which one?
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It is such meticulous work,
it is almost impossible to discern.
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Are you telling me
that Madam Min sent me a counterfeit?
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Are you certain?
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Listen.
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I do not distrust your judgment,
Chief Merchant Sim,
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but how can you be so certain
when the two are indistinguishable?
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I am certain.
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I mark all items that come by the guild.
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JIN
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She dares… How dare she deceive me so!
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Your Excellency,
I have made a grave error.
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Please forgive me.
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No, you have done nothing wrong.
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I now realize that Madam Min
has acted in an undignified manner,
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all to claim the guild for herself.
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She likely meant no harm, my lord.
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She oversees the guild's finances.
As such, her eye for art is less refined.
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Wait a moment.
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There must be others
who also received counterfeits.
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Your Excellency,
you should have sent word of your visit.
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Please come inside.
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Chief Merchant…
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Find out what is going on.
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As you wish.
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What is this dagger for?
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Remember what I taught you?
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I do, but vaguely.
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Like this, maybe…
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Let me.
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Was that it?
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Please have mercy.
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Was that good?
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Yes. Use it to protect yourself like so.
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You must return home safely.
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I will.
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Tie it tighter, will you?
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My son.
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It pains me that I cannot accompany you.
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An urgent matter has arisen,
now of all times.
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Your great-uncle is a strict
and principled man.
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Treat him with the utmost courtesy.
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Of course. I will see you upon my return.
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I have them tailed,
so please rest assured.
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- Help yourselves, everyone.
- We must hurry.
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This is tasty, all right.
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Oh dear. It is still but a fledgling.
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How ever did you fall from there?
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Its mother may have pushed it.
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What?
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Mother birds often abandon
weak or deformed chicks.
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Keeping it alive only adds another mouth,
one unlikely to survive.
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No. This one tells me you are mistaken.
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See? It is flapping its wings for help,
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asking us to return it
to its mother and siblings.
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Here. You hold it.
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Hand it to me once I get up there.
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Can you even climb?
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You hold it.
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Hand it here, will you?
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What are you doing?
Were you thinking of catching me?
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- Why not?
- If you so wish.
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You said you would make an effort!
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Is this you making an effort
to be my little brother?
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Is this not the nature of little brothers?
Unruly, unthinking, and unsound?
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The artworks I sent to the patrons
were all counterfeits?
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They were.
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How is this possible?
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Those pieces were taken
from the treasure chamber.
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Someone must have tampered with them.
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Who? Why?
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So they were all counterfeits
to begin with?
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This is disastrous.
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I have tarnished the guild's reputation
and betrayed its esteemed patrons' trust.
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I shall be held accountable
for everything.
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My lady, word has it that Madame Gwigokja
has returned to the city.
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Find out where she is. Now!
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Yes, madam.
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Eliminate her on the journey.
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You may claim she went to Yanjing
to find her brother.
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We have evidence that she saved money
while working with those strays.
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Hongrang. Is that really you?
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- You have not changed one bit.
- Hongrang.
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I feared I may never see you again!
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Do you remember me at all?
Take a look around the place.
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Everything should be as you remember it.
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No wonder… it seemed quite familiar.
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Especially… that pine tree over there.
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Goodness, it is you!
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You used to stand on your tiptoes,
claiming you would grow taller than that.
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Thanks to my sister,
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I am recovering my memories
little by little.
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Well, you two were inseparable
when you were little.
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Of course.
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Your name was Jae-yi, was it?
You have also not changed at all.
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Yes. It is good to see you.
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Who imagined he would return?
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I hear you were of a different opinion.
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Pardon?
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What was it?
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What made you instantly deny the brother
you had not seen in over a decade?
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I merely found him
unrecognizable as an adult.
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What about now?
Is he undoubtedly your little brother?
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I led countless soldiers in my youth.
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Each and every one of them
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harbored some sort of fear deep within.
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00:27:35,862 --> 00:27:40,033
Fear often stems
from one's childhood experiences.
258
00:27:40,533 --> 00:27:44,913
Soldiers who almost drowned as children
often develop a fear of water,
259
00:27:44,996 --> 00:27:48,833
while those who once fell
from a great height often fear heights.
260
00:27:57,133 --> 00:27:58,718
Which means…
261
00:28:01,471 --> 00:28:02,931
you must fear this.
262
00:28:06,226 --> 00:28:10,522
You were severely burned by the flame
of a heating stove in this very room.
263
00:28:11,731 --> 00:28:13,858
You must still bear the scar.
264
00:28:13,942 --> 00:28:17,487
Yet, you do not appear
to fear fire at all.
265
00:28:26,579 --> 00:28:29,791
It is because I have endured
far greater horrors.
266
00:28:31,209 --> 00:28:36,214
A relentless, suffocating hunger
scorched my insides,
267
00:28:37,006 --> 00:28:38,883
and the biting cold tore at my skin,
268
00:28:40,552 --> 00:28:42,095
igniting the agony of a thousand flames.
269
00:28:45,807 --> 00:28:48,017
In that great abyss of darkness,
270
00:28:48,101 --> 00:28:50,145
I yearned for the warmth
of a single ember,
271
00:28:50,228 --> 00:28:52,605
even if it would mean perishing in flames.
272
00:28:53,606 --> 00:28:54,566
However,
273
00:28:54,649 --> 00:28:59,571
what I feared more
than the hunger, cold, and darkness…
274
00:29:02,115 --> 00:29:03,241
was being utterly alone.
275
00:29:08,455 --> 00:29:11,708
Nothing could rival the fear
born of such despair and solitude.
276
00:29:13,209 --> 00:29:14,252
I shall never know
277
00:29:15,628 --> 00:29:16,671
a greater fear.
278
00:29:19,424 --> 00:29:22,886
By fortune, it seems
you shall no longer suffer such solitude.
279
00:29:47,202 --> 00:29:48,453
Here she comes.
280
00:30:02,467 --> 00:30:04,761
Such a decrepit place does not befit you.
281
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:06,971
Please come with me.
282
00:30:08,556 --> 00:30:09,849
Once more,
283
00:30:09,933 --> 00:30:12,685
you appear to be at risk
of losing something.
284
00:30:16,898 --> 00:30:18,858
Please bestow me with your blessing.
285
00:30:19,359 --> 00:30:24,823
Both my son and I are at great risk.
We are indeed in harm's way.
286
00:30:24,906 --> 00:30:29,077
Had you not put yourself in harm's way
to begin with,
287
00:30:29,577 --> 00:30:33,122
you would not have needed
to come here at all.
288
00:30:34,165 --> 00:30:34,999
You are right.
289
00:30:36,167 --> 00:30:38,419
This is all due to my imprudence.
290
00:30:39,295 --> 00:30:44,634
Is it not the existence of the real
that gives rise to the fake?
291
00:30:44,717 --> 00:30:45,552
Sorry?
292
00:30:48,346 --> 00:30:49,514
What do you…
293
00:31:11,828 --> 00:31:16,833
I once believed it was for the best
that you had not returned.
294
00:31:17,667 --> 00:31:19,794
I hoped you had either passed on
295
00:31:20,628 --> 00:31:23,673
or found happiness living another life
as someone else.
296
00:31:25,216 --> 00:31:29,512
I did not wish for you to suffer
the repercussions of your parents' sins.
297
00:31:33,933 --> 00:31:34,767
May I ask
298
00:31:36,477 --> 00:31:37,645
what sins you're referring to?
299
00:31:40,148 --> 00:31:41,482
Never forget
300
00:31:42,859 --> 00:31:47,405
that the spilling of innocent blood
always has its consequences.
301
00:32:30,823 --> 00:32:32,325
Let us stay the night there.
302
00:32:37,664 --> 00:32:39,499
Make camp with the porters further out.
303
00:40:00,981 --> 00:40:02,525
Why do you idle here?
304
00:40:05,569 --> 00:40:08,948
Let us end this quickly,
lest we wake one who is sound asleep.
305
00:41:04,378 --> 00:41:05,254
Hongrang.
306
00:41:08,424 --> 00:41:09,300
Hey!
307
00:41:10,426 --> 00:41:11,552
You there!
308
00:41:11,635 --> 00:41:12,928
Are you sleeping?
309
00:41:43,250 --> 00:41:44,210
Such a shame.
310
00:41:45,419 --> 00:41:46,295
Wasteful, indeed.
311
00:41:47,713 --> 00:41:49,256
You are quite the swordsmen.
312
00:41:50,341 --> 00:41:53,219
Now tell me. Who sent you?
313
00:41:53,844 --> 00:41:56,096
You are up against the Soul Reaper.
314
00:41:56,180 --> 00:41:58,682
Take only your most skilled men.
315
00:41:58,766 --> 00:42:00,643
Do not let her out of your sight.
316
00:42:00,726 --> 00:42:04,438
He must not harm
a single hair on her head.
317
00:42:18,744 --> 00:42:19,995
Dispose of the bastard.
318
00:42:20,079 --> 00:42:23,541
But the grandmaster's orders
were to simply protect the mistress.
319
00:42:32,716 --> 00:42:36,679
I doubt your silence stems from loyalty.
Is it pride? Or is it your work ethic?
320
00:42:38,138 --> 00:42:39,181
I would not expect
321
00:42:40,683 --> 00:42:44,395
to see pride and work ethic
in bastards who kill for coin.
322
00:42:47,147 --> 00:42:48,399
I do understand you though.
323
00:42:48,482 --> 00:42:49,608
I, for my part,
324
00:42:51,068 --> 00:42:52,861
am not so different from you.
325
00:43:17,303 --> 00:43:18,512
What is going on?
326
00:43:21,890 --> 00:43:23,309
You startled me.
327
00:43:24,518 --> 00:43:26,145
- Did something happen--
- I…
328
00:43:26,729 --> 00:43:27,896
I thought I lost you.
329
00:43:29,356 --> 00:43:30,816
- Again.
- What?
330
00:43:30,899 --> 00:43:32,526
I thought I lost you
331
00:43:33,819 --> 00:43:34,653
again.
332
00:43:36,947 --> 00:43:37,948
You thought what?
333
00:43:48,959 --> 00:43:50,294
What was that?
334
00:43:50,377 --> 00:43:53,547
What will you do with that? Protect me?
335
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:57,843
Just shut it.
336
00:43:59,511 --> 00:44:01,263
What now? "Shut it"?
337
00:44:48,811 --> 00:44:50,104
What is it now?
338
00:44:56,568 --> 00:44:59,613
This? I scratched it earlier when I…
339
00:45:01,490 --> 00:45:03,158
Why are you like this?
340
00:45:04,034 --> 00:45:07,579
Why do you keep getting hurt?
341
00:45:09,540 --> 00:45:10,374
Why…
342
00:45:33,439 --> 00:45:36,900
So, in order to resolve this issue,
343
00:45:37,401 --> 00:45:40,320
let us compare the ones you received
344
00:45:40,404 --> 00:45:42,906
with the ones in my storage
345
00:45:42,990 --> 00:45:46,118
to identify which are authentic
and which are counterfeits.
346
00:45:52,124 --> 00:45:53,459
Send in the appraisers.
347
00:46:05,846 --> 00:46:08,056
Goodness, tell us something!
348
00:46:10,392 --> 00:46:12,019
What is taking you so long?
349
00:46:13,020 --> 00:46:16,273
Hurry, now.
Tell us whether it is authentic or not.
350
00:46:20,068 --> 00:46:22,988
Why do you need to inspect it for so long?
351
00:46:23,071 --> 00:46:24,072
Come on.
352
00:46:25,073 --> 00:46:26,450
Your conclusion?
353
00:46:27,409 --> 00:46:30,496
After repeated examinations
and discussions,
354
00:46:30,579 --> 00:46:32,289
we have unanimously concluded
355
00:46:33,165 --> 00:46:35,959
that the pieces on the right
are authentic.
356
00:46:36,043 --> 00:46:37,878
So, we truly have been had?
357
00:46:37,961 --> 00:46:39,338
How on earth did this happen?
358
00:46:39,421 --> 00:46:40,798
I am curious as well.
359
00:46:40,881 --> 00:46:43,091
Did you set out to deceive us?
360
00:46:43,175 --> 00:46:45,844
Let us hear what it is you have to say.
361
00:46:45,928 --> 00:46:49,473
Madam Min. Speak up and explain yourself!
362
00:47:19,419 --> 00:47:20,838
What are you doing?
363
00:47:22,422 --> 00:47:23,298
You are mistaken.
364
00:47:26,093 --> 00:47:27,219
This!
365
00:47:27,302 --> 00:47:28,679
And this!
366
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:32,099
All of these are fakes.
367
00:47:32,891 --> 00:47:35,394
They were just appraised
before our very eyes!
368
00:47:35,477 --> 00:47:38,397
Indeed they were.
369
00:47:40,983 --> 00:47:43,986
But those imbeciles are all fake as well.
370
00:47:45,237 --> 00:47:49,366
Let me now show you the truth.
371
00:47:51,493 --> 00:47:52,703
Bring him in!
372
00:47:59,751 --> 00:48:03,255
Are you not Chu from Jin Art Studio?
373
00:48:04,673 --> 00:48:06,633
Which of these did you draw?
374
00:48:08,427 --> 00:48:12,639
I drew the counterfeit drawings
on the right, madam.
375
00:48:13,473 --> 00:48:14,349
Counterfeit?
376
00:48:14,433 --> 00:48:16,018
What nonsense.
377
00:48:16,101 --> 00:48:20,772
I leave my mark
on each of my imitation pieces.
378
00:48:20,856 --> 00:48:22,107
A mark?
379
00:48:27,988 --> 00:48:28,822
Is that so?
380
00:48:29,406 --> 00:48:33,911
Then shall we see if there is,
in fact, a mark?
381
00:48:49,801 --> 00:48:52,596
JIN
382
00:48:52,679 --> 00:48:55,390
Those marks indicate their authenticity--
383
00:48:55,474 --> 00:49:00,687
It is clearly a mark in my handwriting
that indicates it is an imitation piece.
384
00:49:25,003 --> 00:49:25,921
The character "jin"?
385
00:49:30,008 --> 00:49:32,511
- It is his handwriting!
- So those are fakes?
386
00:49:43,271 --> 00:49:44,147
Now then,
387
00:49:44,898 --> 00:49:48,777
shall I fill that chest before you
with gold,
388
00:49:50,696 --> 00:49:53,115
or shall I fill it
with your family's severed heads?
389
00:49:53,699 --> 00:49:55,117
This is ridiculous.
390
00:50:01,957 --> 00:50:04,042
What do you think you are doing?
391
00:50:04,751 --> 00:50:07,212
I merely took a page out of your book.
392
00:50:08,422 --> 00:50:12,759
You replaced the authentic pieces
with counterfeits, did you not?
393
00:50:12,843 --> 00:50:14,052
Do you really think
394
00:50:15,387 --> 00:50:19,224
you can falsely claim
that those fakes are authentic?
395
00:50:19,975 --> 00:50:22,227
You shall face the consequences
of this regardless.
396
00:50:22,894 --> 00:50:27,065
There are original painters
who created the authentic artworks
397
00:50:27,149 --> 00:50:29,484
as well as dozens of appraisers.
398
00:50:29,568 --> 00:50:31,403
Do you believe that sheer insistence
399
00:50:32,070 --> 00:50:35,073
can turn a counterfeit
into something genuine?
400
00:50:35,657 --> 00:50:38,744
Is that not exactly what is happening now?
401
00:50:44,041 --> 00:50:48,295
No! Everything here is authentic!
Put the fire out now!
402
00:50:58,430 --> 00:51:02,726
No! Quench the flames, quick!
Hurry, put it out now!
403
00:51:04,019 --> 00:51:06,063
- Fire!
- Fire!
404
00:51:13,153 --> 00:51:16,406
These are all authentic pieces!
405
00:51:16,490 --> 00:51:17,699
This cannot be!
406
00:51:20,827 --> 00:51:25,582
What makes a fake a fake
is the existence of an authentic.
407
00:51:28,043 --> 00:51:29,002
Now then,
408
00:51:30,337 --> 00:51:32,881
which of them should we call authentic?
409
00:51:38,845 --> 00:51:40,639
I have a favor to ask.
410
00:51:54,277 --> 00:51:57,531
How ludicrous.
I should not have cried like that.
411
00:52:01,326 --> 00:52:04,454
Strange, is it not?
I am the one who is injured,
412
00:52:05,872 --> 00:52:06,957
so why is she in pain?
413
00:52:09,042 --> 00:52:10,335
Perhaps we are alike.
414
00:52:19,427 --> 00:52:21,555
I was simply pitying her.
415
00:52:22,139 --> 00:52:25,684
Seeing her care for another
while clearly suffering herself.
416
00:52:26,434 --> 00:52:29,271
It was a pitiful sight to behold.
417
00:52:32,065 --> 00:52:33,859
Worry not.
418
00:52:33,942 --> 00:52:38,280
I am well aware that there are far more
pitiful lives out there.
419
00:52:49,207 --> 00:52:51,084
It is but a fleeting sympathy.
420
00:53:19,112 --> 00:53:22,741
We cannot have the Min Family's Guild's
only daughter looking this gaunt.
421
00:53:24,117 --> 00:53:27,913
You should rest from the arduous journey
and make yourself presentable.
422
00:53:29,581 --> 00:53:32,209
My son, welcome home.
423
00:53:32,292 --> 00:53:33,293
Have you been well?
424
00:53:33,376 --> 00:53:34,419
Of course.
425
00:53:34,502 --> 00:53:35,503
Let us go inside.
426
00:54:09,788 --> 00:54:10,997
Oh dear.
427
00:54:23,385 --> 00:54:25,887
Why is the girl still alive?
428
00:54:27,597 --> 00:54:31,351
You are not one to fail at such a task.
Did you spare her out of choice?
429
00:54:31,434 --> 00:54:32,310
That is right.
430
00:54:33,520 --> 00:54:34,604
It would be a shame.
431
00:54:34,688 --> 00:54:35,981
"A shame"?
432
00:54:36,064 --> 00:54:38,525
I am not Sim's son but a fake.
433
00:54:38,608 --> 00:54:41,736
Mu-jin is merely an adopted son
to be used as a stand-in for Sim.
434
00:54:41,820 --> 00:54:45,532
Thus, Sim Jae-yi
is Sim Yeol-guk's only remaining blood.
435
00:54:46,116 --> 00:54:49,828
Kept alive, she will prove useful
when the critical moment arrives.
436
00:54:49,911 --> 00:54:54,165
However, the wench still suspects you
and will keep you at risk.
437
00:54:54,249 --> 00:54:55,250
Her trust.
438
00:54:56,835 --> 00:54:59,087
That is all I need to earn from her.
439
00:55:00,964 --> 00:55:02,507
Can you truly earn her trust?
440
00:55:03,967 --> 00:55:05,051
It has been a while.
441
00:55:05,635 --> 00:55:08,430
But why the pallor?
One would think you had seen a ghost.
442
00:55:09,014 --> 00:55:09,848
No.
443
00:55:11,558 --> 00:55:13,018
I heard nonsensical rumors…
444
00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:19,232
The rumor of my mother dying
in search of my lost sister
445
00:55:19,316 --> 00:55:23,445
and that I killed myself
after succumbing to drinking and gambling?
446
00:55:25,071 --> 00:55:28,241
I should say that is only a half-truth.
447
00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:31,619
As you can see, I am alive and well.
448
00:55:33,163 --> 00:55:34,956
I have been living in Qing.
449
00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:38,835
I have been helping my uncle
with some land he owns there.
450
00:55:38,918 --> 00:55:39,753
I see.
451
00:55:41,212 --> 00:55:42,630
And what brings you back here?
452
00:55:42,714 --> 00:55:43,631
Right.
453
00:55:44,716 --> 00:55:47,552
There is something I must do.
454
00:55:48,636 --> 00:55:50,305
I have someplace to be now.
455
00:55:50,388 --> 00:55:52,557
Let us catch up another time.
456
00:55:56,227 --> 00:55:57,395
I must ask…
457
00:55:59,439 --> 00:56:03,860
How can you be so heartless?
She was once your lover, after all.
458
00:56:09,032 --> 00:56:13,870
Why is it that you do not inquire
as to my sister Kkot-nim's whereabouts?
459
00:56:14,662 --> 00:56:16,581
Perhaps you do not wonder at all.
460
00:56:17,374 --> 00:56:21,586
Or perhaps you have always known
her exact whereabouts.
461
00:56:29,636 --> 00:56:33,139
I will protect you… at all costs.
462
00:56:49,322 --> 00:56:51,157
It is good to see you, Chief.
463
00:57:07,298 --> 00:57:08,591
It has been too long,
464
00:57:10,427 --> 00:57:11,261
Mother.
465
01:02:50,057 --> 01:02:52,935
Subtitle translation by: Jimin Choi