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[suspenseful music plays]
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[door opens]
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[Hongrang] You know how people
are born into a family with a name?
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You are someone's son,
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someone's little brother,
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someone's cousin or friend.
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Even someone's neighbor.
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I was never something to anyone.
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I was always alone.
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As if I'd just
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dropped from the sky.
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[Jae-yi] Who on earth are you?
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I must know.
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DEAR HONGRANG
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[music fades]
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That is your decision?
You wish to go with him?
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Yes.
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Do you have a specific reason why?
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[exhales] I have already told you
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that I would do what I could
to free myself from being at your--
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You know that a birthright
cannot be denied when you want it to be.
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As my blood,
you have a legal right to the guild,
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which is essentially my legal right.
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That is the law.
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Which is why it is necessary for me
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that you remain here.
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Do you understand?
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If I stay,
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are you certain it will help your cause?
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I want to explore.
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I want to experience life
as a normal person for once.
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Please let me go.
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I cannot bear to be here.
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Can you not understand?
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She actually offered to leave
with the pitiful stake herself?
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- And the chief merchant approved of this?
- Yes, my lady.
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[chuckles]
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That cunning cow.
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She is a clever one.
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She always finds ways to save herself.
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The chief merchant should know one thing,
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and if he does not already,
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then it is about time he realizes.
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No matter how much
he tries to squirm away,
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he will always be
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within my reach.
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I thought I was clear when I told you
to leave without complicating things.
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Is that not what we agreed on
when I saved your life?
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So what is all this
about taking Jae-yi with you?
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Rodent Scrap.
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[tense music plays]
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You know that name, do you not?
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I have nothing left to lose.
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She is all I need,
but I doubt you feel the same.
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You must have had very good reasons
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for casting aside your name
for all these years.
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Whatever your reasons may be
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and whatever your intentions are,
I do not care to know.
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All I ask is that
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you let Jae-yi go.
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Does Jae-yi know?
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Did you tell her?
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[tense music continues]
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[music fades]
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[merchants mutter]
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Even Lead Merchant Jang is resigning?
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He cannot turn to Her Ladyship,
nor can he just sit still
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and risk who-knows-what things
that come his way.
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He intends to just play it safe for now.
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- Oh my.
- Goodness!
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- The chief merchant is in dire straits.
- [intriguing music plays]
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With the discovery of that guild
and the chief merchant,
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who was very close to him,
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backed into a corner,
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even his close associates
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are busy washing their hands
of responsibility.
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Why is he allowing
his daughter to leave? I don't know.
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She is the sole pretext
for him to keep his place.
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Now Chief Merchant Sim
is nothing more than a paper tiger.
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[music fades]
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[foreboding music plays]
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This is your first roll call
as the grandmaster, is it not?
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You have no idea.
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I have been eagerly awaiting this day
for so long now.
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[music fades]
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[footsteps scurry]
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What is going on?
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- Where is everyone rushing off to?
- To the treasure chamber.
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You should hurry there, my lady.
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[suspenseful music plays]
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[music fades]
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It moves me
that you traveled all this way.
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You have honored us with your presence.
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The more I see,
the more seemingly refined he is.
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It is as if
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I am looking at a waterfall
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frozen in the snowy winter.
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So pure, fair, and strong.
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And yet merciless and effortless.
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His winnowing intelligence and air
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are that of no ordinary man
I have encountered.
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Even the most magnificent objects
are useless
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if you do not happen to possess them.
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For an object that you cannot use
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may lead to a downfall instead.
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[chuckles] Indeed.
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The sharper the blade of the sword may be,
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the more threatening it becomes
when it is in the hands of another.
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On to other matters.
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Regarding Lord Song's son
who came back from the dead,
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I heard he eventually passed away.
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Yes, Your Highness.
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If the boy was fated to die,
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it would have been easier
if he had not returned at all.
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But, Your Highness…
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when the family dug his grave
to place him back in his coffin…
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[men strain]
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[screaming]
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…they discovered
it had the body of the child
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they buried the previous year in it.
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Due to Lord Song's repeated appeals,
the royal court has issued a decree.
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[haunting music plays]
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They want the Royal Investigation Bureau
to look into the matter thoroughly.
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Meanwhile, the Criminal Justice Agency
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is to search for children who have
gone missing or vanished over the years
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and increase patrolling efforts.
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They are enforcing
stricter curfews for children.
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They are to question witnesses
to try and find the Snow Man.
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[exhales]
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[grand prince] Pursuing a delusion…
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[haunting music continues]
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…it will not guarantee a thing.
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Suppose they catch it. Then what?
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Why waste their energy
on such a futile endeavor?
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This leaves me with no other choice.
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I may have to create a painting
that captures the essence of yin and yang.
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The recent state of disarray
in the country
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is very likely a result
of an imbalance between yin and yang.
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Many years ago,
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my beloved painting of yin and yang
was lost, was it not?
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It has always weighed on me
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that I have not been able to paint
anything as profound since then.
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Here is what I expect of you.
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Avoid excessive concern
with guild matters or secular customs,
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and instead focus
on issues of greater importance.
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I shall do so with the utmost sincerity.
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[music fades]
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[man] Apart from the burns and bruises
found on the body of young master Song,
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many injuries and inflammations
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caused by exposure
to toxic substances were observed.
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Upon analysis, traces of limestone,
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alum, arsenic,
and other similar substances
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were found inside the child's body.
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[sighs] Alum, limestone, and arsenic?
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Substances that are not commonly used.
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There must be a location with
a consistent supply of these materials.
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- We must find it.
- Yes, sir.
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We must hurry.
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Now that the situation has escalated,
they are most likely rushing as well.
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[ominous music plays]
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[music fades]
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- If you leave, will you ever come back?
- I am not sure.
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Still, it must be a relief that you are
going to be with your brother.
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Yes, that is true. It is better
than marrying into a random household
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or facing her mother's constant abuse.
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What about Hongrang?
Did he not object to you leaving?
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[papers rustle]
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[man] In other words,
you are willing to abandon everything,
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regardless of whether some stranger
comes in and takes over,
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taking control of the guild
and the household.
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[man sighs]
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He is an imposter.
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That is why
you have gathered all your belongings.
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You are going to look
for the real Hongrang, are you not?
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Are you not disgusted by him?
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Why are you turning a blind eye?
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It is not about that.
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I cannot forgive myself.
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For being fooled?
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Do you know
what the first thing I felt was?
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The feeling I had inside when I found out?
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It was relief.
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I felt a sense of relief,
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even though he had been deceiving me
and everyone else.
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- He had stolen my brother's name.
- [gentle music plays]
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And even though my real brother might
still be wandering around somewhere,
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when I found out
that he was not really him,
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I felt so relieved.
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You see, even then,
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I did not want him to get hurt.
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I could not bear
the thought of him getting hurt.
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That is why I go.
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- [man sighs]
- [Jae-yi] I cannot do it.
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I cannot forgive myself.
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[gentle music continues]
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[merchant] Welcome, my lord.
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That pair is light and sturdy, my lord.
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- I shall take these.
- Right away, my lord.
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[birds chirp]
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[music fades]
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[gentle music resumes]
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Grandmaster, sir,
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I suggest you reveal
that he is an imposter.
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If you do, he will not be able
to avoid the punishment of death.
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Once he is gone, you should no longer have
any concerns about the young mistress.
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No.
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I cannot do that.
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Why not?
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At this moment,
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Jae-yi's heart belongs to him.
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She will never be able to forget him
if she loses him right now.
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Does it not anger you that all the years
of hard work you have endured
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will be for absolutely nothing?
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[gentle music continues]
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They were hard years.
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Very difficult to endure, indeed.
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Jae-yi was with me the whole journey.
She helped me.
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That is why I cannot bring myself
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to lose her now.
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What is more…
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I cannot be the one
to send him to his death.
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He saved my life.
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He has done it several times now.
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[music fades]
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[water drips]
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[sinister music plays]
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[children wail]
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- [child 1] Please spare us!
- [child 2] Have mercy on us!
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[children wail]
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[man 1] Stand up!
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[children wail]
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[bell rings]
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[child screams]
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[child whimpers]
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[man 2] Calm yourself and stop squirming.
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I will make your skin
as fair as porcelain.
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[sinister music continues]
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[whimpers]
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[Hongrang breathes heavily]
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[music fades]
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[birds chirp]
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Jae-yi!
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Jae-yi.
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[exhales] Hello, brother.
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They are Java sparrows.
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Once they find a mate,
they remain together their whole lives.
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If one of them dies,
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then the surviving partner
often does not live much longer.
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It cannot go on.
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I suppose they are each other's lifeline.
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I hope that you will
take good care of them.
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I can too.
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We will both raise them
at Gapsan Mountain together.
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[gentle music plays]
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All right.
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We can do that.
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Promise me something.
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What?
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That you will try to forget.
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All of it.
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00:19:09,356 --> 00:19:11,608
All that has happened
at the Min Family Guild.
262
00:19:13,110 --> 00:19:14,069
To be honest,
263
00:19:15,737 --> 00:19:18,157
this place has been
like a battlefield to me.
264
00:19:19,241 --> 00:19:22,578
I never knew what would be flying at me
from where and when.
265
00:19:23,912 --> 00:19:27,666
I never knew what would become a weapon
that would end up hurting me.
266
00:19:28,709 --> 00:19:30,460
I was always anxious and scared.
267
00:19:30,544 --> 00:19:32,045
Anything could become a sword
268
00:19:32,754 --> 00:19:34,506
or an arrow that could pierce me.
269
00:19:35,924 --> 00:19:36,967
Anything at all.
270
00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:39,803
Except for you.
271
00:19:43,682 --> 00:19:44,600
I know.
272
00:19:45,976 --> 00:19:47,269
I felt the same way.
273
00:19:49,771 --> 00:19:50,689
Of course.
274
00:19:52,941 --> 00:19:54,943
Now that it is just the two of us,
275
00:19:56,069 --> 00:19:57,738
I hope you can forget the rest.
276
00:19:58,906 --> 00:20:02,409
You will never have to be scared
or anxious about anything.
277
00:20:02,492 --> 00:20:03,869
You and I can
278
00:20:04,369 --> 00:20:07,789
become like the Java sparrows.
We can be each other's lifeline.
279
00:20:10,542 --> 00:20:11,543
[Jae-yi] All right.
280
00:20:12,961 --> 00:20:14,087
I will forget it all.
281
00:20:16,757 --> 00:20:17,758
I have to.
282
00:20:28,227 --> 00:20:29,144
[music fades]
283
00:20:48,914 --> 00:20:52,292
[man] What do you think you're doing,
you rapscallion bastards?
284
00:20:52,376 --> 00:20:53,335
[tsks]
285
00:20:56,213 --> 00:20:58,090
Forgive us our indiscretion.
286
00:21:00,634 --> 00:21:02,469
I am here to escort you.
287
00:21:02,552 --> 00:21:06,223
My master wishes to speak with you
on an urgent matter.
288
00:21:11,061 --> 00:21:13,313
[foreboding music plays]
289
00:21:16,984 --> 00:21:18,151
[Yeol-guk] An imposter?
290
00:21:19,236 --> 00:21:20,696
That is what I said.
291
00:21:22,990 --> 00:21:24,449
I am well aware
292
00:21:24,533 --> 00:21:27,452
that for many years now
that is all you have done.
293
00:21:28,370 --> 00:21:30,080
Bring me imposters.
294
00:21:31,581 --> 00:21:33,792
That is all the more reason
for you to trust me.
295
00:21:34,293 --> 00:21:36,420
Since I created all those imposters,
296
00:21:36,503 --> 00:21:40,257
I should be the best at discerning
who is an imposter or not.
297
00:21:40,966 --> 00:21:45,304
However, I do not base the observation
solely on my keen instinct.
298
00:21:46,054 --> 00:21:48,807
The rogue is not acting alone.
299
00:21:49,725 --> 00:21:52,644
There is a mastermind
who sent him to infiltrate the guild.
300
00:21:53,270 --> 00:21:55,355
A ruthless group of black-clad swordsmen,
301
00:21:55,439 --> 00:21:57,858
trained solely for killing,
are defending him.
302
00:21:57,941 --> 00:22:00,110
If true, what do you think
they are working toward?
303
00:22:00,193 --> 00:22:01,695
They want you.
304
00:22:02,696 --> 00:22:05,824
They want to overthrow you
and take the guild for themselves.
305
00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:08,952
Have you heard of the Snow Man?
306
00:22:09,036 --> 00:22:13,790
Huh. If you have not, I assume
you have heard about Lord Song's son.
307
00:22:13,874 --> 00:22:15,667
It's been the talk of the town lately.
308
00:22:16,168 --> 00:22:19,755
Those scoundrels are planning
something to do with that incident.
309
00:22:20,714 --> 00:22:24,426
They are trying to tie you somehow
to the boy's return and this Snow Man.
310
00:22:24,509 --> 00:22:25,969
Their goal is to
311
00:22:26,511 --> 00:22:29,598
tarnish your reputation
and undermine your position.
312
00:22:29,681 --> 00:22:32,309
Are there any grounds
to support this theory of yours?
313
00:22:32,392 --> 00:22:33,602
Irrefutable proof.
314
00:22:34,853 --> 00:22:36,688
Those rogues have devised a trap
315
00:22:36,772 --> 00:22:39,358
that, inevitably,
you will find yourself falling into.
316
00:22:39,441 --> 00:22:41,610
[foreboding music continues]
317
00:22:41,693 --> 00:22:43,320
[sighs]
318
00:22:43,403 --> 00:22:44,863
Why do you hesitate?
319
00:22:44,946 --> 00:22:47,199
I am offering you saving grace.
320
00:22:47,282 --> 00:22:49,576
Think about what has been going on.
321
00:22:50,243 --> 00:22:52,579
The circumstances in the guild of late.
322
00:22:53,121 --> 00:22:55,832
Your position is
becoming increasingly precarious.
323
00:22:55,916 --> 00:22:59,211
If that is the case,
the discovery of Hongrang as an imposter
324
00:22:59,294 --> 00:23:02,172
would become an opportunity for you,
would it not?
325
00:23:03,673 --> 00:23:07,302
Give me 5,000 nyang,
then hand over the imposter to me.
326
00:23:07,386 --> 00:23:09,346
I would like to know what proof you have.
327
00:23:09,429 --> 00:23:11,390
Ten o'clock tomorrow night,
328
00:23:12,015 --> 00:23:13,433
bring me the money.
329
00:23:14,393 --> 00:23:17,312
Then I shall present it to you.
330
00:23:33,370 --> 00:23:34,413
[music fades]
331
00:23:51,930 --> 00:23:53,265
- [man groans]
- [body thuds]
332
00:23:58,019 --> 00:23:59,896
- [gasps]
- [Hongrang] Tell me.
333
00:24:01,356 --> 00:24:02,691
Who is the painter?
334
00:24:03,567 --> 00:24:04,860
Where is he?
335
00:24:04,943 --> 00:24:05,902
I have no idea.
336
00:24:06,778 --> 00:24:07,946
I do not know!
337
00:24:08,530 --> 00:24:10,323
I said I don't know!
338
00:24:10,407 --> 00:24:12,159
Shall I help you remember?
339
00:24:12,242 --> 00:24:13,410
Oh no!
340
00:24:15,078 --> 00:24:18,081
[man sputters]
341
00:24:18,165 --> 00:24:19,374
Limestone powder.
342
00:24:19,458 --> 00:24:21,168
[man sputters]
343
00:24:21,251 --> 00:24:23,587
[ominous music plays]
344
00:24:26,506 --> 00:24:27,883
Alum powder.
345
00:24:30,969 --> 00:24:31,928
Calm yourself.
346
00:24:32,012 --> 00:24:34,347
I will make your skin
as fair as porcelain.
347
00:24:34,431 --> 00:24:37,017
[man whimpers]
348
00:24:37,100 --> 00:24:38,727
I see you remember now.
349
00:24:42,397 --> 00:24:43,607
[man groans]
350
00:24:44,524 --> 00:24:46,318
[groans]
351
00:24:47,777 --> 00:24:48,653
[music fades]
352
00:24:48,737 --> 00:24:52,657
[Bang-suk] The question is, where did
young master Song get all of those wounds?
353
00:24:52,741 --> 00:24:56,036
When he appeared,
his entire body had been burnt black.
354
00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:57,913
Either a large fire occurred somewhere
355
00:24:57,996 --> 00:25:01,833
or the child was confined
in an enclosed space that was lit on fire.
356
00:25:01,917 --> 00:25:05,170
Seeing as he managed to return home
in such horrific condition,
357
00:25:05,253 --> 00:25:07,422
it suggests that he was likely nearby.
358
00:25:08,089 --> 00:25:09,549
But, apparently,
359
00:25:09,633 --> 00:25:13,386
when they examined the clothes
he was wearing when he returned,
360
00:25:13,470 --> 00:25:17,182
there was a piece of broken ceramic
stuck to the fabric.
361
00:25:18,225 --> 00:25:20,143
[Bang-suk chuckles]
362
00:25:21,269 --> 00:25:22,979
Do you see where this is leading?
363
00:25:23,980 --> 00:25:26,691
[Bang-suk chuckles]
364
00:25:29,152 --> 00:25:29,986
Now,
365
00:25:31,112 --> 00:25:32,113
take a look.
366
00:25:33,615 --> 00:25:34,783
[Bang-suk chuckles]
367
00:25:39,871 --> 00:25:43,208
No need to look surprised.
I suggest you see for yourself.
368
00:25:51,299 --> 00:25:54,386
Do you know
who this stone kiln belongs to?
369
00:25:54,886 --> 00:25:56,304
It is one of yours.
370
00:25:56,846 --> 00:25:58,765
[laughs]
371
00:25:58,848 --> 00:26:01,351
Of course, you were not aware of this.
372
00:26:01,434 --> 00:26:04,646
As chief merchant, you are not concerned
with an abandoned kiln.
373
00:26:04,729 --> 00:26:06,731
That is what those bastards
are counting on.
374
00:26:06,815 --> 00:26:07,649
Correct?
375
00:26:07,732 --> 00:26:11,444
- [laughs]
- [tense music playing]
376
00:26:11,528 --> 00:26:12,612
[groans]
377
00:26:17,242 --> 00:26:18,076
[whimpers]
378
00:26:18,159 --> 00:26:20,787
[Bang-suk sputters]
379
00:26:20,870 --> 00:26:22,247
[whimpers]
380
00:26:23,081 --> 00:26:23,999
[groans]
381
00:26:26,251 --> 00:26:29,045
- Dispose of him.
- [man] Yes, my lord.
382
00:26:29,129 --> 00:26:31,131
[tense music continues]
383
00:26:38,388 --> 00:26:39,556
[groans]
384
00:26:41,349 --> 00:26:42,934
[breathes heavily]
385
00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:44,436
[grunts]
386
00:26:45,729 --> 00:26:48,356
[thunder crashes]
387
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,442
[tense music builds]
388
00:27:08,251 --> 00:27:09,336
[Du-ryeong] What?
389
00:27:09,878 --> 00:27:10,795
What is it?
390
00:27:16,134 --> 00:27:20,013
[Yeol-guk] If the child had escaped,
you should have done him in right away.
391
00:27:22,265 --> 00:27:25,226
What reason do you have
for abandoning the kiln site?
392
00:27:25,310 --> 00:27:26,770
If you moved the other children,
393
00:27:26,853 --> 00:27:29,230
you should have reported
their new location to me immediately.
394
00:27:29,314 --> 00:27:30,440
[Du-ryeong] Reported?
395
00:27:30,523 --> 00:27:32,025
[laughs]
396
00:27:34,402 --> 00:27:37,697
Who do you take me for?
A slave who reports to you?
397
00:27:37,781 --> 00:27:40,283
- What was that?
- [Du-ryeong] A money king, my foot.
398
00:27:41,201 --> 00:27:42,744
More a money slave.
399
00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:47,582
What you hold in your hands is merely
the facade of the Min Family's Guild,
400
00:27:47,666 --> 00:27:49,834
and you are on the verge of losing that.
401
00:27:50,418 --> 00:27:53,588
So how dare you speak to me like that?
402
00:27:54,381 --> 00:27:56,341
[tense music continues]
403
00:27:59,344 --> 00:28:02,972
[groaning]
404
00:28:06,810 --> 00:28:09,270
[Du-ryeong] Here. Take this to save face.
405
00:28:09,354 --> 00:28:12,273
It will help stave off
destitution for you.
406
00:28:12,357 --> 00:28:16,111
Can you even imagine
how much this piece will sell for?
407
00:28:16,695 --> 00:28:17,821
In other words,
408
00:28:17,904 --> 00:28:21,574
I am now worth far too much
to be humoring the likes of you.
409
00:28:22,534 --> 00:28:24,244
You have lost your mind.
410
00:28:25,453 --> 00:28:28,998
You are now merely a piece
that has lost its function and purpose.
411
00:28:29,999 --> 00:28:31,710
[ominous music plays]
412
00:28:46,057 --> 00:28:47,350
[chuckles]
413
00:28:53,398 --> 00:28:54,649
[knocking]
414
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,110
It is me! Open the door!
415
00:28:57,193 --> 00:28:59,195
[ominous music builds]
416
00:29:01,448 --> 00:29:02,699
Open the door, quick!
417
00:29:05,118 --> 00:29:05,994
[gasps]
418
00:29:07,287 --> 00:29:08,413
[music stops]
419
00:29:08,496 --> 00:29:10,290
[whimpers]
420
00:29:11,082 --> 00:29:12,917
[foreboding music plays]
421
00:29:47,076 --> 00:29:48,453
[eerie whooshing]
422
00:29:48,536 --> 00:29:49,788
[tense music plays]
423
00:29:59,798 --> 00:30:01,090
[Snow Man yells]
424
00:30:03,551 --> 00:30:06,638
[breathing heavily]
425
00:30:21,277 --> 00:30:23,363
[Hongrang] At last I've found you.
426
00:30:28,159 --> 00:30:30,203
[eerie whooshing]
427
00:30:40,004 --> 00:30:41,548
[Snow Man yells]
428
00:30:41,631 --> 00:30:43,508
[tense music continues]
429
00:30:47,846 --> 00:30:49,806
[Snow Man grunts]
430
00:30:57,188 --> 00:30:58,565
[Snow Man roars]
431
00:31:05,405 --> 00:31:06,531
[Hongrang grunts]
432
00:31:20,086 --> 00:31:21,337
[grunts]
433
00:31:27,802 --> 00:31:28,887
[Hongrang yells]
434
00:31:58,875 --> 00:32:01,002
[breathing heavily]
435
00:32:16,142 --> 00:32:17,226
[Snow Man yells]
436
00:32:17,727 --> 00:32:20,229
[Snow Man grunts, roars]
437
00:32:23,316 --> 00:32:25,526
[dramatic music plays]
438
00:32:47,924 --> 00:32:48,967
[music stops]
439
00:32:52,261 --> 00:32:53,471
[exhales]
440
00:32:55,431 --> 00:32:56,766
[screaming]
441
00:33:04,565 --> 00:33:05,441
[gasps]
442
00:33:06,192 --> 00:33:08,194
[breathes heavily]
443
00:33:25,670 --> 00:33:27,213
[Rodent Scrap whimpers]
444
00:33:34,929 --> 00:33:36,806
- [Rodent Scrap yells]
- [man screams]
445
00:33:37,390 --> 00:33:39,308
[haunting music plays]
446
00:33:52,488 --> 00:33:53,823
This is not the painter.
447
00:34:12,759 --> 00:34:16,054
[panting]
448
00:34:17,430 --> 00:34:18,347
[music fades]
449
00:34:31,694 --> 00:34:33,654
[ominous music sting]
450
00:34:49,545 --> 00:34:50,671
I miss her.
451
00:34:53,257 --> 00:34:54,133
I just…
452
00:34:56,761 --> 00:34:57,887
I want to see her.
453
00:34:59,889 --> 00:35:00,890
[Hongrang sighs]
454
00:35:10,441 --> 00:35:11,692
Young master Hongrang.
455
00:35:13,903 --> 00:35:15,113
Are you in, my lord?
456
00:35:16,656 --> 00:35:18,116
Where have you been all day?
457
00:35:18,199 --> 00:35:19,617
You are coming home so late.
458
00:35:22,245 --> 00:35:23,496
Pardon me, my lord.
459
00:35:24,330 --> 00:35:26,499
I thought
you could bid young master Mu-jin
460
00:35:26,582 --> 00:35:28,334
and young mistress Jae-yi farewell
461
00:35:28,417 --> 00:35:29,877
before they leave tomorrow.
462
00:35:32,922 --> 00:35:34,215
[sighs]
463
00:35:43,099 --> 00:35:44,684
[Hongrang sighs]
464
00:35:54,902 --> 00:35:56,320
[Yeol-guk] So you are sure…
465
00:35:58,906 --> 00:35:59,949
Hongrang…
466
00:36:02,326 --> 00:36:03,703
is an imposter?
467
00:36:03,786 --> 00:36:05,788
[ominous music sting]
468
00:36:31,397 --> 00:36:32,773
I was waiting for you.
469
00:36:34,233 --> 00:36:35,276
To say goodbye?
470
00:36:36,903 --> 00:36:38,029
No, Jae-yi.
471
00:36:38,529 --> 00:36:39,864
Then why?
472
00:36:39,947 --> 00:36:41,407
I deceived you.
473
00:36:43,284 --> 00:36:44,202
I…
474
00:36:49,373 --> 00:36:50,750
I am not your little brother.
475
00:36:57,715 --> 00:36:59,217
I am not Hongrang.
476
00:37:00,885 --> 00:37:01,844
Then who are you?
477
00:37:03,137 --> 00:37:04,055
What are you?
478
00:37:08,017 --> 00:37:09,560
I am no one
479
00:37:09,644 --> 00:37:11,062
of any importance.
480
00:37:13,314 --> 00:37:15,191
It might have been better
if I were normal,
481
00:37:15,274 --> 00:37:16,609
but I never was.
482
00:37:17,652 --> 00:37:21,656
I was born into a nobleman's household
as a lowly and insignificant slave.
483
00:37:21,739 --> 00:37:23,574
[gentle music plays]
484
00:37:23,658 --> 00:37:24,909
For a while,
485
00:37:26,035 --> 00:37:27,203
I was a living talisman
486
00:37:27,286 --> 00:37:30,248
who suffered the pain
on behalf of the young master there.
487
00:37:31,123 --> 00:37:32,875
Then, one day, I just ran away.
488
00:37:33,626 --> 00:37:34,794
I was on my own.
489
00:37:34,877 --> 00:37:36,170
I was living on the run.
490
00:37:37,171 --> 00:37:38,839
I was constantly being pursued.
491
00:37:39,715 --> 00:37:41,092
And then I met him.
492
00:37:45,012 --> 00:37:45,846
You mean the…
493
00:37:46,555 --> 00:37:47,848
The Snow Man.
494
00:37:48,557 --> 00:37:50,184
He took me to a place somewhere.
495
00:37:50,768 --> 00:37:52,270
That is where it all began.
496
00:37:54,188 --> 00:37:56,607
I had to endure things
that I could not make sense of.
497
00:37:57,775 --> 00:37:59,151
I could not understand it.
498
00:38:01,070 --> 00:38:02,655
But when I found out why,
499
00:38:04,490 --> 00:38:07,201
that is when I realized
I could never live a normal life.
500
00:38:12,623 --> 00:38:13,958
I could not tell you.
501
00:38:15,918 --> 00:38:16,919
I was too ashamed.
502
00:38:18,129 --> 00:38:19,505
Even for myself…
503
00:38:21,632 --> 00:38:22,550
I was hideous.
504
00:38:24,844 --> 00:38:25,886
Contemptible.
505
00:38:28,723 --> 00:38:29,682
That is why…
506
00:38:31,767 --> 00:38:33,769
you were the last person I wanted to tell.
507
00:38:35,604 --> 00:38:37,148
Knowing what I was,
508
00:38:38,441 --> 00:38:39,775
knowing I had no right to…
509
00:38:42,069 --> 00:38:44,155
I waited for you here. I had to.
510
00:38:46,741 --> 00:38:47,616
Hoping.
511
00:38:53,122 --> 00:38:53,956
Yes.
512
00:38:55,583 --> 00:38:57,126
Sincerely hoping you would come,
513
00:38:57,752 --> 00:38:59,879
despite the fact that I have deceived you
514
00:39:00,421 --> 00:39:02,340
and caused you so much pain.
515
00:39:06,010 --> 00:39:07,219
I have missed you so.
516
00:39:10,389 --> 00:39:12,099
I simply had to see you again.
517
00:39:20,191 --> 00:39:21,025
I love you.
518
00:39:26,030 --> 00:39:27,740
I think it is love I feel for you.
519
00:39:28,616 --> 00:39:29,825
I think so.
520
00:39:30,659 --> 00:39:31,994
If it is not that, then
521
00:39:32,620 --> 00:39:34,038
I could not explain it.
522
00:39:34,121 --> 00:39:36,165
[gentle music continues]
523
00:39:36,832 --> 00:39:37,666
[sniffles]
524
00:39:38,751 --> 00:39:39,960
Whatever you are,
525
00:39:40,836 --> 00:39:42,088
it changes nothing.
526
00:39:44,215 --> 00:39:47,551
Even if everything has been a lie
and you have been deceitful.
527
00:39:47,635 --> 00:39:48,969
Even if no one,
528
00:39:50,638 --> 00:39:52,431
not even myself,
529
00:39:53,224 --> 00:39:54,809
offered to forgive me,
530
00:39:56,268 --> 00:39:57,645
I still desperately…
531
00:40:02,525 --> 00:40:03,776
want only you.
532
00:40:08,823 --> 00:40:10,783
That is why I decided to leave.
533
00:40:11,367 --> 00:40:12,201
[Jae-yi gasps]
534
00:40:12,284 --> 00:40:14,286
[romantic ballad plays]
535
00:40:19,208 --> 00:40:20,126
Do not go.
536
00:40:22,503 --> 00:40:23,838
You cannot.
537
00:40:25,548 --> 00:40:26,507
I won't let you.
538
00:40:30,219 --> 00:40:32,221
[romantic ballad continues]
539
00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:52,158
[porter] There we are!
540
00:40:52,867 --> 00:40:55,578
Hold this here. Oh my goodness.
541
00:40:57,204 --> 00:40:58,205
All right, there.
542
00:40:59,415 --> 00:41:00,666
[porter 2] Pull this rope here.
543
00:41:03,085 --> 00:41:04,003
Goodness!
544
00:41:05,296 --> 00:41:07,506
That looks right. Now rest a bit.
545
00:41:08,174 --> 00:41:10,551
- [woman] Oh.
- [porter 2] I think we're all done here.
546
00:41:10,634 --> 00:41:11,886
Where on earth has she gone?
547
00:41:11,969 --> 00:41:14,597
Did you search the garden?
I have no idea where she could be.
548
00:41:15,347 --> 00:41:17,266
- [man] Where could she be?
- [music fades]
549
00:41:29,904 --> 00:41:31,197
[man] They have taken the horses.
550
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:33,073
The one that belongs to the mute
is gone too.
551
00:41:33,157 --> 00:41:35,493
They may have realized
something was amiss and escaped.
552
00:41:35,576 --> 00:41:36,869
They cannot be far.
553
00:41:37,786 --> 00:41:40,372
Search every nook and cranny
for them. Hurry!
554
00:41:40,456 --> 00:41:41,665
[man] Yes, my lord.
555
00:41:44,210 --> 00:41:45,211
Jae-yi!
556
00:41:52,593 --> 00:41:55,179
[birds chirp]
557
00:42:08,275 --> 00:42:09,318
Grandmaster, sir!
558
00:42:12,071 --> 00:42:12,988
Hongrang,
559
00:42:14,198 --> 00:42:15,824
he's disappeared as well.
560
00:42:16,659 --> 00:42:18,661
[gentle ballad plays]
561
00:45:58,172 --> 00:45:59,423
[ballad fades]
562
00:45:59,506 --> 00:46:01,925
[gentle music plays]
563
00:48:08,927 --> 00:48:09,970
[music fades]