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It was the day the young mistress
and the young master held a ritual
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in honor of the memory
of the late Lady Ha.
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You dare make my son bow on the floor?!
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Allow him to bow to this lowly spirit?
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- Huh?!
- Mother!
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SIM JAE-YI
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Ha!
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Young master! Oh!
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Can you hear me?
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Madame Gwigokja, please follow me.
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Young master,
we can't let them see. Come with me.
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I was so afraid that I would be blamed
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that I did not know what to do.
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I was surely not in my right mind when
I moved the young master out of sight.
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When I was able
to pull myself together again,
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I left to get the others
to come and help me.
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Only when I came back
with the other servants,
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there was no trace of the young master.
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He was not where I had left him.
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As if he had simply disappeared
or been snatched away.
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Dispose of him.
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He is not dead.
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Those are not my son's remains.
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Even for you,
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this trick is truly pathetic.
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Did you really believe
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that you could push the true heir out
with this nonsense?
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Did you truly believe
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that a measly skeleton
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is enough to ensure
that everything becomes yours?
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I ask you to hold a funeral in his honor.
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He has left us.
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Your son is gone.
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I want to send my little brother off
in peace.
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Imagine how scary and lonely
it was for Hongrang.
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How awful it must have been
for him to be down there all alone,
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buried in the mud.
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You want me to have a funeral for my son?
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Ridiculous!
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You can throw those old bones away.
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I'll die before I grant your request,
for that is not my son.
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Then end your life.
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Die soon. You know
death is what you deserve.
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Where is my son?
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My real son that you were supposed
to bring back to me!
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What have you done with my son?!
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Your son is on the table!
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Hongrang is dead, and it was your doing!
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Do you deny it?
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That you are responsible
for his disappearance?
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That he is gone because of you?
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It was the talisman to ensure my death
that was the cause of this.
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Your obsession with being rid of me
is what led you to kill your own son.
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You are the one
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who ended Hongrang's life.
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You did this.
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I did not!
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This is not my son.
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It is not.
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It is not!
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He is not gone!
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He is not my son!
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No!
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No! This is not my son!
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HONGRANG'S GRAVE
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My apologies
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for taking the liberty of using your name.
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In return…
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I will devote my life
to protecting your dear sister
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for all of my days.
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I give you my word on this.
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Now that I have found him,
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my heart will not let me say the words to…
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to let him go.
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To send him on his way.
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"Farewell"
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should suffice.
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A farewell is a wish for safe travels.
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When it is a longer journey,
it is also a fond goodbye
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until we can reunite once more.
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A way to say
that we have made good memories
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and wish to relive them soon.
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I think that
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"farewell" is a way
of sending loved ones on their journey
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until they can be together again.
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Farewell…
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my dear Hongrang.
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DEAR HONGRANG
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I must recreate
my living canvas talismans,
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even if it means
my body will not withstand the task.
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However,
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for Hongrang…
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annihilate the black-clad swordsmen
who ruined my ritual
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and return that ungrateful wretch to me.
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Highness, my only wish is to serve you.
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The imposter's faithful servant
will say nothing.
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Find out where
the assassins are headquartered.
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Understood.
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While we destroy the swordsmen,
I shall get rid of the Soul Reaper.
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The prince ordered
that we bring him back alive.
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Yes, my lord.
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I can imagine how scary it was.
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And painful.
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I hated it.
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It made me ashamed.
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The shame is not yours.
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All those who abused you,
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the shame is entirely theirs.
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Your words are a soothing balm.
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But I still bear the scars.
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Just as how your hurt
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shows here…
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and here.
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I hope the future
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allows us both…
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to erase our scars and forget our pain.
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It does not have to be forgotten
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or erased.
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I think it remains a part of us
to be honored,
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to be respected, if you are willing.
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I am willing.
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I am convinced that the grand prince
will in all likelihood
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try to blame his wrongdoing on me.
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If we are to have any chance
of thwarting His Highness,
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we have no choice but to recapture
the imposter before he does.
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Yes, my lord.
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What are you doing?
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You forgot this inside.
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Right.
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- I want to go get some supplies in town.
- We could use some.
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- I will go gather more firewood.
- Hm.
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Tell me where your headquarters are.
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Give me what I am looking for and I will
let you leave here with your life.
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Or refuse to answer the question
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and you die here on my floor.
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I will not try to force you to return.
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I am simply here to tell you
why you should come back to me.
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You are being absurd.
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The one you are with
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is not going to be here much longer.
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He will leave you alone
without his protection.
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He would never do that.
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Yes, he will.
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Your lover is dying.
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I must assume
you have seen the rashes on his skin.
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The others used as artwork have died,
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or are about to,
which is your father's doing.
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For years, he aided the prince
in torturing children,
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using toxic materials on their skin
for human canvases.
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They bathed them in alum and arsenic,
which are harsh and caustic.
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The rash is one of the milder symptoms.
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You must have also noticed shortness
of breath due to damage to the lungs,
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stiffness or seizures,
and even loss of vision.
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You know this yourself.
He was exposed for many years.
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Even so, he is strong.
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The deterioration has already started.
He is going to die.
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Please do not say any more.
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He had to know
what the future was holding,
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which means his keeping you close was
nothing more than cowardly selfishness.
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- Quiet!
- Is the truth too much to bear?
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It is the truth you would hope for.
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Only I no longer believe a word you say.
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I only wanted to give you some time
to make the right decision.
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Turn away from him before it is too late.
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Even if this is the truth, your hopes
of regaining me in your life are futile.
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I belong at his side and nowhere else.
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As you wish.
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If that is the strength of your bond,
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I shall sever it for good.
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I have done what you suggest. I went to
physicians and other herbalists as well.
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There must be something you can do.
Is there some medicine you have not tried?
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If the patient suffers skin rashes
and loss of vision,
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it is a sign the disease is most advanced.
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There is little to be done but wait
to see if the body can heal itself,
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or if it will succumb.
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Jae-yi?
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Why have we not heard
from Hongrang, sister?
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Because I told him to leave
when he delivered the partition deed.
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- What?
- He did his part.
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Hongrang's mission is accomplished,
is it not?
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Kkot-nim! Shield us!
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Kkot-nim!
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Sim Yeol-guk!
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You bastard!
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So it was you.
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How are you still alive?
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The child I was carrying
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took all the impact of the sword…
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you sent the assassin to wield against us.
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Where has he gone?
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Where is the imposter hiding?
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Leave her!
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Brother… brother!
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- Brother…
- My lady!
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Brother…
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We must go!
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I cannot leave him.
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- Brother, no…
- My lady, I must keep you safe.
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What are you doing
in the assassins' stronghold, Father?
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Ha.
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The Soul Reaper.
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You wish to get to him first
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in order to protect yourself
against His Royal Highness.
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How did you know
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that this was the assassins' headquarters?
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Ah.
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I suppose the question answers itself.
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I have been harboring a traitorous thief
all these years.
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Or you must have secured the information
for an offer of riches.
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He is not here, my lord.
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Your brothers have been attacked,
and In-hoe is being held captive?
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I must go to him.
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Are you well enough
to attempt to rescue him?
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Your body is getting… worse.
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You were aware?
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Why did you not say so?
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I wanted to tell you,
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but I thought it would worsen
the pain and guilt you feel.
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This is why I must go now.
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Before my condition worsens
and my skills are no longer useful.
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If I fail to destroy the prince's forces,
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you will have to watch over your shoulder
your entire life as I have.
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I cannot protect you if he lives.
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Please understand I must do this.
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It is the only way we can survive.
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I promise I will return to you.
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To your side.
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Go, then.
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You must do this.
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But remember that once you return,
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it will be us.
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Only the two of us, far from those walls.
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I wish we could have
fallen in love sooner, Jae-yi.
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As do I.
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Then all those first days
of meaningless frustration
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would count as our cherished memories now.
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Once you come home,
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you stay by my side
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where you belong
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for all eternity.
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Hm.
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However I can…
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I will always be there for you.
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For all eternity.
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For as long as there are stars.
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Eternally.
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And Mother told me to tell you this,
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which should lead you right to the deed.
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Stroke the shoulders
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of Mong-jun.
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As for this man,
do you perhaps recognize him?
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Mong-jun was the childhood name
of the previous chief merchant,
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who was not only my father,
but also your grandfather.
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Hongrang has managed to secure the deed.
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My son has guaranteed our reign.
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We must only await his return
and all will resume its rightful order.
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Let us go.
I want everything ready to greet my son.
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My sweet son!
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I am not your sweet son.
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- Of course you are.
- I am not your son.
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- You are not my mother.
- What are you saying?
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Who else would be?
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The woman you and the chief merchant
tried to destroy.
264
00:23:39,835 --> 00:23:41,461
Kkot-nim, who you left for dead.
265
00:23:42,045 --> 00:23:43,296
She is my mother.
266
00:23:58,061 --> 00:24:00,147
Who would protect her if you died?
267
00:24:03,191 --> 00:24:04,443
Protect her well.
268
00:24:05,902 --> 00:24:07,612
I hope you live on, my lady.
269
00:24:07,696 --> 00:24:08,780
For many years.
270
00:24:08,864 --> 00:24:10,782
To experience what it is like
271
00:24:10,866 --> 00:24:14,286
to be forsaken and pitiful
and know the ache of true loss.
272
00:24:33,180 --> 00:24:34,931
Did I hear you correctly?
273
00:24:35,015 --> 00:24:38,685
Yes, I want to report Chief Merchant Sim
for wrongdoing and unlawful acts.
274
00:24:40,437 --> 00:24:42,772
This report details
his longstanding deceit
275
00:24:42,856 --> 00:24:44,774
and criminal offenses over the years.
276
00:24:45,525 --> 00:24:48,111
As evidence, I have brought ledgers
belonging to the guild
277
00:24:48,195 --> 00:24:49,779
as record of his corrupt practices.
278
00:25:21,228 --> 00:25:22,521
Sim Jae-yi…
279
00:25:24,397 --> 00:25:26,191
Ungrateful demon.
280
00:25:28,944 --> 00:25:30,570
You dare to report me?
281
00:25:31,404 --> 00:25:32,739
Move along!
282
00:25:32,822 --> 00:25:34,699
- Let go!
- Let me go!
283
00:25:36,076 --> 00:25:36,910
My lord!
284
00:25:37,410 --> 00:25:39,704
My lord, why are you taking our friends?
285
00:25:39,788 --> 00:25:40,622
Relay this message.
286
00:25:40,705 --> 00:25:41,998
If you wish to have them back,
287
00:25:42,082 --> 00:25:44,751
the Soul Reaper
is to return to His Highness.
288
00:25:45,752 --> 00:25:47,879
- Why are you doing this?
- Let me go!
289
00:25:47,963 --> 00:25:49,214
My lord!
290
00:25:49,297 --> 00:25:50,674
My lord!
291
00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:56,930
Let me go!
292
00:25:57,013 --> 00:25:58,682
- Let me go!
- I said let go!
293
00:25:58,765 --> 00:26:01,434
Let me go, I said! We've done nothing!
294
00:26:01,518 --> 00:26:02,435
Let me go!
295
00:26:06,481 --> 00:26:07,482
Let go!
296
00:26:09,150 --> 00:26:10,694
- Here.
- Wait here.
297
00:26:13,947 --> 00:26:16,825
Highness, your command is executed.
298
00:26:16,908 --> 00:26:19,578
I have brought those who will lure
your precious painting back to you.
299
00:26:19,661 --> 00:26:20,495
Is that so?
300
00:26:21,162 --> 00:26:23,123
Should I take that
as a sign of shallowness
301
00:26:23,206 --> 00:26:25,083
or proof of your idiocy?
302
00:26:33,425 --> 00:26:35,802
My belief was that you were
an excellent judge of value,
303
00:26:35,885 --> 00:26:37,137
knowing what things are worth.
304
00:26:37,220 --> 00:26:40,640
Yet you insult me by offering
such worthless merchandise
305
00:26:42,017 --> 00:26:46,980
when something of ultimate value has
fallen conveniently into our hands.
306
00:26:57,657 --> 00:26:58,575
Highness!
307
00:26:58,658 --> 00:27:01,745
You are aware that woman
is merely a demon in disguise?
308
00:27:01,828 --> 00:27:04,414
It is she who caused
my most cherished painting
309
00:27:04,497 --> 00:27:06,875
to forget its purpose
and spiral into chaos.
310
00:27:06,958 --> 00:27:08,501
Therefore, we must end the spell
311
00:27:08,585 --> 00:27:11,338
and all thoughts or reasons
to revolt against us.
312
00:27:15,759 --> 00:27:18,136
You are to stab this vile creature
through the head and heart.
313
00:27:18,970 --> 00:27:20,472
Be done with this evil.
314
00:27:23,892 --> 00:27:25,810
Jae-yi!
315
00:27:25,894 --> 00:27:27,520
- Jae-yi!
- Jae-yi!
316
00:27:27,604 --> 00:27:28,938
Let me go!
317
00:27:29,022 --> 00:27:30,023
Let me go!
318
00:27:30,106 --> 00:27:33,902
- Don't do this. She's not a demon!
- Jae-yi! No!
319
00:27:35,737 --> 00:27:39,074
Young mistress Jae-yi is in danger.
320
00:27:55,090 --> 00:27:56,883
Will this never be done?
321
00:28:30,959 --> 00:28:32,127
Kkot-nim,
322
00:28:33,420 --> 00:28:35,672
it was only after I was told
that you were gone
323
00:28:35,755 --> 00:28:39,551
that I realized it was all
Min Yeon-ui scheming against us.
324
00:28:41,469 --> 00:28:44,431
Kkot-nim, protecting you
was my greatest mission.
325
00:28:44,514 --> 00:28:47,183
I was driven to undertake mad actions
326
00:28:47,267 --> 00:28:49,894
in the attempt to pay
for how I wronged you all those years ago.
327
00:28:49,978 --> 00:28:51,396
It was my curse.
328
00:28:54,524 --> 00:28:56,443
And why I failed to recognize you before.
329
00:28:57,026 --> 00:28:58,778
You have my life in your hands.
330
00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:02,574
It is your privilege to end it
if you so desire.
331
00:29:02,657 --> 00:29:04,784
But will you allow me my vengeance first?
332
00:29:05,285 --> 00:29:07,620
You know that I have
only ever loved one woman,
333
00:29:08,121 --> 00:29:10,123
and that my heart belongs to you.
334
00:29:32,312 --> 00:29:33,897
Commence the process.
335
00:29:59,297 --> 00:30:01,382
Did you really think I would do this?
336
00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:02,634
Did you truly believe
337
00:30:02,717 --> 00:30:03,968
that I would kill
338
00:30:04,886 --> 00:30:07,096
my one and only reason for living?
339
00:31:26,467 --> 00:31:27,552
No! Mu-jin!
340
00:31:39,731 --> 00:31:41,482
Brother!
341
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:45,486
Jae-yi!
342
00:32:06,215 --> 00:32:07,175
No! You cannot!
343
00:32:12,013 --> 00:32:13,514
It… it is a relief.
344
00:32:14,349 --> 00:32:15,475
Now, at last,
345
00:32:15,975 --> 00:32:16,893
my heart is free.
346
00:32:17,769 --> 00:32:18,686
I may go
347
00:32:19,395 --> 00:32:20,438
without the fear
348
00:32:21,439 --> 00:32:23,942
that you would never forgive me
for what I have done.
349
00:32:24,484 --> 00:32:25,610
You cannot die, brother.
350
00:32:25,693 --> 00:32:26,861
With that word,
351
00:32:27,570 --> 00:32:29,864
I can be at peace once again.
352
00:32:30,406 --> 00:32:31,532
When you call me that,
353
00:32:32,241 --> 00:32:33,785
I feel such joy.
354
00:32:33,868 --> 00:32:35,453
I've craved nothing more.
355
00:32:36,371 --> 00:32:39,457
I am sorry for wanting and dreaming
356
00:32:40,249 --> 00:32:41,459
beyond that.
357
00:32:41,542 --> 00:32:43,628
I cannot let you die.
358
00:32:48,466 --> 00:32:51,219
The master will survive this.
The Soul Reaper is here.
359
00:32:51,302 --> 00:32:52,887
I hope you will escape safely.
360
00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:54,639
Brother.
361
00:32:54,722 --> 00:32:57,266
- Always.
- Let me help you.
362
00:32:57,350 --> 00:32:59,435
Come with us. You must leave now.
363
00:33:12,156 --> 00:33:14,534
Go! Hurry! This way.
364
00:33:14,617 --> 00:33:15,451
Come.
365
00:33:16,494 --> 00:33:19,038
- What is it?
- There are children in here.
366
00:33:21,833 --> 00:33:23,668
One, two, three, pull!
367
00:33:26,295 --> 00:33:27,797
- Come with us!
- Come now!
368
00:33:49,318 --> 00:33:50,361
In-hoe.
369
00:33:55,074 --> 00:33:56,534
I came too late.
370
00:33:56,617 --> 00:33:58,161
I am sorry, my friend.
371
00:34:32,695 --> 00:34:34,238
Master!
372
00:34:37,492 --> 00:34:38,451
I shall carry you.
373
00:34:39,035 --> 00:34:40,078
Bu-yeong.
374
00:34:40,161 --> 00:34:40,995
Yes?
375
00:34:42,830 --> 00:34:44,123
Let us rest a while.
376
00:34:45,166 --> 00:34:46,167
Of course.
377
00:34:46,250 --> 00:34:47,293
My sister
378
00:34:49,170 --> 00:34:51,005
was worried, was she not?
379
00:34:51,631 --> 00:34:54,425
I told her you would survive your injury
and that she need not worry.
380
00:34:54,926 --> 00:34:56,177
You did well.
381
00:34:58,179 --> 00:34:59,222
As always.
382
00:34:59,847 --> 00:35:00,932
Your presence
383
00:35:02,266 --> 00:35:03,935
has always been loyal and true.
384
00:35:04,769 --> 00:35:06,062
Could you serve her
385
00:35:07,688 --> 00:35:09,857
as you have served me all these years?
386
00:35:09,941 --> 00:35:11,526
I would be honored, my lord.
387
00:35:11,609 --> 00:35:12,985
Then my heart is glad.
388
00:35:17,907 --> 00:35:18,741
Thank you.
389
00:35:19,742 --> 00:35:21,035
I will leave you now.
390
00:35:21,744 --> 00:35:23,287
Where will you be going?
391
00:35:26,833 --> 00:35:29,127
Some place far away.
392
00:35:30,128 --> 00:35:31,254
Back to
393
00:35:32,171 --> 00:35:33,506
more glorious days.
394
00:35:34,340 --> 00:35:35,591
That is where
395
00:35:36,175 --> 00:35:37,135
I shall remain
396
00:35:38,427 --> 00:35:40,471
for all eternity.
397
00:35:50,898 --> 00:35:52,900
Young master! Do you hear me?
398
00:35:53,943 --> 00:35:55,611
Mu-jin?
399
00:36:19,010 --> 00:36:20,678
Jae-yi!
400
00:36:38,279 --> 00:36:39,155
Jae-yi!
401
00:36:48,998 --> 00:36:50,666
Take the children to safety.
402
00:36:51,375 --> 00:36:53,211
I will follow you very soon.
403
00:37:13,648 --> 00:37:14,857
Go.
404
00:37:31,540 --> 00:37:33,209
Hurry, children! We're almost there.
405
00:37:33,292 --> 00:37:35,586
Stay together and follow us, quickly!
406
00:37:47,848 --> 00:37:49,850
Not yet. Not yet.
407
00:37:55,898 --> 00:37:57,275
Come, come, come.
408
00:37:58,276 --> 00:37:59,235
This way.
409
00:38:28,639 --> 00:38:30,599
I have longed for your return.
410
00:38:32,101 --> 00:38:33,269
But, child,
411
00:38:33,352 --> 00:38:36,022
why so much anger
in your creator's presence?
412
00:38:38,566 --> 00:38:40,943
Why this persistent hatred in your eyes?
413
00:38:41,527 --> 00:38:44,322
You are no doubt acting
with a blinding ignorance
414
00:38:44,405 --> 00:38:46,365
and willful misunderstanding.
415
00:38:48,826 --> 00:38:49,994
Why did you do
416
00:38:50,786 --> 00:38:52,371
such heinous things
417
00:38:52,455 --> 00:38:53,914
to me and all the others?
418
00:38:54,749 --> 00:38:56,208
My intention to attain
419
00:38:57,084 --> 00:39:01,464
a higher existence is not driven
by selfish aspirations or cruel ambition.
420
00:39:06,177 --> 00:39:08,804
My birthright, my destiny,
421
00:39:08,888 --> 00:39:10,890
is to be the people's vessel.
422
00:39:13,893 --> 00:39:17,313
Only when I have transformed to a true god
423
00:39:18,731 --> 00:39:21,942
will the world rise
to its purest ideal of existence.
424
00:39:26,238 --> 00:39:27,948
You are a royal fool,
425
00:39:28,657 --> 00:39:31,202
imbued with his own distorted madness.
426
00:39:31,285 --> 00:39:32,620
A spoiled good-for-nothing
427
00:39:32,703 --> 00:39:35,790
who invented a twisted delusion
to erase his worthlessness.
428
00:39:37,750 --> 00:39:41,003
You tortured innocent children
because of your own sense of inferiority--
429
00:39:41,087 --> 00:39:42,671
How dare you loose your tongue?!
430
00:39:42,755 --> 00:39:45,508
How dare you pretend you are a god?!
431
00:39:47,093 --> 00:39:48,719
How could you be so foolish?
432
00:39:48,803 --> 00:39:50,513
How could you be so arrogant?
433
00:39:50,596 --> 00:39:53,599
You were but useless scrap
before being put into my hands.
434
00:39:53,682 --> 00:39:57,228
I was the one who saved you
from the filth into which you were born.
435
00:39:57,311 --> 00:39:58,896
You were nothing more than vermin,
436
00:39:58,979 --> 00:40:02,149
destined to rot like foul-smelling trash,
a lowly rat!
437
00:40:02,900 --> 00:40:05,361
I repurposed you into a glorious being.
438
00:40:06,153 --> 00:40:08,489
Do you not see the honor of being chosen?
439
00:40:09,115 --> 00:40:10,074
Not once
440
00:40:10,741 --> 00:40:12,743
was I ever able to breathe
without feeling pain
441
00:40:12,827 --> 00:40:14,328
or fall asleep without constant fear.
442
00:40:14,412 --> 00:40:18,374
And not once did I truly laugh or cry
to my heart's content.
443
00:40:18,958 --> 00:40:21,293
I often wished to die
and end the suffering.
444
00:40:23,170 --> 00:40:24,338
With the others.
445
00:40:25,923 --> 00:40:27,425
You took our souls while we lived.
446
00:40:29,135 --> 00:40:31,720
I took it all.
447
00:40:33,013 --> 00:40:35,182
I own every one of you.
448
00:40:36,058 --> 00:40:38,185
How could I not capture your spirit?
449
00:40:40,062 --> 00:40:42,148
You will be released soon.
450
00:40:42,231 --> 00:40:44,984
Once I have finished
recreating my paintings.
451
00:40:53,742 --> 00:40:55,035
Try to paint now.
452
00:41:00,875 --> 00:41:05,588
Oh… no!
453
00:41:13,262 --> 00:41:15,848
No! My hands!
454
00:41:43,042 --> 00:41:44,919
Even if I were to leave this world…
455
00:41:47,296 --> 00:41:49,256
do you think this would end?
456
00:41:49,340 --> 00:41:54,595
I have etched my royal spirit
onto the canvas that covers you.
457
00:41:54,678 --> 00:41:56,472
The essence of your creator
458
00:41:57,473 --> 00:41:59,225
will live on as you will.
459
00:41:59,308 --> 00:42:00,601
What is more,
460
00:42:00,684 --> 00:42:05,606
as long as my masterpieces representing
virtue and infinitude remain alive,
461
00:42:05,689 --> 00:42:10,194
a god destined to inherit the great cause
will one day reappear.
462
00:42:10,277 --> 00:42:12,571
I will never cease
to be a ruler in this universe!
463
00:42:12,655 --> 00:42:15,074
My legacy will carry on wherever you are!
464
00:42:33,509 --> 00:42:38,556
No. I… will not… allow it…
465
00:45:01,365 --> 00:45:03,075
Loving you changed my life.
466
00:45:04,243 --> 00:45:08,539
After I had completed my mission,
I had planned to end my own life as well.
467
00:45:09,498 --> 00:45:12,668
I thought that this filth
must be torn off or burned away.
468
00:45:12,751 --> 00:45:15,754
I believed I was condemned
by the shame of it.
469
00:45:16,588 --> 00:45:18,298
That I had to die
470
00:45:19,007 --> 00:45:20,801
in the hopes of feeling human again.
471
00:45:39,069 --> 00:45:40,612
Your love changed all of that.
472
00:45:43,073 --> 00:45:44,825
I know I can live with these scars.
473
00:45:47,286 --> 00:45:49,121
Your love made me human.
474
00:45:51,707 --> 00:45:54,084
And has let me become a man.
475
00:46:07,139 --> 00:46:10,309
This night seems much longer than usual.
476
00:46:13,562 --> 00:46:15,481
I wonder when morning will come again.
477
00:46:28,118 --> 00:46:29,578
The sunrise will find us.
478
00:46:30,996 --> 00:46:32,539
You might want to rest.
479
00:46:33,957 --> 00:46:35,501
You must be tired, my love.
480
00:46:51,016 --> 00:46:53,268
What if my eyes do not want to open?
481
00:46:54,645 --> 00:46:57,648
I would not want to sleep too long
and keep you waiting.
482
00:46:58,857 --> 00:46:59,858
Do not worry.
483
00:47:00,651 --> 00:47:02,694
You may take a stroll into your dreams,
484
00:47:02,778 --> 00:47:04,988
but if I feel
that you have wandered too far,
485
00:47:05,864 --> 00:47:06,824
I will call you…
486
00:47:08,951 --> 00:47:10,869
and you will return to my side.
487
00:47:11,620 --> 00:47:12,496
Jae-yi…
488
00:47:15,499 --> 00:47:16,875
I can no longer see you.
489
00:47:20,128 --> 00:47:21,463
Know that I am with you,
490
00:47:22,714 --> 00:47:23,674
holding you.
491
00:47:24,591 --> 00:47:26,552
The black of night has closed in.
492
00:47:29,513 --> 00:47:31,557
You are all that exists in the world.
493
00:47:35,060 --> 00:47:36,186
Only
494
00:47:37,729 --> 00:47:39,481
your presence feels stronger now.
495
00:47:40,691 --> 00:47:42,651
When something is hidden from us,
496
00:47:43,151 --> 00:47:44,987
it is not necessarily gone.
497
00:47:46,196 --> 00:47:49,533
It is just like how you cannot make out
the stars on rainy nights.
498
00:47:51,285 --> 00:47:54,329
We know they are there
looking down on us, as always.
499
00:47:54,413 --> 00:47:55,539
When I miss the stars,
500
00:47:55,622 --> 00:47:58,625
I will tell myself that I am
simply weathering a long rainy season.
501
00:48:03,088 --> 00:48:04,548
All I will ask of you
502
00:48:06,508 --> 00:48:07,968
is please come back to me.
503
00:48:08,635 --> 00:48:10,470
Be guided back to my side by them
504
00:48:11,847 --> 00:48:13,140
on a clear, lovely night.
505
00:48:15,517 --> 00:48:16,351
I will.
506
00:48:17,936 --> 00:48:18,770
Where?
507
00:48:20,147 --> 00:48:21,481
Where should I go now?
508
00:48:22,399 --> 00:48:24,026
Where your heart calls you.
509
00:48:24,985 --> 00:48:26,278
As I will do also.
510
00:48:27,237 --> 00:48:28,113
Where is that?
511
00:48:28,614 --> 00:48:30,449
Right here at your side.
512
00:48:31,408 --> 00:48:33,035
Here, where you are with me.
513
00:48:33,660 --> 00:48:34,786
Just the two of us.
514
00:48:36,371 --> 00:48:37,414
I am glad.
515
00:48:39,917 --> 00:48:42,377
We are both where we are supposed to be.
516
00:48:46,381 --> 00:48:47,341
We just need to…
517
00:48:49,468 --> 00:48:50,636
be at peace like this.
518
00:48:51,887 --> 00:48:52,971
Like this?
519
00:48:55,432 --> 00:48:56,892
What should we do one day?
520
00:48:58,602 --> 00:49:02,314
There are so many new things
that we have not had time to discover yet.
521
00:49:04,441 --> 00:49:07,235
What should we do first?
Perhaps a boat ride?
522
00:49:07,319 --> 00:49:08,862
Because the weather is beautiful.
523
00:49:08,946 --> 00:49:10,572
Maybe go for a night stroll
524
00:49:11,782 --> 00:49:14,493
on a long stone-walled path
and wish upon the moonrise.
525
00:49:15,702 --> 00:49:16,578
Hm?
526
00:49:17,079 --> 00:49:18,372
And I want to swing.
527
00:49:19,331 --> 00:49:21,959
So push me as high as you possibly can.
528
00:49:23,669 --> 00:49:24,503
And…
529
00:49:40,602 --> 00:49:44,147
We will make aster leaf rice together.
The leaves are in season.
530
00:49:44,731 --> 00:49:46,900
We will find a place to eat in the forest.
531
00:49:46,984 --> 00:49:49,236
In the evening,
we can lie down on the wooden porch
532
00:49:49,319 --> 00:49:50,612
and talk about everything.
533
00:49:51,113 --> 00:49:52,406
Then…
534
00:50:26,773 --> 00:50:30,944
{\an8}2 YEARS LATER, SPRING
535
00:51:14,321 --> 00:51:15,655
Where is Hongrang?
536
00:51:17,532 --> 00:51:18,950
I want to see my son.
537
00:51:19,034 --> 00:51:21,495
Why is he taking so long to return?
538
00:51:21,578 --> 00:51:23,538
Where has he gone off to again?
539
00:51:24,372 --> 00:51:26,041
He will come to you soon.
540
00:51:26,124 --> 00:51:28,919
Your son is on his way home.
541
00:51:35,884 --> 00:51:37,260
Where is Hongrang?
542
00:51:37,344 --> 00:51:38,678
I wonder
543
00:51:39,763 --> 00:51:41,765
when is that boy going to return?
544
00:51:42,974 --> 00:51:44,684
Soon.
545
00:51:46,645 --> 00:51:50,190
Your son will be coming back to you soon.
546
00:52:11,294 --> 00:52:13,004
You want to try to hold it closer.
547
00:52:13,797 --> 00:52:15,298
Don't squeeze too hard. Look.
548
00:52:15,382 --> 00:52:16,842
Try to catch me!
549
00:52:26,810 --> 00:52:28,103
It's my turn to count!
550
00:52:28,186 --> 00:52:30,355
You have to count
to at least ten this time.
551
00:52:30,438 --> 00:52:31,982
I'm counting now!
552
00:52:32,482 --> 00:52:36,444
One, two, three, four…
553
00:52:36,528 --> 00:52:37,529
Hello, little one.
554
00:52:37,612 --> 00:52:38,613
Cheater!
555
00:53:08,226 --> 00:53:10,061
I am right on your sleeve now.
556
00:53:10,896 --> 00:53:11,980
Look at this.
557
00:53:12,772 --> 00:53:14,524
Look at this flower and remember
558
00:53:15,692 --> 00:53:17,360
that I am by your side.
559
00:53:34,294 --> 00:53:35,212
Jae-yi.
560
00:53:38,798 --> 00:53:39,799
There you are.
561
00:54:34,354 --> 00:54:37,816
IN MEMORY OF PARK ZI-A