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~ Episode 5 ~

Mother... Mother.

It's done... Don't move.

I'm going to save you.

I'm going to...

What is this?

What are you trying to do?

No...

Don't, Mother!

Deokman...

Run!

Don't!

You can't!

Deokman... it's over for me.

You needn't try anymore.

Don't do it! Don't, Mother!

I will get you out!

I told you I would save you!

I will do it!

I said stop!

You did enough already.

I have always been a burden to you.

Now, protect yourself.

Survive.

You must survive!

You must!

Stop! Don't do that!

Stop there, Mother!

- Deokman, run away! - No... No way!

No... Don't!

N...No...

Run away, now!

No!

Mother... Mother!

Mother!

Mother!!

Mother... Mother!!

Mother! Mother...

Mother...

Mother!

Mother! Mother!!

Mother! Mother!

Mother!!

Mother...

Mother!!

Mother!! Mother!

Mother!

Mother...

Mother.

Mother.

Mother! Mother!

Mother! Mother...

Mother... Mother!

Mother!!

Mother!! Mother...

Deokman!

Deokman is there!

Let's go!

Quick, this way!

- Where? - That way, quick!

Deokman! Deokman!!

Deokman!

Deokman.

Deokman! What happened?

Are you all right?

Dear.

~ (Kim) Yongsu ~ (King Jinpyeong's cousin, Cheongmyeong's husband)

Was it a soothing respite?

Have a seat.

What...

What is all this cold sweat?

Is anything troubling you?

Is Your Highness trying to contend with Mishil's might, by any chance?

You follow your call.

Just as Mishil shall follow hers.

Tell me,

was it a harrowing vagary what you just experienced?

Mere vagaries shall never daunt me.

What truly does is this reality of ours.

You are facing insurmountable odds.

Announce that you shan't join the campaign.

My three brothers wandering the netherworld,

those three princes...

Could it possibly be mere fortuity?!

No...

If fortuity it truly was, more staunchly I insist.

The heavens have chosen Mishil.

Youth might still bless me, but I accepted all this.

Hence, I acquiesced to being deprived of my sacred bone status.

And it all was so that I...

could spend the rest of my life with you as man and woman, Milord!

I thought...

you harbored the same feelings.

Yes.

- I do. - So?! Why?

Why are you accepting the investiture as crown prince now?!

Is not His Majesty alone?! I wish to become a stalwart aiding his cause.

You cannot.

You can't!

Geniality alone is not what power is made of.

Still...

Someone,

someone must be by His Majesty's side.

And why must that be you?!

Why must we be the ones?!

Your Highness!

- Your Highness... - What is the matter?

I... actually...

The Hwarang...

The Hwarang are acting suspiciously.

What are you doing?

You paint your faces in pale white?!

What is there for you to pledge your life for?!

Speak at once!

~ Hojae ~ (true bone Hwarang, current Pungwolju)

We heard that His Majesty wishes to proclaim Lord Yongsu as crown prince.

That has nothing to do with you!

~ Bojong ~ (Mishil & Seolwon's son, Hwarang Vice-Chief)

However, it is something we can voice our grievances about.

In the name of our Hwarang legacy.

By all means, he wishes to proclaim you crown prince?!

You have been deprived of your sacred bone status, making you of true bone.

How can someone of true bone inherit our legacy?!

Is it even conscionable?

As the heavens so untimely summoned all our sacred bone descendants,

it has been long since our throne has been bereaved of an heir.

It is clearly not advisable for this to remain as such,

so we must countervail such impasse, true bone as it may be.

But, there is a reason why he was deprived of his sacred bone status,

a most abhorrent one at that.

And that is!

His being the son of the dethroned King Jinji!

Was he not?!

You will also forgive my insolent inquiring,

but what meritorious services was Your Highness ever responsible for?

If you indeed can avow of any I was not aware of, would you...

~ Hajong ~ (Mishil & Sejong's son)

Service?! What...

Despite the dearth of meritorious deeds in your name,

he wishes for you to become crown prince?!

You are not of sacred bone, the dethroned King Jinji's son,

not to mention your utter inadequacy and inexperience,

and he still wants us to accept you as his heir, and to lead us into war?!

Why?

Why should we ever?!

And how would you do that?!

You must renounce it!

Renounce it at all cost.

- Renounce it! - May you renounce.

- It is inadmissible! - You must renounce.

I shall not question your views.

My wanton demeanor wrested away any possible accolade,

and with no accolades, a legacy all creation can accept it is not.

So how could I ever be suitable for inheriting the throne?!

But I see you do have a choice sense of shame, Your Highness!

Therefore...

I shall gain such accolades...

and live up to such paramount legacy.

I shall personally take to the battlefield,

*Namwon, North Jeolla (conquered by Baekje's General Baek Gi in 616 A.D.)

and lead the vanguard in our tentative to recapture Mosan Fortress*.

Your Highness!

Any covenant uttered during a Council parley...

can neither be violated nor ignored.

You must assume responsibility for anything you say here.

And so I shall.

I shall deploy for the battlefield!

Yo...You...

How could you?!

You dare to voice grievances over decisions made by His Majesty?!

Our Hwarang's leading principles and calling...

were bestowed upon us by Shilla's former rulers.

His Majesty's wishes they may be,

but our principles dictate we shall never acknowledge such obloquy.

~ (Kim) Yongchun ~ (King Jinpyeong's cousin, Yongsu's brother)

Acknowledge?!

Does our crown prince require your acknowledgement in any way?!

Painting your faces entails you were willing to pledge your life for it.

Is it worthy of such a momentous sacrifice?

I laud your intents,

but it was nothing you should concern yourselves over.

Should a man of no virtue and not even of sacred bone lead us all,

what Hwarang would devote his life to serve him?!

And what would befall his throne, should the Hwarang abandon him?

Is that so?!

If Lord Yongsu truly wishes to lead us all,

he must prove he is worthy of such legacy through meritable services.

And so he will, it seems!

Brother, what is that supposed to mean?

Lord Yongsu said he shall lead the vanguard in our upcoming campaign.

The vanguard of our campaign to recapture Mosan Fortress, at that!

That is out of the question! How could he?!

Why are you venting your ire at me?!

Go ask your brother, why don't you?

Hyungnim!

You cannot!

I shall never allow you to!

I already announced it at the Council meeting.

Hyungnim!

If the Hwarang do not follow him, how could anyone aspire to ascend the throne?!

But, it is Mosan Fortress!

Recapturing Mosan Fortress?!

Don't you realize what kind of place that is?

I shall join as well!

I cannot stand to see that varmint seize all the accolades for himself!

Aigoo... my dear nephew!

Let us... attempt to grasp the mood, shall we?!

You are looking down on me as well, are you not?!

Trying to recapture Mosan Fortress...

is like willfully walking past the gates of dissolution.

What?!

The path leading to Mosan Fortress is precipitous and strait,

while at the same time proving to be the best place for ambuscades.

The vanguard will be annihilated.

Then, we will not be able to recapture it.

We must sacrifice the vanguard as a diversionary stratagem,

and that is why nobody is accepting its command.

Anyhow, what if he manages to succeed?

Mother!

May you stop His Majesty!

This cannot happen!

Cheonmyeong.

When did I ever wish to become Queen?!

But now he even forces deployment upon him,

and to accept his investiture as crown prince?!

What else can you do?

Three princes have already perished,

and no sacred bone descendants are left.

This is all a subterfuge by Mishil.

We will lose him in this war!

Baekje troops number in the twenty thousand,

*King Mu of Baekje's given name

with the army led by Buyeo Jang* already advancing to Samsan.

It appears as if the reinforcements will join them in Doshil.

Their troops' morale is soaring into the sky.

You shall take a vanguard of a thousand men,

pass through this area, and seize control of their stronghold in Eulmijae.

There will be ambuscades on both sides,

so it will surely become a fierce melee.

In the meantime,

the rearguard shall attack the northern gates of Mosan Fortress,

and recapture it.

I shall follow you.

I will help your cause.

You cannot!

You must remain here,

and protect the princess and His Majesty.

But...

How could I send you into the claws of demise and...

You must leave this palace.

Dear.

You must, if you wish to survive.

I beg you.

May you follow my wishes.

I beg you...

May you...

Cheonmyeong.

Father.

May you allow Lord Yongsu...

After that day, I have not been able to protect anything on my own.

On the day King Jinheung perished,

the dream he wanted me to fulfill in his stead.

I could not bring about his grandiose vision.

Your mother, Maya.

Even my beloved Maya I could not protect.

My three sons.

I could not protect them, either.

Father...

And something else I could not protect...

was people.

This Seorabeol pullulates with Mishil's people.

She appropriated His Majesty's edict, dethroned your uncle,

after which she put me on the throne.

The former king's dreams, my three sons,

the Hwarang, our Council of Nobles...

Whilst she stole it all right under my eyes,

I could not protect a single thing.

But, if there is anything I rescued from Mishil's baneful esurience,

that is you.

You and nothing else.

And you are the only survivor of her harrowing complot.

And on that day, when the Gaeyang of the Northern Dipper split in two,

its seven stars became eight.

And I received a message from Munno.

If you say Munno...

The Gukseon who disappeared fifteen years ago, Munno.

What message did that man send you?

That, on the day the seven stars of the Northern Dipper would become eight,

someone able to contend with Mishil's might would grace us.

And that is you.

Father!

You are now the only one...

I can lean onto.

Follow my wishes.

Father...

Think about it, Father! What if he returns victorious?!

How could the union of you and my sister yield such...

unfathomable results?!

Uncle.

You are looking down on me again, are you not?!

Actually, what Hajong says is not completely devoid of reason.

The battlefield can always endow the most inconceivable of victors.

*Archaic name of Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province

Also, His Majesty might have also discreetly requested reinforcements from Manno*.

That is what I am talking about!

Should Lord Yongsu truly return victorious,

then what just cause would you find to protest his investiture?!

If such were to happen, it would be a grave quandary.

But, both my sister and Seolwon Rang...

What gathered you here, at this belated juncture?

The prospect of Lord Yongsu returning victorious...

divested our dear nephew of his nightly respite.

Yes, Mother!

If such were to happen, we would never be able to stop the investiture!

With no sacred bone males on the horizon,

using a true bone descendant...

Indeed.

We shall never use such a meager pretext to oppose this investiture.

What?!

Lord Yongsu being proclaimed crown prince can only be positive for us.

And... what is that supposed to mean?

His Majesty will proclaim a true bone descendant as his heir.

Not sacred, but true bone.

That is why it makes no sense! What damned true bo...

Is there any sacred bone descendant in your presence?!

Where would you find any sacred bone in Seorabeol?!

Most lamentable as it may be,

he has paved the way for a true bone descendant to inherit his throne.

I knew it!

Your foresight knows no peers!

It was a fatal misstep on His Majesty's part.

Clamoring for Lord Yongsu's investiture...

can only bestow an opportunity to all true bone descendants.

Still, we cannot allow this!

Should Lord Yongsu return basking in accolades?!

Recapturing Mosan Fortress and expanding our territory...

can only be propitious for Shilla.

Anything blessing this heavenly kingdom shall bless Mishil.

Dear.

Is this the time to indulge in jestful whims?

Should he truly become the heir to the throne,

how are you going to proceed?

Has my mighty sister ever been daunted by such trifling possibility?!

And what's more,

she would never allow it to happen!

Dear.

Do you recall?

How could I ever forget?!

You were no older than twelve, at the time.

The same daring twelve-year-old maiden...

had the courage to confess her feelings to her beloved.

And but a few moons passed by, heralding our conjugal ties.

It feels like a lifetime passed us by,

but it is still as vivid as memories of a few days past.

It is because of me.

Had I not...

been a princess,

I...

Dear.

Forgive me.

You are deploying in the morrow, and all that I...

No.

I shall not stop your tears.

Do not leave.

Do not leave me.

Have you ever shown any interest in power?!

But must you become crown prince,

take to the battlefield,

and stake your life for this all?!

Whatever it takes...

I shall vanquish them at all cost.

Vanquish Baekje...

and Mishil as well.

After which I shall return,

and in your warm embrace...

spend the rest of my days.

I trust nothing shall hamper this crucial campaign?!

Charge!

Hurrah for our great nation!

Hurrah!

Hurrah! Hurrah!

Hurrah! Hurrah!

No! No...

You can't...

No...

You cannot...

Your Highness!

- Your Highness. - No!

Again... a nightmare?!

What was it, this time?

Was it a goblin?

Or was it a tiger trailing you?

It was the battlefield.

Lord Yongsu...

Lord Yongsu...

What?

Something must have happened for sure.

Is there any report from the battlefield?!

It's a triumph!

A triumph!

We recaptured Mosan Fortress!

It is a grandiose victory!

Our troops led by Lord Yongsu slaughtered two thousand Baekje men,

and recaptured Mosan Fortress!

When will Lord Yongsu make his return?

Why are you not retorting?

His Highness Lord Yongsu...

led us in recapturing the fortress,

but on our way back...

he was hit by the arrows of a few Baekje remnants...

What?!

In his last moments,

he ordered us to convey to you this.

Your Highness!

Deokman.

Deokman!

Open the door.

How long have you been in there already?!

If you survived a direful desert storm,

then you should clench your teeth even harder and survive!

Was it to see you starve in here, that we rummaged the desert to find you?!

Deokman.

You must eat.

I will leave your meal next to the door.

You must eat something. Uh?!

What is it, again?

Feeling anxious?

Daunted?!

Or...

sad?!

Aigoo...

She is going to cry again...

Mother!

Remember?

Remember who said that?!

It is all right.

You will be fine.

In the desert,

you must not squander your tears.

Mother...

Mother!

Mother...

Mother...

Why are your fingers trembling?

Did a nightmare afflict you?

It is all right.

Everything will be fine.

Whenever you cry, I shall be here to embrace you.

Whenever those fingers tremble,

would I not be here to take your hands?!

Would I not be here for you, now and forever?!

Cheonmyeong!

Cheonmyeong...

Open the gates, Cheonmyeong.

I said open them.

Cheonmyeong.

How much longer are you going to stay there?

Should you not preside over the rites?!

We must honor Lord Yongsu's passing.

Being bereaved of Lord Yongsu...

Could a ghastlier misfortune afflict our nation?!

It is truly a most lamentable occurrence,

but only divine providence shall decide upon its creatures' happenstance.

May you regain your vigor, Your Highness.

Run!

The seven stars...

Gaeyang's keeper?!

Abandon such trifling delusions,

and run far away.

This...

is my last shred of compassion for you.

*"I salute the light kindling your spirit" (from ancient Sanskrit)

- Namaste*. - Namaste.

Now...

you are alone.

Will it be all right?

I was doing it all by myself anyhow.

Nothing changed.

Right...

Stop worrying, Ajeosshi!

I am Deokman, remember?!

Deokman.

Go ahead and depart!

Here...

Let us depart!

Yes!

Have a safe journey.

Goodbye.

Deokman.

Ajeosshi?!

Ajeosshi.

Why are you back?

Leave with me.

Let us...

head together for Roma.

You said you wanted to go.

You also said you'd become a heroine?!

How does it sound?

I am grateful... Ajeosshi.

Right! Let us do that!

Let us leave together!

Yes.

I must leave indeed,

but not for Roma.

Then...

*Xiyu, farther west in Central Asia

Dunhuang?! Or the Western Regions*?!

No.

Gyerim.

That nation right at the eastern end of the continent,

Gyerim.

Gyerim?!

And why would you go there?

You might have been born there, but you don't know anyone!

I know at least a name.

Who is that?

Munno.

It might be my father's name.

I must ask him why I was abandoned,

convey to him the death of my mother,

and he must also learn why that happened, as well.

Are you really convinced about that?

Yes.

I made up my mind.

Fine.

Ahh... Right.

You must dress as a man.

You never know what could befall a lone woman on such an arduous trip.

Yes.

I will.

You will return to the old mischievous...

and strong Deokman I know, right?!

Of course.

In the desert,

tears are the first thing to dry up.

Leave the palace?!

What did you just say?!

You will leave the palace?!

Yes, Sire.

I shall leave the palace, and devote the rest of my days to Buddhism.

What is that supposed to mean?!

- Why would you become a monk? - I shall never allow that.

- When you were born, the seven stars... - I shall from here on in...

bury such prophecies deep down my mind.

Cheonmyeong!

Why are you making me a monk as well?

I enjoy life in the palace more than any temple!

Your Hi... Seunim (monk)!

If you really must leave,

allow me to escort you.

I did not seek to meet you for that reason.

Munno.

You must find that man for me.

When you say Munno...

Yes.

The Gukseon who disappeared after his hermitage on Mount Taebaek,

Munno.

And why would you...

Gukseon Munno.

If it's him,

we could seize control of the Hwarang back from Mishil's hands.

Your Highness!

I...

shall not run away.

I shall find and meet Munno,

after which we shall engage in parley.

Should the prophecies about me he believed turn out to be true,

should they be part of my destiny,

then I shall restore his position amongst the Hwarang,

and make him one of my people.

Because...

my life and that of His Majesty's,

along with my child's existence, are on the line.

You are parturient...

with my brother's...

Yes.

Your Highness!

I cannot bear this child in the palace.

I shall not allow him to go through the same fate...

as Lord Yongsu or my three brothers.

So...

you must act in utmost secrecy.

You must find Munno at all cost.

~ One Year Later ~

Seunim.

He has come.

You...

are the last flesh and blood my brother left behind.

I have escorted her.

He is blessed with an imposing figure, is he not?!

A royal child who should have grown in luxurious prosperity...

is forced to hide...

It is truly lamentable.

Did you christen him with a name?

Lady Mishil once said these words.

That time holds no keepers.

Mishil cannot do anything before time's prowess.

Therefore...

I gave him a name which means exactly that time she so fervently daunts.

I called him...

Chunchu.

Chunchu?

Kim Chunchu (Yongsu & Cheonmyeong's son, to be King Muyeol of Shilla)

Kim Chunchu.

Did you look into what I asked?

Yes.

Spare my life!

I have no knowledge of it!

Should I add another stone,

you shall never be able to walk again.

I beg you! I swear I am completely incognizant!

And should I add another one on top of that,

then you shall begin to squeal, begging me to end your miserable existence.

I shall ask you for the very last time.

Who is the man Lord Yongchun is looking for,

and for what reason?

Add another stone.

Where is Munno?

At Yeorae Temple, up on Samsan in Manno County.

Manno County?!

I will... I will confess! I will confess it all!

Stop.

Who is it?

I said who!

It is Mu...Munno.

They are looking for the Gukseon who suddenly vanished, Munno.

I do not know why they are looking for him.

Munno?!

If he's in Manno County,

is that not his hometown?!

Yes.

So he went back to his hometown?

It's not that.

As he briefly returned there years ago, we were keeping a keen eye,

but he recently made his return.

I shall go there and meet him firsthand.

But...

as the region borders Baekje's frontiers,

not only do skirmishes frequently happen,

a direful famine has engulfed the area as of late,

causing constant tumult.

- Let us first await... - No way.

Is he not as fleeting as the wind?!

If we don't go there now and meet him,

you never know when another chance will come.

Your Highness!

Munno?!

Munno, you said?!

Lord Yongchun has been looking for Munno?!

Yes.

What Lord Yongchun has spent the last twelvemonth looking for...

was exactly Munno, the Gukseon.

I shall bestow you a few of my men to assist your journey.

Yes. My gratitude.

Still, you must always...

Always be mindful.

Yes.

Have a safe return.

At last...

will we get to meet?

They are scheming something.

To avenge his brother Yongsu, that Yongchun...

So...

Where is he?

Seems like it's the Yeorae Temple in Manno County.

Munno...

Meseems demise shall be the only way to cut those ties.

Prepare for it.

You may now return.

I shall head to Yeorae Temple.

*Old name of Mount Mai, North Jeolla

You return to the hermitage in Mount Seoda*.

But I hear the situation in the area is direful.

Will you really go there?

I shall follow you.

No.

You have never been alone, haven't you?

Don't you see Lord Yongchun's guards are protecting me?

Dealing with two women would only encumber the proceedings.

May you await my return.

I shall be back in no time.

Wow! Jielin*! Jielin!

*Gyerim in Chinese

We have finally arrived!

We are in Jielin!

Jielin, he said, Jielin!

Jielin!

Are we really reaching Gyerim?!

Ahh... he said it, indeed.

This is Gyerim?

Is this really Gyerim?

Yes, that is Gyerim.

How long has it been?!

Is this a dream, or reality?!

I shall meet him.

Munno.

~ Manno Fortress ~ (current Jincheon, North Chungcheong)

~ Manno Fortress ~

Listen. May I ask you something?

Is this the Gukseon Munno's hometown?

What is wrong with your vestments? Are you a man or a woman?

Can't you realize by yourself?! Of course I'm a man!

In the desert, everyone dresses like this.

Desert?!

Now they even come from the desert to find Munno?!

Yes...

But where can I find this Munno...

You are squandering your time.

What?!

Just to learn a few moves from Munno,

hundreds of people lodge here every year,

but how are you going to meet someone who has long disappeared?!

No... No.

Listen.

Yes. Care for some silk?

I have something to ask you.

I heard that if I came to his hometown, I could get to meet Munno.

It is his hometown indeed,

but he is nowhere to be found.

Then, by any chance...

Do you know where he might be?

Well... Some people seem to think he's in Seorabeol,

*Current Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang Province

others in Amnyangju*,

and some even think he's in Daeya Fortress?!

Munno?

Munno, you said?

You know him?

He retired into a temple, last I've heard.

Temple?!

What temple?!

He became a hermit living on the Taebaek Mountains.

Ohh... Right.

They say he rode the clouds, flying about.

You know Munno?

Munno?!

He hasn't been here in many moons.

It will be hard to find him here.

No way...

You know Munno?

Munno?!

I have never heard such name before.

- You know Munno? - Munno?!

You are squandering your time.

It is his hometown indeed,

but he is nowhere to be found.

He became a hermit living on the Taebaek Mountains.

Mother...

Lord Munno is not the kind of specimen anyone can seek audience with.

But, Master!

I crossed mountains and rivers to find this place,

only out of my ardent wish to become a pupil of his,

I traveled over 10,000 ri!

I said he is not a man anyone can meet,

did I not?!

Listen...

Master.

You know who Munno is?

Can you make us meet?!

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This was given to me.

May you help me out!

Why are you behaving in such hollow manner?!

Spare me... May you spare me as well!

They are trying to murder the Gukseon!

Choose men you can trust, and fulfill your calling.

We shall stake our lives for it!

Charge!

You knave! Who are you?

Destiny must have paired us together.

Be my guard.

It is an order!

My lowly ancestry precluded me from gaining that throne.

He is also my son.

For whom will you stake your lives?

I did it for Mishil.

He shall give us the throne.

Mother...

Just once more...

Save me one more time.

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