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TRAINING CENTER

Yeo-ul.

Kang-chi.

I think it's time for you to let him go,

so that he can go and find the Gu Family Book.

You're back.

Yes.

I'm back.

It must have been a tough day.

Yes.

Just a little bit.

I see.

You should let him go, Yeo-ul.

Only then

can he leave with no regrets.

What if Kang-chi turns into an evil spirit as well, Father?

It might happen if he fails to find the Gu Family Book.

It's all up to Kang-chi.

I know, but...

Besides, you wanted Kang-chi to find the Gu Family Book and become human.

You wanted it more than anyone else.

If you can't tell him,

I will.

No.

I'll tell him. I'm going to do it.

But

can you give me some time, Father?

Just two days.

No, give me just three days.

And then I'll tell him.

We only have

three days

from now.

Will I be able to let you go

after that time,

Kang-chi?

TRAINING CENTER

Yeo-ul.

Yes?

Why are you here?

You cried a lot last night,

so I couldn't leave you alone.

How do you feel now?

Do you feel better?

I do.

That's good.

By the way, Yeo-ul...

Yes?

It's already morning.

Okay.

What?

What should I do? The sun is already high up.

What should I do?

-What should I do? -What's wrong?

It was our first night together.

But I slept through it.

How very disappointing.

What a shame.

You must feel better since you're already making jokes.

Is that so?

We only have three days from now.

What's wrong?

What?

Are you worried about something?

No.

I am not worried about anything.

Kang-chi.

Can you tell me your three wishes?

Three wishes?

Why are you asking me that?

I want to make you feel better.

Also, I'm wondering about it.

Can I wish for anything then?

Sure thing. It can be anything.

Let me see.

My first wish is...

Your first wish is...

Food.

-Food? -Yes.

I want to eat the food you cook.

You want me to cook for you?

What's your second wish?

My second wish is...

Right. My second wish is...

Kang-chi, it's me.

Hey, Kang-chi.

Are you still asleep?

Is he gone?

Yes, I think he's gone.

-Oh, my gosh! -Gon.

I will explain.

Shut your mouth.

Shut up and die!

-Gon! -Gon!

-Gon! -Don't be upset.

You misunderstood!

-Gon, please listen to me. Gon! -Gon!

Excuse me.

How indecent!

Gon, what are you doing?

Yeoju.

What are you doing here, my lady?

Well, I was just...

I was trying to stop them.

What? Stop them from doing what?

What were they doing?

They were doing something they shouldn't be doing.

-My lady! -Yeo-ul!

Oh, dear. This is so embarrassing.

Oh, dear me!

My lady, why did you say that?

Something we shouldn't be doing?

I mean, fight. It's true. You guys shouldn't be fighting.

What if Yeoju misunderstands it and spreads rumors?

That's what I'm talking about.

That's how scary a misunderstanding is, Gon.

So don't get us wrong, okay?

My lady!

My lady, why are you still here?

I'm on my way out.

Are you laughing now?

How could you be laughing now?

I know.

But now I can laugh again.

It has passed.

Thanks to people by my side,

I can laugh again.

Fine.

Whatever it is, get over it quickly.

As a man, you shouldn't keep something in your heart for too long. It's pathetic.

All right.

Thank you, Gon.

Wol-ryeong.

Long time no see, So-jeong.

Wol-ryeong.

Is it really you?

Are you my friend, Wol-ryeong?

Yes, it's me.

I'm your friend, Wol-ryeong.

My gosh, Wol-ryeong.

Finally.

You're finally back.

You're finally back.

Wol-ryeong.

You're here, So-jeong.

Why don't you come in?

Actually,

there's someone who wants to see you.

What?

What? You want to cook?

Yes, I do. Teach me how to cook.

Why do you suddenly want to cook?

Sewing isn't enough for me anymore.

So teach me how to cook. Okay?

TRAINING CENTER

Is this

how you're supposed to look like?

Yes.

How about Mother?

She will be

with me forever.

We'll never be separated again.

I heard

Mother betrayed you.

Perhaps

I was the one who betrayed her trust first.

Perhaps the fear that one day she might betray me

turned me into an evil spirit.

In the end, nobody turned me into an evil spirit.

I think it was

my own heart and fear that turned me into an evil spirit.

I wanted to blame someone for it.

But who should I blame?

Avoid feeling resentment and holding grudges.

Those feelings go against the law of nature.

Believe in karma.

You get what you deserve.

Aren't you talking like a mystical creature?

I hear you want to become human.

Then don't be afraid of the path you have chosen.

The moment you give in to fear,

you'll lose everything.

Do you understand?

The opposite of trust is not distrust. It's fear.

This is

the last time, isn't it?

Probably.

I see.

But once in a while...

Once in a while,

I'll miss you.

It has passed again.

Another farewell has passed by.

My lord, it's Seo.

My lord.

Pil-mok caught a spy. He will bring him to you.

He has been spying on the Miyamoto Merchants.

I brought him to you, so that you can punish him accordingly.

What? The Gu Family Book?

Yes, the Gu Family Book.

I want to find the Gu Family Book.

First, you need to have the strength

to control your power as a mystical creature.

How did you do that?

How did I do it?

I learned to control my power as a mystical creature.

You learned it that quickly?

I told you I could do it.

As you promised, can you tell me how to find the Gu Family Book?

THE BIOGRAPHY OF HWANUNG

This is it, Kang-chi.

This book will tell you how to find the Gu Family Book.

I see.

Think it over, Kang-chi.

Do you really need to become a human?

I've thought about it more than a million times already.

I must become a human.

You don't know much about life as a mystical creature.

It's never too late to decide

after experiencing life as a mystical creature.

I want to grow old with Yeo-ul.

You'll be praying for 100 days.

You must not kill for 100 days.

I'm confident about that.

When humans ask for your help, you must not neglect them.

I can do that too.

You must not reveal your creature side to humans.

-That means... -During the 100-day prayer,

nobody must discover that you're a mystical creature.

What about the people who already know that I'm a mystical creature?

You should leave all of them.

If I succeed, I can come back after 100 days, right?

But unfortunately, no one has ever succeeded, Kang-chi.

That includes your father, Wol-ryeong.

I'm aware of that.

Besides, if you disobey any of the three rules, you will become--

I'll become an evil spirit, right?

Just like Wol-ryeong.

And yet you still wish to find the Gu Family Book?

I told you.

It's my dream to grow old with Yeo-ul.

I don't even want to imagine a world

without Yeo-ul.

Kang-chi.

Do you really not know anything?

What do you mean?

You're better off avoiding him if you can.

What if I can't avoid him?

What happens then?

One of you two might die.

What are you

talking about right now?

I said one of you two might die.

DISPENSARY

My lady.

How many pots have you already broken?

That's what I'm talking about.

Why do they all break when I touch them?

That's a miracle drug Gongdal made.

What's all this noise?

Yeo-ul, Yeoju.

What in the world are you doing in my kitchen?

Well...

We were having a lesson, Gongdal.

A lesson in my kitchen?

Yes, that's right.

I was learning how to cook rice.

Did you say that one of us

might die?

That's right.

One of you might die.

You're immortal,

so who do you think will die?

No, this can't be true.

Trust me.

My prophecies have never been wrong.

But it doesn't matter.

If something happens to Yeo-ul,

I can just heal her with my blood.

I've saved her before.

Didn't you know?

Saving one's life with your blood only works once per person.

Once per person?

Once you have saved someone's life,

you can't save the same person again.

So you should give up on Lady Yeo-ul.

Leave her.

What if I find the Gu Family Book and become human?

If I become human, wouldn't my fate change too?

It's not your fate. It's Lady Yeo-ul's fate.

What?

You are incompatible with the person you meet

at the peach blossom tree under the crescent moon.

At the peach blossom tree

under the crescent moon?

Impossible.

Was that

Yeo-ul?

Whether you find the Gu Family Book or not depends on your will.

But your will can't change

your fate with Lady Yeo-ul.

Do you understand?

What are you doing here?

Nothing.

What?

It doesn't seem like it's nothing.

Something must be wrong.

What is it?

You and I.

One of us might die.

It's possible

that Yeo-ul will die.

You're acting strange.

What's wrong? What's going on?

What about you? Why are you here?

What?

I was waiting for you.

Why?

Your first wish.

Here it is.

It's the first ever meal I cooked.

Ta-da!

What do you think? I cooked this rice.

Look how glossy it is. Doesn't it look delicious?

Try it. Dig in.

You only cooked rice?

This isn't just rice.

Do you know how long it took me to cook it?

Let me try it then.

What was that sound?

I don't know. I didn't hear anything.

There must be stones.

Spit it out.

Why did you swallow it?

It's good.

Because you cooked it for me, even the stones taste good.

We only have three days from now.

One of us

might die.

Will I be able to let you go, Kang-chi?

What should I do

with you, Yeo-ul?

Tell me now.

Tell you what?

Your second wish.

My second wish.

My second wish...

Kang-chi. Yeo-ul.

There's a guest from the Century House.

-Eok-man. -Kang-chi.

Tell me. Who is behind you?

Is it Commander Yi Sun-shin?

Or is it Dam Pyeong-jun?

I'm working for two sides to get the information I need.

Are you saying you've been acting as a double agent?

Wouldn't it be more useful for your side and the other side as well?

I can't figure out what's going on in your head.

What are your real intentions?

What do you really want?

Seeing as you're curious about it,

I guess you're finally ready to negotiate with me.

What? Negotiate with you?

Yes. Negotiate.

Do you know the position you are in?

I could give an order

and have your head cut off right away.

Then why don't you do that?

The moment you cut off my head,

your life will end as well.

According to the spy that I know,

Commander Yi Sun-shin will soon cut off your head with his sword.

What?

What will you do now?

Will you make a deal with me?

Or would you rather be killed by Commander Yi Sun-shin?

I just heard it from my friend in the Century House.

He said Tae-seo is in trouble right now.

So we're on our way to the Left Naval Headquarters.

I'll go with you. Please, let me.

Do you feel better now?

Yes, Master.

Come with us.

I heard something happened last night.

Last night, someone stole a map that I left here.

Could it be the Miyamoto Merchants?

For now,

that's my guess.

The day Wol-ryeong came to the town,

the Left Naval Headquarters wasn't heavily guarded,

so they were able to break in.

The primary objective of this visit has been successfully accomplished.

There couldn't be a better gift for Imperial Regent than this.

When I broke in to take this map, I saw a model of a strange-looking ship.

A strange-looking ship?

It was something I've never seen before.

Do you have any idea what it could be?

Was it this kind of a ship?

Do you know this kind of ship?

I heard that Yi Sun-shin was planning to make this.

But I didn't think he could actually make it.

Are you saying that he actually made a model of this ship?

That's right.

I saw it clearly with my own eyes.

What kind of ship is this?

It's called the Turtle Ship.

The Turtle Ship?

Can you actually make this kind of ship?

I still need to make more models and run more tests.

By the end of next month,

the model 20 times bigger than this one will be finished.

I see.

This is incredible.

This is truly incredible.

Fortunately, the blueprints of the Turtle Ship

were stored in this secret room,

so it was kept safe.

But still, isn't losing the map a serious blow?

The map they took from us

was a fake.

Now it's impossible for them to get the exact information

about the naval forces camps in the Southern provinces.

It's also impossible for them

to get the information about the coastlines and water routes.

So what are we supposed to do with Tae-seo?

Should I go and save him?

Please give me an order.

I'll do whatever I can.

You want a deal?

-Yes, I do. -So?

What do you want?

I want to get back the Century House.

First, clear my father's name and return the Century House to me.

And put my sister back to where she belongs.

I will spare your life if you do that.

If ever your information turns out to be false

or doesn't have much value,

I will cut off your head without mercy.

Ja Hong-myeong handed a list to Commander Yi Sun-shin.

What?

Yi Sun-shin has the list of the 11 officers who are on your side

because they were paid by the Miyamoto Merchants.

Soon, they will be called individually to be investigated.

The moment one of them names you,

what do you think will happen?

Do you have plans to avoid such a situation?

I want you to first sign a document

saying that you'll hand the Century House over to me.

You are running out of time. You better hurry.

I'll let you stay in charge of the Century House.

As soon as the situation settles, I'll free your sister as well.

Those are my conditions.

What will you do?

Will you choose the path that will destroy everyone?

Or will you keep your position and have your sister freed?

Just kill everyone.

Before Commander Yi makes his move,

you can kill everyone.

That's the only thing you can do at this point.

This is the list of the 11 officers

which Ja Hong-myeong handed to me.

Officer Kim, work with Officer Jung

and summon the people on the list.

Bring them to the Left Naval Headquarters.

Yes, Commander.

Master Dam, keep an eye on the activities of the Miyamoto Merchants,

as well as Cho Gwan-ung and his men.

I will do that.

And the three of you,

I need you to do something for me.

Chuncheon Magistrate Choi Jun-yong.

Goheung Governor Jang U-do.

Boseong Governor Kim Beom-ju.

Jangseong Judge Hong Sa-myeong.

They were all killed.

Within the day, areas including Muan, Hwasun, and Hampyeong will be covered.

Get it done by tonight.

Yes, my lord.

MAGISTRATE OF HWASUN

MAGISTRATE OF HAMPYEONG

CENTURY HOUSE

What on earth is going on?

Why are you eliminating the people on our side?

This all happened

because you didn't get rid of Ja Hong-myeong properly.

-What? -Yoon Seo-hwa, that bitch,

gave a list of officers on our side to Yi Sun-shin.

If things go wrong, not only I will lose my head,

but all of you will be executed

before you have a chance to go back to your country.

Personal connections can be reacquired later.

First, we have to survive.

Don't you think so?

Yeongam Governor Lee Su-yeol, Jindo Governor Lim Sang-gyu,

and Gokseong Judge Han Hwi-seong.

These three people came to see you.

They told me they would go straight to the Left Naval Headquarters otherwise,

so I brought them to the House of Pleasure.

Get the men ready.

Yes, my lord.

Commander. I have a message from Madam Cheon of the House of Pleasure.

Three survivors on the list are at the House of Pleasure,

waiting for Cho Gwan-ung.

Have our ten best soldiers ready.

I will go myself.

Yes, Commander.

CENTURY HOUSE

To get to the annex,

going through the west gate of Resonance Hall is the shortest way.

I know the way too. I'll lead the way.

Gon and I will go from here.

What?

You asked about my second wish, right?

Wait for me here. That's my second wish.

Kang-chi, this is our mission.

The Commander gave us the order.

You can't make this your wish.

You promised me.

Until Gon and I come back from this,

I want you to stay right here.

Kang-chi.

What do you say? The two of us will do, right?

The two of us will do.

Did you hear that?

-But, Kang-chi-- -I'll be back.

Wait for me.

We will get going then.

How did it go?

Cheong-jo just went to the guest room.

Is Master Cho coming or not?

My goodness.

I am worried that I will bring ruin

to my entire family because I chose the wrong side.

What brings you to this room?

Hello. I'm Cheong-jo of the House of Pleasure.

Madam Cheon sent me here to keep you company

and make sure you're entertained.

What would you like me to do?

Do you want me to play the gayageum or the geomungo?

No.

You don't need to do anything.

My lord.

Has it been figured out now?

We have been waiting so long for you.

Wol-seon, get the girls out of here.

I have important things to discuss.

Yes, my lord.

Why aren't you leaving?

Shouldn't there be at least one person who pours the drinks?

Since when did you pour drinks for me that easily?

Why are you acting this way?

I said if you take my side, I would take yours.

That also meant I wouldn't let you live if you betray me.

Do you understand?

Leave.

What is this mess?

Everyone got killed overnight.

And now, only three of us remain.

Could Commander Yi Sun-shin have plotted all of this?

No.

It if was Yi Sun-shin, he wouldn't have killed them like that.

He would've arrested and interrogated them.

He would have made them confess and say my name.

-What? -What?

I know it sounds very cliché,

but I didn't have any other choice.

Was...

Was it you?

To live,

you must be bold enough to cut off your own tail.

With this, we've eliminated all 11 of them.

Well done.

My goodness.

What brings you to the House of Pleasure, Commander?

I heard there are traitors who are selling state secrets to the Japanese.

I'm here to arrest them.

As always, you're working very hard for the country.

COURTESAN HOUSE

My goodness!

Go and find out what's going on.

Commander, the three officers on the list have been brutally murdered.

All three of them?

Yes, Commander.

It looks like there's something wrong with the traitors you're looking for.

With this,

are all 11 of the traitors killed, Officer Jung?

Yes, Commander. All 11 traitors on the list have been killed.

Have you heard of this saying?

By letting two tigers fight,

you get what you want

without getting your hands dirty.

I was able to remove all 11 traitors

without having to interrogate them.

What a relief.

What's wrong?

Is Master Bi-jo

involved in this too?

What are you talking about?

Are you...

Are you conspiring to frame me as a traitor, too?

Well,

I'm thinking of what I should do with you.

If you want to get me,

you will need stronger determination.

You are probably right.

Then

take care of yourself on your way back.

Well done.

MIYAMOTO

Stop.

Lady Yeo-ul.

Everyone, stop!

Are you Kakeshima?

Yes, I am.

This is from Commander Yi.

I INVITE THE MIYAMOTO MERCHANTS TO BE SERVED AT JWASUYEONG

Yeo-ul.

Are you okay?

Saving one's life with your blood

only works once per person.

Please.

Please.

Don't do this anymore.

Kang-chi.

Yeo-ul.

Yeo-ul.

I hear you were badly hurt. What happened?

I'm okay. I just got scraped by a sword.

I heard it was because of Kang-chi.

No, Father.

He was very busy fighting the ninjas.

He didn't even let me go inside the Century House

because he was worried I might get hurt.

But I didn't listen to him and still went. That's why I got hurt.

It's true, Father.

Like Yeo-ul said, the wound will heal soon.

Don't worry too much.

Have you heard of this saying?

Pil-mok is here.

Let him in!

What's going on?

Give me ten of your best ninjas.

May I ask what for?

Yi Sun-shin.

I need to kill him.

Instructor Yeo-ul.

I heard you got hurt.

Is it okay for you to walk around?

What?

Well, it's nothing. I'm okay.

What about Kang-chi? Have you seen him?

Kang-chi.

I knew it.

I knew that you would be feeling down.

How is your arm?

It doesn't hurt at all.

Gongdal has a lot of good medicine.

I drank a miracle drug and put some ointment on it.

Soon after that, it stopped bleeding, and my mind became clearer.

Don't worry.

You should go back inside.

Kang-chi.

Why are you doing this?

It wasn't your fault.

You didn't do it on purpose.

I wasn't myself.

I smelled blood, and I wasn't myself the whole time I was fighting.

Kang-chi.

Next time, it wouldn't be just a small wound.

I might even kill you.

Did you hear something?

You heard something,

didn't you?

You are incompatible with the person you meet

at the peach blossom tree under the crescent moon.

And I also know

that person is me.

Kang-chi.

Why did you let things get this far when you knew that?

I wasn't scared

of such a prophecy.

You might die.

I didn't want to lose you

because of an unknown future.

The moment you give in to fear,

you'll lose everything.

But I'm scared.

Yeo-ul

might die.

Kang-chi.

Our relationship

ends here.

What...

What are you talking about--

That is

my third wish, Yeo-ul.

Subtitle translation by Sorang Kang