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[Episode 5] Gae Ddong, the best card shark in Joseon

is finally here in Hanyang!

Gae Ddong... I mean, Dae Gil.

You are my son, no matter what anyone says.

You are my son.

Baek Man Geum's son, Dae Gil.

Dad...

Dad, Dad!

It's too late.

What are you saying? Are you crazy, Grandpa?

Are you crazy?

Where's Dad? I can't leave without him!

I told you it's already too late.

It's been about two hours already.

Please tell me.

Why did you kill him?

Move aside.

I cannot move aside.

Baek Man Geum was someone who was meant to die 20 years ago.

Take it as a sacrifice for a just cause.

That's your only reason?

- Because of a reason like that... - Dam Seo, that is enough.

Tell me.

One who takes the blood of citizens and gains profit...

one who is worse than a beast and deserves to die!

Shouldn't one have to be like that to get blood on their hands?

Are you angry at me?

Then you should wield the blade at me.

Why do you choose to hurt yourself?

Master.

If those are your beliefs...

use that sword on me.

Why do you hesitate?

What are you doing?

Tell me everything.

Why did it have to be his father?

Baek Dae Gil is the king's child.

What do you mean he's the king's child?

I mean he is Choi Sukbin's first son.

You could say he's the hidden card that could go up against the king and Yeoning.

Still, I cannot accept his father's death.

He was an innocent man.

How can you be so naive?

You must have seen it.

Do you think that immature delinquent could be a match for Yeoning?

Nothing makes someone stronger than suffering.

If it is for a just cause, life and convictions...

can be thrown away?

What are these convictions you speak of?

What kept you from killing Baek Man Geum?

And why...

could you not stab me?

Don't you know that this weak heart will hurt you and me, as well?

Am I still lacking?

I was able to endure all this time because of hatred.

Am I still lacking?

What exactly is a just cause?

And what... are your convictions?

Dam Seo, you are my daughter.

You are my life.

And you are my everything.

That is my cause.

Those are my convictions.

You bastards!

Bring back my dad!

Dad!

Why do you need the scythe?

Why are you grabbing that?

I have to get revenge.

I have to find the people who did that to my father.

You'll get yourself in big trouble by doing that.

Put it down.

Then do I do nothing?

I saw the whole thing and I'm supposed do nothing?

My dad died in front of me.

I don't know who did it and I don't even know why!

A gambler died, so what reason is needed?

They get flogged, stabbed, or starve to death.

They go blind, lose their limbs, and die getting beaten to death all the time.

What reason are you looking for?

Grandpa... don't look for me.

Hey, Dae Gil!

Him again.

Today you brought a man with you instead of a girl.

Who are you, anyways?

You show up when the full moon is shining and take all of my money?

You don't look like you're in debt.

Why? Did I do something wrong?

No, it's not that.

I was just wondering if you're a card shark that I don't know about.

I do like to play cards to relax every once in a while.

But I'm merely a scholar who's usually reading books.

By your looks, you sure don't look that way.

What are you doing? Get a game started for him.

Yes, let's go.

Where is this all going?

All of this money...

Stand back.

Should I cut off your leader's head?

Stand back everyone.

We've seen enough blood. Why are you doing this?

You're scaring everyone. Let's talk about it.

I don't think so.

Where's the person who did that to my father?

Do you mean Scholar Baek Myun?

Scholar Baek Myun?

I don't know who that is.

You'll have to take me to his home.

That's going to be a bit of a problem.

All right, let's go. Let's go.

Whether you die or he dies, it isn't my business.

You can both die for all I care.

What do you think happened?

It's long past the time he should've been here.

Move! Unless you want to get in my way.

My Lord, please save me.

Someone who knows the value of one nyang is a true card shark.

Are you positive that it's him?

I didn't see it with my own eyes but...

You killed my father, is that right?

And if I did?

Why did you kill him? Why did you do it?

What did he do wrong that you would kill him?

If you know, will Baek Man Geum come back from the dead?

Shut your mouth, Scholar Baek Myun.

Don't speak of my father so carelessly!

Your father's body is buried behind your home in a sunny spot.

Go and pay your respects.

If you want to get your revenge on me, return as a great tiger.

I'm telling you to return when you have the strength to beat me.

I will be waiting here.

Stop right there!

I'm sorry.

I can't pretend I didn't see you.

If you want to get revenge, take a hold of that sword.

Don't regret it.

Right now, you can't even touch the hem of my clothing...

let alone the scholar.

Move.

Do you think I'm some mutt?

This crazy punk. He must be determined to die.

Okay, then.

He's just some young, little punk.

Do you know who I am? I'm Hong Mae!

You thought you could kill me with that scythe of yours?

Stop that.

You can't let people like this live.

He's just like his father.

He'll come stab me in the belly someday.

So I have to kill him. I'll beat him to a pulp!

What are you doing here, sir?

Well... I came here because I'm interested in that young lady.

Why don't you stop now?

The moon is shining bright and it's a nice day.

Can you save him?

Yes.

What brings you to this squalid place?

I heard a rumor there was a tiger living in the mountain area here.

I must have come to the wrong place.

There are no tigers, only wildcats.

Can you handle a tiger if you meet one?

I suppose not. I'd be lucky not to urinate myself.

If there is a real criminal...

she's in the gambling rooms when the sun is out.

Then at Wolhyanggak as a gisaeng after sundown.

What exactly is her identity?

She is a gisaeng.

She also instructs wives of high-ranking officials on archery.

She is my student, as well.

With all the abilities she has, she could even enter the palace.

What is it?

Does she have a grudge against the king?

Your Highness, your joke is a bit much.

What do you mean joke?

Your family was destroyed during the Year of the Dog.

Even if you held a grudge against the king

it would not be strange.

Am I wrong?

What is this?

Are you trying to provoke me?

I'm telling you to show me your claws.

The ones you've kept hidden.

You are nothing but a prince. What do you think you can do to me?

At the very least...

I can cut off that sharp tongue of yours.

How is he?

He has been injured everywhere.

It's a miracle that he's breathing.

If he wakes up, do not tell him about me.

Yes, I understand.

[Sukjong] You want the inspection documents?

[Crown Prince Yoon (Later to be Gyungjong)]

[Yeoning (Later to be Yeongjo)]

I would like to inspect them.

What is it that you want to do with the

documents of the Office of the Inspector General?

Do you know why a tiger that has lost its mother...

dies so easily?

It's because he dips his toes in too easily and too early.

Forgive me, Father.

There was a story I used to tell you both when you were young.

It was about the beast that regulated rain.

Do you recall it?

Do you mean the beast with 100 eyes and 1,000 ears?

That's right.

Everyone found the beast to be so strange.

So instead of being thankful for the rain

people always feared it.

There were people who threw rocks at it.

There were people who poked at it with an iron skewer too.

So the beast could no longer endure it and on a rainy day

it came out of the well and...

swallowed them up in one bite.

Killing the beast meant the skies would dry up.

To let the beast live, they feared future troubles.

What should they have done with this beast?

Since it was a good beast to begin with

I would calm it and send it far to the sea.

And you?

Father.

That beast cannot be calmed down or killed.

Moreover... it is a presence that I cannot dare to speak of.

Why do you say that?

That very beast...

is you, Father.

Starting today, you will start working for

the Office of the Inspector General, level four.

I will do my very best and exceed your expectations.

Look me straight in the eyes.

What is this about the Office of the Inspector General?

Do my words mean nothing to you?

Of course, that's not true.

"Do not step forward."

"Do not speak to the king except to say hello."

"Day and night, stay close to alcohol and women."

"Become a delinquent womanizer who has no past or future."

I know.

I heard it so much that my ears sting. A hundred, no a thousand times!

I tried to be that way.

But what has changed?

What have I gained?

I've lived as a delinquent and womanizer for a while now.

What exactly have I gained from that?

Yeoning.

- That is the only way you can succeed-- - No.

I am all grown up now.

I am an adult.

As for my path...

I will find it on my own now.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

I was told Yeoning brought a patient in the middle of the night.

That... that's...

He was definitely here a couple of hours ago.

Your father's body is buried behind your home in a sunny spot.

Go and pay your respects.

Dad...

Dad...

Dad.

Dad, I'm here.

Your son...

Gae Ddong.

It's your son, Gae Ddong.

Dad!

Dad, do you remember?

When you, Grandpa, and I traveled the eight cities with the rooster.

It was so fun back then.

Don't you think so, Dad?

Goodness.

Why did you prepare such a nice meal?

Eat.

Wait, now.

Isn't this a funeral rite?

Is this a funeral rite that you prepared so that you could die?

Hey, you think you can prepare funeral food for me?

And look at me with eyes like you're about to die...

I can't eat this food now.

I can't eat it!

What are you doing?

Grandpa.

You fed me... housed me until now.

You accepted all of my immature behavior.

You were there for me and comforted me. Thank you.

However...

my heart right here...

it hurts so much and I can't live like this.

It's so unfair and I'm so angry. I can't even breathe properly.

I don't even care if I die.

Whether Scholar Baek Myun dies...

or I die...

this only ends if one of us dies.

You do what you have to do.

I've raised you all this time. You're a thankless, ungrateful kid!

You know me, Grandpa.

I've always been a delinquent.

Don't wait for me and don't look for me either.

Today, Baek Dae Gil is going to see it through to the end.

Dae Gil, you rascal!

Get out here, Scholar Baek Myun!

He's earlier than I expected.

Stand down.

If you've decided to kill me, do not hesitate.

I will give you a chance.

Go on.

Shoot it.

That is not how you shoot an arrow.

You must stand with your legs shoulder-width apart and get stable.

When you pull back on the bow

you must use your shoulders, not your arm.

Also, your forehead, upper lip, uvula, and your heart.

You have to aim with the resolution to strike your target.

Shut your mouth. I don't need your lecture!

So you were prepared.

I will give you one more chance.

Kill me with that arrow.

But this time you will have to put your life on the line.

Will you still do it?

And if I do?

Think carefully and decide.

This choice could end my life.

It could mean the loss of your limbs.

Which side do you choose?

Crazy bastard. Just die!

I will give you one more chance.

Stop playing around!

You should have taken the chance when you had it.

I completed reading the Four Books and Three Classics by age nine.

I completed the Book of Changes and Record of Grand Historian by age ten.

What have you done?

You probably acted like a child with that gambler father of yours.

At age 15, I had extensively read up on 18 Books of Martial Arts.

I discussed politics with the intellectuals of the time.

What have you done?

Shut up.

Why would I care what you have done?

Die.

All I need to do is kill you!

Revenge for a father...

My family has already been killed.

I have seen it with my own two eyes.

Not even for a day, or 15 minutes, or even a second...

I have never, for one moment, forgotten about my revenge!

I told you to return as a great tiger.

Unless you want to lose both legs, return now.

Why?

Is there a reason you can't kill me?

Either you die today or I'll die.

One of us will die.

It will happen!

You still want to do this?

You think I'll bow down to someone like you?

Yes, you ought to be at this level.

Take him home.

I have put my life in danger and been in this spot hundreds of times.

So...

let's go all the way today.

I will come back again.

Whether my body gets ruined or I become a cripple...

If I can see a blade at your throat, I will come back.

So...

if you're going to kill me, just kill me.

Do it!

All right, if that is your wish.

There's no reason why I can't grant it.

We have done this once before.

I have shot an arrow at you before.

However, you survived even though you were wounded.

Even when hit by my arrow, you were saved by your strong luck.

You were just a little baby.

I am curious.

What will happen today?

Does it only go this far?

Your strong luck...

Master, he is alive.

I have saved your life.

This coin is your lifeline.

What should we do now?

Push him over.

Scholar!

Let us see.

Your luck has been this good so far.

Now will you survive a fall from this bottomless cliff?

Scholar, he will die.

He can't possibly live.

If he does die, that is also his fate.

Hey, Scholar Baek Myun.

Isn't that too easy?

I have nothing and I have no power.

You're stepping so easily on someone who has nothing.

Isn't that boring for you?

Why don't we make a bet?

You like to make bets.

With the life of Baek Dae Gil on the line...

What is the bet?

My body's covered in wounds.

If I fall into this ravine, it's a 100 percent chance that I'll die.

But if I live...

you have to grant me a wish.

Sure, let me hear your wish.

Go to my father's grave and bow down in apology.

Then I will forgive you too.

That's not much of a wish.

I will make that bet.

Before I do...

I think I'll stab you once more in the heart.

Will you still do it?

Ask him to let you live.

Then you can live.

I will come back alive.

You can count on it.

I will wait for you.

For you to become a great tiger and return.

These are Dae Gil's shoes.

That means...

Is Dae Gil dead?

Dae Gil!

Dae Gil! Oh no...

I can't live without you.

Did you ask for me?

He will be alive.

His arms and legs are broken and he has a knife in his chest.

His whole body is wounded and he fell off a cliff.

How could he be alive?

It's impossible if he's a human.

If I do not give up on him, he will not die.

Without my permission, he cannot and will not die.

So, Dam Seo you needn't feel guilty over it.

Scholar, do you truly believe that he's alive?

As for that...

We will know once we wait and see.

What are you doing here so late?

Yeoning, Your Highness.

Were you waiting for me?

Was there something you were looking for here?

The gold, money, and the books have all been cleaned out.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Where are you hiding all that money?

I don't know the circumstances.

But I am offended.

If you are the prince of a nation

does that allow you enter others' places without permission?

- What? - Please leave.

My hospitality ends here.

Did he come by?

Yes.

Yeoning is moving faster than I thought.

The side that is lacking something tends to be diligent.

The baby tiger is slowly showing his claws.

Then, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

Dam Seo, you should meet Sukbin.

What?

You don't need to worry.

You won't need to take action yet.

Your Highness, is the shaman from Wolhyanggak very skilled?

She is skilled.

She is scary, as well.

Your Highness, the shaman from Wolhyanggak is here.

Tell her to enter.

This was a bit unexpected.

I did not think you would ask for me.

I had something I wanted to ask you in private.

Who is that?

She's one of my girls whom I prize very much.

My name is Dam Seo.

You're very pretty.

Wait outside for a moment.

Yes.

Who is inside?

It's the shaman from Wolhyanggak.

Then do you mean Mother Hwang Gu?

Why would mother be meeting her?

What is this?

It's a boy's birthday and horoscope data.

Year of the Rooster, October 13th. At midnight.

Is this child still in this world?

I'm asking if he is dead.

Your Highness, life and death do not always follow fate.

Go and retrieve Yeoning's inspection journal.

Leave Sukbin's room and turn left.

It's the house on the edge.

That is Yeoning's residence.

Have you found it?

You must be looking for this inspection journal.

In the night, you treated me like a rat.

Now that the tables have turned, your expression is worth looking at.

I was visiting Her Highness, Sukbin.

I lost my way for a moment.

If you're going to lie...

you should make it believable.

I will get going, then.

You should stop now while you can.

What do you mean?

Don't risk your life here and there.

You should live a normal life.

I hate it too.

Everywhere I go, I can hear and feel the eyes of all of the ministers on me.

My father who must know every little thing about me.

Even my mother's maids.

It disgusts me.

If only I could have, I would've thrown it all away.

And I would have left.

But, you can do that.

You can throw it all away and leave freely.

I move only in response to my convictions.

No, in times like that, convictions will only hurt you.

What do you know? What could you possibly know?

Your Highness, are you inside?

This is Sang Gil. I'm going to head inside.

Your Highness!

Your Highness?

Where did he go?

Let's go.

I'm sure he was here.

Oh my...

Oh, I'm in trouble.

What do you think you're doing?

Goodness...

I put aside my noble image and hid you.

I get a slap in return?

Why? Should I call him back for you?

Should I tell him I have a thief in my room?

All right, then...

You there--

And do not get the wrong idea.

You are not even my type.

His Highness Yeoning is missing!

Find him right now!

What's all the fuss about?

There was no one there just--

I was trying to take a nap. Why are you making so much noise?

I see.

Sang Gil, go now and get me a jar of water.

What?

A whole jar of water?

Yes. I'm... very thirsty.

My throat is very dry.

Yes.

If you go down this path, it will lead to my mother's residence.

About today...

please forget it happened.

Didn't you come to steal this? Take it.

Why?

We should know each other.

What we both want and know what our goals are.

Or...

what we like.

Go on now.

My hospitality ends here.

Dae Gil's horoscope data...

So did you look into his horoscope?

Yes, it is the unlucky fate.

He is a monarch born with the hilt of three swords.

So... he was born with the horoscope of a monarch?

He was born with a fate is so strong

if he were to meet a good fate, he could become a king.

If he were to meet a bad fate, even a light wind would...

lead to a lowly fate at the end of that cliff.

So, how is it?

Is he still alive?

He is barely hanging on, but he is still breathing.

He is living, you say?

What do you think?

What do you see in your eyes?

The unlucky fate.

His fate...

At the end of the cliff, the fate of the monarch...

He has met his good fate.

What do you mean "good fate"?

Does that mean he has put the sword in his hand?

Yes.

He can cut open mountains and slice the seas.

The best swordsman in the nation.

He has met an imperial swordsman.

Water, water, water.

Your eyes have the look of a tiger.

Who are you?

Should we make a bet?

Whether I live or die?

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- Who are you? - Where is this?

My name is Seol. Gae Seol.

If a girl tries to run away, she'll die on that day.

Is it you again?

Make sure you survive.

Did you do something wrong?

Get every last one of them.

Go by yourself.

Being Crown Prince doesn't mean you will become the king.

Do you want to be the king? Will you do it or not?

I will consent.

Are you saying this guy here is a fake?

Why don't we play a round?

Baek Dae Gil.

Why did you kill my father?