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[Last Episode]

Woon!

Woon, it's all over.

Why don't you to come back to us now?

What is this?

Let’s go. This is no fun.

You should hold it like this.

We were just their age, right?

At the time, my only thought was beating you.

If I knew the sword we hold would be this heavy,

I wouldn’t have held it from the beginning.

Are you regretting it now?

There hasn’t been a day I didn’t regret it.

Because for the rest of your life, you'll remember those you killed.

Woon, I’m not going to tell you you lived your life right,

but you don’t have to feel responsible for everything either.

What did you just say? [Yi San (Future King Jeongjo]

Master Chun is the one who killed your father.

Is it true that he killed my father?

Yes, Your Excellency.

Please give your royal order to dismantle the Black Assassins

and kill their supreme leader Master Chun.

Your Excellency, following the beheading of Lord Hong,

the Noron party is discouraged.

You should take advantage of this opportunity to cut down

the shoot of those who were involved in the coup and also pull out the root.

Cut down the shoot and pull out the root?

Who do you mean by “them”?

The Black Assassins, the organization that took root in this country 100 years ago.

Black Assassins?

Yes, Your Excellency.

Their job was to kill people at the request of the powerful politicians.

They are a group of assassins.

However, they were involved in most state affairs.

Especially, they are guilty of high treason

having been involved in the assassination of your father!

Hong Gukyeoung!

I’ll protect you until Baek Dongsoo arrives.

Isn’t that man the Master Chun you speak of?

Yes, Your Excellency.

Isn’t he your friend?

Yes, he was my friend.

However, I must separate state affairs from my private relationships.

You look relieved.

I've finally thrown off the weight on my shoulders that was my destiny.

Wouldn't I be happy?

What are you going to do with these secret documents?

I’ll destroy everything without leaving any trace.

Bring me all the documents including

the records of secret trade with the marketplace merchants.

Yes, sir.

Dongsoo!

Welcome back!

Since that rotten Lord Hong paid for his crimes,

I feel 20 years worth of indigestion draining away!

- Isn't that right, Jinki? - Yes.

He persecuted the people so much,

crowds have run out into the streets and are dancing right now!

I'm also going to get stone drunk tonight!

You seem to be in a good mood yourself.

Yes, I'm in a great mood!

I haven’t seen you smile like this in a long time.

Seriously. What’s up with you, Baek Dongsoo?

You look really happy!

Since that notorious Lord Hong paid for his crimes,

isn’t it natural that he’s happy?

Kwangtaek, how are you doing up there?

Please watch over us so that everyone will be well.

All we have to do is live a happy life now!

Auntie, Uncle Samo seems to be drunk!

That’s right. I’m drunk!

What's wrong with that? He's free to get drunk on a day like today.

Kwangtaek, look at us!

Isn’t it great to see our children smiling like this?

Let's have another glass!

What are you talking about, Your Excellency?

I’ll kill him before he betrays me and kills me.

Your Excellency!

My grandfather is an old man now.

However, I’m still surrounded by enemies.

They are parasitic on power and money.

I just want to be prepared for the upcoming dangers.

Is it Hong Gukyeong’s idea?

Yes, however, I agree with him.

Please reconsider it, Your Excellency.

Didn’t he save your life last time?

He won’t betray you.

Don’t you know that he killed my father?

How can I let him live?

I already made up my mind.

So don’t try to dissuade me.

Your Excellency!

I heard that he’s your friend.

If you feel bad about this mission, you don’t have to do it yourself.

This is everything that’s left.

Burn it.

These are the new identification tags for our members, which no one will suspect.

[Hogudanja: Document listing family members reported to provincial offices]

Distribute them to all of our men without leaving out anyone.

Forgive me, but may I ask why you are doing this?

By chance are you going to rebuild the secret network in the palace?

When the time comes, you will understand why.

Yes, sir.

Master Chun, do you really think they will be able to live ordinary lives?

They’ll feel awkward and uncomfortable grasping a scythe where they once held a sword.

However, it will be a life 100 times better than getting bloodstains on their hands.

Will you also try your hand at farming?

Hey, what’s going on?

How can you do this to Yeo Woon?

Yang Chorip!

Tell me...

We should kill Yeo Woon... How could those words come out of your mouth?

I will do anything and everything to protect His Excellency.

Woon is our friend. He’s our friend.

As you know, we each live different lives.

Woon let you live.

He could have killed you, but he let you live.

That’s right!

He only took advantage of me to deceive Lord Hong Daejoo!

Yang Chorip!

Whether someone like Lord Hong is still alive or not,

there will always be those capable of climbing over the palace walls if they just decide to.

There are hundreds of them in this country!

How do you want me to sit back and do nothing?

Be quiet!

Woon is different!

Don’t forget that he’s their boss!

Dongsoo, our dream's all come to nothing.

Woon's nothing but the head of an assassin group.

Chorip, shouldn’t you and I welcome him when he comes back to us?

I don’t care what others think about him.

But you can't do that to him.

Back then, we weren't afraid of

anything in this world when the three of us were together.

I know it's hard for you.

But it can't be helped.

If it's too hard for you, just stay out of this.

Whether you join us or not, he's going to die.

Dongsoo, for the three of us, this is our destiny.

Hey, attack me.

Hey, Woon!

Hey, hold him tight!

In my opinion, you earned this!

What brings you here?

This is for Master Chun of the Black Assassins.

Master Chun of the Black Assassins?

I don’t know who you’re talking about!

This won’t bring any harm to you.

This letter has arrived through one of our merchants.

Tell him I’ll see him at 11 o’clock. [Haesi: From 9 to 11 in the evening]

Yes, sir.

What are you doing?

Prince Yi San gave an order to kill Master Chun.

What?

Then why don’t you tell Master Chun the truth?

It was Hong Gukyeong who asked him to kill our master.

And it was Baek Dongsoo to whom Prince Yi San gave his royal order.

Then...

I know Master Chun won’t draw his sword against them.

Then what are you going to do?

I’m going secure a place. So please help me.

Is there any reason why I should go with you?

Chorip, trust me just once and come with me.

Chorip, we were all friends.

Do you remember the times you spent with Dongsoo and Woon at the warrior camp?

The captain, my father was also killed by the Black Assassins, however...

I haven't forgotten those men even for a moment...

But Woon is different.

He’s our friend.

Okay, then I’ll meet him once.

It’s already past 9 o’clock. [Sulsi: From 7 to 9 in the evening]

He won’t come.

Let’s wait a little bit longer.

I know he’ll come.

Master Chun won’t come.

Then I'll wait for just one more hour.

By the time Master Chun comes here, you will no longer be in this world.

I’ll protect Master Chun in my own way.

You may come out now.

Was it Woon who sent you?

No, sir.

No?

Do you expect me to believe you?

This is the answer from Woon that I expected.

That’s not possible.

That’s not possible?

This has nothing to do with Master Chun's will.

I set this up all by myself.

Do you mean you set up an assassination without his order?

Did you see?

No one anywhere is free from the threat of the Black Assassins.

No one can even freely have a drink of liquor in this country!

Do what you want, whether you kill him or not.

Chorip!

Without fail, tell Woon to come to see me.

Chorip!

Wait!

Baek Dongsoo, didn’t you see with your own eyes?

This is the real identity of the Woon we trusted so much.

Chorip!

What’s going on?

I asked you what’s going on!

I've committed a grave sin.

Prince Yi San gave an order to kill you.

What did you say?

It was Hong Gukyeong who requested it to Prince Yi San.

And Prince Yi San assigned the mission to Baek Dongsoo.

You must have heard wrong.

My friends wouldn’t do that to me.

This is the information I got from our secret network.

There is no mistake.

Do you know?

I haven’t received their forgiveness yet.

Even if they kill me,

I must ask them to forgive me first.

Leave.

If Prince Yi San really gave the order,

all I need to do is see him and make him change his mind.

Aren’t you?

I thought Your Excellency might be looking for me...

So I've come, committing an impropriety.

So you've made it all the way here!

Have a seat!

Is it true that you killed my father?

Yes.

I have never heard about his death.

Tell me how he was killed.

He dreamt of the northern campaign until his last moments.

You have earned your death.

What is the reason?

You killed my father, which is the first reason.

I can’t close my eyes to that fact as his son.

It’s my past filled with regret in which I never once smiled freely.

I’ll bow 10,000 times in front of your father’s tomb.

And I will cut off one of my arms to beg your forgiveness.

You shook this country’s politics and killed my people,

which is the second reason.

I’ll liquidate all our assets and return them to the people.

I'll also eradicate our spy network [Saejak: Spy, secret agent]

and exterminate the vermin that have laid down roots in our society.

Even if I allow you to do all those things, there is one thing I can’t tolerate.

What is that?

I won’t forget the skill with which you

infiltrated into my bedroom like a shadow.

If I let you live, how would I sleep soundly?

Tomorrow, I’ll resign from my position as

master of the Black Assassins and dismantle the organization.

Your eyes seem to tell me the truth.

I’ll trust you.

Woon was a once in a lifetime friend and also my family.

That’s why you and I must give him a chance to explain himself to us.

Dongsoo, that’s why I can't trust you.

Whether he lies to you or not, you trust his lies.

You know why?

Because you only see what you want to believe from him.

I was like that too.

I trusted him even when our instructor and the late Crown Prince died.

However, he left us after that.

Yang Chorip...

Don’t try to dissuade me anymore.

My decision is as firm as your friendship with him.

I’ll get going.

How can you not know?

All you have to do is to come back, Woon.

Woon!

Were you really going to kill me?

Woon!

I heard Chorip asked Prince Yi San to kill me and you promised him you would.

Woon, that...

I just met with Prince Yi San.

What?

He gave me the chance to pay for my crimes.

It’s fortunate.

I’m going to dismantle the Black Assassins immediately.

And I’m going to leave far away.

Leave?

What do you mean?

Aren’t the three of us going to live all together?

How could I live with you guys?

I’ll leave for somewhere no one knows me.

Don’t look for me.

Woon, Woon!

He’s Master Chun, the head of the Black Assassins.

It won't be easy for him to take off his assassin’s identity.

I guess so.

If you want things to go back to how they were,

it will take as much time as the years that passed.

[Heuksa Chorong]

I’m dismantling the Black Assassins as of today.

I’m giving you an order as your supreme master.

These are the identification tags of people who are deceased.

Their deaths haven’t yet been officially registered.

So you will have no problems living ordinary lives.

These are our organization's assets.

They will be distributed to all of you equally.

So lay down your swords and live by the sweat of your brow.

Then your descendants too will live freely without bloodying their hands.

I have never held anything else but a sword!

I will live and die as an assassin!

This is an order.

You shouldn’t disobey me.

We can’t delay this anymore.

We must put the plan into motion.

That’s why you and I must give him the chance to explain himself to us.

Woon, this is a problem you and I must solve together.

You rascal,

a scholar should hold a brush, not a sword! [Seo Yoodae]

If you came to see Master Chun, I'm sorry to disappoint you.

I guess it’s true you’re my master’s old friend.

Are you really by yourself?

Why did you ask me to come here?

Are you going to kill me or something?

I really don’t like to do this...

However, if you die, it will help us in more ways than one.

Believe it or not, the Black Assassins have been dismantled.

Then why are you pointing a sword at me?

This is our last mission.

I don’t believe your thinly veiled hypocrisy no matter what you say.

Look at yourselves!

To kill is your best method. That's why you draw your sword.

You’re nothing more than assassins.

Do whatever you want.

However, even if I die here, nothing will change!

The whole building is especially quiet today.

Are Jang Taesan and the White-Faced Scholar gone already?

Yes, sir.

More than half of our members have already left.

Why are you lying to me?

I told them to leave their swords behind.

However, there isn't a single sword in the armory.

Did you set up something?

Tell me the truth.

No, everyone left this morning...

Do you really want to die?

Chorip, please be alive...

It’s time for you to die!

Have you seen Hong Gukyeong?

I can’t find him.

He isn’t in the lecturing hall either.

You didn’t go with him then.

What do you mean?

He said he was going to see Woon.

I beg your pardon?

Chorip, that’s not it!

Everything is alright now. It’s over.

Please don’t make a mistake!

Stop!

Chorip, Chorip!

Don’t touch me!

Don’t you know?

People like them won’t disappear as long as you’re alive.

No one will be safe,

not Prince Yi San or Dongsoo.

That’s how everyone was killed.

Master Kim Kwangtaek didn't die

because his swordsmanship was weak.

He wasn't able to kill people, that’s all.

Captain Jang, Instructor Im

and even the Crown Prince, they all passed away like that.

It’s all because of the Black Assassins.

Woon, I'm saying it’s all your fault!

Leave.

Throw away your swords and go.

That’s my order.

However...

This is my last order.

If any of you disobeys me, he’ll die.

Chorip, Chorip!

Did you do this to him?

Chorip!

What’s wrong with you?

Why did you do this when everything is over?

I made a mistake for the merest fraction of a second.

But it was just a delusion.

I’m just an assassin.

How much further are you going to go?

Baek Dongsoo, what do you want from me?

I’m an assassin.

I’m the head of the Black Assassins, which is the worst enemy of Joseon.

Woon, you kept using your destiny as an excuse.

Even without it, you would have ended up like this.

So what do you want from me?

What do you want me to do?

Baek Dongsoo, it’s about time for us to end our ties.

Do you think you can beat me?

Have you ever won against me, even once?

I may kill you this time.

That’s something you should say after you defeat me.

But...

Hands!

He’s your friend from now on.

Friend?

Whatever...

He looks like a prostitute's little brother!

Hi!

Should we be friends too?

What?

With you?

Chorip!

Do you mean Yeo Woon called Hong Gukyeong out?

Yes, sir.

Baek Dongsoo found out and headed to where they are.

Take the royal guards with you and follow them.

If something happens to Hong Gukyeong, kill Master Chun on the spot.

Didn’t you say you might defeat me?

Baek Dongsoo, you need to be more determined to kill me.

This is your last chance.

Can we really not go back to how we were?

You have been the only shelter in my life.

I thought I could live under the sun if you and Chorip accepted me again.

I found happiness even for a moment.

That was enough.

Thank you, Dongsoo.

Woon!

From a long time ago,

if I had to die by someone's hand, I wanted it to be yours.

You can still live...

Woon!

I’ll apologize to the late Crown Prince

and Master Kim when I see them in heaven.

Don’t ever be sad because of someone like me.

Thank you, Dongsoo.

Woon, don’t die! Woon...

Woon, Woon!

Woon, don’t die!

Woon, Woon!

Why are you drinking so much all by yourself?

Do you miss him?

Yes, I miss him very much.

But Woon, he’s only in my glass.

I wish I could forget him after this glass of wine.

But I miss him again and have to pour another glass...

I wish I could forget him after drinking it...

But I miss him again and have to pour another glass...

Hey, come!

They just went into their bedroom.

Let’s go now!

Hurry up!

Hey, poke a hole!

You rascals, don't you have anything better to do?

There's nothing to see!

Go away!

Please have a beautiful night!

Those little...

Stop it...

H-h-honey...

Honey, that’s right.

You’re so pretty!

I know how hard it was for you...

Do you trust me?

I’ll spend the rest of my life taking care of you.

I have always trusted you, honey.

That’s right. Then may I?

I'll have to put out the light.

Hey, you rascals!

It’s just their first night. There's nothing to see!

What is all this commotion for?

It looks as if you will no longer have to live in hiding, sir.

What do you mean?

The prince has ordered all the charges you are wanted for to be lifted.

Father...

His Excellency looked after a big criminal like me...

It all worked out, Father!

His Excellency is so gracious...

That’s right!

Everything worked out, Father!

Thank you guys!

You've been through a lot!

Thank you, thank you guys...

Did you come?

Did you wait for me?

She has him wrapped around her finger!

How did he become like that?

That’s simply because of me.

He seems to be totally satisfied though!

Be a good sovereign.

Fulfill the dreams I wasn’t able to [King Yeongjo]

and accomplish all that your father couldn’t do...

Be a sovereign for the people.

Grandfather!

I’ll apologize to your father when I see him in the afterlife.

So don’t hate me, Grandfather.

Of course not, Grandfather.

Grandfather, Grandfather!

Your Highness, Your Highness!

I’ll rewrite the regrettable history of Joseon!

I’m the son of Crown Prince Sado.

From now on, if someone speaks in contempt of

my father or of me,

I will treat it as high treason.

[Kim Hangu (Queen Jeongsun's father]

Your Highness, your greatness is infinite!

Your greatness is infinite, Your Highness!

What are you doing? Don’t you know it’s dangerous?

Why? I want to learn martial arts too.

A woman is not supposed to use a sword.

What? Hey, then what about me?

Please hold this brush.

Ah, yes.

Huh? Why, what's the matter?

I...

Please accept this.

You didn't have to...

What do you think?

About what?

This is you and me.

I beg your pardon?

You’ll be the prettiest bride in the world like in this drawing.

Listen, Jinki!

Yes.

For fighters like us, isn't our life just like the clouds in the sky?

Yes, it is.

We spend our entire life chasing that cloud. However, a wind blows that cloud away.

What you just said sounds like a poem.

I guess our connection runs deep.

I guess so!

We've come this far without looking back once.

From now on, let’s live an easygoing life.

I mean let's not be suddenly killed with a sword,

but grow old and die like everyone else!

Yes, let's do that!

Let’s die only when we're old and grey!

That’s right!

The illustrated martial arts manual... [Illustrated Martial Arts Manual:]

[Illustrated book describing 24 martial arts skills ordered by King Jeongjo]

I have added martial arts on horseback to the existing 18 skills.

This martial arts text will improve our nation’s strength.

You have done good work.

Dongsoo, I’m proud of you!

Young miss, welcome!

Look at this!

I want that one.

Are you mad?

Enough to want to go back and challenge them?

Of course!

My father said a man shouldn’t give up in any circumstance.

Didn’t you tell me not to give up?

Didn’t you tell me I could do anything as long as I’m determined?

I can tell he’s around at my age!

There's no reason I can’t beat him!

That’s right.

However, without any preparation, you won’t be able to beat them.

Do you know what martial arts mean?

Martial arts?

Isn't it a skill that saves lives by using two spears to block?

Do you know that?

Watch this!

The character “martial" is composed of two spears.

[Strong - Two + With spear + Stop]

So two spears that clash make the character "martial" that means strong.

If the character “arts” is added it becomes martial arts.

[Martial Arts (Martial - strong / Arts - skill)]

You’re really smart!

That’s right.

What you said is right.

Martial arts make you not only physically stronger,

but also saves your friends, your people and your country.

Then you can call it real martial arts.

Are you a warrior, mister?

Yes, I am.

Then teach me!

Okay.

Are you serious?

You rascal, why don't you use honorifics?

And you should call me master too.

Ah, whatever...

Hey, come and fight us for another match!

Mister, you promised me to teach me martial arts, okay?