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How many people not properly bedecked in Hwarang attire...

did you notice, on your way to the Yeolseon Hall?

A total of six people.

Two people's frontlet did not indicate any affiliation,

three wore non-Hwarang garments,

while the last one was carrying the kind of sword we do not employ.

Correct.

And this was the subject of the Pungwolju competition's first event.

For a Hwarang,

what is the difference between the battlefront and everyday life?

~ Episode 32 ~

I was taught to never distinguish the two.

Once on the battlefield,

what shall a commander's attention be directed at?

I was taught to never focus on a single occurrence,

and to always observe the whole situation.

And why must you always concentrate on the whole?

Because a soldier unable to ponder what surrounds him might perish alone,

but a commander unable to do so will bring demise to his entire battalion.

Impeccable.

The winner of our first event in the competition...

is Bojong.

Have you seen? See what happened?

As if it was not our Bojong Rang! The Gukseon said it firsthand.

"Impeccable."

"Impeccable." Impeccable, my ass.

Our Yushin Rang can manage even with one loss.

Indeed! Winning the remaining two events shall suffice.

I might not know what the second event entails,

but the third one is a duel!

Ever seen Bojong Rang lose that kind of duel?

Never, right?!

We will have to see how long it will last.

Why, you haven't?!

Forgot what Seokpum Rang did to him last time?

Hey, hey... And how many moons past are we talking about?

So, what, did Yushin Rang squander away all that time dancing like this?

Indeed!

Yushin Rang is not the Yushin Rang you knew!

All right, sure. I guess you should at least believe that.

So long.

Hey!

You varlet!

Ahh... He drives me crazy.

But Gukseon, Munno or whatever that fellow is called,

how perfidious.

Uh?! He first tells them to hasten,

and then asks them what they saw on their way here?!

What kind of wretched inquiry is that?

Ahh... I just ought to...

My congratulations.

The second and third event still remain.

Meseems your congratulations might still be uncalled for.

And what else should I await?

The duel is a foregone conclusion, so would you not emerge triumphant?

Is that not right?

What Hwarang could ever contend with Bojong Rang's skills?!

However...

*Current Cheongdo, North Gyeongsang; derived from 1st century statelet Iseo

I did hear of your difficulties dueling with Yushin Rang in Iseo County*.

I was present, on that day.

Bojong Rang had injured his hand, so he could not wield properly.

No.

It is obvious Yushin Rang's dexterity with the sword has progressed.

Should Yushin Rang and I have to meet in duel,

I plan to give it my all.

I concede that. Yushin Rang's skills seem to have improved.

But that kind of confused melee and a proper duel cannot be compared.

Has Bojong Rang ever been vanquished in such competitions?

Of course not.

But who will emerge victorious remains to be seen.

It suits the Gukseon.

Do you not recall?

Recall?

It is the kind of discipline King Jinheung imparted upon Lord Seolwon and me.

Never let your attention be captured by a single occurrence,

and concentrate on the whole surroundings.

Yes.

Keen acumen and audacious resolve are the fundamental...

pillars guiding a man of arms on the battlefield.

Seeing that Bojong won, it does indeed seem the Gukseon is acting in fairness.

And the third event should be a duel.

But what could be the second about?

You cannot.

You are well aware whose son he is!

She can never marry Bidam.

So, here you are.

Yes, Master.

I...

Is there anything you wish to tell me?

I...

What are you planning to do, for the second event?

Why, did Yushin Rang ask you to find out?

Is that it?

No.

Not at all.

I was just curious.

If you are trying to assist him in any way because of your acquaintance,

I shall not forgive you.

Yes, naturally.

I would never do so.

I have never been curious.

About my parents' identity.

Anything else to say?

But, whose son am I?

I asked if there is anything you wish to say.

No, nothing.

We shall hereby commence the second event...

to proclaim our fifteenth Pungwolju.

You must all be aware of it,

*Shin+Ra = Shilla

but it was King Jijeung who christened the Heavenly Kingdom as Shilla*.

His Majesty King Jinheung...

said the three meanings behind the name Shilla...

define what Hwarang are.

This is exactly what our second event aims for.

You have three days to find those three meanings...

hidden behind the name Shilla.

It is something closely connected with iron.

Iron?!

The name Seorabeol comes from Swebeol (iron+field).

If it is Swebeol...

Swe...

Does it mean field of iron?

Yes.

It is said that the ancestors who first founded our Shilla...

were from ironware cultures in the north.

Also, the iron sand of Gameunpo and the pig iron of Dalcheon...

*Shilla, Baekje, Goguryeo

are renowned for being the very best in the entire Three Kingdoms*.

Is that not the reason why Shilla's gold and iron cultures know no peer?!

The land of iron?!

Advancing their agriculture and military with...

weapons and farming implements?!

Yes.

And should we connect that with the founding legend of our Hwarang code...

Military advancement.

That is the first meaning behind the Hwarang.

The second meaning concerned the combining of character strokes, if I recall?

The "Shin" of Shilla means cutting trees with an ax, after which new buds sprout,

indicating the creation of something "new."

Whereas the "Ra" means stringing manifold things together, forming a net.

Create something new, and string together manifold things?

Yes.

That is clearly related to our country's history.

*Yangsan Lee, Goheo Jung, Daesu Son, Jinji Choi, Gari Bae, Goya Seol

After all, the man the six* original clans nominated as their founder and ruler...

was the Hyeokgeose, a stranger who brought a new civilization.

Not only they accepted a stranger like the Hyeokgeose,

they even supported his rise to the throne.

Yes.

And not only strangers, even in regards to vanquished refugees,

Shilla never discriminated against them.

On the contrary, they swiftly accepted anything new which could aid them.

Absorb any and all strengths that new emerging forces can offer?!

And use that to make Shilla stronger.

Then, is cultivating a new class of powerful leaders...

the second meaning behind the Hwarang?

Yes.

When King Jinheung first selected people like Gukseon Munno,

Lady Mishil and Lord Seolwon,

Lord Seolwon was of humble descent,

Lord Munno was not of true bone lineage,

and Lady Mishil herself was but a woman.

So King Jinheung purposefully nurtured such new and emerging forces,

and thus made them his people.

Yes.

He was not daunted by provenience or descent,

when selecting new and talented subjects.

Even amongst the Hwarang,

he often entrusted palace affairs to the most talented.

Strengthen your military might,

and cultivate new leading forces?!

But...

what could be the third and final meaning behind that word?

Would not the result of strengthening our military and nurturing new talents...

be the ultimate goal and final meaning of that name?

But...

nobody is aware of what it is.

What defines a ruler, in your mind?

What do you believe to be the grand vision Shilla's ruler should foment?

Is that final meaning...

the very answer to Munno's question?

Munno... that varmint... that guileful...

Nunim.

What is the matter?

What is perturbing you, Your Highness?

Mother, what is wrong?

Is the riddle too cumbersome for you?

I know two of the meanings behind the moniker Shilla myself.

But, was there a third one?

No one...

No one shall solve this riddle.

What are you implying?

Not only the other Hwarang, but the same goes for Bojong.

Then, how is he going to win the competition?

Bojong already won the first event,

and we must make sure nobody emerges victorious in the second.

Winning the final duel shall suffice.

But, Your Highness.

Hence, we shall refrain from any further effort.

Convey it to Bojong.

Why is Your Excellency keeping quiet?

Ohh... Right...

I concur with Her Highness.

Dear.

Here you are.

Is it because of the riddle the Gukseon forced upon us?

You need not fret.

Are we not the only two who still know that answer?

But, you never know.

Should the Gukseon be aware of it...

He is not.

The Gukseon himself will be incognizant of the exact answer.

Only guesswork must populate his mind.

Of course, sagacious as she is,

Princess Deokman might discover the answer.

However!

The moment she learns of it, she will also understand...

why it shall never be revealed.

The first one to mention such issue to me...

*Strategian and general from King Jinheung's reign

was my father, Lord Yisabu*.

I was there myself.

Yes.

Those were also King Jijeung's final injunctions.

Although they have now vanished into oblivion.

That... unfeasible vagary...

The final injunction King Beopheung bestowed upon me...

was to dream of an unfeasible vagary.

Is not Your Excellency aware of what it might be?!

Yes.

~ Yisabu * Noribu ~

Those are the words King Jijeung graced us with...

when he christened our nation as Shilla.

~ King Jinheung ~ (Shilla's 24th ruler)

So you are indeed aware.

Then, would not the moniker Shilla itself...

hide the meaning of such unfeasible vagary?

It indeed would, Sire.

But, do you truly believe such feat is feasible?

Sire...

Bequeath his glorious wishes upon generations of descendants,

making such vagary part of our future legacy.

Make a vagary possible?!

Yes, Sire.

Only unfeasible a vagary it can be called,

for a single man's life shall not suffice to witness such grandiose wishes.

Should Your Majesty and our future rulers...

kindle their path with the same dream,

how could it ever remain an unfeasible vagary?!

Most discerning words.

How shall we convey them to our descendants?

Sire.

May you order the compilation of historical records.

Records?!

Entrust it to His Excellency Lord Geochilbu,

and order him to compile the Heavenly Kingdom's first historical record.

May you convey your grandiose vision to our future generations.

Yes, Sire.

May you order its compilation.

Over five centuries of history blessed us since our glorious founding.

Record this half millennium and narrate our history to our future generations,

*National History

and allow them to partake in the grandiose dreams...

and aspirations of our ancestors.

I shall hereby christen these records as Guksa*.

Yes, Sire.

~ Geochilbu ~

I shall follow your wishes with the most earnest zeal,

and complete those historical records.

~ Guksa ~

~ King Jinji ~ (Shilla's 25th ruler)

His Majesty the King!

Hurrah! Hurrah!

Hurrah for the King!

Is this truly His Majesty's doing?

He spends exalting words for the final injunctions of our royal ancestors...

and then orders fire upon the very pages adorned with their might.

How do you plan to deal with this?

It was a dream of mine ever since King Jijeung's rule.

But our current ruler does not seem to carry on such legacy.

Just cause is on our side.

It is time for decisive action, Your Highness.

Blessed by the stout support of Your Esteemed Excellencies,

I feel as if throngs of valiant steeds and warriors joined my side.

When the morn is upon us,

I shall seek audience with His Majesty.

Are you really...

going to abandon me?

Will you condemn this son borne out of our union...

to spend life as a mere royal servant's offspring?!

I even hid the former king's final injunctions,

and brought you before that very throne, Sire!

Your Highness.

Let us never deliberate on those injunctions again.

Forgive me, my child.

You are no longer...

You are no longer of any use to me.

So how did it go?

Did you gain your answer?

I shall not interfere.

Let Her Highness do as she pleases.

Join our cause.

I...

shall not do a single thing.

How did it go?

Did His Excellency Lord Yisabon say anything?

My father's enfeebled conditions prohibit him from joining our cause,

but he told me to convey to you his moral support.

It is done! Done indeed!

What about the Hwarang?

Should they refuse to join our cause,

internal strife may ravage Seorabeol.

Seolwon Rang left to meet the Gukseon,

so he shall soon return.

The Gukseon refused to join forces with us,

but he agreed to allow you free rein to act as you please.

We, Hwarang,

wish for Your Majesty to step down of your own volition.

Right before he perished, His Deceased Majesty clamored me...

to announce that the heir of the heavenly kingdom...

shall not be his second son, Geumnyun,

but the son of Crown Prince Dongnyun,

King Jinheung's grandson,

Prince Baekjeong.

We are gathered before our ruler and king!

Sire!

Sire!

Sire!

Sire!

Now...

the only thing left...

is making Mishil Queen.

However,

it certainly is a most perturbing situation.

On the day King Jinheung perished,

did we not heed peculiar revelations on the matter?

Is it not just groundless talebearing?

Suspicious it might indeed be,

but we shan't allow lowbrow hearsay to besmirch our great cause.

All Mishil wishes for is to become Queen.

Once she is proclaimed Queen,

would she not serve His Majesty with the utmost zeal and fervor?

Hence...

Accord her your support, so that she will fulfill her wishes.

Would that not be the best we can do for our nation?

Her Majesty the Queen will deign you with her presence!

This... this child of ours survived as well?!

You saved him as well?!

Yes, Sire.

How could this...

How could this...

My gratitude.

My gratitude.

My gratitude, Queen!

Now that Lady Maya... No, that Her Majesty has returned,

what else could you possibly do?

Meseems that title was not in Your Highness's stars.

How effortlessly do such utterances grace your lips.

Lamentable it may certainly be,

but was not your ultimate goal that of following King Jinheung's wishes?

It was not merely a subterfuge to become Queen, right?

Hence, let us forget about such titles,

and plan our next move instead, is that it?

Yes.

Should we not reveal the entire records His Dethroned Majesty...

attempted to burn into oblivion,

and convey King Jinheung's wishes to all creation?!

King Jinheung's wishes?!

Your Highness.

What is the matter?

That unfeasible vagary King Jinheung wished to convey to all creation...

was merely a subterfuge to strengthen royal authority.

Why should we follow it?

Your Highness!

Wars will only strengthen the throne.

And will enfeeble the influence of noble courtiers.

So why should we do it?

Did I mistake your intentions?

Were we not sharing the same dreams?!

Then... Why?

Why attempt to dethrone King Jinji?

Because with myself on the throne as Queen,

stronger royal authority would make me stronger!

Had I been the queen,

then I certainly would have shared King Jijeung's dreams!

But...

I am not the queen now, am I?

Your Excellency.

Whenever royal authority is strengthened,

it is at the expense of nobles and courtiers.

In the end, the Council of Nobles would be abolished,

and this country would be ruled only by the king's every whim.

Is that what you wish for?

That kind of world?

Even without Your Highness's support,

I shall fulfill King Jinheung's wishes...

and disclose our historical records to all creation!

And who ever said you cannot disclose it?!

I surmise small alterations would suffice?!

The three meanings behind our country's moniker.

Can we not convey but two of such meanings?

Your Highness!

Let me be clear,

but that is inadmissible!

It would guilefully distort our history!

Would it?

I see.

I shall bear it in mind, Your Excellency.

On the day King Jinheung perished,

what did Your Highness do?

There is no evidence confirming the physician's confession,

but on the day His Majesty perished,

the plant by His Majesty's royal berth...

withered to death.

I shall never forget the devotion you blessed me with.

Nor shall I forget...

the benevolence you granted me...

in taking your final breath without my assistance.

I shall never, ever forget it.

Also, all the people who disappeared that night,

the troops' movements...

How do you explain those?

Only abandoning such fruitless suspicions...

will grant you survival.

Gukseon.

How could you even mention such riddle?

What is your purpose?

King Jijeung was the first to announce the three meanings...

of our country's moniker to all creation.

Yes.

But you must be aware that only two of them were conveyed,

while the third still wanders in the clouds of oblivion.

Under King Jinheung's orders, Lord Geochilbu compiled...

our national history.

Would not such document narrate all three meanings of such moniker?

It must have been a slight omission on his part.

Amongst the forty-eight volumes of the Guksa,

only the first volume of King Jijeung's record...

was recompiled by Lord Sejong.

As the original was ravaged by fire during King Jinji's reign.

And?!

I was the one manipulating it?!

It was then that Lord Geochilbu perished.

Dear.

Do not let that dishearten you.

Would there not be another opportunity?

- The Queen... - Milord...

*Highest post in Council of Nobles

must rise to Sangdaedeung*.

What?

You are my spouse, after all.

It more than behooves you to do so.

Lord Geochilbu is a man of excessive suspicions and concern.

Were you looking for me, Your Excellency?

Convey this to His Majesty.

Yes.

I came to seek audience with His Majesty!

Announce me!

His Majesty headed for the delivery chamber.

Did labor begin for Her Majesty?

Yes.

When His Majesty makes his return,

convey this to him.

Yes.

I am back.

If you pardon me, I shall enter.

Your Excellency.

I am back.

By any chance...

Do you believe I was responsible?

Lord Geochilbu supported my cause.

Hence, he joined me in the dethronement of King Jinji.

It is indeed true you joined forces to oust King Jinji.

It was something I concurred with myself.

However...

Our understanding of such cause was much different, was it not?

King Jijeung was the first who talked about a certain unfeasible vagary.

Which is why King Jinheung attempted to fulfill the same dream.

But...

Did he succeed?

No, are you even aware of what such vagary entails?

Indeed, I do not know myself.

Merely because the third meaning chosen by King Jinheung...

was not conveyed through time, I hoped a person of wisdom...

might discover its meaning, hence my enquiry.

Then...

Mere hope it shall remain.

You are aware of the answer, are you not?

Yes.

Of course I do.

~ Shilla ~

Shin... Ra!

Shilla means "new net."

So, what, fishing net?

But some say it also means silk?!

Shilla.

New silk?!

Right!

During the Harvest Moon,

there is always a handweaving contest!

So?

Only Hwarang wear silk garments.

Can lowly trainees like us wear such luxurious vests?!

Then, the third meaning of Hwarang is silken robes?

Ehh... You hopeless fools. Ehh... You hopeless fools!

Why, know anything about this?

Just, as the name suggests, "net."

Net what?!

What net?

And what could a net be?

Something you use to catch fish?!

So...

"So"?!

Just as a fisherman catches his fish,

it means that the Hwarang become a net,

and catch all those Baekje and Goguryeo ruffians!

That's it!

But...

Wait...

Then again...

if it's something even Jukbang Hyungnim can understand,

it should be easy to comprehend for anyone?!

You little... Listen to that.

Would the Gukseon even bother with something so easy?

Right. I would have solved it myself.

- Indeed. - That's right.

You pathetic creatures... Aigoo!

That is the kind of man the Gukseon is!

He hits you right where it hurts.

Really?

So that's what Shilla means?

Then... We got it right?!

Ohh?! We did it!

I see we shared the same thought.

Since King Jijeung was the one who christened this country,

were you not planning to look at records of his reign?

I did.

You were already looking at them.

Yes, you are one step too late.

We have just begun. Will you await your turn?

Bojong and Seokpum, follow me.

But, we must peruse this record now.

Guksa (National History) ~ King Jijeung / 1st Volume ~

Did you not triumph in the first event already?

Accord them the chance to peruse it first.

What?

Do it.

Yes.

Yes.

Do no longer attempt to find the answer.

What?

What are you trying to say?

You neither shall solve this riddle,

nor accord it any attention whatsoever.

But, it is a competition.

Should anyone else find that answer...

Is not Yushin Rang already looking at that record?!

Her Highness's orders.

She said no one can solve this riddle.

Also, no matter how laboriously they peruse those records,

they shall never find the answer.

It indeed seems like there is nothing much.

Wait!

The seal is different.

That's right.

Whenever a volume is complete, the Minister of Rites should seal it.

Only the seal on the first volume of King Jijeung's record is different.

*The Board of Rites had two ministers

So why did another Minister of Rites* seal this one alone?

Did you find anything of note?

No particular records,

but there is something peculiar about one of the volumes.

Peculiar?!

That one volume alone was damaged in the fire, and later recompiled.

That is likely why the Minister's seal is different.

Damaged in the fire?!

After the queen returned, on the day Cheonmyeong and you were born,

I received a message from Lord Geochilbu.

Not long after, Lord Geochilbu perished,

and Sejong took his place in the Council of Nobles as the new Sangdaedeung.

Lord Sejong?!

I do not know the circumstances,

but it was then that King Jijeung's first volume was ravaged by flames,

and Sejong, who participated in the compiling of the records,

rewrote the entire volume.

Then, the entry regarding our national moniker...

All the royal family is aware of is that King Jijeung...

gave three meanings to the name he chose.

But...

the third and final meaning has never been passed down.

You mean there is no record about it?

On the Guksa entry Lord Geochilbu wrote, only two meanings were listed.

But...

How could Munno be aware of such matter?

By any chance,

could you show me that message Lord Geochilbu wrote?

Bring me the message box.

Yes, Sire.

"Sire."

"Your unvirtuous servant is deeply concerned that callous providence..."

"might lay waste upon our royal family..."

"and make our Heavenly Kingdom disappear."

"May you accord our nation your undivided care and support."

He was just concerned about the future of our nation.

Such was its content and nothing more.

Yes.

What?

Then, are you telling me Lord Sejong recompiled that record?

We must find out about Lord Geochilbu, first and foremost.

The fact that only that particular volume was damaged,

and that Lord Geochilbu lost his life right at that juncture...

is most perplexing.

Start looking for an explanation.

I will do so myself.

- Yes, Your Highness. - Yes, Your Highness.

If it's Lord Geochilbu you intend,

he was a high courtier who enjoyed King Jinheung's limitless confidence.

He earnestly served His Deceased Majesty, and helped Buddhism prosper.

He was renowned for his military achievements as well.

*Current Hamgyeong Province, DPRK

He surely joined King Jinheung in the Maunryeong* offensive.

He did.

*Second highest of the 17 Shilla official ranks, after Yibeolchan

Hence, he was proclaimed Yichan*,

and whenever His Majesty engaged in royal tours,

he would always join him.

He was a man of manifold outstanding talents and keen erudition,

and had a particular predilection for and interest in prose.

So that is why he was entrusted the historical records.

Indeed.

When he started compiling the Guksa,

he led over twenty scholars, and completed this undertaking at Heungnyun Temple.

At Heungnyun Temple?!

Lord Geochilbu?

To make a parallel, he was like Lord Misaeng.

Lord Misaeng?!

If my recollection does not fail me, his talents were multifaceted.

And he had outstanding prose.

Natural philosophy, calligraphy, music.

Ahh!

*Gaya composer who created the Gayatgo (Gayageum), based on the Tang's Zheng

He was also responsible for discovering and nurturing Ureuk*.

Everyone knew Lord Geochilbu as the scholar and renowned general.

They did.

But, contrary to his outward appearance,

he also displayed a jestful disposition.

*Fourteen-sided (thekadessaragon) dice used for drinking games in Shilla

The Juryeonggu dice* was created by Lord Geochilbu as well.

Is that so?

And is it just that?

His attainments in craftmanship were outstanding,

enough that he carved all the characters on the dice by himself.

Not only wooden carvings but also rock.

Ahh!

He was also dexterous with slender brush calligraphy.

Slender brush?!

Yes.

In my childhood, he gave me a small wooden statue he wrote on.

When I was young, I could see what he wrote,

but so diminutive his writings were, now it is impossible to read them.

But, Your Highness.

There is something peculiar about this all.

What is it?

When we headed to the royal library,

Bojong Rang and Seokpum Rang were already there.

Suddenly, Lord Seolwon entered,

told them to concede perusal to us first, and forcibly took them away.

He did?

After that, Bojong Rang never returned to the library.

You have three days to find those three meanings hidden behind the name Shilla.

Should Mishil be aware of the answer...

Should Mishil know that, would she not confide it to Bojong Rang?

But...

If Mishil knows the answer, why would the Gukseon even bother?

Also, considering Lord Seolwon and Bojong Rang's behavior...

Then...

Mishil might be cognizant of the answer,

but she cannot reveal it?!

She must be related in some way with that answer.

For starters, let us head to Heungnyun Temple.

Why are you suddenly asking that?

Yes, Master.

I have never been curious about that before.

I thought that, no matter who my birth parents were,

they must have had a reason to abandon me,

and I never attempted to find them.

But?!

But... Now I am intrigued to know my descent.

Why is that?

You cannot.

You are well aware whose son he is!

And she could never marry Bidam.

Why are you suddenly curious about that?

I...

I wish to become a Hwarang as well.

What?

Hwarang?!

If I am to serve Her Highness,

I would rather do it as a Hwarang like Yushin Rang.

But,

I am curious whether my descent would make it possible to become one.

What kind of man was my father?

~ Heungnyun Temple ~ (current Gyeongju)

This is the place.

The one Lord Geochilbu used to compile the Guksa.

We preserved it just as it was, and are using it to nurture scholars.

What is that?

You can read it lengthwise or sideways, and the meaning will not change.

Indeed.

MyeongIlGwang.

"Should gleaming rays bless the sun..."

IlCheonMyeong.

"The sun shall kindle the sky."

GwangMyeongIn.

"And the light shall kindle man."

Sideways, it reads the same.

A magic square, as they call it.

Magic square?!

As you can well see,

it reads the same, sideways and lengthwise.

During the records' compilation,

Lord Geochilbu would spend time creating such magic squares, to quell his fatigue.

Not only those,

but as his handiwork was outstanding,

he often made Juryeonggu as well.

He also enjoyed painting.

Did any of the sources Lord Geochilbu used to compile the Guksa survive?

We sent most of those records back to the secret royal library,

whereas the rest are being perused by our scholars here.

May we take a look ourselves?

Certainly.

Yes.

What is the reason?

I asked what is the reason you gave them such riddle.

Gukseon,

are you aware of the third meaning?

I do not know myself.

If that is the case,

then why did you pose them such a question?

All this time,

I mustered all the efforts I could to find that answer.

Whether it is related to the unfeasible vagary King Jinheung dreamed of,

and if it does, what on earth could that vagary be.

I cannot even begin to understand it.

What is the vagary which should color my aspirations?!

It was to find that out that I gave them this riddle.

It is likely that only Mishil could know that third meaning.

Only Mishil knows it?!

Then...

Are you telling me she purposefully hid that third meaning?

That she manipulated the Guksa?

They shall never find out.

Only Lord Sejong and I know that truth.

And once demise visits our gates,

that truth shall be buried in the abyss of oblivion along with us.

So you are not even telling me?

Unless we first talk,

Princess Deokman can go to Heungnyun Temple all she wants,

and even find the entire Guksa. What could ever change?!

For the sake of our country, it shall remain a secret.

Indeed it shall.

There is nothing of note here.

May you enjoy some respite, Your Highness.

I shall continue looking by myself.

This competition will decide the next Pungwolju.

So it is not up to you,

but to a Hwarang like myself to find out.

- Hence, I... - No.

I should be the one to find out.

That is because Lord Munno believes I became princess...

and wish to gain the throne, despite knowing nothing about Shilla,

or having no right to do so.

And he is right.

I do not know indeed.

I must find the answer, kindling my path as a ruler.

If Mishil eliminated everyone...

just to conceal that answer...

It was what Lord Geochilbu gave me as a gift.

I went looking for it, in case it could bring you any help.

But, here...

You are still young enough to see it.

It is slender-brush writing by Lord Geochilbu.

Slender brush...

Mother.

I need to go somewhere.

Yushin Rang.

Your Highness.

It's those magic squares.

Slender-brush writing.

Lord Geochilbu had an outstanding talent for magic squares of characters.

Then...

The final message Lord Geochilbu left before perishing...

will surely not be just a simple letter.

This part!

It's this one.

"make our Heavenly Kingdom vanish..."

Then... "So" of disappearing.

"Afraid it might lay waste upon the royal family,"

"Yeop" of laying waste.

"Your unvirtuous servant is deeply concerned."

"Do" of deep concern.

"May you accord us your undivided care."

"Seong" of paying attention.

So Yeop Do Seong.

It does mean something else,

*King Jinheung's small dagger

but you spell it Soyeopdo*.

Pay attention to the Soyeopdo?!

What could possibly be found here?!

Slender-brush writing.

It's here.

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Deok. Eop. Il. Shin*.

*"Herald new virtuous achievements by the day."

Say what?!

You found out the meaning?

And what could it possibly be?

What on earth could it be?!

Did that Sui Dynasty envoy have any money?

What are you talking about?!

That Bidam has entered the competition.

Should you become the Royal Son-In-Law,

you could also gain the throne.

Yushin must win to become Pungwolju,

and give Deokman support.

I poisoned the food, and slaughtered them all!

Did you not tell me nobody should see this?

An envoy did arrive...

Mishil... did what to Chunchu?!

It is the only way Her Highness and Shilla will survive.

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