All language subtitles for Kokdu Season of Deity S01E16 - Live With Me Forever in This Dream (Awafim.tv)

Even though it's hard, you should eat this.

Here, eat this.

At this rate, will I be able to hold on until spring?

(Spring)

Come in.

Gak Shin.

You're not one to be sad, miserable, or have regret.

You're more someone who would chide, rebuke, and persecute.

Keep being mean to Ok Shin

for the rest of your life.

That is most like you.

Well, Master Kokdu, why do you talk like you're about to leave?

Ok Shin, everything about you is bad, but your lack of awareness is the worst.

Because you make me laugh,

and make me want to keep living.

Then...

you could just live for a bit longer before leaving.

I mean, it's cold out, so why don't you go when the weather gets warmer...

The better the weather is,

the more I would want to live.

I would just feel worse about it.

Hey, you should try talking to him.

He listens to you a bit, at least.

Say something instead of just crying!

Ok Shin, it's you who should listen to Gak Shin.

I can't bear to leave because I worry about how mean

you'll be to Gak Shin and how much you'll upset her.

Still,

thank you.

Master Kokdu...

While I was alive, I kept complaining about how lonely I was,

but if I didn't have you guys, even complaining like that would have been a waste of breath.

I thought I would feel a sense of freedom when I left,

but I don't feel light at all, perhaps because I've received so much.

Now, I should hope that you guys will forget about everything and be happy,

but I plan to be selfish to the very end,

so I hope that at least my family wouldn't forget me.

Even when the good memories make you sad and hurt,

do not lose to it,

and remember me.

When I, the old moon, pass,

you will slowly be filled with light again.

Although the old moon will come again even after the full moon,

I pray that you will overcome it

with time on your side.

I love you...

I love you.

I love you.

What a nice phrase it is...

The words, "I love you..."

I thought the world would end.

I thought it would pause as if it was dead to mourn the death of a god

(Kokdu)
who served as death for a thousand years.

I thought he would at least

see the fruits of glory through his death like that.

However...

Death, tears, and glory

were all up to me to handle.

Kokdu, come back.

You said you would come whenever I call for you.

Futile expectations,

familiar disappointments,

and hopeless days

were all mine alone to handle.

She doesn't eat or sleep.

Gosh, at this rate, a perfectly living person is going to die.

Gosh, this won't do. I'm going to need to step in.

Don't. Whatever it is, don't do any of it.

Hey, listen to me.

No. What did Master Kokdu say?

Don't listen to yourself, but only listen to what I say.

Dr. Han. You need to come out for a moment.

Later.

Someone that you need to meet is here.

Kokdu...

Kokdu!

Dr. Han. Okay. Tell her.

Hello.

A handsome ahjussi told me to give this to you.

Mom.

- Are you helping Mommy?
- Yeah.

Let's give these flowers some water.

Can I help you with something?

Yeah. You should help me for quite a long time.

He said you should raise it well.

Goodbye.

Hey. Master Kokdu is very considerate.

By giving you this flower, he's telling you to think that this flower is him

and take care of it as if you were taking care of him.

So, Dr. Han, you should also eat and get some sleep.

The owner needs to be well in order for this to grow well, too.

I don't have any talent for helping things flourish.

- Only in killing things.
- What?

It's to the extent that my nickname was the destroyer.

I couldn't even raise a cactus,

and any computers or phones that entered my hands broke.

You all saw it.

I was so good at killing things

that I even killed a god.

Is he saying I should be sorry as I look at this?

Shouldn't he do whatever it is to help me forget him?

Why is he making me remember him?

Why is he always so cruel!

Why would she keep sitting by that table all day if she hated remembering him so much?

Why do women act so differently from how they feel? I don't understand them.

Women don't have any mind to understand you, either.

But at least that's a relief.

What is?

Since she's alive.

Everything alive gives off heat.

That's why I'm saying it's a relief, you dummy!

What are you saying?

Han Gye Jeol, who was dead, got angry for the first time.

Once she gets angry like that and gets some blood coursing through her veins,

she will be able to continue on with her life.

Just go away already!

If it seems like there's nobody home, just leave!

For how long is it?

Excuse me?

For how long did the handsome ahjussi ask you to do this?

For five years.

Then, you don't have to come anymore.

Excuse me?

Oh, you don't like the flower?

Is it because it's not pretty?

No... the flower is fine.

I just don't like this.

But can't you just take it?

My mom says that she used up all the money that the Ahjussi gave her to get a room.

So we can't give that money back right now.

After five years, I'll be able to start working, so...

I'm not asking you to give that money back.

That handsome ahjussi

would probably not want that, either.

You just have to not send the flowers.

My heart would feel

more comfortable, and your body would be more comfortable.

What do you think?

I came to work,

not to beg for money.

Oh, well, that's not what I meant...

I'm sorry.

I didn't think that through enough. I'm really sorry.

Well, what is your name?

Why do you ask for my name?

If I'm going to be seeing you

every day for the next five years,

I thought I should at least know your name.

It's Se Joon. Park Se Joon.

I look forward to seeing you, Se Joon.

Okay.

Goodbye.

What you were telling me to raise

was not a flower, I see.

On December 13, 2018,

the witness broke the brake of victim Park Nam Soo's car,

and the next day, Park Nam Soo died in a car accident.

- Is that right?
- Yes.

On February 3, 2019,

is it true that you broke into victim Lee Young Joo's house,

turned on the stove,

and made it seem like an accidental fire?

Yes, that's right.

I will ask you one final question.

Who was the one who ordered you

to commit all these murders?

It was the Chairman Kim Pil Soo of Pilseong Bio.

Tae Joong Shik!

You dare... You dare to bite me?

Your Honor, for charges of inciting the murder of multiple people,

fraud and breach of trust under the Additional Punishment Law on Specific Crimes,

and violation of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act,

the prosecution requests the death penalty for defendant Kim Pil Soo.

You went through a lot.

I'm proud of you, my younger brother.

What do you mean, hard work? Brother-in-law did everything.

Right.

The hard work was done by your brother-in-law, and you got applause.

So you must never forget what Kokdu did for you. You know that, right?

Of course, I know. I wouldn't be Han Cheol but a grasshopper if I didn't know that.

Grasshopper?

Don't you know the saying that a grasshopper is also one season*?
(Han Cheol is Korean for "one season")

Now you're laughing a bit.

I should laugh.

Someone said that the god of happiness is stupid

so they can't distinguish whether someone is laughing sincerely or falsely.

So they give blessings if someone is just laughing.

- What are you doing?
- Gosh,

I thought I would meet the god of happiness.

Are you still not able to get in contact with Jung Won?

She doesn't seem to pick up my calls.

You called Jung Won?

Hey. You think I only called her? I sent text messages and emails.

I even visited her office.

I thought I would finally get to act high and mighty for once, but she didn't give me that chance.

Noona.

It won't be easy because I've held this grudge for a long time.

This bitterness can produce another misunderstanding and create another wound.

But who cares if we get wounded a bit.

At least we're still alive.

If we try a bit, I suppose our relationship will improve somewhat.

Thanks, Noona.

I'll be good. I'll be really good.

Hey. You'll be good? To whom?

You should decide which side you'll take right now. Is it me or Tae Jung Won?

If both of us fall into the water, who will you save-

Who will save whom? You two should work together to save me.

Don't you know that I can't swim?

That's something to be proud of?

We should eat together.

Hey. Hey! Where are you going?

If I laugh, the god of happiness comes!

The god of happiness, who is as stupid as I am, will come! Yeah, Jung Won!

Try it.

I couldn't get it to taste like this, even after taking out the chalaza.

If you just add a pinch of shrimp powder, it becomes so flavorful.

Oh, shrimp powder? There's a lot for me to learn.

There's so much. If I were to teach you one thing per day,

gosh, we would have to live together for over five hundred years!

All right, you should eat the rice too.

Han Cheol...

What would it be if you had to leave just one phrase on earth?

Tae Jung Won?

For me, it would be "Eat."

It was "Eat."

I didn't know you had such a strong desire to eat.

Since in that phrase, "Eat,"

there is also the person behind it who says it.

My mom would always tell me,

"Jung Won, eat," and "Jung Won, let's eat."

Even if I was sleeping, I would get up immediately when my mom said that.

I liked how my mom smelled and how her voice sounded...

I liked my mom so much.

I couldn't forgive my dad

for killing my mom, whom I loved so much.

Jung Won...

It was true.

What I had said back then,

it was all true.

My dad killed my mom,

and I reported my dad for doing so.

Like that, he was in and out of prison.

My dad has 14 previous convictions on his criminal record.

I told you that I could handle it. What I told you before was also true.

I heard that he even had murder added to his criminal record recently.

Jung Won, it doesn't matter who your father is or what he has done.

But my dad is...

Tae Joong Shik.

He killed so many people and

even kidnapped you, Han Cheol. But it doesn't matter to you?

It doesn't matter to me.

He even tried to kill your noona.

You almost lost your only family member forever, yet it still doesn't matter to you?

Okay, I do care. Whenever I see his face, I want to kill him, and I could never forgive him.

But that's Tae Joong Shik, not Tae Jung Won.

- The fact that he's your dad is not your fault.
- That's right.

It's not my fault.

It's not my fault that he happened to be my father when I was born.

It's not my fault that we happened to be family.

But,

if I become family with you, that would become my fault.

Whenever you heard about my dad, how much you two would suffer...

I know full well how cautious you'd be around me.

I like you.

To the point that I can't give you up even though I know my noona will have a hard time with it.

I like you so much, so...

I like you even more.

More than how much you like me, Han Cheol,

I liked you

so much more.

It was the first time I'd found

someone that I didn't need to judge

whether you like or dislike me,

and whether it would be worth it or not.

I felt so at ease and liked you with my guard down,

I didn't realize how I'd given you all my heart.

Since I was already losing to you in terms of my feelings,

I don't want to have anything else that makes me feel worse about it.

So...

you won't see me for the rest of your life?

- Can you really live like that?
- It's not that I can,

but I have to.

I've always lived like that.

Instead of doing what I want,

I did what I had to.

Jung Won, I...

But at least I feel relieved.

I'd thought about ghosting you

but I would feel so sorry for my feelings

if I didn't even get to tell you how I felt.

No, I can't let you go. I won't let you go.

This is stalking.

You really hate that, remember?

Then report me for stalking.

If other people criticize me, I'll take it. If they kick me out of the force, I will go.

So...

don't even think about breaking up with me. It won't happen.

You know,

because of you, Cheol,

I was so happy.

I don't want someone to whom I'm so grateful to become miserable because of me.

If that happens,

I don't think I'll be able to live...

Good bye...

my happiness that felt so close

to being in reach.

Honey, are you going somewhere nice?

I'm thinking about spending some money now.

Money?

You said I own a ten-story building.

Supposedly, the rent income is ridiculous.

He said that a building can help overcome tears...

I guess there are times when Ok Shin is right.

Excuse me?

All right.

There's no way I can miss out on a chance to spend Ok Shin's money.

So what do you want to buy first?

A bag? Shoes?

Something bigger.

So that the elderly and people who are ill can come in easily,

it would be good if it was close to a bus stop or a subway station.

And I would like it if it was on the first floor so people in wheelchairs can access it readily.

First, I will look to see if there are any availabilities with these conditions.

Okay.

Honey, are you trying to set up a house call clinic again?

You have a lot of money now.

You barely have enough time to spend all that money, so why would you work?

It's not work. I'm just putting in the effort.

What?

It's the money that Kokdu left behind.

If we do good things with that money,

then God might look upon Kokdu favorably

and send him to a good place.

Here you go.

You would really come to our house?

"Is chicken the only thing that is delivered?

We can deliver doctors, too."

That's what it says here.

H-Here. What does this mean, financial support for surgery for people in need.

We are providing full financial support if you meet the required criteria.

Gosh, nothing in this world is free!

We'll probably end up having to buy some health products if we go.

- Gosh, have you been lied to all your life?
- Thank you.

They're trying to do something good here!

You are pretty quick at picking up on things. There is one thing you need to do for us.

I told you.

- What is it?
- Pray.

You just need to pray for the farewell of Kokdu.

Who?

Kokdu.

It just came out.

Please eat it while it's hot.

Looks good!

It's edible.

It's just edible?

Don't you know that our cafe hit it big with a "Bang!"

with our pastries?

Customers rush in here out of nowhere when it's time for pastries to come out.

You will order the beverages when the guys come, right?

- Guys?
- When did you even eavesdrop?

Sorry!

- Honey. We will have a blind date today.
- What?

It's already been five years since Master Kokdu disappeared.

How long are you going to keep mourning him and stay single like that?

I heard that you forget old love with new love.

You need to meet people to fall in love.

Just meet him. If you don't like him, then you don't have to meet him after that.

No matter what the result is, you should at least try it.

I've already tried it.

But what's the point of trying? I can't get started.

What kind of nonsense is that?

Unni.

I'm saying this because it sounds like I'm bragging about myself,

but I'm not the Han Gye Jeol of the past.

I have money, a hospital, and a pretty face.

You think people around me would have left me alone?

I won't let you be.

When someone asks me to come out somewhere, it's all a blind date.

But still, I can't meet guys.

I just can't see them!

Because of this, I can't even meet up with a guy!

You won't meet any other guy unless it's with Kokdu?

It's been so long since Master Kokdu disappeared.

You think this will still be in effect?

I thought that way, too. But Unni...

There is no guy who comes to the blind dates.

Getting stomach problems is a given.

One guy got trapped in an elevator...

There was even a guy who left to cause a commotion at his ex-girlfriend's wedding!

It was probably a coincidence.

Look at this.

You saw that, right?

It's impossible to make changes.

Give it to me!

When were the guys supposed to come?

T-The guys...

They should have been here 30 minutes ago...

They will never come.

Do you want to bet?

Just a moment. I'll try calling them.

(Blind date partner)

H-H-Here. Here.

H-H-Hey, don't pick up. Just go.

Happy now? Okay, go, go.

But, if we do this, then we'll feel so bad for the ladies...

Okay, okay. You guys split that. Hurry up and leave.

Thank you.

Hurry!

You're lucky that my Oh Gyeong Seung heard with superhuman hearing.

Imagine that they went through with the blind date.

Nurse Seo would have cheated on you right away!

Of course, she would have cheated...

Look how pretty she is.

She is so pretty...

If you don't fall in love with her when she's so pretty like that, you're not a man.

I just can't stand it because I'm so anxious all the time.

In any case, please keep providing me with good info like this. Here.

Gosh, I don't know what you're doing spending money and going through emotional distress.

Gosh, I really don't watch dramas.

Wait...

I'll explain everything once one more person comes.

Another detective is coming besides me?

That's not the case, but...

Hello.

I didn't feel any excitement even though I saw him.

I was calm as if I'd seen him yesterday.

That was to be expected,

since I'd never left him for even a single day.

This here is Detective Han Cheol. Ms. Tae Jung Won is a doctor.

Ms. Tae Jung Won is a doctor.

You should greet each other.

I feel like our drama is going to be a hit!

I mean, I knew all too well about Dr. Tae's beauty,

but I couldn't imagine that even you would be so good-looking, too, Detective!

When you came in before,

I thought maybe a rookie actor was coming in!

Thank you.

She's trying to charm my Cheol right now, right?

Shall we talk about business? I don't have much time.

Oh, shall we?

Are you stupid?

Why would you sit there listening to that?

Why? I thought it was fun.

It was fun?

What was so fun?

The drama or the writer?

You, Jung Won.

It was fun seeing you get jealous.

Since we ended up meeting like this, do you want to grab a cup of tea with me?

No.

For a coincidence to become a relationship,

and for a relationship to end badly. Once was enough.

Get home safely.

Ma'am, are you all out of the rolled omelets?

Oh, I didn't have it brought in today.

You should come in tomorrow. I'll make sure to order it.

Order it?

You didn't make all of this yourself?

That's the reason why I bought these.

Oh, I do!

I do make all of these myself.

Well, I make them, but...

- What goes into the rolled omelet?
- What?

Well... there are eggs and...

carrots? Maybe onions?

Are you crazy?

You've made rolled omelets and sold them to the side dish lady for the past five years?

What are you talking about?

I know everything now about the shrimp powder and all.

They just keep drying up with nobody eating them, so do I do nothing with them?

Gosh, this is driving me crazy.

Since you're going crazy anyway, do you want to live together as if we've gone mad?

The problems between us will remain, and things may get more difficult for us in the future.

So that my efforts in the last five years don't go to waste,

I'll try harder for at least the next five years.

If we try like that, then who knows? Maybe things will get better.

It's impossible.

Really?

How can it get any better from here?

That's impossible.

I'm telling you that's good with me.

You're good with that?

Seriously...

Congratulations!

(Wedding of Groom Han Cheol and Bride Tae Jung Won)

- Congratulations!
- Thank you.

I know I look old.

Gosh, but still, you shouldn't make that so obvious!

You do look really pretty.

You're like a goddess.

Thank you, Hyungnim.

Hyungnim?

Hey, did you do something wrong again?

No. Although we were once friends,

I should pay my respect where it's due, Hyungnim.

Gosh, okay, okay! I get it, so stop calling me Hyungnim.

I'm growing old as it is, I don't want to feel like I've already had three kids.

Why not? I like it, Hyungnim.

Then Sister-in-law,

next week is my mom's memorial service, so prepare the food for it.

Fill the entire table. I'll be looking forward to it, Sister-in-law!

A store in Cheongdam-dong is really good at preparing the table for that.

We can just hire them for it.

Hey, do you know how much that costs?

People should live according to their means.

If a crow-tit tries to imitate a stork, it will tear its groin.

A bird doesn't walk. It flies!

"Why should a bird worry about its groin when it has wings?"

Who was the one who said that?

What?

Me.

There were quite a lot of things

that took place between us.

I guess it was so that we could end up here.

Yeah. Since becoming a family is no simple matter.

Please take good care of me.

Me, too.

Oh. Here. Take this.

Where did you get this? It's so fresh.

They're so fresh!

Of course, they're fresh.

I just picked them myself.

Kokdu...

Kokdu!

Kokdu!

Kokdu!

All right, let's go!

What's the matter?

Why?

What's this? When did the flowers bloom like this?

This is strange... these flowers haven't bloomed for the past five years.

I guess they bloomed because there is use for them.

Honey,

if you get so disappointed like that,

the flowers that finally bloomed will feel a bit awkward.

No, no. You came dressed so prettily!

- Congratulations! Congrats!
- Thank you for coming.

Please go on inside.

- Noona.
- Oh my.

Oh my, Yi Deun! What brings you here?

Congratulations, Noona.

Gosh, how did you manage to come here?

You said you were in the U.S. because it's the middle of the season.

I came back because I also had a photo shoot.

As expected, you sure are a celebrity. You play on a different scale!

Why?

But, I don't seem Hyungnim.

I thought he would come here.

I guess it's taking him longer to finish his study abroad.

Why would he go study abroad and leave his girlfriend by herself?

I declare before God that

Groom Han Cheol "Andrew" and Bride Tae Jung Won "Elizabeth"

have become husband and wife.

Sister-in-law, have a safe trip.

If he annoys you, call me.

Okay, Hyungnim.

You packed everything well, right?

- Gosh, of course, I did.
- Hey...

Give me a hug...

Gosh, seriously.

Just hurry up and go!

Do well.

- Don't cry.
- I won't, I won't.

Have a good trip!

- Have a good trip.
- I will.

Please live for me.

Even if I'm not with you,

please be happy enough for both of us.

No matter how much time it takes,

please be happy no matter what.

As you wished,

I am happy.

I have more patients who depend on me during hard times,

and I gained more family for me to depend on when I'm going through hard times.

I still end up crying,

but it's not because I'm not happy.

I am happy.

Still, I miss you.

I miss you so much that it drives me crazy.

I must be dreaming again.

It's a dream that I shouldn't have dreamt

since I'll feel miserable when I wake up.

Then don't wake up.

Live together with me forever

in this dream.

Kokdu...

I must have eaten too much. Gosh...

What did you eat that you're like this?

Oh, lobster...

Gosh, I feel terrible. Ow...

Do you have indigestion?

Did I get that bad of indigestion? I'm seeing things.

No, no, no. I'm also seeing things too.

How long shall I stand here like this?

Go check it out.

K-

Kok...

Master Kokdu?

When are you going to pay your respects to me!

Master Kokdu!

Oh, Master Kokdu! When did you come?

Master Kokdu!

What happened?

I will always introduce my family members to Kokdu.

You really came because of this?

You came because I gained new family members and needed to introduce them to you?

No way.

I've told you before that the promise of a god makes what's ridiculous make sense.

If not for that, would the god of the afterlife really be obedient to a mere human?

But more importantly, why did Brother-in-law take so long to get married?

If he was going to get married, he should have taken care of it a long time ago!

Well, he had his own convoluted and difficult issues to deal with.

I'm saying this because I feel like it was a shame that I couldn't see you for the past five years.

How have you been for the past five years?

Wind.

I was probably

ten thousand streams of wind.

Like a lion who is not scared by a sound,

like a wind that isn't caught by a net,

tens of thousands of worries disappeared, and I was free.

I thought maybe my very own identity would disappear...

Thank you for doing such good work.

Oh, no, you shouldn't have...

Thank you.

I heard the many voices

praying for me in the wind.

The voices that called for Kokdu held me back,

and in the end, I came back like this.

Did you...

Did you really hear those prayers?

Those people really prayed for you?

I lived hearing curses my entire life.

Hearing human voices used to make me grind my teeth,

but it turned out that some voices had the power to save me.

Now, I can hear with both ears well.

You said that a god is single-eared and doesn't listen to what others say.

You've really become a human being.

You... did become a human being, right?

Why? You can't believe it because my visuals are still like that of a god?

You can't believe it because my visuals are still like that of a god?

That means you're not going anywhere anymore, right?

You're not going to disappear like foam when it becomes morning, right?

Wait, foam? Who are you talking about? The Little Mermaid?

You know, I was going to let it slide when you compared me with a puppet.

Since Kokdu and Pinocchio are both puppets, I thought it was fate.

But,

isn't it too much for you to compare me to a fish?

So, what I'm asking is...

you will continue to be with me, right?

So,

from now onward,

in this world to the afterlife,

I will be the only man you will have for the rest of your life.

You're in big trouble now.

He's all grown up now.

I'm proud of you.

- What's this?
- I was told to give you this.

- To me?
- Yes.

- Wait... to me?

W-What is she doing?

Gak Shin, why are you... twisting and turning like that?

Are you sick?

I'll come back after watering it.

Gosh. Why is she like that?

Wait, what happened in the past five years?

Hey, hey! Your rooms aren't on the second floor!

Cheers!

It's bitter, it's bitter!

- What should I get you?
- I want strawberries!

Strawberries, strawberries.

Hey, Gak Shin! Do you lack hands or feet? Why are you like that?

It's too far.

Too far...

What's with your tongue!

I want strawberries, too!

It's too far for Kokdu, too!

This isn't it? Give me too!

Here, here. Strawberries! Open wide.

Such lovely days that were so ordinary passed by.

They were days that were so perfectly happy that

I was afraid misery would get jealous.

Kokdu...

Gosh, so noisy!

Please just let me sleep, damn it.

No way...

Does he still hear things?

It's a prison?

A prison? He was really in here?

It was definitely the guy from the picture you sent me.

You said that you were looking for the rapist-murderer.

He's in prison, so how could you not find him?

The picture was blurry, so we couldn't decide on the suspect.

He's probably in prison for some other crime, such as fraud or theft.

You bastard, I'll have you rot in jail forever.

This time,

please find out where this guy is for me.

Why should I? I've helped you out enough!

I've done so much for you! You can't even do this much for me?

What did you do for me?

You came back because I got married.

Do you know how hard I worked so I could get married?

You would have never seen my noona again if it wasn't for me!

You would mistreat the one who saved your life like this?

Since it's good to help each other out, you should help me out with this.

This is only good for you, so how is this helping each other out?

Who knows? If you keep doing good like this,

then you might actually end up becoming a human being.

Forget it.

I will do good on my own, so you solve your own cases by yourself.

Oh, so you're going to come out like this?

You're saying you've got nothing to lose, huh?

Then I'm going to go meet my noona right now.

You don't need to go anywhere.

Since I'm here, you don't need to go anywhere.

H-How did you know to come here?

Come on!

Oh, well, I'll be leaving since I'm busy.

Brother-in-law. Help each other out.

Your wish is still in the process of being fulfilled.

So you're still a god.

Then, do you still hear those weird sounds?

I saw you talk to yourself.

I was on the phone with Brother-in-law.

I don't hear voices anymore. I mean it.

That's a relief.

Then you should have just told me! Why would you hide it?

I thought you would be disappointed.

You went through all that and suffered so much.

If you found out that I was still the same,

you would have felt like it was all for nothing.

In life, things don't go your way sometimes.

How could I go through life if I got disappointed every time that happened?

It's better if things don't go your way.

It's when people end up back where they started that drives them crazy.

Why do you think Sisyphus ended up getting such a punishment?

Who says that I ended up back at square one?

Although you may feel like it's back to square one because you're still a god,

I don't feel that way.

My mindset has changed to a growth mindset.

Growth mindset?

In the past, when I got fired from the hospital, I got mad.

I complained, saying that God should at least give me something,

whether it's money, a supporter, or even a god.

I thought maybe he didn't respond to me because gods are single-eared,

but he gave me money and sent me a real god who could support me.

He actually granted my wish, but I didn't realize it and was ungrateful.

How many girls in this world would have the chance to date a god?

I should enjoy it while I can.

Gosh, I didn't think of that before.

Let's go.

Where?

Wherever!

Okay.

Why did we come here again?

You never know. Perhaps, by the power of the blue fairy, the wooden puppet will become a real human being.

the wooden puppet will become a real human being.

That's not possible.

Even if the blue fairy grandmother comes, you can't become a human being.

This was not the story of weak Pinnochio,

but the story of a vicious beast.

A long, long time ago,

there once lived a beast in a tall castle.

He had to meet a woman who'd love him, even though he was repulsive about himself.

Only then could he be freed from the curse.

Finally, a beautiful woman appeared and confessed to the beast that she loved him,

but the beast never became a prince.

Why?

Because the one whom woman loved

was not a prince but a beast.

Did I fall under a spell?

Whenever I come here, I end up sticking next to you and obsessing over you.

A mistake.

Why is it a mistake again?

That I didn't hug you when you were here...

That I wasn't able to be good to you while you were here...

That I wasn't able to love you while you were here...

All of that was a mistake.

So that's why I want to ask.

Until when can you be good to me?

What?

I know by now that the god of the afterlife can't just remain here forever.

I'm asking when you're going to go back.

Until you go back.

Excuse me?

While I waited for you in the afterlife,

you kept wandering through this world by repeating your fate of committing suicide.

It was finally in this lifetime that you managed to break that chain of fate,

and I will escort you when you pass onto the afterlife.

By greeting you as the first dead person I lead,

my mission will start again, then.

Then, someday when you are reborn,

I will come back to this world and meet you.

When I do, that wouldn't be as a punishment but as a vacation.

How do you know if it would be a punishment or a vacation?

That's all part of the whimsical God's will.

Even if he's God, he won't be able to do whatever he wants.

The one who's been on the job already is the best. He can't find a better god of the afterlife than me.

Really?

Gak Shin told me that he

had a hard time because he couldn't find a replacement for me.

Even though being a god of the afterlife seems easy, it's really not.

Having an ear that doesn't listen to the stories of the dead

and a heart that isn't swayed by emotions...

This is not something that anyone can do.

You had such a hard time doing that. And yet again?

It will get better over time.

I will do my best,

so that tomorrow will be better than today,

that next year will be better than this year,

and that the next lifetime will be better than this lifetime...

That we'll always be together

for all of our fates.