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It wasn't a dream!
It's you, isn't it? It's really Gil Dong, isn't it?
It really... is you!
This isn't a dream...
Or is it?
It's not a dream.
Then... are you a ghost?
I'm not a ghost either.
Then... is it really you, Gil Dong?
Stupid girl.
Gil Dong!
Episode 13
All the women have returned home safely.
Madam Noh has taken care of things on our end as well.
Don't I look funny?
I was remembering my afternoon today.
Well done, Young Master! Well done!
You may go.
If there is someone that tells you 'well done', you want to work harder.
How nice it would be if that person was with me all the time.
You should stop crying now.
But the tears won't stop.
If you're going to cry, at least let me go.
I'm afraid you're going to disappear again.
Why?
I feel like I'm dreaming.
I'm glad. I'm glad it's not a dream.
Gil Dong, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry for not looking for you.
Why are you sorry? I was the one who pretended I was dead.
I don't think you understand the situation. Listen to what I'm going to say.
The reason I let you think I was dead was...
- Yes? - Are you alright?
I think I'm in shock. Hit my back.
If you think I'm dead, then you'd stop...
Go on, Gil Dong.
Then you'd stop looking for me...
Sorry. Go on.
If you kept looking for me, it'd be a nuisance for me, so...
Gil Dong...!
I... I think I drank too much...
Go on.
I'll be right back. Don't go anywhere!
Gil Dong, stay right there! Don't go anywhere!
Stupid girl...
What do I do with you?
Do you have anything against Gil Dong's father? Why are you asking about him?
You know something about Gil Dong's family, don't you?
What kind of story are you going to come up with now?
Do you know if Gil Dong's father hated anyone?
Enough to kill them?
There's more than one! He was responsible for so much bloodshed!
It wasn't just the incident at the Royal Villa. He was also involved in the late prince's death!
You know that the Queen and the prince died in a fire, right?
But there are rumors that he was responsible for that as well.
He is a fearsome man!
Is there anyone that he would have killed himself?
You need to ask that directly. Go and ask him.
But I don't know if he'll tell you.
If I ask him directly, then I'll be...!
Who should I ask then?
If Gil Dong's father killed Yi Nok's mother...
... then it is a good thing that Gil Dong and Yi Nok are no longer in the same world.
Gil Dong, you can tell me now.
- Chief? - Doe Eyes...
Where is he?
Gil Dong's gone.
Chief, did you know that Gil Dong was alive?
Gil Dong was with us.
He's become a thief like us.
He said that you were too excited to listen to him.
He's going to come back another time.
As a thief, he has to be in hiding all the time and is always in danger.
That's why he pretended he was dead.
Then all the thieves you were with knew all long?
Yes, we all live together.
Come to think of it, Master must have known too.
Yes. He visits us often in the mountains.
The Young Master of Yongmun said that he knew Sir Moonlight Black Hat too.
Does he know too?
Well, Sir Moonlight whatever... He's Gil Dong, so yes he knows.
So that was Gil Dong?
We were relieved that you didn't recognize him then.
Gil Dong was relieved that I didn't recognize him?
It was all for your sake! Gil Dong really thinks a lot about you!
Did Gil Dong talk about me? What did he say?
Well, he didn't say anything specific.
So Gil Dong didn't talk about me...
You know Gil Dong doesn't really talk about himself. Even when he goes to see that Young Miss...
Which Young Miss?
Well, the Councilor's daughter caught us when we went to rob his house.
He sees her sometimes. Only very rarely.
You mean Miss Eun Hye? She knows too?
Yes.
So I was the only one that didn't know...
Not everyone knows! The ones who don't know are unimportant people!
Unimportant people?
He thinks of me as a useless young lady from a noble family.
He's put up a wall and doesn't care about me at all.
But you know something?
If I climb over that wall and go to him...
... what would he say?
Would he be surprised?
Would he accept me?
I wish you wouldn't see him again!
If I see him again, I'll ask him seriously if I can cross that boundary.
You can't cross it, Eun Hye!
The only way to have her turn away from him...
... is to eliminate him.
Why did he have to be the Interior Minister's son!
Doe Eyes was in shock, you know?
I wasn't sure if I could tell her the rest, so I asked her to talk to the Master.
In any case, it's better to finish things off than make her cry at your death.
Are you alright?
What would happen if I wasn't?
Why was I the only one Gil Dong didn't tell?
What about the people who knew? Why did he tell them?
Master is my master.
So he has the right to know I'm alive.
Because Master is special.
Fine, so Master is a given. Then what about the Young Master?
The Young Master and I decided to take care of Choi Chul Joo together.
That's why the Young Master can know I'm alive.
Because he's special.
So assuming they had business together. Then what about Miss Eun Hye?
The Young Miss is pretty.
So she can know I'm alive.
Because she's special.
If they all knew, then why did he keep it from me?
Stupid girl, don't you know why? Because you're not that important.
You're not that important. You're not that important.
Should I tell Yi Nok about her real parents?
I suppose I should wait until I find out a little bit more.
But at least he's alive.
He's alive. What more do you want?
Even if I'm alive, I can't go with you anymore.
The men who stopped the police must be involved with the ones who traded the explosives.
We have to catch them, but there seems to be no leads at all!
You know... Interior Minister...!
It was your illegitimate son, Hong Gil Dong!
They could be involved with the prince too.
It was Hong Gil Dong who conspired with the prince!
Councilor, that day I saw something I couldn't believe I saw with my own eyes!
What did you see?
Nothing. Nothing. It's impossible.
Interior Minister.
There is nothing that is impossible in the world.
Gil Dong, you really did it this time!
By fighting the Police Bureau in broad daylight,
are you saying that you won't steal in darkness anymore?
We had no choice.
In any case, you're all famous now.
Have you heard of Hwal Bin Dang? They were behind those who caught Choi Chul Joo.
They're amazing! They give away all that they steal to the poor!
The head of Hwal Bin Dang is a great man!
I wonder who it is?
Use Hong Gil Dong to strike at his father.
Then eliminate him so that he will not be an obstacle in the future.
What about bringing him to our side rather than eliminating him?
He is known to have died trying to reinstate the prince as king.
When his Hwal Bin Dang grows bigger, they will be of good help in winning the people over.
They're just glorified thieves.
What help would they be in changing the world?
Hong Gil Dong has the power to move people.
- I saw it myself. - What is the use of that?
He is the son of the Interior Minister, whom we will have to destroy.
He is also the son whom the Interior Minister abandoned himself.
What do you think? Do you think he has forgiven his father?
Hwal Bin Dang... Good thieves?
Whatever.
I can't just ignore it. I have to go and meet him.
Did something happen?
Did you get scolded by your grandfather? Or did you have a fight?
I met him.
Gil Dong.
I see.
I'm not angry at you.
If Gil Dong wanted it to be a secret, then you wouldn't have been able to tell me.
Why do you look like that if you saw him?
I... I'm just...
I'm just really happy he's alive.
I'm really happy... But I'm really upset too.
I understand that Gil Dong has to be in hiding.
I also understand that it has to be a secret that he is still alive.
But Master knows and you know.
And even Miss Eun Hye knows.
So why couldn't he tell me?
I must not have been as important to him as I thought I was.
In times like this, should I be comforting you?
You're really clueless.
He didn't tell you because it was the opposite.
You were so special that he had to force himself to distance himself from you.
You really think so?
Yes.
Actually, that was what I was hoping too, but I wasn't sure.
I feel better now that you've said that to me.
Thank you, Young Master!
I made it just in time.
It's the first time I made something for someone else.
There are many things I'm experiencing for the first time because of him.
Young Miss, must you go again to see him?
But this may be the last time.
The Councilor's daughter has left to meet with Hong Gil Dong.
- Follow her and get him! - Yes, Madam!
It is better to eliminate him first before the prince knows about it.
- I'm telling you he's going to Doe Eyes! - No, he's going to see Miss Eun Hye!
Are you sure?
- I bet you five yang! - Fine!
Will he come today?
I can wait because I'm special.
Where did he go?
Looking for someone?
Why are you following me?
- It was just a coincidence! - Yes, a coincidence!
Then coincidentally, you might be of use.
Help me out.
As the deer seeks the stream, so have I come to you, Doe Eyes!
Why are you here?
Oh, because Gil Dong had to go somewhere.
- You... - You know me, right? I'm Gomi!
Why are you here? Where's Hong Gil Dong?
Gil Dong can't come. But tell me and I'll deliver your message word for word!
Oh, and he wanted to tell you something too.
It's over.
- That's it? - Yes, he said you'd understand.
Where is he?
He said he was going to meet someone very important.
I always get a big welcome here.
I'm happy to see you too.
Why is he here...?
I wanted to talk to you. I'm glad you came.
I wanted to see you too for some odd reason.
Go and find out what the others are doing.
Tell them to wait there.
I came to ask you a favor.
We've become a bit famous lately.
- I heard you're being called Hwal Bin Dang. - We didn't give ourselves that name.
We have no plans to profit off of that name.
Sounds like you don't really deserve that name.
We're just thieves.
Please make sure that talk about us is muted.
I feel like if I don't give you this warning, you'll find a way to use us for your means.
Are you afraid of being found out?
I am supposed to be dead. And that's the way I want it.
It's because of your father, isn't it?
If his dead insurgent son comes back from the dead,
... it will affect him negatively.
I'm dead because I want it to be so. Just make sure you don't resurrect me.
Your father abandoned you, but it sounds like you haven't abandoned him yet.
If you can't abandon your father, you will always have to live as a dead man.
Aren't you living as a dead man as well?
On the day you ruined things for us, I stood before my brother and showed him I was alive.
I'm different from you.
Although I deserved the words of caution from you for a while, I still know where I am headed.
Will you stand in the same place as a dead man forever?
You're good.
You're truly a prince.
Thanks for the words of caution.
His subordinate is in our hands.
We can have him imprisoned or eliminated.
Let him go. I have a better use for him.
I wanted to give this to him.
It's a nice pouch!
It won't even compare to Gil Dong's stupid pouch.
- Stupid pouch? - Oh, a pouch that a stupid girl made.
Is that... Yi Nok?
- You know her too? - I see...
I'll give that to him for you.
No, it's alright. It'll just be useless to him.
Come to think of it, my Sir Moonlight Black Hat was Gil Dong all along.
I shouldn't be upset at him. I didn't even recognize him!
Stupid!
Why couldn't I recognize him?
Did he change a lot?
I changed a lot, didn't I?
Gil Dong!
I'm so much more handsome now, aren't I? Unrecognizably so?
You're just... Gil Dong, that's all.
Gil Dong, have you eaten? Have some of this.
You haven't changed at all.
I've become prettier, you know!
You're still stupid though.
Aren't you going to ask me what happened? Aren't you angry at me for lying?
I don't care anymore. You're alive!
Everything's alright now. I'm special!
I prepared a speech for you and everything. Now it's all useless.
Are you going back to the mountain? I should come and visit you sometime.
I mean, I'm not going to barge in or anything. But maybe you'll invite me sometime.
I can't invite you to a thieves' den.
Then why don't come visit me? I live behind the brothel.
I'll invite you!
What if I get caught at the brothel?
Really?
Then how will we be together? In the past, we were at Magoksa.
We can't be together now.
We can't even walk around together.
Don't wait around for me.
If you're worried about me, don't be! I'm...
It's not alright. Heo Yi Nok...
It's not alright.
That's why I don't want you with me.
We can't be together anymore.
I... I don't understand.
Why isn't it alright?
You'll find out soon enough.
Then that means that I don't know until I find out later.
Can't I just think it's alright until then?
You came back from the dead for me.
But you keep wanting to leave again. I'm really confused.
Let's take it slow. We'll go at your speed.
Then everything's alright!
Gil Dong, eat this too!
The food keeps coming! You must have made lots of money.
The Young Master always gives me food.
Young Master?
Yes! I'll bring more next time. It's really delicious!
Stupid girl. You're so easily tempted by food.
It's not even that good.
Are you telling me he didn't show up?
Yes. He sent someone else instead.
We didn't do anything because we didn't want to startle the young miss unnecessarily.
So that thief stood my Eun Hye up?
In any case, it's all over then.
The more the heart breaks, the more the heart pines.
What should I do?
Do I force Eun Hye to tell me where his hideout is?
- She would never tell me anyway. - Go and see the Interior Minister.
If he knows anything, he'll cancel the wedding!
What problem would there be if you didn't tell him about Miss Eun Hye?
It's the Interior Minister's son that is the thief!
The only one who can catch him is the Interior Minister.
After all, he's his father.
You're right.
I have done as you ordered.
He will speak to the Interior Minister about Hong Gil Dong.
Then the father will again seek to catch his son.
Last time, he let himself get caught and gave up his life.
But I wonder what he will do this time?
Will he die as a dead man, or fight as a live man?
- You mean it was Gil Dong? - That is correct.
It was he that fought the police.
And it is also he that is stealing from the nobles of Hanyang.
A thief?
Yes, it seems that he has been living a life of a Robin Hood of sorts.
I found this out and came to tell you this immediately.
I feared that if people found out it was Hong Gil Dong...
... you would be in trouble.
If he is alive, then we must catch him.
If he truly was involved in the incident with the explosives,
he will lead us to the true identity of the prince.
Even though he is illegitimate, he is still your son. You are truly merciless.
His birth prevented him from being acknowledged by me as my son.
I... I am now no longer your son.
When he entrusted his life to me, he let that go at the same time.
Heaven gave you this fate. How can you abandon your own father?
You should abandon the world that made you this way.
That's why I'm doing all of this.
Yes, I suppose you are.
You are living in rebellion against the world right now, aren't you?
Living in rebellion?
Now is the time for you to fight face to face.
Stand before your father and tell him you're his son.
Tell him the world you're living in now is wrong for not allowing that.
Can you do this?
Gil Dong, a dead man cannot fight the world.
Well, the world you should be fighting is your father's world.
It must be terrifying for you.
You mean you met Gil Dong?
You're not a medium! Are you sure you didn't see a ghost?
I told you he has to be dead even though he's alive!
Alright... But you better not see him again!
Gil Dong and you were never meant to be! From the beginning, it was all wrong!
What is it?
Yi Nok! To tell you the truth, you're...!
You're...!
... my granddaughter! I don't want to see you get hurt.
I'm alright now. Gil Dong's alive! Grandfather, everyone's alright now.
Is it really alright? Even if Gil Dong is a thief?
I said he was Sir Moonlight Black Hat!
Even if he's your family's enemy?
Grandfather...
Do you hate Gil Dong?
Yes, I hate him! He made you cry so much.
I hate him because he's going to make you cry again!
Why would I cry when Gil Dong's back? Don't worry!
My goodness...!
- Three bolts of silk and...? - You have to deliver all this. Can you remember it?
- Are you doubting me? - I'm asking because I know how you are.
This is for the Councilor and this...!
I'll just go to the Councilor's house first.
Young Master! Thank you.
How can you step on the silk?
Oh no! The dust! I'll be scolded if someone sees this!
Oh good, no one's watching.
Aren't you afraid of me?
Young Master, please don't tell on me.
Just make sure there's no dust on it.
Can you tell?
If I brush it well, it'll be fine.
- Roll it. - Thanks, Young Master!
Seeing from your expression, it seems like your talk with him went well.
It didn't go well, but I just decided to think that everyone's alright.
Did he say that everything was alright?
Not really, but in any case, I'm alright!
Thanks a lot, Young Master!
This may make her cry all over again.
This is silk from China to be used for your wedding dress.
Take a look, it's really beautiful.
That's fine. You may go.
By the way, Gil Dong...
I heard you met Gil Dong.
Did you meet him?
Thanks for keeping it a secret, Young Miss.
Did you meet him yesterday?
Did you keep it a secret because your betrothed is Gil Dong's older brother?
Please keep all of this secret. Please!
I don't need you to ask me that. You may go.
Your destiny with your son...
... is as bad as my destiny with my brother.
I have always held my loyalty to you above my role as father and friend.
And I will do so again.
Please accept my loyalty to you and to this government, Your Majesty!
The Interior Minister is becoming more like me.
He is so engrossed in the idea of protecting something,
that he doesn't even know in what state the thing he is protecting is in.
What if the Interior Minister faces those eyes that threatened my life?
If his own son stands before him with those eyes...!
Will he come to his senses unlike me?
Will he be able to let go...
... what is in his hands?
The thieves' main target are officials traveling to Hanyang.
This official has been taking money from his constituents for three years.
But there has been no reports yet.
That is because the stolen items were stolen first from the village coffers.
They couldn't report the loss as they would have revealed their theft as well.
He must have taken quite a bit, as his entourage is quite big.
I have already found out how many guards and weapons he has, including the number of arrows,
the porters, horses and palanquins.
I've already scoped out the plan. We'll strike here and escape this way.
They are fast and agile.
Their plans are carefully executed.
If we can be there when they execute their plan, we will be able to catch them.
Then let's go.
What's going on?
Something's not right.
Run!
Everyone, run!
Scatter!
Gomi! Gomi!
- Yeon Ssi! - Gomi!
- Yeon Ssi! Yeon Ssi! - Gomi!
It's too late. If we all get caught, it's over.
You know it too!
Father, they have caught some of the thieves and are sending them to the Bureau!
Alright.
- Are they Hwal Bin Dang? - I wonder if the chief was caught too?
You never know!
Master!
I've been waiting for you! Please show me the way to the mountain hideout.
Master!
- Ask Gil Dong for directions. - But he won't tell me!
Then he must have a good reason.
Then tell me so that I can ask him myself!
You are still too innocent.
There's going to be an execution again. And that's bad for business!
Did something happen?
Have you heard about the group Hwal Bin Dang?
I heard they've been caught.
They're... Gil Dong's friends!
Why have they been arrested?
They're thieves. Did you never worry of them being caught?
What do we do, Master?
Yi Nok, this is the road Gil Dong is standing on.
Did you say you wanted to be with him?
Then you might be one of those people in there.
Or one of those people standing by and watching.
Gil Dong is standing over there.
Will you be able to stand with him?
What will you say to him?
Will you tell him to abandon them? Or to fight and die for them?
Are you part of Hong Gil Dong's gang?
I asked if you knew Gil Dong!
There is no need to hurt them. We just wait until their chief shows up.
Was this all to catch their chief?
And who is that?
You will find out soon enough.
It was a trap! They planned to catch us!
- Maybe it's dangerous here. Shall we run? - Do you really think our men will tell on us?
They'll die before talking!
We have to save them! Let's go!
Let's not be reckless. We could die without saving them.
We have to find a way to save them!
He will come to me like before.
If I hold them hostage, he will tell me everything.
If we try to stand against the Interior Minister, we may come into danger.
We should try and take their lives now so that they are silenced.
If dead men want to die, then we can kill them.
But if they want to fight as men who are alive...
... then we gain.
What do you mean, Father?
The thieves have been caught.
- The man who took you hostage will be caught soon. - Who do you mean?
I mean Hong Gil Dong.
Eun Hye!
Do I have to bring his head to you...
... before you will return to your place?
- Do you doubt I can do this? - No, Father!
Please save him!
I can't do that. He will die!
It's not alright. Heo Yi Nok...
It's not alright.
What do I do?
It's really not alright.
What do I do now?
Help us. If we get caught, you'll be in trouble too.
If we get in trouble, then we're done.
If you think they'll open their mouths, we can go and silence them.
We can go and rescue them. You know how the government is run.
Help us!
Do you know who was behind their arrest?
There is someone who wants to use them to catch you.
Are you saying they know who I am?
That's right. It is the Interior Minister, Hong Seo Hyun...
It's your father.
I can help you. If you tell me, you'll fight.
If you want to save them, you have to fight your father.
Can you fight your own father, Hong Gil Dong?
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- Gomi, are you alright? - I'm not dead yet.
Hong Gil Dong is here! I am the chief of Hwal Bin Dang.
I'm Hong Gil Dong!
- You were going to the Palace? - I have to steal something for Gil Dong.
I'll... I'll go!
Can't you not go? Don't go to him.
Just stay here.
The girl who came to take the Sa Yin Sword was familiar to me.
Are you talking about Yi Nok?
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