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(This drama is set in the times of King Jinheung.)
(But all characters and events are fiction.)
I know...
I am being utterly stupid,
but did you come because of the Princess, and not me?
My heart...
breaks whenever I see you.
Even when I look at you like this,
I miss you like crazy.
But you...
So...
You are fine when you look at me, right?
It is because of me.
It is not because of you,
but because of me.
I was so angry at myself.
I felt so bad.
That is why I could not look at you.
Then...
did you...
miss me...
desperately too?
I hate myself so much,
but my desire to see you...
is so desperate...
that it always overpowers it.
Go inside.
Still...
Wait inside.
Who are they?
Are they a new type of assassins?
I do not know what they are,
but there are many of them.
(Episode 14)
There is a group of robbers outside.
It is dangerous. Do not go outside and stay here.
What do they want?
What do you think?
They are here for our throats and anything valuable.
It is the carriage.
The gifts from the Royal Family are in there.
We cannot let them just take it.
- What are you doing? - They lack proper weapons.
Do not hurt them.
They starve during the day, and they rob at night.
Are you out of your mind?
We are about to lose the gifts for Baekje.
Even still, we cannot kill them.
Are you just going to let them go?
What is wrong with you?
If the Queen or the King get in danger because of you,
you will not be safe.
You just saw how these people live.
Will you still support the King?
What?
He is incompetent, foolish, and cowardice.
You little...
Stop it.
Did they know we would pass by here?
I think they are robbers from the neighborhood.
They are just farmers.
Farmers?
The farmers that farm near the border...
end up becoming robbers from starvation.
Are you saying normal people become robbers?
Did we lose all of the gifts and money from...
the Royal Family to make amity with Baekje?
I am sorry. I will chase them now...
and bring them back.
It is useless.
They hardly have anything to eat.
They probably sold things off already.
If it had not been for you,
this would not have happened.
Why did you do that?
Those people had nothing to do with you.
Why did you let them live?
They are just farmers like you said.
They are subjects.
No subject deserves to die for nothing in Silla.
I will not go back to the capital.
However, we cannot go empty handed...
when we are going to Baekje for amity.
We lost all of our food as well. We cannot go on.
It is the birthday of the King of Baekje in four days.
The Crown Prince of Baekje is very aggressive.
He could decide to attack Silla to celebrate that day.
We must stop him beforehand.
We must hurry.
I will become stronger in Hwarang,
Mother.
Why are you standing there?
Come and check my pulse.
I came here to tell you...
that I cannot be your physician anymore.
Why is that?
There is a plague going around outside the capital.
I must go and care for them.
Send someone else.
How can you not be my physician for mere peasants?
No.
You should let the in-house physician take care of you.
I cannot trust other physicians.
I already told you.
It has nothing to do with me.
How dare you.
- Are you going against the Queen's orders? - Then...
will you kill me as well?
Do you still blame me?
You only blame someone if you have expectations.
I do not expect anything from you. It is just that...
I no longer wish to see you.
You must not do this to me right now.
Right now...
If you also leave me,
I do not have anyone left.
You must be mistaken.
I am not leaving you...
because I have never returned to begin with.
At one point,
my world broke down at your word.
However, I can be this cold...
even while looking at your tears.
It looks like we have to sleep outside tonight.
Sleep out here? What about the Princess?
There are no inns around.
And we do not any silver, either.
You should go find firewood.
I will make shelter to spend the night in.
- Excuse me. - Yes?
Could you go search for some food?
Sure, Master.
Who are you to order around?
Do you have any other idea?
Then just follow me.
It is about that time I kissed you.
Please do not talk about it until I bring it up.
What do you want me to do?
Should I apologize or profess?
Apologize to me.
- Gosh. - My goodness.
- That is so cute. - What do we do?
That girl is mean.
She should accept him.
He is a palace guard who will soon go to war.
How can she turn him down?
By the way, what do that woman...
and the guard look like?
Could she look like that beautiful woman...
and that handsome master?
No.
You got the master correct,
but the woman is right here.
What?
I am telling you the truth.
She looks just like me.
She is like me.
That woman is here.
Give some to me.
Take it.
Are you stupid? How did you drop that?
What did you say?
Do you want to fight?
Yes. Bring it on.
You are going to die.
Here.
Do not regret this.
I am Kim Soo Ho. I do not have regrets.
Hey!
Now that I think about it,
that looks very familiar.
What are you saying?
Does Soo Yun...
like you?
It will not happen,
but if she does, do not accept her.
I just got a bit closer with you.
I do not want to be awkward with you again.
This is nice.
Are you all right, Your Highness?
No, stop.
No?
We need to take turns and keep a night watch.
There are robbers everywhere.
Why did you put that in?
Master.
I am sorry.
I guess we will have to starve tonight.
I do not think so.
You found all these in the mountains?
There are generous people everywhere.
Good people are willing to share.
Do you not agree?
What are you doing? Let us eat.
Please have some. I found this food.
You think I tried to kill you.
Then why are you taking care of me?
I do not know how you have lived,
but the people I know would call this generosity.
Even if you hate someone, you feed them.
Also, I am your personal physician.
I should look after my patient. It is my duty.
It is finished.
Now, try moving your head slowly.
I feel fine.
This is amazing.
You are a skilled physician.
I am not.
You really must be skilled.
Do you think so?
Shall we just say so?
You are.
Your sister will survive anywhere.
Maybe that is why I like her.
I told you I like her.
Your prank is lasting too long.
I never made a joke about her.
I am jealous of you,
yet I feel sorry for you.
I am jealous that you have a sister like her,
but I feel sorry that she is your sister.
Why must it be Ah Ro?
She is the only one for me.
The only one in the world.
That is why I need her desperately.
Did you come here because of Ah Ro?
I told you. I am desperate.
All right.
However,
she is everything to me.
It is neither because I want her nor I need her.
The only reason I am alive and breathing...
is her.
It seems like you will have to sleep with me tonight.
We will arrive tomorrow.
I know it is uncomfortable, but please endure it.
Your Highness.
I have been curious.
Why did you bring me here?
Do you want an answer...
or a confirmation?
Did you use me...
so you could bring my brother?
Why do I have to tell you...
whom I want to use or bring?
Your Highness.
What do you remember about your brother?
If you think...
Master Sun Woo is your brother,
you are wrong.
My brother...
is not your brother.
I do not care.
It is true I used you as bait...
to make Master Sun Woo come.
I want to...
keep him close to me.
Are people just born with it?
It looks like...
you are good at leading others.
Are you saying you are not?
What do you think?
Do you think I can lead others?
If you are a king,
how will you change Silla?
Subjects turn themselves into robbers from starvation.
What should a king do?
You said you are not the King.
Why are you curious about that?
You are right.
What are you doing here?
Are you trying to fish again?
Nothing beat fishing in passing time,
but it is strange.
Time is crawling today no matter what I do.
You never notice when they are there,
but you feel the void when they leave.
I feel empty for some strange reason,
and I feel nervous too.
That is why I brought...
crispy rice.
I discarded my pride as a chef...
and smashed the rice down.
I have had enough of this crispy rice.
Let us feed it to the fish.
My gosh. Where are you going?
I am going for an afternoon drink.
He always goes without me.
You left your fishing rod.
Seriously.
The best strategy of war...
is not to fight a war.
- It is best to avoid it. - When will Sun Woo return?
- Thus... - I do not know.
- If there is no way to... - After preventing a war?
I miss him.
- Do you like Dog-Bird that much? - Yes.
Then what about me?
- I do not like you. - Why you...
What?
I will deal with you later.
Are you crying?
I am not crying.
I do not know what it is, but a 22-year-old man...
should not cry anywhere.
Consider me your big brother and tell me.
My gosh! Seriously.
Two disciples cry without their Hwarangs.
It is not bad to cry in advance.
What do you mean?
Do you really think...
your Hwarangs will return?
Why you...
Tell it to me straight before I kill you.
Even though they are your masters,
their dying or not will not...
- matter to you. - What do you mean, die?
Tell me!
Do you think Master Young Shil...
will let the delegates live?
The delegates are dead meat.
They will never return!
Why you...
My gosh!
Hey!
I think they are having some problems.
You useless fool.
How many times did I tell you that Han Sung...
is not your brother, but your master?
How could you make him an incompetent fool?
He is...
the only true heir of the Suk family.
Train him until your bones break.
Make him the best Hwarang.
Do you understand?
I do.
Dan Sae got beaten for you.
Get your act together.
Yes, Grandfather.
He is getting old.
He has grown weaker.
Dan Sae.
- Move it. - Yes, Master.
The items have come.
These are items...
for the Crown Prince of Baekje.
Give them to him.
Make sure you arrive before the birthday.
Yes, Master.
Do you think Ban Ryu will be safe?
We warned him, so he will not fail us.
So? You locked up the people from Silla...
who crossed the border again.
Yes, Your Highness.
We do not have anywhere to even keep them.
Thus, we will prepare a temporary jail...
and put them in there.
Is it not better to just wage a war at this point?
Why do you not convince the King?
I know...
I can win.
An amity delegation from Silla...
will arrive shortly.
They farm and hunt on someone else's land.
How is that amity?
Your Highness. The delegation from Silla is here.
I am Sook Myung, the Princess of Silla.
I came to clear up the misunderstanding between us.
What is this?
Is he ignoring us?
This is not right.
Hold it in.
I shall wait until you finish eating.
Do as you wish.
So what have you brought?
If you wanted amity, you must have brought gifts...
that would peak my interest, did you not?
I came representing Silla.
I would like to speak to you in private.
Is this all?
It is a token of amity,
not an offering.
Do you expect me to be...
as benevolent as Buddha?
Baekje and Silla have had an alliance for years.
Breaking the alliance now would be...
voluntarily becoming Goguryeo's subject nation.
How old are you?
Do you not know...
how nations create amity with each other?
Wedlock.
Do not get me wrong.
I do not desire you as a woman.
I am saying that is how...
you create amity between nations.
I already have...
several wives.
Are you also from Silla?
From over there.
Are you from Silla?
How hungry were you that you came all the way here?
No, I cannot accept this.
Where did you get this?
This is not from the market.
Then I will wear it for a few minutes...
and give it back, okay?
- Come. - What are you doing?
Hold on!
What are you doing?
He is a thief.
He is here because he tried to sell stolen goods.
He is merely a mute child.
He is not a child who can steal.
What is that?
Look at this.
You are working with him, right?
No. I am from Silla.
I am a delegate from Silla!
- Quiet. - What are you doing? Let go!
- Quiet! - I am not a thief!
Sun Woo!
Let me go! Sun Woo!
- Quiet! - Sun Woo!
What is it?
Did you not hear that?
Hear what?
Let go of me. Let go of me!
I am not a thief.
I am a delegate of Silla who came with the Princess.
Look here! Look here!
Sun Woo...
You are so flustered...
that I am flustered as well.
Are you naive? Or are you...
stupid?
If they had sent the Prince,
I would have taken it as you wanted war.
But the Princess.
What could that mean?
If you are displeased with the gift,
I shall return with something else.
However,
do not attack Silla in the meantime.
A gift?
I am sure you prepared silk and gold.
However, you probably had all of them stolen.
We locked up petty thieves from Silla...
selling those items for cheap.
The Princess is trying so hard to stop a war,
but they steal the amity gifts.
The people of Silla apparently have no loyalty.
I do not need any gifts.
I have them all already anyway.
What I wish to tell you...
on behalf of Baekje...
is amity. Or it may be...
war as well.
Two days later,
on His Majesty's birthday,
I plan to gift him...
a slightly expanded Baekje.
If you need time to think it over,
I shall give it to you.
We are in trouble.
Miss Ah Ro was taken away by soldiers.
Halt!
Stop!
No swords.
What do you mean? Why not?
If you draw your sword now,
it will mean war.
What fool would wage a war with this small number?
If you wield your sword,
amity will be over.
Get them!
What is going on?
There must be a misunderstanding.
Strike them!
Do not cause any further trouble.
The Hwarangs caused trouble?
Their physician who accompanied them...
was locked up in our temporary jail by mistake.
That is strange.
Just because of a mere physician,
all of the Hwarangs got involved?
What should we do?
Lock them up in jail.
- Yes, Master! - Yes, Master!
It is the Crown Prince's orders.
Stay here quietly.
Not a single person is well.
I do not have much medicine with me.
Excuse me.
I am a physician.
Come here. I will take a look.
Are you afraid it will hurt?
It may hurt a little bit,
but it works well.
My father, the best physician, made it himself.
How have you been?
Is that what you spoke of last time?
Yes.
It is a small token from our lord...
to the Crown Prince of Baekje.
Open it.
I need to see him...
and speak to him in person this time.
Your Highness. Master Hwi Kyung...
You look like...
you really saw a ghost or something.
Will you not offer...
your limping brother a seat?
Sit down.
Why have you shown up?
First, you kicked out your son and claimed the throne.
Then, you sent the Princess into danger...
and seem at peace.
But then again,
you framed your only friend...
and killed her.
What is it you wish to say?
I heard...
you hid the King in Hwarang.
I hear Master Ahn Ji's son, Sun Woo, is King Jinheung.
If Sun Woo returns from Baekje alive,
you should give him the throne.
I shall assist you.
You show up after 10 years...
and tell me to crown Master Ahn Ji's son king.
I do not understand what you mean.
"The King is within Hwarang."
Did I hear incorrectly?
I heard Silla has many kings.
I guess it is true.
So what is it that he wants?
He said you will receive a message separately.
A message will come separately.
Yes.
Whom do you dare look at?
If it were not for the gold you brought,
I would have plucked out your eyes myself.
My goodness. My apologies, Your Highness.
- Leave. - Yes, Your Highness.
Master Young Shil, the highest official,
asked me to relay this to you secretly.
I almost lost my eyes.
But I saw Baekje's Crown Prince.
Let us go.
"The faceless King is among them."
"Do as you wish to do."
So he wants me to kill the King.
The King?
Kill the King?
It would be better...
to deal with the King, rather than the Princess.
My apologies.
They locked up Miss Ah Ro.
We could not let that be.
Who cares if they lock up...
or kill that half-breed physician?
Do you even know what lonely and unjust treatment...
I am enduring for the people of Silla?
However,
the Hwarangs who should help me...
end up like this.
If you think it is unjust,
you should fight.
Especially if that fight is for the people,
I would fight and make sure this does not happen again.
If it is unjust, you should not endure it, but fix it.
You came on behalf of Silla.
Then do not be afraid. Do not blame others.
Say it yourself.
Princess.
General.
Even if the people of Silla crossed into Baekje,
farmed, and hunted in your land,
executing them is too severe!
They are not soldiers wielding swords, but farmers.
Stealing someone's land without a war...
is more severe a punishment.
It was wrong for our people to cross the border,
but what father would watch his child starve?
This should not be an excuse for war.
It should be resolved diplomatically.
The Princess came herself to create amity,
so how about resolving this through wedlock?
I am already betrothed.
I heard Sacred Bones marry each other.
Do you mean the faceless King?
Based on information I received today,
one of those Hwarangs...
is that King.
If I kill them all,
will your betrothal be nullified?
Am I wrong?
Princess!
I repeat. I will not marry you.
Further, you shall not kill...
the King of Silla.
Tie them up and drag them out.
- Yes, Master. - Yes, Master.
What?
Oh, no.
No!
No, please.
Oh, no.
I heard the King of Silla is among you.
Thus,
I plan to make you show yourself...
and take responsibility for this.
If the King is among you,
step forward and admit to being the King.
If you do not,
we will cut off a head...
every 15 minutes to send to Silla.
- No. - Please, no.
No.
Please spare us. Please.
- Two bowls of gukbap, please. - Sure.
I never asked for a drinking buddy.
Master Hwi Kyung.
I heard a scroll saying...
"The King is within Hwarang" was hung in Hwarang House.
Is the King really there?
How would I know the faceless King?
My father thought I would die young.
To think the Crown Prince, with the perfect blood...
of Sacred Bone, was born this way...
It could not happen,
and it must not happen.
My father waited for me to die...
in the cold, empty room when I was a baby.
However, 3 days passed and 4 days passed,
but I did not die.
And now, I live like a ghost, hiding somewhere...
within the capital.
Do you think Jinheung is the solution?
If there is a better candidate,
would it not be better to change the king?
A new king...
independent of the Bone-rank System,
who will create a better Silla.
What if there is a prince like that?
I mean perhaps he would be better than King Jinheung.
The faceless King...
may be such a king.
The reason I oppose the Queen regent...
is that it is improper for the mother...
to claim the throne because she does not trust her son.
However, I will never defy the Royal Family...
and throw Silla into turmoil.
I would rather die first.
No! No!
No!
Please spare us. Please.
Once 15 minutes pass,
we shall cut off their heads.
Please spare us. Please.
Thus, the King of Silla...
shall confess to being the King before then.
Oh, my.
It has not been 15 minutes yet.
Were we too quick?
Now, I shall give you eight minutes.
I am...
the King.
I am...
the King...
of Silla!
(Hwarang The Poet Warrior Youth)
Choose whichever wins.
I will accept it.
Do you think you are the King?
He will not leave us to die.
We should break down the gate and fight with them!
Do you want to be the cause of a war?
The officials will not act.
Please... Please save His Majesty.
The poor people who starve and live in fear...
just because they were born in this nation.
If we die, you die as well.
Can you promise?
The "subjects" as you say.
I wish to spar with King Jinheung...
in swordsmanship.
He was honed through war.
He considers killing people...
as some sort of game.
I will win...
because I have something to protect.