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(This drama is set in the times of King Jinheung.)
(But all characters and events are fiction.)
(Episode 19)
Who is he?
I am the King of Silla,
King Jinheung.
Is this...
a dream?
How did you know I was here?
Wherever you may be,
I will find you.
I will not let you go anywhere.
Please. Ah Ro, open your eyes.
Open your eyes!
Open your eyes.
Please leave. I shall take them.
You must save her!
- Why are you... - Me?
I came to protect them.
Do you not know on whose orders I am here?
On whose orders do you think I am here?
And you. Show some respect.
I am more than 10 years your senior!
Step aside.
The Queen has ordered us...
to kill the traitor pretending to be the King!
Who is the real fake king?
You have been serving the fake king for too long.
You are confused as to who is the real King.
The real King ordered me to protect them.
It is the King's orders!
If you follow, you are disobeying the King's orders.
Can you handle that?
I shall kill you first.
Obey the King's orders.
Your Highness.
Your daughter became a Wonhwa.
Wonhwa?
I must make your son...
No, my son...
into a king.
That child...
is Joon Jung's son.
Prince Hwi Kyung's son,
the Sacred Bone of Silla.
What happened...
Save her.
Inside.
Wait outside.
No.
I am saying this as her father and physician!
You are in the way,
so wait outside.
No.
Ah Ro, you must hang on.
If I lose you too...
Please.
Please hang on.
Please eat.
You must live after all.
Do not get hurt. I do not...
want you to get hurt anymore.
I did not get to tell you that I am happy...
that you are not my brother.
These feelings are driving me crazy...
that I hate myself for them.
That is why I had been so mean to you.
Luckily, the wound was not critical.
What happened?
The Queen sent soldiers...
to kill me.
She took the arrow for me.
If I am next to her,
I will continue to place her in danger.
Because she knows...
Ah Ro is the key to getting me.
What do you plan to do?
Lying here like this...
is not like you.
So get up soon.
I thought...
someone like me was not even worth being born,
but after I met you,
I was grateful for being born for the first time ever.
I was glad that my reason for living...
was you.
Sorry.
And...
I love you very much.
I will cover up...
the mistake you made.
Just stay still.
I shall protect you like the times...
when no one knew what you looked like.
I have prepared a separate palace for you to live in.
Stay there for now.
I will silence...
the officials.
It was not a mistake.
If not?
What can an unprepared king do on the throne?
Do you know what happens to a powerless king?
You will...
be the officials' prey...
and will end up losing everything.
You will you lose the throne...
and eventually your life!
Do you plan to end the Sacred Bone's line here...
because of your immature actions?
I am already the King.
I simply...
made that known today.
No.
You are not the King.
That was the excuse for being in my shadow.
Yes, I was hiding in your shadow.
I know that I am alive thanks to you.
There was a time when that shadow was comforting...
and times when I was glad for it.
However, I was not always happy living like that.
I came to stand on my own now.
I came to endure it myself...
without anyone standing in front of me, hiding my face.
I came to create...
the Silla that I dream of and the future of Silla.
You will regret it.
For certain.
That regret...
is also my lot.
I shall...
endure it.
So you have come.
If you are my father...
Mother...
I mean...
Do I have...
a mother...
I mean...
Someone like that?
Joon Jung.
She was Silla's Wonhwa.
She was a beautiful person.
She was loved greatly...
by all the people of Silla.
Wonhwa was a threat to the weak Royal Family.
Especially a Wonhwa pregnant with a Sacred Bone...
would be more so.
When that happened,
you were in her womb.
The baby is moving.
Ji So...
I am the same person,
but I went from a peasant,
to a half-breed,
and now a Sacred Bone?
Now?
Father?
I know...
life was hard.
However,
I will not apologize.
I wanted you to live freely...
without a name, having nothing to do...
with the world or the throne.
That was...
the best I could do to protect you.
I had watched you for a long time.
And now, the preparations have been completed.
Preparations to make you king.
No one in Silla is as strong as you.
No one can understand the people as well as you.
A new king that can change Silla's present and future.
That is...
you.
Where is the Commandant?
Mo Young. Where is the tea?
What is taking so long?
Master Park Young Shil...
will not just take it.
He plans to sit on the throne with his childish...
and reckless actions?
I worked hard to create this Silla.
I worked so hard to protect it.
Master Kim.
Yes, Your Highness.
You need to do something for me.
Goodness.
Come in.
Is she not a court lady?
How is the Queen?
After drinking poisoned tea for 10 years,
the symptoms are finally appearing.
Her hands are shaking and she faints often.
I believe she is hallucinating too.
It would have been over if we had killed the King.
If the faceless King had wandered outside and died...
and the Queen had suffered from illness and died,
no one would have complained...
about my taking the throne. Is that not right?
There is a way to kill...
the King.
Did you want to see me?
Is something wrong?
King Jinheung has returned.
I need you...
to do something.
Wait. Wait. Hey. Hey.
Hey. Have you heard?
The King was swapped.
What do you mean?
That faceless King.
- That King was swapped. - What?
Ji Dwi is the King.
What? Ji Dwi is the King?
Yes. My sources are never wrong.
He even went into the palace and said,
"I am King Jinheung."
That pale kid is the King?
- What about Dog-Bird? - Exactly.
Ji Dwi was the real King, not Sun Woo.
This is why you never know with people.
I do not remember.
- What? - Have I been good to Ji Dwi?
Darn it. I should have been.
That way, I can party and live well without worry.
You dropped this.
Are you shocked that Sun Woo...
is not the real King?
What is with him?
Things are awkward at Hwarang House as is.
Master We Hwa!
Master We Hwa, did you hear...
that Ji Dwi is King Jinheung?
Why are you shouting?
Did you already know?
You should have told me!
What are you doing right now?
I was fired.
Take care.
We thought Sun Woo was the King.
I thought Sun Woo was the King too, but it is Ji Dwi.
What is going on?
I know. I should have been nicer to him.
It's mayhem.
Are you okay?
You thought Dog-Bird was the King too.
It was understandable that we thought he was.
What? Why is the assistant chief instructor here?
Master We Hwa...
has left Hwarang House.
Thus, the afternoon lecture has been canceled.
You may leave Hwarang House for the day.
- What is going on? - I have no idea.
Like I said, things are very uneasy at Hwarang House.
Your Highness, Princess Sook Myung is here to see you.
How dare you go against me?
You have no idea how dangerous that Hwarang is...
or how big a source of turmoil he will be.
However,
it was the King's orders.
The King's orders?
In Silla, my orders are the King's orders!
I put Sam Mek Jong on the throne.
It was all me!
Me!
Your Highness.
Mother!
Come hither!
Mother!
The best Hwarang is Master Ji Dwi
The king of kings is Master Sun Woo
The best Hwarang is Master Ji Dwi
The king of kings is Master Sun Woo
The best Hwarang is Master Ji Dwi
It is...
Han Sung's glass.
The best Hwarang is Master Ji Dwi
The king of kings is Master Sun Woo
The best Hwarang is Master Ji Dwi,
and the king of kings is Master Sun Woo?
- The king of kings is Master Sun Woo - What is this?
The best Hwarang is Master Ji Dwi
It could not be.
How do I look?
You look like...
the real King.
What happened to him?
Is he safe?
What happened?
I asked what happened.
You are going...
for your first meeting with the officials.
- Later... - Tell me.
Right now.
Actually, Miss Ah Ro...
was struck by the Commandant's...
arrow.
I think she survived, though.
My apologies, Your Majesty.
Goodness. Must you make it so obvious?
What am I being obvious about?
Everyone gets fired at least once in their lifetime.
You are not special.
That is because you did not see me in the beginning.
This is my natural state.
You have no idea what is happening out there.
What? The faceless King showing up?
What is the big deal?
Not that.
There is talk that the King will be switched.
What do you mean?
Everyone is singing everywhere...
that Ji Dwi is the best Hwarang...
and that Sun Woo is the king of kings.
This song is rampant within the capital.
Oh my gosh. Speak of the devil.
Sedge hat... Dog-Bird...
Anyway, hello.
Hello, Your Majesty.
What happened? Where are the others?
I instructed them not to come.
You instructed them not to come?
Yes.
I needed to discuss something with you.
Discuss?
This old man has weak legs.
May I sit?
What...
are you doing?
It is so comfortable. I should have sat here sooner.
How was it, living in the real world?
Were you able to feel a sense of justice, trust,
and pity toward the people?
A king who is used to such things...
tend to be indecisive...
as Your Majesty is.
I...
plan to switch the king.
What did you say?
If someone like me became king,
do you think Silla would become...
a better place?
Do you think...
I have qualifications to become king?
I heard there are no walls that can hold you.
Do you really plan to be reckless?
Please answer only that which I ask.
A king who walks ahead of the people to create a path.
Can I become a king like that?
How will you remove the King?
My enemy's enemy is my ally.
(Use your enemy's enemy against them.)
What do you mean? Whom will you use?
If there are no grounds,
I must use grounds to take him down.
Even with his audacious acts,
I am weak.
I cannot do anything...
and have no recourse.
Who is it? I said not to let anyone in.
It is I, Sook Myung.
You made yourself King.
Is that...
how I appear to you?
No.
That is correct. You are right.
I am nothing right now.
I do not think I am the only one who knows that.
All of Silla knows,
and Mother knows.
Mother is rushing the royal marriage.
Royal marriage?
Do you mean our marriage?
I detest the marriage just as Your Majesty does.
Continuing the Sacred Bone line. Protecting the throne.
The forced, sickening royal marriage...
And I...
want Master Sun Woo.
So you convince Mother.
If you are the King, you must do something.
Did you ask if you could be a good king?
I do not know. Perhaps.
1 of 3 people walking on the street...
may be better than the current King.
Trying to become king without proper grounds...
is treason.
You know what that is.
If you fight without proper grounds,
the people will suffer...
because of that fight.
Is that the type of king...
you want?
No.
The king that I want...
is someone who can protect his people...
and the people he must protect.
People who are weak,
kind, injured, and abandoned.
A king who can protect them.
So tell me.
If I have those "proper grounds" you speak of...
and thus I can protect those people,
I am considering...
being king.
Hello, Master Young Shil.
You do not seem surprised...
that I am here to see you.
Please understand that I cannot rise to greet you.
Please have a seat.
Please go ahead.
Are you here because you wish to make my son king?
Is he really...
a Sacred Bone?
Do you think it was a coincidence that your son...
and my son grew up together?
Just as you saved my son,
I tried to save yours.
I wanted them...
to be hidden from Ji So...
and from everyone in this world.
Lady Joon Jung.
What happened?
I am dying.
My baby...
Please save my baby.
Lady Joon Jung.
Destiny.
I will not let you get hurt again.
I will not...
let that woman hurt you again.
I promise you.
Master Kim should not have done that.
- Let go. - I know...
Your Highness can walk on your own.
However, I am here as your guard,
not as a Hwarang.
Therefore, please let me.
A child like you will protect me?
I am not a child. I am simply young.
So young...
that my heart races when I look at Your Highness.
I shall protect you until the Commandant recovers.
No.
The king that I want...
is someone who can protect his people...
and the people he must protect.
People who are weak,
kind, injured, and abandoned.
A king who can protect them.
So tell me.
If I have those "proper grounds" you speak of...
and thus I can protect those people,
I am considering...
being king.
There is a king, but he will become king?
Ah Ro.
It is your father.
Are you okay?
How about Sun Woo?
He is fine.
I am sorry, Father.
It is okay.
It is okay now.
Where is he?
Where is...
Sun Woo?
Have you made up your mind?
I guess not yet.
This is not your choice to make.
It is up to Silla which will change through you.
Remember Makmang Village where you and Mak Moon lived.
The choice you are about to make...
will be the most important and meaningful.
Someone wants to see you.
I heard you quit being the chief instructor.
Why did you call me here?
Are you surprised?
I know you do not like me.
No. You do not.
It is much worse than you think.
This is why I mistook you for the King.
Why are you here?
Why did you want to meet?
I am thinking of making you king.
Oh my. Did Prince Hwi Kyung not tell you...
about me?
Do you really think I would accept your help?
I do.
Why?
Because that is what power is like.
If you do not wield it, you will be mistreated.
You have been mistreated until now, have you not?
And that is why you wish to become king.
Thus,
it is time to choose...
whether to wield or be mistreated.
No. The choice is mine to make.
You seem to be the one who is anxious...
because you need me.
I guess this is what you call power.
If you do not wield it, you will be mistreated.
He should have stayed with me.
Where did he go?
You are still alive.
What brings you here?
Do you fear me?
Consider...
Consider my situation. You should now.
This is not the first time.
I saved your brother.
You only place him in danger,
and I am the one who saves him.
You seem to have wished I had died.
You are correct.
I did.
Your brother is more precious than you can imagine.
I can protect him if not for you!
As I told you before,
I will survive...
somehow.
Because I know better than anyone...
that it is what he wants.
So...
Whatever you say...
However you try to sway me,
it is futile.
I will protect Sun Woo.
I will protect...
my man.
You do everything with your words.
In contract,
I can actually protect Master Sun Woo...
from anyone, any situation, and anything!
I must switch the king.
Do you mean you will remove King Jinheung...
and make someone else king?
Your Highness. His Majesty is here to see you.
You look pale.
Did you claim the throne...
just to be treated like that by Master Young Shil?
You gave them an excuse.
They are trying to take down the Royal Family...
and the entire Sacred Bone from Silla!
It is your fault.
It is all your fault!
I will win.
Win?
How can you win?
Marry Sook Myung.
I cannot do it, and I will not.
Show them that you are different.
Show them...
that they can never become like you.
The only way to demonstrate that...
is to marry another Sacred Bone.
I will become stronger through Hwarang.
I will use my Hwarang to suppress them.
Hwarang?
You have no idea...
what that Hwarang is to you.
Sun Woo.
Sun Woo is Prince Hwi Kyung's son.
He is also a Sacred Bone.
Another Sacred Bone who will wage a war for the throne!
He is your rival who will put a knife to your throat!
You still do not know?
She woke up long ago!
I should have shot back at her.
But I have nothing to say.
Am I really a burden?
No, I am not.
She almost had me.
Why is Sun Woo still not here?
I am awake.
What is this?
"Even if someone attacks you,"
"refrain yourself"?
Are you...
okay?
Thank goodness.
Are you not in pain?
I am in pain.
You were pressing on the arrow wound.
I need...
to tell you something.
I found out who I am.
Why I had no name,
where I came from,
and where I must go.
But...
I am not sure if this is for you.
I...
trust you more than myself.
So please trust yourself.
You are...
the most trustworthy person in the world.
You are someone...
who will find his way better than anyone.
Whatever choice you make...
Whatever people say,
I am always on your side.
Take the path you chose.
That is the correct path.
People at the capital are singing this song...
that Master Ji Dwi is the best Hwarang...
and Master Sun Woo is...
Go on.
That Master Sun Woo...
is the king of kings.
I am...
the King...
- of Silla! - He is also a Sacred Bone.
Another Sacred Bone who will wage a war for the throne!
He is your rival who will put a knife to your throat!
Bring me Sun Woo.
You trust me more than yourself, right?
The preparations have been completed to make you king.
No one in Silla is as strong as you.
No one can understand the people as well as you.
Do you wish to sit there?
Do you really think...
that seat belongs to you?
(Hwarang The Poet Warrior Youth)
Why did you do it?
Why?
We need to change the owner of Silla.
The Hwarangs and I will do it together.
Hwarang will be reborn as strong warriors.
Will you really take over Hwarang House?
A powerless king can accomplish nothing.
Do you not have the confidence to be chosen?
Today, I will become the true King.
Do you truly believe that throne belongs to you?
I nominate Prince Hwi Kyung's son, Master Sun Woo...
to be king.
Is this the end?
We have different paths to take.
After I met you,
I was grateful for being born for the first time ever.
I love you very much.
Bring me Sun Woo.
Do you really think...
that seat belongs to you?