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(This drama is set in the times of King Jinheung.)
(But all characters and events are fiction.)
Once I get to the capital, I will find my father...
and my identity with this.
We will jump over the wall tomorrow.
If a peasant is found crossing, his neck will be cut.
My goodness.
How dare you come here?
I will choose the day you are introduced to the world.
Until then, stay quiet like a mouse.
I think I saw a necklace just like this earlier.
It is the Queen's order.
I guess there's nothing I can do about it.
Silla belongs to the Queen.
Your Majesty.
There is a peasant in the capital who saw Sam Mek Jong?
He cannot stay alive. Find him and kill him.
I believe I have seen it.
I am talking about your daughter's necklace.
You will be so surprised.
She is...
really pretty.
Wake up.
No!
I ended up killing this man.
Competent young men of Silla.
Hwarang.
They are men as beautiful as flowers.
That is rather fascinating.
The Queen is looking for her dogs.
What is it? Are you going to do it?
What is the real reason you want to become a Hwarang?
It is to pull down the person who owns that parade.
The Queen.
What about Mak Moon?
I buried him.
Excuse me, I am the daughter of this house.
I mean, I am Master Ahn Ji's daughter.
If anyone asks, call yourself Sun Woo.
I wish for Ah Ro...
to know you as her real brother.
That is him.
Stay here...
as my son and as her brother.
Bring one yourself. A Hwarang without any conditions.
I will not ask questions and accept him.
Which young master do you have in mind?
I will do it. I will become a Hwarang.
"You shall become a Hwarang per the Queen's order."
Are you Master Ahn Ji's daughter?
I said I will fight. I will endure it.
I will see what is at the end of this wretched capital.
I will see for myself. I will join Hwarang.
Kill me now, then.
But if she gets hurt before then,
I will kill you.
Gosh. Did they have to hit me in the head?
Ah Ro.
Why is he here?
What is this?
It is best to stay still.
If you hit anything, your scull will crack open.
Why am I...
Why did you follow me?
Who?
Me?
They must've thought we were a team due to our outfit.
You must have come after that girl.
Was her name Ah Ro?
Are you also a Hwarang? You should be careful.
If you are seen with a half-breed like her,
your rank will be lowered.
Since she made us come here,
she must be one unlucky wench.
What are you doing?
You are the unlucky one.
- Do not come near me. - You.
- What are you doing? - You are the unlucky one.
Come here.
Come here. Come at me.
I will teach you a lesson.
Even the great Master Ban Ryu is powerless.
You said you would never be the Queen's dog.
You look good today...
for a puppy.
- You little... - Stay.
Just say it and I will break him to pieces.
Shut your mouth!
Just stay still.
Just as I have heard,
they are so beautiful the flowers...
and the moon would hide in shame.
Are you happy?
There are people for and against the Queen even here.
What a joke.
Watch.
These are my Hwarang.
Do not forget even for a moment.
From now on, your son's life...
is in my power.
Do not celebrate yet.
I will find the King soon...
and take off his crown.
(Kim Sun Woo)
What happened? Where is that child?
Your Highness, he has not arrived yet.
Where is that wretched Master Ji Dwi?
Where has he gone?
Your sister? Is this true?
Why do you care that she is my sister?
Let us figure out a way to escape,
and we can talk outside.
Turn that way.
I will turn this way.
What is this place?
I think it used to be a forge,
but it is a butcher's shop now.
They kill cows and pigs here.
I think...
they plan on killing something else today.
What?
We must not kill him yet.
Right?
We have to let him live...
so we get paid properly.
What about the other one?
And the girl?
Kill them.
The young man looked like an elite.
Will it be all right?
That is why...
no one must find out...
for your own safety.
Why does it not start?
Yeo Wool,
for whom are we waiting? Why are we not starting?
They must be making us stand...
to give us a hard time.
Did something go wrong?
That is the Queen.
Whatever you are imagining...
only exists in the made up love stories at Okta.
I have no idea what you are talking about.
Your Highness, we cannot wait any longer.
Your Highness.
Start the ceremony.
Start the ceremony!
Gosh.
That will take forever.
It must be better than whistling.
It is not like that.
Be quiet.
Someone is coming.
I know what you will do,
but you better not do it.
I am not someone you should touch!
How dare you!
Do not come.
- Kick. - What?
- I said, kick. - What?
Right now.
Good.
Hurry, hurry.
Hey.
Hold on.
No, no, no.
Do not come.
You do not know me, right?
I hate those who use knives.
There you go!
Hold on. Are you always like this?
You are the wench...
that Dog-Bird treasures so much,
so I shall treat you...
properly.
I must live.
You look like Dog-Bird's type.
What are you doing?
Let me down first.
- Are you always a jerk? - Why you schmuck!
What was that?
Help me.
Hwarang Kim We Hwa,
you are commissioned to be Hwarang's chief instructor.
Did you lose your card?
I believe I am not the only one.
Was that card Master Ahn Ji's son?
Then...
where did you hide your card?
Hwarang We Hwa.
I shall obey your royal decree...
and accept your commissioning.
(Chief Instructor, responsible for training Hwarang)
Let us go.
Are you sure it is this way? She may not be here.
There.
Hold on. Wait.
It is I. It is I.
Hold still.
Are you all right?
I thought you were going to die.
Why would you die? You did not die.
Not me.
Not me, but you.
I thought you were going to die.
I was so afraid you would die.
I was so afraid. I thought I would die as well.
I get it,
but can we go now?
Let me untie this.
Where are those rats?
- Find them! - They are here. We must go.
My gosh!
Give her to me.
What are you doing?
Sure.
Let us go.
This way.
Over there!
Go ahead. I will stop them.
- What? - I said...
I will stop them.
Go.
How can I trust him?
Where are you?
Come out.
What are you doing?
This is not right.
Sit down.
Listen to me.
Take this path and go where there are a lot of people.
Do not look back.
If you are afraid, count quietly to 200.
I shall return by then.
I will count only to 150.
So do not get hurt and come back soon.
I said to go.
Why are there so many?
Did you make a new friend?
Where is the wench?
Are we close? Stop asking so many questions.
I shall take left. You...
Darn it.
Stay still.
Let go!
- About time. - Run.
Who is that?
Get them!
Stop!
Who are you?
Boss!
Park Ban Ryu.
You are inducted into Hwarang of Silla.
Hwarang Ban Ryu. I shall accept the royal decree.
He is so cool.
So cool.
Hwarang Soo Ho. I shall accept the royal decree.
How long must we wait?
I guess the person for whom you wait is not here yet.
Your Highness.
How could he run, leaving behind his father...
who gave his life for him?
We must end the ceremony, Your Highness.
All of you who received the sword of Hwarang...
shall be...
Hi. I am here.
Ji Dwi.
You are inducted into Hwarang of Silla.
Hwarang Ji Dwi.
I shall accept the royal decree.
How could you do this to me?
I decided that I would decide...
when to introduce myself to the world,
Mother.
Kim Sun Woo.
You are inducted into Hwarang of Silla.
May I...
live as you?
May I really do that?
Hwarang Sun Woo!
I shall accept...
the royal decree.
Hwarang represents Silla's new conviction.
Silla is no longer a small nation.
We shall be the strongest of the Three Kingdoms.
Hwarang, devote yourselves to Silla...
and to King Jinheung!
Hwarang represents Silla's new conviction!
We shall devote ourselves to Silla...
and to King Jinheung!
Who is Do Woo,
that he locked up you and Ah Ro?
He is a peddler of gold outside of the capital.
I met him a few times,
and we are not on good terms.
Why is he after you?
I am not certain.
We fought for many reasons in the past.
It is my fault...
that Ah Ro...
was in danger.
Do not place Ah Ro in danger.
If you do,
I shall not forgive you.
You cannot go back any longer.
You are the son of Kim Ahn Ji and a Hwarang.
Anything you do will become...
my business.
I know...
whose life I am leading.
Oh my gosh.
Why are you stripping in the room?
What is it? Did you not come to say something?
Sun...
Sun?
Sun...
The sun has set.
What?
Sun...
Your robe is torn.
Goodness.
I am good at sewing.
I should go and stitch this up.
Sun Woo.
It is so easy out here.
Why can you not say it in there?
I need to say it tonight.
I almost forgot.
Thank goodness, he is asleep.
I was afraid he would be awake.
The truth is,
I have something to say to you.
Now!
Kill me now, then.
But if she gets hurt before then,
I will kill you.
Listen carefully to what I am about to say.
You cannot hear me because you are asleep anyway.
Sun...
Sun Woo.
Thank you for earlier...
for coming to save me.
I had lived all these years thinking I had...
no one to rely on and nothing to expect.
It is the first time...
I want to do that to someone.
I like having...
a big brother.
It is the first time I feel this way,
so to be honest, I am afraid...
and I wonder if it is right.
But Sun Woo,
since you are my big brother...
Because you are really my big brother...
Do not get hurt.
I wish...
you would not get hurt anymore.
I am...
afraid because of you.
I am afraid I will cause you harm...
and be unable to protect you.
It is a first for me.
Rely on me...
and lean on me.
You are not alone anymore.
Once he leaves tomorrow,
I will not see him for a while.
Get him out of Silla now!
How could he do this to me? How could he?
After all I have suffered for him.
After all I have done to protect him!
Perhaps, this may be best.
- How so? - He is not safe...
anywhere in the city.
Even if he stays in hiding, what happened at the inn...
may happen again.
- Thus? - Who would ever imagine...
the King is in Hwarang?
I got as I wished.
What is the problem?
Is he still asleep?
You got up early, Sun Woo.
It is not early. It is late.
I see. It is late.
Sun Woo, Father left early...
- to treat a patient. - Why are you so awkward?
I need to keep working on it, but...
Why are you so prickly? Can you not be nice?
What?
I fixed your robe.
Did you mess this one up too?
Your sewing skills are not so...
Why you...
You useless fools.
You could not handle one young child?
So that peasant...
became Master Ahn Ji's son overnight. Is that it?
Yes, Master. That is correct.
And he was wearing a Hwarang's robe?
Without a doubt.
I understand. You may go.
Why you...
Everything is falling into place. Is it not?
The King came into the capital,
and the Queen rushed to create Hwarang...
as if she was running out of time.
The problem is...
someone saw his face.
It must have been...
quite a nuisance.
Then...
I think...
the person who saw the King's face...
is Master Ahn Ji's son.
She made the person...
who saw the King's face...
a member of Hwarang.
Is this not it?
How do I put this on?
You are so frustrating.
Give me that. Here.
Turn toward me.
Here.
Is this not it?
You are more frustrating. I said I was late.
People say you are annoying, right?
I am sure. It is inevitable with this personality.
Raise your arms.
Is it like this?
Is this it?
I am sure this is right.
I do not think so.
You cannot even remember how you wore it.
Exactly. I think it was your terrible sewing...
My may not sew well, but I stitch up people well.
Who would have known?
Whatever.
Stand right there.
Well, you look quite normal like this.
You knew that from the start.
I look quite normal. And handsome.
Very.
Right?
I am going to watch Hwarang's parade.
If you see me, maybe you can wave.
I do not want to.
Getting a sister...
must be a cumbersome and bothersome thing.
I need to wave too. Goodness gracious.
Their faces shine so much...
that you do not need the sun.
Did you see that? Master Soo Ho looked at me.
What is wrong with you? Get a clue.
He obviously has fallen for me.
You are so pathetic.
He was obviously looking at me.
You saw earlier.
You seem even more pathetic.
- Master Ban Ryu is all I see. - Right? Totally.
No. All I see is Master Soo Ho.
- What? - They passed by.
Where is Master Ban Ryu?
Excuse me. Excuse me.
They say clothes make the person.
He looks normal, dressed like that.
He annoyed me at the football game.
How is he a Hwarang?
He will not last long anyway.
Who would take his side within Hwarang?
Wait. Who is that?
She is pretty.
Are you kidding me? She is Master Kim Seub's daughter.
What? She is Soo Ho's sister?
Are you not afraid...
about gathering all of them together in one place?
Are you afraid already?
Do not consider me an ally.
I shall be watching every little thing.
And...
if I believe you are taking an improper path,
I shall report it to the Queen.
That is my reason for being here.
I have quite a difficult assistant chief.
(Assistant chief instructor of Hwarang)
Hwarang's parade has not ended yet.
Why did you come here?
Why do you think I am here?
Those who failed to become a Hwarang are gathered here.
- Get lost. - Stop.
They did not want to do it before,
but look how angry they are now...
because they wish they could be a Hwarang.
Just until yesterday,
they pledged their allegiance to the Queen,
but now, they despise her the most in Silla.
Are you here to see them?
No.
I came to buy them.
They are Hwarang and we are the support troop.
Are we supposed to serve our friends?
What makes them so great?
They lucked out by having powerful fathers!
They did nothing.
You are all the same.
You are losers who cannot do anything.
I am different from you.
Got that?
How dare you steal?
You are so stingy.
I wanted to taste it before buying.
Why are you here?
What about the parade?
- Well... - Did you...
decide not to do it?
My goodness.
You made the right choice.
Here you go.
Why would you join Hwarang?
Let us go. I found a great restaurant...
I worked so hard to get in.
I will be going into Hwarang House soon.
Then why are you not in the parade?
My pride will not let me...
participate in something like that.
You did everything else.
Why did she bother saying she would be here?
How are they all so handsome?
They are so handsome!
Here comes Master Ban Ryu!
Excuse me. Sorry.
There he is.
Here. Here.
- Here. - Move!
Move!
I am sorry.
It was a mistake. I was pushed...
A mistake?
If you give it to me, I shall mend it.
Does this look like something someone like you can fix?
You cannot buy it even for 20 pieces of silver!
What are you staring at?
Do you think this is a show?
Then what should I do?
I would like to know...
what you can do.
I am sorry about your robe,
but if you had not pushed me,
this would not have happened.
If you do not have money, just say so.
How dare you blame me?
Wait.
You.
You!
You are the girl from Okta!
The story girl!
Why are you doing this?
I think if we speak quietly,
there may be a way for you to make it up to me.
What are you doing?
Let go. Let go!
What are you doing? Let go.
Let go!
Who was that?
How dare you?
Oh, my.
I meant to hand it to you nicely.
Who are you?
It sounded like it would cost 20 for the mistake.
I hit your face by mistake, so I added 20 more.
It will not end that easily.
Really?
Then...
do you want payment for a third mistake?
Why you...
I feel like...
I will make many mistakes toward you today.
You may stand there and continue to collect.
Thank you.
I shall repay you.
But only 20 pieces.
Your mistake wasn't my debt...
You owe me a debt from before too.
I was in such disarray.
Thank you for back then too.
What are you doing?
What is this? Why you rat...
Rat?
I get called a rat after saving someone.
What is it?
A promissory note.
A promissory note?
Did you just give me a tattoo?
Do you think tattoos are that easy?
It is paint that I brought from the West.
It will not wash out for a while.
Once you repay your debt,
I will remove it for you.
What?
What did you expect from me?
You should know already...
that the capital is not an easy place.
I will repay you for certain.
Of course, you shall. For certain.
(Hwarang House)
I plan to bring forth progress,
leading Hwarang members of Silla,
with a new heart and body.
I hope for a successful journey.
I am the chief instructor of Hwarang, Kim We Hwa.
I order you as Chief Instructor of Hwarang.
Open the gates!
Three drinks in a row!
(Drinking three cups of alcohol in a row)
One!
Two!
Do not move. Do not move.
Three!
These are your doorplates.
The two of you who choose the same color...
shall share a room.
Come out and take one.
You are funny looking.
I shall take this.
Today, there are no rules or regulations.
If you do not like your room,
take someone else's.
Also, you may take the roommate as well.
You have...
until sunrise tomorrow.
The strong will claim the nice room...
and roommate that you want.
Why did you give them such an assignment?
You knew that alcohol they drank was strong.
If you start like this on the first day,
how could we talk of Taoism,
Confucius, and Mencius to those children?
I did not think that far.
Then,
just do not teach it.
How are you so irresponsible?
If they don't know the taste of strong liquor,
how will they understand the chaos of the world?
Laozi himself would permit it...
if he saw the situation...
Silla is facing.
Master We Hwa.
If they are to die from strong liquor...
or kill people,
how many more people will they kill later on?
The strong will oppress the weak and take from others.
Let them try it all.
If you are truly concerned,
you may teach them...
the responsibilities for such actions.
How dare a lowly half-breed wear a Hwarang's robe?
He overcame the Bone-rank System and got this far.
We should celebrate.
Let us show him how sacred the Bone-rank System is.
Make sure he never stands again.
I get generally...
what you are trying to say.
- But do not do that. - You lowly half-breed.
Why you...
Wait.
Here. Here.
It will hurt if he does not treat it.
I wonder if he is okay.
- You annoying rat. - Good riddance.
Let us go!
What?
Why you...
Did you use your feet?
That finally sobered me up.
Give it.
You do not want to share a room with me, either.
You give it.
If I give it to you,
it will look like I lost to you.
You have already lost.
Give it.
I wish you would not touch me.
This is a warning.
I wish you would not be arrogant.
This is advice.
What if someone dies...
while fighting like that?
Do you think you will be safe...
after causing mayhem in Hwarang House?
Why are you...
so concerned?
Are you already...
that attached to your pupils?
If not that,
are you worried about what to report...
back to the Queen?
Who cares if they kill each other?
If they do not kill each other now,
they will kill each other later anyway.
Master We Hwa.
My gosh, it's hot!
You stubborn mule.
I would just give up if I were you.
You...
are just a mule.
You annoying rat.
I am not the type to care about other people,
but were you beaten?
I guess so.
I hear you are the Queen's Hwarang.
I do not usually ask things like this,
but have you ever carried a person?
That would never happen in my life.
Do you not think that happened...
just now?
Do not even dream of it.
Did you get hit on the head?
Why...
am I doing this?
I thought you were the one beaten up.
Gosh.
Were you hit too?
Let them hate and burn up all they want.
Let them melt together so they cannot differentiate...
one person from another.
That way,
we can...
make something new from here.
What?
Have you never seen a beautiful man before?
Just a minute.
It is gray.
Does that make five of us?
Master Kim Seub's son, Soo Ho.
Master Ho's son and Master Young Shil's stepson,
Ban Ryu.
Master Ahn Ji's son, Sun Woo.
I am Yeo Wool.
And you, from nowhere...
without an origin.
Five.
This is going to be fun.
Do you not agree?
(Hwarang The Poet Warrior Youth)
I hear your sister is very pretty.
Enough to make her my concubine.
Why you...
You will be punished severely for fighting.
Who started this mess?
Why did you not let him lead a quiet life?
You have no fear.
Why would I be afraid when you are here with me?
Is the Sedge Hat really your brother?
- What? - You are medicine to me.
A sleeping aid.
Say that you called him.
Your assignment is the discontent regarding the King.
Who are you?
Who are you to make me this way?