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<i>Princess! Princess!</i>

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Is it tormenting you
to learn of the bloodshed

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caused by your family 30 years past?

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Do you despise your parents so deeply
that you would abandon your mind

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<i>and surrender your body?</i>

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<i>Your mother came to me.</i>

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She appeared to me
and pleaded for me to save her daughter.

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<i>And… I learned the truth</i>
<i>about your father.</i>

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<i>How could a mere court lady</i>
<i>refuse a command like that?</i>

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<i>Royal Noble Consort Sukbin Choi</i>
<i>forced your mother to do those deeds.</i>

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Your father saved your mother
by marrying her.

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So don't turn your hatred upon
your mother or your father!

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Do not allow that hatred
to be exploited by the spirit, Princess!

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<i>Princess!</i>

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<i>Princess!</i>

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<i>Princess.</i>

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What has caught hold of your gaze?

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Are these the blossoms
of the ginger tree, Mother?

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Yes, my dear.

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They grow in abundance
back in my hometown.

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When I shared this with His Majesty,

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he bestowed it upon you
as your childhood namesake.

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Do you sometimes miss your homeland?

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I don't.

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There are no happy memories there.

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My father died very young.

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And my mother was often unwell.

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Then, Mother,

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please be born as my daughter
in your next life.

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That way, I will keep you safe.

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That is a wonderful and special idea.

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How did that…

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- Are you all right?
- Your Majesty!

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How did that happen?

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- Are you all right?
- Is anyone out there?

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- Is there no one to help?
- Bring something for the wound!

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Your Highness!

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Go check outside.

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- Right now.
- Yes, Your Majesty.

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Chief Eunuch Kim.

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What is going on?

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Are you all right?

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Has your sight returned? How?

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We must stop the bleeding first.

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That was far too close.

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It's a good thing the Crown Prince fled
as soon as you woke up.

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I was a complete and utter fool.

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I allowed the Crown Prince

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to overcome the ward
and use me as its vessel.

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We should take you to the physician.

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First though…

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Where did you see my mother?

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I would like to speak with her.

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I must tell her that I will release
her lingering resentment, and that…

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that I will be all right,
and she should go to the afterlife.

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She can't do that now.

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- She can still pass on.
- Not anymore.

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Her soul was devoured
by a gwi-mae on the other side.

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What, um…

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What does that mean?

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Your mother's soul

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was obliterated in the other world.

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Go to Saeng-gang now!

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I will be fine!

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So go now, please. Protect my daughter!

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Save Saeng-gang! I beg you.

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I am sorry.

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THE EAST PALACE

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The Princess came to see me last night.

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According to the eunuchs,

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she acted in a most unusual manner.

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It's nothing to worry about.
You need not be concerned with her.

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What's important is
I must go outside the palace

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if I'm to send
the Crown Prince's soul to the afterlife.

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There's no more need for that.
Do not send the soul to the afterlife.

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Obliterate it.

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Do you know what it means to do that?

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To obliterate someone's soul?

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It does not matter.

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You won't be leaving these walls at all.

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- The Princess can do it in your stead.
- I won't allow it.

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I will urge the Princess
to withdraw from this.

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It'll be too dangerous.

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But you said we shouldn't worry.

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So then something did occur
with the Princess.

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And…

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something happened to you as well.

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She was given to you
because she can hear the spirits' voices.

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The Princess has her uses.
You'll keep acting together.

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I have clearly stated to you
that the Princess is in danger, perhaps--

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Do not overstep your place by fretting
over the safety of the Princess,

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or have you forgotten your lowly station,

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and now she has become
an object of your desire?

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No, of course not.

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She was starting to get in the way.

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I simply want her to be gone.

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The closer she gets to
the Crown Prince's secret, Your Majesty,

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the closer she gets to uncovering
more secrets of the royal family,

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and her heart
can no longer bear the weight.

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Why are you still here?

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Just in case you got possessed.

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Can you tell me now?

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Your eyes… What happened to you?

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I obtained the eyes of a gwi-mae.

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The eyes of a gwi-mae?

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What happens to you now?

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Don't concern yourself with that.
Just hold on to this, please.

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Don't be careless and lose it.

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And you don't need to concern yourself
with the Crown Prince's spirit anymore.

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With my sight restored,

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I'll deal with the spirit on my own.

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- Why are you being like this?
- Because you get in the way.

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You may lose your body
to the Crown Prince once more.

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Taking care of you
has nearly made my intestines fall out.

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Gu-cheon.

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Is this because of my mother?

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If it's about that…

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don't be troubled.

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She met her end while trying to save me.

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You have no reason to feel guilty.

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It's not your fault what happened to her.

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- Do you hear me at all?
- It is my fault.

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Even before that…

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there was a soul that was devoured
by a gwi-mae seeking my yin energy.

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So you should just stay away from me.

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Who knows what may happen to you
if you stay with someone so cursed.

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<i>Never again</i>

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<i>will I lose anyone because of my actions.</i>

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Did you bring those wards
from your private residence?

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You brought a lot of them with you.

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You can go now.

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Yes, Your Majesty.

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Where did you suddenly
run off to last night, Saeng-gang?

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Kneel down, will you?

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Closer.

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Come, my child.

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Once again, you and I must go back

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to the inseparable grandmother
and granddaughter that we were,

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and with you, I will be able
to keep our family unharmed

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so we can guard our family secret
that took place 30 years ago.

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Oh.

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Someone has already started to notice
the mess you've caused.

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Your Highness,
your presence is urgently requested

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at the Queen Dowager's quarters.

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His Majesty the King has arrived.

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You may all sit.

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You summoned even the royal kin.

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For what urgent matter have you called me?

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I do not have the leisure to sit
and enjoy refreshments at present.

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Thirty years ago,

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while the late King's sons
met their untimely deaths,

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I wish for you to tell me how it happened
that only you, out of them, survived.

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Has my own survival

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truly displeased you all this time,
my dear Mother?

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I am simply asking you to clarify
how you escaped the pond spirit's curse.

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Can you explain?

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At the time, I took refuge in the temple
of a renowned monk who exorcized spirits.

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But you are aware of that, Mother.

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No!

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I am aware that there was no need for that

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since there was no spirit there
to begin with.

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The Princes' deaths 30 years ago
were not the work of some pond spirit.

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That is clear.

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This case of poisoning
was carried out by a mortal.

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Bring forth Inha!

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Prince Inha collapsed
as soon as he entered the palace.

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And something was found
in his quarters beside him.

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The confectionery box,
which Prince Inha ate from.

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And one more thing.

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It was given to me by the Princess.

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Her mother is also said to have died

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after eating food
from a lotus-patterned confectionery box.

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This is clear evidence
that the Princes' deaths

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were not the work of the pond spirit,

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but the acts of someone poisoning
the royal bloodline.

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What do you think of this, Your Majesty?

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Are you saying…

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that I killed my very own brothers
by poisoning them one by one?

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When everyone else is killed,

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naturally, the sole survivor
becomes the main culprit.

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And those actions allowed you
to be on the throne.

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A throne that you could never
have claimed, Your Majesty.

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Are you willing
to stand behind the words you speak…

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and bear their weight, Your Majesty?

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What are you doing, Your Majesty?

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Your Majesty.

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But that is…

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Goodness.

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You claimed it was poisoned.

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We will have our proof in time,
will we not?

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Oh…

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- Chief Eunuch.
- Yes, Your Majesty.

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Take Prince Inha
outside the palace right this minute.

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Outside the palace in this state?

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Something has piqued my curiosity.

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Stop here!

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Your Majesty,
the moment we left the palace,

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the young prince regained consciousness.

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What is that?

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And he asked us
to deliver a message to you.

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Wait! What did he say?

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That it was actually a spirit
that tried to kill him.

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It said that it would sever
the royal bloodline.

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No. That cannot be.

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It must have been poison that did this.

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Poison?

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What nonsense is this?

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Are you saying that I, their father,

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am responsible for killing my sons
with my very hands?

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They were all killed by the pond spirit.

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The Most Favored Lady of the Court,
whom you put to death.

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No, no.

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I held back
out of concern for your well-being.

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Now I simply have no other choice.

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You cruelly put
the pregnant favored court lady to death,

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completely severing the royal bloodline,
and branded me as a murderer.

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Your ruler, your King,
and the most sovereign of this nation!

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I will not tolerate this any longer!

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You are to leave the palace.

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At once.

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How dare you command me!

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I already know the entire truth!
I know it all!

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This is all your doing!
I know the truth of it all!

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I know it all!

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No, you bastard!

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No, you do not.

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Because it was you.

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You are behind
all of the palace tragedies and curses.

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This all started because of you, Mother.

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I was dragged by you
into this miserable hell

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because of your pathetic actions.

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Now, it is time you accept it.

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Do you hear me?

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This is your burden to bear.

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Your karma, Mother.

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I will never leave the palace. Not ever.

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I will not leave, not even in death!

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This palace belongs to me! It is mine!

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This palace is mine! It belongs to me!

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I will never leave here. Never!

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Your Majesty, are you all right?
Please, calm yourself.

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Your Majesty.

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Father! Wait!

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Let us leave.

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You willingly released
the spirit of the Crown Prince?

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You took Prince Inha as your adopted son,
despite knowing the spirit would harm him.

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How could you have done this?

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Is your mind your own, Saeng-gang?

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And who are you today?

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Are you really the Princess?

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Don't appear before me
until the pond spirit's been destroyed.

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I cannot place my trust in you until then.

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I, too, cannot place my trust in you
at the moment.

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Father, why did
your first and second sons both die?

00:21:31.478 --> 00:21:33.146 align:center
Like the third one you buried.

00:21:33.897 --> 00:21:35.774 align:center
Were those two poisoned as well?

00:21:37.109 --> 00:21:39.778 align:center
The consequences of that sin
will come for you.

00:21:41.405 --> 00:21:42.781 align:center
It is inevitable.

00:21:48.620 --> 00:21:49.496 align:center
Fine.

00:21:52.165 --> 00:21:53.291 align:center
Then I shall wait.

00:22:02.175 --> 00:22:04.261 align:center
The King…

00:22:04.761 --> 00:22:06.513 align:center
The King…

00:22:10.725 --> 00:22:15.147 align:center
I must kill the King.

00:22:17.357 --> 00:22:19.234 align:center
Come in.

00:22:20.360 --> 00:22:24.072 align:center
I must kill the King.

00:22:32.122 --> 00:22:35.167 align:center
<i>Are you saying the plague</i>
<i>has reached the outskirts of the capital?</i>

00:22:35.250 --> 00:22:38.420 align:center
We humbly apologize, Your Majesty.
All gates of the capital have been closed,

00:22:38.503 --> 00:22:40.589 align:center
and we have restricted anyone
from entering or leaving.

00:22:42.466 --> 00:22:45.135 align:center
The Jeonuigam,
the Hyeminseo, and the Hwalinseo

00:22:45.218 --> 00:22:48.972 align:center
are to report to me all measures in place
to contain the sickness at once.

00:22:49.473 --> 00:22:52.851 align:center
And release all of the grain reserves.
Make sure the Minister…

00:22:56.271 --> 00:22:58.273 align:center
- Your Majesty!
- Your Majesty!

00:22:58.356 --> 00:23:00.358 align:center
Your Majesty.

00:23:02.527 --> 00:23:05.280 align:center
Your Majesty. The plague has come.

00:23:06.156 --> 00:23:07.365 align:center
I will summon the physician.

00:23:07.949 --> 00:23:08.867 align:center
No.

00:23:11.661 --> 00:23:13.580 align:center
Gu… Gu… Gu-cheon.

00:23:15.832 --> 00:23:17.792 align:center
G… Gu-cheon. I need Gu-cheon.

00:23:17.876 --> 00:23:19.377 align:center
Now.

00:23:24.841 --> 00:23:25.884 align:center
Your Majesty.

00:23:27.469 --> 00:23:29.429 align:center
Your Majesty. Your Majesty.

00:23:29.513 --> 00:23:30.597 align:center
Your Majesty.

00:23:31.181 --> 00:23:32.224 align:center
Your Majesty.

00:23:33.391 --> 00:23:35.227 align:center
Take a proper look at me.

00:23:43.193 --> 00:23:44.861 align:center
Tell me what you see.

00:23:46.863 --> 00:23:50.116 align:center
This is unlike the spirits
I see here in the palace.

00:23:50.784 --> 00:23:53.745 align:center
I see people around you,
wailing in suffering.

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:55.497 align:center
Please help us.

00:23:55.580 --> 00:23:57.457 align:center
Their bodies are covered in spots.

00:23:57.541 --> 00:24:01.211 align:center
And a child, around the same age
as Prince Yeongan, is by your side,

00:24:01.294 --> 00:24:03.630 align:center
clutching the hem of your shirt,
Your Majesty.

00:24:06.716 --> 00:24:08.510 align:center
So they're the villagers.

00:24:10.512 --> 00:24:12.681 align:center
The people with the plague you killed.

00:24:13.306 --> 00:24:17.852 align:center
Did they come to the palace…
bearing ill will against me?

00:24:18.353 --> 00:24:20.063 align:center
Won-gwis are remarkably simple.

00:24:20.146 --> 00:24:21.147 align:center
If they hold resentment,

00:24:21.231 --> 00:24:24.150 align:center
the soldiers who killed them
are the ones they'd go after.

00:24:26.361 --> 00:24:29.197 align:center
But instead, they chose the one
who gave the order, Your Majesty.

00:24:30.073 --> 00:24:32.409 align:center
Someone guided them to you
from the other realm.

00:24:34.202 --> 00:24:37.038 align:center
So the one
who brought the spirits here is…

00:24:43.837 --> 00:24:45.046 align:center
It was the Crown Prince.

00:24:56.600 --> 00:24:59.978 align:center
Then go… and resolve this to the end.

00:25:02.564 --> 00:25:04.733 align:center
What about all the spirits here?

00:25:05.734 --> 00:25:07.444 align:center
If they remain, you will be in danger.

00:25:08.820 --> 00:25:10.238 align:center
I will conduct a Yeoje rite.

00:25:11.615 --> 00:25:13.408 align:center
I will have it performed tomorrow night

00:25:14.284 --> 00:25:16.661 align:center
and have the spirits
driven out of here to end this.

00:25:16.745 --> 00:25:18.371 align:center
Driven out of here?

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:23.627 align:center
That rite is for souls
who have died unjust deaths.

00:25:23.710 --> 00:25:26.421 align:center
An appeasement rite will surely fail
if performed with that mindset.

00:25:26.504 --> 00:25:28.131 align:center
You just focus
on the Crown Prince's spirit

00:25:28.214 --> 00:25:29.633 align:center
and how to get rid of it.

00:25:31.301 --> 00:25:33.887 align:center
The time we agreed upon draws near.

00:26:22.894 --> 00:26:24.062 align:center
What are you doing?

00:26:24.562 --> 00:26:26.314 align:center
Something calls.

00:26:26.398 --> 00:26:27.524 align:center
I hear it.

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.945 align:center
What calls?

00:26:35.699 --> 00:26:36.533 align:center
Gu-cheon.

00:26:38.576 --> 00:26:39.828 align:center
It's nothing. Don't worry.

00:26:42.080 --> 00:26:43.289 align:center
Be honest with me.

00:26:43.373 --> 00:26:46.376 align:center
Did your condition worsen
after you got the eyes of the gwi-mae?

00:26:47.127 --> 00:26:48.461 align:center
Why are you here?

00:26:49.546 --> 00:26:51.798 align:center
Did I not say that I would do this alone?

00:26:55.593 --> 00:26:57.554 align:center
Is this really how you're going to be?

00:26:59.597 --> 00:27:01.349 align:center
I told you,
my mother's soul being obliterated

00:27:01.433 --> 00:27:02.851 align:center
was my fault for getting possessed.

00:27:02.934 --> 00:27:04.519 align:center
None of it was your fault!

00:27:10.734 --> 00:27:13.236 align:center
I know you are doing this
out of concern for me.

00:27:13.778 --> 00:27:16.614 align:center
What's already happened
and whatever happens after tonight,

00:27:17.407 --> 00:27:19.200 align:center
I promise you right now,

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:21.870 align:center
that is all my burden to bear.

00:27:22.370 --> 00:27:23.788 align:center
None of it's yours.

00:27:30.670 --> 00:27:33.173 align:center
<i>The Crown Prince's spirit</i>
<i>failed to approach the King.</i>

00:27:34.007 --> 00:27:37.343 align:center
<i>It's drawing the spirits of the villagers</i>
<i>with the plague into the palace.</i>

00:27:37.427 --> 00:27:39.804 align:center
I will draw them all to this place.

00:27:39.888 --> 00:27:41.723 align:center
<i>The Crown Prince's spirit</i>

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:44.976 align:center
<i>will surely seek out the King</i>
<i>and kill him.</i>

00:27:47.353 --> 00:27:48.605 align:center
<i>Draw them in…</i>

00:27:50.356 --> 00:27:52.859 align:center
<i>I couldn't even protect</i>
<i>your mother's soul.</i>

00:27:54.527 --> 00:27:57.197 align:center
I mustn't allow your father
to be taken as well.

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:05.163 align:center
I should send you
out of this place to free you,

00:28:06.206 --> 00:28:07.916 align:center
but I need you in the palace.

00:28:09.209 --> 00:28:10.877 align:center
I can only depend on you.

00:28:14.923 --> 00:28:17.217 align:center
We will wait until the morning arrives

00:28:17.717 --> 00:28:19.636 align:center
so I can replenish my yang.

00:28:34.651 --> 00:28:37.111 align:center
I will share my yang energy with you.

00:29:07.058 --> 00:29:10.186 align:center
<i>I will find out what he intends</i>
<i>to do with the plague spirits,</i>

00:29:11.437 --> 00:29:13.481 align:center
<i>but I need you to buy me some time.</i>

00:29:16.109 --> 00:29:19.028 align:center
<i>First, write a spell,</i>
<i>coat it with chicken blood,</i>

00:29:19.112 --> 00:29:21.114 align:center
<i>and affix it to the King's bedchamber.</i>

00:29:23.241 --> 00:29:26.953 align:center
<i>That way, the Crown Prince</i>
<i>will not be able to approach easily.</i>

00:29:29.205 --> 00:29:32.917 align:center
<i>The King must be protected</i>
<i>until the Yeoje rite is held.</i>

00:29:39.716 --> 00:29:41.050 align:center
What are you doing here?

00:29:41.134 --> 00:29:43.553 align:center
Do not let anyone enter this chamber
from now on.

00:30:00.987 --> 00:30:03.448 align:center
I asked you a question.
Why have you come here suddenly?

00:30:03.531 --> 00:30:05.199 align:center
I did not wish to be here either,

00:30:05.283 --> 00:30:08.703 align:center
but I was told that I must protect you
until the Yeoje rite is held.

00:30:11.581 --> 00:30:14.417 align:center
So Gu-cheon has spoken to you, I see.

00:30:19.005 --> 00:30:21.633 align:center
There is something
I must tell you, Your Majesty.

00:30:23.092 --> 00:30:23.968 align:center
What is it?

00:30:25.970 --> 00:30:30.141 align:center
There is… someone here
who is not a plague spirit.

00:30:30.683 --> 00:30:31.851 align:center
Your Majesty.

00:30:32.852 --> 00:30:34.437 align:center
He's behind you, Father.

00:30:36.022 --> 00:30:38.524 align:center
There is something
you must know about the Crown Prince.

00:30:38.608 --> 00:30:39.984 align:center
Stay where you are.

00:30:40.068 --> 00:30:43.112 align:center
Please, I beg you,
hear me out, Your Majesty.

00:30:46.532 --> 00:30:48.952 align:center
He says that he wishes to speak to you
about the Crown Prince.

00:30:49.035 --> 00:30:50.411 align:center
No.

00:30:50.495 --> 00:30:52.497 align:center
- Do not listen.
- Please, I beg you.

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:54.749 align:center
What is it
that you are trying to keep hidden?

00:30:54.832 --> 00:30:57.335 align:center
- You are to leave at once. Now.
- No, I refuse.

00:30:58.252 --> 00:31:01.214 align:center
Father, you must speak for yourself.
You can't keep evading the truth.

00:31:01.297 --> 00:31:02.757 align:center
That's enough, Saeng-gang!

00:31:02.840 --> 00:31:05.802 align:center
Whatever it is that voice
so earnestly begs you to hear,

00:31:05.885 --> 00:31:07.595 align:center
I will hear it speak.

00:31:09.514 --> 00:31:12.058 align:center
Do not come closer. Do not listen.

00:31:12.141 --> 00:31:15.061 align:center
I said you are to learn nothing more
about this! Leave, now!

00:31:16.104 --> 00:31:17.772 align:center
- Leave this place at once!
- Father!

00:31:47.552 --> 00:31:48.803 align:center
Who is speaking?

00:31:50.513 --> 00:31:53.933 align:center
You need to tell me honestly.
Did you kill him, Father?

00:31:56.185 --> 00:31:57.186 align:center
I commanded it.

00:31:59.897 --> 00:32:01.858 align:center
Why did you have him killed?

00:32:05.361 --> 00:32:06.529 align:center
He said that…

00:32:12.785 --> 00:32:14.954 align:center
he was trying to confess that he saw…

00:32:20.001 --> 00:32:21.836 align:center
what the Crown Prince had done.

00:32:33.514 --> 00:32:34.557 align:center
I see.

00:32:38.936 --> 00:32:41.147 align:center
This palace has always been

00:32:41.731 --> 00:32:43.900 align:center
the most interesting place.

00:32:45.651 --> 00:32:47.028 align:center
Would you not agree?

00:32:55.495 --> 00:32:56.996 align:center
Are you saying

00:32:57.872 --> 00:33:00.750 align:center
the Crown Prince could hear
the voices of spirits as well?

00:33:18.226 --> 00:33:20.436 align:center
I want you to tell me exactly

00:33:20.520 --> 00:33:22.897 align:center
how I, your father, became King.

00:33:29.320 --> 00:33:33.157 align:center
Because the late King's sons died
one after the other.

00:33:33.241 --> 00:33:35.409 align:center
And tell me the reason…

00:33:37.829 --> 00:33:39.413 align:center
why they all died?

00:33:42.875 --> 00:33:45.628 align:center
I was told
it was the curse of the pond spirit.

00:33:48.089 --> 00:33:49.632 align:center
Be honest with me.

00:33:51.384 --> 00:33:53.094 align:center
I don't understand what you mean.

00:33:53.177 --> 00:33:55.721 align:center
In our lineage,
there are children among the relatives

00:33:55.805 --> 00:33:58.182 align:center
on my mother's side of the family

00:33:58.266 --> 00:34:02.186 align:center
who are born with a cursed ability
our ancestors had passed down,

00:34:02.270 --> 00:34:04.188 align:center
and you have that ability.

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:07.775 align:center
You can hear the voices, can you not?

00:34:08.943 --> 00:34:13.406 align:center
So you must have known in advance
that the pond spirit never even existed

00:34:13.489 --> 00:34:16.784 align:center
and how it wasn't a spirit
who killed the late King's sons.

00:34:20.204 --> 00:34:22.415 align:center
But, in fact, it was a human.

00:34:26.586 --> 00:34:27.587 align:center
Your Majesty!

00:34:27.670 --> 00:34:28.671 align:center
And yet,

00:34:29.797 --> 00:34:32.758 align:center
my first and second sons
have died as well.

00:34:33.301 --> 00:34:36.762 align:center
They both died,
even though no such spirit ever existed.

00:34:37.722 --> 00:34:41.058 align:center
They vomited black blood,
just as my brothers did.

00:34:42.894 --> 00:34:43.936 align:center
Meaning…

00:34:45.646 --> 00:34:49.233 align:center
you must have heard the secret
from 30 years ago

00:34:50.318 --> 00:34:52.028 align:center
and reenacted it.

00:35:02.538 --> 00:35:05.666 align:center
Did you really think
that I'd let you get away with it?

00:35:20.181 --> 00:35:21.265 align:center
Did you…

00:35:23.976 --> 00:35:26.354 align:center
Did you really poison this?

00:35:33.152 --> 00:35:34.570 align:center
How could this happen?

00:35:35.238 --> 00:35:38.241 align:center
How could a father
kill his own children by poison?

00:35:38.866 --> 00:35:42.078 align:center
You can never become the King
and rule the people of this land.

00:35:42.161 --> 00:35:44.288 align:center
I will not allow you
to ever realize that agenda.

00:35:44.372 --> 00:35:45.456 align:center
Why?

00:35:46.749 --> 00:35:49.543 align:center
That's how you became King yourself,
so why?

00:35:50.336 --> 00:35:53.047 align:center
Why is it that I am not allowed
to ever be King, huh?

00:36:11.399 --> 00:36:14.151 align:center
We do not need
another brother killer to be King.

00:36:15.653 --> 00:36:17.738 align:center
That role is mine alone.

00:36:20.992 --> 00:36:22.201 align:center
You, too…

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:27.873 align:center
…will be known as having died
by the curse of the pond spirit.

00:36:29.959 --> 00:36:32.044 align:center
Yes, do as you wish.

00:36:50.438 --> 00:36:53.399 align:center
Oh, my father,
since you are the pond spirit…

00:36:55.067 --> 00:36:58.487 align:center
…it is only fitting
that I die by the spirit's hand.

00:37:04.076 --> 00:37:06.078 align:center
And when I do die, Father…

00:37:10.333 --> 00:37:14.295 align:center
I will become the true
and now very real pond spirit.

00:37:27.058 --> 00:37:28.225 align:center
Father!

00:37:33.939 --> 00:37:37.526 align:center
As the curse decreed 30 years ago…

00:37:41.947 --> 00:37:47.286 align:center
…I will completely sever
the royal bloodline.

00:37:50.373 --> 00:37:54.752 align:center
If I… cannot be the king someday…

00:38:03.219 --> 00:38:04.970 align:center
Father?

00:38:15.689 --> 00:38:16.565 align:center
Father.

00:38:17.066 --> 00:38:18.025 align:center
Father!

00:38:22.446 --> 00:38:26.992 align:center
<i>Then you, too, cannot be the King, Father.</i>

00:38:58.441 --> 00:39:02.945 align:center
May peace fill this house
and harmony be fulfilled!

00:39:03.028 --> 00:39:07.241 align:center
With one heart,
we offer this solemn prayer!

00:39:07.324 --> 00:39:09.952 align:center
Your Royal Highness,
who is the householder deity,

00:39:10.035 --> 00:39:12.204 align:center
take our gifts to you!

00:39:12.288 --> 00:39:14.665 align:center
Even though, Crown Prince,
we've not much to offer,

00:39:14.748 --> 00:39:17.460 align:center
please partake in this meal
and drive away the plague spirits

00:39:17.543 --> 00:39:19.003 align:center
from this palace!

00:39:30.181 --> 00:39:32.433 align:center
Is he devouring human souls
like a gwi-mae?

00:39:33.017 --> 00:39:34.560 align:center
Stop that at once!

00:40:30.533 --> 00:40:32.117 align:center
Does that mean…

00:40:34.453 --> 00:40:36.330 align:center
His Majesty's dead?

00:40:36.997 --> 00:40:37.873 align:center
Father.

00:40:38.374 --> 00:40:39.208 align:center
Father!

00:40:50.803 --> 00:40:52.012 align:center
Gu-cheon!