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Is the sun setting?
Yes.
Concentrate. Cut down the setting sun in the west.
Once the sun has set, the moon will rise. Cut down the moon as well.
Only when the sun and moon are cut by your sword, will you open your eyes.
Master.
I made this bow from oak.
Really! It's hand-made?
Do you like it?
Yes!
You can no draw the bow fully with your current strength.
But with more training, you'll be able to do so. Do not low down your guard.
Continue to focus on your training.
When you can draw the bow fully, I'll teach you the art of archery.
Did you shoot off that arrow?
Yes.
When I first held the bow in my hand, it was just as master said,
I could feel the energy running through my hands.
Do it again.
You were a palace maid before, weren't you?
What is your name?
My name is bu-young.
Bu-young?
Because of prince ju-mong, you have suffered too.
After ju-mong was stripped of his prince status, he was driven out of the palace. Did you know that?
No, I did not.
Perhaps he has become a beggar somewhere. His situation is somewhat similar to yours now.
If you cross paths again, please remember to behave yourself.
His skills are rapidly improving.
He definitely has great potential.
What happened?
Prince young-po has met with do-chi.
Why would young-po want to meet do-chi?
Do-chi may have bribed the prince and the palace emissary.
Did young-po recognize you?
Yes.
Does he know that I'm hiding here?
It doesn't seem like he knows. But he'll find out soon if he remains close with do-chi.
I understand.
Don't worry. Go home first.
Bu-young,
Because of me... You have suffered.
I will return your kindness one day.
Please don't say that.
Her majesty is arriving...
Are you going out now?
Yes.
Your body has not fully recovered yet.
I'm quite well. Please don't worry.
My servants tell me his majesty is distressed.
Do you know what is troubling him?
I've heard that he drinks to sleep.
Can you help me find out why?
Sure.
Brother. Were you looking for me?
What have you been up to these days?
Brother. I went to meet someone who will swear his loyalty to us.
The man who controls the market in the city, do-chi. In the future, that control will be ours.
At the moment, the person in charge of transactions in buyeo city and the han nation is yeon ta-bal.
But we'll have do-chi take care of this.
That way, he'll be of use to us.
Who gave you the authority to handle this matter?!
Brother...
You useless fellow!
Brother.
- Has anything happened? - Yes
the lady who was looking for you last time? The one called so seo-no?
About what she said last time... what if we joined yeon ta-bal's clan?
We can't always live under do-chi's threat. Didn't she say she would protect us?
Strictly speaking, she was talking to brother. But... If you agrees, I'm sure they'll accept us too.
If we want to hide here and practise martial arts, we'll also need food.
You all keep calling me your big brother, but I've not done my part as one.
I understand what you're saying. I..Will figure out a way for us to survive.
Miss...
What's the matter?
Prince ju-mong is here.
May I ask miss for a favor?
Please state your request.
Please accept my friends under your clan.
They kidnapped me before.
My offer was only to your highness, who saved me, not them.
I apologise if I have offended you in the past, I did not know you were prince ju-mong.
Forgive us.
No... I...
What are you doing here?
You've recovered so quickly. That's a great blessing. Congratulations, your highness.
It's all thanks to you.
The medicine you brought was very helpful.
Prince ju-mong is my saviour.
Your saviour?
What could have brought you to the brink of death? What danger was it?
Your highness... I'm a trader.
It is common for us to meet danger in our line of work.
Please come in.
I'm... taking my leave first.
You're leaving?
I have yet to repay my debt to you.
How can I let you leave so easily?
I have something to discuss with you.
Come in too.
Please help yourselves.
Why are you so nervous?
The tea is very fragrant. Drink.
How's your current situation? I'm rather curious about it.
How are you getting by?
Fine.
My brother, after being stripped of his title, has been banished from the palace.
Do you know of this matter?
Yes.
I would very much like to help out, but I can't go against his majesty. This puts me in a difficult position.
Now that I see you've already met my little brother, I am relieved.
If you can help ju-mong, I'll repay you.
Then I shall obey prince dae-so, and do all I can to assist prince ju-mong.
Miss?
Can you please step out for a while?
Why are you out so soon?
They said they had something to discuss and asked me to leave.
The person who saved you from do-chi, is it really prince ju-mong?
Yes.
Looks like fate has brought you and the prince together.
If not, why is the prince so interested in you? It's even better if he's the successor to the king.
Well... the third prince isn't a bad choice anyway.
I shall decide my own fate. I do not look forward to a match decided by heaven.
Prince ju-mong brought three men and asked us to take them in.
I would like to accept them as repayment for saving my life.
You decide.
I thought you told so seo-no to leave because you had something to say?
Then... spit it out.
Brother.
I am no longer a threat to you. You know that very well. I've already lost everything.
Why are you still out to kill me? I have no skills, no abilities.
I no longer have any desires.
Please let me live on... Brother.
Why would I want to kill you? Don't you know?
You are correct.
You are no longer a threat to me.
But I still want your life.
It's not because you're a threat to me.
If you were actually a threat to me, I would actually respect you.
You and your mother, in the past twenty years, have brought mother and I much pain.
Do you know that?
Ever since you and your mother entered the palace,
my mother, who most deserved the love and respect of the people, lived the life of a hermit.
I, and young-po, never felt the affection of his majesty.
While you and your mother grew up under the love and care of his majesty.
How would you understand the pain mother and I went through?
I was angry at his majesty, but,
you and your mother were the reasons my mother and I have suffered all these years.
Brother.
Received the love of his majesty...
I've already lost everything...
Have you forgotten how I've endured the humiliation from my brothers?
My mother suffered under the torture of her majesty, didn't she?
What! You bastard!
Brother, how you suffered in the past, wasn't of my doing or choice.
It was just our destiny. How can you put all the blame on me?
Brother, even through you and I weren't born from the same mother,
we're still brothers with the king's blood flowing through us!
I beg you, please quell the anger in your heart.
I just want to live.
Don't fear me.
I won't waste my time trying to kill you.
After you left the palace, under the king's instructions,
I took over the foreign diplomacy and intelligence departments.
Young-po took over the military affairs.
With mine and young-po's authority, we no longer need to be wary of you.
But... you must remember...
If you ever provoke me again... Then... I'll never let you go.
Father.
We'll let these three men be merchant porters.
Let the men who abducted miss be porters?
Who made this decision?
The chief.
Oh really?
He is your superior.
Just follow all his instructions.
Yes.
You bunch of fools really look like crap.
Don't just look at appearances...
Strength is what we have in excess... just give us your instructions.
You.
Me?
What's your name?
Hyeop-Bo.
Was that a guy or a girl?
Heh, I can't tell if that's a guy or a girl.
Why don't you go ask?
He seems to like you.
Looks like it.
Work hard...
After you left the palace, under the king's instructions,
I took over the foreign diplomacy and intelligence departments.
Young-po took over the military affairs.
With mine and young-po's authority, we no longer need to be wary of you.
You and me... Our fate is to be persecuted by the queen and her sons..
It is true that we have lived our lives in the shadows.
But we must no longer live this way.
I want you to be the crown prince, and succeed the throne.
What's on your mind? Can't sleep?
You can't sleep either?
How do you know I couldn't sleep?
Just now...
By listening to your breathing, I know everything.
What's troubling you?
You have much on your mind.
I shouldn't have probed,
but...
You need to free your mind to train.
It's not good to have all these worries within you.
How do I achieve inner peace? Please teach me.
No matter how hard I try, my heart refuses to quiet down.
Before you use your sword, to split the sun and moon, cut away the bonds of fate first.
The root of your pain, is not letting go of your fate.
Arrgghh... damn... I'm not doing this anymore.
We haven't been at this job for long. How can we quit?
I'd rather die than continue to do this.
Follow me.
Where are we going?
Shut up and follow me.
Let's go.
Hey! You all..
Not doing your job? Where are you all going?
Hey! You all! Stop!
Those few sure have a bad temper.
I...
What's the matter?
I have something urgent to discuss.
Speak...
As men, we should be given tasks to which we are more suitable for.
Please continue...
I feel that... With our abilities, we shouldn't be doing those manual labor jobs.
We should be the guard protectors of the clan.
Do you really have that ability?
Oh-yi!
Yes, brother.
Shang shan.
Yes.
Spar with him.
How about it?
Hyeop-Bo. Show him.
I don't think there's anyone here who is stronger than hyeop-Bo.
What skill do you have?
Swordsmanship and strength are useless compared to using your brain.
The clan guards should also have tactics.
Fine... I shall recognize your skills.
From today onwards, you all will be joining the clan guards.
Are you all mad? How dare you all stroll in the market under broad daylight?
Why can't we?
What are you standing there for? Get them!
What's that?
We are the guards of the yeon ta-bal clan.
Capture us, and you risk starting a war with the yeon ta-bal clan.
What?
They've become the clan guards of yeon ta-bal.
Those rascals?
We'll wait and see.
I'm here to receive the edict.
General.
Yes, your majesty?
What I'm going to tell you now is a secret between us.
When I went to the cave prison last time, you told me all the inmates there were already killed.
But one captive escaped.
It's general hae mo-s...
But your majesty, didn't general hae mo-su die a long time ago?
He's still alive.
Without a doubt.
He is still hiding somewhere out there.
General. Go find general hae mo-s...
Our assignment is to look for an escaped inmate.
We must keep a low profile.
Understand?
What did you just say?
I wanted to kill hae mo-s...
Did you succeed?
I failed.
What the hell are you doing?
If he could be easily eliminated, I would have done so a long time ago.
However... didn't I tell you to let hae mo-su die from natural death?
Yeo mi-eul. Under the order of his majesty, the general is now searching for hae mo-s...
His majesty may be calm about everything else, but regarding hae mo-su, he may be too unstable.
Yeo mi-eul, you've said that hae mo-su's time is running out. Then why, with your powers, can we not locate him?
His majesty and hae mo-su must never meet.
You asked for me?
You must keep a close eye on yeo mi-eul.
Don't let her out of your sights.
Yes.
Is chon-rang around?
Summon the star child here.
Huh?
The star child is here.
Come in.
You're here.
I would like to borrow your strength.
There's a presence out there that blocks the sun of this city.
Where is it now? Find out for me.
Don't touch her.
Did you find it?
Where is it?
Chun-mu mountain.
Who is it?
I'm the high priestess of buyeo, yeo mi-eul.
I come alone. Please sheathe your sword.
You were sent by king geum-wa, correct?
His majesty does not know I came here to see you.
Then, why are you here?
I'm here to break off the twisted bond between you and me.
Twisted bond?
What bond would there be between you and me?
These past twenty years... The one who held you captive... Was me.
For the sake of buyeo I had to do this.
For buyeo?
Imprison me?
Was it really for buyeo?
Hae mo-su, you were a hero. However, you were also the dark cloud covering the sun of buyeo.
How could I have covered the sun of buyeo?
How could I?
In building your empire, buyeo would naturally be under your shadow.
To stop the chaos in buyeo, to stop the war with the hans, I imprisoned you, waiting for you to die a slow death.
Does the king know about this?
His majesty, who treated you like one of his own, how could he have knowingly allowed this to happen?
He does not know about this.
Hae mo-su, to escape from the prison may be your destined fate.
But as long as you remain on this earth, the peaceful buyeo will fall back into chaos.
We might even fall back into a state of war with the hans.
Hae mo-su, please leave buyeo. Don't ever appear again.
This is the only way to protect buyeo, as the heavens and gods have ordained.
If I leave to prevent war with the hans, then even if its the words of the gods, I will not obey.
I want to meet with king geum-wa.
If king geum-wa's intentions are the same as you, then I will leave willingly. And never appear again.
Hae mo-su, if you meet with his majesty, a wound that a woman has tried so hard to heal, will break open again.
Lady yoo-hwa has become his majesty's concubine.
I am their half-brother. The third son of king geum-wa, ju-mong.
The name of the prince...
Is it ju-mong?
How did you know?
The high priestess went secretly to see hae mo-su on chun-mu mountain.
Your highness, your servant bu deuk-bul is here to see you.
Please come in.
Didn't you leave already?
I have something urgent to report, so I came back.
Please take a seat.
What is it?
Have you heard of the name hae mo-su?
Hae mo-su? Wasn't he the general who led the gojoseon refugees 20 years ago?
He planned to join forces with our allies against the hans, but failed and died in the conflict, didn't he?
That hae mo-su, was a very good friend with his majesty. They were comrades. Did you know that?
Hae mo-su's lover was yoo-hwa.
I know that my words will hurt your majesty,
but only when I die will hae mo-su be gone from my heart.
Please forgive me, your majesty.
At that time, on the Eve of the battle against the hans.. His majesty, as the crown prince then, was busy with the preparations.
Yet even if we were victorious over the hans,
all the glory would not go to the buyeo royal family, but to hae mo-s...
The previous king, listened to you and the high priestess and stopped the war.
That was certainly a boon for buyeo.
His majesty wished to save hae mo-su, who was sent to the hans. But failed.
In the end, hae mo-su died.
Now I know why father harbors such a deep hatred toward the hans.
Losing a close friend to them, with father's character, he's sure to oppose the hans.
Your highness...
Hae mo-su...
Is still alive.
Hae mo-su, if you meet with his majesty, a wound that a woman has tried so hard to heal, will break open again.
Lady yoo-hwa has become his majesty's concubine.
I will do as yeo mi-eul says, and leave buyeo.
But before I leave, I have a request.
Please state your request.
Please let me meet lady yoo-hwa.
His majesty has arrived.
Please come in.
Why have you come, your majesty?
Yeo mi-eul..
Yes? Your majesty?
I feel like a useless person.
Do I really wish to find hae mo-su, or not? I don't even know what I'm thinking.
Your majesty. Leave your relationship with lady yoo-hwa to fate.
Yes. That's what should be done. Fate. It can't be changed by man's desires.
If the king meets with hae mo-su,
with the king's character, he will try to compensate hae mo-su with all that he has lost in the past.
And all the gojoseon refugees settling in buyeo will rally around hae mo-s...
This is not only disadvantageous to the king,
it will also be a threat to whoever is going to ascend the throne in the future.
You must remember this fact.
What should I do?
Your highness,
you have to get rid of hae mo-su as soon as possible.
Your majesty, prince dae-so is here.
Please let him in.
It's so late already. What's the matter?
I have something to discuss.
Would you like some food?
It's alright. Leave us.
Then... speak. What's bothering you?
Mother.
Do you know general hae mo-su?
Hae mo-su?
Do you know him?
Of course.
But I never expected you to speak of him.
Then, did you knew that general hae mo-su's lover was lady yoo-hwa?
Yes, I knew.
Then how did she become the his majesty's concubine?
His majesty and hae mo-su were even closer than brothers. So his majesty took yoo-hwa in.
Dae-so.
Yes mother.
Ju-mong might not be his majesty's own flesh and blood.
Only his majesty and yoo-hwa knows the truth.
Ju-mong might be hae mo-su's son.
This is only my guess.
Please don't spread it around.
Yes.
Mu-duek. Mu-duek?
Brother, what happened?
Why was the cave prison abandoned?
It's a long story. I still don't know what exactly happened.
And the man called ju-mong,
why didn't you tell me he was a prince?
He didn't want me to reveal his identity. I had no choice.
Anyway, that man called ju-mong... Caused my luck to change... For the worse!
Where is prince ju-mong? Is he safe?
I can't reveal his location, but I can tell you he's safe right now.
Hey! Are you listening to me?
Because of the prince, I'm having a stroke of bad luck.
Take it.
That's it. I'm being chased around right now. So don't try to look for me.
I'm leaving.
He said he's safe, so please don't worry.
What is he doing outside the palace to live like a fugitive?
My brother also has no idea who attacked the prison.
My lady, why don't we ask his majesty to let prince ju-mong return to the palace?
Even though nothing has happened now, who knows what will happen in the future?
I pushed my son to the edge, in order to make him stronger.
If he can survive whatever obstacles he encounters, he will succeed in the future.
Leader..
What is it?
That...
Spit it out!
Prince young-po wants to retrieve his swords.
Huh?! What?
Very good!
Take them away.
Open this and see.
What's all this for?
What "all this"?
Can't you see?
Who gave the order to remove all the armor and weapons? This can't be done!
You may be the ironsmith leader, but the person in charge of the ironware workshop is prince young-po.
So shut your mouth. Just forget about this incident.
If any of this leaks out, I'll have your head for this.
Take them away.
What are you saying?
Do-chi's clan used the metal from buyeo's armoury for trade.
How did they manage to remove the weapons from the armory?
We heard do-chi bribed the palace emissary and prince young-po.
Chief, do we report this to prince dae-so? To stop them.
No.
We'll see how it goes.
From the encounter in the cave prison we know...
Even though hae mo-su is blind, he's still a highly skilled opponent.
Exercise caution. In the event of failure, remember.
You were looking for me?
I have something to say to you.
Please go on.
You will mobilize the troops.
Although I have the power to do so, such an action also requires notification to his majesty.
His majesty must never know about this. Secretly assemble a troop of 200 soldiers.
My lady. The high priestess is here.
Please come in.
Why have you come? You could have just summoned me to the palace.
There is a place I wish for you to see.
Outside the palace. Get ready.
Where are we going?
You'll know when we get there.
You must remember what I'm going to tell you.
Soon, the one buried deep within your heart will appear.
Your meeting with this person must remain a secret.
You must keep this secret.
I'll be waiting for you at the foot of the hill.
Poh Kim.
I have already met with haemosu
the child is named after
a former marksman, haemosu
in the hope that he would inherit your abilities
that's why he's named
jumong
yes
I left her to fulfil my great ambition.
I could not keep my words
to my loved one
to protect her forever
do not be like me.
I want to be with haemosu
for the rest of my life
please let me leave
you must be feeling down
hurry up and go find her
jumong
master
you do not have to rush
take your time