Episode 20
Then, what is it that I must do for the Goon Bon Merchants?
First, go to the navy, and bring back the map we lost.
Then...
when will Jo Gwan Woong be killed?
He will die tonight.
Look, here. Is anyone there?
Who is it?
Did Yoon Seo Hwa send you?
Deputy Seo.
I'm sorry I came so late.
Where have you been all this time?
It's a long story. First, you should get out of danger.
I will guide you.
My Lord, you must leave. It's dangerous.
You...
It can't be...
You...
Do you know me?
Didn't you hear me?
Take off that bracelet, and receive my sword.
Master, why are you doing this?
Why are you doing this to me?
Even if you don't take off the bracelet, I will still attack and stab you.
If you don't want to get injured by my sword, take off that bracelet.
Take it off!
How can this be?
How is this possible?
For sure, you already died.
I clearly saw with my eyes when you got stabbed by a sword.
You saw me dying?
Then, are you responsible for making me like this?
- What? - Are you the one who led me here?
My Lord, you should leave. We'll take care of him.
What are you waiting for? Attack him!
Human life is so weak and feeble.
It's lighter than the wind blowing by.
You!
- You better stop right now! - Then, answer me!
How do you know me?
Are you responsible for making me like this?
It's not me. It's Seo Hwa!
Seo Hwa?
Yes, Yoon Seo Hwa. She made you like that.
She's your enemy!
Who's that?
- What? - Who is Seo Hwa?
How do you know Choi Kang Chi?
We live at the same academy.
I see.
So...
What brings you here?
Can't you come back to Kang Chi?
What do you mean?
I heard you are his mother.
I don't know why you abandoned him in the river...
but can't you live as his mother from now on?
All the time that he spent without a mother, all the pain he endured...
Can't you heal his pains?
Can't the two of you make up for the time that you lost?
No?
I don't want to.
Why do I have to fight you?
Tell me the reason, first.
Before then, I don't want to fight you.
Master.
Make me fall.
What?
If you can't make me fall, I will slash you.
Training until the sword wears down? What's that?
Just as it sounds. They'll fight until the sword wears down.
Until the sword wears down?
It will only be over when one of them dies or gets severely wounded.
- It's an extreme form of training. - What?
Are you saying that Master will kill Kang Chi?
- What is training? - Learning and practicing.
Why does a teacher train a student?
It's to make the student stronger.
- So, Master is... - That's right.
He's putting his life on line to make a stronger student.
In a way, it's a training that you can give only once in your life.
Why him, Master?
He's the only one who can stop the Thousand Year Demon.
His tragic fate calls for him to kill his own father.
This is the best thing I can do for him.
- But... - And...
I'm the one who made his father into a demon.
- This is a price I have to pay. - Still, you can't do this.
I'm sorry that my final sword training won't be with you.
But, if I can die while helping out my student, that will be the best death.
You're seriously thinking to that extent?
If I can bring out Kang Chi's hidden talents...
I will be happy to do that.
- Master. - Go, and bring Kang Chi.
- Why are you doing this to me? - Get up!
Do you still have hard feelings towards me?
I told you that I would slash you.
So, you should put all you've got into this fight.
Get up!
If that's how you're going to be...
then, fine.
Let's do it.
It's me. May I enter?
Come in.
Head Merchant, did you send an assassin to Jo Gwan Woong?
Yes, I did.
Why did you do that? I told you it's not time yet.
Park Tae Seo will take over Jo Gwan Woong's work.
We can't trust Park Tae Seo, yet.
And it will take him at least 10 years to become as useful as Jo Gwan Woong.
But, what can we do?
Jo Gwan Woong must already be dead.
Step outside for a moment.
Have you been well overnight?
What's the problem?
That's what I'm here to ask of you.
Why were your people found dead in my living quarters?
- Did you dare kill my people? - Did you dare...
try to take my life?
What if I did?
What?
- Please, Head Merchant. - Kageshima!
What are you trying to do to me?
As a human being, don't breathe anymore.
What?
I can't stand the stench coming from your every breath.
I can't stand it another moment. Just die!
- Seo Hwa, you wicked! - Behead him!
Chae Ryung...
Please take back your orders.
How can you do this?
From now on, aside from your orders as Head Merchant
we will not carry out any other orders.
So, please take back any orders that you made based on petty emotions.
What is it, Head Mistress?
Is it bad news?
The Japanese merchants at the Hundred Year Inn seem suspicious.
There must be trouble within their group.
What? Then, something has happened to the Head Merchant of Goon Bon?
My Lady.
Madame Yeo Joo.
You shocked me.
- What are you doing here? - I was waiting for you.
Where have you been?
Me?
Where else?
- I was just getting air... - You were getting air the whole night out?
The whole night out? What do you mean?
I'm sorry.
You didn't tell Father, did you?
I wanted to, but I couldn't.
Master has been training with a student since last night.
What?
He's been training all night?
- Teacher. - What's all this about?
- Father and Kang Chi are training? - Since last night.
Both of them have not stepped out.
Master.
- This was Master Dam's decision. - But, fighting until the sword wears down?
Why would Father do that to Kang Chi?
It was Master Dam's decision.
Come out here.
No.
I told you to fight with everything you've got.
Why are you being a coward, running away and hiding?
I'm not hiding because I'm a coward.
I'm hiding because I don't want to fight you.
If you can't face me, how will you be able to face your Father?
Your father's become a demon, and he's taking people's lives.
The only one that can stop him is you.
How will you be able to face him with such a soft heart?
- Master. - Make me fall, as if I were your father.
If you can't make me fall, you'll never be able to make your father fall.
Put all your effort in.
None of us know just how talented you are.
Bringing out your hidden talent is up to your will and effort.
Master is trying to teach you that.
So, give it your best fight.
If you don't put your heart into this, you'll be disgracing Master.
Kang Chi...
That's not good enough.
You're too weak.
Remember back to the time that made you bring out your power.
Kang Chi.
Yeo Wool!
Stop!
Father!
- Kang Chi! - I said, stop!
Come!
Once you decide to attack, don't hesitate.
The moment you hesitate, you'll die.
Not only you, but all those you need to protect, will die, too.
Strength is the ability to differentiate between what is merciful, and what is not.
You must have a burning desire for justice, but be able to carry out your duties relentlessly.
So, being strong also means being lonely.
You can only win when you can handle all of that.
Remember that, Kang Chi.
As soon as your wound heals, come back to this place.
- Kang Chi! - Kang Chi!
Kang Chi.
Are you okay?
Realize what Master is trying to teach you.
Kang Chi.
What is this?
It's to apologize for the commotion.
Please accept it.
Isn't this a musket?
It's our gift to celebrate our alliance with you, my Lord.
You're putting so much thought into it. I can't turn it down.
Deputy Seo.
Take it. It's my gift.
What's this?
It's an iron-clad fleet that the navy is preparing to build.
These are the cannons that will be installed in the Turtle Ship.
The most powerful cannon will use 20 nyangs of gunpowder to shoot a distance of 700 steps.
Increase the gunpowder usage to 30 nyang, so that the distance can increase to 900 steps.
Yes, sir.
The other cannon uses 15 nyangs, and shoots out a distance of 500 steps.
Increase the gunpowder usage to 20 nyang, and try to increase its distance to 800 steps.
Yes, sir.
Sir!
Officer Na Dae Young is here.
- Admiral... - So, what are the results?
We have made the requested changes to the blueprint.
Lee Soon Shin is really planning to build this ship?
It hasn't been verified whether he will really be able to build it.
But, even if he does build one, don't worry so much.
I will get rid of them all.
Once you decide to attack, don't hesitate.
As soon as you hesitate, you'll die.
Not only you, but those you must protect, will die, too.
Becoming stronger means that you'll have to face more challenges.
Kang Chi.
I brought you clothes.
Okay.
How is your wound?
It's fine.
It's all healed.
Let me see.
It still hurt when you were getting stabbed, right?
What?
Oh, right...
Why?
It's nothing.
I told you to get changed. Why are you putting that back on?
Right.
Oh... Okay.
You like a man's nude body that much?
What did I do?
I thought you were a naive girl, but you are quite bold.
I don't like all men's naked bodies.
Then...
You like it because it's me?
You're being so haughty again.
What are you doing?
Yeo Wool.
Yes?
Do you think I can really become strong?
Do you think I will be able to handle all that?
You are already strong.
You just haven't realized that, yet.
It feels good.
Choi Kang Chi, it's me. Are you inside?
Choi Kang Chi.
Hi, Gon.
What is it?
You have a guest.
Chung Jo.
What brings you here?
I have something urgent to tell you regarding the Head Merchant of Goon Bon.
I think she's in danger.
What are you saying? You want me to leave here?
There's a ship leaving from Pusan, and heading to Osaka.
If you want to get on that boat, you'll have to leave today.
Since when?
Since when did you decide to betray me?
I'm not the one who changed. You did.
You'll leave in an hour. Please get ready.
She'll leave from the inn around three.
What will you do?
It may be your last chance. Shouldn't you go see her?
I feel the same way as Lady Chung Jo.
If you don't say goodbye to her now, you may never be able to see her again.
I have to train with Master at that time. I can't go.
She's your mother.
You've seen her for the first time in 20 years. You can't send her away like this.
Instead of regretting it later, you should go and say goodbye to her.
She was so disgusted with her own baby that she abandoned me in the river.
She met me for the first time in 20 years, and said she doesn't care what happens to me.
What kind of a mother is that?
What mother would do that?
- Kang Chi. - She's already been non-existent to me.
The moment I was abandoned, she disappeared from my life. She's been erased.
I don't even want to call her Mother. So...
Don't ever talk to me about her again.
Please.
Wol Ryung.
Where are you?
Look, Wol Ryung!
My Lord.
You're late.
I had something urgent to take care of.
Did you bring Seo Hwa?
Before that, I have something to tell you.
Between humans, when you want something, you must give something back in return.
We call that a deal.
Deal?
What will you do for me if I give you Seo Hwa?
As a mere human being, are you trying to make a deal with me?
That'll only be fair, no?
First, tell me where Seo Hwa is.
So, you'll make the deal with me?
The deal is that I won't kill you.
So, if you don't want to die, tell me where Seo Hwa is.
Now.
I'm feeling strongly towards this side.
Not there, over here.
You shocked me.
Kang Chi, my friend!
What brings you here?
What's with the dark circles under your eyes?
Did something happen?
I'm hungry. Let's eat.
Seriously...
That's for you.
I'm treating you. Enjoy.
Is your mother well?
Of course. She's been nagging me about getting married.
She can't even see, but she's got such high standards.
She cares about the bride's looks so much.
All mothers are like that, right?
They worry a lot.
They nag a lot.
Of course, all mothers are like that.
But, why are you talking about mothers?
Is something bothering you?
No, it's nothing.
Were you dumped?
What do you mean?
I knew it!
How could you fall for a man? Nonsense!
Even if he's got a pretty face, that's forbidden love.
Pretty boy? Who?
That kid that always hangs around you.
Me?
Yeah, this pretty boy.
You shocked me.
Were you talking behind my back?
Well... That's not it...
Ma Bong Chool, does she seem like a man to you, too?
Of course!
He wears pants and runs around. Of course, he's a man.
I knew it. Nothing was wrong with my eyes.
I thought she was a man at first, too.
What?
Is he insisting that he's not a man?
How could you...
These guys...
Why did you come here?
I was going to go right back.
I was just worried. And, I had something to tell you.
You did? What is it?
Actually, I met that lady last night.
That lady?
Your mother.
We wish you a safe trip back.
Head Merchant.
Yoon Seo Hwa...
I guess this is the end of our ill-fated meeting.
Make sure nothing goes wrong.
Don't cross the line.
This is all to protect the Goon Bon business.
Then.
Are you ready to fight?
I will try to end it fast, Master.
- Don't hesitate. - I won't hesitate.
- Don't show any mercy. - I won't show any mercy.
She called herself a sinner.
For the past 20 years, I haven't been able to sleep comfortably.
Not once in the past 20 years?
Why?
It's because I'm a sinner.
For making him die like that...
For abandoning my child...
How can a sinner like me sleep comfortably?
I can't even hope for that child to forgive me.
Of course, I can never go back to him.
Don't you think you should forgive your mother?
If you don't forgive her, even if she wants to come back, she can't.
No?
What are you waiting for? Attack me.
I want to ask you something, first.
What does the sword mean to you?
While I am fighting, the sword is my everything.
I see.
Then, I'll attack.
Come!
I made your sword fall...
so I won, Master.
You're going to meet her?
Yes.
Father.
Gon.
Please take care of Yeo Wool.
Yes, Master.
If they are heading to Pusan, they must pass through Young Dam Gol.
I know the shortcut.
Thanks.
What did you see before?
It seemed like you were very shocked after the last training.
What did you see?
I think the child has found a way.
You said the sword is your everything.
Since I made your sword fall...
I won, Master.
Kang Chi was able to keep his human side without the help of his bracelet or Yeo Wool.
I see.
Finally, Kang Chi's found a way to keep his human side.
I think it's time to send him to find the Gu Family book.
Did you send the note to Young Master Tae Seo?
Yes, he said he would come before you pass by Young Dam Gol.
Why did you follow us here?
Chae Ryung ordered for us to escort her.
Head Merchant, hurry.
Go ahead, Head Merchant.
I don't want to go alone. Let's go together.
Take my hand.
How dare you try to hurt me?
I'm the Head Merchant of the Miyamoto group.
Take down your swords!
No!
Head Merchant...
What's wrong with you?
How can you do this against one woman?
Why are you here?
This has nothing to do with you.
Leave.
Leave, now!
I can't hold back when I see something like this.
Let's see.
One, two, three, four...
- Seems more than 10... - Twelve, total.
- Then the three of us will each fight four. - No, the two of us can handle this.
Gon and I will take care of this. You should escort your mother.
Didn't you hear what she said? She told you to go.
Don't get hurt.
Of course, not.
Let go of me!
Hurry, and go.
Are you okay, Lady Yeo Wool?
- Of course. - Then, let's meet by the entrance.
Please forgive me.
Please get up.
Come with me.
Go.
I have something to take care of.
- Don't do this. - Let go!
- Come with me. - Please let go of me!
I have something I have to do. I have people I need to kill.
The one who ruined my family, the one who did this to your father and me...
And the one who tried to kill me... I'm going to kill them with my own hands.
Let go of me! Let me go!
What about me?
You only see the ones you need to kill? And me...
You don't see me?
You don't see your son who ran over here to save you?
I...
I'm your son.
I'm still...
your son, Mother.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry for being such a bad mother.
Mother.
Kang Chi!
Are you Young Master Tae Seo?
What? You're Young Master Tae Seo?
You must have remembered my sword skills.
I don't forget sword skills that I see once.
What happened to the Head Merchant?
Kang Chi should have taken her to safety.
Then, we just have to escort you safely, Lady Yeo Wool.
Of course.
I'm supposed to meet my friends here.
Just wait a bit.
I'll go, and see if they are coming.
Be careful.
Wol Ryung?
Wol Ryung...
Is that you?
Who are you?
Do you know me?
Wol Ryung...
Kang Chi.
You can't.
You can't do this anymore.
Kang Chi.
Don't kill anyone else anymore.
I won't let you kill.
I...
I will stop you.
Wol Ryung.