There's no need for that. They're after me.
What are you talking about? If they've entered this place, they're attacking us!
Dog-Bird!
Protect Seon Woo.
Episode 17
If you make a noise, your head will go flying off.
- Who are you?- Me?
The real owner of the bracelet. The one you've been searching far and wide for.
The faceless King.
King? I thought it was Ahn Ji Gong's son.
No, it's me.
I'm your Lord, Jin Heung.
Next time, I'll come to really take your life.
No!
I will not avoid it any longer.
What are you talking about?
Now, I must become Silla's real king.
Do you even know what being a King is about?
I've protected Silla. I've endured times when the throne was unstable.
Because I've endured harsh times, it's still the sacred bone's Silla.
You, who haven't even soiled your hands with a single drop of blood,
you who don't even know what it means to protect the throne! The real King of Silla?
I know. It's the Silla that you've protected.
However, your name will not remain anywhere in history.
Because Silla's King is none other than me, Jin Heung!
The reason I'm alive is because of you.
You're alive, because I eliminated your enemies first.
Didn't you try to use me as an excuse to satisfy your thirst for power?
If you want to feel resentful because of me, do so.
Since, all you'll have for yourself is that resent and regret.
It's my Silla.
It's my Silla, which I should rightfully rule.
Mo Yeong! Mo Yeong!
Yes, Queen Dowager.
Ahn Ji Gong. Call Ahn Ji Gong.
Your Highness, Ahn Ji Gong has gone to Cheonin village to take care of the plague.
Would you like some tea?
Yes. Give me some tea.
I'll have it ready soon.
I'm the faceless king that you've been searching for far and wide.
I'm your Lord, Jin Heung.
Are you alright?
He hasn't hurt anything in particular, but he can't wake up?
I looked him over well and although there isn't an undamaged part of his body,
there was no evidence of a fatal injury.
Then why can't he wake up?
He's been weird from the start. The collapsing part.
He collapses?
You didn't know that Seon Woo suddenly collapses?
Is there still no news from the capital?
Damn it.
Doctor! Doctor, please save my child.
Please save my child.
One moment. Lie down over here for a moment.
I'm alright. Please, my child...
Please, just save my child.
Stay strong. He'll be back soon. Just a little while.
Isn't that a poisonous herb?
I'll have to use this at least.
- You can't!- Otherwise,
I can't just stand idly by.
Chew this.
As long as you can endure the poison, you can live. Chew it.
Mommy! Mom!
By any chance, do you have any ginseng or white peony?
Who has those these days? I don't have any.
If we can't obtain the medicine, what will happen to those people?
We have to save them. No matter what.
What is that?
Star anise, that the capital has supposedly run out of...
What is that carriage?
Why is progress so slow?
Maybe, because Ahn Ji Gong is treating those in the Cheonin village, the intensity of the plague compared to earlier isn't...
That detestable guy always acts in the most annoying manner.
Shouldn't we put them out in the market now?
Do you know how to turn this medicine into gold?
If 70% of the medicine here rots away, this turns into this.
The fear of catching the plague, anxiety about not being able to get medicine
is what makes gold. Because of people like Ahn Ji Gong,
my gold is rotting away.
Why do you want to create the Won Hwa again?
Don't you know what happened to Won Hwa Nam Mo and Joon Jeong?
Joon Jeong killed Nam Mo out of jealousy. Nam Mo's Nangdos killed Joon Jeong.
You probably know the story differently.
What do I know differently?
Stop here. Then, I will also stop.
You will stop?
Give up your regency and abdicate. Also, don't mess with the Hwarang.
- Then there will be no trouble.- How can you, like rebels who destabilize the royal family,
utter the word 'abdicate'? They are my Hwarang!
It's not a matter for someone who's no different from a ghost to dare interfere!
If you had left things as they were, I wouldn't have expected anything from you.
Without a name and as if he hadn't been born,
that's how I would have left him to live.
- Exactly who?- Everything was
- started by Your Majesty. Ji So, you are the one who started it!
- Excuse me.- What, now?
There's something I must tell you.
I got it. So, tell me later.
It's a really important matter that countless lives depend on.
Look, I also don't have a moment to lose right now. Save it for later.
Then, I'll go inside first.
For diarrhea, this is the best medicine.
Well then, our industrious one, what did you have to say? People's lives depend on it?
Right now, the plague is spreading in Cheonin village. People are dying everyday.
- But, because there's no medicine, we can't do anything about it. - What a pity.
Every year when the plague hits, the Cheonin are the first to die.
So?
Wait, this is? This is star anise that is good for coughs and colds.
This is medicine that can't be obtained these days. Where did you get it?
The capital is out of it and it can't be obtained, even if you pay a premium price. In one place,
- it's overflowing to the extent of rotting away. - Where would that be?
The storage room in Yeong Sil Gong's home.
Help us, Poon Wol Joo. So, that we can help them. Please, I beg of you.
I mean, what kind of power do I have? I don't have a house or a single silver coin.
Still...Are you going to watch them die like this??!!!
- Oh, what a scare. - No matter what it takes, we have to find a solution.
Why are you like this to me?
Poon Wol Joo, you can't.
But, have you paid a visit to your brother?
What about my brother?
Well, from an assassin the other night, he slightly...
Assassin?
Assassin? In any case, there isn't a day that goes by without him getting hurt. If he got seriously hurt, seriously!
Who did you think of me as?
I don't think that's important.
I have a betrothed. I don't have any thoughts of accepting a half-blood like you as my husband.
However,
I must know what this is. This chaotic feeling I get when I see you.
What it is, I must know.
It sounds like you're getting confused because of me, but you don't need to bother.
Because, if it was what just happened, I've already forgotten about it.
I didn't say I am curious about what you think.
I'm curious about my heart.
This is a command I'm giving as Silla's Princess.
Until my curiosity is resolved,
don't run away.
Until I'm no longer curious,
stay where you are.
I'm using that child, because I want to use you properly. Because, she has the power to move you.
If you assumed the title of king, continue to act like one, if you don't want to lose your sister.
I heard an assassin entered Seonmoon. Didn't you get hurt?
I'm okay.
Let me see.
I'm totally fine.
If you're finished talking, I'll be on my way.
One moment.
Today's weather is really nice.
That's right.
Woah. Here he goes again. What kind of man plays push-and-pull like that?
Even though I know, it hurts again.
What brings you here?
You were right.
My brother was inside Seonmoon.
Ji Dwi.
- How did you— - I told you.
It's unfair that you're the only one who knows my brother.
Have others found out about that?
Your greed knows no bounds.
What do you mean by greed?
Your brother was mistaken for the King and even faced an assassin.
Are you still protecting my brother as well?
- That's— - Is Seon Woo
really your brother? The way you look at Seon Woo
wasn't the look of a sister looking at her brother.
What do you want to say?
In one hand, you have my brother. In the other, you have Seon Woo. I'm asking if you aren't weighing your options?
Princess, you are the one who is being greedy.
Wanting to have someone, even though he doesn't like you is being greedy.
It's not like that for me. It's different.
I understand the reason why Her Majesty the Queen Dowager chose you.
You...really get on my nerves.
Chose me...what does that mean?
Is it a metaphorical expression to say that Ban Ryu
has returned to his old self, since he's sitting over there?
Metaphorical my ass. He's expressing it directly.
Where were you last night?
Don't concern yourself with my whereabouts.
An assassin came in. Seon Woo almost died. But I didn't see you at all throughout the night.
Is this coincidence?
Whatever you imagine has nothing to do with me. Instead, get out of my way.
I lost my appetite, since I'm looking at the Queen Dowager's dog.
Are you running away again? As the bad guy?
I'm warning you, but don't pretend to be my friend.
You must not be related to this incident at all.
Because, if you are in the slightest, you're a son of a bitch. So, I'll kill you.
Here, eat.
Thanks.
What's up?
Because, an assassin came in the other night, the atmosphere totally feels like you're being acknowledged as the King.
Don't pay attention to him.
Are you...(formal tone)...okay?(informal tone)
You know that you're also acting weird, right?
I know.
Eat this. It's delicious.
Since we're talking about it, are you really His Majesty?
I mean, well. You can give us a slight hint.
What?
I'm not hungry.
What brings you here? (casual speech)
What brings you here? (formal speech)
Sit down. It's natural for a distant nephew like me to be standing.
Also, aren't you my teacher?
If you give me a command,
I think I'll be able to become a bit more comfortable.
A command?
Then.
If I'm to become a real king, did you say I had to deal with things?
Yes, that's what I told you.
After I deal with things, then what else do I have to do?
Get a person on your side. If I were a faceless king, subtitles ripped and synced by riri13
I would get someone powerful.
Someone powerful.
Someone like Park Yeong Sil?
Yes.
If you can get Park Yeong Sil, please do so.
Then, all the power that he has will also become Your Majesty's.
If I can obtain it, do so?
What if I can't?
And have to kill him?
Have I obtained you?
You've obtained your cause.
My cause?
If it weren't for my cause, are you saying you would've chosen someone else?
Sometimes, a selection isn't something that's better.
It can also be the lesser of the two evils.
Until when are you going to run away?
You, don't you have something to tell me?
How does it feel pretending to be the King?
You should know. What it feels like.
I've never pretended to be the King.
You've never been a real one either.
Don't think you know everything because I'm also doing everything I can.
I'm also...fighting as well!
Fight? Is that what your fight is about? Running away, hiding, and avoiding things?
It's a fight hoping that Silla will become better.
A fight hoping that the citizens won't die because of Silla's rank order system.
Never again! Will ordinary citizens become robbers.
A fight that protects.
The plague is spreading in Cheonin village.
We must quickly distribute medicine and take care of it. Even in the capital,
we have run out of medicine for the plague.
Right now, we have so many immediate concerns. Are we going to spend our time with a mere plague in Cheonin village?
You're right. South Buyeo and Goguryeo's sense of order seems off. Will you just sit idly by?
We don't know when the plague will take over the capital, aren't you even afraid?
If we can no longer collect more taxes, we should all make a united effort and get rid of the source.
Don't we just have to open Wolsung's storage room?
If we distribute the grain and medicine in Wolsung's storage house, we'd probably be able to save a Cheonin and then some.
What are you going to do if the plague strikes the capital?
Wolsung is like the capital's final remaining fort.
Without being equipped with medicine, how will we prepare for the plague?
Isn't the situation the same for everyone?
If the Cheonin are that precious, why don't you empty out the storehouse?
What?!
Even if that mere Cheonin village disappears entirely, nothing will change.
Anyway, since they know that any Cheonin who climbs over the castle walls will die, they won't do it so thoughtlessly.
When will you abdicate?
Didn't you tell me?
- That Hwarang is Sam Maek Jong.- Abdicate!
- Come down from the throne.- Now, come down!
Abdicate!
Now the time has come for you to step down!
Abdicate!
Your Majesty, are you alright?
We asked whether we should dispatch an envoy to Goguryeo.
Like I said before, until they apologize for their mistakes,
and promise that they won't make the same provocations, trade with them is impossible.
A fight hoping that Silla will get better.
A fight hoping that the citizens will never die because of the rank order system.
Never again! Will an ordinary citizen become a robber. A fight that protects.
Hey, Seon Woo. Poon Wol Joo is looking for you.
Ji Dwi, you too.
Don't ask me why he's looking for you two. I don't know either.
The reason why I called you two
is to give you a problem to solve.
Come in.
Now come to me.
Because I'll live not as anyone's king, but as your Jin Heung.
Right now, are you using me as an excuse to run away?
Someone who has given up knows by looking into one's eyes.
Your Majesty has never given up.
Here is someone who manages the work of many by herself. She's a doctor at Seonmoon but outside of it,
she does a variety of work. Well, you know her well without any introductions.
Anyway, she found out an interesting fact.
Briefing.
In truth, we're out of medicine to treat the plague in the capital and all of Silla.
Right now in Cheonin village, the plague is spreading and the Cheonin are dying with us not being able to do anything.
By coincidence, I came to know of where this medicine is.
That is...in Gakgan Yeong Sil Gong's storage room.
In that storage room, there's more than enough medicine to treat the plague in Silla.
Even though it's rotting away, they aren't opening their doors or selling it.
Except, if they hear that a little bit of the medicine has become available, they buy it all and keep it stored there.
So, in the capital, we're in a state where we can't buy medicine even if we pay premium prices.
Yeong Sil Gong is waiting until the plague becomes more rampant
and plans to sell the medicine at prices more expensive than gold.
Before then, the Cheonin in the village will all die out.
This is a problem. How should we solve it?
What do you mean by solving a problem?
As you've heard, if we delay, the lives of the Cheonin in the village
will be at stake.
What will you do?
Both of you must solve this problem together.
The reason is, regarding the role of the King,
I have a guess as to who will be wondering about you more than anyone.
Well, if it isn't, then forget it.
In any case, I've given you the problem. So, solve it.
This problem isn't about passing or failing.
It doesn't matter if you solve it or not.
It's fine if you leave and pretend as if you never heard anything.
All decisions will need to be made directly by you two.
What do you want to do?
Why did you do that? Don't you know those Hwarang's personalities?
They're immediately going to create some kind of trouble.
I called them to create some kind of trouble.
If you don't create some kind of trouble, this world won't change.
How they're going to go about it is up to them.
Their awakening might
change Silla a little bit.
You can't solve it.
Why do you think I can't solve it?
Because you don't know.
How they live, what kind of people they are, how beautiful that place is.
As a result, how worthy they are of protecting. You don't know.
I know that stacking up medicine in a storage room and doing business with people's lives is worthy of death.
You're not the only one. I also get upset when I see something that is unjust.
You wouldn't know how persistent your heart has to be for that.
Don't we just need to reach the same conclusion? I'm also solving it.
- I have one answer. - Same with mine.
Dog-Bird!
Protect Seon Woo.
You better not be related to this incident in any way.
Because even if you're slightly involved, you're a son of a bitch.
So, I'll kill you.
Have you been well all this time?
I longed for you so much.
I tried not to, but I couldn't help wanting to see you.
That's why I came.
It's okay if you changed your mind. Now, it's okay if you don't think I'm pretty.
Still, I'm so thankful to you, Ban Ryu.♬ When the path on which I fearlessly ♬
♬ went out and searched for the small dream ♬
I thought there were only men like my brother in the world.
But you let me know that there are also good men like you in the world.
So, I appreciate you.
♫ Like a dream ♬
I wanted to see you just one more time.
Because, as it is,
I don't have the confidence to send you off.
But,
since I'm looking at you like this,
I miss you even more.
♬ I'm fine with you as the only one.♬
♬ I will find the star until I reach the dream suspended high in the sky ♬
I want to hurt your heart.
When you think of me, you will think of that wound first
so you can forget about a guy like me.
I want to hurt your heart, I know I should do it...
But when I see your face, I can't think of anything.
So, run away.
♬ is a pre-determined path ♬
I'm a bad guy. So,
run away as far as possible from me,
Before you get hurt.
♬ If I even try to ask my heart over and over ♬
You're not a bad guy. I know.
You're a good person, Ban Ryu.
♬ In an hourglass which can't be stopped ♬
You're doing what?
No way, really?
Are you going to do it with us or not?
I'm not sure.
I have a reason I must do it, but you guys don't have to.
I can't take responsibility for it, so think it over carefully.
I'll do it.
I'm doing it because of me. Because it sounds like something that should be done. After hearing about this, do you think I'll be able to sleep?
Fine, well. Although the Gagkan may be my father.
Don't you have too many fathers in the capital?
By the way, what are you going to do about Ban Ryu?
Ban Ryu can't.
Naturally, he wouldn't be able to. It's emptying the Gagkan's storage house.
He would expose all of our plans.
It's not like that. It's something that can hold him back. We can't do that to him.
Anyway, we have to do it without him knowing.
Come over here!
Who are you?
Sorry, sorry.
Tell him that Hwarangdo's Poon Wol Joo came to drink 30 year old red wine.
Pardon?
Poon Wol Joo is here!
Please draw the attention of Yeong Sil, Gagkan, or whoever he is.
Why are you asking that of me?
Because I don't want to fail. I must save those people at all costs.
Wow, now you know how to mind your manners around me.
Dog-Bird, you make me do all sorts of...
Where's the outhouse?
You can't go over there.
Look, I'm about to go in my pants.
- This isn't the outhouse.- No, I'm going to go right here, okay?
Let go! All of you. I'm Poon Wol Joo!
What are you doing?
Let go. I'm Poon Wol Joo!
Aigoo, hello? Yeong Sil Gong is waiting for you. Escort him.
That's right. But, I'm rather urgent.
- Escort him.- Yes.
Hey! My body!
Hey, you! Your hands on my body...I just had diarrhea.
Are you there?
Who are you?
We came from Wolsung.
From Wolsung? What for?
Escort her.
Why are you doing this? I should at least know the reason. Why are you doing this?
What brings you here at this time of night?
After having a glass of alcohol,
I thought of the red wine you spoke of the other day.
You suddenly thought about red wine?
Yes.
Besides Seonmoon, I heard that many excellent swordsmen
were here at your house as your subordinates.
Send a few of them to Seonmoon.
Recently, an assassin entered Seonmoon and
there was an incident that put the Hwarang at a security risk.
Why?
Have you already sent them?
Father! Father!
Where is Father? Father.
Hey, I have something to tell Father.
Hey, before he starts a fire, hurry up and escort him.
Tell Father to come!
Hey, let go. I told you to let go!
Escort him quietly.
Let go. Hey. Let go.
It's Ban Ryu, Father.
Ban Ryu?
What are you doing?
Please kill me.
Did you drink?
Yes, I did.
Because I was tormented...so tormented, I drank.
You took me in as your adopted son early on with ambitious hopes.
But, because I've only disappointed you every time, I can't live and endure it.
Even the assassins at Seonmoon this time—
Won't you shut up?
I've seen all kinds of crazy behavior, but this takes the cake.
- There aren't only one or two places like this.- More gold and medicine than the royal family.
This kind of person is Silla's Gagkan.
Is this the norm for this place?
No. This isn't it.
We don't have time to stand around like this. Quickly.
Here,
I will die.
Fine, how bad he must have felt...
Drag him out!
Don't come. If you do, you all die!
I'm Park Ban Ryu.
The future king of Silla!
Move. You're not moving?
- That ambitious dream...- Don't come near me.
Was to be Silla's king.
- Hey! I'm Park Ban Ryu.- Grab him!
Won't you let go!
Put it down.
I'm Park Ban Ryu. I said I'm Park Ban Ryu!
Who is this?
How nice to see you, Dog-Bird.
Doh Go.
They're the guys we saw in the capital.
Thanks to you, on rainy days, it still really hurts where I got hit by the arrow.
Hey, me first. I have more negative feelings towards them.
I didn't even know anything but I needlessly hung around.
Ahn Ji Gong.
♬ When the path on which I fearlessly went out and searched for the small dream ♬
♬ which was concealed in the flickering starlight was more than I could bear♬
Eum Jin Dae Seo. Drink and smile broadly.
Could it be?
It's the Joo Ryeong Gu. (14 sided dice used during Silla dynasty)
It's him.
♬ and even a shard of my crushed heart ♬
♬ became a light in your breath.♬
♬ I'm fine with you as the only one.♬
It's the first time I've seen so much gold since I was born.
But, why did Ban Ryu cause such an uproar earlier?
♬ Even if darkness surrounds me, you are the only one I will never throw away ♬
It's too close to call it coincidence.
♫ Always be mine ♫
Thanks.
♫ Come closer ♫
Sometimes, I think what it would've been like
if you had ascended the throne.
If you had, I
wouldn't have had to live while giving up all those things.
I wouldn't have had to go through those horrific years.
Everything was started by Your Majesty.
Ji So, you started it all!
20 years ago, Wolsung
You...I have to kill you.
Your Majesty.
You'll continue to be a source of trouble.
Please spare my life.
We were incomparably close friends.
I no longer need a Won Hwa who will interfere with Silla's royal family.
Just like Nam Mo died, you also cannot live.
You must be framed for everything. For my son's sake, I must kill you.
- What is it?- Ah Ro.
Ah Ro was dragged to the palace.
- When?- Did you know about this?
I'm asking you when!
Sam Maek Jong says he'll become the King.
Earlier, Sam Maek Jong wasn't like that.
He was a kind king who was waiting to inherit Silla from me.
Did you make him change like that?
Did you shake up Sam Maek Jong's heart?
Just like your mother did to your father!
I'm...I'm not it. I've never done such a thing.
It doesn't matter.
I'm going to make you into a Won Hwa.
And I'm going to make you live a Won Hwa's fate.
♬ Because I knew our ending would hurt ♬
♬ Because I wish for a miracle like in movies♬
♬ Because I'm ignoring myself who is a coward in front of love♬
♬ I'm persuading my heart against its will It's me ♬
Hwarang Preview
All the Won Hwa died in the end.
That's why I'm asking.
What do I have to do?
Because they're not the Hwarang that you think they are.
I'll walk with you.
Yes!
If things don't go as planned, I'll kill Han Sung also.
Are you also worrying about me?
Your son will never sit on the throne.
If you are the nameless Dog-Bird from Cheonin village
That child has the right to sit on Silla's throne.
♫ Even though I know nothing will change without you ♫
♫ That was everything I could do for you ♫