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(Final Episode: Memories of a Fleeting Moment)

Come at me.

You coward.

You lot are incredibly lucky.

That you ran into me while I'm in this body.

Otherwise, you'd all be dead already...

or maybe not.

I surrender, I surrender. Happy now?

Given that no one's been captured by this hour,

it seems everyone's safe.

The mountain stronghold's location is exposed.

Shouldn't we inform His Excellency?

First, move our base to the village.

I will report it myself after the royal marriage.

Understood.

- Stay still! - Let go!

Leader.

The stronghold is surrounded!

Find the leader!

- Yes. - Yes.

You're all dead now...

Your Highness.

What is happening?

We must end this royal marriage.

Summon the royal physician.

- Your Majesty! - Your Majesty!

Gang, Gang.

Summon the physician.

Summon the physician!

Gang.

Your Highness, are you alright?

Are you okay?

Your Majesty.

Arrest the traitor Kim Han Cheol,

who murdered the late king, the crown prince,

and the queen consort in Gyesa Year!

- What did he say? - What's going on?

- What is this? - It can't be.

- Is what he said true? - What's going on?

What

are you doing now?

Revenge.

Je Woon will come.

He definitely will.

Your Majesty.

Kim Han Cheol's collapsed mine

connects to the liquor house.

The liquor house where the Zhen bird cave is located.

We have also uncovered evidence that he abducted and imprisoned Queen Jangjeong,

the late king's consort, for over a decade,

and carried out widespread crimes,

raising private armies, minting counterfeit coins,

forging illegal weapons,

and engaging in usury and human trafficking throughout the kingdom.

Are you

choosing to walk

the path to ruin together?

Your Highness, Your Highness.

You will walk it alone, Left Minister.

Alone.

Your Highness.

Your Highness, Your Highness!

(Secret Pact)

Now,

your time is over, Left Minister.

Your Majesty.

We have fulfilled our righteous duty.

This is a royal command.

Arrest the traitor

immediately!

- Yes! - Yes!

Oh heavens!

Oh no!

Protect His Excellency!

Oh no!

Protect him!

Summon physicians and soldiers to treat the injured citizens!

Yes, Your Highness.

What do we do now?

Isn't everything over, royal marriage and all?

We're ruined.

- Clear the way. - Clear the way.

Revoke the title granted to Lady Bin.

Arrest the daughter of the traitor.

- Yes. - Yes.

Your Majesty.

Woo Hee.

Please don't do anything.

I am now the daughter of a traitor.

If you rush in to save me,

you will share that guilt, Prince.

I'll gladly bear all your sins.

Step back for now.

There's no way I'm going to ruin you.

Wait.

I will come for you soon.

Your Majesty.

I will go of my own accord.

Please grant me permission.

So be it.

How did Your Majesty have the secret pact...

More importantly, what happened?

How is it that Your Majesty is alive?

The Left Minister saved me.

Why would the Left Minister...

Long ago,

he was my beloved.

As for the secret pact...

For the past fifteen years, I lived without my senses.

The first time my mind returned, even briefly,

was six years ago.

It was because of that secret pact.

What do you mean by that?

When I heard the throne had gone to His Majesty,

I feared something had happened to you.

Please take me to the palace.

This letter...

I apologize for the intrusion. Let's go.

Let go.

Let go! I said let go!

So, I took the secret pact

and tried to reach you.

I heard she had regained her senses...

It was only for a moment.

She fled with this.

We will find another place to hide it.

Just leave it here.

Did you not say it should be revealed to the world if anything happened to you?

We cannot leave something so crucial here.

You exist

just to protect her.

Should there be

any place safer than this in Joseon?

Even so, leaving it in the room of a woman whose mind is not whole...

Are you admitting you are useless?

I apologize.

I will obey your command, Minister.

You may leave.

I leave my life here.

Someday,

please return to me.

Your Majesty.

I humbly beg your pardon, but I have something to say.

Very well, speak.

If it weren't for the Left Minister's daughter,

we could neither have found this secret pact nor exposed the Left Minister's crimes.

Therefore,

please spare Woo Hee.

We will live as if dead, in hiding.

We will live as if we never existed.

Please

do not turn away my plea.

If you flee, you will never be able to return.

Je Woon.

You are abandoning everything you have.

In the end, the only place I return to,

the only thing I must protect,

is that one woman.

Where are you taking me?

Do you really think you can get away with this?

You.

Silence.

The mountain stronghold is surrounded.

Find the leader!

What's going on?

Let's slip out the back door.

Huh, what?

Have you still not found the Left Minister?

My apologies, Your Highness.

Go search beyond the capital.

Yes, let's go.

Your Highness.

Ah, you're here?

We have wiped out the nameless ones' mountain stronghold.

Good work.

But, what about Dal I?

She left with Her Majesty Queen Jangjeong.

Has she not arrived in Hanyang yet?

Did you not see her at the stronghold?

Didn't you surround Her Majesty the Queen's quarters?

There was no one inside.

I apologize.

The secret pact

has been stolen.

(Dongnae: Present-day Busan) Go to Dongnae and plan for the future.

The secret pact

was not what you were supposed to protect.

Please kill me!

Her Majesty

went to the palace?

Yes, I heard she went with Prince Je Woon.

Dal!

Dal!

Where are you?

- Dal I! - Where are you?

Dal!

Where are you?

Didn't you say

anyone going from Gamaksan Mountain to Hanyang must pass through here?

Yes.

Then, why haven't we found her yet?

The royal guards are searching now, if you could just wait a little...

What if something happens to Dal I in the meantime!

Your Highness, I apologize.

There's no time.

We're out of time.

I have to find Dal I.

Please stop, Your Highness.

How can I stop?

Dal I must be so scared alone.

Dal I must be so scared alone.

Your Highness, please!

Please kill me.

I failed to protect Her Highness the Crown Princess.

It's all my fault.

I failed to protect Dal I again.

Once again...

I pushed Dal I to the brink of death.

Your Highness.

They say the Left Minister breached Soeuimun Gate.

And also...

Speak.

He has taken

the Crown Princess hostage.

Put it on.

It's not even a burial shroud.

Why are they making such a big deal about changing?

Hurry!

So, it is a burial shroud.

A burial shroud.

Let's go.

Break through the gate!

- Stop them! - Block them!

Hold your positions!

Defend the palace!

Hold the line!

Follow the Left Minister's orders!

- Yes. - Yes.

Set it ablaze!

Dal!

Your Highness!

No!

No!

(One gak: 15 minutes) She'll die within one gak,

even without the sword drawn.

Bring Queen Jangjeong back to me within one gak.

What? The Left Minister drew a blade against the Crown Princess?

If the Queen isn't brought back to him within one gak,

the Crown Princess' life is in grave danger.

How could the Crown Princess...

I will go.

No, Mother.

He won't harm me.

Mother.

I'm fine, so...

Don't listen to the Left Minister.

It's raining...

Fortunately.

No.

You remember me,

and you flow within my veins.

No, don't do that.

Then, we would truly be together, right?

No.

No, please don't.

No, no!

Your Highness!

No, please!

Apprehend the criminal,

Kim Han Cheol!

No!

Apprehend him!

Kill them!

Your Highness.

Your Highness, we need a physician.

Someone get a physician here!

Someone get a physician here!

What should we do?

Your Highness, don't die.

If you die, I'll never forgive you. Okay?

I'm sorry.

Don't apologize like this.

Apologize properly later.

I'm sorry.

My feelings,

were selfish to the very end.

No.

No!

Someone help!

Someone, please save him!

Your Highness.

Someone help!

Your Highness.

Please wake up.

Your Highness!

Mother.

Darn.

No, Mother.

Fire!

Mother!

Fire!

Fire!

How is it?

She has already passed, Your Highness.

- Your Highness. - Your Highness.

No, no.

No!

No!

Where are you going?

No.

Who said you could go?

No, no.

No.

Your Highness.

- Your Highness. - Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Why isn't it working?

Why isn't it working?

Why isn't it working? Why!

Your Highness.

Please stop now.

How can I stop?

He died to save me.

And I did nothing in return.

I've always been the one who only received.

I even took his life.

How can I possibly stop?

No. No...

Your Highness, Your Highness!

Your Highness, are you alright?

Your Highness!

Please open your eyes.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Your Highness, Your Highness!

Your Highness.

Have you returned?

Yes,

I've returned.

What happened?

A miracle.

Who are you?

Is this place...

the afterlife?

If you're worried about being dead, don't be.

You will return to life.

How...

(Half-gak: About seven minutes) Have you heard of a person's final half-gak?

When breathing stops, for about half-gak,

the soul remains with the body

and recalls life's happiest moment.

During that final half-gak,

you made only one prayer.

He died to save me.

And I did nothing in return.

I've always been the one who only received.

♪ You flew in like a cloud ♪

My lord.

♪ Departing like starlight, my beloved ♪

I love you, Park Dal I.

♪ Oh, how futile all becomes ♪

♪ All but a dream ♪

I want to stay longer.

By your radiant side,

I want to stay forever.

Your desperate heart in that final moment,

and that woman's desperate wish,

saved the withering fate blossom.

Everything in this world has a finite measure.

Would fate be any different?

The fate severed over five years.

It must now be reclaimed.

Why are you giving me

such a miracle?

All I did

was seal that woman's Red Thread.

Was it also you

who switched our bodies?

That too was done by the two of you.

It was both a desperate cry and a quiet reproach,

born of Red Thread's yearning for her other half, urging them to recognize one another.

A reproach?

That woman tried to drown herself,

and you tried to die by poison.

The body swap, the unsealing of the Red Thread,

and even the destruction of the Red Thread that twisted your fate

were all your doing.

Your heartfelt devotion won through.

So fate is made from miracles

piling upon one another, right?

So now, return.

To your fate...

No,

to your miracle.

♪ Oh, will my love return to me ♪

♪ Oh, how futile all becomes ♪

♪ All but a dream ♪

Yes, I've returned.

What happened?

A miracle.

A half-gak miracle.

The Red Thread's seal broke,

and everything returned.

Bodies, Dal I's remaining memories,

all flowed back into their rightful places.

Open your mouth.

That's it, good. You eat well.

Is it delicious?

But may I

remain at Donggung Palace like this?

Well, with Kim Deok Chun's confession, your false charges were cleared,

and you were reinstated as Crown Princess, so what's the issue?

Stay here until your place is all sorted out, okay?

Oh, you're eating well.

Is it good? Right?

Why are you...

I confessed.

All my crimes,

and the Left Minister's crimes,

everything.

My mother was taken hostage,

and I spent years living like a dog under Left Minister.

Now,

I wish to live as a human being.

Only then can I face my mother

with dignity after death.

I'm sorry

for bringing you here.

I'm sorry I ruined your life.

Even my apology

feels inadequate.

Thanks to you,

my mother received medicine.

That alone

makes it worthwhile.

Shame on you!

- Shame. - Traitors!

Shame on you!

Shame!

The wicked are punished...

I'm sorry.

Truly,

I'm sorry.

I could have forgiven you for being cruel only to me,

but I cannot forgive what you did

to my son's heart.

I will

repent...

for a long time.

The sinner repented,

and the villain's end

was utterly miserable.

It is the royal command to confiscate the assets of criminal Kim Han Cheol.

Begin.

Yes.

Search everything thoroughly.

Your Highness.

What is this medical text?

It concerns madness and Zhen poison.

It appears the Left Minister wrote it himself.

Your Highness, there's more here.

Probably...

He had written these books solely for one woman.

I told you to rest more.

What if it worsens?

If I lie down any longer, I'll go stir-crazy.

What were you doing, Your Highness?

I visited the Left Minister's residence.

To confiscate his assets.

Why?

Did something happen?

The Left Minister

remained an unfathomable man to the end.

There were dozens of medical texts on madness and Zhen poison.

Searching for every medicine in the world,

he ultimately found poison.

So ironic...

The secret pact was hidden in a mirror.

They say the reason he kept a mirror by her bedside

was some superstition about summoning spirits.

The talisman inside the mirror

was likely his desperate wish.

He probably wanted to do something, anything.

As if clutching at the edge of heaven itself,

it must have been a howl of anguish

from the depths of his soul.

Just as my five years were consumed by vengeance,

his years must have been equally relentless.

If you hadn't been by my side...

I might have

become a monster.

That won't happen to you now.

I'll be with you for life.

Speaking of the Left Minister,

what happened to Prince Je Woon and Lady Bin?

Ah, that's...

I was too late, wasn't I?

I'm sorry.

Let's go now.

I'm not going.

My sins...

I will bear them alone.

If this is about guilt, His Highness has forgiven you.

His Majesty even allowed me to flee with you.

You've finally met the mother you longed for.

Stay by her side.

Are you telling me

to abandon you again?

It's not about abandoning me,

it's about protecting my love.

It means

allowing me to protect myself.

If we leave like this,

even the sight of you in pain

would make me despise myself.

If you merely sigh one day,

I would crumble.

When you smile,

it may seem the shadows fade,

yet my heart will darken.

Living in constant awareness of your gaze,

I would grow to loathe myself.

I do not desire such a future.

Woo Hee.

Just as your desire to protect me is devotion,

my wish to protect you...

is also devotion.

Will that be alright?

Sending the Left Minister's daughter away like this...

I've never sent her away.

I will follow her along with my mother.

Not just Yeongdeok, even if it's hell itself, I will go.

But, it would be scorching.

Could it be hotter than my heart?

Even so,

could it be hotter than the Crown Princess and me?

A clean hit!

Wow.

I'm holding a bow.

Don't do anything strange.

Strange?

Like what?

This?

Seriously...

Hey!

People are watching, why are you doing this?

You want to go somewhere away from prying eyes?

That must be what you meant.

No...

Follow me.

Wait.

When did I ever say that!

It hasn't been long since you opened the book.

What, can't I even hold your hand? Even your hand? Huh?

If I hold your hand...

you'll run back to your room again, right?

Ah, whatever.

If you keep this up...

I'll cook.

Why is this a threat?

Ah, this is it!

Hey.

Why haven't you been able to eat properly lately?

I think something's stuck in my stomach.

My stomach feels terrible...

Are you feeling bad?

Are you alright?

- If she's gagging... - Don't tell me...

- Pregnant? - Pregnant?

Why is it taking so long?

Did something happen?

First births are naturally more difficult.

Your Highness, I can see the head.

Just a little more strength.

Your Highness.

Breathe.

Why aren't our bodies switching anymore?

Just a bit more!

Once more, Your Highness! Just once more.

Crown Princess!

It's the royal prince, Your Highness.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

It hurt a lot, right? I'm sorry.

My half-gak

has been renewed.

It seems the half-gak

is insufficient now.

(5 years later)

I will abolish the family punishment system.

Your Majesty, you mustn't.

Please withdraw the order.

- Please withdraw the order. - Please withdraw the order.

Right.

Only with such opposition does it feel like a proper morning council.

But,

my decision is final.

It is far too unjust for someone to lose their life

or be reduced to a state slave for a crime they never committed.

- However... - From this day on,

Joseon will be a country where people are judged

not by how they were born, but by how they live.

Abolishing the family punishment system

will be the first step.

- Yes, Your Majesty. - Yes, Your Majesty.

I could've done that.

Oh, but this is a secret.

Truthfully, I'm an expert at hanging laundry.

We seem to be seeing each other more often these days.

I want to see you every day.

Six years have passed.

May I now give you my betrothal gifts?

My feelings remain unchanged.

The circumstances have changed.

My brother, no,

His Majesty said he will soon restore your status.

He offered to register you as your kinsman's adopted daughter.

So,

will you now accept my proposal?

Hey!

You punk!

Be careful! These are palace-bound items!

Yes, Master Leader.

You know how strict the Crown Prince is, right?

Just as strict as His Majesty.

Be careful, then more careful, and careful again.

Oh, dear! Oh, dear! My lord!

Have you been well?

You've become Master Leader already.

Oh dear, indeed.

It's already been six years.

But, what brings you to Hanyang?

I heard you'd gone down to Yeongdeok.

I've returned.

I came to purchase some items.

Items?

Is there something in particular you're looking for?

Ah, well...

At your age, what is there to be shy about?

Our master is getting married.

Oh, dear.

He's here to prepare wedding gifts.

Oh, dear. What joyous news!

Hey, there!

Bring all the valuable items that arrived today!

- Yes. - Yes.

Thank you.

Congratulations.

You're the same as ever, my husband.

You could've said what you want to say over there.

Then, you shouldn't have called me like that.

I just said it naturally.

This is because

you called me 'husband, ' Woo Hee.

What is this all of a sudden?

Shall I give it some context, my lady?

It's sad enough being alone,

and now rain falls too.

I'm lonely, so lonely.

Stay strong.

I'm alone too.

Why are you doing this!

Court Lady Hong, what is she...

Stop this!

Darn it. How dare they harass her!

Hey, you punks! What are you doing?

Hey! How dare you...

Do you know who I am? I'm Se Dol!

Court Lady Hong, are you al...

Are you alright?

Thank you for saving me.

But, I'm the one who saved her.

I suppose I should be reborn.

You look much better after your abdication, Your Majesty.

Silk robes and leather shoes are useless if they don't fit.

How much more so with a throne.

Here, a gift for you.

Thank you, Grandfather.

Does it not please you?

It's not that.

Actually, Father scolded me.

Why?

Instead of doing the assigned lessons, I split the personal color types into eight.

They say a frog forgets its tadpole days.

Your father is exactly like that frog, huh?

Shall I make you a frog too?

- Yes. - Alright.

I'll make one for you right away.

Oh, dear.

Oh, dear. Is it that good?

How come you smile more at the kimchi jar than at your husband?

Oh my, this is six-year-old kimchi!

So?

This is a proof that we've lived peacefully

for six years without running away.

Oh, dear. Such a fuss over just six years.

Just wait.

We'll eat kimchi aged for a thousand, ten thousand years from now on.

Goodness, we'd die then.

You really ruin the mood.

Maybe it's because we've faced so many crises.

Mood or not, I just feel that way.

There won't be any more crises now.

You just trust me.

I've been steward of Unjeonggung Palace for six years.

You think I can't protect you?

Ah, jeez.

By the way, what about your sister? Did she go there again?

My lord.

I've kept all my promises.

Are you at peace now?

(Spirit tablet of beloved Kang Han Seong) Before I knew it,

the time we've been apart

has grown longer than the time we were together.

So,

if there is a next life,

let's stay together

for a long, long time,

just you and I.

Wow.

Mother.

Yul,

do you know?

If you catch a falling petal, your first love will come true.

Then, I'll marry you, Mother.

Marry me?

Hey, stop right there.

Father.

Come here.

Give me that petal.

The petal is confiscated, understand?

Why?

Now, listen carefully.

Your mother is already married to me.

Which means

she is my woman.

I don't know, I don't care.

- I don't know, I don't care. - You don't?

You don't?

You refuse?

I don't know, I don't care.

- Oh dear, you don't? - I don't know, I don't care.

Why are you making him cry again?

Oh dear, this is all your fault.

It's my fault again?

Then, whose fault is it?

Why are you so pretty

that you cause discord between father and child?

Shall we go?

Let's go.

The weather is truly wonderful.

It really is.

Look over there.

Gotcha!

You surprised me.

You're not

afraid of water anymore, right?

Water?

Afraid? I'm grateful.

It gave you back to me.

What are you staring?

You should be looking only at me, like this.

The water.

You and me, flowing together in the water.

♪ When the day comes I meet you ♪

♪ I have something to say ♪

I can't.

♪ Did the whole world not crumble ♪

♪ Foolishly lingering ♪

Apprehend him!

No!

♪ I despise this wretched attachment ♪

♪ Whether I cried, whether I grieved, whether I'm okay ♪

♪ The heart that fears habits will dull the pain ♪

♪ Today, I drown in this familiar sorrow ♪

♪ I still reminisce about you ♪

♪ May there never be ♪

♪ Not even once ♪

That water

must remember all of our time together, right?

I suppose that water will need

a very good memory.

Because our time

will flow

for a very long while.

Even if you were to

lose your memories again,

even if I were to die once more,

no matter

what stands before us,

I will overcome it all.

We will be happy for a very, very long time.

So will I.

No matter what comes,

I won't make excuses.

I'll stay right by Your Majesty's side,

for my whole life, forever and ever.

♪ Even when holding my breath, my heart races ♪

♪ This unbearable heart of mine ♪

♪ Still waits for you, it seems ♪

♪ May there never be ♪

♪ Not even once ♪

♪ A season of sorrow or pain for you ♪

♪ On sleepless nights ♪

♪ May you never feel alone ♪

♪ May you live carrying only good memories ♪

♪ You flew in like a cloud ♪

♪ Departing like starlight, my beloved ♪

♪ Oh, will my love return to me ♪

♪ Oh, how futile all becomes ♪

♪ All but a dream ♪

♪ Oh dear, oh dear, what a mess ♪

♪ Oh dear, oh dear, what a mess ♪

♪ Oh, will my love return to me ♪

♪ Oh, how futile all becomes ♪

♪ All but a dream ♪