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The Blade and Petal

Do you think you can kill me?

If you can't kill me...

You will have to die.

Let's go to Soltize, Father.

Yun Gae So Mun's army is coming this way.

Something is wrong. I don't see Yun's personal guard.

It's a trap. They are Yang's soldiers.

If one of us between Yun Jung Ro and I must die...

Who do you think must live for the sake of Koguryo?

When it was time to kill the traitor...

I hesitated.

General. The chancellor's chair is vacant at the moment.

The king is getting ready for his political war against Yun.

The prime minister of the new Koguryo is General Yun Gae So Mun!

In Koguryo, the prime minister will be in charge of all

military affairs, assignment of offices, and national affairs.

The tension with Tang is heightening more than ever.

All the private armies of the warlords will now answer to the prime minister's command

as a part of the army of Koguryo.

If the prime minister becomes the commander of all the private armies

then he will essentially become the commander in chief of all armed forces.

Don't you think that's too much power for one man?

This is unprecedented.

What do you all think?

Does anyone agree with the king?

You must speak up!

Do you have problems with me becoming the prime minister?

Not at all.

Congratulations.

There was a map here. Tell me everything you remember.

The gate is on the west. North, East, and South are blocked by mountains.

The mountain in North connects to the river.

The army is garrisoned South West beyond the West Gate.

The barracks are right next to it.

Assistant Director, sir.

There are still five days until your inauguration.

How is the recruitment going?

Who is this?

He was recommended by the lord of Daeja.

Who are you?

I'm So Moo Young from Daeja.

He is the Assistant Director. What do you think you're doing?

I will ask you one last time.

Who are you?

I am...

He is my friend.

He is my friend, Brother.

What's going on?

We were recruiting a new agent.

The agent from Daeja must still be here.

Bring him here.

Yes, sir.

Is he the son of the lord of Daeja?

I only know the eldest son.

He does look like him.

Is that good enough?

Choong?

I'm sorry about my brother.

Do you know my brother?

I mean, Assistant Director Yun Choong?

No, I think he was mistaken.

Yun Gae So Mun's son?

Yun Nam Seng was hard enough.

It's like a tigers den with Yun Choong there.

I will even go to hell if I have to.

But getting to know Yun Nam Seng beforehand came in handy.

What if you get caught?

We need the Joye Agency.

In order to make the king make moves, I must go there.

Please hurry up. I'm sure Yun Choong has already sent someone to Daeja.

Don't worry.

Did you call me, sir?

Send someone to Daeja immediately.

Verify if this document is true.

You must tell them that everything must be done secretly.

Yes, sir.

What am I thinking? It's impossible.

She is already dead.

Are they remnants of the former king?

No.

They are a new group of people that demand a revolution.

A new group of rebels?

We know the time and location of their next meeting.

Should we send an agent?

How would you handle this if you were the director, Brother?

I would first identify the leader.

Then it will be too late.

First, have everyone attend the meeting.

Then we take them all out at once.

I'm so nervous.

Aren't you nervous?

I am.

We're leaving.

Are you Gon from Younghee?

I'm on my way to Namyoung.

You've come very far, sir.

Geez. Gosh.

If this happens again, I will kill you.

Who is your sponsor?

There is no sponsor.

Is the lord of Eulji involved with this?

Brother, please.

That's not going to make him talk.

You still don't remember your sponsor?

Oh, no. Don't blame me.

Blame him.

Yes! It was the lord of Eulji.

Take him to the prison in Joye.

Kill all the rest.

Don't kill them. Take them all to the prison.

He already spoke.

It's the agency's policy to first verify by interrogating others too.

Policy?

Yes.

If you could get more details through interrogation...

That would be even better.

Take the rest to the prison.

There is a prison in Joye Agency that's only for rebels. An underground prison.

An underground prison?

The rebels were mostly the people from Eulji.

They were discontent about the new census program.

Is that right?

His first job as the director was to annihilate the rebels' conspiracy meeting.

He is worthy to be the son of the prime minister.

Couldn't it be just a discussion meeting by the

young people concerned about Koguryo's future?

Did you have any evidence that it was a conspiracy meeting?

Discussion of Koguryo's future is treason!

If everyone that believes in reform is a traitor

then half of the Koguryo people are rebels.

What are you saying?

You know what I'm talking about.

It was evidently a rebellion.

What are you talking about?

What Koguryo needs right now is

not reform or conflicts. It's cooperation.

You know a tiger doesn't run like a rabbit when it sees a group of hunters.

It would just take a few steps away and look back.

If you unleash your dogs impatiently...

You will only lose your dogs.

Then how do we hunt a tiger?

Because of their gigantic bodies...

They leave footprints behind.

The hunter would read the tiger's trail by reading the footprints.

He would get in his position and wait.

Dozens of people will beat the ground nearby.

The hunter will patiently wait at the trail until the tiger comes.

The queen has many enemies.

How about playing a trick on her?

Will anyone be able to stand against Kim Choon Chu and Kim Yoo Shin?

I think Bi Dam can do it.

Bi Dam?

You work.

You have done very well as a spy.

Thank you.

Father!

Hi.

How was your report?

You weren't being rude, were you?

Father please.

You know how polite I am.

What happened to the man I sent to Daeja?

He will be here soon.

I told him to come here himself instead of sending a herald.

Watch her until we know for sure.

Yes sir.

Aren't you going to sleep?

Why did the Assistant Director...

What kind of man is he?

He used to do talent shows on the streets to beg for change.

Then he became who is he now thanks to his father, Yun Gae So Mun.

But that's just a rumor. They don't know what they are talking about.

In reality...

Just sleep.

No one went to the king's birthday?

Yang Mun and Sun Do Hae visited early in the morning and left.

But it's the king's birthday.

Happy birthday, Director.

New ambassadors will visit from Tang.

I'm sure it's about peace talks.

What do you all think?

We should kick him out in an instant.

The prime minister has always kept an aggressive policy against...

The war is over.

The fortification of the borders is not finished yet.

Father thinks that it's better to stay in peace for now.

Yes, that sounds like the best thing to do.

Then we should have an assembly tomorrow and talk about the diplomat.

We don't need an assembly.

Let us make a decision here.

But the prime minister is not here.

I'm here to represent my father.

Night password?

It's a job for the new recruits.

Do I tell the king personally?

I...

What? You don't want to go?

You heard about his terrible temper?

It's not that.

You have to be careful.

I tried to stop him from running naked on a rainy night. Then he kicked me.

I almost lost my balls.

Moon Su.

Come here and drink with me.

Prime minister!

Prime minister!

Yes! How was your son's birthday party?

Why are you alone on your birthday?

I'm always alone in this big palace.

Since you are taking good care of the country for me...

I have a lot of free time.

You're the king of Koguryo.

There cannot be two tigers in one territory. There is no choice.

Soon we will exchange ambassadors with Tang.

You're such a great prime minister.

Yes! Why do we even need an assembly?

Sire!

I'm here to receive the night password.

Sire.

Look up.

Look up!

I am requesting the night password for this week, sire.

Gu Bi Woon.

Do you know what that means?

Goo Bi Woon.

A really sad person or a terrible fate.

You want to dismiss the chancellor?

Relatives of the chancellor were involved among the last rebellion.

We have found out while interrogating the people in prison.

[Chancellor On Sa Moon]

General!

You cannot even control a rebel in your family.

We cannot leave Koguryo's safety in your hands.

That's good, Chancellor.

Three years was long enough wasn't it?

You should go hunting with me from now on.

General! General!

General! Please listen to me.

General!

General!

The chancellor's political life is over.

It looks like it.

Do you have any idea who is going to be the new chancellor?

I don't know. It will either be you or me.

I don't care if you become the chancellor.

You don't think someone else will take the office, do you?

A distant relative that I have never seen was a part of the rebellion.

Why do I have to be responsible?

General Yun can't do this to me.

Your reputation is the most important part of your political career.

Once the reputation is damaged

it's really difficult to redeem it.

Politics is always ruthless.

Have Sun Do Hae see me soon.

Yes, sir.

We will have to target the conflicts among the Yun's followers.

Watch their every movement.

Father, who are you considering for the next chancellor?

Do you have anyone that you like?

Someone that can really work with you.

How about me?

Focus on the Joye Agency.

Father.

As the main line of Yun family

I need to prepare to inherit your position.

You are the main line, son.

But the eldest is Yun Choong.

You said that you want to become powerful.

How is it?

Are you now powerful enough to live on your own without relying on my name?

If you cannot gain the power on your own.

Gain someone who may give you the power.

That is the list of the people being secretly held in the underground jail of Joye.

I will give you 10 days.

Earn those that you need. Kill the rest.

I will see if you can become powerful on your own in those 10 days.

[Joye Agency Underground Prison]

Do Soo and Yang Jin Wook are fighting over the chancellor's chair.

They are both busy bribing Yun Nam Seng.

I see.

Even the chickens and dogs of the powerful family are treated like gods.

Did you make contact with Sun Do Hae?

He said that he will give you an answer soon.

Hunting the tiger disguised under pig skin.

Do you also pity me?

You're the eldest son of the most powerful man, Yun Gae So Mun. Who would pity you?

That's exactly why I'm pitiful.

He is the most powerful man.

So there is nothing for me.

Everything I want already belongs to my father.

What kind of person was your father?

He was a man of ideals.

He loved flowers over swords.

He passed away?

He was killed by a ruthless man.

So I must get revenge on that man.

Good man.

Why did Father call you, Brother?

It was nothing.

Nothing?

You call the manifest that I made nothing?

Do you know how hard I had worked to arrest all the rebels of Koguryo?

What I'm saying is that it's not nothing, and it certainly doesn't belong to you.

If it wasn't for the Assistant Director

we couldn't have pushed back Tang so easily.

What? It's true!

The intelligence war under the director's charge was an utter failure.

Right?

The seat of director should have gone to my brother.

I feel terrible because I feel like I have robbed him of this seat.

But you took my god-given right as the eldest son when you were born of a concubine.

So I guess we're even.

You should be careful or I may rob that place too.

It's true. That double agent had betrayed us during the war.

Our intelligence was off.

That's what I'm saying!

Assistant Director.

I'm sorry, sir.

You didn't serve my brother well.

What will people think of my brother if you make these kinds of mistakes?

That's enough.

This is not a private gathering.

This is the welcome party for the recruits.

The tradition of the Joye Agency is paying the bill.

We will start a game on anything.

The loser will pay the bill.

I will start then.

No, I will start.

Choong! Would you like to duel with me?

I forgot that I left some matters unattended.

Who are you?

What were you doing here?

Answer me!

What are you doing here?

I lost my pass earlier.

I heard that the punishment for losing the pass is severe.

What is your pass doing here?

I...

Should I get angry?

What is this feeling?

If this happens again...

You will have to quit the Joye Agency.

Seo Sa Bun.

It's me.

Princess!

Are you really the Princess?

- Help me! - Water!

Help me.

Help me.

You were alive.

Thank you! Thank you for staying alive.

Thank you.

Wasn't three years enough?

I think you paid enough respect to your old master.

It was enough time to punish yourself for not being able to protect the king.

Was that three years enough for you to clear your conscience for the princess?

Princess? I don't have the luxury of hanging onto the past.

I don't even remember her face anymore.

I heard that you have fought along my father's side during the war against Su.

You don't want to waste that talent in this prison.

Stand by my side.

You want me to become a sword that cuts the flower instead of protecting it?

If you do not cut the flower, you will be cut instead.

I'll give you 10 days.

If you do not change your mind...

You will have to say goodbye.

What if I do change my mind?

What can you do for me?

Seo Sa Bun is still alive.

Can I help you, sire?

I was out for a walk because the weather was so nice, then I decided to visit.

How did you feel back then?

When you came back alive after being hanged to death.

What if the princess comes back alive like you did?

What would you do?

I always wanted to find that out.

If that happens, will you stand by her side again?

Will you betray your father again?

The Princess is already dead.

I will not betray my father for someone that is already dead.

Yes! Power over justice.

You really live up to the expectation as the son of the prime minister.

Did you call me, sir?

So Hee. Which do you think is stronger between a sword and a flower?

The obvious answer would be the sword.

But it seems you are thinking otherwise.

One may think that a sword is stronger, because it can cut the flower.

But the flower will bloom again.

But then the sword can cut the flower again.

The flower will then bloom again.

Over time, when the flowers are cut down, the sword will rust.

The sword should not be used to cut down the flowers. They are to be used to protect them.

- Sire. - Father!

Father! Father! Father!

Assistant Director sir, the letter from the lord of Daeja has just arrived.

Did you look into it?

Assistant Director! So Moo Young is...

So Moo Young is not the son of the lord of Daeja.

Long time no see, Princess So Hee.