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Is he really capable of being human?

Is it not dangerous for people

to be around him?

You're worried about your daughter.

I told her to avoid him if she can.

I told her that because one of them might die if they get involved.

One of them might die, you say?

But that's the nature of relationships.

Once it starts,

there's nothing we can do to stop it.

It just can't be stopped.

One of them might die.

Kang-chi!

-Cheong-jo. -Kang-chi!

Cheong-jo!

No way.

Tae-seo and Cheong-jo would never betray me.

Tae-seo.

I'm here to kill you, Kang-chi.

Tae-seo.

Forgive me,

Kang-chi.

No, Tae-seo.

Don't!

No! Please!

No!

Kang-chi!

What's wrong?

Did you hear that sound?

A sound?

No, I didn't hear anything.

You...

Tae-seo!

Tae-seo.

Get away.

Get away. Get away from my brother.

-Cheong-jo. -Go away!

Don't come near us. Go away.

Go away!

Cheong-jo.

Go away!

I hate you!

Cheong-jo!

Cheong-jo.

Cheong-jo.

Cheong-jo.

What happened?

What on earth happened to you?

Choi Kang-chi...

Choi Kang-chi...

Lady Yeo-ul.

It seems like he went out of control again.

Lady Cheong-jo is missing, too.

Cheong-jo.

Cheong-jo.

My dear sister.

Cheong-jo.

Did Kang-chi really leave?

Yes. He did.

Why did you not stop him?

I left him here because I trusted you. So how could you?

It turns out I am not capable of looking after the boy.

I was afraid I would lose myself while trying to look after a boy

who is beyond my capability.

The problem certainly wasn't your capability.

The problem was your mind.

Don't you know what I have in mind for him?

-Master, I have an urgent message for you. -What is it?

The guards patrolling the forest sent a report.

Cho Gwan-ung's men are headed toward Neunggok Pass.

What?

Neunggok Pass.

Did Kang-chi head that way?

Yes, my lord. He did.

Bring Gon to me right away.

Actually, Instructor Dam and Instructor Gon are missing.

What?

They are Cho Gwan-ung's men, aren't they?

They are, my lady.

Have they been following Kang-chi, too?

How did they find out that Kang-chi was going through Neunggok Pass?

We should hurry, Gon.

But how would we know where Kang-chi went?

I know where he might be. Let's go.

Cheong-jo.

It's me, Kang-chi.

You are Kang-chi?

How?

Are you

not human?

I am sorry.

I am sorry that you have to see this.

Where is Tae-seo?

Where is my brother?

Did you...

Did you kill my brother?

Did you?

-Cheong-jo. -Get away from me!

Don't come near me.

You are not Kang-chi.

Kang-chi can't be a monster like you.

He wouldn't have killed my brother!

What on earth happened?

The way to the Garden of the Moonlight was somewhere around here.

Why can't we see the path?

My lady.

Yes?

We passed this place a while ago.

Look who's here.

Aren't you the daughter of the late Park Mu-sol?

Is there still no news of her?

Our men are looking all over for her.

The more time passes, the more dangerous it becomes for Cheong-jo.

We must find her as soon as possible.

By the way, Madam Cheon, I don't know what's going on,

but Cho Gwan-ung's men are all over the mountain.

What? Cho Gwan-ung's men?

Are you saying

Choi Kang-chi did all this?

I know it's hard to believe, but it's true.

As soon as Park Tae-seo removed the bracelet from his wrist,

his eyes suddenly changed,

and he turned into a beast.

He turned into a beast?

He was so strong that,

even when all of us jumped at him all at once,

he was not stirred at all.

Seo-hwa!

My lord.

Perhaps is it possible that Seo-hwa and Koo Wol-ryeong had a child?

That was 20 years ago.

It roughly matches Choi Kang-chi's age.

I will kill you all!

No way.

How could that happen?

So...

where is Choi Kang-chi?

I don't know.

Tell me the truth right now!

She was lost in the woods when we found her.

It seems like she really doesn't know the way.

My lord!

Tae-seo!

Cheong-jo.

Tae-seo!

Cheong-jo!

-Tae-seo! -Cheong-jo!

Tae-seo!

Did you try to escape from me?

Did you think it was possible?

Please free my sister.

I will do whatever you ask. So, please!

I don't need anything from you.

Take him straight to the magistrate.

No. Please don't do that.

Then remember where Choi Kang-chi is. Where is he?

I really don't remember it.

All the mountain paths look the same.

There is no way I could remember.

Then your brother will be sent to the gallows tomorrow morning.

-Take him away. -Yes, my lord.

-Cheong-jo! -Tae-seo!

Cheong-jo!

-Tae-seo! -Cheong-jo!

-Tae-seo! -Cheong-jo!

-Tae-seo! -Cheong-jo!

Tae-seo.

I have to drop by somewhere.

Follow me as soon as you are done here.

What should we do about Park Mu-sol's daughter?

Take her to the Century House.

Let's go.

Let's go.

-Die! -What are you doing?

Wait!

Damn it.

Long time no see, Master Dam Pyeong-jun.

You are now the head of the training center, is that right?

I heard you retired to the country after resigning from your post in Hanyang.

And yet you never came to greet me.

I feel rather sad.

What brings you here?

Twenty years ago,

why didn't you kill Seo-hwa?

Why didn't you kill her on the spot

and prevent future problems from arising?

I don't use my sword against a person who can't fight back.

Is that why you let that monster be born?

I am talking about Choi Kang-chi.

Right. So he is Seo-hwa's son, isn't he?

Please leave now.

What are your intentions in looking after him?

You are the one who killed that mystical creature, his father.

What on earth are you planning to do?

Get your hand off him!

-Put your swords away. -Master.

Put them away!

You must leave now, for your own sake.

I know that you are conspiring with the commander.

You took those 5,000 silver ingots.

And you built a hideout in the woods to train warriors to fight.

It's all very suspicious. Don't you think?

If you and the commander are conspiring

to overthrow the throne,

I will not standby and watch.

Jin-seong, scatter salt!

One day, you will regret this.

You will regret treating me this way.

I think you should stay here for the night

and descend the mountain early morning tomorrow.

I am worried that Cho Gwan-ung's man might be watching you.

My lady, a lot of time has passed.

We should head back now.

I am too worried for him.

He must be in trouble because he doesn't have the bracelet.

Get away from me! Don't come near me.

You're not Kang-chi.

Kang-chi can't be a monster like you.

Yeo-ul.

Save me.

Save me.

Oh, dear mother.

Save me.

Save me.

Why should I?

You tried to kill me.

Why should I save you?

I am sorry.

I deserve to die.

Did you think asking for forgiveness with that short tongue of yours

would make me forget what you did to me?

You made money off poor people.

You harmed innocent people.

This world is better off without you.

So, just die.

I have a mother who is blind.

Please save me just this once.

TRAINING CENTER

Seong.

Hey.

I will take over. You should go to bed.

No, I am fine.

Then you should do just one more round.

After that, you must let me take over.

Okay.

Who's there?

Wait.

Who are you?

Who are you?

Show yourself.

What?

What?

What's going on?

Master, it's Choi Kang-chi.

You look terrible, Kang-chi.

Why did you appear looking so hideous?

I've come to meet Yeo-ul.

Let me

meet Yeo-ul.

I can't let you meet her

looking like that.

I need to meet Yeo-ul!

Die!

Step back.

I will kill whoever tries to kill me.

What are you doing? Let go of him.

I don't want to.

Are you trying to harm a human being?

He tried to harm me first!

I have no choice, then.

I have no choice but to slay you myself.

I will say this one last time.

Let go of that boy.

No, Father.

Yeo-ul.

No, Father.

Please put your sword away.

Don't you see that he's trying to hurt your comrade?

-Move! -Father!

He's not himself right now. Move!

No.

You told me this.

"Nobody is bad.

There are only bad situations."

It's the same for Kang-chi.

Kang-chi didn't turn into this beast because he's bad.

He was simply put in a bad situation.

You know that.

-Yeo-ul. -Please.

Please sheathe your sword.

Kang-chi hasn't done anything wrong.

It's not his fault.

This is my order as your master.

Move away.

-Father. -Can't you hear me?

I told you to move!

No.

I won't move.

Never.

Yeo-ul.

-What? -What?

Once it starts,

there's nothing we can do to stop it.

It just can't be stopped.

I heard you set off with someone else.

After seeing who I really am,

she ran away.

Was that why?

Was that why your eyes were filled with resentment and murderous intent?

The man I believed to be my brother

betrayed me.

The person who I dearly loved

threw a rock at me.

They were my only family.

And they turned their backs on me.

Didn't you know?

The people who hurt you the most

are the ones who are closest to you.

You get hurt because you love and cherish them.

She called me a monster.

Go away! Don't come near us.

Kang-chi can't be a monster like you.

What other people call you is not important.

What's more important is what you think of yourself.

No matter what I think of myself,

I am not human anyway.

Just like how you can't turn a mountain into a sea,

the fact that I am half-human and half-beast cannot be changed, right?

Then,

how do you want to live now?

What's the point of thinking about that?

I am neither this nor that. I am just a halfling.

All you need is a friend who can dream with you,

a lover with whom you can share your love with,

and a country you can protect with your life.

As long as you have those, your life is at its best.

If I look like this, nobody will dream with me.

If I look like this,

nobody will share their love with me.

The filthy blood of a mystical creature runs inside me.

Didn't I already tell you?

I've seen many humans

who are worse than beasts.

What makes you human

is not the blood that runs inside you.

It's your will to decide

what kind of human you wish to be.

Now,

I will ask you once again.

How do you want to live?

What do you want to live as?

TRAINING CENTER

Kang-chi.

What happened?

What did the commander say?

What is it?

Did you get scolded?

Did he scold you harshly?

Did he?

Why...

Why...

are you being so nice to me?

It's just that...

I want to do anything for you.

That's how I feel right now.

I want to

become a human being.

I don't want to be a halfling.

I want to be

a complete human being.

What are you doing?

I don't know.

I don't know why I am doing this for someone like you.

I once saved a human like this.

We will wait and see

if this works for you.

What?

I'll be damned.

CENTURY HOUSE

My lord, I brought Park Cheong-jo.

Let her in.

Pour me a drink.

-No. -I am not asking you.

I am giving you an order.

Whatever order you give, I won't follow it.

I don't want to.

Do you not want to talk about your brother, then?

I am going to make you an offer tonight.

Whether you accept my offer or not will determine

your brother's fate tomorrow morning.

Pour me a drink.

Be mine tonight.

If you become mine,

I will become your ally.

Let go of me. Please let go of me.

What is the thing that you want to protect so eagerly?

Is it your body?

Is it your pride?

You are the man who killed my parents.

I'd rather die than be humiliated like this.

Did your dear parents die for you?

No, they didn't.

Your father died while trying to save Choi Kang-chi.

Your mother abandoned you and chose to kill herself.

Who protected you?

In the end, you are the only one who can protect yourself.

Abandon everything you can in order to live.

And take everything you can take,

by any means and at any cost.

The desire to live

is nothing to be ashamed of.

It's only a rational and natural thing to do.

Let go of me.

Be mine,

and I will be

yours.

Good morning, Father.

You came to work early.

Did you have breakfast?

Father.

Why?

Kang-chi is beyond your capability.

He's not meant to be with a human.

If he finds the Gu Family Book,

he can become a human too.

When he becomes a human, his fate will change.

When that happens, wouldn't So-jeong's prophecy change too?

-Yeo-ul. -I don't want to neglect

or avoid the fate presented to me because of what hasn't happened yet.

I am going to face that fate with even more confidence.

That's

how you have taught me to live.

Right, Father?

I won't move.

Never.

Why...

are you being so nice to me?

I want to do anything for you.

That's how I feel right now.

My lord, Park Tae-seo is here.

You don't have to be shy.

You saved your brother's life.

Tae-seo.

Cheong-jo.

Why are you...

Can't you see?

Your sister saved you.

Cheong-jo.

You didn't...

Cheong-jo!

Cheong-jo!

Cho Gwan-ung, you bastard!

What do you want me to do with him, my lord?

I will make sure to kill you.

I will be sure to kill you.

There is nothing funnier

than the anger and the cry of a weak man.

This is the last chance I'm giving you.

Find out what Yi Sun-shin is trying to do with those 5,000 ingots.

If you disappoint me again,

your sister will go through much more.

You bastard!

Isn't this better?

Stop.

How dare you leave the House of Pleasure without permission?

How dare you glare at her?

Don't you see who's in front of you?

Did you say

my life might bloom again like spring flowers?

If that happens,

what will happen to the best courtesan of the House of Pleasure?

What?

What? Cheong-jo is back?

Yes. She just walked in.

Cheong-jo. What happened?

Where have you been?

Didn't you say

I could achieve my dream?

You said this was not the end.

Can I trust your words?

What is going on?

What on earth happened?

I will become...

a courtesan.

I will become a courtesan...

and live my life...

again.

TRAINING CENTER

Tae-seo.

Master.

What on earth happened, Tae-seo?

I'm here to kill you, Kang-chi.

No! Please!

No!

Don't forget.

You're like...

a son to me.

Please...

Look after

Tae-seo...

and Cheong-jo.

I wanted to become like my father.

I wanted to be like my father,

and I thought

I would become like him one day if I tried hard.

But...

in a world without him,

I am just a pathetic and weak man.

I resent myself for being like this.

I hate myself to death

for being so pathetic.

Were you the one who provoked Kang-chi and made him lose control?

Until when will you cry?

Look at me.

No. Get away from me.

Look straight into my eyes!

Why can't you look at me?

Why?

Are you afraid that I will turn into a monster again and hurt you?

Or is it because of the damn hypnosis that makes you want to kill me?

Why are you so afraid?

Please.

Please look at me, Tae-seo.

Only when you look at me

can I show you who I really am.

I want to tell you what happened to me,

why I became a monster,

how terrified I am right now,

and how lonely I am.

I want to

talk to someone, too.

And the only person I can talk to

is you, you know?

So, please.

Please look at me, Tae-seo.

Look straight into my eyes!

Kang-chi!

Yes.

Friends are

supposed to look into each other's eyes, Tae-seo.

In the end, Kang-chi's heart

freed Tae-seo from the hypnosis.

The power of sincerity

is more powerful than any black magic.

So what will you do now?

We need to prepare a full-scale war against Cho Gwan-ung.

A full-scale war?

People shouldn't shed their tears because of him, don't you think?

Finally, you've said something that pleases me.

Does that mean

The Four Pillars will be summoned once again?

The Four Pillars?

Yes. They seem to be the people who run the training center.

The Four Pillars.

Wait.

I've heard about them before.

There was a rumor that four unknown people,

each in charge of money, information, and military forces,

were sponsored by the Daedonggye.

I tried to root them out.

But I failed to find them.

It seems that The Four Pillars will help Yi Sun-shin this time.

The Four Pillars and Yi Sun-shin.

And the half-human, half-beast, Choi Kang-chi.

What is it?

-You have guests. -Guests?

Yes. They said they are the troops of Gung-bon.

They have finally arrived.

What's this?

Father ordered me to watch and supervise you from this day forth.

Watch and supervise me?

You are going to supervise me?

Of course, I'll be helping her too.

So what do you want me to do with these beans?

Starting now, you will count how many beans

there are in this sack.

What?

You said you wanted to become a human.

This is the first mission.

You should work on it with joy.

Okay?

MIYAMOTO

You're here, Jae-ryeong.

I've been waiting for you.

1,232.

-1,233. 1,234. -By the way, Kang-chi,

about your parents,

how did they die?

1,235. 1,236.

You don't know anything about them?

Sorry.

I will start over.

One, two, three, four, five...

By the way, who did you come with?

She's the wife of the late Lord Miyamoto.

She is now the current leader of the troops of Gung-bon.

What's going on?

What? What do you mean?

Subtitle translation by So-rang Kang