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What I fear...

is the grief my lover will feel...

when she learns of my death.

These bracelets will always...

keep us connected, no matter the situation.

Think of them as a token of your beloved before the wedding.

Why did you not kill me?

This is an insult. Kill me this instant!

I will no longer...

use my sword to take another life.

I made a promise.

They were not yet meant to separate,

and so the moment the sun and moon became one,

the bracelet of fate created a miracle.

(The bracelet of fate created a miracle.)

(Episode 12)

(Into the New World)

We got rid of the Chief State Councilor,

but until the abdication is complete,

we must continue to watch our opposition.

Are you saying...

we should summon our forces?

It is not my idea. It is Lord Lee Kyu's.

Shedding more blood when we got what we wanted...

will only make us the same as the King from ten plus years ago.

Our great cause...

was to make a new world, was it not?

Do not make such a dangerous remark.

This is not the time for sentimentality.

We must do as Lord Lee Kyu said and nip retaliation in the bud.

Oh, dear...

Lecturer Jung Soo Kyum from the Office of Special Advisors,

Confucian scholars, and officials from the Three Censorate Offices...

went to the King's bedchamber.

Who?

Jung Soo Kyum, did you say?

Your Majesty!

Rescind the order of abdication!

Your Majesty. The corrupt want you to abdicate...

so they can gain control of the government.

Why do you turn a blind eye to Lee Kyu's ulterior motive?

Please hear our plea!

- Please hear our plea! - Please hear our plea!

What the...

Catch her!

Your reckless decision...

is only hastening your death.

Farewell, Sun Chaek, truly for the last time.

It is Lord Lee Bun.

Get that fool.

I told you to get him!

If you value your life,

drop your sword and step back!

Lee Bun.

How did you survive?

How dare...

thugs like you enter the Palace?

Those who oppose His Majesty are...

to be executed at once.

Was that...

truly His Majesty's command?

Step back unless you wish to get hurt.

Stop!

Are you all right, my lord?

How come you...

I have Lord Lee's orders.

Lord Lee...

has returned.

He has?

What is taking him so long?

I must step out for a while.

Lord Lee Kyu will be here soon.

Where are you going?

You heard your son is in trouble.

You are not going to help him, are you?

You failed to keep your son under control.

If Lord Lee Kyu were to hear, he would surely lose his life,

even though he is your son.

Say that again!

My lord.

He is here.

Detain all the traitors!

Thanks to you,

I enjoyed my time at the border.

What nonsense is that?

Did you not say...

that one should greet even their enemies with grace?

Is this you mocking me?

I do not feel...

any guilt toward you anymore,

and any compassion I once had...

is gone.

Over here!

Remove this traitor!

- Yes, Lord Lee. - Yes, Lord Lee.

Let go of me.

Get your hands off me. How dare you?

Lee Bun, you...

Let go. Let go of me!

Let go of me.

No! Let go of me!

Lord Lee.

Is it really you?

Could I be dreaming?

It seems I have no choice...

but to believe in miracles now.

I knew you would come back.

Thank you for being alive.

What took you so long?

It is no fun if the male lead shows up too quickly.

Father, Mother!

- Sun Chaek. - Sun Chaek!

- Sun Chaek! - Brothers.

- Sun Chaek! - We thought...

we would never see you again.

Now we can keep our lives.

Goodness.

I am sorry you had to go through this...

simply because you have a father like me.

Thank you.

I know it was rough.

Are you all right?

I am delighted and thrilled...

to see everyone unharmed.

We have definitely become a family now.

Stop that.

You should return home.

- Come on. - Father.

Goodness. Let us hurry.

Head home first and wait for me there.

Where are you going to go?

I have somewhere to be.

I must put an end to this.

Your Majesty.

Bring the royal physician!

Is he likely to recover?

Having...

long been exposed to poisonous aloeswood smoke,

his full recovery will take time.

Your Majesty.

Are you awake?

I heard you were dead.

Have you come back as a spirit?

I returned after battling the death that came for me.

No, I do not believe you.

The resentment you harbored against me...

for a long time...

made you seek me out even after death.

You!

Your Majesty.

- Your Majesty. - Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Please remain calm, Your Majesty.

I am sorry.

I wronged you.

I am sorry for what I did.

I...

I took your father's life...

and forced you...

to get blood on your hands.

I am sorry.

Please spare my life just this once.

Please... Please spare my life just this once.

Bun...

Please spare my father's life.

I will do anything you say, Uncle.

Please. Please spare his life this once.

Please spare my life just this once, Bun.

Just this once.

Please spare my life just this once.

Please...

Where are you rushing off to?

Do not tell me you are running away.

What are you talking about?

As if you do not know.

Seize her.

- Yes, my lord. - Yes, my lord.

No, let go of me.

Let go of me!

Do Hwa Sun!

Let go of me. I did nothing wrong.

Let go!

Do Hwa Sun!

Even until the very end, she calls me by my name.

Bye!

Let go of me!

Something is clearly not right.

There must be a misunderstanding.

Please call Lord Lee Kyu for me!

Because...

of the long-held grudge I carried,

I never saw His Majesty in a favorable light.

People may see me as insignificant and old,

but the bloodbath unfolding again in the Palace...

tells me I must make a decision.

For this unstable nation...

and the faltering King...

You must step forward.

I will support you with whatever power...

and the authority you may require.

May I dare ask that we be friends?

I would like to spend time with you often.

It feels like a dream.

To think I have a friend now.

Just hurry up and tell me what you have to say.

For a long time,

I have been fond of you.

After all,

you were the dazzling leading lady.

When I believed I had no one in my life,

I found a true friend.

I was happy.

I see you have made it your mission to portray me as cruel.

That is your problem, Lady Sun Chaek.

You care only about your own feelings,

without regard for others.

You are right.

Being dense,

I truly believed you wanted to be my friend.

It made me happy.

I spoke my mind to nobody but you...

and even got nosy.

But...

it nearly got me drowned.

I believed someone else was the criminal.

But I got kidnapped and almost killed.

And you miraculously survived every single time.

Since when?

When did you change?

You were not like this before.

I have not changed.

I have always been this way.

I only changed my approach...

after you interfered in my life.

In short, I am the cause.

I am sorry...

I became a part of your story.

But under no circumstances...

should you have hurt others.

You should...

admit your sins and stop. Please.

Why must I stop?

Watching you smile with everything...

I could barely obtain,

even with a perfect plan.

Do you have any idea how miserable that felt?

No.

Not once was anything easy for me.

Do you think you are the only one...

who is pathetic, and the rest of us have it easy?

Do not try to lecture me.

One who envies others' lives...

and hurts them...

is not qualified to be the main character.

Your loved ones will no longer...

support you.

Since earlier...

Since earlier...

What nonsense have you been going on about?

Just strangle me or kill me!

Put an end to this!

Confess what you intended to achieve...

by organizing the Black Gang!

"The Black Gang?"

What are you talking about?

The one who ridiculed and fooled the King...

was you, Lord Lee. No?

The man you hired was kind enough...

to confess everything.

My lord.

My apologies.

I do not know him.

My lord?

Come now.

What are you trying to get by laying the blame on me?

To abandon the man who sacrificed himself for your great cause.

What right do you have to question me?

I gave him the authority.

So this was the reason you clouded...

my eyes and ears.

For years, you men...

have been harboring deep and dark greed...

right...

beside me!

If...

you confess your sins now,

for the first and last time,

I will at least spare your life.

I will not...

punish your children for your sins either.

Your Majesty.

Lord Lee Kyu sweet-talked me...

into committing an unforgivable sin.

Please kill me.

I, too, was a fool...

and took part in an immoral cause.

The Chief State Councilor's treason...

was also fabricated, orchestrated by Lord Lee Kyu.

He is right.

He wished to take away...

Your Majesty's eyes, ears, hands, and feet.

Please kill me.

- Please kill me. - Please kill me.

It would...

not be nearly enough to execute you all...

and annihilate your entire family.

Now that the mastermind is uncovered,

I will honor my promise.

Still,

do not expect anything more...

than your life being spared.

There will be no forgiveness.

How despicable.

You are not the one to forgive!

Did you wish to become a wise king on the throne you seized...

by killing your own family?

You are no king.

You are nothing but a beast!

How dare you!

You...

His head.

Take this head at once.

Do it now.

What are you waiting for?

I...

cannot obey that order, Your Majesty.

What was that?

Please do not repeat the same mistake.

One's nature never changes.

Forgiveness from a human worse than a beast?

That is enough to make anyone laugh.

That little... I will...

Stop, Your Majesty!

Move at once!

Move! I will kill him...

Were you ever at ease...

on the throne you ascended to in such a way?

What was once stained by blood...

cannot be undone. I know this better than anyone.

No matter how much one struggles,

one cannot free oneself from it.

It will...

come back to haunt you, Your Majesty.

Please...

put an end to this burden.

Focus on what lies ahead, Your Majesty.

May you sleep peacefully, even if it is just for one day.

The rest.

Get rid of them as you fit.

Where are you going?

I am not done talking!

How dare you!

That man...

I will rip him apart to...

Let go of me. Let go!

Stop right there!

I must kill him as brutally as possible.

It is all over.

Do you want to...

spend the rest of your life as that fool's hound?

That would be...

a choice I made.

It is time you pay the price...

for your choice.

It is not fair.

How could the world be this cruel to me?

I will kill every one of you!

Let go of me!

You fools!

Let go.

Every one of you...

Keep moving.

Get me away from here!

Someone told me...

that revenge...

is for those who cannot change their lives.

If that is true, you have an opportunity.

An opportunity to change your life.

I wanted...

to tell you that.

Wait.

I have a message to pass on.

I want you to give Lee Kyu a message from me.

"I understand why you hold a grudge."

"But do not turn into the person..."

"You hate and resent."

I wish you could overcome the past...

and start a new life.

I hope my sincerity reaches you.

That sincerity is not yours. I can tell that much.

"Gumaengjusan."

I did not say that to you.

You said that to me.

Say this to the one who sent you to speak to me.

I will not go down like this.

I will return.

That is all.

It is a lovely day,

Lady Sun Chaek.

You behaved like a true fan of the novel.

Good for you.

Thanks for giving me a chance.

Will you really...

not regret staying in this world?

Even if the novel ends?

Even if this world ends?

What do you think?

Do you like it?

It feels like spring has come to Ho Sun Dang, dear wife.

Why are you talking like that?

And calling me "dear wife?"

That title...

I just love it so very much.

Dear husband.

We should get married before spring comes.

- Us, marry? - Yes?

We must announce far and wide...

that we are officially married.

If we hurry...

No, wait.

Do you not think...

we could delay the wedding?

Is there a problem?

The end.

When the story ends,

everything will come to an end.

Actually,

there is something I could not tell you.

Are you hiding a lover?

Or do you have a child I do not know of?

I do not care about that.

No, it is not that.

It will be much harder to believe.

What is it, Father?

You will now repent for what you did, Father.

Sit with your back straight.

My gosh.

Father. Put your heart into it.

Do you not know I have a sore back?

You shall also...

meditate in complete silence.

You are being too harsh on me.

Who do you think I got it from?

You failed to concentrate, so we shall start over.

(Restricted Area)

Yet again, I must start over...

with nothing at all.

I hope we catch ten marbled rock fish.

It is not marbled rock fish season.

Is that so?

What would you like to catch, then?

A rock fish maybe, so I can cry among the rocks.

Rockfish. Rock.

So we are inside a novel.

You are from another world,

and when this story ends,

this world disappears?

Yes.

Romantic stories like this...

usually end with the main characters getting married.

That is why you wish to postpone our wedding?

To prevent this world from disappearing?

Do you expect me to believe that?

I know it is hard to believe.

But it is true.

I wish to be with you forever,

yet I fear that my decision to stay by your side...

will be what separates us...

when this world disappears.

It does not matter to me whether you are...

the real Cha Sun Chaek.

With your unexpected boldness,

you captivated my heart,

and my life was forever changed.

You helped me see...

that fate is a miracle created by true, heartfelt desire.

- You cannot! - Move!

I was able to move beyond a life that felt like punishment...

and dream of a future with you.

This was only possible...

because you came into my life.

You saved me,

and in doing so, you changed me.

That is why...

the one I believe in and acknowledge...

will be you, the one standing before me.

Lord Lee...

Even if this world disappears,

I will choose to be with you.

I am not afraid of the end either,

as long as I have you by my side.

I will focus only on you,

the one who means the world to me.

Buy the wedding gift box!

- Buy the wedding gift box. - Buy the wedding gift box.

Buy the wedding gift box!

- Buy the wedding gift box. - Buy the wedding gift box.

This family must have no one to buy the wedding gift box.

Perhaps we should look for another family.

Buy the wedding gift box!

- Buy the wedding gift box. - Buy the wedding gift box.

Greetings.

Please come on in.

We have arranged steaming meat and delicious liquor for you.

No can do.

I have already had my fair share of meat and liquor.

Do not just stand there.

Roll out the mat.

Of course.

Goodness.

What...

All right. To help digest our full stomachs,

let us lie down...

and rest!

Goodness. Join me, everyone.

Goodness.

This is hardly necessary.

There is no need to lie down.

Brothers, please.

Do better, will you?

- What? - She is right.

If you lack strength, try to outsmart them.

- Why you... - What if...

I am unable to marry because of my brothers?

That cannot happen!

- Father. - Father.

We need the box carrier to come in.

This might actually take all night.

- Unbelievable. - Father!

- What? - We need our secret weapon.

Our secret weapon?

No.

Father.

Please.

Do enter already.

This...

is wild ginseng wine, over 30 years old,

passed down...

through generations in our family.

- What? - Really?

Wild ginseng wine?

As if we would be swayed by some wild ginseng wine.

Then, how about this?

May I interest you in cocktail bombs made with wild ginseng wine?

Cocktail bombs?

Come inside,

and you will have the chance...

to try the once-renowned cocktail bomb.

Cocktail bombs for me?

Yes, of course. I should head inside right away.

Cocktail bombs.

- Let us go inside. - Let us go.

Come on in.

This is to wish that Lee Bun and Cha Sun Chaek grow old together.

Also, let us raise our glasses to everyone's longevity!

- Cheers. - Cheers.

We will do the wave starting from the right.

But should anyone refuse to drink,

we will begin from the top.

All right, and go.

Goodness.

All right. Let us begin.

Brother-in-law, this is not personal.

- Oh, dear. - Oh, no.

It is said that...

stimulating this acupuncture spot boosts stamina.

One.

One!

Goodness.

Stimulating this acupuncture spot helps improve blood circulation.

Two!

- Oh, my. - Oh, no.

- Seriously? - Please be gentle.

Stimulating this acupuncture point can help brighten your eyes.

Three.

Three!

And now, let us show him our love.

Stop hitting him, brothers!

He barely made it back in one piece.

What if this ends up killing him?

Sun Chaek, at least for today, you will not interrupt.

He is right, Sun Chaek. We are simply helping your husband.

Sun Chaek.

People do not die so easily.

Is that what you believe?

You have hit me a total of 35 times.

Wait, have you actually been keeping count?

For each time you hit me today,

you will deal with me separately.

Thanks to you three, I will live a long life.

So let us...

be part...

of each other's lives...

for a long time.

You heard the man. Let his feet down.

Right. Here you go.

That must have hurt.

Goodness.

Unbelievable.

I have news about Lee Kyu.

The boat taking him to exile...

was caught in a storm...

and sank.

That too...

is the ending he chose for himself.

Then,

what do you suppose my fate will be?

Seeing as you made...

a significant decision regarding Lee Kyu's punishment,

I am eager to see the world...

you will shape.

However,

from this moment on, I will no longer carry...

the burden of that sword.

I...

do not remember if I have ever told you this before.

For hurting you...

so deeply. Too deep for anyone so young to bear.

I am truly sorry.

I apologize as your uncle.

- Goodness. - Oh, my.

- How pretty. - What a lovely bride.

- Let me have a look. - As expected, our lady is a beauty.

- I am tearing up. - Oh, dear.

- Is she not pretty? - Good grief.

- How blinding. - Even the groom is handsome.

- How dazzling. - She is gorgeous.

- Exactly. - My goodness.

The groom must be a happy man.

I envy the bride.

What a joyful day.

- Please come this way. - She is dazzling.

What a nice wedding.

I, the newlywed bride, will throw the trumpet creeper.

The one who catches it will be the next to marry.

- I am the eldest. - Sun Chaek.

Here I go.

This way.

Lady Hwa Sun must be happy. Look at her smile.

My lord.

Will you allow me to have your first night once more?

How daring of you, showing no hint of shyness.

You are indeed my bride.

- My goodness. - What?

My lord!

Look away!

Goodness, my lord.

No.

- Oh, my. - Go and stop them.

- Stop them already. - Sun Chaek.

- Oh, dear. - Stop them.

That is enough.

(And so, the two became the eternal pages of a story...)

(that could never be complete without each other. The End.)

It really ended.

Mo Eum!

Let's grab a bite before the team project.

You know the new snack bar nearby, right? Hurry.

Okay. I'll be right there.

("Lord Tyrant's Obsessive Love" Side Story Released)

The story continues even after that.

("Lord Tyrant's Obsessive Love" Side Story Released)

Nice. I am taking you away.

- You little... - Take this.

You are dead meat.

Here, take this.

Oh, dear. You are not an easy opponent.

Good grief. What is this chaos?

They are destroying everything.

Be gentle, all right? Play gently.

You should be stopping them, not joining them.

Goodness gracious. How pathetic of you three.

We are entertaining them, not ourselves.

And it sure is not an easy job.

Face the attack of your uncles!

- Sun Chaek. - No, wait.

Are you truly going to have 12 children?

Are you not happy with six?

Come now, Father.

Do you not like how lively the place is?

The more children, the merrier. No?

Hurry. Please hurry.

I will do it.

How about returning to Ho Sun Dang?

I did not quite hear what you said.

Allow me to do it.

No. I like it when Father does it.

What a stubborn girl.

Those naughty boys.

You are not hurt, yes?

My goodness.

Now then, let me see.

To think I would see...

the unrivaled Lord Lee braid his daughter's hair.

You must live a longer life.

When I grow older, I wish to travel around...

and simply thrive in solitude.

Hold on tightly.

Hold on.

No. Hold on tightly.

Give me a minute.

- Shall we change the order now? - My lord!

Here.

- It looks delicious. - It looks good.

Enjoy.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

Let us go.

You are here again, Lord Handsome.

Only by meeting often can we grow fond of each other.

Remember nothing...

but this name alone.

"Cho Eun Ae?"

Yes. That is correct.

(Cho Eun Ae)

If you forget,

I will teach you again.

I truly like it.

The devastating prophecy stated that everything would end...

once the story reached its conclusion.

However, I discovered it signified...

that one story must close for a new chapter to start.

In the life I had abandoned,

you became the leading lady,

and I commend you for it.

I will continue to root for the life that unfolds before you.

Now,

- you are the hero of your story. - You are the hero of your story.

Goodness.

My gosh.

Goodness me.

I barely did anything,

yet the day is already ending.

Loving it despite knowing the ending.

When did you get back?

I cannot even remember...

the last time we shared...

some private moments.

What if someone sees us?

Have they not been watching us from the start?

(Ever Web Novel)

Having the courage to defy your fate,

though your ending is set,

grants us the chance...

to breathe forever within our happy stories.

(To breathe forever within our happy stories)

We will now enjoy some private moments alone.

Do not interrupt.

(Thank you for watching The First Night with the Duke.)

(The First Night with the Duke)

(The First Night with the Duke, I'm Cha Sun Chaek.)