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THIS DRAMA IS A WORK OF FICTION BASED ON REAL FACTS OF HWARANG

IN THE ERA OF KING JINHEUNG OF SILLA

Where is Father?

What happened to him?

Why are you alone?

What about Father?

What are you doing?

Your wound is deep.

It is the lightest one among all the injuries

I have received from Your Highness.

Seeing you talk out of spite,

you must be feeling better now.

I thought I trapped you in misery.

After Your Highness took away my wife and my son,

I was indeed trapped in misery.

I was miserable for 12 years.

And?

Are you saying you will threaten me by saving your son?

I plan on teaching him the order of Silla.

He will see how rotten, ridiculous, and crazy it is.

I plan on showing him.

You are wicked as always.

Should I be...

apologizing to you?

My wife's life was taken away, and my son...

My son was kicked out of the capital.

My daughter and I lived in a nightmare.

Was it not enough for you? I will not...

I will not let you do this anymore.

I will not allow you to take anything else away from me.

We will see if I can take something

away from you or not.

Guards!

Take this man and lock him up!

I wish I could throw him away.

Why is he so tall?

Should I get started?

NAJEONG: A SACRED WELL WHERE PARK HYEOK-GEO-SE WAS BORN

I didn't think you would really come here.

It's crazy to come here at this hour.

You are right.

I should have been the one to suggest it.

I should have made him come first.

I feel like I lost already.

How annoying.

Let's go.

What do we do?

You are late.

You were early.

I am surprised you have the nerve to come here.

You took the words out of my mouth.

Make sure you clench your teeth.

You have terrible handwriting,

but you are confident about your fist.

How dare you comment on my handwriting?

Your hand is shaking.

What?

Let us make it short and sweet.

It's so tiring to get hit.

You have insulted the sacred Najeong.

Capture the lawbreakers!

-Yes, Master! -Yes, Master!

-Let go. -Go.

-Let go. -Let go of me!

-Come on. -Keep walking!

-Let go. -Let me go.

Let go of me!

-Let go of me! -Hey!

-Let go. -Let go.

-Let go of me! -Let go.

Tie every single one of them.

-Let go! -Stop!

-Let go of me! -Let go!

Who was arrested where?

What do you mean Najeong?

They fought in front of Najeong?

We cannot help it even if the Queen decides to kill him.

Kill him?

How could you say that?

What is Najeong?

It is where Park Hyeok-geo-se was born.

It is a sacred place.

I, Park Young-shil,

am trying to become a king

because Silla originally belonged to the Park family.

And he had a fight there?

He is my adopted son!

Without Ban-ryu, the Park family can have no king.

Have you forgotten why you came here?

Do you really plan on ending everything here?

Gosh.

This is all your fault.

You get angry at others for your own mistakes.

What did you just say?

This would not have happened

if you had not sent me that letter!

What do you mean?

You are the one who--

How dare you raise your voice here?

Look.

Please send word to my father.

-My father is-- -You.

You are still clueless, aren't you?

If you enter here alive, you will leave dead.

Even if you come in here dead, you will be skinned.

Stop being impatient and wait quietly.

The Queen has not yet decided on what to do with you yet.

Do they always leave lawbreakers...

to die from thirst?

You are such a moron.

How can you be sleepy

and thirsty right now?

Enough bickering. Please?

MEDICINE

Excuse me.

Hello?

You have to wake up and tell me about Father.

He will be fine.

Your father, I mean.

Where is he right now?

Did he get tortured? Where is he now?

How can I trust you?

We have no news about Father.

I heard you interrupted the royal birthday parade.

How can I trust you?

I...

I will not allow others to die in my place anymore.

So...

do not cry.

You must be thirsty,

and your legs will feel like they're about to rip off.

The bad news is...

we have not started the torture yet.

As you are here for committing high treason,

the Queen has decided to kill you

while you are receiving dreadful punishment.

Tie them to the chairs.

-Yes, Master. -Yes, Master.

We have no right to beg for your forgiveness,

but please have mercy

on our foolish children.

Don't tell me

your son is among the criminals.

Please forgive me.

It's all because I didn't teach my son properly.

Please have mercy on us.

Even if the Queen kills our children,

we cannot say anything.

I cannot understand it.

Why did they do such a thing at Najeong?

How did the palace guards know?

They captured the children as if they were waiting.

What is this?

It is a letter Ban-ryu received.

I believe Master Kim Seub's son also received one.

-This means-- -Our children

were caught in a trap.

The Queen is set on making Hwarang.

That is why this happened.

We have lost

this round.

Let the Queen form Hwarang

just as she wishes.

Master Young-shil.

After we make it,

we can turn it into ours.

That's your lifeline

that your powerful fathers have acquired from the Queen.

You won't get tortured, but you will become

a loyal Hwarang of Silla by signing this.

All you have to do is sign it and go home.

Isn't it simple?

Or,

you may choose to experience

what the next step is.

Excuse me.

So, will you release us if we sign it?

That is correct.

Why did you not tell me earlier?

I was going to do it anyway.

Please untie me.

If you are willing to sign,

tell me right now.

Untie me as well.

Untie me.

-Me, too. -Untie me as well.

Please untie me.

You're not signing up

just to avoid being tortured, right?

Am I right?

What are you doing?

Don't you want to sign up?

I want to do it.

It sounds exciting.

-Then you should ask them to untie you. -But I will not do it.

-Why not? -That's because

I am the grandson of Master Suk Hyun-jae.

Please untie him as well.

What are you doing?

Even if I sign the oath,

I cannot become a Hwarang because I am a half-breed.

How can you say

that you will not do it when you want to?

-Dan-sae. -You are the last True Bone

of the Suk family.

Grandfather would not want you to die here.

Untie me as well.

KIM SU-HO

-What do you mean you can't? -Your Highness

gave me the full authority on Hwarang.

I did.

That is why things turned out as planned.

The arrogant officials that never came

to the royal birthday parade

had their tails between their legs.

I knew you would be capable of this.

But

why are you asking me to accept

a young man without any conditions?

Which young master

do you have in mind?

If I tell you,

will you accept him?

How about this? You may bring one yourself.

A Hwarang without any conditions.

Then,

I will not ask any questions and accept him.

What do you say?

Show your respect as the Queen has sent you an order.

"Master Kim Ahnji's son, Kim Seon-u,

shall become a Hwarang under the Queen's order.

Come to Jowonjeon in Wolseong Palace at noon, ten days from now.

You shall attend the Hwarang appointment ceremony."

Will he...

Will he be released now?

Just wait.

Let us go.

"Hwarang"?

You're becoming a Hwarang?

What is this about?

No.

I will not live as a Hwarang

under the Queen.

If you act like this in front of Master Young-shil,

things will not end so simply.

Do you still think that I am a scared little child?

Go ahead and hit me all you please.

You do not want to become a Hwarang?

You should not have made trouble, then.

My apologies. He is being stubborn.

Do you feel miserable?

That is what power is about.

If you cannot control it, you will be controlled.

What will you do? You have to make a decision.

Will you take control or be controlled?

Do not pity yourself for something like this.

The world is a lot more...

tainted than you can imagine.

Become a Hwarang.

Go and get yourself power.

I will make your son a Hwarang.

Master Ahnji, I shall raise

your son to be my son's dog.

I heard Hwarang will be the future of Silla.

Did you really think

Hwarang would be a place to train the people

who will take charge of Silla?

I shall lock up and train the sons of the wolves

who are constantly trying to kill the King.

They must become loyal dogs who will give their lives

for my son, or hunting dogs who will lose their lives.

What turned you into this, Your Highness?

Never forget, not for a moment...

that your son's life...

is in the palm of my hand.

Father!

It is nothing.

Look. Your father is fine.

You were worried.

Where is your brother?

Leave.

The Queen did not spare you.

She plans to kill you by abusing you in Hwarang.

So, run away right now.

I cannot leave like this.

No.

Challenging the Queen now is like

dousing yourself with oil and running into a fire.

I know that.

I will...

protect you.

I will join Hwarang.

You cannot survive in there.

Whatever you imagine,

it will be exponentially worse.

I said I will fight.

I will endure it.

I will see what is at the end of this wretched capital.

I will see for myself.

I will go and destroy it all.

So...

I will go to Hwarang.

The horse is outside.

Is Master Wehwa not in yet?

Go and tie down the horse already.

Why did you not tie it down yourself?

Why are you doing this to me?

Should you not do that much for a customer?

Look at the size of this place.

Hey.

Did anything come for me? For example,

a letter from the Queen?

Lunatic.

Why is he looking for that here? Idiot.

I can hear you.

He has an annoyingly good sense of hearing.

-Pi Joo-ki. -Hi.

Turn around.

Why?

Turn around.

I am going crazy.

Come with me.

What? Why?

There are rumors that Hwarang

is controlled by some crazy old fool

and that it belongs to that old fool, not the Queen.

I think a crazy old fool is a bit much.

Let go.

-Go. -Do not touch me.

You said you do not want to ruin it, but change it.

-And? -You must tear it down to change it.

Do you have the guts for that?

What do you wish to say?

A nation with happy subjects and a suffering king.

The subjects do not worry about the nation,

but the king worries about the subjects.

Is that...

the nation that you desire?

I want to live in a nation like that.

Who are you?

Someone who truly wishes Silla would change.

That is my half-truth.

Darn it.

Oh, my gosh.

You will not like anyone more than me.

Teach him what?

We cannot...

send him to Hwarang like that.

It is better to learn a little,

rather than to go without any knowledge at all.

That way...

he can endure it somehow.

Why?

Are you uncomfortable with your brother?

Not at all. It's just still a little awkward.

Okay. I am relying on you.

Can you read?

I can read everything on this dice.

That?

What else?

Do I need to know anything else?

How many characters

do you think there are in the world?

It cannot be more than 200.

You don't mean

the number 200, do you?

SEON-U

Name.

This is

your name.

Here. Write it.

Hold this down here.

Press down like this.

Okay.

Even if you memorize 20 characters a day,

it'll take at least two months to learn 1,000.

I can do it alone.

You are so clueless.

Do you know what kind of place you're trying to enter?

It is full of the best sons of nobility.

They all had private tutors since childhood.

Do you want to look like a fool among them?

-A fool? -So, let me help you.

Okay.

Relax. It's just a brush.

Let go.

I said I can do it alone.

Goodness.

You can't.

You need to know how to hold the brush, so that you can practice alone.

Seriously. Again.

Here. Down.

Don't you hear the sound of drums?

No.

That is strange.

I hear something beating.

Why are you doing this to me?

SEON-U

Well, it is not bad for your first time.

Why do you keep staring at me?

I did not.

Look.

Did I get much uglier than when I was little?

You look different from what I expected.

What am I seeing now?

Who are you?

Why do these things only happen to you?

I told you my brother showed up.

When?

You didn't say he's handsome and tall.

Doesn't everyone envy your brother?

He's writing with his sister. How tender it is!

-You lucky wench. -You are envious of that?

How much rice cake must I feed you

in order to become one family?

The fact that you are my friend

is embarrassing.

Where did your brother go?

He left.

I have so much to teach him.

Teach him what?

Right! You have a horse at home, right?

SEON-U

This is your name.

May I use it?

Excuse me.

You have never ridden a horse, have you?

It will be amusing to see people who swore

they would never join Hwarang.

Still, Ban-ryu will not come, right?

He's here.

I am disappointed.

You said you would not join Hwarang.

Seeing you were released,

I guess you signed the oath,

I told you.

I have no intention of being the Queen's dog.

Then did your father sign it?

Which father?

Master Park Young-shil or Master Ho?

We didn't get to finish our fight that night.

Let us do it today.

How about football?

Will football suffice?

Oh, that?

Just say no.

We always lose.

Fools.

Let's play.

Get more men.

You have two fewer men than we do. You are no match for us.

We will get more men.

Don't go anywhere and just wait here.

Darn it.

I said to sit up.

Do not bend forward.

Like this. Sit up.

I said to straighten your back.

The horse knows if you are afraid.

It gets nervous.

You must trust him

for him to trust you.

Why is a man so fearful?

Let's go.

Like this. Slowly.

Go and if you want to stop,

pull down on the reign like this.

When you need to stop a horse

that is running, lean back like this.

You will not need to stop a running horse for a while.

Let's go.

See? I told you. You can do it.

You are doing it.

What? You know how to smile.

I did not.

There is no need to scowl.

Shall we take a little stroll?

Let's go.

My gosh!

Oh, no!

Move! Out of my way!

What on earth are they doing?

Gosh.

Why are there no useful men today?

I need to wipe that smile off of his face.

Ban-ryu does not have a smile...

We have never won once.

Must we do this?

Look.

Help me!

They sure are fast.

Are you all right?

He is really fast.

I thought I was going to die.

I am never riding him again.

You're okay.

You're okay.

You're okay.

Do not hide. Come out, you coward!

Why is he...

Why is he with her?

I am glad you are safe.

It is awkward saying this in this situation...

but would you play a game with us?

We are not strange men. We are...

Hwarang.

Who created the law that it is not a crime

for a man to kill a man?

Was it you?

Have we...

Have we met before?

You are Hwarang?

If not, whatever.

Let's play.

They will play.

Of course, they shall.

Are you insane?

They are Hwarang. This is a good opportunity.

What about you?

I'll play

if he plays.

Why is that pervert still here?

What game is it?

They are the jerks from that night.

Okay.

Fine. Let us do this.

Good luck.

This could be the best chance to learn things.

It would be good to become friends with them, too.

I have no desire to.

The capital is all about connections.

I know those men. They are all from the best families.

If you become close, they will help your future.

I do not expect you to score a goal.

Just make sure not to get in the way.

-You can do that, right? -What about you?

Are you really okay?

Me?

I'm fine.

Okay, then.

Who is he?

The young masters are playing a match!

It is not just football, but that!

The young masters are playing a match!

-It is not just football, but that! -Let's go!

They are about to start!

Oh, my gosh. Really?

Let's go.

-Where are you going? -Hurry.

Why are they so excited about a football match?

It is not just football.

It's something way more exciting.

"Beautiful football."

It is football played by beautiful people

dressed beautifully.

Thus, it is "beautiful football."

Ban-ryu!

Look at them!

You must be too desperate about filling your team.

They don't seem to know what this is.

Don't worry. They are very physically adept.

The rule is quite simple. We score goals and we win.

If you get the ball, pass it to me.

Can you do it?

Run!

-Run! -What is this?

Here!

But people are mistaken about it.

Not only is it played by beautiful people,

there are also no rules.

They don't play by rules

in this football.

It's a competition that never ends.

Ban-ryu!

Damn!

Block him!

Block it!

No!

One!

How dare you...

Are you okay?

If you just stand there, you cannot help but fall.

Just standing at the goal isn't the answer.

You should calculate the opponent's force and step back.

Are there no rules here?

No.

Winning is the only law.

Fine.

I like you for some reason.

Let's go!

Wow! He is so cool!

-He is happy. -You are all dead!

Give us the point!

TWO

What an idiot.

Not this way. That way!

You kicked the ball into our own goal!

We go that way?

Pass!

Block him!

ONE

Yes!

TWO

Did you see that? What did I say?

He is extraordinary!

Okay.

He is a total monster.

Do not let him pass this time.

Let us go.

Hey.

You startled me.

"Hey"?

Did you even get to touch the ball?

You should have told me if you enjoy this.

I do not.

I had an assumption, but you are worse than I imagined.

I was startled.

Shut your mouth.

Do you have a plan?

Do not smile. It is annoying.

What?

You are on the same team!

What?

You thief.

Come on.

Ban-ryu.

Yes!

Here!

Good job!

That is right! Yes!

TWO

THREE

Okay.

What is his problem?

You fainted a lot, so I thought you were a weakling,

but you must be stronger than you seem.

You rode the horse well, too.

Thank you for saving me earlier.

But you are not close with that young master, are you?

He does not seem like a good person.

Before, at Okta...

I mean, that is not it.

We just slept...

Are you insane? Shut your mouth.

Get on my back.

You are hurt.

I am fine.

Shall I carry you in my arms?

Why does it have to be him?

Are you always that mean?

You shouldn't behave like that here. I told you.

Everything is about connections.

I mean it.

KIM SEON-U

Hurry up.

We will be late.

We left home an hour early. We won't be late.

Let me see.

Hold on.

My dear.

I'm sorry, but I like this too.

Then go ahead and take it.

Are you Master Ahnji's daughter?

How did you...

Pull like this...

Is he a Hwarang?

Wait.

Is he going to the appointment ceremony wearing that bracelet?

How dare a peasant wear silk?

Your life must have picked up here in the capital.

Talk to me.

Let her go.

I have never seen you so scared before.

I have a feeling that it is because of her.

I told you to let her go.

Stay still.

He was poking around outside.

That wench's life

depends on what you do.

If you touch a single hair on her head,

you are dead.

I don't know about that.

I think

you will die before I do.

Now!

Kill me now, then.

But if she gets hurt before then,

I will kill you.