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[Final Episode] Take it. It is the antidote.

If you cannot trust me, trust Ga Eun.

Take it.

If Young Miss Ga Eun is giving it to me...

even if it is poison...

I do not care.

When I asked you to fill in for me

I had no idea how dangerous it would be.

I am truly sorry.

I...

tried to steal your throne.

Do not ask me for forgiveness.

I will not ask you for your forgiveness, Your Majesty.

As long as you are alive...

we will resolve our misunderstanding someday.

Fate put our friendship to the test.

You will always be...

the very first friend that I ever made.

Lee Seon.

Can we go back?

Can we be how we were before?

Like family and friends?

Can't we be together?

Lee Seon.

How can you put spilt water back in its cup?

How can you put a fallen flower petal back on its stem?

No matter how you try...

that is something we just can't get back.

You may worry about me, Young Miss.

But, I worry about you.

Please, stay safe.

I pray for that, Young Miss.

He will be back someday.

Stay with me.

We will wait for the day when Lee Seon returns.

Are you saying you released the fake King?

It is my fault that he was where he was.

I feel responsible for him.

Your Majesty.

Because of your affection, will you let him live when he ought to die?

It is not just because of my affection.

Whatever the reason was, he was a person who sat on the throne.

It has always been customary not to kill a deposed ruler carelessly.

Your Majesty.

You may punish him however you see fit.

However, I must speak up on other matters.

I have heard that the woman who was to be his Queen is still in the palace.

How can the woman chosen to be his Queen become your Queen?

The people will object to this and obviously the scholars will, as well.

Please cut off these relationships.

Become a good and wise King.

The Crown Prince gave me the real antidote.

I have heard that only the Pyeonsoo-hwe's Dae Mok knows how to make the antidote.

How could this pack carrier boss get this?

Can you truly trust him?

I started to suspect the Crown Prince

because of the antidote that Hyun Seok gave me.

Could Hyun Seok possibly be...

Hyun Seok said I saved his life.

One of the people that you saved from being killed was my father.

Thank you for saving my father's life, Your Majesty.

The only person left to get revenge for Elder Dae Mok

is you now.

Should I assassinate the King?

No, that is not what Elder Dae Mok would do.

He would have a different target.

A different target that can hit them with one strike.

For the late King, it was the Crown Prince.

For the King, it is...

I do not want to.

You have a guest.

Are you going to be so petty and not offer a mere chicken?

Your Majesty.

I fear that this letter may cause you some inner turmoil.

So, I have picked up my ink brush and put it down several times.

You are now the King of Joseon and you have taken on an important duty.

I am girl with many faults and I worry I will get in your way.

I am afraid of that.

Please allow me live a normal life in the town.

You will open up an era of peace.

Allow me to watch over that with the people.

Young Miss Ga Eun left that letter in her residence.

She has left the palace.

Who has worked harder than Ga Eun for this day to come?

Isn't that right, Your Majesty?

As a ruler, I am lacking...

in qualifications.

I may have helped save many of your lives.

However, it was due to the sacrifice of one woman.

That was what made it possible.

Your Majesty, what are you trying to say?

To a person who sacrificed like that, now that the world has changed

I must pretend not to know her?

Just days ago, you were all begging for your lives.

She put her life on the line for all of you and now you will forget her?

Is that the law of this nation?

Your Majesty.

A ruler must often close his eyes to mere affection and emotions.

Your Majesty, please try to understand our intent.

Very well.

If that is how you all feel...

there is no other choice.

Your Majesty, you are very benevolent...

It was not because I was the legitimate heir.

It was in order to save the people from the Pyeonsoo-hwe.

That is why I became King.

I have done everything I need to.

Please find someone wiser and with more virtue than me.

Seat him in this throne.

Your Majesty, do you see this?

The people are laughing.

You must exist for all the people of this nation.

I was right to leave for your sake, wasn't I?

That is nonsense.

Ga Eun.

Look at me.

Ga Eun, I said look at me.

Ever since I was Chun Soo, the bookseller...

your feelings for me did not change.

Even when I was the boss of pack carriers and an Officer in the palace...

You never changed.

But, now that I am King, why can't you be with me?

Your Majesty.

I was selected to be Queen for the former, deposed King.

If I become the Queen...

it will bring trouble to your reign.

Do you want to know what is truly troublesome to the people?

It is if I lose you.

When Dae Mok kidnapped you, everyone told me... subtitles ripped and synced by riri13

to think of the people and protect my own life.

However, if I had abandoned you in order to save myself

I would not have been the same person.

The person who was willing to face the Pyeonsoo-hwe and fight them.

He would have disappeared.

Ga Eun, being King...

it is a position that can create a monster like Dae Mok at any time.

You need to make sure I do not end like that.

Can you not stay by my side and watch over me?

For my sake, as well as...

for the people of this nation.

The moon has waited a long time.

Like the moon and sun that have finally found each other.

I want...

to be with you forever.

As deep and wide as my soul can reach...

I love you.

One day...

even if the heavens summon me...

and I die...

I will still love you.

This heart will not ever change.

Will you please be with me?

Become my Queen and the mother of this nation.

Join me.

And protect them with me.

I will.

I will be your Queen forever.

I will be with you, Your Majesty.

It is the King!

Your Majesty!

Long live the King!

Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

Long live the King! Long live the King!

You really do not have a son named Hyun Seok?

Is that really true?

Oh my. How many times must I tell you?

That is what I said.

Come back with me now.

Your Majesty.

You need to give me time to say my goodbyes.

Auntie, Wiggly, and the market people. I have to say goodbye to them.

All right.

Then I will send a palanquin in an hour.

Come back in that.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Professor! Professor!

Lee Seon.

Professor, my guard, Hyun Seok, is a spy for Dae Mok.

Is that true?

Hyun Seok is not with the King, is he?

The King is in danger if he is.

He is not with the King right now.

What... what is it?

Where is Hyun Seok right now?

Get into the palanquin, Young Miss.

Everything is going back to its proper place.

Lee Seon will be back soon.

Sis, you need to be happy.

She's the Queen now.

Long live the Queen! Long live the Queen!

Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

Stop!

Put the palanquin down.

Is there something wrong?

Open the palanquin door.

What is going on?

I do not want anything from you.

In order to hurt the King... You are his greatest weakness.

That is the only reason why.

Do not resent me.

Stop!

Lee Seon!

You cannot lay one finger on Young Miss Ga Eun.

You are someone I once served.

I do not want to kill you, so step aside.

Shut your mouth.

Lee Seon!

Young Miss...

Run... away.

Oh no!

Ga Eun!

Your Majesty!

Please wake up.

Lee Seon!

Do not cry, Young Miss.

Lee Seon.

I always caused you pain.

I am so sorry.

No, Young Miss.

Thanks to you...

I had a name.

I was able to have a dream.

I was happy.

Lee Seon.

Your Majesty.

I resented you.

Please forgive me for that.

No, there is no need.

Everything is all right.

Do not make us send you off like this.

Your Majesty.

You were a good friend to me.

You were my very first...

and last friend.

Please...

be happy with Young Miss Ga Eun.

Become a true ruler of this nation.

I'm begging you.

Lee Seon...

Lee Seon... Lee Seon.

Lee Seon. Lee Seon!

No! Lee Seon!

Lee Seon!

Lee Seon!

- Lee Seon! - Lee Seon!

[One Year Later] What is a true ruler?

I will spend my whole life asking myself that question.

In the end, my search for that answer

will never really stop.

That is the least I can do for the people who sacrificed for me.

It is the only thing...

I can do to repay them.

I will be with you forever...

while you try to answer that, Your Majesty.

Han Ga Eun, you are appointed Queen of Joseon.

You will become the mother of the people of this nation.

Please spend your life with me.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, the Queen.

Congratulations.

Long may you reign! Long may you reign!

Long may you reign!

Elder, I will make Ga Eun happy.

Please watch over us.

Your Majesty.

Become a great King who is loved by all the people of the nation.

I will always be thankful and sorry.

How can I ever repay my debt to you, Head Merchant Hwa Goon?

Be happy.

If you are happy, Your Majesty...

that is more than enough for me.

Lee Seon.

You will be my friend forever.

Your Majesty, become a true ruler of this nation.

Long may you reign! Long may you reign!

Long may you reign!

[Our sincere thanks to everyone who watched "Ruler: Master of the Mask."]

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