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-Happy birthday to you -Happy birthday to you

-Happy birthday to our beloved Chief -Happy birthday to our beloved Chief

-Happy birthday to you -Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday.

-Happy birthday to you. -Happy birthday!

Why? Is my image that scary?

No, it's not, Your Highness.

I came to celebrate your birthday.

Happy birthday.

Thank you, Your Highness.

I prepared it just for you.

Thank you.

Please open it, Chief.

Why open it?

Please open it.

Shall I?

-Gosh. -It's so pretty.

-This... -You may try it.

Isn't this too expensive?

It suits you very well.

Really? Does it suit me?

And practice being in front of lots of people.

Please start singing again.

Take a seat.

If it's tough on you, you can back down now.

It's fine. I will stay.

Drop the charges against me,

break up with Kim Hang Ah and abdicate.

-If not... -Is he going

to kill me?

That's a given.

Korea will be in danger.

All the citizens in your country could possibly die.

So, choose. Would it be you or Republic of Korea?

I will give you ten minutes.

I have to go back.

Where?

I can't stop worrying about His Majesty.

He's the King of South Korea. Nothing will happen to him.

Actually,

there's something else that I discussed with His Majesty in private.

I'm sorry, Dad.

I wasn't able to tell you because of security reasons.

We only told the Captain of the Second Company of the Royal Guard.

So how do you feel now?

Your man belongs to me now.

Don't hate him too much.

I put in a lot of effort too.

Honestly, have you even tried to keep him?

You got him for free with your title as part of the royal family.

Me, who bought him with money, or, you who got him free with your title.

What's the difference between us?

Did you really do it?

What's so great about a powerless king?

I had second thoughts for once when you wanted to abdicate.

And, when you said that you can't send me here.

But that was all.

You blame others, but you have never given up.

Even when it was 99 percent impossible,

you tried to find out one percent of possibility.

You always managed to find out some petty tricks.

I didn't stay by your side because you're the king.

I served you because even when you despaired, you never gave up.

Is that all we need?

Did we check every detail?

Yes.

The code...

IS IT SAFE TO TALK?

Memorized it?

Is it safe to talk?

Code-breaking complete.

He will say the real location now.

It's done.

"It's done."

Please activate AES.

What did you ask me to choose again?

Republic of Korea or my life?

My choice is...

You.

Raise your hands.

Shi-gyeong, Eun Shi-gyeong.

Why did you make me do this?

Shi-gyeong, Eun Shi-gyeong.

Your Majesty...

Don't speak...

Call the ambulance right now!

You did all this for me?

Your Majesty, please don't say such things.

I chose this path myself.

Didn't we catch Bong-gu?

-Shi-gyeong. -Even in the future,

don't you ever give up.

Because you're...

Eun Shi-gyeong.

The king.

Shi-gyeong.

Shi-gyeong.

Eun Shi-gyeong, don't die!

Shi-gyeong! Eun Shi-gyeong!

It's an order! Don't die!

Eun Shi-gyeong!

Like friends

Like lovers at first

Shi-gyeong!

Eun Shi-gyeong!

Don't die! Eun Shi-gyeong!

Eun Shi-gyeong. Shi-gyeong!

Shi-gyeong, don't die!

Shi-gyeong!

Don't die!

Shi-gyeong!

What did you just say?

Comrade Eun Shi-gyeong

lost his life during his mission.

He said he's going on vacation.

It's true.

Eun Shi-gyeong can't tell lies.

He said he would come back.

He gave me homework

and said he'd be back when I finish them.

I practiced very hard and I started singing again.

He said he'll come back.

No.

Gosh, no.

CAPTAIN OF THE SECOND COMPANY OF ROYAL GUARDS, EUN SHI-GYEONG

Right now, we might be thinking about the same thing.

I killed him.

He died because of me.

But, because I am the king,

I can't think about it forever.

The same goes for you too.

I'm different from your son.

What do you think of me?

I will take good care of you like you're my father.

MAY CAPTAIN EUN SHI-GYEONG REST IN PEACE

Attention!

Salute!

At ease!

Your Majesty,

the captain is still considered staying overseas

because of the mission.

Please take it back,

so that his soul can return.

Captain Eun Shi-gyeong,

I order you to come back to your team.

There's only one thing that I learned from this incident.

Someone like me shouldn't have useless emotions within myself.

It only becomes poison to me.

They mustn't agree with his bail request.

That's ridiculous. It was so difficult to catch that jerk.

I will discuss this with the legal team of the royal family.

What are those people we placed in the US and China doing?

They are writing a petition with influential politicians.

Petition?

That's all?

Tell them that we'll expose those who received political bribes.

No, expose everything.

If we want them to wake up, we have to sacrifice a bit.

Who has been caught now?

Put more pressure on South Korea and North Korea too.

We'd be finished if we lose here.

Really? Are you serious?

Yes. We will also open the currency exchange office

for the sake of foreigners.

The currency exchange office that's made up of cars

would go to the place that everyone is at...

Please excuse me.

Yes, Mother?

I have handed out breakfast just now

and I'm doing voluntary work at the bank now.

I can do a good job now.

Please don't worry.

Don't think about anything and come back after a good rest.

Yes, Mother.

Who was it that you were just speaking with? A man?

How I wish there would be a guy I can speak to.

It's tiring, right?

It's fun.

It's something that mother has been doing.

They say that getting married on 15 August is the best.

The royal family committee recommends that day too.

Hello? Why aren't you saying anything?

You don't want to get married?

You're really...

It'd be good if we didn't get married at all.

What are you talking about?

It took our all to be here.

When we have the commercial shoot later, come an hour earlier.

Before the shoot, I will buy you a delicious cake.

Put on your jeans and wear a cap.

Let's take a walk holding hands.

Can we really do that?

We're preparing for our marriage and we have promotion activities.

We are so busy. How can we...

What's wrong with having a date during our breaks?

Forget it if you don't like it.

It seems like I need to shoot with another person.

There are a lot of beautiful women there.

Should I shoot it with someone else?

Can we really eat cake and drink coffee on the streets

like normal citizens?

Sure.

The sunlight is really warm today too.

Or we could drink in the middle of the day at a cafe.

Don't be silly.

I will be right there after this voluntary work ends.

Wait for me.

I got it. See you later.

This is good.

We've agreed on that. Why did the US suddenly change their minds?

That's not all.

They won't even negotiate with us about the exchange rate.

So we have to increase the public utility fees.

I've just got the news

that the US canceled Korea's working visa quota.

It seems like they're trying to pressure us economically.

What's the reason?

And, the Director of the US National Security Council wanted to talk to you.

It seems like it's related to this issue.

It is also a tragedy of the Korea royal family.

The economic pressure that we are experiencing now,

is part of that?

Is it your personal stance to have John Mayer be released on bail?

Or, is it the official position of the US government?

Is that so?

I'm the King of South Korea.

Although this isn't the official position of the US government,

it's also not a personal opinion either.

But, you're asking me to understand it by myself.

I am unfamiliar with such things.

Please call me when you have the official position of the US government.

Please tell the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade,

and Minister of Strategies and Finance to come in.

To be able to report to Your Majesty directly.

This is an unprecedented situation.

The situation is very critical.

If we continue this for six months,

our economy that has just barely recovered would face a fatal impact.

From the view of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade,

they requested the royal family

to release on bail of John Mayer.

This action would be deemed as an unjustifiable

and excessive behavior,

but they're not requesting to disallow his trial.

Even so, you definitely can't allow release on bail, Your Majesty.

If you allow John Mayer to be released on bail,

not only would it affect the trial,

but it's also possible that he'd flee to another country.

John Mayer has to be punished no matter what.

What's crucial now is how severe the economic sanctions will be.

Hold on for a moment.

Yes?

I don't think I can make it.

Please cancel the shooting for today.

It can't be helped. Okay.

Dad.

China has once again cut off the oil pipeline?

It is chaotic within the committee currently.

They have also cut off the support for the corn project.

If they do that, the citizens would have to starve.

We can't let that jerk, Kim Bong-gu, get away.

You know what he did to me, right?

Dad, North Korea has to make some contributions too.

The economic sanction that they have on us isn't bearable.

So if we agree to release Kim Bong-gu on bail,

will China give us a gift or something?

They'll keep on more sanctions so we'll postpone the trial.

If that's the case, they won't put our country at ease.

This is South Korea's problem.

You just have to be a good wife.

Dad!

Protecting His Majesty is what I should be doing now.

Didn't you say so yourself?

You told me to become a South Korean.

Gosh.

What do I do about this?

I'm sorry I didn't keep my promise.

I'm going insane because of Kim Bong-gu.

North Korea will lend a helping hand too.

The North Korean delegation has agreed to go to the ICC.

And...

I will be going too.

-What? -Isn't Kim Bong-gu a huge obstacle

towards the unification of the North and South?

We need a person who's symbolic for more empowerment.

If you're talking about symbolic,

won't that be you and me?

You can't do that.

Kidnapping and imprisonment.

What other things do you want to suffer?

I want to help you, so--

I just don't want you to do anything.

Until Kim Bong-gu pays for his sins...

No, even until his trial,

can't you just stay by my side?

The most important thing now is

to deal with Kim Bong-gu as fast as we can.

ICC is a fight of political power.

Now, Korea is...

I mean, you are alone in this fight.

So I'm trying to provide support representing North Korea.

It's fine, so just stay here.

I can't let you get caught and hurt again.

If that's the case, how long do I have to stay still and do nothing?

Didn't I tell you? Until Kim Bong-gu goes to jail.

What if he isn't jailed?

Do I have to hide in the palace for my whole life

because I'm scared of someone like Kim Bong-gu?

Yes, just stay here.

What is this? We wanted to catch Kim Bong-gu,

but I ended up getting locked.

If you have the time now...

Remember the place you went for volunteer work once?

Can you make a trip there?

Are you asking me to go at this time?

Yes, there's an old man who lives alone and he isn't too well.

He says he wants to meet you.

Actually,

His Majesty asked me not to go out of the palace.

Would that be fine?

Yes, he has allowed it.

He says to make the trip.

Where is the old man?

Mr. Lee Jae-ha, are you the old man?

Yes.

Isn't this the place where we would be having our shoot?

It's 11 p.m. right now.

There are too many people on the streets, so we'd get caught in three seconds.

What if Kim Bong-gu appears?

I'm scared.

It's fine here. I have blocked off the whole place.

Never mind.

The place is empty, and it doesn't have a nice atmosphere.

I'm here, aren't I?

There's no warm sunlight.

There's moonlight.

I'm sorry.

I couldn't hold your hand like ordinary people do,

or buy you some nice tea.

I couldn't even take you out for a walk.

I'm really sorry.

I'm sorry that I only get angry and yell at you all the time.

I said I'd make you happy,

but I made you go through a lot of bad things.

I'm really sorry.

So I can't let you go.

Now, I really can't do anything at all without you.

Do you want to play this?

Let's play this with me.

It's not that scary. Come on.

-Come on, it's very fun. -I don't want. No way.

Trust me.

It's so scary.

Won't we die while riding this?

We won't.

Can't we ride this once more, Comrade Lee Jae-ha?

This is really good.

I feel so dizzy.

Comrade Lee Jae-ha, are you all right?

I want to drink it too.

If the shoelace on your left shoe is loose,

it means someone is thinking about you.

Who would be thinking about you now?

Aren't we supposed to walk this path together?

I'm not just a woman.

Please think of me as someone who will go through everything with you.

A wagon would fall over if it ran on only one wheel.

So, you still insist on going?

Comrade Lee Jae-ha.

I said I won't be your comrade.

Fine, pretend that I am Kim Bong-gu.

What will you do?

The place I'm going to is the ICC.

Kim Bong-gu is in prison.

You never know when or where he'd appear.

Let's say I'm Kim Bong-gu.

So, what are you going to do?

I should have introduced myself earlier.

I am the fiancée of the Republic Korea's king, Kim Hang Ah.

People from South Korea call me a woman from North Korea.

You're the rubbish of the society.

I'm glad we met.

How dare you make my man suffer so much?

Today is your funeral.

I'll do a good job.

If you tell me what you want, I'll do a good job.

Just for three days.

Go for it.

You know that I'm always by your side, right?

I'll come back safely.

Hello.

I'm the delegation from Democratic People's Republic of Korea

who has come to visit ICC, Kim Hang Ah.

Nice to meet you. My name is Martin Kaymer.

I'm Chief Prosecutor at the ICC.

Actually, I'm in charge of John Mayer's case.

John Mayer has business enterprises in 42 countries.

Just his housing alone makes up of 30 properties in 27 countries.

There are a few cases regarding the Club M's members

who are charged with forging passports and official documents.

I'm telling you our worries about him getting away.

Also, there's a possibility that John Mayer would destroy the evidence.

When he assaulted the late King, he manufactured an EP070 cell phone too.

Isn't the decision for his bail supposed to be made two weeks later?

What's the reason?

If today is the bail,

there would be three days left for the time

to convey the stand of the prosecutor, right?

Have you made the stand of the prosecutor?

We have a petition from thousands--

We took a 14 hours' flight here!

How can you not give even five minutes to us?

What's our country?

Why are we so powerless?

It seems like your standing in North Korea has improved.

True, you're going to marry the king.

It's all thanks to your husband.

I heard you're allowed to be on bail because of your health.

You don't seem to be very unwell.

Those influential people all over the world

recognized that I was heartbroken.

I see. The time for you to be in jail is drawing near,

so you should feel very impatient.

Is everything going well for your wedding?

As long as you don't interfere.

I will.

I'll make you fight.

Bombing?

Are you saying that Washington has decided to bomb North Korea?

Are you happy?

I said to not speak lightly unless it's an official stance.

Please give precise answers for the questions I'm about to ask.

Has Washington decided to bomb North Korea?

True, that should be so.

Good luck with that.

Oh right, if you attack North Korea,

the US won't be able to step foot in South Korea at all.

I hope it's okay for you.

It would be difficult for Lee Jae-ha to deal with it.

He's just a king.

Even if he is supposed to be the chief leader of the armed forces,

he can't do what he can't do.

So you should've hidden in the palace quietly.

You could've just disappeared after being tortured by us.

That's too bad.

Your eyes are shaking in fear.

When I train the soldiers for assassination,

that's what I emphasized most.

Managing your eyes.

But you can't manage them at all.

Are you that scared?

That's interesting, young lady of North Korea.

I will send a letter to Lee Jae-ha today as a wedding gift.

Read it thoroughly with Jae-ha.

It's about my secret

to make North Korea survive.

Oh, right!

It would be hard for Republic of Korea to survive too

if they get in a fight with neighboring countries.

Manage your eyes.

Your eyes aren't stable too.

"Drop all charges against him

and change the national guidelines to ours.

Especially for the US..."

We definitely can't allow this.

It's like selling our country.

But what do you think about the war?

It sounds like a bluff, but we can't let it happen.

The danger of war has always been around since a long time ago.

But what if it worsens because of our marriage?

There's nothing you've done wrong, Ms. Kim Hang Ah.

They are looking for trouble.

They are carrying out an ingenious psychological warfare.

We can't be swept off into it.

As far as I know, Kim Bong-gu is a person who will do whatever he said.

If there's even one percent chance of war,

we have to stop it.

Your Majesty,

you have to make a choice.

First, you would accede to all requests made by Kim Bong-gu

and abdicate.

The danger of war has always been around in our country.

We will surrender no matter what

and betray the country, then give in to them.

Second, excluding surrender,

we search for all alternative methods.

We have to do our best to prevent a war.

If you were a citizen,

what choice would you want the king to make?

Let's start off with diplomatic channels.

Today, King Lee Jae-ha and his fiancée , Ms. Kim Hang Ah

are on their way to visit 20 countries.

It is unprecedented for the Royal Family to visit 20 countries all at once.

The delegation of 76 entrepreneurs...

-Salute! -and the Ministers

of Economy and Foreign Affairs will accompany them to the visits.

I'm really sorry.

If anything happened to Captain Eun,

he asked me to give this to you.

It's a bit late.

What is this?

The special personal safety box

which he put in the bank of the royal family.

What's the password?

It's 8603...

What comes after that is...

Hold on a moment. I'm sorry.

It's my birthday.

Oh, captain.

Who uses videotapes these days?

His office is the only place where you can watch this.

I have been allowed to take over his room as I got promoted.

This was such an antique and I wanted to throw it away.

I'm glad I didn't throw it away.

Is it recording already?

I wanted to write a letter,

but my writing isn't very nice, so I recorded this.

EUN SHI-GYEONG

Is it recording already?

The kiss...

The kiss from earlier.

I'm so sorry.

Actually...

I was a coward, Your Highness.

I'm a very boring and uninteresting person.

If I let my guard down, I thought you'd get sick of me.

I wanted to watch you from afar,

but I couldn't.

From the moment I first saw you,

I already liked you.

You were so carefree and confident.

Unlike me.

I thought about it for a thousand times.

I wished that I was someone you would like.

But I know I'm not good enough for you.

So I plucked up my courage this time around

to become someone who is suitable for you.

If you get to watch this...

No, it's not. You won't be able to watch this.

It's not like I'm going there to die.

I will come back as a decent man.

I will bring my humor book with me.

I won't be that boring anymore.

Sense. I will be a man full of sense.

I will return as a suave and confident person, just like you.

I will definitely come back and tell you in person

that I love you.

Salute.

King Lee Jae-ha had dinner with the Prime Minister of Germany tonight.

Especially, this time in Berlin,

the representatives of North Korea

will be visiting five other major cities in Europe with him.

The Royal Family didn't give a response to the gift that I gave, right?

What about the US?

Really?

Let's make excuses for them.

Your Majesty.

Let's go back to Korea right away.

Yes.

Are you certain?

The suicide bombers aren't North Korean, right?

I got it! Wait.

Check that and be certain about it again.

Even if they are the US,

there's no reason for them to act in such a rash way.

Have you checked it out with China?

For me, I think it seems quite strange.

They even forged their nationality and plotted to wrong us.

There should be more reasons than that.

I don't think they just wanted to scare us.

The US is finally...

So why did you sign the peace treaty with South Koreans?

Because we're too close with South Korea,

the US said no and they're taking action, right?

That contract was signed for the situation like this.

We are asking for South Korea's help.

No matter how hard we work on collecting information,

we can't figure out if US will attack us or not.

Even if we claim that it wasn't us all the time,

they'll think of it as a political gesture.

The more we try to explain,

the matter would worsen by a thousand times.

Do you mean we need to ask South Korea to be the negotiator?

Would South Korea put us into consideration first?

Then, are you saying that you want to fight it out with the US?

I don't think you are.

If that happens, we all are going to die.

Let's contact South Korea quietly

and get them to be the negotiator for North Korea and the US.

Hello?

Republic of Korea has been promoted to DEFCON Three.

DEFCON Three is issued in case there's a sign of an all-out war.

This is the third time for our country to issue DEFCON Three

after the axe case in Joint Security Area in 1976 and...

You've contacted South Korea, right?

I did.

They are having a close relationship with the US government too.

They say they are just

making their political stand because of the terrorist attack.

-But, why... -From DEFCON Three,

our country will transfer to the America-South Korea joint ministry.

United States Forces Korea would be added at the Korean Peninsula.

We would watch North Korea

and make provisions for a predicted attack.

You saw it, right?

This is the answer of South Korea for the trust

that we have for the last three years with WOC and North and South marriage.

Prepare to make our stand!

-Comrade Minister! -Comrade Kim Nam Il!

If you're going to continue to talk about the trust with South Korea,

you should just get lost immediately!

The moment the US troops attack Pyongyang,

our soldiers and citizens will attack Seoul

and make it a sea of fire.

The trust with South Korea has collapsed now.

Why are they doing this suddenly?

When have we ever betrayed them?

Who will escort His Majesty today?

It's Lieutenant Yeom Dong-ha.

Get Lieutenant Yeom Dong-ha to call me.

The North Koreans love peaceful environment.

Yes.

-What? -You saw the news earlier, right?

It's an emergency situation.

Don't talk rubbish and do as you've been ordered.

Why?

Yes.

I got it.

Can we get off now?

Your Majesty is asked to go by yourself.

Why?

Miss Kim Hang Ah's father is currently waiting for her.

My father?

Yes, he says he wants to see his daughter.

Where is he? I'll go say hello to him.

He says he wants to meet his daughter alone.

What? Why?

I will escort the both of you to the palace later,

so please go back to the palace first, Your Majesty.

Go on first. I will follow after you soon.

Dad!

It's raining heavily.

JOINT SECURITY AREA

Dad, didn't you say you would buy me dinner?

Why are we here?

Dad!

What's wrong?

Please go in first, Your Majesty.

What happened?

They have issued DEFCON Three.

What?

At 9 a.m. this morning, the military operations

have fallen into the hands of the America-South Korea Joint Ministry.

Dad, what are you doing?

Please tell me!

North Korea

is going to attack Seoul.

It's a war.

America said that they are going to attack Pyongyang.

Pyongyang would attack Seoul right away.

Where's Hang Ah?

Let's go. The only reason you can leave

is because I've pleaded with the Ministry of Unification of South Korea

and I was barely able to get their permission.

I can't!

I can't go back to the country like this!

Where's Hang Ah?

Comrade Lee Jae-ha!

Dad!

Subtitle translation by Youngju Kim