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All Royal Doctor students are to serve on the battlefield.

I'll come home soon.

I'll wait until you come home.

Has your brother been captured by the enemies?

Jun!

I'll repay this favor in the next life.

So my brother's life

is not worth the rescue mission, right?

You are to be punished

with seven days of imprisonment.

Doesn't your mother mind?

She doesn't.

Why would you put yourself through such hard work?

It made me feel worthy,

for I get to do good deeds for the people like others do.

- This way! - Bring him here. Quick!

Give me a bowl of water. Quick!

- Are there many more outside? - Yes, Father.

- Goodbye. - Thank you.

- I wish you health. - Thanks. Goodbye.

This is unbelievable.

We used to have a house full of patients.

We've treated them, and they've all gone home.

I'll miss them.

We've been treating patients here every day.

It looks like today is the last day.

Why did you say that, Maen?

Our patients have recovered

and are going home.

That's something to be happy about, not sad.

I'm sorry.

I just feel that it's a shame

we won't get to see Bua and Phad as often.

I won't get to see Lady Maenwad

and Your Highness again?

You will.

I can visit you at Doctor Thongkham's, or you can visit us at the palace.

Could it be

another disaster

that will lead us together to help others again in the future?

In the future?

I believe

with Bua, Phad,

Thongthae, and Thong-on,

anything will come to pass.

Let's do this, shall we?

Let's get hyped together.

What are you doing, Bua?

Stick your hand out. Place our hands together.

I'll count to three.

And then we all say, "Hey!"

Fine.

Place your hand on mine.

Okay. One, two, three. Hey!

- Hey. - Hey.

Help me here.

Thanks.

Stop.

Thong-on!

Thong-on!

- That's me. - There's a delivery for you.

What's that?

Is there anything for me?

Thank you.

What's that, Thong-on?

Hey!

- Hey, what's that? Let me see. - No!

- I'll look at it alone. - Hey, do you have secrets with me now?

- Thong-on! - Don't be so secretive.

(Enjoy this food, Thong-on. I made it. - Bua)

(No matter where you are,)

(my heart will find you.)

(I'm right here. I'm more than your love.)

(More than the love you find.)

(I can even give you my life)

(because I was born to love you.)

(I'll be the cool breeze when you feel hot.)

(I'll be the simple song to help you sleep.)

(When you close your eyes, I'll be your pillow.)

(I'll give you a good night's sleep.)

(I'll be your flower when you're lonely.)

(I'll be there by your side when you have no one)

(left in this whole wide world.)

Uncle Thoem.

Master.

Don't you feel anything

about Boon getting locked up?

He was out there saving others.

I'm a human like you are.

I have a heart as you do.

Of course I feel something.

But Boon went against his duty.

A soldier's duty is to carry out the order

and do it strictly.

He decided

to go against the order, risking other lives in the process!

He risked himself too.

Don't you care about him?

That's right.

I agree with Niang here.

(I have seen Boon since he was a kid.)

(He's got a huge body)

(and puts on a strong front.)

(But he's got a small heart.)

Father.

How are you?

I'm alright, Father.

I'm sorry I made you feel uneasy.

I went against the order.

- I made others... - I'm here for you.

I'm not here to interrogate you.

I'm here because I care about you.

The day I swore myself into the army,

I chose to lay down my life for the nation.

It's every Siamese's duty.

My duty as a father

is to see you safe too.

I want you to know that besides my duty,

you're the most important thing in my life.

To me, you are worth as much

as our motherland and nation.

Father.

Stay with me.

Don't die on me.

Thong-on!

What's wrong with him?

Thong-on!

Why did he stop moving?

Don't tell me

he's dead?

Who brought severely injured soldiers here?

Take them out.

The other soldiers are getting scared.

Separate mild and severe injuries.

Put them in separate wards.

Never put them together.

We need a stretcher here!

Doctor Thongkham!

Doctor Thongkham!

Doctor Thongkham!

Please look at our healing ward.

Did someone get seriously hurt?

No, it looks like...

It looks like what?

You should see it yourself.

Here. This way, quick.

Whoa.

When did he get this?

Where did he get it from?

Let's look at other patients.

- Does it still hurt? - It's better now.

No one else has it.

Everyone, back off.

- This could spread. - Whoa!

Doctor Prueng.

Inform the Lord General.

We need to build another ward

for those who have a fever.

Yes, sir.

Doctor Chan.

Someone must watch the symptoms of those who were close to this soldier.

If they have a fever, separate them.

Yes, sir.

Thong-on.

Thong-on?

Thongthae!

Were you treating the patients over there?

Thongthae...

You're infected.

Thong-on.

Stay away from me.

Thong-on!

Take the Royal Doctor students and separate the patients.

- Father. - Go!

Father.

How are you feeling right now?

Did Doctor Thongthae get infected?

If it's really spreading,

I haven't prepared to protect myself.

Are we going to die?

If we die, we die!

We're doctors.

Yes. Am is right.

We can't waste time. We need to separate the patients now.

- Let's go! - Go, Phoom!

Let's go, Yod! Come, Sook!

Let's go!

This one has a fever.

This one has blisters.

Thong-on.

It's going to spread fast.

Get stretchers and separate the patients.

Sook, Yod, Am, and Phoom. Let's go and get some stretchers.

- Quickly. - Let's go.

I've completed the diagnosis.

All of them have the same disease.

It's smallpox, my lord.

Smallpox.

That's hard to cure, isn't it?

In most cases,

the death rates have been 50%, my lord.

This is bad.

I can't afford to lose more troops.

Don't you have a better medicine?

Smallpox is a serious illness.

Symptoms and severity vary from case to case.

Right now, we're far from home.

We might be unable to find the medicine we usually use.

It takes time to experiment with a new replacement formula.

That said,

I'll still try to find the best and fastest cure we have.

While we wait for them to heal,

do you have any measures

to prevent further spread?

Thai medicine textbooks say

we should start treatment for smallpox once the symptoms develop.

We haven't found a way to prevent it, my lord.

If that's the case,

my entire army will be ruined.

My lord.

I know the method to prevent smallpox from spreading.

Everyone, hurry up!

- Quick, Sook! - Okay. Joed.

Look. Lord General is here.

Prepare yourselves.

I'll send you to the capital.

We still have a lot of patients here.

We don't have enough doctors, my lord.

Are you going to disobey my order?

No, my lord.

I just don't understand why we have to go.

I have a mission for you all.

Doctor Bradley.

Doctor Bradley, sir.

What's the matter?

This is a letter from the palace.

Anna.

Tomorrow, a group of Royal Doctor students will be here.

Mother.

Mother.

What's wrong?

Do I miss my son so much

that I'm hearing things?

Mother.

I'm home.

Thong-on.

Is it really you?

I'm not missing you so much that I'm seeing things, am I?

I'm real.

Thong-on.

It's really you. You're back.

How are you?

Have you been well?

I have.

What about your father?

Your father and Thongthae aren't here with you?

Sit down, Mother.

I'm back with my friends from the school.

The swordsmen escorted us here.

There has been a spread of disease in the army.

Lord General sent us to study under Doctor Bradley.

A disease?

What disease? Is it serious?

It's just some fever, Mother.

It's not serious.

Thong-on.

I'm so happy you're home.

You're safe. You're unharmed.

Your merit and Buddha really bless you.

Yes, Mother.

Thong-on.

It's good you're back.

Please look at Aunt Thieb.

What's wrong with Aunt Thieb?

She's been complaining about waist and back pain for days.

She only pees a little.

Sometimes, it's muddy. Sometimes, it's bloody.

She's been taking Thongthae's medicine

but is not improving.

I need to look at her, Mother.

I found it.

It's the size of a bean.

I'll give her some medicine to dissolve the kidney stone.

Okay.

Who's there?

Is it Thongthae?

It's me. Thong-on, Aunt Thieb.

Thong-on?

Are you home? So...

Where is Thongthae?

He's still with the army.

I'm here to study under Doctor Bradley.

Is that so?

So Thongthae

is safe and sound, right?

Is he well and happy?

Thongthae is fine.

He is a tough man.

He's been treating a hundred patients a day.

Really?

Don't lie to me.

I have had bad dreams.

I saw blisters all over his body.

He looked like the Lord of a Hundred Thousand Blisters.

Madam Thieb.

You're over-paranoid.

The Chinese fortuneteller has an effect on you.

That's why you've been seeing that in your dreams.

I hope that's the case.

At least Thong-on told me

that he's safe and sound.

That put my mind at ease.

Wait here, Doctors.

I'll deliver the medicine myself.

- You're going to risk... - I'm the head doctor.

This is my responsibility.

If it's spreading, only one doctor should get it.

If you can, sit up and take your medicine.

If you can't, I'll feed you.

Thongthae.

Take a fever relief.

I...

How are you feeling?

My fever is really high.

I was better this morning.

My whole body is aching.

My head hurts so bad.

The textbooks say

this is the beginning of the symptoms.

In two to four days from now,

your blisters will enlarge.

I'll have blisters all over my body.

That's when it's the most dangerous.

Thong-on!

Bua!

We can't do this, right?

It's fine.

I like it.

Is the war over? Is that why you're home?

No, not yet. Smallpox is spreading among the troops.

Goodness! What are you going to do?

We've been sent back to learn how to vaccinate

under Doctor Bradley.

Doctor Bradley can help you with that.

He really can?

He can.

Smallpox will be gone from the world

because we're starting vaccination against it now.

That vaccine totally eliminated smallpox?

So it really works.

It does.

I want to be a part of history when they made smallpox disappear.

Can I go with you?

I'll help vaccinate the people.

You can.

Come with me tomorrow morning.

Can't I do it again?

Doctor Bradley?

Doctor Bradley?

What is it?

The Royal Doctor students are here.

They said they were coming at eight o'clock.

You should see for yourself.

Tell them to wait a bit. I'll get dressed.

Yes, sir.

To my master,

we all swear our body and soul

as your good disciples.

We all will study hard

and listen to your teachings with respect.

With this oath,

we hope we all will succeed in learning

as we have hoped for.

The first thing that you have to do.

You will clean the vaccination area

with alcohol.

(This is how to give a vaccine against smallpox.)

(This vaccine comes from the virus of cows that have cowpox.)

(We plant that virus into humans.)

(After you have been vaccinated,)

(you will not get sick with smallpox.)

(Even if you get infected, your symptoms will be practically nonexistent.)

Do it.

I'll help you.

- Stay still. - Close the bottle.

Some bugs might get into it.

See if I have it.

Okay now. Everyone, switch with your friend.

Those who's not done it, continue to get vaccinated.

Switch with your friend.

Switch with your friend.

He said you need to switch.

Why didn't you tell me the first time?

I can take it off myself.

- Stop. - Not yet.

Is this right?

Are you going back out there tomorrow?

I need to hurry back.

The situation is not good.

Soldiers are getting hurt and dying.

Thongthae

is infected with smallpox.

Thongthae has smallpox?

Don't tell Aunt Thieb and my mother.

He's going to be fine.

I believe so too.

During all this time here,

what have you been doing?

Have you been lonely?

A little.

We've treated every patient who was sick with diarrhea.

Great job.

I made food and sent it to the army.

I made some for you. Did you get it?

I did.

I was very happy.

I ate it with joy.

Make some more for me.

I will.

I'll be waiting.

I don't know how long this war is going to last.

I don't know when I'll be back.

Why would you say that?

I fear this war will drag on.

I don't really remember

the history of this war.

Forget it.

When it's over, it's over.

My only fear is that

I won't see you when I return.

Are you

still trying to find a way home?

Please wait for me.

Wait for me to come home.

Go.

I...

I have to go.

I have to head out.

Where are you going, my son?

I'm going home to my mother

and Thong-in.

Thong-in.

I'm home, my son.

Mother...

You're going home soon.

Mother...

Take your medicine.

Thong-in.

I'm home.

Take your medicine.

Thong-in...

Thong-in...

Doctor Chan, can we do anything else

to relieve his symptoms?

He already took a detoxicant.

We applied medicine to his head,

hands, and feet.

There's nothing else we can do.

The herbs that serve as detoxicant

are only a few and very rare.

We really are out of ideas.

That's true.

We are out of ideas.

But in this nation,

there's still one who has an idea.

Who is it?

I'm leaving, Mother.

Have a safe journey, my son.

I hope the Lord blesses you.

Thanks.

I have to go. This is urgent.

If you have something to say,

say it right now.

Why would you stand here and just look at each other?

I get it.

Have a safe journey, Thong-on.

Thanks, Phad.

I'll leave you.

I hope everyone comes home safe.

You have to be safe too.

Don't let anything happen to you, ever.

Take care of the Madams and my nephew.

Don't worry.

I'll do my best for them.

Thank you so much.

Please wait for me.

Wait for me to come home.

I'll come home as soon as I can.

(I'm right here. I'm more than your love.)

(More than the love you find.)

(No matter where you are,)

(my heart will find you.)

(I'm right here. I'm more than your love.)

(More than the love you find.)

(I can even give you my life)

(because I was born to love you.)

(I'm right here. I'm more than your love.)

(More than the love you find.)

(No matter where you are,)

(my heart will find you.)

(I'm right here. I'm more than your love.)

(More than the love you find.)

(I can even give you my life)

(because I was born to love you.)

(Only you.)

What's wrong?

Nothing.

So,

what did you say to Thong-on?

Nothing.

Father!

I'm back!

Home...

I want to go home.

Thongthae, I'm back.

- Can you hear me? - Thong-on.

Stay away. You're going to catch it.

I won't, Master. I have been vaccinated.

Master.

Why is Thongthae in this condition?

We did our best to treat him,

but he's not improving.

He only got worse.

He's hallucinating and is out of his mind.

You should start coping.

What about my father?

Where is he?

Doctor Thongkham headed out to get help.

He told us to stay here and take care of the patients.

Now that you're back,

we will start vaccinating immediately.

Yes, Master.

Wipe the spot clean.

Yod.

Here. This is cowpox.

Use only a little.

This is how it's done.

It hurts just as much as an ant bite.

Yes, Master.

Go. Over there.

- Come closer. - Move the line.

Go to the back.

Thank you.

It's your turn, Thoem.

- Come, Uncle Thoem. - No.

Come here. Sit here, quick.

Come, quick. What are you afraid of?

Sit down.

- Do I need to hold you still? - I'm scared.

- Ah! - Not yet!

- I'm just scared. - You're not scared of swords, but of this?

I'd rather fight in the battle.

I need to hold you still.

Master!

It's just for a second.

- Not yet? - Silence!

It's done.

It's over.

It just stung for a second, Thoem.

- I'm bleeding. - Oh!

Thongkham!

It's time, Phad.

This time, you can't run from me.

Please.

Spare me, Bua.

I promise you I'll behave.

If you behave, you will stay still.

No!

Can I ask for a day or two to work up my courage?

You can't. You said no several times already.

This time, I won't allow it.

Please, Bua.

- Stay still. - Whoa!

- Phad! Come! - No, Bua!

- Come here. - No!

- Don't run from me, Phad! - Sup!

Phad, is someone going to kill you?

Sup, where have you been?

I miss you so much.

Please save me.

Sup, hold her!

- Help! - Sup, look.

You need to save me.

Bua is going to cut my arm with a knife.

I'm just trying to give you a vaccine. I'm not going to kill you.

Sup. You too.

You have been saying no.

This time, I won't allow it.

Are you scared of it too?

Are you scared too?

No! I'm not scared. I just don't have time.

Whoa, Phad!

It's just a small knife. Why would you be scared?

I'll tell you what. I used to pick fights.

A sword this big hit right in the middle of the back.

- Were you hurt? - I wasn't.

You're so tough.

It wasn't my back. It was the boy next to me.

- You! - I dodged it.

Stop joking around.

Phad! Don't run!

- Sup, hold her. - Yes.

Come here!

- Ouch! - Phad! Get back here!

Sup! Go after her!

- Ouch! - Wait.

- I forgot the vaccine. - What?

Ouch! Do I have to wait?

No! Go after her!

Okay! Ouch!

Thongkham.

How did you get here?

I took my chances.

I didn't think you'd still be here.

This place is my home.

What are you doing here?

I have a favor to ask.

Am I not hearing things?

Thongkham is asking me for a favor.

Today is my lucky day.

A senior Royal Doctor

comes all the way to see me here.

I'm not kidding.

Smallpox is spreading among the troops.

We tried treating them.

Some got better. Some don't.

I know you've invented a cure for smallpox.

You cured yourself with that.

That's why I need your help.

I'm just a rogue doctor.

My lowly knowledge is not worthy of you Royal Doctors.

If you're so great, cure them yourselves.

I know what my people did to you.

This time, I really need your help.

This is urgent.

A lot of lives are at stake.

It's not about our personal vengeance.

During peaceful times,

you people chase me away like a dog.

As soon as you got in trouble,

you came to me.

Do you think I'd help you?

Keep dreaming.

Please, help me, Thad.

I'm really out of ideas this time.

Please, for our friendship's sake.

You see me as your friend

only when you need my help?

- I won't help you. - Look.

If you don't help us,

hundreds or thousands of soldiers will die.

My son will die too.

This battle

will be a certain defeat for Siam.

I, Thongkham,

once insulted you.

Today, I'm begging you

with all of my pride and honor.

Doctor Thad.

Please help us.

My lord.

Thong-on.

Have you done vaccinating everyone?

We have.

Everyone in the army has been vaccinated.

They will all be safe from now on.

No more will be infected with smallpox.

Very well.

Right now,

you're the only one unvaccinated.

I'm ready.

A lot of those infected are seriously ill.

What does your father say?

My father headed out to get help.

I'm not sure if the help will be here or not.

Darn it. Who exactly is your help?

This is a national matter.

Does he even dare refuse?

This person is a strange one.

It's hard to predict his thoughts.

He once had conflicts with my father.

Are you done?

A bit more.

Are you done?

- It's nearly there. - It should be done already.

Yeah. It's done.

- Whoa. - Hey.

This is all it takes. You screamed like I was going to slit your throat.

Sup. It's your turn now.

- Come here. - Oh!

I just remembered. I need to help my father load rice onto his boat.

I have to go.

Why can't I walk forward?

- I... - Sup.

Are you running from me again?

Phad. Hold him tight.

No. Please don't.

Don't. Phad.

Just now, you held me tightly.

This time, I will hold you

like a flea on a dog, Sup!

Hey, Phad!

Let me go. I'm healthy.

- I won't get smallpox. - Stay still!

- Let me go. - Healthy or not,

you can still get it.

Come. Get yourself vaccinated.

- No, Bua! - Whoa! Stop right now!

- Sup! - Don't let him get away.

- Let me go! - Got him.

- Let me go, Phad. - Stay still.

Phad, take off his shirt.

Right.

Phad!

You're tickling me.

You sure are strong, Phad.

Bua, I really need to go!

My neck! I can't move my neck.

You're holding my arm. Why is my neck stiff?

I'm doing it. Hold him.

No!

Once when we were kids,

our parents weren't home.

I had a high fever.

You tried everything to cure me.

You cooked medicine and put fever relief on me.

You didn't know what you were doing

but did the best a child could, copying our father.

After all that, my fever went down.

This time,

I have learned a lot of techniques.

But I can't find a way to relieve your fever.

Thong-on.

You should let this go.

Certain illnesses

are too severe for a human to overcome.

If we can't overcome it today,

we will in the future, Master.

What you're saying is right.

We can't overcome it today

because the knowledge hasn't arrived yet.

When the knowledge does arrive,

we will overcome it eventually.

I just hope

the knowledge to relieve smallpox

will arrive sooner rather than later.

Thad!

Doctor Thad.

Who? Who are the ones dying?

Let me look at them.

My brother is one of them.

Don't touch him.

Don't you fear you'd get infected?

How is he?

Is there still hope?

You people are clueless.

These symptoms are nothing.

Go. All of you get ready.

I'll cook some medicine.

I guarantee that in three to seven days,

all these dying men

will be up and walking.

This medicine relieves smallpox fever.

Smoke the patients with this tray.

It's a smallpox relief candle.

These are used to rub on the blisters for those in serious condition.

Blister rubbing medicine.

Lastly,

this medicine will neutralize poisonous blisters.

Here's how to use them.

Take a clay pot's lid.

Pour some liquor on it.

Take the medicine that you ground into sticks.

Rub them into the liquor

until it turns to the medicine's color.

Feed this to the patients.

Now cook your medicine.

- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

Oh. It's like this.

That's right.

That will make it too hard.

See?

Take some medicine.

Do you feel better?

You got better now. I think you're safe.

I feel much stronger now.

Thongthae.

Drink this, Doctor.

It's warm.

We have contained the disease.

You can rest assured, Doctor.

I'm somewhat relieved.

I'll be totally relieved

when the war is over.

Have you ever been on the front line?

Every time, Doctor.

How dangerous is it?

Before we go out every day,

we prepare to die anytime.

You are courageous.

I'm glad this area is rather safe.

In wartime,

no place is safe, Doctor.

I hope nothing happens again.

I'm too tired to deal with anything else.

We will do our best to protect the doctors.

Don't worry.

Thank you so much, Master Han.

All I ask is that

if anything happens,

no matter what I say,

you doctors need to do it.

Do not go against my advice.

Otherwise,

we won't be able to protect you.

Understood.

Even if you tell us to go through flames, we will do it.

Doctor Thad.

Thank you

for saving our lives.

You don't have to thank me.

I'm just worried that if you people die,

no one will take on the enemies.

I don't know how to fight.

I have something to ask.

Why are you obsessed with your universal medicine?

You know that it develops a severe side effect later on.

You are a man of skills.

It's a shame your reputation is ruined

because you were attached to temporary success.

Don't say it like you know everything.

My medicine

doesn't work just temporarily.

It saved a lot of lives.

Its side effect is

you only can't stop using it.

If you're going to die without it,

what are you going to choose?

The side effect leads to a mental condition.

The patients develop a temper. That is bad for everything.

What medicine doesn't have a side effect, then?

The medicine we used to cure your brother has a side effect.

Everything you use has a side effect.

It varies in what it does and how much it does.

If you know how to use it,

it can save lives.

If you don't know how to use it,

don't just go around accusing my medicine as bad.

Then teach me to cook it.

Are you crazy?

If you think your medicine is good,

you should teach me to cook it.

I'll try and prove if it's actually good.

I'll try to get rid of the side effect.

I have been trying that my whole life. I haven't succeeded.

You're just a kid.

Don't flatter yourself.

You won't teach me

because you're afraid I'd succeed

and you'd feel like a failure.

If you have a doctor's heart

and have mercy for patients,

you should teach me.

Let me prove to you that

I can do it too.

What if you fail?

If I can't fix it in ten years,

I'll stop cooking medicine for the rest of my life.

Yeah!

I'll wait to see the day you fail.

I'll wait to laugh at you ten years from now.

Thank you, Master.

Please take care of your health

and live to see that day.

You and your father are both cunning.

Thanks for the compliment, Master.

I'll smack you!

I want some doctors to volunteer as front-line healers.

I will not force you.

I'll let you decide on your own.

Let's go!

Thong-on, I got this one! You go over there!

Let's go, quick!

- Whoa! - Where?

Phoom!

A doctor shall never abandon his patient.

If we abandon them this time,

we will have to live with that guilt for the rest of our lives.

I promised Thong-on

that I'd wait for him to come home.