THE HAUNTED PALACE
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Something is not right.
I do not see anything.
I roped off the area with a sacred cord.
He could not have escaped.
The sacred cord…
has been severed.
What?
Then, the eight-foot-tall ghost…
There he is.
The eight-foot-tall ghost.
I took the Ghostbane Stone,
leaving him vulnerable to the eight-foot-tall ghost.
His Highness is stable.
Do you want to die first?
Step aside.
Your Majesty.
What is the deal with this eight-foot-tall ghost?
Why is he so unbelievably powerful?
My lord, when did His Majesty possess such skills of swordsmanship?
No!
You…
You are not human.
Your Majesty.
Are you all right?
Your Majesty.
What on earth…
Your Majesty!
In the name of the Blue-East, White-West, Red-South, Black-North,
and Yellow-Center Guardians, I command thee.
What is happening to the Warrior Deity?
Bow down to the ground and submit.
EPISODE 4: THE SHINING GEM OF THE NIGHT
It appears he fainted for a moment, but his pulse remains steady.
He should be awake shortly.
How is His Majesty? Did he suffer any injuries?
No, he is safe and sound.
You are dismissed.
Yes, Your Highness.
Now, tell me.
What happened there?
Forgive me, Your Highness,
but I am also unsure as to what exactly happened.
I am at a loss.
Your Majesty!
The royal physician recommended against physical exertion.
Your Majesty? Your Majesty!
Your Majesty…
Brace yourself.
What?
That arrow needs to be pulled out.
Wait. Hold on.
The pain is excruciating as it is, and you want to yank it out?
What happened to you being an "almighty deity"?
Are you afraid?
Afraid? As if.
Is it not because you are worried about Yoon Gap's worthless husk--
You…
Stay still. I need to stop the bleeding.
It burns!
What are you doing? Wait…
This should be enough to stop the bleeding.
So I ended up using this on His Lord's body, after all.
Apply pressure.
I never knew
how warm and tender her touch could be.
It is happening again!
Why is it pounding so?
Damn Yoon Gap.
The human body never misses a chance to fall short.
What is your deal?
I treat your wound and you act like I have the plague.
How could I not be startled when you hover so near?
What? Then, do you expect me to apply pressure from a distance?
Listen. That eight-foot-tall ghost.
He was injured badly and will stay away for the time being,
but he will return eventually.
We must leave before then.
I am not going anywhere.
You are free to leave if you wish.
And if you do not?
Do you plan on serving yourself to him on a platter?
You saw for yourself how wickedly spiteful he could be.
He will not stop until he gets vengeance on those who have wronged him.
You have been marked now.
And you wish to stand your ground?
So, are you suggesting I play dumb
and run away to save myself?
Yoon Gap used you!
And you wish to die for the likes of him?
How can someone be so naive?
It was the first time.
No one had ever told me it was not my fault.
His Lord was the first.
They would blame me
for floods, droughts, plagues,
and for what befell my grandmother.
They all blamed me,
but only His Lord said I was not to blame.
I was finally able to breathe.
For the first time,
I did not feel guilty for being alive.
I was able to endure those bitter years and survive because of His Lord.
But His Lord met his tragic death because a wretch like me was by his side.
And now I am to even feign ignorance as an evil spirit maliciously devours him?
I cannot do that.
I cannot flee alone
when I know it will make my heart rot to its core.
I cannot live like that anymore.
- Your Majesty. - I witnessed it myself.
You are not Yoon Gap.
Who are you?
Gwang.
Are you awake?
Do you recognize me?
Mother.
Yes.
I am your mother.
I am.
Father…
I must see Father.
Answer me!
Who are you?
After I went through hell to save him,
you have some nerve.
- What did you say? - Yoon Gap is dead.
That Kwak Sang-chung character from earlier was responsible.
I was not planning to stay long
in this useless husk of a body anyway.
What sort of nonsense do you speak?
Speak the truth now!
- Your Majesty. - What do you think you are doing?
Your Majesty, please spare his life.
Step aside.
He dared to lay a finger on the prince's royal body.
He dared to threaten the royal bloodline!
No, Your Majesty. That is not true.
He saved His Highness from the brink of death.
She speaks the truth.
Gwang.
Father.
Please do not rebuke them.
They saved me.
Gwang.
Are you all right?
Yes.
They expelled the deeply rooted evil spirit
that was mercilessly tormenting me
from inside my body.
An evil spirit?
I released the two of them as you commanded.
Are you sure about this, Your Majesty?
He committed an audaciously contemptuous act against His Highness.
His behavior in your presence was…
How did I look as I wielded my sword against him?
Forgive me, Your Majesty…
but you did not seem like yourself.
Did it remind you of when Gwang was sick?
I…
have no memory of wielding that sword against him.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty?
Gangcheori is right.
The eight-foot-tall ghost will be back.
But will I be able
to face that ghost by myself?
Gangcheori, what is the matter?
Maybe you lost too much blood earlier?
Water.
Water?
Are you thirsty? Do you need a drink?
How could I have forgotten? He is an Imugi.
The freshwater sovereign.
Even if he is the Invincible Gangcheori,
such a vicious evil spirit must have been taxing.
I finally feel like myself again.
Damn it. This is so embarrassing.
This is a terrible blow to my reputation.
Just because of a measly evil spirit.
Was what you said earlier true?
Are you really not Lord Yoon Gap's
killer?
I will give you my body.
Did you not hear me?
I said I will give you my body.
You heard me.
I shall grant you that request you have so desperately pursued.
I shall accept you as my patron deity and serve you with reverence.
Until the day you ascend as a dragon,
I will offer the sincerest prayers.
What are you scheming?
You are right.
I tried,
but I am no match for the eight-foot-tall ghost.
I thought I stood a chance after I stole the king's Ghostbane Stone,
but I was wrong.
I do not even have a proper patron deity to my name.
I never stood a chance.
However, with your help, I think it would be possible.
We managed to even scare away
that terrible eight-foot-tall ghost because we worked together.
Thus,
you want me to face him again?
You may have saved my life today,
but that does not mean I let go of my rage and loathing for you as well.
But still…
I will do whatever you say.
I will do whatever you want.
So please…
save Lord Yoon Gap.
I have been begging and pleading with you for 13 years.
But you so easily have a change of heart,
just to save that rascal?
Hey.
Gangcheori!
"Accumulating good deeds leads to lasting blessings."
In other words, those who do good will bring forth
immeasurable good fortune for their families.
That is correct. Well done, Your Highness.
Then, do you know where that phrase originates?
Well…
No, I do not.
In the Kun Hexagram passage from the Wenyan Commentary of I Ching,
you can find the following quote.
"A family that accumulates goodness will have abundant happiness
and a family that accumulates evil
will have abundant calamity."
Your Majesty is meticulously critical.
I did not forget.
When I was the prince's age, you were the strictest disciplinarian with me.
I guess all that melts away
in front of your great-grandchild.
Did I dare behave that way in your presence, Your Majesty?
His Highness has grown significantly in the last two months.
It appears the illness was no match for the prince's growth spurt.
Yes, Your Highness.
Announcing Her Grace.
Welcome, Your Grace.
I simply could not stay away
after hearing of the prince's full recovery.
Has the prince truly made a full recovery?
Yes, he has, Your Grace.
Forgive us for worrying you so much.
How splendid.
Prince, come to me.
Sit here.
The scent has disappeared.
The look in his eyes is different.
Has it really left his body?
All of a sudden?
How?
How did this happen?
What in the world happened?
Your Grace.
There is another presence in the palace.
Another presence? What presence?
I do not know just yet.
However, whatever it is managed to hinder me and scorn Your Grace.
Thus, the ghost suffered a great injury.
What are you talking about?
Unlike the late king,
the sitting king has strictly forbidden heretical ceremonies.
I also detected a peculiar presence
when I recited my sutras at your palace last time.
However, do not worry too much.
I shall summon that ghost once more
and seal the prince's fate.
No.
Do not.
Your Grace.
I briefly considered using that ghost
because I abhorred the king and wanted to protect Prince Yeongin.
However, I do not want to face it once more.
That dreadful stench…
I never want to smell it again.
That is Yeongin's undershirt.
Perform a recitation ceremony to ward off ghosts.
Make sure that ghost cannot lay a finger on my Yeongin.
Do you understand?
Yes, Your Grace.
Looks like I will not be able to do anything major with that wench.
She shows up petrified beyond belief
but still has her nose up in the air as if she were superior.
How will she ever seat her son
on the royal throne at that rate?
No, you cannot!
Warrior Deity! You cannot!
You cannot! Please!
Are you just going to sleep forever? Wake up already.
How can you sleep for two days straight? Do you want bedsores?
Geez. Wake up already.
Did you just use your foot to wake me?
Just two days ago, you were eager to serve me as your patron deity.
And this is how you treat your exalted patron deity?
As of now, you are not my patron deity.
You have not given me an answer yet.
I even kneeled before you and you dismissed me.
As if kneeling is a big deal.
What exactly did you learn from your grandmother?
Since ancient times, when a shaman first welcomes a patron deity,
they must assiduously prepare a proper offering to start.
Not even a single offering--
Isn't it tasty? Pumpkin taffy.
I just picked some up.
If you become my patron deity, I will buy you this taffy every day.
Do you think so little of me?
Just offering me this measly taffy…
Then, what?
Do you really want me to prepare a ritual feast?
- That would be a start! - What else?
A longevity cord.
- What? - Are your ears plugged up?
A longevity cord!
BRACELET MADE OF FIVE-COLORED THREAD TO SIGNIFY LONGEVITY
You should put your heart and soul into making one and then offer it to me.
What? What would you even do with that?
You said you are over 1,000 years old.
How much longer do you want to live?
How dare you?
Just do as you are told and offer me one. Such needless chatter.
I shall wait and see how much effort you put into it.
And a daily offering of this pumpkin taffy.
I better be able to taste the effort.
Gosh, I'd love to smack him hard.
What did you say?
A petition calling for public morals to be rectified?
Last year, I had Hanseongbu exile
all the female shamans from the capital.
How could they submit such a petition now?
They say they discovered traces
of a heretic ceremony at Mount Bugak a few days ago.
Did you say Mount Bugak?
Did you look into it?
Yes, I confirmed that it was the same site.
How is that possible?
Didn't you assure me that the Mount Bugak site was wiped clean?
I assure you it was and not a speck of dust was left behind.
However, it seems she carried out another heretic ceremony in that time.
Apprehend Yoon Gap and that wench Yeo-ri.
Right now!
This is just ridiculous.
What is he even going to do with this?
He just goes out of his way to make my life difficult.
Then, just stop.
You do not have time to waste right now.
Fleeing as fast as you can would not be enough.
You seem to have gotten prettier.
Thanks to you.
With some of my sorrow eased, my looks are returning.
But that is not the issue right now.
Do you even know how many spirits
that eight-foot-tall ghost has devoured already?
Even sensing his energy from afar gives me the chills.
Are you not even scared of the eight-foot-tall ghost?
I am.
I have seen all sorts of ghosts…
but I have never seen one that frightening.
I, too,
am very afraid of that eight-foot-tall ghost.
Then, why are you doing all that?
Just so you can save that man?
My goodness, Yeo-ri.
Give it to me. I will do it.
I should at least earn my meals.
Goodness. Do not be ridiculous.
Look. You have already earned ten years' worth of meals
with these oval glasses you made me.
I can sew with ease now.
That was a gift, not payment.
Gosh, how sweet you are.
Fine, then, I shall go and prepare some breakfast.
All right.
Make me some garlic chive pancakes again.
The ingredients are inferior and cheap,
but you seem to have a knack for cooking.
Yes, coming right up, my lord.
You could learn a thing or two from her.
When I first met her, she was an ungodly thug of a woman.
Now look at her. She finally recognized my greatness and honors me so.
What was that for?
Read the room. Go chop some wood or fetch some water at least.
You loaf around, barking out orders all day.
Do you think she is your maid or something? Do you?
Oh, right. Your arrow wound.
- Are you all right? - Let go of me!
Wait.
Why are your shoes so muddy when you are stuck at home all day?
Did you sneak off last night?
They were always like that.
- Apprehend them at once! - Yes, sir!
My lord, what is the matter?
Your Majesty, did you not forgive us for the events of that day?
Why in the world are you doing this to us?
Yes, I had indeed forgiven you.
That was my mistake.
These shamanic implements were discovered the other night
at that very site on Mount Bugak.
Pardon?
The prince was healed, thanks to you.
That is an undeniable truth.
Hence, in acknowledgement of such achievements,
I overlooked the fact that you broke state law.
But you dare to test my patience with such a stunt?
These do not belong to me.
I was not I who did it.
I should not have made an exception just because you saved my son's life.
By state law, shamans are forbidden from entering the capital.
Revoke Yoon Gap's title
and exile these two from the capital this instant!
The eight-foot-tall ghost…
The eight-foot-tall ghost will return.
Your Majesty, do you truly not understand?
That ghost is not only after the young prince,
but most certainly you as well, Your Majesty.
This ghost holds a deep grudge against the whole royal bloodline.
We were saved by divine favor this time,
but that eight-foot-tall ghost will undoubtedly figure out a way
to devour the prince and Your Majesty.
How will you proceed now?
Will you blatantly ignore
the state law you revere so much
just to save your son?
Of course. You must be conflicted.
All that exalting of yourself as the king
does not change the fact you are merely human at the end of the day.
Your Majesty.
Exile these two from the capital this instant.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty!
That should be enough for you to comfortably relocate wherever you wish.
My lord.
Do not return to the capital under any circumstance.
Wait, my lord.
Please pass on this message to His Majesty.
He must keep those glasses with him at all times.
That Ghostbane Stone
is the only thing that will protect him from the ghost.
Seriously?
This is all we get for being kicked out?
That king has the character of a stingy, stinking rat!
How are you not mad?
How can they kick us out like this?
They say the state law is unforgiving. What can we do?
I feel wronged. I did not even do it.
But I did not see any traces of another ritual when we were there.
Who could be behind this?
Since we cannot even step foot in the capital,
we have no choice.
So? Is there any place you wish to go?
Mount Kumgang is pretty nice. What do you say?
Or maybe we take this chance to go far and visit Qing?
- Mount Naebul. - What? Where?
I will go to Mount Naebul.
Mount Naebul? Mount…
Do not tell me…
Yes. I am going to see Venerable Gaseop.
All of my grandmother's shamanic implements are buried there.
I need proper tools.
I also still find it odd the king had a Ghostbane Stone.
Venerable Gaseop must know something.
Have you still not given up yet?
We were banished from the capital.
That has nothing to do with you now.
You said it yourself.
The eight-foot-tall ghost will have his vengeance
on all who have wronged him,
and I have become one of his targets as well.
This is for the better.
If he comes after me,
I will destroy him
and save Lord Yoon Gap.
You are free to leave if you wish. I can go on my own.
Your Grace.
I heard you have been skipping the Royal Confucian Academy.
Have you been hiding like this the whole time?
Mother.
What trouble have you gotten yourself into this time?
What have you done now?
How many times have I cleaned up your mess
to avoid getting on the bad side of that damn king?
How much longer must your mother endure such anxiety for your sake?
Your Grace.
His Highness had committed no wrongdoing.
However, there was just a small incident
when he was playing royal football.
Royal football?
Yes, Mother.
I was playing royal football
when that trainee court lady who died in the well
suddenly popped up and started choking me.
The trainee court lady who died in the well?
Then,
did you also mess around
with that trainee court lady
from the Queen's Palace who killed herself recently?
The scoundrel with the courage of a gnat
has committed a beastly act.
If you were so afraid of ghosts,
you should not have committed the crime!
Mother.
Please stay with me.
I am afraid that wench will show up again.
I am terrified.
How pathetic.
Useless boy.
Mother.
Mother!
Do you call me a coward?
Just wait and see what I do!
Your Highness!
Please stop, Your Highness!
Hear me!
Is this the house of court lady Ok-im
who fell to her death in the well?
May I ask who you are?
I am Ok-im's father.
Do you know…
- Father! - …what your damn daughter did to me?
- You failed as a parent! - Father!
How dare she humiliate me like that?
I shall teach you a proper lesson first.
- My goodness. - Do you know who I am?
- My goodness! My lord! - Let go!
Your Highness, you cannot do this. Your Highness!
Let go of me!
Do you know who I am?
How dare you?
How dare you humiliate me?
My goodness, my lord!
Die.
Just die!
He can be surprisingly naive sometimes.
Where did he suddenly run off to?
Are you all right?
Just now… There was a tiger.
Oh, that?
It ran off after a measly lightning bolt.
It ran off? After it was struck by lightning?
Going to spend all day here?
We need to find shelter before it gets dark.
That wretched king. He should have given us some food.
What good will that bag of money do us in these mountains?
I should not have let that tiger go.
I should have caught it for a roast.
What is this?
You'll know if you open it.
Whose belly will this fill?
Forget it. You eat it.
You told me to make a daily offering of pumpkin taffy.
That is five days' worth in advance.
Venerable Gaseop's hermitage is close by.
You can eat that for the time being.
I am only eating it because I should not ignore an earnest offering.
But that does not mean I agree to be your patron deity.
I shall continue to observe how you serve me.
Do not slack off.
I think I have seen it once or twice before.
A random lightning strike amidst clear skies.
I was passing through the mountains, on my way to Scholar Kim to sell glasses.
Was that you back then as well?
Did you cause that lightning to strike
to scare off the tiger?
This land has always been crawling with tigers.
Every village saw several people die from tiger attacks.
You were up in those mountains
without a fear in the world like a naive girl.
It would be stranger if you were never attacked by a tiger.
That is unnecessary.
You are the human who gave me hope for me to ascend and become a dragon.
You staying alive and well
was my only hope.
That is why I did it.
- It is gone! - What? What is gone?
My pumpkin taffy!
- You probably ate it all. - No, I did not.
I just ate one and was saving the rest. I set them down right here.
How dare you steal my pumpkin taffy?
I will destroy you.
Hey, Gangcheori!
Where is my pumpkin taffy? Hand it over!
Not here.
You must be itching for a beating. How dare you steal Yeo-ri's offering?
Where did you hide it? Damn it.
Not here.
Not here!
You scoundrel!
What?
How does a human man have so much energy?
You are not human.
No!
My pumpkin taffy!
May Avalokitesvara show mercy.
Gangcheori!
My…
My pumpkin taffy!
I will buy you some more later. I will buy you ten.
You worked that hard to learn the sutra recitation ceremonies from me
because of this nuisance?
Yes, Venerable.
This is Gangcheori, the Imugi.
But how did he come to be
helplessly trapped in a dead man's body?
None of your business.
I am sorry about earlier.
You just pounced on my mentor.
I could not help but see red.
But, thanks to you,
I managed to get a refreshing workout. It has been quite a while.
Then, are my grandmother's shamanic implements not here?
Great Shaman Neop-deok was a fine practitioner of the spiritual arts.
The energy in her implements was just as powerful as her.
Thus, I buried them at the peak of Mount Naebul.
We can retrieve them tomorrow morning.
- Yes, Venerable. - All right then.
My goodness, Master.
Just look at you drool.
Gosh, is it that tasty?
Now, this nostril.
Blow.
There you go. This side too.
Goodness me.
Please, Your Highness.
If Her Grace finds out--
And what if she does?
She will just throw another fit.
Mother was always like that.
Since a long time ago, she only ever threw fits of rage.
Even when I was a child,
she just threw fits of rage.
Your Highness. Let us go inside.
No, I am fine.
Leave me.
But, I need to lay out your bedding--
I told you to stop bothering me!
Leave!
Yes, Your Highness.
Then,
I shall take my leave.
That must have been enough to scare her too.
So what if you are a spirit?
How dare you do that to a member of the royal family?
What?
Glare at me all you want.
Attack me again if you dare.
I will set that pitiful hut on fire this time
and wipe out three generations!
What is this?
What is all this?
What is this?
What? What is this?
Stay back!
Stop it.
Get off me!
THE HAUNTED PALACE
I have my grandma's implements now. I need to confront him again.
Are you planning to leave?
Did you not see a man and maiden pass through here?
What are you planning to do in there exactly?
Prepare for the ceremony.
I shall become a steadfast benefactor for you.
Someone is urgently looking for you.
Someone must have offered the prince up to him.
Were you the one who did that to Prince Yeongin?
The prince shall be offered to the Warrior Deity tonight.
I shall lure the eight-foot-tall ghost there.
Subtitle translation by: Justin S. Kim
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