"Brought to you by WITH S2 Written In The Heavens Subbing Squad" "Following the second Manchu invasion (1636)," "Crown Prince Sohyeon made his return to Joseon after eight years spent... as hostage of the Qing, and after incurring a mysterious illness, he passed away a mere month later." "Immediately following his death," "Crown Princess Kangbin would be embroiled in a conspiracy... which would eventually lead to her death by poisoning, while two of her three sons in exile to Jeju Island died of illness, and only the youngest, Seokgyeon, managed to survive." "The Crown Prince's death itself was clouded by suspicions of poisoning, and eventually became the spark igniting a bloody political struggle." "Half the populace had already fallen into slavery, and the number of runaway slaves trying to escape... from a life of punishment and mistreatment was on the rise, as was the number of bounty hunters on their trail." "Such men were known as..." "S L A V E ~*~ H U N T E R S" "~ Joseon" " Reign of King Injo ~ 26th year (1648)" "~ Near the Yalu River ~ (border with the Qing)" "How can it be so much?" "Didn't we agree fifteen nyang or so would suffice?" "Ehh Ehh!" "Think crossing the Yalu would be as easy as a stroll past the Han River?" "Three for crossing into Qing territory, fifteen for bribes to the frontier magistrates, and think I would be able to mastermind all this, running on thin air?" "For thirty nyang, we can start talking." "It's not that we don't want to pay you more." "We're giving you all we have, so consider our situation." "In the frenzy of running away, you might have not had the time, so I will give you another three days to find it." "Be it thievery or whatever else you see fit, bring me at least twenty nyang each." "Naeuri, they'll already be on our trail by now." "In three days, they'll surely catch us!" "As for that, it hardly concerns me." "Think you can just shrug me off like that?" "!" "I could pierce your dirty skull into oblivion, you know?" "So this runaway minion wants to see some blood now?" "!" "*Old Gangwon Province area, east of Daegwanllyeong Pass" "Are you looking down on a Gwandong* hunter?" "I abandoned every fear of death the moment I started hunting wild tigers." "So you think of demise first, when survival is awaiting out there?" "I doubt you'd even scare off scrawny wildcats with that fervor." "Don't waste your time here, and see if you can find anything by rummaging merchants' bundles." "Or if you have anything left to sell, go ahead." "Uh?" "!" "Unfold it." "One of them has thick cheeks, his eyebrows spread out along the edges." "A quick look at his mug, and it'll be obvious he won't listen." "That son of a swine..." "Another with broad shoulders, bantam nose, and a Gangwon Province inflection." "Also, a scraggly-faced woman carrying her young daughter." "Don't get nervous, folks." "I'm only here to catch runaway slaves." "No need to feel intimidated, so all the other merchants can just go on drinking." "Let's start." "One down." "Mother!" "Let's just die." "If slavery is all that's awaiting us, better to die free." "I don't want to die, Mother!" "Don't do it..." "In your next life, be blessed with two good parents, eat all the food you want, meet a nice groom and get married." "Listen, you." "Shouldn't harm that precious body of yours." "Not even meat will be on my plate, if all I bring back is your corpse." "As if you would know..." "~ No (male slave) ~" "~ No ~" "~ Bi (female slave) ~" "~ Bi ~" "Attention." "Ever seen this woman before?" "Should you disclose her whereabouts," "I will not only release you right away, but will make sure you can safely settle down." "Take a good look." "I... think I might have seen her at a tavern in the capital, or not." "If you could only set us free for a few days, I would go and find..." "You shameless little prick, still not getting it?" "As I was saying..." "You, come here." "And they said a rabid dog can be crazy enough to bark at a tiger..." " How dare you stab me in..." " Wangson." "*same as today, but used to address seniors by both sexes" "Eonni*, forget the bounty and just let me deal with this rat." "Kill him, but then it's fifteen nyang for the pleasure." "Go ahead." "You little rat!" "Aigoo!" "Aigoo..." " Aigoo..." " Ahh... my leg!" "~ Hanyang" " Near Dongdaemun* ~ *eastern gates of capital (old Seoul)" "Jumo (tavern host)!" "Yes!" "Here I am again!" " Come on out." " Yes, will be right there." "Sit down!" "Aigoo, forget it." "Take your eyes off of me, for starters." "As if I needed old farts drooling all over the place." "Ehh Ehh!" "Wine gets better with age!" "Might be old, but I still am quite a catch." "Just have a seat." "Is Daegil still not back from slave hunting?" "*southwestern version of Hyung" "Aigoo, Seong*." "Why look for that scoundrel, unless you wanted to spoil the mood?" "Isn't that right?" "Oh my!" "What are you grabbing down there?" "Ahh..." "Grabbing?" "Who ever grabbed anything?" "At best, I might have unintentionally fondled it!" "Aigoo, if you still have all that energy now," "I don't even want to imagine what the glory days felt like." "Want energy?" "I'm still in my glory days down there." "Give it a try." "So how about it?" "Quite the lion, uh?" "Lion?" "Feels more like a wrinkly little cat to me." "Ahem!" "It's lust and lechery all over the place, all right!" "What brings you here, so early in the morning?" "Does a busy bureau officer like me know day from night?" "What is wrong with those mugs of yours?" "Are you scheming something?" "Ahh..." "Scheming?" "!" "Where else would you find such exemplary plebs around?" "Isn't that right?" "Indeed, indeed." "If only everyone else were like us!" "Your Excellency would finally tell day and night apart." " Sure, sure..." " The old leopard... can lose its fangs, but not its spots!" "I have my eyes on you, so don't go prancing around doing silly shenanigans." "Ahh..." "Where is my table?" "That's tight." "Eonni..." "No matter how you put it, is this a man's job?" "Uh?" "*sort of an archaic housemaid, making side dishes and other amenities" "Shouldn't we have a chanmo* doing all this for us?" "And I even got stabbed, uh?" "You've seen it yourselves, earlier." "I was stabbed, and you have me cook as well?" "How can there be no comradery here?" "It's always me!" "If I could only slice some meat." "And do I have to feed myself with wild greens?" "What am I, a calf or something?" "What is it?" "Naeuri..." "May I..." "May I importune you with a favor?" "No need to get sentimental." "It doesn't matter if I have to die, but could you not set my daughter free?" "Afraid not." "That poor young thing... will be forced to become bedfellows with a man past sixty." "What could she have ever done, to deserve a mother like myself, and such a nefarious existence?" "If you have any compassion, just once..." "Accord her your benevolence just this once." "I beg you." "I implore you to save her." "Ever heard of slave hunter Lee Dae Gil?" "Yes." "I sure have." "His eyes are crimson red, his teeth black as a beast." "He looks like a dhole who's been starving for ten days, and is the kind of lowbred who would gorge the night away... in a gisaeng's embrace, on the same day his parents died." "But Naeuri, you couldn't possibly compare with such vulgar beasts." " I beg you..." "May you..." " That'd be me." "What?" "The "vulgar beast" you've heard about." "Aigoo!" "Daegil!" "Safe and sound?" " And Your Excellency?" " All peace and prosperity!" "Why do they always look like you flogged them all the way here?" "They're slaves running for their lives, think they'd be all kempt and willing?" "Found a handful on the way, so I had to do some taming." "But they're unscathed, I trust?" "If you even only broke a limb or two, that would hurt the price for sure?" "!" "I'm Daegil, you know." "You sure are!" "Joseon's best slave hunter would never make such mistakes." "I laud your efforts." "Fifty nyang for the trouble." "Let's not try to use that gray matter over there when it doesn't even work, and add another thirty nyang to the plate." "Ohh Ohh!" "Listen to that!" "Is slave hunting some kind of official post... you can pester me with, as if you were entitled to a fixed salary?" "Just be content with that, and enjoy some deserved rest." "Here..." "Hey..." "Daegil." "Do I need to get my hands dirty?" "Uh?" "What do you prefer, a little hole over here, or giving me my money?" " Your call." " Ahh..." "You really..." "Want to spoil all this merriment for a few paltry slaves?" "You might think catching paltry slaves is all our trade entails to, but in the grand scheme of things, we help restore public order and discipline." "Both Your Excellency and us, aren't we all serving the same cause, after all?" "But look at this, isn't arguing over a mere thirty nyang a little excessive?" "What do you think?" "Think you're the only slave hunter who's asking for work?" "There are lines of people who'd kill for your job!" "As if you'd be the only officer in the bureau looking for slaves?" "There are lines of officers and yangban out there asking for us." "So, let's see the money." "Aigoo..." "Be damned the day you were born..." "Happy now?" "You son of a wench!" "You sell people for a dozen nyang?" "One day, I'll shoot a hole in that dirty skull of yours." "Go ahead and try." "I'm waiting." "And that is why they treat slaves like you... worse than beasts." "Sit down, you fool!" "Damn it, I thought he was going after me." " Make a spectacle, will you?" " Ahh..." "Right!" "That Eonnyeon you were looking for." "Did you... find her?" "Ahh..." "I didn't." "But this superior I was under... was just promoted to magistrate and is on his way to Gyeongsang Province, should I ask him to help you out?" " Will you do that for me?" " Sure will!" "Sure would like to, but I'd also need..." "I guess that'd work?" "!" "You know..." " How about thirty nyang?" " Since it's you, well, let's just pretend we're even." "Thirty nyang..." "Would fifty nyang make it easier?" "Ahh..." "I'm helping you out of our deep and long-lasting friendship, is money really the issue here?" " So I guess it will take a hundred nyang." " Ohh Ohh!" "You really..." "I will take it, if anything out of courtesy for your earnest zeal." "Hey, hey!" "Fifty upfront, the rest when the deal is done." "You have a month." "Let's follow market rules." "Take care." "Aigoo..." "I wouldn't piss on him if he were on fire!" "Ehh!" "You fool!" "Walk straight, you fools!" "You won't listen, will you?" "I said get moving!" "Move!" "Hurry up and move!" "One, two, three..." "How much money are six runaway slaves worth?" "Eonni." "Wasn't this slave hunting thing our trade?" "But now Daegil is all over it." "I wipe the street clean for a year, and that crazy bitch spoils it in a day." "Shouldn't we have a ritual against them or something?" "We'll have to strip him dry and show who's running this ship." "So the bitch will stop coming here." "*crescent moon blade, halberd-like" "Learning how to master the woldo* along with the long spear... is what we will focus on today, so observe carefully and learn." "The hell are you staring at?" "You son of a wench." "Will you ever learn?" "Want to see us all punished because you stared at His Excellency?" "I apologize." "Apologize?" "!" "You little prick." "Spare me the excuses, you fool." "You!" "Do that again, and I'll make you feel sorry for real!" "Got it?" "Forgive me..." "Wipe all the horse shit here, and I want to see those saddles shine enough to make flies fall flat on their asses." "Got it?" "Here you are." "Aigoo, that saddle is too old." "How can you ride this?" "You can get a new one for a nyang or so." "Just groom it a little." "Want me to change the bridles?" "I'll give you a discount." "Comb it while you're at it." "Make it pretty." "You motherless tightwad..." "Follow me, silly." "Aigoo..." "What's with you?" "Always come in like a thief, will you?" "Did you boil these for me, Jumo?" "Aigoo!" "You hopeless little fool." "Aigoo..." "You scared me to death..." "I cook, launder, wash dishes and even sew." "What did I do to deserve all this?" "Ahh..." "Forget it!" "Eonni." "Why don't we get a seamstress like the others?" "Why don't you tell him?" "Daegil Eonni won't listen to me, but if you tell him, he might." "All right, just finish the laundry." "Aigoo... really." "This is the last day I'm doing this." "From now on, we'll start sharing chores." "I'm back." "Eonni!" "And the deal?" "How did it go?" "Got screwed." "How's the wound?" "Screwed, again?" "Here... fifty nyang." "Fi..." "Fifty?" "So they haggled for a ninety-nyang job, and ended up paying forty less?" "All those bureau officers are the same." "*Old Gaeseong" "When it comes to making a profit, they're worse than Songdo*'s merchants." "Still, shouldn't you at least have brought home seventy?" "They get all the credit, and we do all the dirty work." "Eat too much and you'll get the runs, you fool." "It's not like we're the only slave hunters out there." "Here." "Ten nyang apiece," "*Jamojeonga: archaic form of usury and leave the rest to the shylock*." "Let's keep a bit more." "You really don't want to listen, do you?" "When you get old and your knees get all rattly, think you'll be able to continue this?" "While you're still young, you should save some money, buy yourself a house and some land, you fool." "Is this the first time I get stabbed?" "We don't even know if we'll make it through the next job, want me to think about houses and land?" "There isn't much to life." "You have fun until it lasts, and then you get old and croak." "Let's do what he says." "We had a long trip and he was even stabbed." "Now you start as well?" "Why, are we doing this to save money, or to spend it?" "We've made it through this, so let's relax and have some fun." "Just add another five nyang each." "All right, fine." "One nyang each, just one." "Forget it." "At least three." "Two nyang." "Two." "If you don't want to, forget it." "Eonni, you really..." "You better take care of this." "We're leaving it to you out of trust, so you better!" "I'm sure you know what I'm feeling, right?" "Are you sure?" "I don't even know what "I" am feeling." "Why do I even bother..." "What's wrong with this?" "Aigoo..." "In earnest zeal I bestowed you my benevolence and care, like heavenly providence protecting and nurturing barren soil." "How dare you desert your calling, subjecting direful quandaries upon the hands that fed you?" "Spare me, Naeuri..." "You abandoned your keeper in spurious abscondence, committing the most treacherous of crimes, so you shall bear the hallmarks of your shameful conduct on your visage." "~ No (male slave) ~" "~ Bi (female slave) ~" "Mother..." "Mother." "Mother." "Are you out there?" "Were you looking for me?" "Until further instructions, do not give that slattern a single drop of water, and prepare her daughter." "Yes, Naeuri." "Follow me." " Mother..." " Hurry up!" "Aigoo, you little..." " Follow me." " Mother!" "Aigoo, will you listen to me?" " Mother!" " Get moving!" "Mother..." "Mother!" " Move!" " Mother..." "Aigoo..." "Who else..." "The daughter-in-law of Minister Choi eloped with a servant?" "!" "*also known as seok (180 liters/47 gallons)" "That's a twenty-seom* reward for a single case." "But you don't sound too enthralled?" "!" "Me?" "No..." "Your Excellency." "I'm not like some of those clammy bedbugs, sticking from one barn to the other." "Guess it must be quite hectic?" "!" "Ohh Ohh..." "You little..." "What are you, acting all precious with a state officer?" "Ahh..." "I'm sure you also told Daegil the good news." "Ahh..." "I did!" "In my line of work, you can't always stick to one side of the boat, or it'll sink." "So the first hound to catch the hare keeps the bones..." "Is that it?" "Need to ask?" "!" "Be it rabid or docile, the first to bring me the goods gets the vittles!" "You sure don't know how nasty rabid dogs can get..." "You have about a month." "If you let Daegil beat you out again, better just forget about slave hunting while you're at it, and go see if you can launder some gisaeng's nightclothes." "Just sit down while you're there, you useless scamps." "Eonni, forget about Daegil." "Shouldn't we deal with him first?" "He makes my blood boil." "Not today." "He still gave us twenty seom of rice on a silver platter." "Aigoo..." "My..." "How strenuous it must have been, you look so weary and famished." "You can't run on morning dew alone, although I guess that's what your job entails to." "Tell me, you're not skipping meals, are you?" "Why?" "Want to tag along and help us fix that?" "Ahh..." "My chest would thump, shake and throb all day at the sight." "Sure it can do that?" "Looks no bigger than mine." "Ahh..." "Like you would even know how it looks like, you sorry little moppet." "If you want more, go ahead and tell me." "Eonni." "What's your secret?" "The quiet cat is the fastest to climb up the stove." "I told you that's not it." "It's not it?" "Please." "Anyway you see it, that's what it is." "That's good." "Hey..." "Where are you going at this hour?" "It's the twilight, time to set sail." "Isn't it the right time to catch lasses?" "Your wound is still fresh, so don't go fooling around as always." "If you want to find your catch, you'll need to fool around." "Sit here all night, and see if they come straight on your lap." "Like you'd know..." "So long." "Uh?" "You prick, don't stay out all night!" "You came like the nightly breeze, and leave me like dreary clouds." "Is this truly how we must part?" "How cruel a destiny... we share." "*archaic for partner" "You cannot leave me this way, Seobangnim*." "Ohh Ohh!" "Seobang?" "!" "Is not yours on his way back after his dealings in town?" "My partner he still may be, but inside this heart of mine, you are the one and only." "Men can have a mistress, but why..." "Why must women be devoted to but one man?" "Confucius said so." "Seobangnim..." "Wait..." "Wait..." "Wait!" "By the flames of chagrin I was devoured, as the plebeian clods deserted their call, but so swift were the hands of providence, and what solace above all!" "Under the harvesting moon's ferment they absconded, a most vexatious millstone would it not be?" "!" "A miserly bondservant's guile marauding my day..." "Ehh!" "What abashing dismay!" "Can a benign glitter from above kindle nights without moon?" "May this impudence no longer envenom our nectars of merriment, and let us palaver the jolly night away." "But..." "Tidings abound that you blessed your father with restorative nectars?" "All I did was serving a fresh flower of youth on his berth, hoping the bairn will rekindle his fire." "If it's a servant of yours, how old is she?" "Was it... thirteen this year?" "!" "Wonderful!" "Flowers of youth blossom at that age, what a miraculous cure!" "Miraculous?" "!" "What happened to my mother?" "If you're that worried, just do as your keeper told you, and then ask him to free her." "Then, will he let her go?" "Will he feed her, and give her water?" "Just that?" "The more you please him, the less you'll worry about your three meals." "Aigoo..." "If I only was a little younger..." "It'd be over in one shot." "Daegil!" "How have we been..." "Pour me one." "I hear the racket's doing wonders, these days." "Ohh, well..." "Don't I take after my mentor, Eonni?" "Right..." "But you still have the balls to deal under my nose?" "When you bite the hand that fed you, every easy street is a blind alley." "Did Confucius say that?" "I'll bear it in mind." "Let me finish, while we're still talking..." "Ehh..." "You know I'm a man of few words." "Like you wouldn't know..." "My Daegil is all grown up, now?" "!" "He even interrupts elders..." "Careful." "You're still my pet." "Time won't make a dragon out of a sodden loach." "Daegil!" "Come back under my wings." "How can a tiger go under a mongrel?" "Mongrel?" "!" "I guess it's time to get up." "Long life and prosperity to you." "Boys, hit him." "Want to see blood?" "On your knees." "Blood it is, then." "For lowborns..." "Age is your rank." "I'll continue treating you as my elder." "Jumo." "Put Eonni's drinks on my tab." "Naeuri!" "I will let her in." "Have a seat." "I said sit." "Look at me." "Ehh Ehh!" "Go ahead and do it." "Right..." "Right." "Here..." "Come closer." "Good..." "Good girl." "Closer." "Master." "Ohh Ohh!" "May you set my mother free..." "All right." "Give her water... and feed her." "I said I will." "Let her go as well." "Give her water, Master." "You wench." "I said I will take care of it." "Mother." "Are you feeling better?" "He was the one who rescued us." "Don't waste time trying to cross the border, and head to Mount Worak." "You'll find a man named Jjakgwi there, who will help you settle down." "It'll buy you an ox and a plow." "Naeuri..." "Ajeosshi." "I won't forget you." "I will remember you for sure." "Eonnyeon." "How can you enter the scullery?" "What if the Master sees you?" "Here, take it." "Hurry up and leave." "Now." "It's all right." "My father has left." "Hold them, and they will warm your hands." "Hold them tight." "Burn..." "Burn..." "Warm up Eonnyeon's hands." "Burn..." "Burn..." "Burn..." "Burn..." "Warm up Eonnyeon's hands." "Burn..." "Burn..." "Ohh?" "!" "Coming!" "They're coming!" "Quick." "Who is the slave in charge here?" "Yes, Your Excellency." "Were you looking for me?" "I deserve to perish, Your Excellency." "For what?" "What?" "Th..." "That..." "May you punish me for anything I committed." "I hear that one of those horses suffered from dysentery all night." "What did you feed it with?" "Yes..." "Nothing more than the usual." "I deserve to perish!" "But may you spare my life!" "These steeds belong to the state." "A single one of them is worth more than all your lives combined, how could you be so negligent, and try to hide your malfeasance?" "I deserve to perish!" "Yes..." "If the horse doesn't regain stability by the morrow, you shall all be held responsible." "Y..." "Yes." "Your wish is our command." "Yes." "Are you all right?" "Uh?" "Let go!" "*horse veterinarian" "Is the maeui* in?" "Yes!" "Coming!" "What brings you here?" "Yes..." "I don't know what went wrong, but it's been suffering from dysentery and weakness all night." "What on earth did it eat?" "The usual herbs, peasecods, nothing much." "Already up?" "Seems like a western breed..." " Who's that?" " All right." "Just tie it over there." "Seems like a government slave?" "Is he from the horse stables?" "With his leg in that state?" "Government slaves are mostly punished criminals, so cripples are just order of the day." "Still, doesn't his stance look a little strange?" "All right?" "You lowly vermin." "You dare hamper a scholar's path?" "I deserve your reproach, Naeuri." "You reprehensible scum." "Naeuri." "Here you go." "So, have a safe return!" "Who's that?" "Quiet!" "It's a secret." "What is?" "Ohh Ohh!" "I said it's a secret." "Forget it, and copy me a few of these." "Curious, uh?" "About the secret." "J..." "Just hurry up." "I'm just disclosing it because it's you." "This is between you and me alone, are we clear?" "Take a look." "Right now, Jeju is being hit by the plague, and, be it people or beasts, everyone is croaking left and right." "So I was commissioned to depict all this in detail." "By whom?" "Who do you think?" "That scholar who just left." "The other year, the late Crown Prince Sohyeon's three sons... were sent to Jeju in exile, remember?" "Ahh..." "Forget it, and just do this." "This is hardly important, you fool!" " The court is trying to turn Jeju..." " Ahh..." "Really!" "What could the court and politics possibly have to do with us?" "Do you even realize how serious this is?" "Let's just do this." "Aigoo..." "This is the reason you can't find her, uh?" "A woman's face can change a dozen times in your dreams." "But take a look." "You come here every three months asking me to draw this, and it's been the same face the last ten years." "Do you really want to find her, or what?" "Look." "Do they look the same, or what?" "Aigoo..." " Could it have changed?" " Of course it has!" "A woman's face blooms until eighteen, and by twenty-three starts withering, how old is she already?" "Isn't she twenty plus five?" "!" "If she gave birth, add five to the total." "Think about the wrinkles around her eyes, cheeks collapsing under the weight of time, not to mention her chin." "If she had five children, you can bet on all her teeth being gone for good." "Who knows, might be prancing about as a second-rate gisaeng or something." "Raise her lips a little, then, as if she was smiling." "Aigoo..." "I'll be damned..." "She'll spend a hundred years smiling like this." "To attract men like you." "Enough prattling, and get working." "Just alter it a bit to make it look older." "Quick." "No." "I refuse." "You're getting no third-rate material from me." "You really..." "Think I would let money dictate how..." "Let's see..." "Let's add a subtle, fugacious smile to her face..." "Ehh..." "Eonni!" "After this embarrassment, can we still show up at the market?" "Let's just forget it and get it over with." "Think that'll get rid of all the grief buried inside?" "What else can we do?" "We're the fools, for raising and feeding the little cat... not knowing he'd turn into a roaring tiger." "Know why Daegil became a slave hunter?" "It's all because of this slave wench called Eonnyeon." "You know?" "*1636, second Manchu invasion" "Was it back during the Byeongja* year?" "It was a mess even the craziest fool around wouldn't imagine." "The barbarians (Qing) barged into his residence like rabid beasts, and captured this Eonnyeon." "Young Master!" "Young Master!" "Young Master..." "Young Master..." "Young Master..." "Young Master!" "Young Master!" "Young Master..." "Young Master!" "That Daegil is crazy as they come." "He followed them all the way..." "And, sickle in hand, he just..." "Yo..." "Young Master..." "Young Master." "They barely made it out of there alive, but that was the beginning of the end for them." "Think a keeper would let a young wench who seduced his son go?" "The day after, they beat her within an inch of her life, and after selling her..." "Eonnyeon!" "That wench's brother, Keunnom, appeared, and with flames in his eyes, he set the entire place on fire and they escaped." "Daegil managed to barely get in, and then he saw them..." "Eonnyeon!" "Young Master!" ""Young Master."" "He's been after them ever since, for the last ten years." "His eyes filled with rage and fervor to see them dead." "Bit your tongue?" "Then, what?" "I'm telling you!" "You..." "Know how you can catch wild dholes?" "You stick a pole upside down like this, and spread chicken blood on top." "Then, the dhole smells the blood and goes crazy, and starts licking the blood on top." "Like this." "Just like this." "It doesn't even realize it's piercing and cutting its tongue, and keeps licking." "Not knowing it's now licking its own blood, and after going at it without reserve, at long last, our dhole..." "It croaks." "The hell does that mean..." "Listen." "They gave you this meat over your eyes to think, not to hold the topknot together, uh?" "Her youngest got married, but how come she's so embarrassed?" "Did she forget to wear a skirt?" "Sunshine awakes the groom, who is shocked by the sight." "Ehh!" "You despicable slattern!" "Eonni!" "Daegil Eonni!" "Eonni!" "The older daughter starts thinking." "Since her sister-in-law met the rod for forgetting her clothes, she went to the back, and took it all off." "The groom is livid." ""Look at this crazy slut,"" " Take this!" " That's bad." "Eonni!" "Breathe, for starters." "We'll take care of them." "What a spectacle." "How many were after you?" "I found her." "She's there." "Found who?" "Eonnyeon, that slave!" "Are you telling the truth?" "Where did you see her?" "Where?" "Brought to you by WITH S2 Written In The Heavens Subbing Squad" "Main Translator and Timer:" "MisterX" "Timing QC: wichitawx" "Editor/QC: thunderbolt" "Coordinators: mily2, ay_link" "~ On The Next Episode Of ~ SLAVE ~*~ HUNTERS" "Eonni, you know?" "You will die by my blade." "Orabeoni." "Forgive me." "You must find her." "I don't know if she'll return alive." "If they manage to find her before we do," "Milady's life will be in peril." "They spread the plague on purpose!" "So that they could hit his last surviving child." "Time to free the way." "Have you heard what happened?" " How shall we retaliate?" " We must slay her." "Brought to you by WITH S2 Written In The Heavens Subbing Squad" "Episode 2" "I found her." "She's there." "Eonnyeon, that slave!" "Are you telling the truth?" "Where did you see her?" "When?" "Ahh..." "Let me go first." "I've just heard it from the wife of that merchant, Ji." "She said that three days ago, when he passed from the riverbank..." "You know, where they dry all the cloth..." "Eonni..." "Eonni!" "Eonni!" "What's with those miserable ninnies, again?" "So pretty!" "She's a paragon of beauty!" "But I hear she's quite older than she looks?" "!" "Ehh..." "It's her second time." "Like age would matter." "But..." "Shouldn't we follow him?" "Like it would be the first false alarm." "If ten years have passed, she must already be someone else's wife." "Ahh..." "I'm sure she said it was Eonnyeon?" "!" "But... really..." "That's quite the attire." "The groom is no laughing matter, either!" "But has it been long since he was widowed?" "His first wife died over three years past, so he's waited enough, all right." "Can a man his age squander all that fervor in solitude?" "Has he finally come, my dear Daegil Seobangnim?" "!" "Here he is!" "Our formidable Daegil." "You fool..." "I told you that prancing about like a dimwit might get you into trouble, didn't I?" "Why don't you ever listen to me?" "Ahh..." "You disappoint me." " Aigoo..." " Ji saw her?" "I told you..." "He was sure he saw Eonnyeon there." "If it's Ji..." "Didn't he leave for Anseong a few days ago?" "But that's opposite the riverbank?" "Your jests... crossed the line." "Eonni, you know?" "You will pay with your blood." "Ten years in this trade, and only your tongue got sharper." "So the stout ginseng root can crush a bundle of wet pansies?" "Daegil..." "It's me..." "I said it's me." "Daegil!" "It's Eonni!" "Eonni!" "Eonni!" "Are you out of your mind?" "Want to be accused of murder?" "Daegil, calm down!" "Move." "Get a hold of yourself!" "Move out!" "Why are you going at each other?" "Ahh..." "Give it a rest!" "Ahh..." "Really, stop!" "You'll get hurt!" "I'm leaving." "If you don't stop, I'll just go!" "Are you feeling relieved, now?" "If this is what it has come to, let's just split the money and part ways, uh?" "Can I really trust you without reserve, after being subjected to this?" "Wangson." "Go fetch me some water." "Ahh..." "Told you we need a wench to tag along for those things." "Always sending me..." "You're surrounded by water." "It is time you let Eonnyeon go." "Just as blind to your pleas of meeting her as she is, she won't remember you ever parted ways, and that is why they call it providence." "It is not something you can control." "Why..." "Want to start acting like the eldest, now?" "As if you could fight like a man..." "Uh?" "!" "Uh?" "You've been cold all day, haven't you?" "That's why your hands are always in that state." "You know?" "You know..." "I hate it all." "I hate you feeling cold," "I hate you feeling hurt, and having it hard in any way." "Are you... doing this out of pity?" "What I wish for... is not your compassion." "Have you had dinner?" "*archaic form of Oppa" "Yes, Orabeoni*." "These are belated nuptials, a late repast which knows no easy digestion, so go, and learn to endure it along the way." "Serve your spouse with utmost devotion, bless him with plenty of children," "and be happy." "Yes..." "Is it all in the past now?" "I have arranged for your conjugal partner, so bear it in mind." "But..." "I still have no intention of engaging in marriage." "And why is that?" "By any chance, is there anyone you are attracted to?" "There is... no such person." "Right, and so it should be." "I will arrange your nuptials in due time." "You know?" "I will spend my whole life." "Together with you." "Forget him." "Memories can only becloud your soul with sadness." "Are you... telling me to erase those memories as well?" "You still don't understand?" "You glanced at someone you should have never looked at!" "Because of me, you committed murder." "I could have spilled a lot more blood!" "If it was for your sake." "The Young Master died." "And that is the very reason you and I survive!" "The reason you... and I... can now live like people." "Look." "Remember the day they excised slavery away from our burning flesh?" "On that day, I cried tears of joy, and not of pain." "For you and I were born anew." "This time, finally, as real people." "*noble literati" "It might be your second marriage, but this time it is with a yangban*." "No more grief will afflict you." "The new groom has arrived!" "The new groom has arrived!" "May you live in happiness." "It is my very last wish, so can you promise you will?" "Promise me first, Orabeoni." "I will do well." "No matter what, I will live in happiness." "So... you needn't worry about me from here on in." "Good." "Promise me... that you will not worry about me." "You have my word." "It is so late..." "Are you not sleeping?" "Daegil still isn't back, so..." "Someone as remarkable as you associating with such a scoundrel..." "I still cannot fathom why." "You should settle down yourself before it's too late, General Choi." "Isn't thinking it might be too late, what makes it truly too late?" "Ahh..." "What gleaming moonlight..." "What happened to your clan is most regrettable, but is it not all in the past now?" "Someone said so." "That first loves are the greatest of romances, *baram also means impetus or desire to do something and that the nightly breeze is the most soothing of winds*." "Jumo..." "I can see what's under the skirt from here?" "!" "Aigoo!" "Aigoo..." "Wow..." "Our Jumo sure knows how to please her patrons." "We even get to bask in pleasant sights." "You..." "You depraved, miserable creep!" "He can't even distinguish compassion!" "So..." "Good night." "You... really!" "Too much compassion and you'll be in-laws with the whole neighborhood." "Uh?" "!" "Been drinking, haven't you?" "And Wangson?" "Don't know if he was worried about you or anything, but he just went out for a stroll after waiting." "A stroll where?" "Are you not going to visit me again?" "I wish you... happiness." "I could abandon everything and come with you." "What cruel destiny!" "We share... *how women protected themselves (via suicide) to avoid being violated" "I now give you my silver knife*..." "But, even in the netherworld, I shan't forget my calling." "Let us fulfill the love this cruel destiny stole from us in this life... together in the netherworld." "Even in death..." "I shall never forget you." "Milady..." "Seobangnim!" "Ahh..." "Conf..." "Confucius said..." "If he keeps up with his philandering ways..." "One day it'll get him into trouble." "He'll only change when he's settled down." "People like us... "settling down"?" "!" "Just be glad if we don't violently croak on the street." "Ahh..." "General Choi." "You're, what, five or six older?" "Make that six or seven." "Well, anyhow." "If I make it that far, how is it?" "Does life get a little more fun?" "Who lives life out of fun?" "They all live hoping the morrow will bring it." "Right, right." "There isn't much to life!" "The morrow... will just bring another sun shining upon us." "Pave the way for the groom!" "My!" "Look at him!" " The bride will be up all night!" " Says who?" "Ahh..." "Does a big fist make you a good fighter?" "He's been out of action the last three years, but he sure doesn't look like..." "Milady!" "Orabeoni..." "Forgive me." " Milady!" " Milady." "Don't you worry." "I will live a happy life." "I wish you health and prosperity." " Milady!" " Milady!" "My apologies." " Milady!" " Milady..." "You... discredited my name!" "May you forgive me, I will find her immediately." "There is no need for you to do so." "We already engaged in conjugal ties, so, spare or slay her, is she not my property now?" "I will take care of this by myself." "How did it go?" "We rummaged the area for over 30 ri, but there are no traces of her." "What is he doing to find her?" "He gathered hunters, and set a bounty on her head." "To anyone who brings her back alive," "I shall accord him enough land to bask in abundance for a lifetime." "And if you bring at least her corpse back, you will receive 500 nyang!" "If they manage to find her before we do, bringing her to safety will be arduous." "Do you have any place in mind?" "There is a Buddhist temple in the mountains, called Yeowonam." "If she's not there..." "Where on earth did she go?" "Even if I have to sweep the eight provinces," "I will find her." "She is my one and only sister." "Not a single finger of hers must be harmed." "If you can find her, everything I have will be yours." "It is only thanks to Milady's benevolence that I can live as a decent person, how could I covet anything else?" "I will find her at all cost, and escort her back." "You, find a carriage, and you will follow me to Yeowonam." "Yes." "Seems like she might be at a hermitage called Yeowonam." "Can you find her?" "What is all this commotion, for nothing but a lowly wench?" "Two hundred nyang for you." "Spare no expenses, and find her." "Where else would I find someone like you?" "I am counting on you." "Finding her will not be arduous, but I have no confidence she will come back alive." "Aigoo..." "Here..." "Here..." "Ohh!" "Here you are!" "But..." "Where is Daegil?" "Ahh..." "I wonder, Jumo." "Why are you so interested in us?" "For a puny moppet who barely got his marks, you sure act friendly with your elders." "Ahh..." "That?" "It's just that my tongue was cut short at birth, take a look." "Uhh..." "You really!" "Jumo." "Yes, Naeuri?" "Daegil seemed quite inebriated last night." "Serve him a warm haejangguk* later, will you?" "*hangover soup with ox blood, veggies and beef broth" "Yes..." "Don't worry." "Go ahead and eat." "If you want more, just tell me." "A moment." "Jumo!" "Eonni." "Go ahead and confess it." "Confess what?" "What on earth is your secret?" "Naeuri..." "The side dishes are so tawdry..." "So allow me to at least..." "Eonni." "You win." "You're the best." "Over there." "You!" "Can you already move about like that?" "It was just a few lashes, anyhow." "Did you have breakfast?" "Would they feed someone who doesn't even work?" "And, be careful when you pick herbs." "Wild boars maunder all over." "All right." "Ehh?" "!" "Don't waste time prattling and go on." "By the way." "You know the chief slave from Kim Chang Bong's abode, right?" "Gaenobi A(jeo)sshi?" "Yes." "*9 to 11pm" "If you can make it, around the second watch*, they're going to twist straw up on top of the valley." "And they said there's no night for slaves..." "Why aren't you heading back?" "You said wild boars are all over..." "Let's go back together when you're done." "Precious state steed, stuff yourself." "Go at it." "It's time!" "They're all gone!" "They're gone?" "Here..." "Gather." "Listen well." "All the senior officers will be out for external training, and even half the privates will follow them." "Even a shaman couldn't find a better day, this screams for us to get up and escape!" "Still, we're dealing with privates here." "Can we get past them?" "Aigoo..." "Those little moppets," "I can deal with five of them at once with my bare hands." "It's just this, and... out!" "You..." "You're still dealing with someone who, back in the day, ruled over the Ganghwa Port like no other hustler in town." "Just a finger raised, and the whole place started trembling in fear!" "Then, where did the Eonni who... served His Majesty back in the day go?" "I said it's true!" "Why?" "I used to be best of friends with the chief minister myself back then." "Right..." "And I was close enough with the Governor of Pyeongyang, we'd even exchange bedfellows!" "Give me a break..." "With that mug of yours?" "Here..." "Enough with the prattling." "What will you do?" "Want to keep rotting here in slavery, or will you join me on this?" "Once you're born as men, show what you're made of!" "Really?" "Sure this behind can handle it?" "Ahh..." "Keep going at it..." "Hey..." "What am I, some stupid ninny?" "To try and escape without a plan?" "Here..." "With this on my forehead, living by the day is out of the question, but since Ganghwa Port is my territory, we'll go there and make a living out of filching." "Uh?" "!" "If we can only find a merchant boat passing by and... get our hands on it, for the rest of our lives it's silk, slatterns and debauchery every night and day!" "Money would just rain down on us, and..." "Here..." "So..." "Ahh..." "Shit, I forgot what I was saying." "Hey, retard!" "See?" "Aigoo..." "In a day, how many of these can you draw?" "Ahh..." "As you can see, it's quite the exacting job." "Well, if I really give it my all, I guess about a dozen or so..." "Aigoo!" "Ahh..." "If I go at it until my wrists break, wouldn't I manage to do a few hundred?" "!" "Let me reiterate, but you must maintain utmost secrecy." "Naeuri!" "I might not be all that old, but I've never seen anyone able to keep a secret better than me." "But, tell me..." "Is Jeju really afflicted by such heinous pla..." "If you wish to survive, you better keep that gob of yours in check." "Ahh..." "Yes." "Sire." "With direful plague sweltering Jeju, not only the inhabitants, but also two Royal Successors lost their lives." "Now only one of them remains unscathed, but we can no longer guarantee his safety." "We hereby suggest that court physicians be sent to his aid." "And you call those conscionable suggestions?" "Her Highness the Crown Princess was poisoned for her treacherous contempt." "How can Your Excellency so guilefully ignore public sentiment?" "*yusaeng:" "Confucian scholar" "Are you willfully ignoring the fact that accusatory memorials by our scholars*... are raining down upon us because of what is happening in Jeju?" "Stop using those scholars' escapades to mislead the public!" "We are not misleading anyone." "Have you not seen drawings like these circulating at the market?" "Sire." "If you may allow your humble servant parlance," "I implore you to heed our people's earnest sentiments." "Sire." "Sending physicians is a sign of fealty, but is not the very refusal to do so just as allegiant an endeavor?" "I humbly suggest to quell the court's unsightly quarreling... by issuing your orders, Sire." "What a pitiable child." "This must remain between you and me..." "But what is spreading in Jeju is no plague." "Then, is it the ague*?" "(*febrile chills)" "Ehh Ehh..." "Here he starts, again!" "I'm telling you just because it's you, but the court purposely spread that malady... to eliminate any trace of Crown Prince Sohyeon's descendants." "They couldn't openly slaughter him, so they did it through his sons." "Yes, yes..." "Jumo!" "Yes, coming!" "Let me finish before you go." "You know the Crown Prince, right?" "Crown-Prince-So-Hyeon." "Unless he ever came here for a drink, how could I know him?" "Don't let that ignorance of yours break new records..." "Think of how healthy he looked when he came back from his Qing durance." "But, after two months there, he suddenly falls ill." "A few days later, he was already gone." "But then they checked the body, and his face was a ghastly pale, and all his purulence gushed out." "He was poisoned!" "Ehh..." "Listen to you!" "What are you saying?" "If you take your brush, what would come out?" "Uh?" "The picture, of course!" "They poisoned his son to death, his daughter-in-law sentenced, again with poison." "Then, who could be next?" "His grandsons, of course!" "That is why they started spreading the plague all over Jeju!" "Ahh..." "For a bunch of fornicating loaches' sake!" "His Majesty is a person like everyone of us, would he do that to his own flesh and blood?" "Ehh..." "Guess wiping horse shit all day does that to you." "Would you ever realize how cruel power can be?" "What... horse shit?" "You damned third-rate dauber..." "What is it, then, cow shit?" "Ahh..." "What is wrong with you two?" "I see apprehension in your eyes, Your Excellency." "A simper is all that graces this face, what apprehension?" "It is the clouds behind that beguiling simper which led me to say so." "You've become as devious as a viper, I see." "Meseems grievances are on the rise?" "They probably believe the throne is theirs." "They are using His Majesty's wishes to gain immortality." "That is what Your Excellency must do, who would ever try to contend your might?" "Right..." "Should anyone covet my place, what shall we do to them?" "They must be slain." "Quite the daunting wench..." "Are state affairs all that complicated?" "Those who must perish shall meet their demise." "And those who must survive shall go on living." "Let us defer such concerns to another date, and why don't you try our new arrival?" "*ritual shamanic dance to cleanse away evil spirits" "Her salpuri* is remarkable." "Is Yeonhwa there?" "What about the scholars?" "They will renege on state deliberations and leave the palace in the morrow, vociferating their disapproval outside." "Are the offices of Inspector General and Special Councilors... preparing their memorials?" "Yes, Your Excellency." "*Seokgyeon / Prince Gyeongan" "They are gaining consensus, and claiming that only the Royal Successor* is the legitimate descendant." "Treacherous subjects are spuriously misleading His Majesty, so we must bring him back to the righteous path, and ensure our nation's future stability." "Look." "These drawings are circulating around the market." "This is the voice of our people." "The populace is behind us, so we will issue a memorial to His Majesty in the morrow," " and finally put an end to..." " Capture them!" "Yes!" "Capture all these treacherous varmints!" "How could you disseminate such mendacious drawings, and force scourge and disheartenment upon His Majesty?" "Those were already circulating at the market." "Are you going to keep ignoring public sentiment?" "Think we would not see through your vile and deceitful machinations?" "I shall meet with His Majesty." "I shall write to him, and await his retort, but I shall never fall for your treacherous subterfuges." "So you're looking for His Majesty?" "!" "Your Excellency!" "We did not commit treason, may you alert His Majesty on our unyielding fealty!" "I already did so." "But he still claimed you were traitors?" "!" "No way!" "There is no way he would have said so!" "Why is someone so adamant about touting public sentiment... so incognizant of his own ruler's feelings?" "So long." "It is with utmost stupor and anguish that I write you these words." "Should this letter manage to reach you," "I fear it might be already too late for me." "You have always been my most devoted and prideful mentor and compeer." "*between Qing and Joseon" "What do you think about peaceful truce*?" "As soldiers are born to perish on the battlefield," "I never gave much thought to surrender masked as armistice." "Is there not such a thing as strategic withdrawal?" "I learned of retreating for the sake of victory, but I know no such thing as withdrawing to acknowledge defeat." "So I must look like a craven weakling to you." "Forgive me." "If we lose the war, I will be taken hostage to the Qing capital." "Will you follow me?" "I want to learn how they could possibly strengthen themselves so much, and how we could so disarmingly fail without any retaliation." "I might accept demise as a price to pay for bitter defeat, but I shall never allow myself to become their prisoner." "Only now I am telling you so, but leaving for such an arduous journey without you might have daunted me." "I endured long and strenuous hardships and made my return, yet hope is now but a feeble light in the darkness, and despair the most ravaging weight afflicting my soul." "Can I bestow all my unfulfilled aspirations upon you?" "Entrusting such exacting weight upon you, I bid you farewell..." "My friend." "Here..." "Everyone, prepare yourself." " Yeah..." " Uh." "Uh?" "!" "From here on in, I am your leader." "Address me with respect." " Yes." " Yes." "Find yourself anything you can use as a weapon," " and follow me." " Yes." "Those scamps..." ""If I stab him, he'll start screaming,"" ""and wouldn't all the others hear that and storm here?"" ""Then, we're all as good as dead."" ""Fine." "Then, let's all deal with them at once."" "Who is there?" "My damned luck..." "Run!" "Capture them!" "Do something, anything!" "We'll all die this way!" "Let's get through them." "Die now or be lashed to death in the morrow, just take one each!" "Disarm them at once." "Yes." "Officer, listen." "I was going to quietly leave on my own, but I guess I'll take them with me, out of comradery." " I hope you understand." " You knave..." "Are you still mistaking yourself as a member of the force?" "Just pave the way for us." "What are you waiting for?" "Hit him!" "That leg..." "Let's run!" "They will not have gone far." "Hasten!" "Here..." "We must escape from here at once." "Let's go." "If we leave now, the inspection units will catch us." " Just stay put." " I am in charge here!" "...Sir." "With these garments, it would be like a rat entering a duct." "We will infiltrate a village and steal some of their clothes, *a bell signaling the end of curfew in populated areas and leave the capital before they sound the paru*." "We got word that Song Taeha just escaped." "I am aware." "And he wasn't even limping." "Wouldn't there be an ulterior motive moving him to pretend all this time?" "*chuno: orders sent out to slave hunters;" "a sort of archaic search warrant" "Guess the local administration will issue a search order*." "He is but a runaway slave, so it is nothing we should concern ourselves with, and neither will we." "Why are you so nonchalant about this, Your Excellency?" "Do not let this sway you." "If you want to survive in politics, your deportment must be as placid as deep waters, even when flames of angst are raging inside you." "Daegil!" "Daegil!" "It's a mess out there!" " This is serious!" " Breathe, will you?" "What did you see, a flying sparrow's fanny on your way?" "Always make a spectacle, go ahead." "During the night, a group of government slaves... at the Military Training Command ran away." "*left and right capital bureau" "Both bureau offices* are up in arms." "They've been after them all morning, but still couldn't find them!" "Wow..." "Must be quite the flock, then." "If they managed to escape from Joseon's foremost training apparatus." "Help me out." "If you could only catch them, 1 geun = 222 grams you will not only be rewarded with about a geun* of silver, but also land grants from the magistrate!" "Ahh..." "But, tell me." "If they managed to escape from there, they must be no laughing matter?" "!" "Ahh..." "Don't want to risk getting hurt." "What's wrong with you?" "And if I added another three geun of silver?" "Forget it." "Uh?" "If they managed to escape so effortlessly, they sure must have had a hideout ready." "Uh?" "Where would you find that?" "You can't." "Fine!" "Five geun it is, then!" "Let's make it big, while we're at it." "So you leave all the dirty laundry to me for a pittance, now?" "Just give me ten geun and let's forget about it." "Hey..." "Daegil..." "All this time you've been slave hunting, how many times did you make a mess?" "And who stopped the bureau from punishing you, every single time?" "It was me." "Should I forget my kindness, and show you how the baton tastes like?" "As if you could do more than talk the talk, aigoo..." "All right." "Who was the chief slave?" "It's this skipper from Ganghwa who was captured..." "Anyhow, go capture him and bring him to me, uh?" "Of course." "Even if we make it big, we'll have to do it together." "We'll sure have to." "So let's just make it square, ten geun." "Think how far back we go." "That little..." "Ehh..." "I ought to..." "Aigoo..." "Stop!" "We will move now." "W..." "Wait!" "We came all the way here, where else are we going?" "We'll have to continue up north." "And after escaping the capital, we'll go south." "You need to erase your footsteps if you want to avoid getting caught." "Ahhh..." "I'll be damned!" "After running south all this time, why go back now?" "Let's just buy time here, gain control of a boat, and stroll our way out of here!" "They already will be aware of that route." "Who would?" "A ghost?" "We're the only ones who know that!" "The moment we ran away, they always had you in mind." "Knowing you are from Ganghwa, they surely would be trailing us this way." "Ahh..." "Forget it!" "North, south, east or wherever, do as you please." "We're not moving an inch away from here." " Right?" " Sure." "See?" "They won't." "Hey..." "You!" "So the chief slave is from Ganghwa?" "Seems like they wanted to go back for some sorely missed filching." "The itinerary is obvious, would he move so heedlessly?" "The more urgent it is, the more shallow they get." "It won't be easy finding them here." "Do we even need to find them?" "If we just idle here and wait, we'll be served with the answer." "The tainted apple is the first to fall from the tree." "Do you really plan on remaining here?" "Look." "When we got into the action, we did so giving it enough thought to..." "We are grateful for your assistance, but shouldn't real men know when it is time to part ways?" "All right." "I can imagine how you'll spend your life, but don't hinder mine." "Ahh..." "Listen to that..." "Acting all fancy when we're all slaves!" "I might have partaken in the same meager repast with you, but our roots are clearly different, how dare you insinuate otherwise?" "Compassion might have led me to help you escape, but if you use that to belittle me, you will pay that affront in blood." "Even if they manage to capture you, do not mention my name." "Expose my name in vain, and your pate will bear the grunt." "Take a breather, and your prey will come to you." "Run..." "Run!" "Brought to you by WITH S2 Written In The Heavens Subbing Squad" "Main Translator and Timer:" "MisterX" "Timer: julier Editor/QC: thunderbolt" "Coordinators: mily2, ay_link" "~ On The Next Episode Of ~ SLAVE ~@~ HUNTERS" "Abandon me, and you're dead!" "Got it?" "Seolhwa." "Age?" "Seventeen." "I know neither my hometown nor my family name, so don't ask that." "Who do you think you're talking to, you wench?" " Weren't you limping?" " I trust you knew I really wasn't?" "!" "What if you really hit Daegil?" "Then, what did we come here for?" "If it's not me, then go ahead yourself." "I've heard nobody in Joseon can contend with his swordsmanship." "His kind is the scariest, all right." " For hunting?" "!" " If you want to call it that." "But we're hunting yangban." "There's this man called Lee Daegil." "He's the first who deserves a hole in his skull." "Brought to you by WITH S2 Written In The Heavens Subbing Squad" "~ Episode 3 ~" "I thought you were limping?" "!" "I trust you're well aware that I wasn't." "Is that not the reason you trailed me?" "And they said even anchovies have entrails..." "You're quite something?" "I have no time to squander with you." "I lose." "...Sir." "Aim at his head before you shoot." "Don't just shoot for the hell of it, you dumbass!" "Aim properly." "Ahh..." "What if we end up killing Daegil?" "Are we here to kill him, or have him dance around arrows?" "You little..." "Still, he used to be one of us..." "Want to become a hedgehog?" "Want to become chicken skewers?" "Ahh..." "So they want to see blood again." "Afraid I'm already seeing it." "Let's not tread on each other's toes, shall we?" "Careful where those toes lead you at night, uh?" "Ahh..." "I hate it." "Ahh!" "I hate you." "Ahh..." "I just..." "I hate him!" "Ahh..." "Daegil!" "In all my years of fighting, I have never seen someone like him." "Seems like he knew his martial arts by heart." "By heart, my ass." "He looked like he could barely master a few tricks." "So why was it such a close conflict?" "Close what?" "What are you prattl..." "It was no close fight." "I practically had him, but those arrows ruined it all." "Anyhow..." "Eonni or not, I'll have to put his swinish mug to rest." "He'll reap what he sowed." "He already more than reaped it, so just lie down." "Look for a fight, and you'll find a cudgel in every hedge." "Who said all that crap?" "Forget it." "Eonni!" "Aigoo, Eonni..." "What happened?" "How am I supposed to live without you?" "Eonni, get a hold of yourself!" "Eonni!" "It hurts, you piece of..." "So you're not dead..." "Thank you, Eonni." "Aigoo..." "All right, all right." "Take good care of Daegil Eonni, will you?" "Going out, again?" "Ohh..." "I left behind some unfinished business..." "I'll have to get going." "Don't die on me, Eonni." "You can save a fool when he falls in the water, but not when they fall head over heels for lasses." "It's just fervor of youth." "Just worry about getting better." "Where are you going?" "He's not your average specimen, I'm afraid." "We need to find out more about him." "Daegil!" "Aigoo..." "Daegil!" "So I hear you got poked a little on the side?" "What are you prattling about?" "Ahh..." "It's all the market is talking about!" "That the illustrious Daegil got the short end of the stick against a slave, and will not make it through the morrow." "You sure have a wild imagination." "What sorry son of a swine said that?" "You damned..." "I was saying it!" "Ehh Ehh..." "Keep barging in like a flea on his ass, will you?" "Anyhow, that slave fella." "He takes out his blade like this, and cuts through Daegil from here." "The blood..." "The blood just..." "Aigoo!" "So?" "So, Daegil..." "He starts running away scared shitless." "But the slave just... jumps in the air, kicks him like this, and then hits him... with the scabbard." "It looked like a sword of honor from turbulent times." "Then, Daegil must have fallen down?" "!" "Of course..." "Flat on his ass." "So the slave fella... jumps behind Daegil and takes out his sword..." "Aigoo..." "That fella sure was something." "If he had been born in turbulent times, he'd make a perfect general." "This fella..." "If he had sliced through Daegil like this, he would have cut him in half." "But, what did you do?" "Ahh..." "Just shut that trap and listen!" "So the distance between me and Daegil... was about 300 paces." ""Ahh..." "That's much too far to go and rescue him," I thought." "But I felt too much compassion to just leave him there." "Boy..." "Just like what Cao Cao felt seeing Guan Yu." "And so I took the bow." "A hero for the ages, indeed!" "Just like Zhuge Liang trying to save Liu Bei's son." "Wisdom blesses the old, all right!" "Right as he was slicing through Daegil's body..." "Right... at that... moment!" "As if pushed by the southeast wind, my arrow... flew in the air!" "Daegil, that scamp..." "If it weren't for me, he'd have croaked." "He would have croaked for sure." " Indeed." " He sure would." "Stop prattling that nonsense, and just give me my money." "Ahh..." "What are you talking about?" "Didn't you lose one of them?" "So, what, I'm not seeing any money now?" "Ahh..." "Of course you won't!" "You lose the one who shat, and only got those who farted!" "Then, forget about who shat, and pay me for all those who farted." "Ehh Ehh..." "Ever seen public funds squandered without any principle?" "Stop wasting time, and go find that fella you lost." "Ahh..." "Forget it." "He's more trouble than he's worth." "Finding him will not be all that easy." "Why, got a little taste of his blade, and it was too hard to digest?" "I got no "taste" of his blade, it barely grazed past me." " Uh?" " So go find him, then." "Let's make it big, for once." "I'll be waiting..." "Why don't you embrace him?" "They say that if a child spends too long in his father's hands, it will end up spoiling him." "Still, you're not embracing him even once?" "Baby, when will your father finally embrace you?" "That shall suffice." "Where did Song Taeha go?" "After heading up north, he said he would turn back south." "Is it true he instigated all this?" "Yes!" "It certainly is!" "We never planned to follow him, but he threatened to slay us all if we didn't, so who could ever even dare?" "Naeuri..." "I beg you..." "Spare our lives..." "Are you positive he was not limping?" "Yes..." "Yes!" "He completely fooled us all!" "Yes..." "Naeuri..." "I beg you." "Accord us your benevolence, and spare our lives!" "Send out sketches of the criminal to all administrations." "As the Training Command's repute is at stake, I shall accept no blemishes." "Also, take out one eye for each one of them, to make an example of how disorderly conduct shall be dealt with." "Naeuri..." "Naeuri!" "Spare our lives!" "Naeuri!" "Commander!" "Your Excellency!" "The man we lost today is called Song Taeha." "He has a past as a high officer in the Military Training Command." "He was formally trained, so it was natural you'd be vanquished." "Ahh..." "Will you continue spewing all that nonsense?" "Vanquished..." "Who ever said I was?" "For one reason or another, he became a government slave two years ago..." "That's that." "Where is he from?" " You want to catch him?" " We must." "I'll grab him by the topknot and go round the entire market showing him." "There are rumors that no one in Joseon can contend... with his swordsmanship." "So?" "!" "Let us forget about this." "It might be too dangerous." "Was anything we've dealt with so far ever less than dangerous?" "Where is he from?" "From what I hear, he spent eight years in Qing territory, and returned with the late Crown Prince." "I have a bad feeling about this." "Remember the purge immediately after His Highness's death?" "He surely was involved with courtiers, so this might be much riskier than you could ever imagine." "What do I have to hear..." "The palace is the palace, and it has nothing to do with the market." "Uh?" "!" "They might descant their devotion and utmost care for the populace, but, too concerned about fighting each other for supremacy, aren't they all completely indifferent to all our quandaries?" "Do not so easily belittle politicians." "The brush is mightier than the sharpest of blades." "Not as mighty as those carrying rifles." "Anyhow, get prepared, and let's go out by the twilight." "Then, go on talking." "I'll get going." "Where are you going again?" "I don't know when I'll be able to see them again, will have to bid farewell." "To all of them." "You prick." "Stop going under every skirt you can smell a mile away, and find yourself a spouse to live with, will you?" "These creatures known as women, you know?" "Might be easy to play under their skirts, but as for living with them, they are no laughing matter." "Well, something like that." "Like you'd have a clue..." "I'm going." "From where would you like to start?" "He can only have two possible destinations." ""Here" or "there"?" "Of course not." "If it's not "there," it's "near there."" "~ Goyang ~ (site of Crown Prince Sohyeon's tomb)" "Your Highness..." "You were laid to rest here?" "Your servant... is finally here before you, Your Highness." "Your Highness..." "Even if our souls will be buried here, let us show them Joseon's undying resolve." "For bringing you before the claws of demise, forgive me." "If you'll forgive me the insolence, but your speech is needlessly long." "I shall go first." "I will take the frontline, as always." "Let us go meet our destiny!" "Your Highness!" " Drop your weapon." " Your Highness..." "Why are you doing this?" "It is an order!" "Drop your weapons!" "Don't you realize this could once again... turn Joseon's streets into a battlefield drenched in blood?" "It is not as a soldier, but as one Joseon man that I am here, to behead the treacherous pate which brought tragedy upon us." "If your intent is that of putting your every fellow countryman in peril, slay me first instead." "~ Qing" " Shenyang Administration ~" "This is Mother Mary." "She was conceiving Jesus." "Pour me one." "By day, you entertain Qing minions and western barbarians in desultory tattle, and you gorge the night away with those nectars..." "When are you going to prepare yourself for the future?" "To what future are you referring?" "Must we not avenge the Qing's affront and restore our dignity?" "Again with those wars?" "I fear war, just like I fear the Qing." "Your Highness." "And what I fear even more... is the man sitting on Joseon's throne, and the ruffians populating his court." "May you lower your voice." "If the Qing are like a steed galloping in the wilderness," "Joseon is nothing but a toad trapped inside a well." "We must send envoys to all creation, and embrace those new civilizations." "All a soldier needs is the ability to protect his nation, but a civilization must spread as far as the eyes can see." "Are you going to support the Qing's vision, then?" "I am merely learning it." "For knowing their vision is the only way to vanquish the Qing." "Your Highness..." "May you forgive your servant's lack of fealty... for not soothing your thirst... in the frenzy of my escape." "Catch them!" "Where are you going?" "Let me go!" "Someone help us!" "What the hell do they feed you with?" "Come here." "Ahh..." "Of all the people you could do navel-grinding with, why did you have to choose such lowly numskull?" "If it was really that urgent, I would have been happy to oblige!" "Ahh..." "Your clan is all up in arms, saying you brought infamy upon them." "Said that if they catch you, you'll pay for all the horsing around." "Mandeok!" "Let's see..." "So, uh..." "Fifteen nyang apiece for five people, uh..." "And adding twenty seom of rice on top..." "Seventy-five nyang and twenty seom of rice." "So, if you take seventy and I take thirty..." "Forget it." "Let's make it fifty/fifty." "Uh?" "!" "Ahh..." "We were all in this boat together, we'll have to share the fish." "My gratitude!" "Uh?" "!" "Thank you!" "You are a hero for the ages, all right!" "So..." "Wait a moment." "So you finally know that?" "From now on, I'll drop by with frequency, so let's make this partnership a recurrent thing." "And as for Daegil..." "Out of the picture." "Naturally..." "Indeed!" "Indeed I will!" "Daegil, that scurrilous little dhole knows no gratitude!" "Look..." "Cheon Jiho!" "Let us go for the long run!" "Let's ride together until the very end!" "Want a taster?" "What's wrong with you?" "You know me." "What did I ever do wrong?" "Keep wobbling that trap like a wench, and I'll stick this so far up your nostrils, it'll tickle your scalp." "Come on, I told you I was sorry!" "Uh?" "!" "Let me be clear once again, but the next time Daegil comes asking you to draw that Eonnyeon, buy time until the evening." "And send someone to alert me." "Are we square?" "Ahh..." "What else?" "Yes..." "Also, that old fart wiping shit off of Daegil's horses..." "I hear he's quite close with him?" "!" "He should be... probably?" "Is the dauber in?" "!" "Let's go for some hangover..." "Aigoo..." "Seems like I ended up here by mistake." "If you'll excuse me..." "Come here." "Here..." "Come here." "Come." "Come on." "What is this?" "You know, Daegil's horses?" "When you feed them, put that in as well." "Ahh..." "I need to know what it is, so I can either mix it, or..." "I'll be damned..." "You still don't get it?" "What do you think it is, some tonic?" "Let me be clear." "If I see those horses prance around like nothing happened, every easy street will be a blind alley for you." "Know me, right?" "Do you think?" "!" "You really..." "A hero for all ages, all right." "Ahh..." "Really..." "At his age, acting like that." "The hell does he keep staring at?" "Seongnim*." "*archaic for Eonni (mostly southwestern)" "How about we kick that old fart out?" "If you want to make something out of this place, you need stables." "It's not like we're paying him wages or anything." "Just let him wipe horse shit." "I mean..." "I just don't like the way he stares at you." "It's as if he was trying to strip you with those glances." "Look..." "Look!" "He's at it again." "Ahh..." "I really hate it." "Oh my!" "Look!" "If you really want to see it, just look at it properly." "Don't let that afflict you." "Since he's not staring at you, but me." "Then, all the better." "Since all I need are my General Choi's glances..." "And what's so great about him?" "If he could embrace me with those tight pecs of his..." "I would not ask anything more from life!" "Aigoo!" "Aigoo, why is business so bad today, uh?" "!" "There's dancing troupes down the street." "Let's just forget business for today." "But..." "General Choi is not there watching them perform, is he?" "He's packing things inside." "Where else are they going now... my..." "That's a relief." "But, Seongnim." "How do you know that?" "Were you in the backyard, earlier?" "Aigoo..." "What backyard?" "Ahh..." "I was just..." "I saw him on my way back from the latrine." "Ahh..." "It's so hot." "Where's Wangson?" "Don't ask me." "Where could he possibly be?" "Here!" "Let's go have fun with the dancing troupe!" "Let's leave in the morning!" "Uh?" "!" "Why, are you going to waste all your money that way, you silly bastard?" "By the morrow, everyone will know, so hurry up and let's pack things." "Ahh..." "Really." "Ehh..." "The dancing troupe is here!" "We'd be forced to leave in the evening, so let's just go at dawn." "Uh?" "!" "Wangson." "Yes, Eonni!" "Go make dinner." "Ahh..." "Really!" "Eonni!" "Let it cook a little more, and make some crust." "Ahh..." "Whatever..." "Forget it!" "You people!" "I'm having none of this!" "Ehh..." "The dancing troupe was so great!" "Who imagined you'd come barging in..." " Here..." " Ehh!" "Let's not be so stingy here." "What am I going to do with this much?" "That's two bal*, how much more do you want?" "*the reach of a normal adult" "Two bal?" "My ass..." "This..." "This is barely one." "Ehh..." "Take a look." "It's well over two bal!" "What is she, crawling with it?" "Ehhh!" "Just go!" "Go..." "Aigoo..." "Don't do this, and just close an eye." "Tell me..." "Where is that fresh little lass who was dancing and singing at the market?" "That way." "Thank you." "Here..." "Here..." "Aigoo..." "Let's have some fun, for a change." "Is this nickel?" "Nickel?" "!" "What do you take me for?" "Really..." "Seolhwa, a guest is coming your way." "One bal of cotton and a useless nickel pin, so let's make it quick." "Give me a break..." "What am I, paying for an empty room now?" "*Aegi: beloved gisaeng" "The slattern* has fled!" "The slattern has fled, find her at once!" "The slattern has fled!" "Eonni, let's think about it a little more, shall we?" "Stop prattling and watch your steps." "Ahhh..." "You always..." "You..." "Say you've seen me pass by, and you're dead." "Got it?" "What the..." "It's not me." "If you help me hide, I'll strip for you later." "It's you, all right." "You..." "By any chance, did a youngster from the dancing troupe pass by?" "I... don't think so?" "!" "Are we sure?" "We sure are!" "Ohh..." "Yeah!" "We are." "Ahh..." "What's wrong with you?" "Look at how hard she's trying to find her." "Why are you trying to fool her?" "Haven't you seen one pass that way, just earlier?" "I see." "Nice to see some people are quick on their feet." "Where is she?" "Fifteen nyang." "Say what?" "We have precious information in our hands, but you want it free?" "Ehh..." "Listen to you!" "Fifteen nyang, and I'll find her in a moment." "Ahh..." "Like I had time to waste with these mongrels..." "You help a slattern on the run hide, and want even to make money out of it?" "All right, all right." "I'll just find her for you, then." "Ever seen this woman before?" "I trust roving scoundrels like you must have been all over the peninsula." "Like I would worry about some runaway wench." "Search the place." "Search." "Yes!" "Nice..." "You mongrels..." "Pray we don't meet again on the street, you sorry twats." "Ehh..." "Go use shitwater to cook dinner, you useless tramps!" "So long." "Are they gone?" "The hell are you staring at?" "First time you see a dancer?" "Are you going to keep your promise?" "What promise?" "You said you'd strip for us." "Did I?" "Look at this wench." "You take a leak and then forget who opens the latrine?" "You're still talking about someone with clout at the market." "How dare you try to get a peek for free?" "Wow..." "Listen..." "Ahh..." "I'll be damned." "So who are you?" "Seolhwa." "Age is seventeen." "I know neither my name nor where I come from, so don't bother asking." "Did they cut that tongue of yours in half?" "Who do you think you're talking to, you wench?" "This is how I was taught to speak." "As if I wasn't a lowly wench already, if I even start speaking with reverence, men will treat me like a beast." "Why did you run away?" "If they catch you, the repercussions will be serious?" "!" "It's all right." "Guess I'll have to make sure that doesn't happen." "All right." "Get going." "Orabeoni, you're funny." "You hid me just a moment ago, and now want me to leave?" "What is wrong with you?" "Say what?" "Whatever." " Take responsibility." " For what?" "If you made a mess, shouldn't you take care of it?" "Listen to that..." "This wench's quite something." "Let's bring her along." "The hell are you prattling about?" "We're not doing charity here." "Get going." "No way." "Still sitting, you wench?" "The more stubborn the cow, the heavier the lashes." "Enough with the bobbery, and get out of here." "Now!" "Ahh..." "Really, Eonni..." "Now you even make her cry..." "Orabeoni." "There is a very good reason... behind my joining that troupe." "My family faced dire straits, so my mother was sold when I was little, and my father raised me." "When I was six, even my father died out on corvee, and, thinking I could maybe find my mother," "I started hanging around dancing troupes." "Thinking that, if we kept touring the peninsula, wouldn't I have found my mother, one day?" "Eonni, can you be so heartless?" "Don't you feel a shred of compassion?" "Let's just take her in." "If we let her go now, it's obvious they will catch her." "If what you say is the truth..." "I will accept you." " It's the truth." " Is that so?" "What's your father's name?" "I don't know." " Your mother's?" " Don't know." "The village you lived in?" "How can I remember a place I left when I was six?" "If you don't remember anything, there is nothing we can do." "There is no way to find anything, why would you even start?" "You wench!" "Think we would just fall for such poppycock?" "If you don't want to leave on your own," "I'll have to carry you out." " Let's go." " A spot on her breast!" "She had a big spot near her nipple." "Is that true?" "I miss her." "I miss her so much." "I miss her..." "Ahh..." "What are you agonizing about?" "Having a brat tag along can only be fun." "And if you add cooking, laundry, dishes, sewing and cleaning..." "How nice would that be?" "If we leave now, they'll be looking everywhere for her." "We'll have to leave in the wee hours of the morn." "We'll need another room, then." "The hell are you prattling about?" "Why, are these rooms for free?" "Do we make enough money to be prancing around doing charity?" "Not sleeping?" "Come in and let's all sleep together." "No need to be so skittish." "I'm all right with it, so come on in." "Aigoo..." "Suddenly feel tired..." "I'm calling it a night, folks." "If you've made up your mind, let's hear it." "What is there to think about?" "Let's kill them." "Starting from?" "Ahh..." "Need to choose one to start with?" "The first yangban we find is good to go, then we'll pilfer the place." "Pilfer?" "Like they didn't make their fortune by stealing and exploiting us." "So..." "It's natural that it would all belong to us." "Want to act like a brigand now?" "Really..." "Listen to that..." "You said you'll turn this thing upside down, turn yangban into commoners, and commoners into yangban." "Us, what..." "One, two, three, four, five..." "the six of us, uh?" "Can we do it without a penny?" "We'll have to gather more people, uh?" "And if we need a decent blade for every one of us, wouldn't we need some money?" "So..." "If we provide you with one sword each?" "Then, we'll have to slaughter all those yangban." "And then?" "Then..." "We'll enter the Censor Office and burn all the slave registers." "Ohh..." "And then?" "And then..." "What can we do..." "The palace!" "The one behind all of them is the king!" "Ahh..." "Still..." "His Majesty..." "Let's suppose we kill him..." "But later, slowly..." "As the last of our priorities." "Gaenobi Asshi." "It's me, Eopbok." "How are you feeling?" "Well..." "Not too bad, I guess." "Let's hear of your experiences as a hunter." "You used to hunt tigers?" "I'd easily kill a sparrow in mid-flight if given a matchlock, think I wouldn't be able to hit a tiger?" "You are that good a sniper?" "I'm a Gwandong hunter, after all." "With my three-second shot..." "That's easier than stripping down the missus." "Three-second shot?" "Ahh..." "That..." "Curious?" "You keep this stance..." "It improves your aim." "Pour in the gunpowder, insert the bullet." "Then, you lit the flash pan and..." "Three seconds, and your prey is on the floor, hence the name." "Ehh..." "How could it be three seconds?" "I'm telling you." "Otherwise, the tiger would just run away." "That's a shame." "Having to waste all that talent trying to put food on the table." "I was sold because of debts, and ended up in slavery." "With a matchlock in my hands," "I'd shoot a hole through all those dirty yangban's skulls." "Why don't you join our faction, then?" "Faction?" "What faction?" "What is this?" "What do you think?" "Are you going to hunt?" "Sure." "Hunting it is, but we're hunting yangban." "We'll shoot a hole through a yangban's skull every night." "What?" "We'll slaughter all those bastards, and let commoners rule the world!" "This is what this faction will be responsible for." "We were all born buck naked... but one of them becomes keeper, the other slave." "If this is really what our world is all about, then, isn't it..." "like... wrong?" "Uh?" "Makes any sense?" "Then... is this faction big?" "We have a leader supervising us all." "And who is that?" "Who do you think?" "A remarkable fella." "So if we kill all those yangban, will this world become ours?" "It will not become ours, he said we'll make it ours." "How about it?" "Want to use that precious talent of yours for a just cause?" "So, I..." "She's been overhearing us from the start!" "Isn't that Chobok?" "*diminutive of Harabeoji (elder/old man/gramps) Gangwon, South Gyeongsang Province" "Halbae*." "Speak at once." "How much have you heard?" ""We'll slaughter all those bastards,"" ""and I..." "I..." "let commoners rule the world."" " Ohh Ohh!" " "Let's enter the palace,"" ""and slaughter the king as well."" "If we're exposed, it's over for us!" "Let's start by killing this wench!" "Wait a moment!" "Let me join the faction." "And what would you possibly do..." "I'll do anything you ask me to do, let me join!" "This is nothing a woman could do!" "It's something people will do, why can't a woman do it?" "Are you telling me women are not even people?" "Take her out." "Bury her where the grass grows quickly." "Halbae!" "Let's take her in." "She's just a slave, how is she any different?" "If you don't let her in, I'm out as well." "Eopbok." "*tubular hats worn by yangban" "I'll deal with all those gat*-wearing beasts any way you like, so allow her to join in." "Who is the first on the list?" "Thank you for that." "Are you even afraid of anything?" "If I live in fear and watch my steps, will that bring me out of slavery?" "Just let them deal with it, this is not something a woman should do." "Like anyone would see me as a woman..." "With this mark on my face, they all stare at you as if looking at a wild beast." "Then again..." "Why would they even bother looking at a slave?" "What do you think?" "Let's find someone to give them a taster." "There is this Lee Daegil." "That goat lives off catching people like us." "He deserves a hole in that dirty skull of his." "By Daegil, you mean that lowbred slave hunter?" "That's not going to be easy..." "Ahh..." "Jumo!" "This place is going to burst!" "It needs to, if you want some fun." "Want to sleep all alone?" "We'll pay for the drinks, so let's all pitch in, and get a few roasted chickens as well." "Ahh..." "The more the merrier, so let me pay for one leg." "Let's have a banquet tonight." "If I wait until I get my money's worth, that'll get me to my sixties!" "Let's all pitch in." "We're already spending this long and tedious night without wenches, so let's have a drink together." "I caught a cold, so..." "Drinking would be..." "By the way." "That's really strange, isn't it?" "Seems like the chicken is not laying eggs." "Is that... so?" "I wanted to boil one for General Choi, but there's no finding any?" "!" "It's not like kittens would have eaten them." "Why would you boil General Choi an egg?" "You know how tight his pecs are..." "I wish he'd just... barge in..." "And just..." "Doesn't the painter look like he's got his eyes on you?" "That parrot-looking old fart?" "He still looks like quite a catch." "Before it's too late, give it a try..." "Why don't YOU get it on with him, Eonni?" "As for me, I only have eyes for my General Choi..." "Eonni..." "I fear the night." "Take in the pot." "How can you close it?" "What if someone tries to come..." "Just come." "As for her undergarments..." "Get up a second." "I just pulled them down like this!" "Let's talk about that later." "If you want to know how I managed to make it a night with her..." "If you pulled down her undergarments, let's go ahead and listen, do I need to hear how you got past her gates?" "Ahh..." "Confucius said so!" "I've never seen someone like that before." "At first, you know..." "Aigoo..." "You're killing me!" "I... don't..." "Ahh..." "Forget it." "Just gulp it down and don't worry." " Hey!" " Ohh..." "The hell are you staring at?" "Never seen a woman do it before?" "Told him we should get rid of her." "Orabeoni..." "What?" "Get me some tissue to wipe." "Give me a break." "Where would I find any tissue, you asswipe?" "There will be bits of straw around, so use those." "How can a woman use this?" "Just be glad you at least have that, you wench." "Orabeoni..." "Orabeoni?" "!" "And you are?" "*variant of ajumma" "Yes..." "Ajumeoni*." "I couldn't endure life in the troupe and ran out, but these kind fellows came to my rescue." "You look like one of those dancing troupe slatt..." "Did the Naeuri here let you in?" "Ajumeoni!" "He was the one who rescued me." "He tried to convince him otherwise." "Then, fine." "Go ahead and eat." "If you want more, tell me." "Orabeoni." "Did some navel-grinding with her, didn't you?" "You did!" "I knew just by looking at her." "Listen to what a little brat like you says!" "What's with you?" "Might be young, but I've had plenty of experience on the street." "No need to pride oneself over trying to seduce men." "Careful what you say." "Forget it, then." "Guess I hit a nerve?" "!" "And who are you?" "You just look like one of those dancing troupe slatterns, so why are you sitting next to my General Choi?" "General Choi..." "This world of ours is so rotten, all sorts of peculiar slatterns are prancing about." "You must be careful." "I am forced to borrow one of your horses." "You will suffer because of me, so I offer my apologies in advance." " Look who's here." " What are you doing?" "What do you think?" "We spent all night together at the tavern." "Wow!" "Look behind here!" "We're quite tight, aren't we?" "Let me go!" "We've had a hard day, so let's have some fun for a change!" "I'll give you everything I have." "So, I beg you..." "We'll take care of this, so don't worry." "Wow..." "You look even better, seeing you from here." "What crazy son of a..." "Naeuri!" "Aigoo..." "Naeuri!" "We deserve to perish!" "May you forgive our intemperance, Naeuri!" "Naeuri..." "Naeuri." "Naeuri." "Naeuri..." "Na..." "Naeuri." "Wake up!" "Naeuri!" "Here!" "Help us!" "Here!" "They're troops." "We must go and alert them." "Do...n't..." "Orabeoni." "Where are we going?" "You're not giving me a horse?" "Then, who am I riding with?" "This is no work for a woman." "What are you saying?" "If we bring her along, she can cook for us." "Shut your trap." "We'll be away for a while, so keep that in mind." "I'll do well, Orabeoni." "Do what?" "What will you do?" "What?" "What are you looking for?" "Let's see..." "Always need help bathing where the sun doesn't shine." "This is serious." "All the horses have dysentery." "What?" "They looked strange last night." "I don't think they'll do 10 ri in this state." "Let's postpone, then." "Where's the maeui?" "I don't really know." "Let's get going, and if it really doesn't work, let's hire new ones." "Get your things." "And pack things properly, will you?" "There is this Lee Daegil." "That goat lives off catching people like us." "He deserves a hole in that dirty skull of his." "Let's go together." "If I get caught, they'll kill me!" "Ahh..." "Eonni, let's just take her along." "I need to find my mother." "Hey." "You can't go." "Enough with the shenanigans, and move." "Get out of the way!" "Over my dead body." "Turn." "We'll take the other way." "Brought to you by WITH S2 Written In The Heavens Subbing Squad" "Main Translator and Timer:" "MisterX" "Timing QC: wichitawx" "Editor/QC: thunderbolt" "Coordinators: mily2, ay_link" "~ On The Next Episode Of ~ SLAVE ~@~ HUNTERS" "I hear Daegil got shot?" "Did he croak?" "Shut that gob." "Any place in mind?" "They're hunters down the valley." "We might find them if we go there." "Your wound is still fresh, so be careful." "Will you do something interesting for me?" "You want me to slay him?" "He's lived long enough." "Just leave me here." "Deprive Hang Cheolwoong of his post immediately." "I don't know why you're acting this way, Your Excellency." "Do you have ulterior motives?" " Are you knave their leader?" " Knave?" "!" "Make him pay!" "He sent a woman on her trail." "I will escort you even against your will." "If you even lay one finger on me," "I will take my life here and now." "Let me go!" "Brought to you by WITH S2 Written In The Heavens Subbing Squad" "~ Episode 4 ~" "Get out of the way!" "Over my dead body." "Turn." "We'll take the other way." " Daegil!" " Eonni!" "A hundred paces north over the roof of that hut." "General Choi, you take the left flank." "Wangson, you go right and surround him." "Get moving!" "That way." "Orabeoni..." "Are you all right?" "Take it." ""Adorned with a silk ribbon, she passed by Mt." "Shingo,"" ""Holding a handful of flowers,"" ""She walked on, a subtle smile on her face."" ""Who could find her, who could..."" "What's this?" "He's not here?" "He's not." "Seen that?" "I'm sure I shot a hole through that dirty skull of his." "It just... went in like that." "Good job." "Will you keep making fun of me?" "Me?" "Who said I ever tried?" "Aigoo..." "That's a relief, all right." "Just a little closer, and you'd have one more hole to worry about." "Sure you know what you're doing?" "Ohh Ohh!" "Horses' heads and yours, they're all the same." "If you get stabbed, it tears." "Get shot, and it makes a hole." "Gently..." "Do it gently..." "Ahh..." "Really, I told you to do it gently." " Why is this not working?" " Let..." "Let go." "Just stay put!" "It always worked well with horses' heads?" "!" " Will you do it gently?" " Ehh..." "Just relax a little." "Ahh..." "Here we go." "*1 pun = 1/100 of a nyang" "That'd be two pun* and a half." "For what?" "What do you think?" "If someone treats you, shouldn't you pay for it?" " Must I really?" " Sure you do!" "Gambling money and treatment fees need to be settled right away." "A maeui should treat wounded horses, you'd break the law treating people." "Physicians from every district would go at you for stealing their job." "You miserable..." "Slap the hand that feeds you, will you?" "Have a problem with it, go complain and they'll slap you for real." "You sorry son of a hog..." " Damned tightwad and your shenanigans." " Shut it." "Forget this, and go take care of the horses' dysentery." "If you don't, I'll go around the whole district telling everyone." "That you treated me." "Ehh!" "Go slave hunting until you croak, you useless twat." "He's just fine, isn't he?" "Don't know who it was, but he can't even shoot someone in the head?" "Is it that hard to hit that tightwad's mug?" "All you need is one shot and it's done." "So my General Choi is safe and sound, right?" "Even the one who got shot is, would it be otherwise for someone who didn't?" "Ehh..." "Starving tigers wouldn't chew that skinflint even if you forced them!" "This won't do it." "I'll have to convince General Choi to call it quits." "I mean..." "Think I wouldn't be able to support him?" "Even only with a tavern, wouldn't that be enough to survive?" "!" "Listen to that." "Only slatterns would act that way." "I just wish he'd stop afflicting this throbbing bosom of mine..." "The greater her man's endeavors, the more composedly a woman should await him." "If you barge in and ask him to quit every single time..." "As if he didn't have enough problems already..." "Would he like it?" "Is that so?" "Then I guess I shouldn't?" "!" "Those animals they call men, they always favor women who follow them with subtlety and prudence." "Go get a chicken." "General Choi must have been shocked." "All right, Seongnim." "Seongnim!" "Thank you!" "I almost risked looking like a slattern." "Ohh..." "Sure." "Nothing serious, I hope?" "Well..." "It's just..." "You need not worry." "But..." "Why don't you quit this dangerous life of yours?" "Even with only a tavern, it would be more than enough to survive." "Stop afflicting this throbbing bosom of mine..." "Why, is that even big enough to call it a bosom?" "Looks as if you stuck two boiled eggs in there." "It must have been such a disconcerting sight, so let me prepare a chicken for you." "I was the one who got shot." "Why is General Choi getting the chicken?" "Told you there had to be some navel-grinding involved." "What's with the funeral atmosphere?" "Uh?" "!" "I got stabbed countless times, but now a matchlock barely grazes me, and look..." "Are a matchlock and a blade the same thing?" "Whatever the case, you silly." "Bull's eye, you croak." "If they miss, as you were." "Consider yourself lucky I was there." "If you hadn't been stopped by me, you wouldn't have seen the shot." "It can't be Cheon Jiho, can it?" "He wouldn't be that smart." " Anyone in mind?" " I do have a vague idea." "Me too, me too." "The way I see it..." "Really bad people might have shot at you." "I heard this a while ago." "Seems like someone is ordering firearms down at the blacksmith." "Blacksmiths will do anything for the right price." "May I speak?" "What is it?" "All the money we saved so far, let's split it fair and square." "You always take care of the money for us all, but if the next accident ends with you pushing up daisies, we'll all end up empty-handed." " Wangson!" " What I'm saying..." "It's not that I don't trust him, but you never know when he could die." "I'm not suggesting you'll die soon..." "Still, there is no assurance you won't, either." "Uh?" "!" "Be honest." "Can you really trust anyone?" "Look at what happens between brothers and kinfolk out there." "Don't you agree?" "Uh?" "You know..." "You know what I'm talking about, right?" "Uh?" "No, I have no idea, you hogwash-spewing dumbass." " Are we speaking the same language?" " Ahh..." "Why wouldn't you know?" " The way I see it..." " Don't see." " What I'm saying..." " Shut that trap." "Listen well." "Uh?" "In this trade, croaking out of nowhere is the order of the day, so stop wobbling like a parturient wench." "No matter the issue, acting like that betrays the laws of the street." "Guess the world is changing." "What stops a blade wielder from picking up a matchlock?" "It only means he still has his eyes on us." "So, what?" "What are you trying to say?" "Song Taeha." "The moment we go after him, something like this happens." "So, what, now you're going to tell me it's some kind of political conspiracy?" "For starters, we need to find who shot you, to avoid any further trouble." "Guess we'll have to." "Can't press ahead when your noggin still itches." "Shouldn't we first split our money?" "Wangson!" "Daegil, you rest a little, while you head down to the blacksmith and taste the waters." "I have something to look into of my own." "Ahh..." "Whatever!" "As you please." "Three-four years of doing this, and I'm always broke." "Is there any comradery here?" "Ehh..." "By the way, Orabeoni." "Aren't you going to eat?" "Belated is the night, but what ennui!" "One nyang, just one." "Heeey!" "I hear Daegil got shot?" "So what happened?" "Has he croaked yet?" "Stop yakking that trap like a rush of donkey farts." "The yak what?" "It rushed farting?" "But what about the donkey?" "One nyang!" "Just one!" "Belated is the night, but what ennui!" "One nyang..." "Seems like he didn't really croak?" "Yeah..." "Guess that fool's flock will be after us for that." "I'm sorry." "I'm sure I made a hole in that skull of his..." "Ahh..." "Don't you worry." "The more annoying, the longer they last." " But I aimed straight here, and..." " Ahh..." "Forget it, man." "It's just a taste of things to come, anyway." "We can just catch the fool and slaughter him next time." "Sure..." "Sure..." "Don't worry about it." "Seriously." "Halbae." "Snakes, over there." "Ohh..." "Isn't that Gaenobi Ajeosshi?" "Ohh..." "Right." "Chobok, that kiddo." "She's not bad?" "Might be young, but she's clever." "And enough grit to last for two." "Pardon the impudence." "In the frenzy of the moment, I unknowingly..." "I was startled." "I apologize." "But..." "What is this place?" "It is the hermitage which granted solace to my family's souls." "Your wound seemed severe, so I brought you here." "How long have I been unconscious?" "First..." "Your garments..." "You have awakened." "That is a relief." "Who are you?" "I am Monk Myeonghan." "Here..." "Have some." "Is there anyone other than you here?" "It is but a small hermitage amidst the mountains." "I am the lone Buddhist disciple, and my only guests are here before me." "Did anyone see you on the way here?" "No one." "Wait..." "A couple of peasants did see me." "When..." "Where was it?" "It was not far from where you rescued me." "Looking at your garments, meseems you are a man of arms?" "Were you injured in battle?" "No, it was nothing but an accident during training." "My gratitude." "I shall not forget what you did for me." "Rest a few days longer." "Your injury is too serious to begin a long journey back." "Do as he says." "I owe you a debt of gratitude myself, so if you could rest here another day," "I feel like a big burden of mine would be quelled." "I hear you were about to join someone in conjugal ties, so what..." "What can I tell you..." " But, as for lodging here..." " You needn't worry." "I only came here to pay my respects to Buddha." "Are you going to spend the whole night bowing?" "Would it be that much of a burden?" "I will honor that man's departed soul..." "And..." "Go ahead and do it, then." "You can always think about the future on another day." "I could not even prepare anything for the ritual." "Had you even adorned the place with manifold trinkets in his honor, would it compare with gaining a piece of your heart?" "Still, honoring his memory that way would be..." "You are back?" "What do we owe all that apprehension to?" "You are back, Father(-in-law)." "Nary a day has passed without you being late, is it because nothing here beckons your devotion?" "No." "I was merely occupied with my duties." "Entrusting my impaired daughter to your care," "I really deserve no excuse." "Will you share a drink with me?" "How did you deal with that runaway slave?" "We sent out sketches of the criminal all over the peninsula, and I employed other officers separately, instructing them to trail him." "So he wasn't limping after all?" "He must have done it to avoid hard labor and prepare for his escape." "No." "He was just awaiting the right moment." "*Prince Gyeongan, the last surviving son of Crown Prince Sohyeon" "He surely will look for Im Youngho in Chungju, and Lee Seokgyeon* in Jeju." "May I entrust you an intriguing task?" "Your wish is my command." "What is populating Song Taeha's most fervent dreams... is the wish to find Im Youngho and Lee Seokgyeon." "But what if they already were put out of their misery?" "How does it sound?" "Wouldn't that be interesting?" "You want me... to slay those people?" "They both have lived long enough." "I understand." "I will send men of discretion to deal with it." "For something of this paramount importance, you should go firsthand." "Training prohibits me from leaving my post unattended, particularly considering that we are still recovering from our postwar difficulties." "So your duties will not allow you to do it, is that it?" "My apologies." "You are much too attached to that post of yours." "Have one more drink and call it a night." "Can you walk?" "I will have to owe you my life." "Hold it a little longer." "If we get past them, we'll be able to escape the fortress." " I'm only being a burden to you." " Don't even say that!" "I shall repay this debt with my life." "Here." "Have some yourself." "Just eat." "But, did anything happen to you?" "You don't look well." "It's nothing." "Is His Excellency faring well?" " Yes." " Listen..." "People were saying this..." "That with that malady..." "Even with that malady, you can still bear children." "It is time you stop working, and have a rest." "As if your salary was all that much, every time you come..." "Just wait a little longer." "I will move you to a much nicer abode." "I need nothing from you." "All I want is for you to do well." "Do not worry about me." "Just a little food on the table and you'll please the in-laws, they said." "Forget the help they've given us, but if you think about your lineage..." "We will soon move out, and you'll come live with us." "All I want is for you two to have a nice life." "So how many slaves ran away from the Training Command?" "A total of seven including Song Taeha, and they all came from the royal stables." "Seems like they took the opportunity to flee... during preparations for the annual royal procession, when patrol was halved." "So..." "Patrol was neglected, you meant to say." " Well, one could argue it wasn't..." " There is no need to argue." "Deprive Commissioner of the Military Training Command Hwang Cheolwoong of his post, and escort him to the Board of Punishment prisons." "Your Excellency!" "Even before being someone on our side, is he not your own son-in-law?" "For an affront against our national codes, not only a son-in-law, even your own son should pay for his misdeeds." "Retract those words, Your Excellency." "Then, will you take responsibility in his stead?" "The reason behind the escape of government slaves from the premises... is to be found in his negligence in preparing for such possibility, not to mention the inadequate measures taken after the fact, demanding an immediate and resolute reproach." "Hence, 4th-ranked Commissioner Hwang Cheolwoong... shall hereby be deprived of his post, and be imprisoned for his malfeasance." "Let go!" "On whose orders are you acting?" "Just go ahead with it." "When things quiet down, wouldn't it all go back to normal?" "Government slaves attempting escape is a commonplace occurrence, how could I be so staunchly punished for it?" "A royal edict was already passed, so there is nothing I can do." "An edict?" "!" "Can you really dismiss a high officer over such trivial blunders?" "He was behind it." "Whom are you referring to?" "His Excellency the Left State Councilor!" "Just quietly follow me." "Could take a bath, for instance." "Master." "Seems like we have a new guest?" "He should pay his respects, then." "On his knees." "On his knees, he said!" "Are you knave their leader?" "K...nave?" "!" "Discipline him!" "He wants us to discipline him!" "How long has it been, since we've last seen such ferine little twerps?" "To welcome you here," "I'll give you a taste of the board prison's saltiest..." " Did you just call me?" " Ahh... not really." "Fools rush in... where angels fear to tread, they say." "You're dead." "Did he just hit me?" "Have you seen that?" "He sure hit me." "You!" "Hyungnim..." "Ohh..." "You're killing me, I beg you." "Spare us." "I really don't understand what you're trying to accomplish." "What do you think?" "I merely punished someone for his crimes." "You don't have ulterior motives, do you?" "Don't you worry, and proceed as the law commands." "Also, look for slave hunters who could help our cause around the capital." "Slave hunters, you said?" "Ehh..." "I wouldn't know where to start." "Feels like a worm prancing about." "Stop fooling around, and if you have nothing else to do, take this and do some sewing." "I don't know any of that." "Then, at least wipe the floor, you wench!" "Never really wiped the floor before, either." "Ohh!" " What is this?" " Give it to me." "What what what?" "Just give it." "You little..." "Wow!" "Pretty." "Who's this, your lover?" "Hey..." "Daegil..." "Aigoo, Daegil!" "Daegil..." "Seems like you were enjoying yourselves." "Forgive me." "Don't mind me, and finish what you started." "What's the occasion?" "I hear you got shot and was crippled..." "So I came to take a peek." "What son of a flippant slut keeps prattling that nonsense all the time?" "It barely grazed me." "Be grazed by shitwater or fall in it, the smell is the same, what's the matter with you?" "Anyhow, until I can get my hands on that fool, slaves or not, catch them all." "I warned you." "Will it work?" "Someone was looking for you." "From high above." "Forget it." "I have no reason to meet anyone from "high above."" "Will you keep it up?" "I was the one commending you, don't just think about yourself alone." "A quick look at how Cheon Jiho and his scamps operate, and I recommended you instead." "So we're fifty/fifty on this, understood?" "Daegil." "What are you waiting for?" "Pay your respects." "Greetings." "I salute you." "Can you guess why you were brought here?" "Well, a slave hunter is what you were looking for, so would it not be about slaves?" "Any intention to take me up on this offer?" "What's the occasion?" "It concerns a runaway slave who escaped from the Training Command, a certain Song Taeha." "You can bring him back alive, or even only his corpse." "Should you accomplish your task," "I shall generously reward you." "You will forgive me, Your Excellency." "But I always had a hard time believing pledges of courtiers like you." "You cunning varlet..." "Want to be paid in advance?" "How could I ever dare to ask for that?" "It's just that, the laws of the street... dictate that it's half upfront, and half once the task is completed, so..." "Quite a daring little minion." "Would 500 nyang suffice?" "I was injured by a matchlock shot right here." "I wonder who is responsible for almost consigning me to the Grim Reaper." "Should I not first find out the culprit?" "How about a thousand?" "Will you still refuse?" "I really cannot." "Two thousand nyang." "That much money can change a man's existence, but will you still refuse?" "I believe no reward could ever be more precious than one's life." "A meager market scamp like you... would sure know how to bargain." "Fine." "How precious is this life of yours?" "You will pardon the daring insolence, but according to general market estimates, it seems like my scalp might be worth no less than five thousand nyang." "Of course it is nothing but some drunken market scamps' poppycock, so I would not give it much consideration." "Here's your five thousand nyang." "My gratitude, Your Excellency." "I will spare no effort to fulfill your wishes." "You have a month." "Miss that date, and your precious scalp will pay the price." "And should you fail, it will be the bargain which cost your life." "You needn't fret." "A smart witch can dance even without a broomstick." "It's a list of all the people who ordered firearms from the blacksmith." "Brigands and thieves as expected, but there's all sorts of hunters as well, so think we could find him following these leads?" "Let's go." "Where?" "Song Taeha." "To catch him." "And you let all these fools go?" "What are you, letting hornets loose to catch one fly?" "Don't always barge in." "If you really want to go, let's split our money first." "You never know when the next shot might send you to kingdom come." "Listen." "Know how much this deal is worth?" "No less than this, look." ""Five hundred"" "Five hu..." "You can't be..." "You can't be telling me it's 500 nyang?" "Better to feast one day than to get millet for a hundred." "Once we're done with this, we'll get over a hundred nyang each." " And me?" "I get a cut as well?" " Eonni!" " I love you!" " But I saved your life!" "Seems like a much too excessive sum for just one hit." "Why would you worry about that?" "Always so corny..." "Because big money always sows the seeds of trouble." "Did you meet with a courtier, by any chance?" "I didn't." "But didn't you follow that fella wearing a gat?" "Well, looked like a yangban from the court, all right." "And he told you he would reward you with 500 nyang?" "Sure." "I trust you didn't bargain with him to raise the price?" "!" "Out of your mind?" "Would I bargain with people like that, and risk my neck?" "Ahh..." "What do you care anyway?" "Here..." "Here!" "Let's leave, before it's too late." "It's no less than 500 nyang!" "No matter what he promised you, never trust those courtiers." "What's this again?" "Your armor." "*korean traditional paper, much more resistant than normal ones" "I added starch to hanji* to make it." "It is as strong as cast iron, and as light as silk." "Do I have to wear this?" "Just think of it as a mark of maturity." "Just wear it." "Fine with me." "Thank you, Eonni." "And me?" "Mine?" "There's none..." "General Choi." "Don't have faith in my skills?" "We're not jesting around with brigands." "He sharpened that blade on the battlefield." "The market is a battlefield as well." "One dominated by money." "Jumo!" "You're here?" "Not you." "Little Jumo!" "Jumo..." "Darling!" "Had lunch, I wonder?" "Ever seen someone in my trade eat on time?" "What brings you here?" "Want a drink?" "Think I came here for daytime drinking, you silly?" "I came to see you!" "This... is not sold at regular silk stores, it's really, really precious Qing silk I obtained from an interpreter I know." "Just so you could make yourself a nice garment." "For me?" "Why?" "If you mention "why" between man and woman..." "You'll hurt my feelings." "Just consider it a sincere gift on my behalf, can't you?" "*younger friend/colleague" "Good for you, Dongsaeng*." " Look at this color..." " I know!" "How dare you touch it..." "Still..." "I really have no intention of accepting this?" "!" "Aigoo, just take it." "I said I don't want to." "Silk would only be a burden, why should I?" "This is not "just" silk." "I gave you my heart." "And that's an even bigger burden." "I was just talking, think I meant it?" "How is it?" "Feel the difference?" "Aigoo!" "Hey!" "Daegil!" "Oh my!" "What now..." "Here..." "Don't misunderstand." "She and the painter seem to like each other, so that's why." "Ahh..." "Yes." "Take good care of yourself on this long journey." "I will be waiting for you." "Seeing as the grass is already dry, he must have left at least a day and a half ago." "By the way, there's no fooling you." "How did you know he'd come here?" "Try to use that brain of yours, every now and then." "He spent eight years with Crown Prince Sohyeon in Qing territory." "Would that bond vanish so easily?" "Ehh..." "Still, why would you head here first and risk so much?" "Those with noble blood... will seek their just cause, even if it kills them." "Clueless fools." "Let's take a look around." "General Choi." "Gusuibu*, right?" "*Golswaebo/Drynaria fortunei Smith (Chinese herb used to alleviate pain)" "Indeed." "Seems like his wounds are quite serious." "Told you I won that day." "He won't be far." "Here." "There?" "!" "If it's one day and a half, he used the Han River to reach here, and seeing as he used gusuibu, he should barely be able to stand." "He will not have gone far anyway, so be it to get treated or on his way out, he surely passed from there." "Not to mention that unforked path." "Seolhwa." "*Gongmaeng:" "Confucius  Mencius" "I might not be aware of the teachings of the great sages*, but I know the laws of nature like no other." "How about tonight?" "Uh?" " Tonight?" " Yeah!" "What?" "Ehh..." "What do you think?" "Let's have some fun together and exercise under the moon." "I got it, so stop drooling." "Once they fall asleep, I'll come to wake you up, so..." "Ohh!" "Afraid it's that time of the month." "Wangson, let's go." "Did the menses get to your head?" "Who do you think you're riding with?" "Go ride with him." "That Orabeoni is all strange." "Every time I ride with him, he starts touching here and there." "You horny little prat..." "Hey!" "When did I ever?" "You're really something." "Who ever touched you?" "Take the load off the horse, you dumbass." "Ahh..." "Eonni..." "I didn't touch her!" "I owe you for all you've done." "I shall one day repay this debt of gratitude." "Goddess of Mercy." "Your wound is still fresh, so be careful." "What was your name again?" "Monk Myeonghan." "I... am from Hanyang, my name is Song Taeha." "Judging by your countenance, great things await you in the future." "However, be mindful." "For with great ambitions come even greater challenges." "Let us have a word." "By any chance, have you seen this woman?" "Can't say." "Don't think I've ever seen her before." "Fine." "Shouldn't we head directly for the hermitage?" "We can leave no stone unturned." "We will have to split." "You follow me, while you take that path." "Yes, we shall meet at the hermitage." "Have you seen this woman before?" "No, never." "Who are you looking for?" "Looks quite like the woman who... came into our residence a while ago?" "!" "For "a while," when do you mean?" "Yesterday in the early morn?" "Can you bring us to her?" "If I do, what will you give me in return?" "Stop prattling and pave the way!" "Look at the intensity!" "Follow me." "What are you doing?" "You wench." "Are you playing games with us?" "The game... has just started." "General Choi, you go from the north." "Wangson, take the south." "I'll come from east." "He knows his way with that blade, so don't fool around." "All right?" "And me..." "Me?" "Keep an eye on the horses." "How much are you giving me?" "I'll find your mother." "My mother..." "How are you going to find her?" "Yesterday was the anniversary of his death." "Every year, do not forget to honor his passing." "The fruits, the cakes..." "Make sure not to neglect his offerings." "This is all I can give you." "I wish you enlightenment." "Goddess of Mercy." "Milady!" "What are you doing here..." "Let us go, Milady." "Naeuri is waiting for you with bated breath." "Go back." "Lord Choi has sent hunters on your trail." "Even if against your wishes, I am forced to escort you to safety." "If you lay a single finger on me," "I shall take my life right here." "Escort her." "Yes." "Let go." "How dare you lay your hands upon me?" "I said let me go!" "Free the way." "Forcing women to do something against their will... is not something a man would do." "It has nothing to do with you." "These are clan matters." "Let us go, Milady." "Let go..." "Let go." "Milady..." "Are you all right?" "I again am indebted to you." "You wore military garments on your way out, but I now see you dressed as a peasant?" "!" "I couldn't help it." "So..." "Where are you headed?" "I'm headed to Chungju." "If you take the western cliff, you'll find a bypath leading to the port." "It is an arduous path, but as there are no retrenchments on the way, you will be safe." "Once you cross the river, you can take the mountain path to Chungju." "Many people are inquiring about you." "I was already suspecting as such." "If you'll excuse me..." "Will you follow me?" " Found him?" " Nothing there." "Charlatan." "Long time no see." "Enough!" "Ahh..." "Really." "Have you been faring well?" "Ever seen anyone in the secular world fare well?" "It's pandemonium." "You are all brimming with desire, so how could it not be hell on earth?" "You achieved enlightenment, all right." "I have no time to prattle with you, so let's cut to the chase." "Seen him, right?" "He left here quite a while ago." "If you're lying, I'll set the entire place on fire." "As you please." "Nobody there." "What is it?" "You lost him?" "You couldn't catch him?" "The horses?" "We told you to keep an eye on them!" "Ahh..." "Whatever!" "It was so tiresome waiting all alone." "Which way did they go?" "Who knows..." "Wherever their path led them, I suppose." "How about those inside?" "Sometimes you find birds who lose their path along the way." "I see a few years perched in front of the Buddha made you wise, but don't forget the good old days when you gorged wine and ate meat all day." "Orabeoni." "You're a charlatan, aren't you?" "Ohh..." "This little Goddess of Mercy." "He sure is." "The likes of which you wouldn't find anywhere else." "How did you find out?" "I just smelled a woman's scent around him." "What?" "The shrine smelled of powder." "Did a woman tag along with him?" "It is but an infrequent visitor of these humble premises." "If she smelled her scent, she must have been here not long ago?" "!" "Why couldn't we meet her coming up?" "Particularly considering we came from north, south and east." "Ahhh..." "Shit, so fucking what?" "What are you, trying to rile me up?" "*old Namdaemun **lowest class in Joseon, usually butchers" "Want to taste how an angry Sungrye Gate* baekjeong**'s fist feels like?" "Ohh my..." "Look at him." "He's a bonafide vandal?" "!" "If you don't get the hell out of here right now, today, Buddha or whatever, we'll just see blood... until I'm forced out of the order!" "Got it?" "They went west, right?" "There's a bypath down there." "Uh?" "Goddess of Mercy." "That is nothing I am aware of." "Could it be otherwise?" "Let's go." "If the horses are not there, I'll just..." "They're worth a lot more than you." "Seen this woman?" " You are still looking for her?" " Just answer." "Have you or have you not?" "I worry about what the future holds for you." "Rest here a few days, and witness some salpuri* to cleanse your soul." "*shamanic dance to exorcise evil spirits" "Worry about yourself." "And if you happen to meet Jjakgwi from Mt." "Worak, send my regards." "Let's go catch them!" "Come on." "Brought to you by WITH S2 Written In The Heavens Subbing Squad" "Main Translator and Timer:" "MisterX" "Timing QC: julier" "Editor/QC: thunderbolt" "Coordinators: mily2, ay_link" "~ On The Next Episode Of ~ SLAVE ~@~ HUNTERS" "Song Taeha safely escaped, but they are hard on his trail." "It wouldn't be the Song Taeha I have known for so long if he didn't make it." "We shall soon have company." " See if you can smell the same here." " What am I, your hound?" " I asked you what she means to him." " Who knows?" "It's been ten years already." "He's been looking for the same woman the last ten years?" " Where was she headed?" " To find where she is going." "Am I the only one who's running away?" "I am not running away." "I am merely running to the place where I belong." " Because of that moppet?" " How dare you insult the Royal Successor?" "It might not be the case now, but I used to be a renowned officer." "I sure know your legacy." "You betrayed Song Taeha and saved yourself, right?" "How is life behind bars?" "Seems like you're still not ready to come out." "Seeing all the traces left behind, she might be having second thoughts." "Eat." "Snakes are not really..." "Didn't you hear something?"