Lovers of the Red Sky (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 15 - Episode #1.15 - full transcript
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Lovers of the Red Sky
Kim Yoo Jung, Ahn Hyo Seob
Gong Myung, Kwak Si Yang
Lovers of the Red Sky
The characters and settings of this drama are fictionalized and have no connection to historical facts.
This is the last step.
You are here.
Your Majesty.
Is it indeed you, Your Majesty?
Yes.
Your Majesty, I am relieved that you seem well.
You look unwell.
I think I can understand your suffering thus far.
But, Your Majesty,
why did you submit a question in the Wolseongdang request box?
Did you know that I was Il Wol Seong?
The person who put the question slip in the request box was me.
Grand Prince Yangmyeong.
I already knew that you were acting as Il Wol Seong.
I also knew from the dead royal investigator
that since twenty years ago at the sealing ritual
and the Seokcheok Rain Ritual,
you have been planning revenge.
If you knew everything, why did you let me be?
I must tell you everything now.
After the abdicated King passed away,
I was distressed because of the long drought in this country.
I did not even realize
that the abdicated King had commanded to kill your father, Ha Seong Jin.
How can I trust your words?
I heard from the royal investigator
who was there when your father passed away
that Ha Seong Jin had died.
And that it was the doing of Ma Wang.
It was Ma Wang inside your body.
I risked my life to seal Ma Wang!
And my son lost his sight to bring the rain!
Is this how we are to be repaid?
Father!
Your father was trying to expel Ma Wang from your body.
Be gone this instant!
But due to the manifested Ma Wang,
- Om mani padme-
- he was killed.
That cannot be.
That cannot...
Ha Ram.
My son.
Detatch from my son.
No!
After that night, I retracted the abdicated King's command
and took you into the palace.
It was to protect you and the people around you,
and to find a way to seal Ma Wang.
I...
I acted like a beast...
and killed my own father?
That's not your fault.
It is the doing of the evil spirit inside of you.
N-no. No.
That cannot be.
Your Majesty is lying.
- Calm down, Supervisor Ha.
- That cannot be!
The blood-stained on my clothes
was the blood of my father slain by the royal investigator!
Yes.
You believed that
all your life.
I could not bring myself to tell you when you were young.
Even though it was the truth.
Ha Ram.
Sam Shin, please...
help him...
Although this is how things turned out due to an irreversible ill fate,
I shall repent to your family
for the rest of my life.
And as long as I live,
I shall fight with Ma Wang and make sure such a horrible happening does not occur again.
I swear to you.
I also apologize with all my heart.
Your father's horrible fate
was not your fault.
Episode 15: Reading the Stars
Please.
No, they have to be all right.
It's me that Grand Prince Juhyang wants.
- Oh no...
- Poor things.
What's going on?
It seems Painter Hong Cheon Gi will not show up.
Proceed with the execution.
Headmaster... Headmaster!
Headmaster!
Headmaster...
Stop! Stop!
Stop!
- Cheon Gi!
- Your Highness,
- please stop.
- Cheon Gi, you must run!
Cheon Gi...
You have come.
I knew you would come if you were so desperate.
Why are you doing this?
Let my family go.
Why do you keep vexing me?
Your Highness killed my father.
How many more lives are you planning to take?
Your father died because you ran away.
If all these people die, it will also be your fault.
Watch what happens if you defy my command.
I'll kill you!
You are worse than a beast!
Are you not afraid of the heavens?
I am the heavens.
No!
This is the royal command! Stop this instant!
Your Majesty!
Royal Father.
What a mess you have created.
How dare you!
You have sinned gravely!
Clear up this execution site and let these people go.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Juhyang, you shall come to the palace this instant.
What are you all doing? Follow the royal command.
Yes, Sir!
Untie them.
Yes, Sir.
Aigoo.
- Headmaster.
- Cheon Gi.
Cheon Gi...
Obnoxious One...
Cheon Gi, are you not hurt?
Did you eat?
I'm all right. You were about to die, and you are worried if I ate?
I'm supposed to live long. Aigoo...
What else can we say?
We are together all alive.
Why did you show up when anything could have happened?
He couldn't have killed us if you didn't show up.
No. I am truly grateful, Obnoxious One.
Don't pay attention to him because I'm truly, truly grateful.
I am so sorry.
Thank you for holding on.
Cheon Gi...
I am so glad you all seem all right.
Goodness.
Goodness.
- Thank you so much.
- We owe it to you.
Thank you.
Thank you, Scholar Sir.
No. You saved everyone by coming here, risking your life.
But, Eun Oh...
What happened to Eun Oh?
He was injured while fleeing
from Grand Prince Juhyang's
and passed away.
Aigoo.
Aigoo.
Aigoo.
Cheon Gi.
Aigoo.
The master worked with His Majesty to help Painter Hong.
Has he joined forces with his enemy?
Have you truly changed your mind?
Aigoo.
Father!
Your father died because you ran away.
If all these people die, it will also be your fault.
My poor Cheon Gi.
You have suffered too much, taking care of a bad father like me.
Father, wake up.
Father!
Father, don't do this...
Scholar Sir.
Maiden. You could not sleep?
No.
Father...
died because of me.
My father...
died when I was ten.
I thought he died
by the royal investigator's sword at the King's command.
So, I swore to myself that I would make those who killed my father
suffer equally for everything they had done.
And for a long time, I prepared for revenge.
As Il Wol Song.
That was why...
But all of that...
was caused by me.
Ma Wang may be inside me,
but it was ultimately
done by these hands.
I killed my father...
and lived my entire life not knowing.
I cannot even remember it.
That is not your fault.
Maiden.
You can cry when you are sad.
My poor father.
He didn't even get to live in his right mind his whole life.
It is all my fault.
Do not blame yourself
over things you have no control over.
What am I supposed to do now?
We should...
have a funeral for your father.
To allow him to pass in peace.
There is a place where I enshrined my father.
What has turned you this way?
Is it the Crown Prince?
Have you turned this way in hopes of becoming the King?
Answer me!
You must have been prepared to die to do all this!
While I was faced with death, you defied the royal command.
I cannot forgive you as your father nor your King.
I shall...
punish you accordingly.
What on earth are you doing?
Do you see?
Years ago, the night of the fire at Gyeongwonjeon,
I got this scar.
It is the trace of Ma Wang coming in contact with me.
The scar is spreading further from my stomach.
If Ma Wang is not transferred to my body,
my body will probably decay
and die slowly.
Why did you not tell me sooner?
What would have changed if I had told you?
Royal Father was only focused on sealing Ma Wang.
Ma Wang...
cannot be contained in my body,
a body of a mere grand prince.
Can it not be cured?
If I cannot have Ma Wang, I am as good as dead.
Although you found out,
nothing will change.
Because you are a King who cares more about the abdicated King's will
and the people of this nation
than me.
You asked what has turned me this way?
The reason is you, Royal Father.
You are right.
Why do you acknowledge it?
Why?
Why will you not take my side?
Why not me and Yul?
Why did you choose Yul?
It is all...
because I am not good enough.
What are you all doing?
Take him away this instant!
Take away His Highness.
Royal Father.
Royal Father!
This...
This is who you are.
I shall never forget this.
Never!
Foolish child.
Let me go, all of you!
Let me go!
Stop.
You must have planned all of this.
- Hyeong-nim.
- Why?
Did you become greedy at the sight of the throne?
You pretended to be a good person with that smiling face of yours and dazzled people.
But you are also merely human.
Hyeong-nim.
Years ago, at the Seokcheok Rain Ritual,
if I had not taken you to Gyeongwonjeon,
you could have lived more peacefully.
I shall take responsibility for that sin.
Ask Royal Father for forgiveness.
It is not too late.
Forgiveness for what?
For pursuing Ma Wang, for ruining the sealing ritual in your greed for the throne,
for trying to hurt multiple people.
Seeing you spewing this nonsense, you must be feeling relieved.
Don't be such a hypocrite.
Reveal your true ambition now.
- Take him.
- Yes, Your Highness.
I will...
I will certainly...
Certainly be back.
Is this what you wanted?
How will you cope with all the evil deeds you have done under Grand Prince Juhyang?
Everything is the will of the heavens.
Did you truly mean to transfer Ma Wang to Grand Prince Juhyang's body
and bring bloodshed to this nation?
How would you have dealt with Ma Wang's curse and the pain of countless people?
You must repay your debt to the heavens and this nation.
When the night of the red moon comes, the sealing ritual will take place again.
I ask you to lead the sealing of Ma Wang then.
What are you talking about?
I have lost my divine powers at the last sealing ritual
and cannot lead the sealing ritual anymore.
There is no more time, Royal Shaman.
I shall return when the preparations are ready.
Is this where your father is enshrined?
Yes.
This is where the funerals of the generations of the Ha family take place.
I sent Father to his next life here.
Why is it far offshore?
It must be because the Ha family is born with the divine power of water.
Power of water?
Yes.
That was why I became the Seokcheokdongja.
I shouldn't have said such a thing.
Now then, look around.
Do you see a boulder shaped like a candlestick?
Candlestick...
Yes, over there.
It really does look like a candlestick.
Let us carry out the ritual here.
Yes.
Cheon Gi.
My Cheon Gi.
Do you know how long I have been looking for you?
Whoa, what a beautiful painting.
Say "ah".
Ah.
Oh, no! My daughter!
Father!
No, it's a shower.
She's probably caught in the cold rain.
Father, it's me, Cheon Gi.
Your daughter.
Father.
Farewell, Father.
I will repay for everything that I couldn't in this life
when we meet again somehow.
Painter Hong, I wish you safe passage into eternity.
Are you feeling better now?
Yes.
I felt like I could not do anything yesterday.
But I feel that I should move on with life now.
Please accept this.
Is this not the divine ring?
Mother had this until the day she passed away.
She did not even realize it was a divine item.
♫ Do you see it? My feeling for you ♫
Will you accept it?
♫ Like destiny always cannot leave your side ♫
I will.
♫ On a day still like this, can you hug me? ♫
♫ I am waiting again just for you ♫
Every time I am in danger, hold my hand like this.
I shall be by your side even through rain or snow.
Do you mean it?
♫ I love you. I love you. Only one person. ♫
♫ I hope we don't pass each other like the passing wind. ♫
♫ I am here. ♫
So this is your house.
Yes.
This is where I grew up.
Goodness, young master!
You are here.
It has been too long, old man.
Young master.
It isn't much but eat as much as you like, young master.
Thank you.
Please eat.
All right.
Let us stay here for the night and return to the capital tomorrow.
All right.
Maiden.
My life so far was truly in vain.
I kept chasing after revenge,
but my father's death was
caused by my actions while I was unconscious.
Even if it was Ma Wang inside me and not myself,
I do not think I can forgive myself.
They're mine!
My eyes.
My eyes.
I will have them back.
Father.
What am I supposed to do?
I am finally trying to let the past go and live freely.
What am I supposed to do
with this thing inside me?
Could it be...
Did Ma Wang...
Scholar Sir. Scholar...
Goodness.
Have you woken up already?
Where did the Scholar go?
He asked me to relay to you that he had to return
to the capital first because of an urgent matter.
Maiden. Forgive me for leaving by myself.
Ma Wang is still after you.
I will find a way for us to be together without you getting hurt.
Ha Ram.
Do not carry all the pain by yourself.
I will also seek a way in my own way.
I shall paint the painting to seal Ma Wang again.
- Hey, Obnoxious One.
- Hey, you-
Hey, Long Face, Annoying One.
You... Are you all right?
Judging by her face, she didn't even eat properly.
Not eat? I am well.
You're on your way to the Painting Bureau?
- Yes.
- Wait a moment.
Hey. Hey!
Is she all right?
I think she is, but...
These are the information on Ma Wang that Wolseongdang people were able to find.
Madam Mae Hyang broke up Wolseongdang.
Search for more information.
Yes, Sir.
Being here like this,
it feels as if Mu Yeong will appear from somewhere.
I will not let Mu Yeong's death be in vain.
The royal portrait ripped?
How are we to prepare for the sealing ritual now?
It is all my fault, Royal Father.
No.
How could I not know that you tried your best?
It is just that...
I do not have much time left in me.
If I could only die after seeing Ma Wang being sealed in that painting...
Could you do that for me?
Royal Father.
I will make it happen, without a doubt.
Once we succeed in sealing Ma Wang,
Hyeong-nim will finally give up.
Already...
the forces trying to save Juhyang are getting stronger.
This sealing ritual must proceed with the utmost discretion.
Yes, Royal Father.
I understand.
What could be the reason that the royal portrait that I painted ripped?
The sealing ritual proceeded because the Chief Shaman said everything was ready.
What was missing?
Divine painter.
Hwacha.
I am here to make a deal.
Could I ask you one thing?
Are you not prepared yet?
What is the reason that my royal portrait was ripped?
That is because you did not bargain with me.
A divine painting that did not make a deal with Hwacha cannot be deemed complete.
What does that mean?
If you bargain with me, my spirit seeps into you
and you will be able to complete a divine royal portrait.
Then, if I do not bargain with you,
will I not be able to complete a divine royal portrait?
No.
The painter who painted the burnt King Yeongjong's royal portrait
also made a deal with me to complete the royal portrait to seal Ma Wang.
Look.
Father?
Father.
Father!
Father.
How marvelous Father is...
Father.
I will do well,
just like you had done.
Ma Wang's handprint.
Can you paint?
I can.
You cannot paint with that hand.
Will you fix your hand and paint?
Yes.
Then first, bargain with me.
They are all rumors and fear about Ma Wang.
But there is this here.
The one who possesses the ring of moderation
is able to control Ma Wang's power.
The one who has Ma Wang's powers
begins to thirst for bloodshed.
Sir, are you all right?
I shall call a physician.
You are mine.
You are mine.
You are mine.
You are mine...
- You are here.
- I am.
Your Highness, it is Wol Seon.
What is it?
This man is the son of Gan Yun Guk, the divine painter in the past.
What?
A few days ago, Hwacha visited the temple.
He said he wanted to let us know that this sealing ritual is the last chance.
Is that true?
Yes.
And he said that for the divine painting to be created for this sealing ritual,
the two painters must work together,
and revealed Painter Sim Dae Yu's identity.
Is that true?
Yes, Your Highness.
I think my father was Master Gan Yun Guk.
I was abandoned and grew up at a temple,
but I had an item left behind by my father.
What a miraculous happening.
Listen well, painters.
Just like the sealing ritual twenty years ago,
you two must complete the royal portrait together.
And because the spirit of Ma Wang still lingers in Painter Hong's hand,
she must begin painting the royal portrait on the day of the sealing ritual.
To say that she must finish the royal portrait on the spot.
It is ludicrous.
According to Hwacha's oracle,
the beginning and end of the painting must occur on the day of the sealing ritual.
What are we to do?
Is it possible even if there are two divine painters?
Your Highness.
I shall do it.
I think I can do it.
How do you know that?
Well, truthfully,
I made a deal with Hwacha.
What?
What have you done?
Bargain with me.
But is it truly all right?
Will I not become mad or die?
I do not steal lives.
I only take the painting.
All right. I shall bargain with you.
The deal is complete.
Do not hold a paintbrush until you get to the sealing ritual.
What do you mean?
I do not have enough time even if I start now and paint all night.
If you do not do as I say, you shall never be able to hold a paintbrush.
I also think this sealing ritual is our last chance.
If we cannot succeed this time,
everything will be ruined
and life will have no meaning.
Still, making a deal with Hwacha-
If I did not make a deal with Hwacha,
the painting cannot become divine.
But the madness.
What about the madness?
I heard Hwacha does not steal lives
or bring madness.
For now, I would like to believe those words.
How is this ring on my finger?
Are you curious?
The old man from the stone cell?
How can I see you?
How dare you.
The old man from the stone cell?
I am your grandfather.
- Grandfather?
- That's right.
I finally get to hear you address me that way.
I am here to deliver information about Ma Wang and the sealing.
What is it?
Us Ha family are born with the power of water.
You were also born with the holy fate
to aide the people.
That was why Ma Wang was able to be sealed inside you.
But...
I even killed my father.
If I stay near the people that I care about,
I will put them in danger.
You fool.
Ma Wang killed them, not you.
Do you still not see?
There is a limit to sealing as you are still human.
Ma Wang is still encroaching on you.
Then, all I have to do is disappear.
No.
To seal Ma Wang forever,
it must be sealed in a divine bowl.
I am talking about the royal portrait.
Divine royal portrait.
That is the only way to protect your fate.
But then,
the painters become mad or die.
However,
if Ma Wang is not sealed, you will be consumed
and there will be bloodshed on this land.
You will end up killing the woman that you care about.
Then what am I to do?
Break the ring and head to the sealing ritual.
As long as you have the ring, you have no choice but to coexist with Ma Wang.
Grandfather.
Break the ring...
Your Majesty.
I told you not to return even in death.
Yet you have returned like this.
Your Majesty,
have you been in good health?
The sealing that you and Ha Seong Jin carried out at the past sealing ritual
was for the good of all people.
The heavens gifted your divine power for you to use for the good of the people.
But why would you work with Juhyang
who has a traitorous heart?
It was my last decision as the Royal Shaman
who was expelled before I could complete my duties.
I am worthy of death, Your Majesty.
Very well.
Now, the only way for you to wash yourself of your sins
is to seal Ma Wang in the royal portrait.
Accomplish the sealing.
This is the last command to you, as the past Royal Shaman.
Yes, Your Majesty.
I shall use all of my divine powers.
Have you made up your mind?
Yes.
I shall seal Ma Wang in the royal portrait.
A good decision.
Very good.
Is that the divine ring?
Yes.
But this ring appears to be dangerous.
What do you mean?
My ancestor appeared in a dream and told me
that keeping this ring will mean coexisting with Ma Wang.
It seems that this ring must be broken before the sealing ritual.
If that ring brings such bad fortune,
breaking it could provide a solution.
Yes, Your Highness.
This sealing ritual will be carried out tonight of the red moon, at the hour of rat*.
(*Between 11pm - 1am)
So you must be at the sealing ritual before then.
I understand, Your Highness.
But...
If I do not show up
or if the sealing ritual fails again,
I ask you to look after Maiden Hong.
- What do you mean?
- Your Highness.
Please promise me...
that you will.
I will.
I promise you.
Grand Prince Juhyang.
It is Mae Hyang.
What are you doing at a place like this?
I am here to support Your Highness.
Whose orders are you acting on?
- Is it Il Wol Seong?
- No.
- How could I trust you?
- Then let me tell you this.
Il Wol Seong backstabbed me.
If you would only let me, I shall support you until the end.
I could also stab you in the back.
Are you all right with that?
You shall find out soon,
but the power that I have has a longer history than you realize.
Please do not deny me.
What is it that you want?
Rise to the throne.
That is what I wish.
Give me a token.
I can only decide if I see your determination.
She is a woman who has a story no doubt.
Break the ring and head to the sealing ritual.
As long as you have the ring,
you have no choice but to coexist with Ma Wang.
Well done, Ha Ram.
Be well.
Grandfather?
Your must protect the Ha family.
Your Highness.
I suddenly do not feel the power of water.
You mean something has happened to Supervisor Ha?
What are we to do?
No.
Supervisor Ha will certainly come to the sealing ritual.
So, make sure the preparations for the sealing ritual are underway.
Yes, Your Highness.
Your Majesty, the full red moon has risen.
Yes.
But they say Supervisor Ha is not here yet.
What? Supervisor Ha?
Yes, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Are you all right?
Where is the ring?
Scholar Sir, you must get here safely.
Lovers of the Red Sky
You must complete the painting within four hours when the full red moon is up.
If we cannot seal Ma Wang tonight, the Scholar becomes a part of Ma Wang.
Are you afraid that you will be sealed again?
Your body is almost encroached by me.
Supervisor Ha.
That man is not Supervisor Ha.
It is Ma Wang!
Ha Ram.
Found you.
♫ Even if the long wait is like a long slumber ♫
Lovers of the Red Sky
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Lovers of the Red Sky
Kim Yoo Jung, Ahn Hyo Seob
Gong Myung, Kwak Si Yang
Lovers of the Red Sky
The characters and settings of this drama are fictionalized and have no connection to historical facts.
This is the last step.
You are here.
Your Majesty.
Is it indeed you, Your Majesty?
Yes.
Your Majesty, I am relieved that you seem well.
You look unwell.
I think I can understand your suffering thus far.
But, Your Majesty,
why did you submit a question in the Wolseongdang request box?
Did you know that I was Il Wol Seong?
The person who put the question slip in the request box was me.
Grand Prince Yangmyeong.
I already knew that you were acting as Il Wol Seong.
I also knew from the dead royal investigator
that since twenty years ago at the sealing ritual
and the Seokcheok Rain Ritual,
you have been planning revenge.
If you knew everything, why did you let me be?
I must tell you everything now.
After the abdicated King passed away,
I was distressed because of the long drought in this country.
I did not even realize
that the abdicated King had commanded to kill your father, Ha Seong Jin.
How can I trust your words?
I heard from the royal investigator
who was there when your father passed away
that Ha Seong Jin had died.
And that it was the doing of Ma Wang.
It was Ma Wang inside your body.
I risked my life to seal Ma Wang!
And my son lost his sight to bring the rain!
Is this how we are to be repaid?
Father!
Your father was trying to expel Ma Wang from your body.
Be gone this instant!
But due to the manifested Ma Wang,
- Om mani padme-
- he was killed.
That cannot be.
That cannot...
Ha Ram.
My son.
Detatch from my son.
No!
After that night, I retracted the abdicated King's command
and took you into the palace.
It was to protect you and the people around you,
and to find a way to seal Ma Wang.
I...
I acted like a beast...
and killed my own father?
That's not your fault.
It is the doing of the evil spirit inside of you.
N-no. No.
That cannot be.
Your Majesty is lying.
- Calm down, Supervisor Ha.
- That cannot be!
The blood-stained on my clothes
was the blood of my father slain by the royal investigator!
Yes.
You believed that
all your life.
I could not bring myself to tell you when you were young.
Even though it was the truth.
Ha Ram.
Sam Shin, please...
help him...
Although this is how things turned out due to an irreversible ill fate,
I shall repent to your family
for the rest of my life.
And as long as I live,
I shall fight with Ma Wang and make sure such a horrible happening does not occur again.
I swear to you.
I also apologize with all my heart.
Your father's horrible fate
was not your fault.
Episode 15: Reading the Stars
Please.
No, they have to be all right.
It's me that Grand Prince Juhyang wants.
- Oh no...
- Poor things.
What's going on?
It seems Painter Hong Cheon Gi will not show up.
Proceed with the execution.
Headmaster... Headmaster!
Headmaster!
Headmaster...
Stop! Stop!
Stop!
- Cheon Gi!
- Your Highness,
- please stop.
- Cheon Gi, you must run!
Cheon Gi...
You have come.
I knew you would come if you were so desperate.
Why are you doing this?
Let my family go.
Why do you keep vexing me?
Your Highness killed my father.
How many more lives are you planning to take?
Your father died because you ran away.
If all these people die, it will also be your fault.
Watch what happens if you defy my command.
I'll kill you!
You are worse than a beast!
Are you not afraid of the heavens?
I am the heavens.
No!
This is the royal command! Stop this instant!
Your Majesty!
Royal Father.
What a mess you have created.
How dare you!
You have sinned gravely!
Clear up this execution site and let these people go.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Juhyang, you shall come to the palace this instant.
What are you all doing? Follow the royal command.
Yes, Sir!
Untie them.
Yes, Sir.
Aigoo.
- Headmaster.
- Cheon Gi.
Cheon Gi...
Obnoxious One...
Cheon Gi, are you not hurt?
Did you eat?
I'm all right. You were about to die, and you are worried if I ate?
I'm supposed to live long. Aigoo...
What else can we say?
We are together all alive.
Why did you show up when anything could have happened?
He couldn't have killed us if you didn't show up.
No. I am truly grateful, Obnoxious One.
Don't pay attention to him because I'm truly, truly grateful.
I am so sorry.
Thank you for holding on.
Cheon Gi...
I am so glad you all seem all right.
Goodness.
Goodness.
- Thank you so much.
- We owe it to you.
Thank you.
Thank you, Scholar Sir.
No. You saved everyone by coming here, risking your life.
But, Eun Oh...
What happened to Eun Oh?
He was injured while fleeing
from Grand Prince Juhyang's
and passed away.
Aigoo.
Aigoo.
Aigoo.
Cheon Gi.
Aigoo.
The master worked with His Majesty to help Painter Hong.
Has he joined forces with his enemy?
Have you truly changed your mind?
Aigoo.
Father!
Your father died because you ran away.
If all these people die, it will also be your fault.
My poor Cheon Gi.
You have suffered too much, taking care of a bad father like me.
Father, wake up.
Father!
Father, don't do this...
Scholar Sir.
Maiden. You could not sleep?
No.
Father...
died because of me.
My father...
died when I was ten.
I thought he died
by the royal investigator's sword at the King's command.
So, I swore to myself that I would make those who killed my father
suffer equally for everything they had done.
And for a long time, I prepared for revenge.
As Il Wol Song.
That was why...
But all of that...
was caused by me.
Ma Wang may be inside me,
but it was ultimately
done by these hands.
I killed my father...
and lived my entire life not knowing.
I cannot even remember it.
That is not your fault.
Maiden.
You can cry when you are sad.
My poor father.
He didn't even get to live in his right mind his whole life.
It is all my fault.
Do not blame yourself
over things you have no control over.
What am I supposed to do now?
We should...
have a funeral for your father.
To allow him to pass in peace.
There is a place where I enshrined my father.
What has turned you this way?
Is it the Crown Prince?
Have you turned this way in hopes of becoming the King?
Answer me!
You must have been prepared to die to do all this!
While I was faced with death, you defied the royal command.
I cannot forgive you as your father nor your King.
I shall...
punish you accordingly.
What on earth are you doing?
Do you see?
Years ago, the night of the fire at Gyeongwonjeon,
I got this scar.
It is the trace of Ma Wang coming in contact with me.
The scar is spreading further from my stomach.
If Ma Wang is not transferred to my body,
my body will probably decay
and die slowly.
Why did you not tell me sooner?
What would have changed if I had told you?
Royal Father was only focused on sealing Ma Wang.
Ma Wang...
cannot be contained in my body,
a body of a mere grand prince.
Can it not be cured?
If I cannot have Ma Wang, I am as good as dead.
Although you found out,
nothing will change.
Because you are a King who cares more about the abdicated King's will
and the people of this nation
than me.
You asked what has turned me this way?
The reason is you, Royal Father.
You are right.
Why do you acknowledge it?
Why?
Why will you not take my side?
Why not me and Yul?
Why did you choose Yul?
It is all...
because I am not good enough.
What are you all doing?
Take him away this instant!
Take away His Highness.
Royal Father.
Royal Father!
This...
This is who you are.
I shall never forget this.
Never!
Foolish child.
Let me go, all of you!
Let me go!
Stop.
You must have planned all of this.
- Hyeong-nim.
- Why?
Did you become greedy at the sight of the throne?
You pretended to be a good person with that smiling face of yours and dazzled people.
But you are also merely human.
Hyeong-nim.
Years ago, at the Seokcheok Rain Ritual,
if I had not taken you to Gyeongwonjeon,
you could have lived more peacefully.
I shall take responsibility for that sin.
Ask Royal Father for forgiveness.
It is not too late.
Forgiveness for what?
For pursuing Ma Wang, for ruining the sealing ritual in your greed for the throne,
for trying to hurt multiple people.
Seeing you spewing this nonsense, you must be feeling relieved.
Don't be such a hypocrite.
Reveal your true ambition now.
- Take him.
- Yes, Your Highness.
I will...
I will certainly...
Certainly be back.
Is this what you wanted?
How will you cope with all the evil deeds you have done under Grand Prince Juhyang?
Everything is the will of the heavens.
Did you truly mean to transfer Ma Wang to Grand Prince Juhyang's body
and bring bloodshed to this nation?
How would you have dealt with Ma Wang's curse and the pain of countless people?
You must repay your debt to the heavens and this nation.
When the night of the red moon comes, the sealing ritual will take place again.
I ask you to lead the sealing of Ma Wang then.
What are you talking about?
I have lost my divine powers at the last sealing ritual
and cannot lead the sealing ritual anymore.
There is no more time, Royal Shaman.
I shall return when the preparations are ready.
Is this where your father is enshrined?
Yes.
This is where the funerals of the generations of the Ha family take place.
I sent Father to his next life here.
Why is it far offshore?
It must be because the Ha family is born with the divine power of water.
Power of water?
Yes.
That was why I became the Seokcheokdongja.
I shouldn't have said such a thing.
Now then, look around.
Do you see a boulder shaped like a candlestick?
Candlestick...
Yes, over there.
It really does look like a candlestick.
Let us carry out the ritual here.
Yes.
Cheon Gi.
My Cheon Gi.
Do you know how long I have been looking for you?
Whoa, what a beautiful painting.
Say "ah".
Ah.
Oh, no! My daughter!
Father!
No, it's a shower.
She's probably caught in the cold rain.
Father, it's me, Cheon Gi.
Your daughter.
Father.
Farewell, Father.
I will repay for everything that I couldn't in this life
when we meet again somehow.
Painter Hong, I wish you safe passage into eternity.
Are you feeling better now?
Yes.
I felt like I could not do anything yesterday.
But I feel that I should move on with life now.
Please accept this.
Is this not the divine ring?
Mother had this until the day she passed away.
She did not even realize it was a divine item.
♫ Do you see it? My feeling for you ♫
Will you accept it?
♫ Like destiny always cannot leave your side ♫
I will.
♫ On a day still like this, can you hug me? ♫
♫ I am waiting again just for you ♫
Every time I am in danger, hold my hand like this.
I shall be by your side even through rain or snow.
Do you mean it?
♫ I love you. I love you. Only one person. ♫
♫ I hope we don't pass each other like the passing wind. ♫
♫ I am here. ♫
So this is your house.
Yes.
This is where I grew up.
Goodness, young master!
You are here.
It has been too long, old man.
Young master.
It isn't much but eat as much as you like, young master.
Thank you.
Please eat.
All right.
Let us stay here for the night and return to the capital tomorrow.
All right.
Maiden.
My life so far was truly in vain.
I kept chasing after revenge,
but my father's death was
caused by my actions while I was unconscious.
Even if it was Ma Wang inside me and not myself,
I do not think I can forgive myself.
They're mine!
My eyes.
My eyes.
I will have them back.
Father.
What am I supposed to do?
I am finally trying to let the past go and live freely.
What am I supposed to do
with this thing inside me?
Could it be...
Did Ma Wang...
Scholar Sir. Scholar...
Goodness.
Have you woken up already?
Where did the Scholar go?
He asked me to relay to you that he had to return
to the capital first because of an urgent matter.
Maiden. Forgive me for leaving by myself.
Ma Wang is still after you.
I will find a way for us to be together without you getting hurt.
Ha Ram.
Do not carry all the pain by yourself.
I will also seek a way in my own way.
I shall paint the painting to seal Ma Wang again.
- Hey, Obnoxious One.
- Hey, you-
Hey, Long Face, Annoying One.
You... Are you all right?
Judging by her face, she didn't even eat properly.
Not eat? I am well.
You're on your way to the Painting Bureau?
- Yes.
- Wait a moment.
Hey. Hey!
Is she all right?
I think she is, but...
These are the information on Ma Wang that Wolseongdang people were able to find.
Madam Mae Hyang broke up Wolseongdang.
Search for more information.
Yes, Sir.
Being here like this,
it feels as if Mu Yeong will appear from somewhere.
I will not let Mu Yeong's death be in vain.
The royal portrait ripped?
How are we to prepare for the sealing ritual now?
It is all my fault, Royal Father.
No.
How could I not know that you tried your best?
It is just that...
I do not have much time left in me.
If I could only die after seeing Ma Wang being sealed in that painting...
Could you do that for me?
Royal Father.
I will make it happen, without a doubt.
Once we succeed in sealing Ma Wang,
Hyeong-nim will finally give up.
Already...
the forces trying to save Juhyang are getting stronger.
This sealing ritual must proceed with the utmost discretion.
Yes, Royal Father.
I understand.
What could be the reason that the royal portrait that I painted ripped?
The sealing ritual proceeded because the Chief Shaman said everything was ready.
What was missing?
Divine painter.
Hwacha.
I am here to make a deal.
Could I ask you one thing?
Are you not prepared yet?
What is the reason that my royal portrait was ripped?
That is because you did not bargain with me.
A divine painting that did not make a deal with Hwacha cannot be deemed complete.
What does that mean?
If you bargain with me, my spirit seeps into you
and you will be able to complete a divine royal portrait.
Then, if I do not bargain with you,
will I not be able to complete a divine royal portrait?
No.
The painter who painted the burnt King Yeongjong's royal portrait
also made a deal with me to complete the royal portrait to seal Ma Wang.
Look.
Father?
Father.
Father!
Father.
How marvelous Father is...
Father.
I will do well,
just like you had done.
Ma Wang's handprint.
Can you paint?
I can.
You cannot paint with that hand.
Will you fix your hand and paint?
Yes.
Then first, bargain with me.
They are all rumors and fear about Ma Wang.
But there is this here.
The one who possesses the ring of moderation
is able to control Ma Wang's power.
The one who has Ma Wang's powers
begins to thirst for bloodshed.
Sir, are you all right?
I shall call a physician.
You are mine.
You are mine.
You are mine.
You are mine...
- You are here.
- I am.
Your Highness, it is Wol Seon.
What is it?
This man is the son of Gan Yun Guk, the divine painter in the past.
What?
A few days ago, Hwacha visited the temple.
He said he wanted to let us know that this sealing ritual is the last chance.
Is that true?
Yes.
And he said that for the divine painting to be created for this sealing ritual,
the two painters must work together,
and revealed Painter Sim Dae Yu's identity.
Is that true?
Yes, Your Highness.
I think my father was Master Gan Yun Guk.
I was abandoned and grew up at a temple,
but I had an item left behind by my father.
What a miraculous happening.
Listen well, painters.
Just like the sealing ritual twenty years ago,
you two must complete the royal portrait together.
And because the spirit of Ma Wang still lingers in Painter Hong's hand,
she must begin painting the royal portrait on the day of the sealing ritual.
To say that she must finish the royal portrait on the spot.
It is ludicrous.
According to Hwacha's oracle,
the beginning and end of the painting must occur on the day of the sealing ritual.
What are we to do?
Is it possible even if there are two divine painters?
Your Highness.
I shall do it.
I think I can do it.
How do you know that?
Well, truthfully,
I made a deal with Hwacha.
What?
What have you done?
Bargain with me.
But is it truly all right?
Will I not become mad or die?
I do not steal lives.
I only take the painting.
All right. I shall bargain with you.
The deal is complete.
Do not hold a paintbrush until you get to the sealing ritual.
What do you mean?
I do not have enough time even if I start now and paint all night.
If you do not do as I say, you shall never be able to hold a paintbrush.
I also think this sealing ritual is our last chance.
If we cannot succeed this time,
everything will be ruined
and life will have no meaning.
Still, making a deal with Hwacha-
If I did not make a deal with Hwacha,
the painting cannot become divine.
But the madness.
What about the madness?
I heard Hwacha does not steal lives
or bring madness.
For now, I would like to believe those words.
How is this ring on my finger?
Are you curious?
The old man from the stone cell?
How can I see you?
How dare you.
The old man from the stone cell?
I am your grandfather.
- Grandfather?
- That's right.
I finally get to hear you address me that way.
I am here to deliver information about Ma Wang and the sealing.
What is it?
Us Ha family are born with the power of water.
You were also born with the holy fate
to aide the people.
That was why Ma Wang was able to be sealed inside you.
But...
I even killed my father.
If I stay near the people that I care about,
I will put them in danger.
You fool.
Ma Wang killed them, not you.
Do you still not see?
There is a limit to sealing as you are still human.
Ma Wang is still encroaching on you.
Then, all I have to do is disappear.
No.
To seal Ma Wang forever,
it must be sealed in a divine bowl.
I am talking about the royal portrait.
Divine royal portrait.
That is the only way to protect your fate.
But then,
the painters become mad or die.
However,
if Ma Wang is not sealed, you will be consumed
and there will be bloodshed on this land.
You will end up killing the woman that you care about.
Then what am I to do?
Break the ring and head to the sealing ritual.
As long as you have the ring, you have no choice but to coexist with Ma Wang.
Grandfather.
Break the ring...
Your Majesty.
I told you not to return even in death.
Yet you have returned like this.
Your Majesty,
have you been in good health?
The sealing that you and Ha Seong Jin carried out at the past sealing ritual
was for the good of all people.
The heavens gifted your divine power for you to use for the good of the people.
But why would you work with Juhyang
who has a traitorous heart?
It was my last decision as the Royal Shaman
who was expelled before I could complete my duties.
I am worthy of death, Your Majesty.
Very well.
Now, the only way for you to wash yourself of your sins
is to seal Ma Wang in the royal portrait.
Accomplish the sealing.
This is the last command to you, as the past Royal Shaman.
Yes, Your Majesty.
I shall use all of my divine powers.
Have you made up your mind?
Yes.
I shall seal Ma Wang in the royal portrait.
A good decision.
Very good.
Is that the divine ring?
Yes.
But this ring appears to be dangerous.
What do you mean?
My ancestor appeared in a dream and told me
that keeping this ring will mean coexisting with Ma Wang.
It seems that this ring must be broken before the sealing ritual.
If that ring brings such bad fortune,
breaking it could provide a solution.
Yes, Your Highness.
This sealing ritual will be carried out tonight of the red moon, at the hour of rat*.
(*Between 11pm - 1am)
So you must be at the sealing ritual before then.
I understand, Your Highness.
But...
If I do not show up
or if the sealing ritual fails again,
I ask you to look after Maiden Hong.
- What do you mean?
- Your Highness.
Please promise me...
that you will.
I will.
I promise you.
Grand Prince Juhyang.
It is Mae Hyang.
What are you doing at a place like this?
I am here to support Your Highness.
Whose orders are you acting on?
- Is it Il Wol Seong?
- No.
- How could I trust you?
- Then let me tell you this.
Il Wol Seong backstabbed me.
If you would only let me, I shall support you until the end.
I could also stab you in the back.
Are you all right with that?
You shall find out soon,
but the power that I have has a longer history than you realize.
Please do not deny me.
What is it that you want?
Rise to the throne.
That is what I wish.
Give me a token.
I can only decide if I see your determination.
She is a woman who has a story no doubt.
Break the ring and head to the sealing ritual.
As long as you have the ring,
you have no choice but to coexist with Ma Wang.
Well done, Ha Ram.
Be well.
Grandfather?
Your must protect the Ha family.
Your Highness.
I suddenly do not feel the power of water.
You mean something has happened to Supervisor Ha?
What are we to do?
No.
Supervisor Ha will certainly come to the sealing ritual.
So, make sure the preparations for the sealing ritual are underway.
Yes, Your Highness.
Your Majesty, the full red moon has risen.
Yes.
But they say Supervisor Ha is not here yet.
What? Supervisor Ha?
Yes, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Are you all right?
Where is the ring?
Scholar Sir, you must get here safely.
Lovers of the Red Sky
You must complete the painting within four hours when the full red moon is up.
If we cannot seal Ma Wang tonight, the Scholar becomes a part of Ma Wang.
Are you afraid that you will be sealed again?
Your body is almost encroached by me.
Supervisor Ha.
That man is not Supervisor Ha.
It is Ma Wang!
Ha Ram.
Found you.
♫ Even if the long wait is like a long slumber ♫
Lovers of the Red Sky