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The king drinks with the culprit and speaks about his father Munsan and the northern lands, apologizing not as a king but as a human being. The advisors react to the incident being covered up.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"A character confesses that he manipulated Il Tae, saying Il Tae is innocent, not of sound mind, and that his grudge is directed not at the king but at Gwiyeong, and begs for his forgiveness. Upon learning that Eoyeon is a barbarian, Il Tae flies into a rage and blames himself for being deceived. He is offered a second chance to use his hatred of the barbarians in service of the kingdom by joining the Northern Army. While Il Tae is assigned to the Northern Army, Hoebon leader Sang and the sisters at the gisaeng house are captured. The king drinks with the culprit and speaks about his father Munsan and the northern lands, apologizing not as a king but as a human being. The advisors react to the incident being covered up.","key_events":["The king states he owes no apology as king for politics but apologizes as a fellow man living in Joseon.","The king admits closing the treason case secretly was wrong and resolves to pursue it to the end as king and man.","A plea is made for Il Tae's mercy, claiming he is unsound, holds grudge against Gwiyeong not the king, and was manipulated.","General Lee is criticized for absence during attack while General Choi and apprentice were present.","The king shares drinks with Chetamja Munsan and discusses his father Munsan being sent north to death.","Il Tae says if freed he would slaughter barbarians until none remain, and is praised for fighting well.","Il Tae learns Eoyeon is a barbarian, attacks in anger and blames himself for being repeatedly deceived.","Il Tae is assigned to the Northern Army; Hoebon leader Sang and the gisaeng house sisters are reported captured.","It is revealed Sang trained Il Tae on northern raids to fight barbarians and he is offered to join the Northern Army.","Officials protest rebels aiming Sechongtong and swinging sword at king; king orders incident kept secret."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"IF I MAY...\nI'D LIKE TO MAKE A REQUEST.\nWHAT IS IT?\n\nIT'S ABOUT IL TAE...\nHE IS INNOCENT.\nYOU MUST'VE NOTICED THAT HE ISN'T OF SOUND MIND.\nBESIDES, HIS GRUDGE WAS AGAINST GWIYEONG,\nNOT THE KING.\n\nI WAS THE ONE WHO MANIPULATED HIM.\nSO PLEASE LET HIM GO.\n\nI KNOW I HAVE NO RIGHT TO SAY THIS...\n...BUT HE IS A PITIFUL FELLOW.\nHEY.\n\nSTILL ALIVE?\n\nTHAT'S INTERESTING.\nI THOUGHT YOU MIGHT COME CHARGING AT ME AGAIN.\nDID YOU COME TO YOUR SENSES THEN?\n\nABOUT EOYEON...\nI HEARD EOYEON WAS A BARBARIAN...\nIS IT TRUE...?\nYES.\n\nDIE!\n\nJUST DIE ALREADY!!\nWHY DO I...\n...LET THEM FOOL ME TIME AND TIME AGAIN?!\n\nWHY DO I KEEP FALLING FOR IT?!\nIT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.\n\nDON'T BLAME YOURSELF.\nNEITHER THIS INCIDENT...\n...NOR WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST WAS YOUR FAULT.\n\nB-BUT I...\nWHAT WILL YOU DO IF YOU GET ANOTHER CHANCE?\nSAY WE LET YOU GO.\n\nWHAT WILL YOU DO THEN?\nTHEN I'M GOING TO BUTCHER THE BARBARIANS...\n\n...UNTIL THERE'S NONE OF THEM LEFT!!\nYOU FOUGHT INCREDIBLY WELL.\n\nWHO TAUGHT YOU?\nSANG DID. HE TOOK ME THROUGH THE RAIDS IN THE NORTH AND MADE ME FIGHT THE BARBARIANS.\nIT NEARLY KILLED ME...\nWOW... HE REALLY MANAGED TO CREATE ANOTHER ME, HUH?\nI SEE. THEN HOW'S THIS?\n\nHOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO USE...\n...YOUR HATRED OF THE BARBARIANS AND YOUR SKILLS TO SERVE THE KINGDOM THIS TIME?\nWOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN THE NORTHERN ARMY?\n\nAS ORDERED...\n...I WILL HAVE IL TAE ASSIGNED TO THE NORTHERN ARMY.\nWE'VE DETAINED SANG, THE LEADER OF HOEBEON...\n\n...AND THE SISTERS FROM THE GISAENG HOUSE AS WELL.\nWELL DONE.\n\nYOUR MAJESTY.\nMAY I SPEAK?\nYES?\nI DO UNDERSTAND THE INTENTIONS BEHIND YOUR DECISION.\n\nHOWEVER, IT WAS TREASON.\nI AM NOT SURE IF IT IS PRUDENT...\n...TO CLOSE THE CASE WITHOUT INFORMING YOUR ADVISERS.\nI UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU’RE TRYING TO SAY.\n\nAND YOU ARE RIGHT. I SHOULDN’T LET THIS PASS.\nLET’S GO THEN.\nWHERE, YOUR MAJESTY?\nAS YOU SAID, IT'S TIME...\n\n...TO SETTLE THE CASE AND SEE IT THROUGH.\nAS A KING...\n...AND AS ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.\n\nIF YOU DON'T MIND, WOULD YOU JOIN ME?\n...?!\n\nCOME. TAKE A SEAT.\nSIT AT THE TABLE, AND I WILL POUR YOU A DRINK.\n\nYOUR MAJESTY...\n\nI'M READY...\nI DESERVE TO BE BEHEADED.\nAND I HAVE NO EXCUSES TO GIVE.\n\nTHE KING HIMSELF IS OFFERING YOU A DRINK.\nARE YOU REFUSING IT?\n\nDRINK.\n\nMUNSAN.\nTHAT WAS YOUR FATHER'S NAME.\nI REMEMBER PUTTING MY HAND ON HIS SHOULDER...\n\n...AND TELLING HIM THE NORTH NEEDS SOMEONE WITH HIS TALENTS.\nDO YOU REMEMBER HIM...?\nOF COURSE, I DO.\nI WAS AWARE OF WHAT KIND OF PLACE IT WAS...\n\n...AND THAT I HAD SENT HIM TO HIS DEATH.\nTHEN...\n...MAY I ASK...\n...WHY YOU DID IT?\n\nWHY DID YOU TRAP US IN THAT FORSAKEN LAND?!\n\nWHAT DEFINES TERRITORY?\nWHAT MAKES A PIECE OF LAND OUR TERRITORY?\nWHAT DO YOU MEAN, SIRE?\nAS A CHETAMJA, YOU PROTECT THE NORTHERN LANDS OF JOSEON.\n\nNOW, WHAT MAKES THEM A PART OF JOSEON?\nOUR PEOPLE BREATHE, EAT, BUILD, AND LIVE THERE.\nTHAT MAKES IT OUR LAND.\nDRIVING THE ENEMY AWAY FROM A PLACE DOES NOT MAKE IT OURS.\n\nBUT THE NORTHERN LANDS...\nYOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW COLD AND BARREN IT IS!\nNOT A SINGLE BLADE OF GRASS GROWS IN THAT LAND!\n\nPOLITICS!\nTHAT IS POLITICS!\nTHAT MEANS I CANNOT POSSIBLY PLEASE EVERY SINGLE SOUL!\n\nTHAT WAS THE CHOICE FORCED UPON ME...\n...AS YOUR KING.\nI WILL NOT APOLOGIZE TO YOU FOR THE POLITICAL DECISION I HAD TO MAKE AS A KING.\nONCE I START DOING THAT, I WILL BE UNABLE TO MAKE ANY POLITICAL DECISIONS!\n\nAND THAT...\n...IS WHERE I STAND AS A KING...\n\n...WHO WEARS THE ROYAL DRAGON ROBE.\nBUT AS ANOTHER MAN LIVING IN JOSEON,\nI APOLOGIZE TO YOU.\n\nY-YOUR MAJESTY!!\nTHIS IS UNHEARD OF...!!\nY-YOUR MAJESTY!!\nLISTEN!!\nA RIGHTEOUS MAN AND FATHER OF A VILLAGE DIED...\n\n...BECAUSE OF THE LAW AGAINST SUING OFFICIALS.\nTWO SISTERS WORKING IN A GISAENGHOUSE ENDED UP BECOMING REBELS...\n...FOR THEIR YOUNGEST SISTER WHO WAS SOLD OFF TO THE MING DYNASTY BEFORE SHE COULD EVEN TURN 15.\n\nIT WAS ALL POLITICS.\nI DO NOT REGRET THE POLITICAL DECISION I MADE.\nI KNOW THESE ARE UNFORGETTABLE TRAGEDIES...\n\n...AND NOTHING CAN UNDO WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST.\nPERHAPS THIS IS MY COWARDLY RETREAT...\n...IN AN EFFORT TO RELIEVE THE GUILT I FEEL AS A KING.\nBUT I ASK...\n\n...THAT YOU TAKE MY APOLOGY.\nTHIS IS ABSURD!!\n\nDO YOU MEAN TO SAY REBELS WERE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO SEE HIS MAJESTY...\n...TO POINT THE SECHONGTONG AND EVEN SWING THE SWORD AT HIM?!!\nHOW CAN THIS BE EVEN REMOTELY ACCEPTABLE?!\n\nPLEASE... KEEP YOUR VOICE DOWN.\nHIS MAJESTY EXPLICITLY ORDERED TO KEEP THIS INCIDENT UNDER WRAPS.\nAND WHAT WERE YOU DOING, GENERAL LEE?!\n\nI HEARD YOU WEREN’T EVEN THERE WHEN THE REBELS RUSHED TO THE KING WITH THEIR BLADES!\nWELL... GENERAL CHOI WAS THERE, AND THAT DISCIPLE OF MINE WAS PRESENT AS WELL...\nDARN IT... I SHOULDN’T HAVE DRUNK SO MUCH THE NIGHT BEFORE...\n\nIN ANY CASE, THE WAY THIS INCIDENT WAS HANDLED...\n...WAS UNACCEPTABLE IN EVERY WAY.\nIF WE HADN’T HAD DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION CALLED HOEBON...\n\n...WE WOULD'VE COMPLETELY FAILED.\nI DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD COMMEND YOU FOR ACCOMPLISHING THIS...\n...OR TO SCOLD YOU FOR IT.\nJANG KIM.","bubble_count":144,"pages_count":49,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"A character confesses that he manipulated Il Tae, saying Il Tae is innocent, not of sound mind, and that his grudge is directed not at the king but at Gwiyeong, and begs for his forgiveness.","spoiler_summary":"A character confesses that he manipulated Il Tae, saying Il Tae is innocent, not of sound mind, and that his grudge is directed not at the king but at Gwiyeong, and begs for his forgiveness. Upon learning that Eoyeon is a barbarian, Il Tae flies into a rage and blames himself for being deceived. He is offered a second chance to use his hatred of the barbarians in service of the kingdom by joining the Northern Army. While Il Tae is assigned to the Northern Army, Hoebon leader Sang and the sisters at the gisaeng house are captured. The king drinks with the culprit and speaks about his father Munsan and the northern lands, apologizing not as a king but as a human being. The advisors react to the incident being covered up."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/chetamja-the-king-s-eyes-vte5jbtj/chapter-64-wgtzyc","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Chetamja: The King’s Eyes #64: Politics and Apologies","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-09-20T10:29:49.552Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/chetamja-the-king-s-eyes-vte5jbtj"}}