BARMAID! BRING US A GRAND FEAST!
HAHA! EVEN THE TAVERNS SEEM DIFFERENT IN HANYANG!
DUMOK... WILL YOU PLEASE SHUT UP ALREADY...?
OR AT LEAST LOWER YOUR VOICE...
BUT WHY A TAVERN? YOU CAN'T EVEN HOLD YOUR DRINK, LIKE ME.
WHO NEEDS THE DRINKS? IT'S ALL ABOUT THE VIBES.
AND LET THE DRINKERS DRINK! DON'T BE SHY NOW!
LET ME POUR YOU ONE!
YOU SCOUNDRELS!
WHO SAID YOU COULD LEAVE YOUR LODGINGS WITHOUT PERMISSION?
I EXPLICITLY SAID YOU ARE TO FOLLOW MY ORDERS!
YEAH, I KNOW. BUT WE AREN’T ON DUTY RIGHT NOW.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE SO UPTIGHT--
DON’T BE RIDICULOUS.
GIVE ME YOUR CUP.
AS YOUR SQUAD LEADER, IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO POUR YOU THE FIRST CUP.
DON’T LET THE DRINK GET THE BETTER OF YOU, OKAY? DRINK QUIETLY AND COME BACK.
YOU KNOW HOW THE REST OF OUR COMRADES WANTED TO BE HERE AS WELL.
WE WERE INVITED AS THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CHETAMJAS.
SO DON'T CAUSE ANY TROUBLE.
IF YOU'RE WORRIED, YOU COULD JOIN IN AND KEEP AN EYE ON US.
WHAT...? NO, THANKS.
GO AHEAD AND DRINK WITHOUT ME.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M SAYING!
WHY CAN'T WE GO TO WAR TOO?
WE'LL BE FINE OUT THERE! IN FACT, WE'D BE GREAT!
HAHA... I THINK YOU SHOULD STOP DRINKING NOW, YUJEONG.
YOU HAD QUITE A LOT TO DRINK ALREADY.
DUMOK, YOU JERK... IN FACT, ALL OF YOU!
WHY AREN’T YOU ADDRESSING ME AS LORD?
I MAY NOT LOOK IT, BUT I HAPPEN TO BE A NOBLEMAN.
ARE YOU SKIPPING MY TITLE BECAUSE I’M ONLY HALF A NOBLE? IS THAT IT?!
HAHA. YUJEONG IS SO DRUNK...
YOU KNOW, I MUST ADMIT I’M REALLY EXCITED.
SOON, WE’LL BE MEETING THE KING...
HEH... YOU GUYS HAVE NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE, HAVE YOU?
WHAT? YOU’VE MET HIM BEFORE?
DON'T FORGET. HIS MAJESTY PERSONALLY GAVE ME A JADE PLAQUE, AND THAT'S HOW I BECAME A CHETAMJA.
I WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF YOU FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
YEAH... YOU'RE RIGHT.
THAT'S WHY YOU WERE SUCH AN A**HOLE DURING THE CHETAMJA EXAM.
WHAT?!
I'VE SEEN THE KING TOO.
REALLY? DID YOU SEE HIM TOO?
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HIM, GWIYEONG?
WHAT WAS HE LIKE?
WELL...
HE SEEMED LIKE A GOOD MAN.
HE WAS CARING AND THOUGHTFUL...
THAT'S AWESOME.
I CAN'T BELIEVE TWO OF US HAVE SEEN HIM ALREADY!
THAT JUST SHOWS WHAT A NOBLE KING HE IS.
...
DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH...
A NOBLE KING?
YOU MEAN HIM?
D-DAM?! ARE YOU DRUNK?
A NOBLE KING...
...WOULD NEVER DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT!
DAM...?
IS THAT YOU...?
MY GOODNESS, YOU ARE DAM! IT'S ME! YOUR NEIGHBOR!
DO YOU REMEMBER ME?
WHY, YES...
IT'S BEEN SO MANY YEARS!
I THOUGHT I'D NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN AFTER YOU LEFT FOR THE NORTH!
GOODNESS, LOOK AT YOU!
SUCH FINE CLOTHES! LOOKS LIKE YOU MADE SOMETHING OF YOURSELF!
N-NO... NOT REALLY...
OH, WHAT DOES IT MATTER?
IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU'VE BEEN DOING WELL!
EXCUSE ME... MAY I ASK WHO YOU ARE?
OH, I WAS DAM'S NEIGHBOR WHEN HE LIVED IN HANYANG.
IN HANYANG?
DAM, I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU WERE BORN IN THE NORTH.
NOT AT ALL. DAM IS FROM HANYANG.
...
HOW DID A HANYANG BOY END UP IN THE NORTH?
DAM'S FATHER WAS THE PRIDE OF OUR VILLAGE.
WHAT ABOUT YEOL AND YOUR PARENTS? HOW ARE THEY?
...!
D-DAM...?
...
IS EVERYTHING OKAY...?
DAM?
D-DAM!
DAM... P-PLEASE DON'T TELL ME--
AS FAR AS I KNOW, DAM'S PARENTS ARE NO LONGER ALIVE.
OH DEAR... HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
WHAT ABOUT YEOL? HIS YOUNGER SIBLING?
DAM... HAD A SIBLING?
OH NO...!
WHAT HAPPENED...
...TO DAM AND HIS FAMILY?
TEN YEARS AGO
DAM'S FATHER WAS A MILITARY OFFICER.
AND NOT JUST ANY OFFICER. HE WAS HIGHLY REGARDED BY THE KING.
WHERE IS FATHER?
MOTHER, CAN YOU SEE HIM?
OH! OVER THERE!
THAT'S FATHER OVER THERE!
FATHER...!
DAM, KEEP QUIET...!
WOW... IT'S THE KING...
MEN. I AM SENDING YOU TO THE NORTHERN FRONTIER...
...BECAUSE I TRUST YOU.
THIS KINGDOM AND I...
...NEED BRAVE MEN LIKE YOU.
I PUT MY FAITH...
...IN YOUR DEVOTION.
FATHER, DO YOU REALLY HAVE TO GO...
...TO THE NORTH?
WHY DOES THE KING TELL YOU TO GO THERE?
WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO WHILE YOU’RE GONE?
HAHA, ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT YOUR OLD MAN, OR ARE YOU WORRIED YOU’D BE BORED WITHOUT ME?
BUT... YOU SAID YOU WON’T BE BACK FOR AT LEAST 100 NIGHTS...
LET'S GET SOME RICE CAKES. HELLO, I'LL HAVE SOME BAEKSEOLGI*.
WHITE STEAMED RICE CAKE
YOU KNOW WHAT, DAM?
?
RICE CAKES...
...ARE A RARE TREAT WE ONLY GET TO HAVE DURING TIMES OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY.
PEOPLE CAN ONLY MAKE AND SELL THESE RICE CAKES WHEN THERE IS A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST.
IT'S A SIGN THAT NO ONE IN THE LAND IS GOING HUNGRY.
TIMES OF... P-PEACE AND... PERS... PERTY?
HAHA. IT MEANS WE LIVE IN A PEACEFUL ERA, RULED BY A WISE KING.
HIS MAJESTY MADE THIS PEACE POSSIBLE.
AND NOW, HE PERSONALLY COMMANDED ME TO PROTECT IT...
...BECAUSE HE TRUSTS YOUR OLD MAN.
SO YOU SHOULDN'T BE WORRIED. INSTEAD, YOU SHOULD BE PROUD.
BE PROUD OF YOUR OLD MAN...
...AND THE SAGE KING WE SERVE.
HUFF
HUFF
HUFF
HUFF
HIS MAJESTY...
...MADE THIS PEACE POSSIBLE.
UGH..
HURK
BLERGH
WELL, WELL...
WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT?
GEEZ... WITH THE KINGDOM IN PEACE, EVEN THE FOOLS ARE COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK...
THROWING UP ON THE STREETS... WHAT A DISGRACE.
EVERYONE'S ACTING LIKE A FOOL BECAUSE WE HAVE A MERCIFUL KING RULING THE KINGDOM.
TSK... SOMEONE OUGHT TO TEACH THOSE FOOLS A LESSON...
YOU COULD DRINK AND ACT REFINED, JUST LIKE ME--
W-WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!
EVERYBODY PRAISES THE KING...
THAT SAGE KING OF YOURS...
...?!
...LED MY FATHER AND MY FAMILY TO THEIR DEATHS.
THE KING KILLED MY FAMILY!
YOU KNOW WHAT...?
IF I CAN'T TAKE THE KING'S LIFE...
...I WILL TAKE AN ARM FROM HIM, AT THE VERY LEAST!
In a tavern in Hanyang, Dumok, Yujeong, Gwiyeong, and Dam, gathered as representatives of the Chetamja, drink and excitedly talk about soon meeting the king. While drunk Yujeong boasts about his nobility, Gwiyeong describes the king as a good man. Dam angrily says the king drove his family to death. When an old neighbor recognizes Dam, the story flashes back ten years to his father's dispatch to the north, and the episode ends with Dam's threat of revenge.
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