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Get it for FREE @ withs2.com 2 00:00:00,062 --> 00:00:04,010 Brought to you by WITH S2 Written In The Heavens Subbing Squad 3 00:03:05,556 --> 00:03:09,358 {\a6}WITH S2 Presents 3 00:03:05,556 --> 00:03:09,358 - JOSEON X-FILES: Secret Book - Episode 6: Ghosts of Yidu 4 00:03:27,308 --> 00:03:31,131 Kim Hyeongdo of the Office of Inspector General? 5 00:03:31,251 --> 00:03:34,290 His body was ravaged by stab wounds. 6 00:03:34,410 --> 00:03:38,704 I shall let you inspect the body and draw your own conclusions. 7 00:03:39,528 --> 00:03:42,481 If we're dealing with a murder, alert the capital bureau, 8 00:03:42,601 --> 00:03:44,704 why bother the inspector with... 9 00:03:45,046 --> 00:03:48,512 We were told of your repute in dealing with erratic cases, 10 00:03:48,632 --> 00:03:51,885 which prompted us to summon you here. 11 00:03:53,035 --> 00:03:55,356 Where was the body first discovered? 12 00:04:02,789 --> 00:04:07,346 I thought I asked you a question... 13 00:04:13,799 --> 00:04:17,794 Any conjecture on your part would be most appreciated. 14 00:04:19,193 --> 00:04:22,325 Were you able to identify the victim? 15 00:04:23,203 --> 00:04:25,907 Ahh... You people... 16 00:04:26,171 --> 00:04:27,663 What is all this supposed to mean? 17 00:04:27,783 --> 00:04:34,268 That body belongs to a soothsayer I employed. 18 00:04:42,048 --> 00:04:45,136 You do look quite familiar indeed. 19 00:04:45,256 --> 00:04:47,950 Have we ever met? 20 00:04:48,070 --> 00:04:53,017 Would my official duties involve knowing every noble in the eight provinces? 21 00:04:54,743 --> 00:04:56,048 Really... 22 00:04:57,354 --> 00:05:01,628 If you say so, I shall take your word for it. 23 00:05:02,763 --> 00:05:05,717 I sent him to my abode a few nights past, 24 00:05:07,567 --> 00:05:10,303 but that is how he was found. 25 00:05:10,423 --> 00:05:14,018 {\a6}*Ojak - assistants of the local magistrates in charge of autopsies 26 00:05:10,423 --> 00:05:14,018 Administration hirelings* could easily dispose of corpses, 27 00:05:14,138 --> 00:05:19,056 just as you will find plenty of bureau officers eager to deal with murders. 28 00:05:19,693 --> 00:05:23,828 It brings great shame to my noble legacy to say this, 29 00:05:23,948 --> 00:05:27,825 but this abode of mine is haunted by spirits. 30 00:05:31,307 --> 00:05:34,509 {\a6}*Gweryeok Nanshin: Gwe (Arcane), Ryeok (Brute Strength), Nan (Treason), Shin (Ghosts) 31 00:05:31,307 --> 00:05:34,509 So you believe in such superstitious chicanery*... 32 00:05:34,629 --> 00:05:37,628 Quite the fascinating fellow you are. 33 00:05:41,056 --> 00:05:43,978 Such otherwordly presences start haunting this place, 34 00:05:44,098 --> 00:05:46,186 and in no time, 35 00:05:46,306 --> 00:05:49,231 a corpse is found within these premises. 36 00:05:49,351 --> 00:05:51,407 He got hacked to smithereens, all right. 37 00:05:51,527 --> 00:05:54,710 How on earth... What is all this? 38 00:05:56,754 --> 00:05:58,988 Can I entrust this to you? 39 00:05:59,612 --> 00:06:00,855 Aigoo... 40 00:06:01,446 --> 00:06:03,871 And how could we possibly be of service, in a haunted place like this? 41 00:06:03,991 --> 00:06:07,349 In cases like this, a ritual is what you need. 42 00:06:08,923 --> 00:06:11,750 Was there any apparatus hunting ghosts in Joseon? 43 00:06:11,870 --> 00:06:14,617 Never asked you to capture them. 44 00:06:15,263 --> 00:06:17,191 All I need from you is an explanation. 45 00:06:17,311 --> 00:06:22,575 Your repute in dealing with such occurrences precedes you. 46 00:06:24,809 --> 00:06:27,233 And who shall I thank for that? 47 00:06:30,156 --> 00:06:31,443 Then, 48 00:06:32,950 --> 00:06:35,484 just consider it a personal favor of mine. 49 00:06:39,930 --> 00:06:43,293 How can he behave in that manner with an Office inspector? 50 00:06:43,413 --> 00:06:45,718 A mere ritual is all it would take, wretched son of a... 51 00:06:45,838 --> 00:06:49,609 So you really think those people believe in ghosts? 52 00:06:50,303 --> 00:06:51,531 Uh? 53 00:06:52,704 --> 00:06:53,978 Naeuri... 54 00:06:54,098 --> 00:06:56,403 Are you really going there? 55 00:06:56,523 --> 00:06:59,450 You just said you didn't know him. 56 00:06:59,901 --> 00:07:02,046 Who said I didn't? 57 00:07:02,166 --> 00:07:06,124 So you don't even know what the Chief of the Royal Palace Guard looks like? 58 00:07:06,244 --> 00:07:07,834 Royal Palace Guard... 59 00:07:07,954 --> 00:07:10,585 The Chief of the Royal Palace Guard?! 60 00:07:15,655 --> 00:07:18,142 - No Trespassing - 61 00:07:18,262 --> 00:07:20,582 This immense place... 62 00:07:20,702 --> 00:07:23,085 so deep in the mountains?! 63 00:07:30,153 --> 00:07:33,541 Meseems ghosts might have preceded us. 64 00:07:33,661 --> 00:07:34,906 Uh? 65 00:08:20,697 --> 00:08:22,764 Found anything of note? 66 00:08:27,353 --> 00:08:28,566 Oh my... 67 00:08:29,499 --> 00:08:31,259 -What... -What did I tell you? 68 00:08:31,379 --> 00:08:33,758 Ghosts preceded us. 69 00:08:36,726 --> 00:08:38,516 You're late. 70 00:08:38,636 --> 00:08:40,926 Quite swift, all right. 71 00:08:42,169 --> 00:08:47,392 Wonder what sordid fellow would send a woman to such nefarious dwellings all alone. 72 00:08:47,512 --> 00:08:50,661 Did you not join me here after all? 73 00:08:51,283 --> 00:08:55,635 Wow... Isn't this the perfect climate for a ghost to bask in? 74 00:09:00,318 --> 00:09:02,354 What are you doing? 75 00:09:02,474 --> 00:09:08,105 You must spare no salt when it comes to ghostly presences. 76 00:09:08,225 --> 00:09:09,756 Forget that. 77 00:09:10,487 --> 00:09:12,508 If it's a ghost haunting a corrupt courtier's abode, 78 00:09:12,628 --> 00:09:15,057 would we not be dealing with a rather judicious spirit? 79 00:09:15,177 --> 00:09:16,487 Yeah, right... 80 00:09:17,342 --> 00:09:22,258 Ahh... So this damned traitor can't tame his greed even after death? 81 00:09:22,378 --> 00:09:23,875 After death?! 82 00:09:24,823 --> 00:09:26,579 Why, you didn't know? 83 00:09:26,699 --> 00:09:30,646 His Excellency Choi Chanmin was beheaded for treason a few years past. 84 00:09:30,766 --> 00:09:33,335 Choi Chanmin was actually never caught. 85 00:09:33,455 --> 00:09:34,345 Uh?! 86 00:09:36,133 --> 00:09:41,528 The Office was involved with that case as well, if I recall? 87 00:09:43,351 --> 00:09:44,781 That's right. 88 00:09:45,791 --> 00:09:47,952 The true ringleader suddenly disappeared, 89 00:09:48,072 --> 00:09:52,145 whereas his kinfolks were sentenced to death despite being innocent. 90 00:09:52,984 --> 00:09:56,279 Naeuri, he's nowhere to be found. 91 00:09:56,399 --> 00:09:58,191 Rummage the entire premises. 92 00:09:58,311 --> 00:10:01,440 That vile traitor is armed and will resist to the bitter end. 93 00:10:01,844 --> 00:10:05,329 He was pierced by arrows, so he must be hiding nearby. 94 00:10:05,449 --> 00:10:09,821 Didn't it end with very little fanfare for a man accused of treason? 95 00:10:09,941 --> 00:10:13,432 Their failure to catch the culprit... 96 00:10:13,552 --> 00:10:16,261 moved them to wrap up the case in haste. 97 00:10:16,381 --> 00:10:20,365 Abandoning his kindred to their fate just to save himself... 98 00:10:20,485 --> 00:10:22,800 Ignominious varlet. 99 00:10:36,728 --> 00:10:40,815 So did anyone actually see these alleged ghosts? 100 00:10:41,562 --> 00:10:45,042 Nobody witnessed them firsthand, but they mentioned strange occurrences. 101 00:10:46,068 --> 00:10:51,369 Seems like several people met their demise after entering this place. 102 00:10:51,489 --> 00:10:55,906 And as of late, some even saw light coming from inside here. 103 00:10:56,026 --> 00:10:59,774 That is hardly something humans wouldn't be capable of. 104 00:11:01,285 --> 00:11:04,720 All we've been doing all day long is opening door after door. 105 00:11:18,311 --> 00:11:21,031 And I suppose these were his daughter's quarters. 106 00:11:24,776 --> 00:11:28,818 There were far too many anomalies for humans to be responsible. 107 00:11:29,766 --> 00:11:34,545 They talked of walls shaking violently, and utensils floating in the air. 108 00:11:36,550 --> 00:11:39,270 This really calls for a ritual! 109 00:11:39,390 --> 00:11:41,356 Seems like even that had no effect. 110 00:11:41,476 --> 00:11:46,183 During the mudang's ritual, rain and thunder howled from the sky, 111 00:11:46,303 --> 00:11:50,235 and all the sacrificial vessels suddenly set forth towards the bystanders. 112 00:11:50,355 --> 00:11:53,981 So these ghosts of ours can even summon natural phenomena? 113 00:11:54,101 --> 00:11:56,064 Of course not, 114 00:11:56,184 --> 00:11:59,056 but there is something very odd about this all. 115 00:12:31,344 --> 00:12:35,214 I see the keeper here had a predilection for these rituals. 116 00:12:36,862 --> 00:12:38,261 Did you... 117 00:12:38,381 --> 00:12:41,848 find this around here as well? 118 00:12:41,968 --> 00:12:45,474 They could just have buried or disposed of them... 119 00:12:48,035 --> 00:12:53,604 If it was real gold, would they have left it here? 120 00:13:14,697 --> 00:13:16,780 Anything out of the ordinary? 121 00:13:19,283 --> 00:13:22,190 All the door-rings have been removed. 122 00:13:23,060 --> 00:13:24,544 But why? 123 00:13:53,313 --> 00:13:57,207 Looks like they were trying to avoid the morning dew?! 124 00:13:57,327 --> 00:14:01,264 Seeing shadows emerge from an empty house that is suddenly lit... 125 00:14:01,384 --> 00:14:03,937 would certainly awaken people's curiosity. 126 00:14:04,057 --> 00:14:07,435 And from a place haunted by ghosts, at that. 127 00:14:08,166 --> 00:14:10,389 Let the dew ravage your lungs or ghosts haunt your soul, 128 00:14:10,509 --> 00:14:13,078 not much difference, don't you think? 129 00:15:39,195 --> 00:15:40,750 Where is she? 130 00:16:40,462 --> 00:16:41,581 Naeuri... 131 00:16:41,701 --> 00:16:43,458 Naeuri! I caught her! 132 00:16:47,359 --> 00:16:48,401 Naeuri! 133 00:16:50,732 --> 00:16:54,235 And who are you? 134 00:16:55,258 --> 00:16:59,470 I am only a mudang who performed rituals here. 135 00:17:02,066 --> 00:17:05,303 Soothsayers and now even mudang? 136 00:17:05,423 --> 00:17:08,272 I wonder what's next. 137 00:17:08,392 --> 00:17:11,319 So tell me, why maunder this empty abode? 138 00:17:11,439 --> 00:17:15,511 I left my sacrificial vessels behind, so I merely came back for them. 139 00:17:15,631 --> 00:17:18,340 So why would you try to elude us? 140 00:17:18,460 --> 00:17:20,687 If someone suddenly emerged from such ominous dwellings, 141 00:17:20,807 --> 00:17:23,967 would you not be daunted by that? 142 00:17:24,087 --> 00:17:27,426 Weren't you mudang able to communicate with the afterlife? 143 00:17:28,794 --> 00:17:32,431 People can be much more daunting than the most ominous ghosts. 144 00:18:42,642 --> 00:18:43,777 So, what, 145 00:18:44,368 --> 00:18:47,974 are you really telling me that a ghost was behind all this? 146 00:18:48,094 --> 00:18:51,285 I suppose the rage felt by the ghosts of this clan's ancestors is to blame. 147 00:18:51,405 --> 00:18:52,513 Ancestors?! 148 00:18:54,036 --> 00:18:56,787 Is it because of that pond? 149 00:19:01,276 --> 00:19:04,183 But I hear that you suggested digging that. 150 00:19:04,303 --> 00:19:08,535 It was simply a matter of rectifying this house's fortunes through geomancy. 151 00:19:08,655 --> 00:19:11,075 However, 152 00:19:11,195 --> 00:19:15,256 while we were digging that pond, we found something peculiar. 153 00:19:16,810 --> 00:19:18,132 A ghost? 154 00:19:18,785 --> 00:19:23,039 A huge metal stake emerged from the soil. 155 00:19:25,650 --> 00:19:29,008 I did try to remove the stake, sensing a nefarious energy around it, 156 00:19:29,128 --> 00:19:33,615 but it was so firmly planted, there was no taking it out. 157 00:19:34,395 --> 00:19:35,452 And from that day onwards... 158 00:19:35,572 --> 00:19:37,628 It appeared! That ghost. 159 00:19:41,669 --> 00:19:44,856 Does that explain your ritual? 160 00:19:44,976 --> 00:19:45,960 Yes. 161 00:19:46,691 --> 00:19:50,328 It was to placate the ancestors' rage, but... 162 00:19:50,448 --> 00:19:51,960 But it had no effect. 163 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:55,197 Of course... They're ghosts as well, after all. 164 00:19:57,824 --> 00:20:01,070 Where is that pond you dug? 165 00:20:02,334 --> 00:20:03,686 This.. 166 00:20:03,806 --> 00:20:06,437 Was this planted or did it just spurt out? 167 00:20:06,557 --> 00:20:10,619 This is no stake... It's a post, all right. 168 00:20:10,739 --> 00:20:12,964 Is this that "geomancy" you talked about? 169 00:20:13,084 --> 00:20:15,964 It might be a little too extravagant to be classified as such, 170 00:20:16,084 --> 00:20:21,546 but can you deny its effect on this place? 171 00:20:24,546 --> 00:20:29,567 And would its effects merely stop at controlling this abode's energy? 172 00:20:30,826 --> 00:20:35,626 Ming Taoist priest Xu Shihao once drove a metal stake into Goryeo soil, 173 00:20:35,746 --> 00:20:39,031 as he claimed it possessed the Son of Heaven's energy. 174 00:20:39,151 --> 00:20:41,813 Considering Goryeo's downfall and the subsequent founding of Joseon, 175 00:20:41,933 --> 00:20:47,289 it's hard to say whether Xu's metal stake had any effect. 176 00:20:50,211 --> 00:20:53,424 I need to show you something. 177 00:20:59,483 --> 00:21:00,937 Wow... 178 00:21:02,103 --> 00:21:05,290 How much blood was shed here? 179 00:21:05,410 --> 00:21:07,544 Still feels all sticky. 180 00:21:08,740 --> 00:21:12,005 That is what befits such consuming grudges. 181 00:21:12,829 --> 00:21:17,027 I suggest you leave before any harm is brought upon you. 182 00:21:17,352 --> 00:21:20,259 It is peculiar indeed. 183 00:21:20,379 --> 00:21:22,882 Would you be able to reach that far? 184 00:21:24,701 --> 00:21:26,006 Where? 185 00:21:27,390 --> 00:21:29,271 Right over there. 186 00:21:32,294 --> 00:21:34,548 You and your jests... 187 00:21:34,668 --> 00:21:37,657 How about you? 188 00:21:37,777 --> 00:21:43,451 There are far too many anomalies for this to be considered a human feat. 189 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:47,110 So you believe in ghosts as well? 190 00:21:47,230 --> 00:21:51,525 I'm merely saying it's much too unfeasible a feat for a man. 191 00:21:51,645 --> 00:21:52,916 It sure is. 192 00:21:53,036 --> 00:21:55,574 It would be hard to believe. 193 00:21:56,352 --> 00:22:00,657 It's almost as if someone was trying to communicate something to us. 194 00:22:00,777 --> 00:22:03,269 Be that a man, 195 00:22:03,994 --> 00:22:05,984 or a ghost as you say. 196 00:22:09,186 --> 00:22:12,202 We shall begin ransacking the entire premises. 197 00:22:13,803 --> 00:22:16,029 Looking for what? 198 00:22:16,149 --> 00:22:19,977 Marks on the wall such as that. 199 00:22:20,097 --> 00:22:21,998 And why would we bother? 200 00:22:22,118 --> 00:22:24,535 What if we end up meeting that ghost? 201 00:22:24,655 --> 00:22:26,478 It's getting dark as it is... 202 00:22:26,598 --> 00:22:30,178 Was that not the very reason why we came here? 203 00:22:30,298 --> 00:22:32,694 You take Assistant Heo along. 204 00:22:32,814 --> 00:22:36,083 You come with me. 205 00:22:36,203 --> 00:22:40,917 With all these ominous forces surrounding us, I suggest you leave. 206 00:22:41,819 --> 00:22:44,476 Just in case you hadn't realized it already, 207 00:22:44,596 --> 00:22:47,057 I'm afraid I don't believe you quite yet. 208 00:22:47,177 --> 00:22:49,777 And I could easily apprehend you as the culprit and end it all here, 209 00:22:49,897 --> 00:22:52,901 should I be inclined to. 210 00:22:53,021 --> 00:22:54,351 Let us go. 211 00:23:08,622 --> 00:23:11,156 That temper... 212 00:23:11,276 --> 00:23:13,690 As if he believed in ghosts to begin with. 213 00:23:16,081 --> 00:23:17,604 What else can we do? 214 00:23:17,724 --> 00:23:20,153 Let's get going. 215 00:23:35,671 --> 00:23:39,651 Ohh Ohh... Now what is all this, the moment we set out? 216 00:23:41,625 --> 00:23:45,029 So this is the fate awaiting forlorn dwellings like these. 217 00:23:45,149 --> 00:23:48,358 This place must have been brimming with guests back in the day. 218 00:23:48,478 --> 00:23:52,322 Howls of condolence might swelter the wake of a courtier's dog, 219 00:23:52,442 --> 00:23:56,482 but when it's the courtier who heads for the Pearly Gates, wouldn't he travel alone? 220 00:23:56,602 --> 00:23:58,705 So what do you suggest we do? 221 00:23:58,825 --> 00:24:02,747 How do you plan to deal with this ghost you believe in? 222 00:24:02,867 --> 00:24:05,311 What could a mudang possibly do? 223 00:24:06,291 --> 00:24:10,234 Could a vengeful spirit's wrath be so easily quelled? 224 00:24:11,571 --> 00:24:15,162 So that's what forced Choi Chanmin to abandon this place. 225 00:24:15,282 --> 00:24:19,067 Must have been quite regrettable, leaving behind such sumptuous dwellings. 226 00:24:23,419 --> 00:24:28,257 Had you been working for this clan already? 227 00:24:29,656 --> 00:24:31,335 I wasn't. 228 00:24:32,127 --> 00:24:33,549 I merely was led here, 229 00:24:33,669 --> 00:24:36,487 after learning that something was disrupting this place's energy. 230 00:24:36,607 --> 00:24:39,316 So you must truly be talented. 231 00:24:39,436 --> 00:24:43,002 Was not this abode's keeper accused of treason? 232 00:24:43,122 --> 00:24:45,287 After which he abandoned his kindred and ran away... 233 00:24:45,407 --> 00:24:47,370 Quite the despicable specimen. 234 00:24:48,007 --> 00:24:49,810 Had he been captured and sentenced, 235 00:24:49,930 --> 00:24:52,464 I doubt he'd have any excuse to make. 236 00:25:02,726 --> 00:25:05,897 Will he really be all right? 237 00:25:06,017 --> 00:25:08,866 I'm sure that Inspector Kim already knows. 238 00:25:10,463 --> 00:25:14,293 Ahh... I really can't figure you people out... 239 00:25:20,364 --> 00:25:23,511 Why, will staring at it bring anything to mind? 240 00:25:23,631 --> 00:25:26,542 I have no idea yet. 241 00:25:27,661 --> 00:25:28,967 Aigoo... 242 00:25:35,814 --> 00:25:37,819 And what would that be? 243 00:25:38,861 --> 00:25:40,073 There. 244 00:25:43,046 --> 00:25:45,393 Is that not a charm? 245 00:25:48,237 --> 00:25:52,123 And a charm would glitter like that? 246 00:25:52,243 --> 00:25:55,315 Powerful clans used to believe that golden charms... 247 00:25:55,435 --> 00:25:58,983 would increase their chances of having their prayers heard. 248 00:25:59,103 --> 00:26:02,263 So it is likely coated in gold. 249 00:26:05,385 --> 00:26:06,566 Gold?! 250 00:26:09,737 --> 00:26:11,649 Ahh... Then... 251 00:26:11,769 --> 00:26:17,651 That means that golden charms might be all over this abode? 252 00:26:18,004 --> 00:26:19,636 It is possible. 253 00:26:21,454 --> 00:26:22,690 Wow... 254 00:26:28,161 --> 00:26:31,997 So when you were... "possessed" as you call it, 255 00:26:32,117 --> 00:26:34,251 how did that feel? 256 00:26:35,137 --> 00:26:37,981 There are questions you should never ask. 257 00:26:41,841 --> 00:26:46,473 I was sweltered by high fever, as if on the brink of demise. 258 00:26:49,349 --> 00:26:57,210 After enduring it for over a month, I had to accept it as my destiny. 259 00:27:00,505 --> 00:27:03,944 So even you mudang face dire quandaries. 260 00:27:04,064 --> 00:27:07,084 It's merely what awaits lowly ancestry such as ours. 261 00:27:12,260 --> 00:27:17,492 Tell me, how old are you? 262 00:27:25,019 --> 00:27:27,584 A little more. 263 00:27:27,704 --> 00:27:28,889 Be careful. 264 00:27:29,009 --> 00:27:30,257 Aigoo... 265 00:27:31,065 --> 00:27:33,428 Almost there... 266 00:27:39,285 --> 00:27:40,419 Are you all right? 267 00:27:40,539 --> 00:27:43,839 - Aigoo... My back... - Why even bother going up there? 268 00:27:43,959 --> 00:27:46,644 Ahh... The charm. 269 00:27:49,695 --> 00:27:51,094 The charm. 270 00:28:09,607 --> 00:28:12,109 Why, never seen a gold-coated charm before? 271 00:28:12,229 --> 00:28:16,249 You never really showed interest in any such thing... 272 00:28:20,714 --> 00:28:24,429 I don't think His Excellency put this here. 273 00:28:26,076 --> 00:28:29,515 These are much too different from Joseon patterns. 274 00:28:38,139 --> 00:28:40,300 I was given this in the south. 275 00:28:40,420 --> 00:28:42,927 It is a sort of charm as well. 276 00:28:44,108 --> 00:28:48,010 And she didn't even blink once before that man's ravaged visage... 277 00:28:48,130 --> 00:28:52,298 Ghosts must really be scary, all right. 278 00:29:03,603 --> 00:29:05,655 And what is all this? 279 00:29:08,282 --> 00:29:11,776 It might be about this place's origins. 280 00:29:13,330 --> 00:29:17,418 {\a6}*Namgyeong, one of Goryeo's three capitals; was in Yangju until early 12th Cen. 281 00:29:13,330 --> 00:29:17,418 "There was a man known as Elder Na from the Southern Capital*." 282 00:29:17,538 --> 00:29:20,933 "He gained possession of a land lot to build his abode," 283 00:29:21,053 --> 00:29:26,435 "but his actions enraged the spirit inhabiting the land," 284 00:29:26,555 --> 00:29:29,777 "who summoned thunder and rain against him." 285 00:29:29,897 --> 00:29:34,219 "So vicious a storm it was, the construction had to be halted," 286 00:29:34,339 --> 00:29:37,219 "subjecting Elder Na to great destitution." 287 00:29:37,339 --> 00:29:39,967 "Na summoned a priest from the Hwehwe people*," 288 00:29:37,339 --> 00:29:40,107 {\a6}*How Uyghur people were called on Goryeo and Joseon records 289 00:29:40,227 --> 00:29:44,521 "who suggested that the abode's shape and position could invoke spirits." 290 00:29:44,641 --> 00:29:49,280 "After changing the abode's foundations and planting ten metal stakes..." 291 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:53,742 "around the lot, those spirits were forever repelled." 292 00:29:57,759 --> 00:30:01,878 "Elder Na built a shrine around the ten metal stakes," 293 00:30:01,998 --> 00:30:05,251 "and every year summoned the Hwehwe priest for a ritual." 294 00:30:05,371 --> 00:30:10,265 "This all happened in the seventh year of King Chungmok's reign (1351)." 295 00:30:11,602 --> 00:30:14,804 Back in the Goryeo dynasty. 296 00:30:14,924 --> 00:30:19,889 Then, are you telling me this place was centuries old? 297 00:30:20,862 --> 00:30:23,567 But this place's form... 298 00:30:23,687 --> 00:30:28,059 Is this all... like, geomancy? 299 00:30:28,179 --> 00:30:30,506 Does not seem so. 300 00:30:31,190 --> 00:30:35,401 It's almost as if they arranged it in a formation. 301 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:37,206 Formation?! 302 00:30:42,252 --> 00:30:44,242 What kind of formation? 303 00:30:47,599 --> 00:30:49,884 To repel that ominous energy. 304 00:30:50,004 --> 00:30:52,281 Just like with those metal stakes. 305 00:30:52,401 --> 00:30:56,136 Then, His Excellency couldn't have been responsible for this. 306 00:30:56,256 --> 00:30:58,561 Ahh... Then, that Goryeo ghost? 307 00:30:58,681 --> 00:31:01,253 Ahh... really, this is something. 308 00:31:01,373 --> 00:31:04,424 But there is something that still makes me wonder. 309 00:31:05,248 --> 00:31:10,363 Whether the ghost summoned thunder and rain, 310 00:31:11,715 --> 00:31:13,487 - or else... - Or else? 311 00:31:14,170 --> 00:31:20,063 Whether all these strange occurrences only happen with such climate. 312 00:31:28,650 --> 00:31:33,274 May I ask you what you do for a living? 313 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,606 I wonder... 314 00:31:35,726 --> 00:31:39,383 I don't know what that really is myself. 315 00:31:41,310 --> 00:31:43,502 There are a few things I must ponder, 316 00:31:43,622 --> 00:31:46,023 so remain here at your leisure. 317 00:32:08,990 --> 00:32:13,093 I thought about all this once again. 318 00:32:13,213 --> 00:32:16,870 The pond you were attempting to dig is what invoked those spirits, 319 00:32:16,990 --> 00:32:22,186 which at long last turned this into an inhospitable, haunted place. 320 00:32:22,306 --> 00:32:26,760 The ominous energy surrounding it would have created havoc anyhow. 321 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:28,237 Which is why... 322 00:32:28,357 --> 00:32:32,589 About that slovenly shrine we saw... 323 00:32:34,828 --> 00:32:39,819 It must have required copious amounts of chicken blood, methinks. 324 00:32:39,939 --> 00:32:43,363 What are you trying to say? 325 00:32:43,483 --> 00:32:45,555 I'm sure you're well aware yourself, 326 00:32:45,675 --> 00:32:50,134 but blood spilled can coagulate in less than half a day. 327 00:32:50,254 --> 00:32:55,097 On the contrary, that blood felt quite fresh, 328 00:32:55,217 --> 00:32:58,470 leading me to think someone must have spilled it there on purpose. 329 00:32:58,590 --> 00:33:01,625 And who would possibly do that? 330 00:33:01,745 --> 00:33:04,904 Which is why all the clues at my disposal... 331 00:33:05,024 --> 00:33:09,097 lead to just one single word of warning. 332 00:33:09,691 --> 00:33:11,929 And what is it? 333 00:33:13,753 --> 00:33:16,069 "Leave this place." 334 00:33:18,152 --> 00:33:22,722 Once everyone left this place, what were your plans? 335 00:33:24,433 --> 00:33:26,986 Wh...What are you trying to say? 336 00:33:27,997 --> 00:33:30,935 Despite being haunted by spirits, 337 00:33:31,055 --> 00:33:34,129 His Excellency filled this abode with people without reserve. 338 00:33:34,249 --> 00:33:37,745 Even though everyone was daunted by this place. 339 00:33:38,450 --> 00:33:41,326 The same goes for you. 340 00:33:41,446 --> 00:33:43,999 Was there a reason why you'd try everything to get your hands on this place, 341 00:33:44,119 --> 00:33:47,927 even at the cost of facing those spirits' vengeful wrath? 342 00:33:48,047 --> 00:33:52,357 I merely came here to gather my sacrificial vessels... 343 00:33:52,477 --> 00:33:53,461 Exactly. 344 00:33:54,114 --> 00:33:55,916 To gather them. 345 00:33:56,553 --> 00:33:57,874 No... 346 00:33:59,817 --> 00:34:03,735 It's more likely you came looking for something. 347 00:34:03,855 --> 00:34:09,264 And to my knowledge, only one thing disappeared from this place. 348 00:34:09,384 --> 00:34:12,777 His Excellency Choi Chanmin, sentenced for treason. 349 00:34:21,695 --> 00:34:25,446 So he doesn't even get scared, all by himself? 350 00:34:27,341 --> 00:34:28,958 Naeuri... 351 00:34:30,831 --> 00:34:32,152 And why... 352 00:34:32,272 --> 00:34:35,012 Why would I be looking for a traitor? 353 00:34:35,132 --> 00:34:37,098 Give it a rest. 354 00:34:38,155 --> 00:34:40,720 I recall he had a daughter about your age. 355 00:34:41,917 --> 00:34:43,907 And they say children grow up in no time... 356 00:34:44,027 --> 00:34:47,284 You must forgive me for not recognizing you. 357 00:34:49,616 --> 00:34:52,227 Is using these ghostly charades to pay back the affront... 358 00:34:52,347 --> 00:34:55,839 they brought upon a father who would rather save himself at your expense... 359 00:34:55,959 --> 00:34:58,994 going to make any difference now? 360 00:34:59,114 --> 00:35:01,730 Your jests are not amusing me. 361 00:35:06,557 --> 00:35:08,407 Aww... My... 362 00:35:13,847 --> 00:35:15,293 Naeuri! 363 00:35:17,087 --> 00:35:18,595 Naeuri!! 364 00:35:21,191 --> 00:35:22,496 Naeuri... 365 00:35:48,359 --> 00:35:49,936 Milady... 366 00:36:36,076 --> 00:36:37,615 Magistrate Jang! 367 00:36:37,735 --> 00:36:39,208 Magi... 368 00:36:39,752 --> 00:36:41,011 Aigoo... Naeuri! Aigoo... 369 00:36:41,131 --> 00:36:43,451 Magistrate Jang, are you all right? 370 00:36:43,778 --> 00:36:45,262 Naeuri... 371 00:36:46,443 --> 00:36:47,826 Assistant Heo... 372 00:36:47,946 --> 00:36:49,163 Where is Assistant Heo? 373 00:36:49,283 --> 00:36:52,208 Aigoo, Naeuri... She sent me here... 374 00:38:15,145 --> 00:38:16,652 Assistant Heo!! 375 00:38:16,772 --> 00:38:18,455 Assistant Heo! 376 00:38:19,015 --> 00:38:21,347 - You look that way. - Yes. 377 00:38:22,777 --> 00:38:24,617 Assistant Heo! 378 00:38:25,796 --> 00:38:27,040 Assistant Heo... 379 00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:28,501 Assistant Heo! 380 00:38:28,812 --> 00:38:30,164 - Found anything? - No. 381 00:38:30,284 --> 00:38:32,453 She's not here, I can't find her... 382 00:38:45,139 --> 00:38:46,540 - Magistrate Jang. - Yes. 383 00:38:46,660 --> 00:38:49,655 - You go take a look over there. - Yes. 384 00:38:50,612 --> 00:38:51,871 Assistant Heo! 385 00:39:04,843 --> 00:39:06,459 Assistant Heo? 386 00:39:06,925 --> 00:39:09,291 Assistant Heo! Where are you? 387 00:39:20,062 --> 00:39:21,632 Assistant Heo!! 388 00:39:21,752 --> 00:39:24,663 I can't see a thing. 389 00:39:32,339 --> 00:39:33,862 Naeuri! 390 00:39:35,214 --> 00:39:36,489 Magistrate Jang! 391 00:39:36,609 --> 00:39:38,736 What's the matter? 392 00:39:40,846 --> 00:39:43,027 Wait... This... 393 00:39:43,940 --> 00:39:46,769 Was she taken by the spirits? 394 00:40:35,828 --> 00:40:37,134 Assistant Heo! 395 00:40:37,254 --> 00:40:38,517 Assistant Heo! 396 00:40:43,427 --> 00:40:44,981 Assistant Heo! 397 00:40:51,696 --> 00:40:54,127 What on earth is going on? 398 00:41:09,095 --> 00:41:12,327 What is this place?! 399 00:41:34,625 --> 00:41:35,801 Assistant Heo! 400 00:41:35,921 --> 00:41:38,382 - Assistant Heo! - Asisstant Heo!! 401 00:41:39,143 --> 00:41:40,651 Assistant Heo! 402 00:41:40,771 --> 00:41:43,185 - Assistant Heo! - Naeuri! 403 00:41:43,305 --> 00:41:45,485 There... That way! 404 00:41:45,605 --> 00:41:47,057 Assistant Heo! 405 00:41:47,632 --> 00:41:49,855 Where are you? 406 00:41:49,975 --> 00:41:51,549 Down here. 407 00:41:51,669 --> 00:41:54,829 Naeuri... Inside the well! 408 00:41:54,949 --> 00:41:56,899 - Naeuri! - Assistant Heo! 409 00:41:57,925 --> 00:42:00,646 Are you all right? Any injuries? 410 00:42:00,766 --> 00:42:03,801 Nothing serious, thankfully. 411 00:42:04,392 --> 00:42:06,901 Let us find something to pull her out of there. 412 00:42:07,021 --> 00:42:09,403 - Yes, yes... - Hold on a moment! 413 00:42:09,523 --> 00:42:10,787 Naeuri, 414 00:42:11,642 --> 00:42:14,813 I think someone else might be here. 415 00:42:15,139 --> 00:42:17,036 Someone else? 416 00:42:17,156 --> 00:42:19,481 That mudang who came with me perished. 417 00:42:19,601 --> 00:42:23,957 No... I'm sure there is someone here. 418 00:42:30,999 --> 00:42:33,797 I don't know who you're referring to, 419 00:42:33,917 --> 00:42:36,393 but we can talk about that after we leave this place. 420 00:42:36,513 --> 00:42:39,117 This place is too dangerous. 421 00:42:39,237 --> 00:42:43,780 I don't think I could even explain what I witnessed. 422 00:42:53,491 --> 00:42:56,476 We found His Excellency Choi Chanmin's body. 423 00:42:56,596 --> 00:42:58,142 What's that supposed to mean? 424 00:42:58,262 --> 00:43:01,298 He was found inside a well behind your abode. 425 00:43:01,418 --> 00:43:03,863 Was there ever a well there? 426 00:43:03,983 --> 00:43:07,640 What were you digging up that soil for? 427 00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:13,687 Isn't filling holes with water what behooves you to do in a place where traitors lived? 428 00:43:15,397 --> 00:43:19,614 Doesn't look like you found anything of note there?! 429 00:43:21,650 --> 00:43:24,899 I think that from now on we might get to meet each other a lot more frequently. 430 00:43:52,259 --> 00:43:54,777 Mysterious metal posts made ironware float in the air, 431 00:43:54,897 --> 00:43:58,858 at times hurling themselves at bystanders or even pulling them. 432 00:43:58,983 --> 00:44:01,067 Coming alongside thunderbolts, the effect is like that of a magnet. 433 00:44:01,187 --> 00:44:02,901 Pure coincidence as it might have been, 434 00:44:03,021 --> 00:44:08,684 the abode's peculiar structure might be behind these phenomena. 435 00:44:08,804 --> 00:44:12,426 Both its structure and decorations differ from anything found today, 436 00:44:12,546 --> 00:44:16,949 making it impossible to pinpoint this design's origins. 437 00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:19,747 These objects clearly have a purpose for someone, 438 00:44:19,867 --> 00:44:23,691 but as it stands, there is no way to find out the truth. 439 00:44:53,969 --> 00:44:56,658 - Kim Hyeongdo - 440 00:44:57,622 --> 00:44:59,841 {\a6}This is a FREE fansub. NOT for SALE! Get it for FREE @ withs2.com 441 00:44:57,622 --> 00:44:59,841 Brought to you by WITH S2 Written In The Heavens Subbing Squad 442 00:44:59,961 --> 00:45:02,371 Main Translator and Timer: Anarchist 443 00:45:02,491 --> 00:45:04,536 Timing QC: julier Editor/QC: thunderbolt 444 00:45:04,656 --> 00:45:06,290 Coordinators: mily2, ay_link 445 00:45:06,410 --> 00:45:07,996 It's me. 446 00:45:08,116 --> 00:45:09,271 Kim Hyeongdo. 447 00:45:09,391 --> 00:45:11,695 I'm afraid we never met before. 448 00:45:11,815 --> 00:45:13,838 Is this what people had been talking about? 449 00:45:13,958 --> 00:45:17,001 It always had been there to begin with, people just didn't see it. 450 00:45:17,121 --> 00:45:20,094 To my surprise, she was alive. What should I do? 451 00:45:20,214 --> 00:45:24,204 Wouldn't going back to where you first started solve it? 452 00:45:25,916 --> 00:45:27,719 Wait a moment! 453 00:45:27,839 --> 00:45:30,682 There is no time. Where did the carriage go? 454 00:45:31,263 --> 00:45:33,237 - What are you doing? - It's too late now. 455 00:45:33,357 --> 00:45:36,508 - Are you telling me it keeps repeating itself? - It's what they wished for. 456 00:45:36,628 --> 00:45:39,803 And how could they expect their wishes would turn into this? 457 00:45:39,923 --> 00:45:42,642 I will put an end to that. 458 00:45:48,298 --> 00:45:50,399 Are you happy now? 459 00:45:51,019 --> 00:45:53,521 What led you here? 460 00:45:53,641 --> 00:45:55,371 Watch dramas legally at dramafever.com | crunchyroll.com