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It was a mysterious place,
a dangerous place that didn't allow the approach of humans.
Only the mythical creatures protecting the mountains since the beginning
are said to occasionally appear. It is that place.
It is in that Moonlight Garden
that their sad legend was beginning to start.
What did you just say?
You want to become a human?
That's right, I want to become a human.
Get back to your senses, Wol Ryung!
There are guards searching the whole mountain restlessly, trying to find that woman!
Worse of all, do you know who is the one leading those guards?
None other than Sheriff Dam Pyeong Joon!
Sheriff Dam Pyeong Joon?
Sometimes, there are few among humans with impressive talent who can learn special skills.
Sheriff Dam Pyeong Joon is one of them!
He is completely different from normal people who can be simply chased with a sword.
Send that woman away from this mountain immediately!
Cherishing a human woman in your heart will be disastrous for you!
I found it!
Search the area thoroughly!
Yes sir!
Excuse me...
I have something to tell you.
What is it?
I think it's best that I leave.
Why so?
As you know, I'm the daughter of a state criminal.
Moreover, I'm a state slave who has run away.
So what?
As long as I'm here, the chasers after me will keep searching the mountain,
and then, even you will be in trouble for harboring me.
So what?
I cannot let such danger come to my savior.
Therefore, I would like to say good bye.
They can never pose any threat to me.
Also, as long as I'm here, you will never be in danger either.
- But... - Oh, right!
I thought you might be hungry, so I brought some edible things.
Would you like to see?
Which do you like better? This one? Or this one?
Ah, well, um...
I'm good with this.
Ah, then, just a moment.
To have your fill, you'll need to eat at least this much.
Come on.
Ah, is it too little still?
Shall I go pick some more? Wait a sec.
No, that's not it.
This is enough.
Thank you very much.
It is so beautiful!
It is really beautiful!
You are beautiful when you smile.
You are really beautiful.
How long have you been living in the mountain?
It's been so long that I forgot about counting.
Do you not have any family?
No. I've been
alone for a long time.
In my case, I have a younger brother.
And a sister-like maidservant named Dam.
Those two are the only family that's left for me.
Where are those two now?
My brother ran away with me, but we split in the mountain.
Dam... stayed by herself at Choonhwagwan to let us escape.
Even though I'm struck sick with worries about those two every day,
there is nothing I can do but to just stay alive by being with you.
Would you be more at ease if you heard news from them?
Would you be able to smile more at ease, too?
Why are you so nice to me?
I would like to do anything for you.
That is what my heart wants right now.
What do you mean? You want the corpse?
It's been 4 days since the boy was hung.
Please let his body be properly buried...
I plan on leaving it hanging like that for 4 more days.
The lowly scums are so ignorant and vulgar,
so that telling them not to do something a hundred times
isn't as effective as a visual example like that.
But he was the son of Deputy-Minister Yoon, who was a friend of yours.
Now he's nothing more than the son of a traitor and a runaway slave.
Why are you so coldhearted?
Then, why are you so concerned about that son of a traitor?
Did you have a secret affair with the late Deputy-Minister Yoon?
- My lord! What kind of a... - If not, then just shut up and stay still in Choonhwagwan.
Or I'll make you bear the responsibility of letting Seo Hwa run away.
My lord! My lord!
What is it?
The corpse... the corpse of the slave hung outside is gone!
What?
You're finally back.
So... were you able to find out anything about my brother?
What about Dam?
How are they? Are they safe?
[Jung Yoon's tomb]
What is it?
By any chance... Did you hear a bad news?
Is that so?
Both of them... seem to be fine.
Both of them...?
So put your heart at ease now.
Don't think about going anywhere and just stay with me instead.
From now on, I will protect you.
I promise.
Thank you!
Thank you so much!
Now I feel like I can live!
Finally I feel like I can breathe!
I'm sorry.
I was so excited that I forgot my manners.
♫ Love hurts like being sick of a cold,
♫The tears are bitter because it comes from love
♫ As much as I love you...
♫ Love hurts ♫
Would you... marry me?
I'm the daughter of a state criminal.
Would you marry me?
Moreover, I'm a runaway state slave.
Would you marry me?
♫ Although it hurts, hurts and hurts,
♫ The reason I live is you
♫ As much as I love you... ♫
You're joking, right?
I'm serious.
You're really going to marry her?
Yes!
So now, tell me.
How can I acquire the Gu Family Book?
Aigoo, I hadn't been here in a while.
I know I've seen it around here somewhere...
Was it this book?
Or was it this one?
You should have taken better care of it since it's about me!
Who would have thought that you'd ever want to become a human?!
To be honest, I still don't understand what you're doing.
Of course you don't understand me.
You've never lived for a thousand years by yourself in loneliness.
Trust me.
Being mortal is much more admirable than being immortal.
That's why human life is beautiful.
But still, if I had an ageless, immortal body like yours...
And with your good looks, I think I could live not only a thousand years, but ten thousand years by myself.
You're just saying that! Do you have any idea how boring and tedious a thousand years can be?
Does that woman know who you are?
No.
Are you going to keep it from her to the end?
Yes.
Because I'll become a human before she finds out about me.
At any rate, I don't approve of this marriage!
There's nothing more arduous and complicated than loving a woman.
I mean, seriously. Why do you think I left the secular world?
Even a human man can't handle a human woman!
Even worse for you!
Ah, found it!
Where?
Oh, it is.
Here it is about the Gu Family Book.
What does it say?
Nobody has ever actually seen the Gu Family Book!
Why is that?
Because none of the divine creatures like you has ever become a human!
In other words...
It must mean that becoming human is really difficult and trying.
Of course it's difficult. Give it up.
Keep reading.
In order to acquire the Gu Family Book,
you have to pray for 100 days.
100 days?
And during those 100 days, you have to keep three taboos.
Three taboos.
First,
you must not kill any lives during 100 days.
Help! Help!
Second,
when a human asks for help, you must not refuse it.
Did you set that trap?
Give me back my sack!
How dare you?!
Third,
you must never reveal your divine appearance to humans.
What do you say? It's difficult, right?
It is difficult.
Then, forget about it and just live as you always have.
At any rate,
if I keep those three taboos for 100 days,
I can acquire the Gu Family Book, right?
Well, according to this book, the day you finish the 100-day prayer,
the Gu Family Book, which contains the pledge of Hwan Woong,
will appear before you, it says.
The pledge of Hwan Woong?
However, everything comes with a price.
If you violate just one of the three taboos,
not only do you lose the chance to become human forever,
but you might also become a thousand-year demon!
Thousand-year demon?
Me?
Nobody has ever seen the Gu Family Book for real.
That means, the odds of success is very slim!
Are you still going to try?
Then, a new history will be recorded on that book.
The second divine creature to become human after Woong Nyeo, Gu Wol Ryung!
Thank you, my friend. You're a big help.
Hey, Go Wol Ryung!
I ask you as a friend. Please reconsider.
This may end with you getting deeply hurt!
For the first time in 1000 years, I met a woman that makes my heart race.
If I let her go, I may have to wait for another 1000 years.
See you in 100 days!
Thousand-year demon...
Judging from the grass on the barrow, it's only a month old at best.
It's about the same time when the hung corpse was taken.
So the girl's alive?
So she is alive.
I don't understand.
How could a woman like her
carry the corpse that deep into the forest?
Hubby! Hubby!
You forgot this.
It's your lunch.
Oh dang! I forgot again!
Thank you.
What's this basket for?
I thought I'd go pick some herbs.
You shouldn't go by yourself. Let's go together after I bring in some wood.
Don't worry.
It's been almost 3 months since I started living here.
I can find my way even with my eyes closed around here!
Even if three years were to pass, it's still too dangerous for you!
I can't be at peace!
Just give it to me.
I'll be alright.
I said, I'll be alright.
Listen to me!
It's not time yet!
Enjoy your lunch, hubby!
I'll be back before lunch, so don't worry. Ok?
You're totally whipped, I see.
Oh, So Jung!
You've come!
Aigoo! I guess the 100-day prayer is taking a toll!
Your face is so pale!
Ah, it's because I couldn't have any meat for 3 months.
So you've got 10 days left now?
11 days to be exact.
I'm impressed that you made it this far.
Well, so far.
Other than occasionally hallucinating about rabbit roast, it's not too bad.
That's nothing compared to the price of living with such a pretty wife.
She even packs you lunch!
Not eating any meat is nothing!
Her cooking skills have a lot to improve.
You mean, you've been eating stuff like this for the past 3 months?
You get used to it after a while.
The power of love is truly amazing!
Well, speak now.
Why have you come for me?
Did something happen?
I found it.
I found a way to counter the penalty. That's what took me so long.
This is made of a 100-year old hawthorn tree.
You've only got 11 days left,
but still, just in case, keep it with you until the last day.
What do you mean?
You're going to dismiss the dispatch force?
We've been going through the mountain for almost 3 months,
but we found no trace of a Gumiho,
and we received no reports from the people about being harmed by one.
Wouldn't further search be pointless?
It is up to me to decide whether it is pointless or not.
I am an officer of the state as well.
If you want someone to work for your personal business,
please ask someone else.
Then, I'll excuse myself.
Sir, I'm back!
Come in!
She's been found.
We just received news that a woman that looks like Seo Hwa
has been found in the mountain.
Did you hear that?
She's alive!
If she was living in that deep mountain for 3 months,
there must be somebody harboring her.
Whether it is robbers or Gumiho, you'll have to catch them first!
Don't you agree?
Seo Hwa! I'm back!
Seo Hwa!
This way!
There she is!
Get her! Get her!
Help me! Help me, Wol Ryung!
Wol Ryung!
Go that way, we go this way!
It's alright now.
Let's go home now.
You have a very interesting power.
To be able to surround yourself with a barrier of woods all of a sudden.
What are you?!
Are you human or something else?
I don't want to fight you.
Do you mean, if you were to fight, you're confident you'll win?
My wife and I have never harmed anyone!
Why are you being so rude to us?
If that woman by you is not a run-away state slave,
I'll apologize for my rudeness.
What are you going to do?
Will you go with us?
I asked, will you go with us?
That's the signal from the Sheriff. Everybody stand by at his post.
Yes, sir!
I can't.
I can't run any further.
Just a little more.
I'm sorry, Wol Ryung.
I should have listened to you.
I caused you to be in trouble.
I'm really sorry.
Trust me. No matter what, I'll protect you.
Just hang on a little more.
Ah!
Wol Ryung!
Are you sure it's her?
I'm positive.
She really is the run-away state slave, Yoon Seo Hwa.
Capture that woman!
Yes, sir!
No! No!
Don't touch her! She's mine!
What are you doing? Get her!
Don't do this!
Wol Ryung! Wol Ryung!
Wol Ryung!
Seo Hwa!
You must not kill any lives.
Wol Ryung!
She's calling me. - No human must see your true form!
Wol Ryung!
What are you doing? Fight him!
Don't touch my Seo Hwa!
No!
Don't come any closer!
No!
Go, go away!
Don't be scared. It's me.
It's Wol Ryung.
Wol Ryung?
Is it really you?
I'm sorry.
To show you this.
This is really you?
Yes.
This is the real me.
I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry.
No.
NO!
No, he can't be.
He can't be.
Are you holding up?
Just bear it a little more.
Did you send a messenger to Officer Jo?
Yes, he'll be bringing reinforcements himself in a bit.
I see.
Who's there?
Wol Ryung!
I knew it! I knew something bad would happen!
Wol Ryung! Wake up! Wake up!
Hey, Wol Ryung!
Are you coming to your senses?
Seo.. Seo Hwa...
That wench is not here!
Find Seo Hwa for me, please. She must be really scared because of me.
How can you still be in love after all this?
I beg you.
You haven't forgotten about the hawthorn dagger, right?
At the last moment, you must do as I tell you!
Got it?
B*tch!
After sacrificing the lives of your maidservant and your brother,
you seek shelter with a magical creature like that?
What do you mean?
Sacrifice lives? Whose lives were sacrificed by whom?
Didn't you know?
That maidservant that let you escape hung herself,
and your brother was caught by slave hunters and was hung as well.
No.
Both of them... seem to be fine.
There's no way they're dead.
Trust me.
I hung your brother myself!
If you had just accepted to bed me the first time,
your brother's life would have been spared...
No!
There's no way they're dead!
No way!
Make her lead the way to the den of that Gumiho.
As soon as you find it, cut off the head of the Gumiho,
as well as her head.
Yoon! Dam!
How... how were you able to come here?
This place should have been inapproachable to humans!
Seo Hwa!
How could you...
Don't tell me it was you who brought them here?!
Don't tell me that you betrayed me?!
What about you,
why did you lie to me?
Dam is dead,
and Yoon is dead.
Why did you lie to me and say that they were fine?
I couldn't see you in grief.
That's why...
I don't think so.
Being a mere Gumiho, you tried to win her heart
by telling her lies, abducting her, and confusing her.
Isn't that so?
Trust me! That's not true!
Then, why did you not tell me that you're a divine creature?
Why did you pretend to be a human?
I thought you were a real human!
I thought that every word you said, everything you showed me were real.
That you were honest.
Seo Hwa!
What are you waiting for?!
Cut that evil creature's head off!
I found a way to prevent you from turning into a thousand-year demon.
What is it?
If the woman that caused you to want to become human
continues to love you even after finding out
who you really are, then you're safe.
However,
if she betrays you,
you have to plunge her heart with this dagger.
Then, you can stay as a guardian of this mountain
instead of turning into a thousand-year demon.
When the worst situation comes, use this dagger at whatever cost!
You have to strike her heart to not become a thousand-year demon!
Do you understand?
Shoot him!
Seo Hwa!
Why did you do it?
I loved you!
I loved you so much!
Why...?
What are you doing?
Cut off his head at once!
Wol-Ryung.
You did well.
I'll let you finish up here.
Lets go.
Wol-Ryung Wol-Ryung
What happened here?
Where is Wol Ryung? What happened to my friend, Wol Ryung?
No, no!
Wol-Ryung Wol-Ryung
Why did you make things come to this?!
He was a holy guardian of this mountain!
He never harmed anyone!
Half of my men were killed by him.
Did he start the attack?
Did he?
All he wanted was to become an ordinary human to grow old with her!
This is all because of his love for you!
Do you understand?!?!?!
In only 10 days, he could have become a human...
With only 10 days left...
Wol Ryung... Wol Ryung...
Wol Ryung...
No.
That... that couldn't happen
The Sheriff sent this along with the message that he finished things off.
Throw it!
Go away!
Just leave me alone!
In her desperate attempt to abort the baby,
she was about to drink lye water!
How pitiful.
After all you've been through, isn't it time for you to just accept your fate?
What is my fate?
To become a Gisaeng?
To become the wife of a mythical creature?
To become the mother of a monster?
I can't accept that! I accept none of that as my fate!
Please help me.
I have to erase this child before giving birth to a monster baby...
Even after eating poisonous herbs
and jumping off from high places, your baby is still growing healthily.
That child certainly cannot die before you die first.
Then kill me!
It'd be better to kill me!
Since the person who brought you here asked me,
I cannot help you with that.
Get her some warm soup.
Yes, I understand.
Seo Hwa!
Why did you do it?
I loved you...
I loved you so much!
Why...?
Wol Ryung!
I'm sorry, Wol Ryung.
But I have to do this. Please forgive me.
I'm really sorry, Wol Ryung.
My dear!
You're not a monster!
My baby!
Chunho, get me some water.
That's refreshing.
It's a pity that you can't drink any wine.
Wait.
Don't you hear something?
Yes? What do you mean?
I think I can hear a baby crying.
I don't hear anything?
I'm positive. It's a baby crying.
Stop for a moment.
Isn't this a baby crying?
Why would a baby be here?
I know, right?
Look, over there!
What is this? A baby?
Looks like he was just delivered, too.
What kind of a beastly person abandons a baby on the river?
Tell me about it.
Aigoo! You picked up a fortune!
A fortune-bringer!
You got yourself a fortune-bringer!
Who are you?
I am called So Jung.
Aigoo, let's see...
In my travels from here to there,
I have learned to read the signs of the heavens,
and it seems that if you take in this child and raise him,
you'll receive a great blessing!
Indeed, you're quite lucky, Mr. Park!
To pick up a fortune-bringer at a picnic!
While we're at it,
I'll give him a name.
Since he was abandoned in the river, how about Kang Chi?
River Kang, and abandon Chi, so Kang Chi.
Then, he can have the family name of Mr. Choi, so Choi Kang Chi!
Sirs, I'm not even married yet!
Choi Kang Chi, what a good name!
What do you think, Mr. Park?
It is a mysterious place,
a wild site of nature, inapproachable to human feet.
Even though the sad love between Gu Wol Ryung and Seo Hwa has ended,
another legend was just starting,
Kang Chi...
Choi Kang Chi...
Let him grow into a wholesome human being
living among ordinary people.
Choi Kang Chi!
The fate is about to appear, but it would be best if it could be avoided.
Isn't fate something determined by the heavens?
If you can avoid it by trying, that's not fate!
Don't worry.
I, Kang Chi will protect you.
What happens if I don't avoid that fate?
What if I can't avoid it?