Gu Family Book
Is it really possible for that child to become human?
Is it really safe for that child to be around humans?
You must be worried about your daughter.
I told her to avoid it if possible.
That one of them may end up dying, so she should avoid it.
- End up dying? - But, it's impossible to undo fate.
Once a fateful connection has been made, no person can undo that fate.
It's not something that can be stopped.
May end up dying...
Kang Chi!
- Chung Jo! - Kang Chi!
Chung Jo!
That won't happen.
Tae Seo and Chung Jo would never betray me.
- Tae Seo. - I'm here to kill you, Kang Chi.
- Tae Seo. - Forgive me...
Kang Chi.
No, Tae Seo.
Don't do this.
No!
Please!
No!
Kang Chi!
What's wrong?
- You didn't hear that sound? - Sound?
No, I didn't hear anything.
Tae Seo!
- Tae Seo. - Get away.
Go away. Get away from my brother.
- Chung Jo. - Get away.
Don't come near. Get away.
Get away from here!
Chung Jo.
Get away!
No!
Chung Jo!
Chung Jo.
What happened?
What happened to you?
Choi... Kang Chi...
Choi Kang Chi, that bastard...
Lady Yeo Wool.
I think that kid's become violent again. I don't see Lady Chung Jo, either.
Chung Jo.
My sister...
Chung Jo.
Kang Chi has left?
Yes, he has.
Why didn't you stop him? I entrusted you to keep him safe here.
I wasn't capable of taking care of that child.
I was afraid I'd get hurt by keeping a child I couldn't handle.
You didn't want to help.
It's not that you're incapable, you didn't have the desire.
You don't know how I feel about Kang Chi?
- Master, there's an urgent message. - What is it?
I've gotten report that Jo Gwan Woong's men are heading towards Neung Gok Hill.
What?
Neung Gok Hill... Is that where Kang Chi was heading?
Yes, that's right.
- Get Gon immediately. - Actually, Gon hasn't been around for a while.
What?
Aren't they Jo Gwan Woong's guards?
- Yes, that's right. - Were they following Kang Chi, too?
How did they find out that Kang Chi would go over the Neung Gok Hill?
We better hurry, Gon.
How do we know where he is?
I know where he might be. Let's go.
Chung Jo!
It's me, Kang Chi.
You're Kang Chi? How can you be...
You... weren't human?
I'm sorry.
For showing you this side of me.
What about Tae Seo? Where is he?
Did you...
Did you kill my brother?
Did you?
- Chung Jo. - Get away!
Don't come near me.
You're not Kang Chi.
Kang Chi's not a monster like you.
He wouldn't have killed my brother.
What's going on?
I know there was a way to the Moonlight Garden somewhere here.
Why can't I find the way?
My Lady!
We already passed by here.
Who's this?
Aren't you the deceased Park Moo Sol's daughter?
You still haven't heard anything?
I've got men looking for them.
The longer it takes, the more danger Chung Jo will face.
- We have to find out where she is fast. - But, Head Mistress...
I don't know why, but Jo Gwan Woong's men are all over the mountain.
What? Jo Gwan Woong's men?
All this was done by Choi Kang Chi?
It must be hard to believe, but it's true.
As soon as Park Tae Seo took off the bracelet...
his eyes overturned, and he turned into an animal.
He turned into an animal?
He was so strong. We all attacked him, but he didn't even budge.
Seo Hwa!
My Lord, do you think there was a child between Seo Hwa and Gu Wol Ryung?
That was 20 years ago, so it's just about Kang Chi's age.
I'll kill you!
No way.
How can this be?
So...
Where's Choi Kang Chi?
- I don't know. - Tell me the truth!
We found her lost in the woods.
I really don't think she knows her way around here.
My Lord!
Tae Seo!
Chung Jo.
- Chung Jo! - Tae Seo!
Chung Jo!
- Tae Seo! - Chung Jo!
Tae Seo.
Were you trying to run away from me?
You thought that was possible?
Please let my sister go.
I will do everything you ask, so please!
I don't need you! Take him to the police!
- No, please don't do that. - Then, try to remember where Choi Kang Chi is.
- Where is he? - I really don't remember.
Everywhere in the woods looks the same. I can't tell where anything is.
Then, your brother will be hanged tomorrow morning.
- Take him. - Yes.
Chung Jo!
- Tae Seo. - Chung Jo!
- Tae Seo! - Chung Jo!
Tae Seo!
I need to go somewhere. Take care of things here, and follow me.
What should I do about Park Moo Sol's daughter?
Take her to the inn for now.
Let's go.
It's been a long time, Sheriff Dam Pyung Joon.
No.
I guess you are the head of Moo Hyung Do Gwan now.
I heard that you have retired from office in Han Yang.
And you never came by to say hello?
- How disappointing... - What brings you here?
Twenty years ago, why didn't you kill Seo Hwa?
Instead of killing her, why did you let her give birth?
I don't use violence against the helpless.
Is that why you let that monster be born?
I'm talking about Choi Kang Chi!
Just as I thought...
He must be Seo Hwa's son.
- Right? - Please, leave.
Why are you taking care of him?
You're the one who killed his father.
What are you planning?
Remove that hand!
- Put the swords away. - But, Master...
Put it down!
Leave now. That would be best.
I know you are scheming with the Admiral to plan something.
The fact that you took all that silver...
and the fact that you have men on watch in the mountains.
There's so many suspicious things.
If you are scheming something with the Admiral...
I won't sit back and watch.
Jin Sung, throw some salt!
I will make you regret this.
For treating me this way.
You should spend the night here, and leave early tomorrow morning.
I'm concerned that Jo Gwan Woong might have left a man to watch you.
My Lady. It's getting late.
We should go back.
I'm worried about him.
He must be in trouble because he's missing the bracelet.
Get away!
Don't come near me.
You're not Kang Chi.
Kang Chi's not a monster like you.
Yeo Wool.
Help me.
Help me, please.
Please...
Help... Help me.
Please, help me!
Why should I? You tried to kill me.
- Why should I help you? - I'm sorry.
I've done wrong.
You think begging for forgiveness will get rid of what you did?
You take money from the poor. You harm the innocent.
It would be better for you to die.
So, die.
Just this once!
Just save me this once!
Sung.
Sir!
I will take the shift. You can go in.
No, it's okay.
- I'm okay. - Then, just for a bit more.
- After, I'll take the shift. - Okay.
Who's there?
Stop! Who's there?
You better identify yourself!
What's going on?
Master, it's Choi Kang Chi.
You don't look well, Kang Chi.
Why have you come here looking so hideous?
I'm here to see Yeo Wool.
Let me see Yeo Wool.
I will never let you see her like that.
I need to see Yeo Wool!
No!
Get back!
If anyone tries to kill me, I will kill you, too.
What do you think you're doing? Let him go!
- I don't want to. - You're really going to harm a person's life?
- He's the one who tried to harm me, first! - I have no other choice.
I will have to kill you, then.
I will say it one more time.
Let him go.
No, Father!
Yeo Wool.
No, Father. Please put away the sword.
Can't you see that he's trying to harm your teacher?
- Step aside! - Father!
He's not human. Step aside, now!
I don't want to.
You told me yourself that there are no evil people in this world.
That there are just bad situations.
Kang Chi's like that. He didn't turn like that because he's evil.
He's just in a bad situation. You know that.
- Yeo Wool. - So, please...
Remove that sword. Kang Chi didn't do anything wrong.
It's not his fault!
It's an order as your Master. Step aside.
- Father. - You don't hear me?
I told you to step aside!
No.
I won't step aside.
Never.
Yeo Wool.
Once a fateful connection has been made, no person can undo that fate.
It's not something that can be stopped.
I heard that you left with someone else.
She saw my real side, and ran away.
Was that the reason?
The reason your eyes were filled with resentment and blood?
Someone I thought of as my own brother, betrayed me.
Someone I devoted myself to, threw a rock at me.
Those who I believed to be my only family members, rejected me.
You didn't know?
The ones you love the most are always the ones that hurt you the most.
You get hurt because you love and care about them.
She called me a monster.
Get away! Don't come near!
Kang Chi's not a monster like you.
It doesn't matter how others see you.
What's more important is how you think about yourself.
No matter what I think, I'm no longer human.
Just as you can't turn a mountain into an ocean...
you also can't change the fact that I'm only half human.
Then...
From now on, what do you want to live as?
Why should I think about that?
I'm not this or that. I'm only half of anything.
A man needs a friend to share goals with...
a woman to share his heart with...
and a nation to serve with all of his heart.
That's the best life one can live.
No one will share the same goal with someone like me.
No one will share their heart with someone like me.
Dirty mythical blood is flowing inside my body.
Didn't I tell you already?
I've seen many who call themselves human, but who act like less than animals.
What determines your humanity is not the blood that flows inside you.
But, your decision and willingness to live a good life.
Now...
I will ask you one more time.
From now on, what do you want to live as?
What do you desire to live as?
Kang Chi!
What happened?
What did the Admiral say?
What?
Did he scold you? Was it bad?
Why...
Why are you...
Why are you so good to me?
Just because...
I want to do everything I can for you.
Because that's what I desire.
I want to become human.
Not only half human like this.
But, entirely...
I want to become human.
What are you doing?
I don't know.
I don't know why I'm doing this for someone like you.
I did this once before to save someone.
I will have to see if this works for you, too.
Damn...
My Lord! Should I bring in Park Chung Jo?
Bring her in.
Pour me a drink.
- I don't want to. - It's not a request, it's an order.
I will not follow any of your orders.
I don't want to.
Then, you don't want to know about your brother?
I'm about to make a proposal tonight. Of course...
depending on whether you accept my proposal or not...
your brother's fate will be determined tomorrow morning.
Pour.
Be mine tonight.
If you become mine, I too, will become yours.
Let me go. Please, let me go.
What are you trying to keep by fighting back?
Your body? Your pride?
You're an enemy who killed my parents.
Rather than be treated like this, I will die!
You think your parents died for you? No way!
Your father died trying to save Choi Kang Chi.
And your mother abandoned you, and took her own life.
Who protected you? You're the only one who can protect yourself.
In order to live, throw away everything you can.
And enjoy everything you can.
Do it any way you can!
The desire to live is not something to be embarrassed about.
It's only natural.
Let me go.
Be mine.
If you do, I too, will become yours.
Good morning, Father!
You're up early. Did you eat breakfast?
Father...
Why?
Kang Chi's not someone you can handle.
He's not someone who can have a relationship with a human.
If he obtains the Gu Family Book, he can become human.
If he becomes human, his fate will change, too.
Then, wouldn't the monk's prophecies change, too?
- Yeo Wool. - Fearing a future that's not here yet...
I don't want to live avoiding the present that's here in front of me.
I want to confront it with confidence.
You taught me to live like that.
Right, Father?
I won't step aside.
Never.
Why are you so good to me?
I want to do everything I can for you.
Because that's what I desire.
My Lord, I brought Park Tae Seo.
There's nothing to be embarrassed about. You've saved your brother's life.
Tae Seo.
Chung Jo.
Why are you...
You can't tell?
Your sister has saved you.
Chung Jo.
Did you...
Chung Jo.
Chung Jo!
Jo Gwan Woong, you bastard!
What should I do, my Lord?
I will kill you.
I will kill you!
There's nothing more bothersome than the anger and despair of the weak.
This will be your last chance.
Find out how Lee Soon Shin plans to use all that silver.
If you disappoint me again, your sister will have to pay a bigger price.
You!
Stop, there.
Did you dare leave Choon Hwa Gwan without permission?
How dare you glare at her like that?
Did you say my life may blossom again like the spring flower?
If that happens, what will happen to the best gisaeng at Choon Hwa Gwan?
What?
Chung Jo has returned?
Yes, she's come back on her own.
Chung Jo.
What happened?
Where have you been?
Did you tell me I can fulfill my dream?
You said that this is not the end...
Can I believe that?
What happened?
What's happened to you?
I will become an elite gisaeng.
I want to become an elite gisaeng, and start my life over.
Tae Seo!
Master.
What happened, Tae Seo?
I came to kill you, Kang Chi.
No! Please!
No!
Don't forget.
You're like a son to me.
Please...
Protect Tae Seo and Chung Jo.
I wanted to become like Father.
I wanted to be like him.
If I tried...
I thought I would become someone like him.
But, in a world where Father no longer exists...
I was just a pitiful, weak being.
I detest how pitiful I am.
I hate myself for being so incapable.
Are you the one who made Kang Chi turn violent?
How long will you continue to weep like that?
- Look at me. - I don't want to, go away.
Look at me, closely!
What are you afraid of that you can't look at me?
Why?
You think I'll turn into a monster again, and hurt you?
Or, is it because of that hypnosis?
Why are you so scared?
Please.
Look at me, Tae Seo.
You have to look at me, so I can show myself to you.
What has happened to me... Why I look like a monster...
How scared I am... How lonely I am...
I want to tell someone, too.
But, you are the only one I can talk to!
So, please...
Look at me, Tae Seo.
Look at me, closely!
Kang Chi!
Good.
Friends are supposed to look at each other like this.
In the end, Kang Chi's heart has broken Tae Seo's hypnosis.
The truth always prevails.
So, what will you do?
We will have to prepare for an all-out war with Jo Gwan Woong.
An all-out war?
There shouldn't be any more tears shed because of him.
It's been a while since you've said something to my liking.
So, this will call for the Four Masters to get together?
- The Four Masters? - Yes.
They are the hidden ones who really control Moo Hyung Do Gwan.
The Four Masters...
Wait... I think I've heard of them before.
They are four hidden men who possess money, knowledge, and fighting skills.
There was word that they supported the Dae Dong Movement.
They tried to locate them, but they couldn't be found.
I think the four of them are now helping Admiral Lee Soon Shin.
The Four Masters and Lee Soon Shin...
and Choi Kang Chi who's half human and half mythical being...
- What is it? - You have guests.
- Guests? - Yes, some merchants.
He's finally arrived.
What's this?
Father has ordered me to watch over you starting today.
Watch over me? You?
Me, too, of course.
So, what do you want me to do with this?
Starting now, count how many beans are inside this bag.
What?
You said you want to become human. This is the first task to accomplish.
Do it happily. Okay?
You've finally arrived. I've been waiting.
1,230...
- 1,233... 1,234... - By the way, Kang Chi...
About your parents...
- How did they die? - 1,235... 1,236...
You don't know anything?
Sorry.
Again...
One, two, three, four, five...
But, who's the one who accompanied you?
She's the widow of Merchant Miyamoto.
She's the one in charge of business. She's the actual owner.
What's this?
What?