He spreads his arms wide and invites King Taejo to kill him right now, but King Taejo lowers his bow, growling that Bang-won is a monster. The king draws his bow and aims at Bang-won, who asks why he hesitates when he’s already committed unforgivable acts. At the same time, King Taejo sits by Bang-seok’s body and despairs that revenge for the death of his son will only be fulfilled by killing another son.īang-won confronts King Taejo in the throne room and admits that Bang-beon, the king’s older son with Queen Sindeok, will also have to die. Growing morose, he wonders how much more blood he’ll have to spill to create the world he dreams of. Sun-ho tries to make Sung-rok leave and save himself, but Sung-rok refuses to abandon his master.Īt his mother’s shrine, Bang-won tells her that she’ll now be remembered officially as a queen. He warns Sun-ho to stay in the hideout, because those who fought against Bang-won are being arrested and killed. Thankfully, there was one other survivor at Chwiwoldang besides Sun-ho - Sung-rok, who takes the badly injured Sun-ho to their hideout. Bang-won admits that Hwi has never truly been his, and when Hee-jae warns him not to get attached, he says, “Our emotions can’t be controlled.” He offers her a reward, so she asks for Hwi’s freedom. I wish to rest now.” He walks away, but he suddenly spits up blood and collapses, his internal organs damaged by the medicine he’s been taking to counter the effects of the viper poison.Īfter leaving Hwi with a doctor, Bang-won thanks Hee-jae for her help by stopping the king from entering the city gates last night. He tells Hwi that it was necessary to break his father’s spirit, but Hwi just says wearily that too many people have died or been injured just so he could get his revenge.īang-won says they both did what they had to do, for revenge and for revolution. He says that he’ll know when the king’s tears are sincere, because it will be the day he loses his country.īang-won finds Hwi, aware that Hwi is shocked and saddened that he killed his own brother. Still covered in blood, Bang-won finds King Taejo and mocks him for putting on a dramatic show of grieving to earn the people’s sympathy and make him into the villain again. In the morning, Bang-seok’s body is prepared for burial. The sight makes Hwi cry, and his friends give him privacy when he walks away. Hwi and his friends arrive at the palace just as Bang-won is telling the sobbing king that his youngest son is dead because of his greed. It’s not they will choose to live in this new world that will make or break them, and whether they can let the past go and move on. Our heroes face the aftermath of a night that changed both of their lives forever, but not necessarily for the good. One revolution may be over, but the work of building a new nation has only begun. 44 NovemNovemMy Country: The New Age: Episode 13 by LollyPip

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