Freezing Uk's bird egg story
Freezing through the night, Uk asks Mu-deok for warmth and tells her he is the egg atop the tree with only her to care for him.
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Freezing through the night, Uk asks Mu-deok for warmth and tells her he is the egg atop the tree with only her to care for him.
Mu-deok tries to rouse Uk to train after only ten days of progress; he refuses and tells her to just be his maid.
Uk learns Mu-deok staged his escape so he would train, and their real destination is not Sari Village but Naksu's hometown.
A well-trained dog greets them; Uk jokes Mu-deok lured him there to live together, she snaps, and he decides he'd rather stay anyway.
Finding Mu-deok passed out from carrying the luggage, Uk claims the bed as young master, then guiltily moves her there and takes the floor.
Uk protests celibacy while Mu-deok calls it a small sacrifice, until his arm releases energy that bloodies her and she is thrilled.
Uk is happily cooking and fishing with Master Lee; Mu-deok attacks the scene with a knife and calls him a coward.
Uk learns Mu-deok drank with the Crown Prince and finds her wasted, lamenting that this body cannot hold its liquor.
At the tree with the bird's nest, Mu-deok mourns the moon she can no longer see, and Uk vows to master Chisu to take her up.
Uk and Dang-gu watch Mu-deok scold Yul over green onions and soup; he takes it like a diligent pupil and the meal turns out tasty.
Uk sulks that Mu-deok taught Yul to cook, calls it betrayal and cheating, and demands she be indifferent to other young masters.
Mu-deok tells Uk his friends sent him into hiding because he is worthless; he sulks off to bathe and she curses him from outside.
Master Lee warns Uk's arm could rot; Mu-deok calls him lucky and fine, and Uk sees through his cruel master's kind lies.
Uk figures the wedding is Maid Kim's deal to save him; he asks Mu-deok if he should marry, and she will not stay as just a maid.
Mu-deok insists she broke the mirror with her own returning power and lectures Uk that a pupil should die for his master; he sets terms of his own.
Uk promises to climb his way into the palace for the ice stone, and asks Mu-deok to keep pushing him to his limits and stay by his side.
Maid Kim tells Madam Do-hwa the news while Mu-deok recalls their first meeting; Uk asks how he looks and thanks her with a crushing hug.
Before leaving for the palace, Master Lee reminisces about the young Heo Yeom and scolds him over the gift's delivery time.
Master Lee's message is a threat; Mu-deok says once she is Naksu again they part ways, and Uk asks to be her first target if she draws the sword.
Mu-deok rehearses a farewell, but Uk guesses they are inside the ice stone, admits he fears she will leave, and urges her to be honest.
Sword drawn and power regained, Mu-deok faces Uk, who reminds her of their promise and lets her decide; she asks for his other promise.
Inside the barrier Uk proposes using Tansu to turn the ice stone's fog into rain at the cost of all his power; Mu-deok forbids it as his master.
Uk will use Tansu even if it costs his powers or life, asks the Crown Prince to handle the aftermath, and Mu-deok gives her blessing.
Uk finds Mu-deok in the bridal room, says even 13 proposals get easier, ends his training as her pupil and asks her to marry him.
At the cliff Uk relives his vows to his master Mu-deok and her confession, and admits he could not cry for her.