Mu-deok smiles as she volunteers to die
Onlookers wonder why the maid smiled agreeing to die; Jin Mu tells the Queen to seize the girl's body, and Ho-gyeong calls her 'my Bu-yeon'.
S1E18 · Episode 18
20 moments · 1h 01m of essential viewing.
Moments, in order
The ice stone erupts and vanishes before the assembly
The Queen insists she is not the one controlling the stone; lightning, thunder and fog follow, and the ice stone disappears from sight.
Trapped mages wake in a fog full of flowers
Inside Jeongjingak the young mages wonder if they died and reached utopia, joke about the Jade Emperor, and find the Crown Prince among them.
A barrier seals Jeongjingak with the young mages inside
Outside, the elders find an invisible barrier around Jeongjingak with the Crown Prince and their children trapped, and start blaming each other.
So-i plays dumb while the prince dismisses Mu-deok
So-i pleads blindness to the Crown Prince's questions, and the prince waves off Mu-deok as a puppy who only follows her master.
Mu-deok regains her power inside the ice stone
Brewing tea by spell, Mu-deok feels her power return and meets a voice in the stone that warns of its cost: earn one, lose the other.
Mu-deok shops for a new body while making noodles
Done being servile, Mu-deok weighs which body to take, from the King to Park Jin, then cooks one last meal for her young master.
Uk begs his master not to abandon him
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.
Uk and Yun-ok open the forbidden book room
Uk wants Jang Gang's confiscated sorcery books, and Yun-ok, keeper of the key, insists on staying to watch him.
So-i returns Yul's umbrella and begs his silence
So-i sweetly asks Yul to keep their past secret; Yul sees she is a pawn to be discarded and quietly pities her.
So-i strikes a deal with the soul shifter Master Kang
The escaped soul shifter hides inside the barrier; caught, So-i bargains to lure mages to him and offers up someone she wants dead.
The barrier drains anyone who casts a spell
A drink with the Crown Prince turns grim when a show of skill leaves Beom drained; Uk finds the barrier takes the energy of any spell.
Jang Gang comes home and remembers Jin Mu's betrayal
As Maidservant Kim waits, the Gwanju returns to Cheonbugwan and recalls sparing Jin Mu after Cho Chung's death, a choice he now regrets.
Mu-deok realises her power would cost every life inside
Watching the drained mages, Mu-deok understands taking the stone's energy would kill them, and that the deaths would be hers.
The Crown Prince rejects Mu-deok's honey biscuits
Mu-deok offers Uk's favourite biscuits in thanks; the prince demands something grander and admits she backs away whenever he reaches for her.
Mu-deok and Yul share memories of Danhyanggok
Mu-deok scolds Yul for nearly setting the books ablaze, and their talk of pine pollen tea snacks and Danhyanggok leaves her knowing he will die.
Uk and the Crown Prince on what they'd do with the stone
Testing the barrier with stones, the two talk mothers, fathers and greed; Uk says he would do what Seo Gyeong did, then hits on a message plan.
Master Kang ambushes Yul inside the barrier
Yul walks into the trap meant for Mu-deok; he is found hurt, and the friends learn Master Kang is feeding on mages and can still cast spells.
Uk lures the soul shifter to the secret room alone
Uk takes Master Kang on himself to save the others; Mu-deok decides to rescue them one last time and runs for the secret room past Yul.
Uk asks Mu-deok to point her sword at him first
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.
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