Jang Gang refuses to say who fathered Do-hwa's baby
Pressed about the infant, Jang Gang says sealing his power is the only way the boy lives, and calls him the son of a dead man.
S1E3 · Episode 3
29 moments · 1h 02m of essential viewing.
Moments, in order
Uk takes the blame for his own poisoning
Uk tells the Songrim leader he poisoned himself and his maid only obeyed, then refuses treatment unless Mu-deok is treated too.
Uk won't let Yul carry his maid
Too weak to carry Mu-deok himself, Uk refuses to let Yul do it, hands her to Maidservant Kim and leans on Yul instead.
Heo Yeom gave Uk ten years of his energy
Heo Yeom admits he opened Uk's gate and gave him extra energy to recover; Park Jin insists he take it back to keep Uk far behind.
Heo Yeom finds Park Jin's lonely-night wine
Heo Yeom demands the wine hidden in Park Jin's room, teases him about never getting over Do-hwa, and finds the bottle already empty.
Dang-gu drinks his uncle's wine and gets caught
Over stolen wine, Dang-gu and Yul find Mu-deok suspicious for faking blindness, then Yul abandons Dang-gu as his uncle arrives.
Uk nurses Mu-deok in secret
Mu-deok explains why she took the blame; Uk reveals he has been tending her himself so no mage sees her eyes, and thanks her for risking her life.
Uk kneels and swears himself to his master
Mu-deok sets her terms: secrecy, and the bond ends once she is Naksu again. Uk accepts and vows to serve and protect her.
Jin Mu's secret: his master is in the king's body
Jin Mu feeds a wild soul shifter human souls, then recalls the day the king summoned him and revealed he was Jang Gang trapped inside.
Mu-deok remembers being Naksu, then gets a cramp
On the frozen lake, Mu-deok explains the three steps of a mage and relives her glory as the Shadow Assassin, until her new legs give out.
First sparring lesson: Uk can't fight
Mu-deok tests her pupil with sticks and finds no swordsmanship; Uk vows to beat his father's one-year record for Jipsu.
Uk refuses to help sweep the yard
Asked to help with chores, Uk cites his own laziness and leaves Mu-deok fuming with a broom.
Maidservant Kim and Park Jin trade old heartbreaks
Maidservant Kim raises the rumor that Park Jin is Uk's father; he brings up her acorn jelly for Jang Gang, and both admit to old, unhealed loves.
Uk talks Maidservant Kim into drinking his ginseng
Kim sulks that Uk saves everything for Mu-deok; he flatters her into keeping the wild ginseng tea and brags about joining Songrim.
Heo Yeom thinks he knows Mu-deok's ear
Heo Yeom sets Mu-deok to sweeping and fertilizing; she silently vows revenge, and he grabs her ear, sure he has seen it before.
Mu-deok finds a torrent of energy inside Uk
Mu-deok grabs Uk to his loud protest, checks his core, and discovers Heo Yeom left a great torrent of energy in him.
The plan to steal Heo Yeom's breathing through Yul
To keep the energy Uk must learn Heo Yeom's breathing, used by the whole Seo family, so Yul it is. Uk gets oddly upset she won't touch Yul as easily.
Mu-deok roasts Uk, and Dang-gu decides she likes Yul
Dang-gu catches them spying; Mu-deok lists every complaint about her fickle young master, and Uk pins a crush on Yul to cover it.
Uk buys off Heo Yeom with dark wine
Called in to have his energy taken back, Uk apologizes for the goats in the herb garden and presents rare wine, then more bottles.
Cho-yeon's mother forbids Uk as a son-in-law
Cho-yeon hopes Uk can join the family now; her mother refuses and tells her she must take her late sister's place guarding Jinyowon.
Mu-deok stalks Yul around Jeongjingak
Taking Dang-gu's dating tips, Mu-deok shadows Yul, nimbly catching books and claiming she learned to move at the brothel.
The bathhouse confession
Mu-deok follows Yul into the men's bathhouse to count his breaths, gets caught, blurts a love confession, and Yul sees right through it.
Heo Yeom tells Uk about his mother
Over wine, Heo Yeom says Do-hwa was like a daughter to him and tells Uk to remember her kindness and ignore the gossip.
Mu-deok trades Yul's keepsake for his breathing
Mu-deok holds an old item of Yul's that belonged to a friend who is gone, and offers it back for his breathing technique.
Only Uk gets this close
Both bring back the breathing technique, the energy stirs in Uk, and he warns Mu-deok about her eyes and who she lets near.
The crown prince vows to crush Jang Uk
Jin Mu praises the prince's swordwork, mentions Uk's open gate and the sword he took, and the prince takes the slight personally.
The secret of Uk's birth: a king's son
Park Jin remembers being told Uk's father was the late king, and that a destined king would be seen as treason, so Uk must seem ordinary.
Uk is banished from Songrim
Uk asks to join Songrim and offers Naksu's sword; instead he is banished and, for losing the Spirit Plaque, sentenced to a hundred lashes.
The hundredth lash
After 99 lashes Uk refuses to leave, demands the leader deliver the last one himself, then has Mu-deok take the sword.
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