Jang Uk is sworn in as a mage of Songrim Jeongjingak
Uk receives the uniform, Spirit Plaque and Book of Regulations, bows to the leader and his peers, and the mages head off to party on the Jang family's tab.
S1E9 · Episode 9
26 moments · 1h 03m of essential viewing.
Moments, in order
Gray hairs and a hangover pill
Two old friends reminisce about Uk as a newborn, then squabble over a raisin tree pill and whether one of them is going gray.
Uk shows off his uniform and thanks his master
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.
Park Jin chases Maid Kim with a hangover pill
Uk and Mu-deok split Master Heo's pill, and Park Jin keeps trying to hand his to Maid Kim as she walks away.
The conspirators' plan: a fake Bu-yeon for Jin Ho-gyeong
Plotters discuss the King's Star and Jang Gang's sealed ice stone, how young Bu-yeon found it, and a scheme to plant a false daughter on Jinyowon.
A blind girl from Sari Village goes looking for Mu-deok
Travelers pity a blind girl hunting the friend who robbed her, named Mu-deok; in the market purses and rings go missing, and her loot disappoints.
Tipsy Yul holds Mu-deok's hand and asks if it was all a lie
Lost and a little drunk, Yul confesses he has gone astray, lets Mu-deok lead him, then asks about the illusion that said she loved him.
Master Heo blames Park Jin for losing Do-hwa
Drunk Master Heo reveals he brought Do-hwa to Sejukwon to match her with Park Jin, who never said the words; his shrug at lost love sends Maid Kim off.
Maid Kim's petal-picking ends in Master Lee's arms
Picking petals at Chwiseonru, Maid Kim slips and is caught by Master Lee, who came only for food; untangling them leaves him rattled.
Heo Yun-ok arrives at Sejukwon, thinking of the arrogant mage
Sun-i teases Yun-ok about the marriage candidates her grandfather picked; Yun-ok insists she came to work, but wonders if she will see the stranger again.
Uk defends sorcery and Master Heo explodes
Master Heo signs Uk up as a marriage candidate, then learns he wanted Naksu as a master and would use sorcery to save a life; he demands his energy back.
The Crown Prince crashes the party with a toast for Uk
To everyone's alarm, the defeated Crown Prince arrives with wine, pours Uk a gracious congratulatory drink, and gets one back.
Cho-yeon's father brings home a girl who might be Bu-yeon
Master Jin returns from a southern island with an orphan of the right age, but Jinyowon's door gives its verdict and Ho-gyeong sends her away.
Ho-gyeong remembers Bu-yeon and turns to Jin Mu
A memory of blind Bu-yeon sensing a dead bird's energy, then Ho-gyeong agrees to work with the half-brother she abhors to find her.
A stranger bluffs her way to Chwiseonru looking for Mu-deok
Turned away, a woman claims to be a mage from a great family strikes a doorman, then admits she plans to live off Mu-deok.
The Crown Prince vents to Mu-deok and asks about the sachet
Outside, the Crown Prince confesses how much he hates her master, threatens to kill her first next time, then checks where his sachet really went.
Mu-deok is barred from following Uk into Songrim
As drunk Uk is carried in, the gate guard rules a maid cannot enter and a trainee cannot leave; Mu-deok begs to be taken along.
Yun-ok realizes her patient is the arrogant mage
Master Heo greets his granddaughter, finds the drunk patient is Uk, praises him as a genius, and leaves Yun-ok to tend the man she met before.
Mu-deok waits outside the wall, and Yul sends her home
Uk drunkenly calls for her inside; outside, Mu-deok swears she will kill him if he abandons her, and Yul carries her vow to get into Songrim.
Uk wakes up to Sun-i instead of Mu-deok
Hungover Uk asks for Mu-deok and gets the maid from the inn, learns who Yun-ok is, and Maid Kim says she reminds her of Madam Do-hwa.
Park Jin and Maid Kim's lover's quarrel, and slow-witted Dang-gu
Park Jin's logic sets off a spat with Maid Kim that everyone can read, and Dang-gu gets scolded for trying to follow Uk and Yun-ok.
Uk and Yun-ok trade names and a secret
Uk asks Yun-ok to keep the soul shifter attack quiet; she thinks he means her embarrassment, then he teases her about her grandfather's boasts.
Uk asks for Mu-deok and decides to follow the rules
The leader refuses an exception and probes whether Uk needs his maid to reach a secret master; to protect her, Uk gives in.
Maid Kim visits trainee Uk and tells him to leave Mu-deok be
Uk starts basic training under the regulations; Maid Kim beams with pride, then lists everything Mu-deok did for him and says she is better off without him.
Mu-deok fears Uk has abandoned her
Mu-deok worries he has dropped her like 12 past masters, scoffs at a servant recruitment contest, and hears Uk's message is to enjoy the flowers.
Mu-deok realizes she is the bird egg Uk loves
Maid Kim asks who Uk loves, a woman like a single egg atop a tall tree; Mu-deok recalls the jade eggs and her rule, while Uk says he misses her.
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