A hidden lady slips out of Jinyowon and charms a liquor deliveryman
While the household hunts for a missing young lady, a delivery boy meets a stunning stranger who barters for his liquor and vanishes.
S2E1 · Episode 1
24 moments · 59 min of essential viewing.
Moments, in order
Naksu charms, a soul shifter attack, and a haggle over charm prices
Brewers mock charms said to be ground from Naksu's petrified body, until a soul shifter strikes and a mage critiques what they paid.
Jang Uk takes down a soul shifter living in his son's body
Jang Uk tells the brewers to duck and fights a soul shifter who taunts him that they are both monsters, then reveals he is a mage hunter.
Jang Uk is offered a charm against Naksu
The brewers press a Naksu charm on the mage, who wonders aloud if she is still feared; they recall how she stabbed the man who loved her.
Jin Cho-yeon turns away Songrim's leader at Jinyowon's gate
Asked to let Songrim hunt a soul shifter inside, Cho-yeon refuses and blames him for her father's death, denying him any apology.
Jang Uk stumbles into a locked room and a strange priestess
Breaking through a barrier, Jang Uk finds a woman piling stones to climb a wall; she begs to leave with him and sees the ice stone inside him.
The prisoner's crime: existing when she should not
Jang Uk refuses to free her, then asks what she did to deserve the room; she says she died long ago and should not exist.
Jang Uk hides from Cho-yeon and helps the prisoner escape
After her sister checks on her, Jang Uk embeds more steps in the wall for Bu-yeon, saying they are guilty of the same crime.
The wraiths that swarm Jang Uk each night
Maid Kim worries over her young master, and after using the ice stone's power he is beset by wailing wraiths, the price of the sky's energy.
Park Jin's kimchi obsession and Maid Kim's tearful thanks
Retired Park Jin makes crocks of kimchi nobody wants; Maid Kim tries to slow him down, then cries thanking him for stepping down.
Jinyowon's secret: Bu-yeon's body and an arranged marriage
Cho-yeon learns of a sudden wedding and questions who her sister really is; their mother tells Bu-yeon she will wed but never leave her room.
The court mocks Jang Uk as a dark, ominous monster hunter
Officials debate Jang Uk's 1,000-nyang rewards and why he carries Naksu's sword; the Crown Prince is told to praise him in person.
The Crown Prince visits Jang Uk: a splinter versus a sword
Drinking alone among wraiths, Jang Uk trades barbs with the Crown Prince, who calls him a splinter; Uk says it cannot hurt more than a sword.
Bu-yeon hunts her groom and gets Daeho's four most eligible bachelors
Bu-yeon pays an inn madam for news of her betrothed and hears a ranking of Daeho's eligible men, then is chased off as a thief.
Bu-yeon waits at the dock and spots the last bachelor on her list
Bu-yeon accosts strangers hoping for her groom from the Seo family, misses Seo Yul's arrival, and fixes her eyes on Jang Uk instead.
The prisoner reveals she is Jin Bu-yeon and proposes to Jang Uk
Over chicken, the escaped woman names herself as Jinyowon's long-dead eldest daughter, explains her trap, and asks Jang Uk to marry her.
Seo Yul admits he fled, and that he met Naksu first
Back in Daeho, Seo Yul apologizes for leaving his friends when they struggled most and admits he knew who Naksu was.
Bu-yeon's unmatched beauty fails to win over Jang Uk
Bu-yeon argues Jang Uk is the perfect husband to defy her mother and insists he admire her face; he concedes she is pretty and walks off.
Bu-yeon's last pitch: come take me away on the full moon
Bu-yeon convinces Jang Uk she is the real Bu-yeon who sees energy, offers her powers, and asks him to come for her before her wedding.
Park Jin's welcome-home feast for Seo Yul
Park Jin cooks for Seo Yul's return; the friends gang up on the next 'victim' and Yul politely gives up on the charbroiled deodeok.
Drunk Park Dang-gu mourns Jin Cho-yeon's wedding
Jinyowon lets Songrim think Cho-yeon is the bride, and a drunken Dang-gu wails his love for her as he is tucked in.
Jang Uk asks Park Jin if the ice stone could be removed
Hearing of Bu-yeon's lost powers, Jang Uk asks whether a priestess could extract the ice stone, even if it kills him, to finally find peace.
The groom is announced, and Bu-yeon waits with a petal
Uncle Yun-o reveals he will wed Jin Bu-yeon, while Bu-yeon clutches a petal and says she is waiting for her groom to take her away.
Jang Uk comes for Bu-yeon on her wedding night
As the bride arrives at the groom's house and hope fades, Jang Uk appears and Bu-yeon leaves with him, calling him her husband.
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