Seo Yul learns a blood parasite is eating his energy
Seo Yul demands to know what is inside his body; the woman who gave him her blood admits it was a parasite, and he lets her go believing she meant to save him.
S2E5 · Episode 5
26 moments · 1h 01m of essential viewing.
Moments, in order
A returned gift reveals a kept lovers' charm
Expecting rejection after three years, she trembles, until he shows he kept the lovers' charm all along and she puts on the diamonds for him.
Jang Uk wakes beside his bride and draws a line
Uk wakes to find her beside him; she claims credit for chasing off the wraiths so he could sleep, and he lets her stay on her side of a line.
Uk and Yul finally talk about Naksu
Yul admits Naksu haunts his dreams out of guilt; Uk takes the responsibility on himself, then they bicker over who must eat Park Jin's dumplings.
Bu-yeon goes missing after taking in the cold
The household finds Bu-yeon gone and ill; Maid Kim scolds Uk for knowing nothing about her, and he realizes she absorbed the wraiths' cold for him.
Uk finds Bu-yeon gossiping at the market
Bu-yeon haggles for a fan and watches a couple brawl over an affair; Uk tracks her down, tells her to say when she is sick, and mocks her bargain.
The Crown Prince secretly rehomes a turtle
The Crown Prince has his eunuch move a turtle to Chwiseonru as a kindness, then refuses to meet Jang Uk's bride.
Jang Uk turns a palace apology into a taunt
Uk tells Bu-yeon to look lovestruck while he flaunts her to the Queen, rejects her plea to shift her soul, and warns her never to touch his wife again.
Uk warms the turtle's water and the Crown Prince overthinks it
Uk warms the cold water for the Crown Prince's turtle; hearing of it, the Crown Prince spirals into imagining what Uk meant by the gesture.
Bu-yeon's promise and Uk's cruel reply
Bu-yeon thanks Uk and promises to stay by his side, but taking his hand stirs a memory and he accuses her of offering herself as a substitute.
The chicken and the dog
Uk tests holding Maid Kim's hand, gets scolded for upsetting Bu-yeon, and offers a clumsy apology about chickens, pheasants and dogs.
Park Jin gets jealous over Master Lee and Maid Kim
Teasing about Master Lee's old feelings for Maid Kim makes Park Jin brood, and he punishes the gossips with a pot of spicy beef soup.
Master Lee returns to Uk's stone towers
Master Lee reunites with Uk among the towers for slain soul shifters and learns Jin Bu-yeon tried to rebuild one; he reveals he once saved her.
Lady Jin begs Bu-yeon to come home
Bu-yeon tells her mother she is regaining her powers and refuses to leave Uk; Lady Jin sees she is in love and demands Uk come apologize.
Master Lee tells Uk about the fire bird
Master Lee suspects a charm is a copy of the volcano-born fire bird locked in Jinyowon and asks Uk to check on it; Uk refuses to get involved.
Bu-yeon delivers her speech to the wrong door
Bu-yeon rehearses a proud plea through a closed door and counts to three, only to learn she was talking to the wrong man.
Uk refuses Jinyowon, then learns what it cost her
Bu-yeon asks Uk to visit her mother and he declines; too late he learns Lady Jin offered to forgive them and Bu-yeon went alone.
So-i bargains with Lady Jin over the real daughter
So-i asks Lady Jin to remove the blood parasite in exchange for revealing the real Jin Bu-yeon; Lady Jin refuses to hear it.
Uk shows up at Jinyowon after all
Bu-yeon arrives alone with the gifts, then Uk appears behind her and formally apologizes to Lady Jin.
Park Jin fakes illness to keep Maid Kim
Told Maid Kim might tend to Master Lee, Park Jin suddenly develops stomach knots and a fever so she stays by his side.
A servant brings So-i's last message
So-i's servant begs for help and passes on her secret: Lady Jin's real daughter was the blind girl from Sari Village.
Caught at night, Park Jin proposes
Park Jin and Maid Kim hide from late visitors, laugh about feeling young, and he proposes to Kim Yeon of Wol Fortress as the household cheers.
Uk insists on spending the night at Jinyowon
Uk talks Lady Jin into giving them a room; alone, Bu-yeon misreads his intentions before he asks her to open Jinyowon for him.
Jin Mu refuses to let the Crown Prince quit
Jin Mu reveals he wants the fire bird and tells the Crown Prince their pact only ends if he confesses to Uk how Naksu was used and killed.
So-i tells Lady Jin who her daughter really was
So-i confronts Lady Jin about the daughter she hid and tells her to ask others whether that daughter was Naksu.
Bu-yeon's story of the tall tree
Sneaking through the garden, Bu-yeon tells Uk how she imagined sitting alone atop a tall tree hoping to be rescued, leaving him shaken.
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