My Country: The New Age (My Nation / Naui Nara / 나의 나라)

THIS DRAMA IS A FICTIONAL STORY BASED ON HISTORICAL FACTS

SOME ORGANIZATIONS AND CHARACTERS IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS

You're actually here.

I am.

I'm here to kill you.

Your Highness!

Bring the physician. Now!

No.

Why...

Why on earth...

You did not see anything.

If rumors spread,

I will slay you first.

Okay.

Chi-do!

Chi-do!

-Are you all right? -Chi-do,

what the heck happened?

Where is Hwi?

Why choose this obvious path to death

instead of choosing to live?

Why?

EPISODE 9

An assassin attacked Bang-won.

It is too early to tell, but he is in critical condition.

-Where is the assassin? -Tae-ryeong locked him up.

They'll interrogate him soon to find out who put him up to it.

But the thing is,

your son is locked up with him.

Thanks for your hard work.

Rest now.

What brings you here, my lord?

I heard about what happened to His Highness.

I must see how he is doing, so make way.

Nothing happened.

Please leave.

To my eyes, it does not seem to be the case.

I wish to get to the bottom of what happened.

If you stand in my way,

I will take your life to clear the way.

How is he?

His pulse is barely detectable.

It seems like the poison has already spread throughout his body.

And?

We should prepare ourselves for the worst-case scenario.

You may leave.

How did you end up like this?

You looked as if you could even rip the sky into pieces.

How come you are barely breathing now?

And it seems like

you will stop breathing for good very soon.

The secret letter will be gone for good if you are gone.

Who, other than you, would dare to stand against me?

Is it painful?

I have been struggling my whole life to get a taste

of the things that you were born to.

I put up with mockery while cleaning King Woo's palanquin.

I gained His Majesty's trust only after smearing my hands with my comrades' blood.

Since everything came so easy for you,

there is no way you'd understand how humiliating that is!

History

will despise you for killing Poeun.

And you will die at the hands of your own soldier and will be laughed at.

So...

listen to my words while you can still breathe.

I will get the Crown Prince under my thumb

and make sure to become the real power behind the throne.

Where is the assassin?

Hwi.

Drag him out.

What more do you want?

What more do you want from me?

You know the answer.

No, Father. Please don't.

Let go. Let go of me, you bastards!

You barked well

but didn't bite hard enough.

That is why you are tied to the leash like this.

Harsh torture awaits you,

and you will end up

saying my name.

That absolutely

will not happen.

"Absolutely," "never," "at all costs," and "without fail."

Those are words that I do not trust.

Take your own life.

Just like your father who died to save you and Yeon,

take your own life to keep Yeon safe.

Father!

Did you do this to my father as well?

Would you believe me if I said no?

Stalling won't change anything.

You promised me

you will look after Yeon.

You must keep that promise.

Everything depends on your decision.

Cry.

Blame me like you have always done.

After all, that is what you are best at.

After I leave for the palace tomorrow,

you shall kill Yeon.

I'll tell the King

that a private soldier revolted and killed the Prince.

His Highness is not dead.

Will that be the case tomorrow?

Kill Bang-won.

Put this on the arrowhead.

He will die even if the arrow grazes him.

The moment he finds out that you're a spy, everything will be over.

The moment Nam Jeon orders me to kill Bang-won,

I will hand the letter to Bang-won.

The letter is evidence of the past,

and I am evidence of the present.

Chi-do.

-Things are not going as planned. -What do you mean?

Bang-won came to the hut. He now knows that you're a spy.

I am Nam Jeon's spy.

I truly wished

to take you under my wing

because I liked your archery skills and your bravado.

That is why I gladly joined your game.

But the objective of the game was to kill me?

I cannot help

but laugh at myself.

You are not the one

I'm after.

Then who is it?

My sole goal

has always been taking Nam Jeon down.

Nam Jeon?

Is this the original letter?

How can I trust you?

There is a witness.

Nam Jeon, that son of a bitch.

He tried to frame His Majesty...

I mean, he tried to frame General Yi for treason to get him killed.

But because he feared that he might get caught,

he killed all his comrades instead and sided with General Yi.

I saw everything with my own two eyes.

Is it true?

How could I dare to lie in front of Your Highness?

I only did what I was ordered to do.

Your Highness, please spare my life.

I must take your life

because you obeyed such orders.

Why me?

Only through you can the letter reach His Majesty.

Then why now?

I had to wait until Nam Jeon gave me the order to kill Your Highness.

I will

tell His Majesty what he ordered me to do.

The letter proves that he tried to kill His Majesty,

and I am the proof that he tried to assassinate you.

I will

take Nam Jeon down.

But this could cost you your life.

Your Highness will have to die as well.

Why did your arrows

pierce through my chest armor?

I could not have fooled Nam Jeon

by just pretending to shoot you.

After all, that is why

you drank the poison.

Hey, guys.

I'm mad at you, so don't even call me.

I'm sorry I'm putting you through all this.

What are you waiting for? The liquor.

It's nothing serious. It's not one of the vital points.

Shut up, or I'll rip your mouth out.

Goodness, my fingers are trembling.

I said it's nothing serious.

My gosh, this is odd. Why is the wound already infected?

Hey, here.

-Stop the bleeding first. -Okay.

Hey, put pressure on this.

History

will despise you for killing Poeun.

And you will die at the hands of your own soldier and will be laughed at.

So...

listen to my words while you can still breathe.

I will get the Crown Prince under my thumb

and make sure to become the real power behind the throne.

This won't kill me.

If I were meant to die, I would've died a long time ago.

Soldiers on the battleground

try to walk without knowing they've lost their legs

and try to grab their swords with no arms.

This is

your battleground.

That is why you do not realize that you have

lost your arms and that you're in pain.

When I got stabbed,

the thought that I might actually die

and wouldn't be able to see Yeon again

truly terrified me.

And it made me think of my father.

He must've been so terrified.

He had to leave me and Yeon behind.

I realized that it must have been

truly heartbreaking.