Alchemy of Souls: Light and Shadow (Hwanhon: Bichgwa Geurimja / 환혼: 빛과 그림자)

ALCHEMY OF SOULS LIGHT & SHADOW

Tell me.

What is inside my body?

I would at least like to know…

before I die.

When I was gravely hurt and unconscious,

I heard that you gave me your blood.

Is that right?

I was only trying to save you.

I thought the energy of the blood parasite could save you.

The blood parasite?

So there is a parasite inside my body.

I was told the medicine would make it better.

That is why I kept sending them to you.

But you did not take them?

Why not?

Did you not take what I sent you

because you could not trust someone like me,

Young Master Seo?

Put it back.

Put the parasite back into me.

-Put it back-- -Do not move.

The cut is quite deep.

You are truly reckless.

Even someone like me gave it by simply making a cut.

So why can you not do the same?

Once it entered my energy-filled body,

it entered the core of my energy.

It has settled there

and is eating away at my energy.

I will die once my energy runs out.

There must be a way.

Master Jin U-tak was the one who gave it to me,

so it must be a relic from Jinyowon.

They must have a way to get rid of it.

Is Gwanju Jin Mu of Cheonbugwan the one who is providing you with the medicine?

He must have been the one who told you to spread

those rumors about Naksu.

Does he know that I have the blood parasite?

No one does.

Do not send me any more medicine.

I will not be seeing you again.

I returned to settle things one last time.

Please continue keeping this a secret.

Why are you letting me go

when I am the reason you will die?

Do you not want to kill me?

You said you only did it to save me,

and I believe you.

Maidservant Kim gave this to me.

I see that they are precious diamonds.

Are you giving them back?

-Please take them. -So it is a rejection.

I understand.

Why are you trembling so much?

For the past three years,

I was anxious I would come face to face

with a situation like this.

I teared up just from thinking about it.

Now that it is happening,

the pain is unbearable.

Was that

the only thought you had during that time?

Then see for yourself

what my past three years were like.

This is

the charm that helps two people become lovers,

Did you have it all along?

I have never thought

that you would forget me…

unless I abandoned you first.

Then…

does this mean you wanted to show me…

that you had kept it

all this time?

I would have thrown it away if I wanted to,

not brought it to show you.

Thank you.

Just knowing that you did not discard it

gives me a sense of relief.

I appreciate your heartfelt gift.

But I cannot wear this in public for now.

That is fine.

You can just hold on to it.

But it is a gift, after all.

It would be a waste just to hold on to it.

Then would you like to wear it right now?

What do you think?

Do I look pretty?

Yes.

You are truly radiant

and beautiful.

Thank you for your help.

I did not want people to keep talking about Naksu either.

With this, Uk erased Naksu from this world once and for all.

I hope he erased her from his heart as well.

Everyone knows that Naksu was Uk's true love.

I understand why you do not welcome him as your son-in-law.

Why did he take Bu-yeon?

I understand that she went

because she did not want to become the heiress.

But I cannot wrap my head around why he accepted her.

Bu-yeon is a priestess who can see energy.

She saw the energy of the sky in the ice stone that burdens Uk

at first glance.

The energy of the sky in the ice stone?

She said she would protect him.

I hope those two

will keep each other safe.

So you are still dreaming.

It breaks my heart.

I am not dreaming.

Do you

recognize me?

Yes.

You woke me up.

I was not trying to wake you up.

You had mistaken me for someone else.

I only stayed because I could not just leave you like that.

I thought you were still dreaming.

Then let us pretend that I am.

I will go back to bed, so leave.

I have not slept

so soundly in a long time.

You have me to thank for that.

Thanks to you, my sleep was interrupted.

Can you not feel the warmth in here?

The wraiths fled because of me.

See? You are not cold anymore, are you?

If I leave,

you will not be able to sleep well like you just did.

-Should I go? -In that case,

stay.

We both need to sleep.

So sleep here and do not wake me up.

All right.

I will do that.

After all, it would be useful of me

to help you sleep better.

I heard that the ice stone keeps you awake.

Is that not why you brought me here?

To sleep better?

Yes.

That is why.

I want to fall into a deep sleep.

Uk,

are you having a hard time

because you have trouble going to sleep?

I feel bad for waking you up.

Should I pat you again so you can sleep well?

What?

I patted you as you fell asleep.

I patted you until my wrist hurt.

ShalI I do it again?

Forget it. You--

Here.

Do not cross this line.

There, now you feel warm.

Yes.

It feels warm.

For the price of sparing Jang Uk, who had the ice stone,

the mages from all the other families

left Jeongjingak.

Master Seo Gyeong, my former master, built this place.

But now it is empty.

They are excluding us out of jealousy and fear

that Songrim has the ice stone.

Thanks to Jang Uk,

Songrim's power has not diminished even by a bit.

Yeom, you have not matured despite growing three years older.

Master Seo did not build Jeongjingak

to see which mage was the strongest,

but for unity and education.

I apologize, Master Lee.

I have failed to honor his wishes.

No, you did your best, Jin.

You swore on your life and protected Uk.

You pacified the mages from other families.

You also retired at such a young age.

You always favor Jin over me.

I heard that you treated Jin Bu-yeon.

Right, remember what she said last time?

She said she was treated by the best physician in Daeho Fortress.

And that physician was our master.

Lady Jin desperately begged me to treat her daughter in secret.

Now that she has wedded Jang Uk and her existence has been revealed,

there is nothing to hide anymore.

Jang Uk must be the one who kidnapped her on her wedding day.

He recklessly declared their marriage

and brought the Unanimous Assembly into turmoil.

So that is what you call fate.

Something…

that humans cannot control.

How heartwarming.

Keep going.

What was that?

That memory was not from last night.

Was that also her memory?

Master,

I finally did it.