Kokdu: Season of Deity (꼭두의 계절)

The day when everyone was giddy with joy...

was the day of my funeral.

My man...

who was coming very slowly

from so far away to kill me.

I assume you are ready, so I will escort you now.

I look pretty, right?

I have been waiting for the day that I will go on a beautiful road

dressed prettily with my handsome man.

I would not have dreamed that this day would be the day I am sadly sold off,

holding my handsome man's hand.

You are going to an important place.

How could you say that you are being sold off?

Then shall I say I am going to the place of my death?

Since it is a place that I do not want to go to,

I consider all of it my grave.

You have said that the azaleas

bloom both in this and the afterlife?

I have wanted to bloom with you in both life and death,

but since I cannot be with you even in this life,

I shall return it to you.

The carriage will stop tonight at a mountain near Jeodong.

Hide yourself in the cave. I will come to escort you away.

Have you forgotten where it is that I am going to?

If I disappear, they will kill both of our families.

Our nation will be destroyed, and there will be a bloodbath.

Let the people who run our nation worry about that, and

we should just worry about the two of us.

Also,

this ring...

I will make sure to return this to you.

Oh Hyun!

Oh Hyun!

Let go!

Seol Hui...

No...

Oh Hyun! No!

From the arrows raining down instead of sunlight,

the morning of my man had its light extinguished.

Oh Hyun...

No...

Oh Hyun!

And thus, his war ended,

and my war... got started.

You who stole my man's morning...

you, too, shall never see the morning.

And so? What happened after that?

What do you mean, what happened? She died.

That's it? The end?

Obviously, that's the end. What else would there be?

I don't know. I feel uncomfortable when it doesn't have a happy ending.

The number of people that those two killed was dozens.

What good did they do that they should have a happy ending?

In the eyes of God, who lovingly looks upon all of his creation as his children,

they were just sinners.

Then they must have received punishment, right?

They received severe punishment, all right.

The tribute lady ended up keep repeatedly losing the life

of someone dear to her and committing suicide in this life.

And the warrior was bound to the afterlife as Kokdu.

And so, their punishment was that

they could never meet.

What's wrong? You don't like the story?

What is a Kokdu?

How could you not even know what Kokdu is when you're a doctor?

I mean... the thing is...

I've only worked on technical skills. My knowledge of humanities is a bit weak.

When you die,

the road to the afterlife appears.

But you don't know where you need to go

since it is the first time you are dead.

When that happens, Kokdu comes to guide you

so that you don't get lost and can take the right path.

Kind of like a Grim Reaper?

How could you dare compare such a lowly being to Kokdu?

There is nothing like that in the afterlife.

There is only Kokdu.

So, is Kokdu somewhat good-looking?

Why are you asking about his looks?

According to what you're telling me, I will see him at least once in the afterlife.

If that's the case, I might as well get the most out of it.

It would be better if he's handsome!

What if he's handsome? What?

You want to seduce him and have him go out with you?

Oh! Good idea!

Aigoo, what are you saying!

Gosh. You said that this king or god is supposed to be quite amazing.

Imagine having a god like that as your lover.

How great of a support would he be!

What? Support?

How dare you! Gosh, seriously!

Yeah,

it is because you have someone who is backing you

that you are holding on like this, even though you're a murderer!

What do you mean by a murderer?

You are going too far with your words.

Going too far?

Even though you killed my father!

How is there such a shameless bitch like this?

And so, I told you for sure then!

On the outside, he looks perfectly fine,

but the patient broke his neckbone. So it's dangerous if you press down on his vertebrae.

I told you to do the surgery here

because he must not move!

But the one who still decided to take the patient to Seoul was-

Look at this girl. Look at her!

It's still my fault, isn't it?

You're not even Sa Gye Jeol, but Han Gye Jeol*.

I heard you graduated from Yeon Yi University.

How could I listen to a doctor who graduated from a shitty school like you,

and have my father get his surgery in a place like this!

And so I tirelessly tried to convince you otherwise.

I even begged on my knees.

Don't you remember that? I even blocked the ambulance!

You should have done more to stop me.

You should have stopped me even if you had to jump in front of the car!

You should have stopped me even by offering up your entire soul!

You say you're a doctor, yet you let a patient leave knowing full well that he'll die?

Is that how your school taught you?

So you even filed a lawsuit against me!

I have nothing to say to you anymore.

Let's just do it by the law.

The law? You, seriously!

Let go!

You won't let go? Let go!

What have you got backing you that you're acting like this?

Who's backing you up?

I am my own supporter! So what!

Ten days ago, you smashed a bottle on my head.

Five days ago, you scratched me.

Three days ago, you threw coffee at me.

I have so many pieces of evidence on my body.

I feel very confident.

I will gather all the evidence and sue you,

so be prepared!

How dare you say you'll file a lawsuit!

The lawsuit, my foot.

Apologize to her quickly, and wrap it up.

How can I apologize when I didn't do anything wrong?

There is a reason why that woman is doing all that crazy shit.

She feels guilty because she let her father die as a result of her stubbornness.

And her younger siblings are blaming her.

She's afraid she'd lose out on inheritance.

She needs an apology, so she can insist she is right.

I will do whatever it takes to prepare a meeting, so kneel and apologize to her.

You do know that it becomes medical malpractice the moment you apologize, right?

If they keep insisting on filing a lawsuit,

then I have to take all the blame.

I can't!

Gosh, seriously.

Doctor Han Gye Jeol.

You know that things are difficult for me because of that nuisance, right?

I know.

I know very well that you are worried because you're behind on the construction costs.

The reason I received funds from Pilsung Bio was all for that!

That's why when others see one patient,

I saw two or three patients to do what I could to boost the profit margin.

There's no other doctor like me anywhere.

You should really hold onto me.

What good is that?

Ten doctors cannot defeat one Lord.

Lord?

But Director, weren't you Buddhist?

Do you know how many lanterns I made for you for Buddha's birthday?

Not that Lord, but the construction superintendent*!

She is the construction superintendent of that building.

What?

She says if I just fire you, Dr. Han,

she says she will keep her mouth shut even if we're behind in payments for several years.

She says she won't even take an interest!

Then how much money is that?

Do you think I can throw away all that money and hold onto you, Dr. Han?

I mean, why are you getting so scared like that?

A-Are you okay?

Will this be enough?

O-Or should I get on my knees even harder?

- Dr. Han Gye Jeol... - Just let me see the Superintendent.

Then I will do whatever it takes to appease her.

Okay!

All right, strike while the iron is still hot, as they say.

I will bring her right away.

- Don't go anywhere, but wait here! - Yes, sir.

- Wait here! - Yes, sir!

Okay.

Damn it.

I'm sorry, Dr. Han.

The Superintendent is just too stubborn...

So you should have just let her slap you around a little. Why use violence-

Direc-

- Director. - I know.

I know it's unfair to you.

I also know this makes no sense.

But this world...

is like that.

Let's proceed in a way that's good for everyone.

In a way, that's good for everyone... yeah, that's great.

For hitting me, I'll file a suit for assault.

For firing me, I'll file a suit for illegal termination.

I will do what's good for me as well.

You do what you like.