Lovers of the Red Sky (홍천기)

(This drama is fictional and people or stories are not tied to reality.)

(Prince Yangmyeong Lee Yul, King Seongjo's third son)

Stay here.

Scholar Ha, are you all right?

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

Wake up. Your Highness!

Are you okay?

Your Highness!

Sir.

My eyes.

This...

This isn't Ha Ram.

Don't come close.

Don't come close.

You have my eyes.

My eyes!

Ram.

It's me, Cheon Gi.

Please wake up.

Ha Ram!

Tiger Spirit.

Demon. This is the King's palace.

You have no power here.

Tiger Spirit.

Return.

To where you were sealed.

How dare you?

I will get them back.

Madam, what is the matter?

The Demon lost his power.

This means...

someone is containing him.

Within the Palace.

Are you all right? Are you hurt?

Scholar Ha. Are you okay?

He will recover soon.

Scholar Ha.

Scholar Ha.

Sir.

Sir.

Sir.

Sir. What happened to you this time?

Don't worry. I had the King's physician see him.

Thank you, Your Highness.

What if he doesn't wake up?

What happens then?

The King's physician said he'll wake up in the morning.

Let's give it some time.

Does Scholar Ha faint this often?

Pardon? What do you mean by that?

I was suddenly reminded of the day...

he went missing on Mount Inwang.

That day too,

he suddenly passed out,

and I didn't believe it.

Scholar Ha, are you all right?

On my way to Mount Inwang's observatory last night,

I fell unconscious in the litter.

I don't remember anything after that.

Is Scholar Ha involved with...

the dead soldiers we found on Mount Inwang?

Is your neck okay?

Pardon?

Yes, it's fine.

I'm more worried about Scholar Ha.

What is the matter?

- It's nothing. - It's not nothing.

Why is your face so pale and your eyes so dazed?

It's so strange.

What is?

In a divine place where the kings portraits are kept,

how could something like this happen?

As soon as Scholar Ha wakes up,

I'll take him to the Police Bureau's Inspection Office...

and have him questioned.

The Inspection Office?

Isn't that where dead bodies are examined?

The Inspection Office doesn't just examine corpses.

They investigate many cases,

and keep records of births, deaths, and illnesses.

They can give us some hints as to what's wrong with Scholar Ha.

Are you saying you'll look inside his body?

If it comes to that, we must. What other choice do we have?

Scholar Ha acted like a madman,

and he hurt you and the guards.

You could have died.

Also,

this is how we can help Scholar Ha too.

I don't think this is purely about Scholar Ha.

Something happened to me too in Gyeongwon Pavilion.

Before investigating Scholar Ha,

shouldn't you investigate Gyeongwon Pavilion first?

Scholar Ha is just a sick man who cannot see.

Please reconsider your plans.

I will think about what the best thing to do is.

Until then, no one can know what happened.

I will keep quiet, Your Highness.

You're not coming?

I'd like to stay with Scholar Ha just a little longer.

Very well, then.

Do you know that?

You are...

a very special person to me.

I need you to wake up.

Why am I so sleepy?

(Old lady Samsin: Gave life since the beginning of time)

For a while, the Demon won't be able to come out.

Why are you resorting to such cumbersome tactics?

The Demon spent eternity like this.

He cannot be destroyed in one go.

This child must soon open her divine eyes.

I need her to create a vessel that will hold the Demon in forever.

That darned vessel...

It's only something these two can do.

- Sir. - Miss Hong.

Are you up?

Sir?

What is the matter?

No.

No, he's Ha Ram right now.

Are you back to normal?

Yes.

Good.

- I apologize. - Stay there.

What happened in Gyeongwon Pavilion?

Do you not remember anything?

I don't.

So...

Your eyes spun around...

My eyes spun?

No, they didn't spin. I mean...

Your eyes turned a blackish red,

your fingernails grew longer...

My fingernails grew? What do you mean?

And with those hands, you strangled me.

You got really strong, like a freakish monster.

You had a dream?

What?

What can I say when you don't remember anything?

Tell me the details.

Never mind.

The more I say,

the more you'll think I'm crazy.

That's why I want to know the details.

Are you...

cornering the person who looked after you all night?

Who's cornering whom?

You are. You're berating me.

It's like saving a drowning man then getting sued for losing a bag.

Very well.

Tell me the story slowly.

For free?

For free?

I've been feeling hungry for a while.

I'll need some fuel in me if I'm to tell a story.

Eat up.

Thank you.

Where did the handkerchief go?

Sir. The cut on your neck is healed.

It had healed...

when I woke up.

It healed overnight?

Yes.

I have the handkerchief.

I didn't think you'd still have it.

It meant a lot to you.

I wanted to return it to you long ago but...

I'm truly grateful.

Let's eat before the food goes cold.

Okay.

Last night in Gyeongwon Pavilion, you acted like a madman...

as if you were possessed by something.

And the colour of your eyes...

were blackish-red.

Blackish-red eyes.

Sir.

Did you find out about the Demon?

We have reports from all over.

But they're inconclusive gossip that sounds more like...

what travelling minstrels would spread.

What do they say?

That the Demon is a powerful evil spirit...

that existed for a long time.

And the ceremony from 26 years ago that sealed the Demon...

has something to do with King Youngjong's portrait.

The Demon was sealed in a ceremony?

What is Prince Joohyang up to?

Nothing much.

It's time to willingly meet him.

As Ilwolseong.

What happened?

A divine power that protects the King's palace...

contained the Demon's energy.

I believe the totems put into the buildings were used.

I've been looking for the Demon for over 20 years.

Look into every single detail.

Your Highness.

If the King's plan is...

to restore King Youngjong's portrait to seal the Demon again,