Hotel Del Luna (호텔 델루나)

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It's a young child.

It seems her parents already crossed the Samdocheon earlier.

How did such a young one endure all this time?

I came to take her and was also shocked that she was still breathing.

This young life is trying so hard, so you should take a step back.

But she can't hold on for much longer.

Even a short time is capable of being a year.

Father, there's something over there.

Dirty, it's dirty. Don't touch that.

These people died.

They look like Goguryeo people. They must have wandered around after losing their nation and come to some misfortune.

Let's see. Let's take this cart and put it to good use.

She moved.

Can you see me?

You're alive.

Don't be sad.

Your parents are at the Inn of the Moon.

The grandma who sells medicine said so.

That somewhere there is the Inn of the Moon.

If dead people go there, they can rest comfortably before leaving.

What's your name?

It's Man Wol.

Moon.

It's a full moon.

That's pretty.

Did we also meet in a previous life?

I'm someone from 1300 years ago.

How is it that I met you?

There are some connections that you need to wait 1300 years for.

Did you know that starlight must wait a long time

to be visible to our eyes?

The Orion Nebula is 1300 light-years away from Earth.

It must cross 1300 years

to be visible to us.

Is that so? Where is it?

It's a winter constellation, so we won't be able to see it now.

Winter?

Starting from this full moon,

the moon energy in this place will begin to wane.

You won't have any new guests from now on.

You're telling me to shut down the hotel.

Your Inn of the Moon

only has till the next full moon.

It's a shame that you can only see it during the winter.

Gu Chan Seong, is there another star which we can see now?

I'm not sure. I don't know that much about astronomy, so I don't know of any.

Hey, you frustrating Harvard person!

If you just show me any star and say "that one,

that's also 1300 years old., would I then say,

"no, that's a 500-year old star."?

I'd be like "oh, really?"

Should I do that? Let me see.

As long as I'm doing this, should I pick out a pretty and sparkly star that Jang Man Wol would like?

Whatever, it's too late.

There really is one.

There's a star that you have waited 1300 years to see.

Gu Chan Seong.

I told you that I'm a bright star.

Fine, I'm good with you.

I don't need a star that I can only see during the winter.

since I only have to see you.

Aigoo, our Gu Chan Seong is so sparkly!

Aigoo, aigoo.

Our Man Wol shines bright like the face of the moon.

- Moon face? - Let's go with lucky charm.

You can be a lucky charm because you've gotten a lot nicer.

You called me a pork rice porridge before.

You said that you'd be happy being a dak kal guksu (chicken noodle soup) .

What am I going to do if I really become a dak kal guksu?

It's alright I'll be your geotjeori (fresh kimchi, sort of salad) .

Really? Really?

You're being for real, right? You really said that you'll be my geotjeori.

Yes, I'll really be your geotjeori.

Did scholar Kim go somewhere?

He left after talking with these guests.

Where did he go?

I'm going to publish a novel about the lewd scholar Kim Shi Ik,

whose first-place status in the state exam was revoked.

I should leave before I see a book like that.

I should go.

When we leave, we have to make sure to say goodbye to each other.

We're not allowed to leave without telling each other. Truly. Promise?

- Boss, I don't see Scholar Kim anywhere. - He must be with Hyeon Jung.

- No, I looked all over the hotel and he's not here. - Is it possible that he left the hotel?

Scholar Kim almost never leaves the hotel.

Even when he goes out, he never goes out alone. He's still a Joseon person, right down to his speech patterns.

He was talking with the guests at the bar about a scholar who came in first place in the state exam

and then he turned pale and left his spot.

A scholar who came in first in the state exam?

You know Scholar Kim's name don't you?

By any chance, was his name in his past life

Kim Si Ik?

Who is the guest who dared to talk about our Scholar Kim?

I wrote a novel about Scholar Kim

and I died before I had a chance to publish it.

The novel's content is an insult to Kim Si Ik.

I wrote it based on my comprehensive research.

Is that novel going to be released to the world?

I sent the manuscript to the publishing house that releases my books.

That publishing house will release it as a posthumous work.

Which publishing house did you send it to?

How many people have seen that novel?

I write my novels by hand,

so there's only one manuscript.

Only the editor at the publishing house should have read it.

Publishing house.

He has bad handwriting as usual.

My eyes hurt.

Lewd Scholar Kim Si Ik

Is the air conditioning on?

I'm not a lewd scholar.

I feel wronged.

First, offer him a price and buy that manuscript.

If we give the money we made from selling the horses, it should be enough.

I'm worried that Scholar Kim will do something before we can do that.

Even though it's Scholar Kim, if he kills someone, the grim reaper will not let him go.

Our Scholar Kim is an academic (the word also means "crane") .

Have you ever seen a crane attacking a human being?

He's not the type of person who can kill someone.

But he's someone who's held onto his grudge for over 500 years.

Even if a crane gets its feet muddy, it keeps its feathers pure white.

Scholar Kim is someone who waited 500 years

to remove the stain from his name.

Lewd Kim Si Ik

I'm Kim Si Ik. I'm not an lewd person.

I scared him too much.

He just needs to not publish the book.

Should I have been more moderate?

Manager!

What's wrong?

I saw a ghost.

What?

I just saw the ghost of Kim Si Ik.

Wait a second! If you see a ghost, doesn't that mean you'll have great success?

Our novel will be a success!

I was really scared, though.

You had a really good dream.

What good dream? I'm tell you that I really saw him.

Should we have a company party?

- When we do... - My goodness...

Scholar Kim.

Manager Gu, Boss, you found out and came here?

What shape are you in right now? Let's go back to the hotel first.

I'm so ashamed that I can't go back there.

I'll get on the bus to the afterlife at any nearby station.

Why are you being like this, Scholar Kim?

Scholar Kim is our best ace academic.

A crane doesn't lower his head just anywhere.

Hold your head up!

I'll try to get the manuscript back from the publishing house.

Manager Gu.

Since you'd rather die than go to the hotel, stay in Gu Chan Seong's room.

Thank you Manager Gu.

Only the editor read this novel and no one else.

I only just managed to persuade them, since that person was such a famous author.

How did you persuade them?

I said that I was your descendant.

Gu Chan Seong lied about his family and I spent my money to buy it.

I'm really grateful.

Lewd Scholar Kim Si Ik.

It seems that I cannot not get rid of this disgrace.

If that accusation is not true, then you must give an explanation.

Will you let us know what happened?

When I was young I was accepted into the Sagwa* . Sixth rank military office)

I was called a prodigy.

But after one serious blunder, I failed the main exam every time.

When I was over the age of forty,

I left my home town and moved to Hanyang* (Joseon capital, modern-day Seoul)

and focused only on the state exam.

During that solitary study time, in my spare moments, my one and only pleasure

was watching people go about their lives.

I watched a young daughter take care of her blind father

and siblings who never went a day without fighting.

The sight of young lovers falling in love

despite their difference in class status was really beautiful.

When I'd get tired of reading my books,

I'd write down all the things I had seen

turning them into stories.

Lord, that's so sad. What comes next?

Of course, a scholar who didn't write in hanja*

was considered unacceptable.

But what I wrote was in no way inappropriate.

But the stories that you wrote about a filial daughter, a virtuous woman, and brothers, are they perhaps...

Are they Shim Chong, Choon Hyang, and Heung Boo and Nol Boo?

Did you write all of those?

As of now, they are thought to have been written by an anonymous author.

If that's true, then you are the Shakespeare of Joseon.

But those things brought misfortune

at the highest moment of my life.

Lord, congratulations. This will be a glorious homecoming.

Kim Si Ik's first place standing is revoked.

What do you mean?

I heard that you wrote these stories.

That a scholar dedicated to study wrote down these lowly stories of commoners

and spread them around like this, is a disgrace to all scholars.

Scholars everywhere will come together to prevent the promotion

of this inappropriate and obscene person.

I just wrote stories about people living their lives.

How can you say that this is obscene?