My Dearest (연인)

[This drama is imaginative, based on historical facts. Most of the details and characters' emotional portrayals are fictional.]

Are you all right?

Maiden Gil Chae...

Dear husband, move!

Are you all right?

Are you hurt anywhere?

Blood!

But Maiden...

did you just call me "dear husband"?

With just one swing of my bat,

the barbarians' heads swung this way

and that way, front and back.

I was evading the barbarians' heads, swinging around in all directions.

- You hear? - How mysterious.

That's what I mean.

I thought he was a coward because he hated to become a militia.

Fraud.

Frauds like him, I think...

I kind of like.

I want to get scammed from time to time.

Jong Jong agrees.

So, after you parted ways with Young Master Yeon Jun,

you did not hear anything about him?

Do not worry too much.

I am sure he entered the fortress safely.

That has to be.

Without fail.

The barbarians said they did not know such a powerful bat existed in Joseon, too.

Calling me by the name of...

Joseon's Bat, do you hear?

- I am sure they did. - It's the truth!

I heard something weird earlier.

Someone had called me...

her "dear husband."

- Who said that? - Not sure. Who could it have been?

Were you not the one, Maiden?

"Dear husband, move!"

I believe you said that.

Young Master, seriously?

You must have hallucinated from being too scared of the barbarians.

- My gosh. - How weird. I heard it loud and clear.

Jong Jong, you heard it, right?

Well...

Gu Jam, you heard it, right?

Well, I-I...

- Excuse me, Maiden Eun Ae! - Yes!

You heard about this, right?

"Dear husband, move!"

Yes, I did.

Have you all gone mad?

Wait, Maiden!

Hey, hey, hey!

How can you be so dense as a servant?

- My goodness. - Goodness, indeed.

Why did you do that?

Why did you say, "Dear husband, move?"

Afraid I might get hurt?

Or were you scared I might die?

Wait, that is not an important matter.

Why did you call me dear husband?

Oh, I see that you had always wanted me as your husband.

I wanted you?

To be my husband?

What a heinous thing to hear.

I would rather shave my head and become a monk than become your wife-

How unfortunate.

I told you already, did I not?

I am not interested in getting married.

My motto is, you see, something like...

dating is mandatory, but marriage is optional.

Something like that.

Is that why you have lovers in all eight provinces?

Because you cannot quit dating for a second?

Did they say I have lovers in all eight provinces?

Yes! Everyone who has an ear has heard it.

Did you think I would not know?

That was why.

That was why Neunggun-ri's women treated me as if I was some kind of an animal.

By the way...

why would you want to make someone like me

your dear husband?

It was not intentional!

I said it by mistake-

By mistake?

You finally remember, huh?

You clearly called me...

a dear husband now, huh?

Maiden...

do not be too embarrassed, I am sure...

your tongue slipped because deep inside your heart...

you have been thinking of me as husband material.

So while we are on the topic,

although I had vowed to live unmarried,

- if you want me to be your husband that badly... Gosh.

Maybe I thought you were Young Master Yeon Jun.

That must be why I called you my husband.

Of course, I would not say such things to a loser who wants to remain unmarried-

You thought I was Young Master Yeon Jun?

- Bang Du-ne... - Yes.

We will get some warm sleep, thanks to them.

Your baby is one lucky child.

Should we name him Dae Bok*?

Dae Bok?

How can a baby be so pretty?

Is it because he doesn't take after his mom?

Seriously.

What are you thinking about?

Young Master Yeon Jun.

What a petty man you are!

I mean it.

Would Young Master also be...

thinking about the two women who are waiting for him...

or could he be...

still thinking about the King only?

That is what I was thinking about.

Anyhow, thank you...

for telling me to take refuge and...

rescuing us today as well.

I give thanks when I am thankful.

Are you really thankful?

If you are, this time for real...

- could you give me your lips- - There you go again!

Maiden, I am not that serious of a person.

Heavy feelings such as your love for Young Master Yeon Jun is actually...

burdensome for me.

What I want is...

your hot lips, as I have said before.

I just cannot treat you nicely even when I try so hard.

A lowly, shameless rake who-

Gosh!

A lowly, shameless rake.

I will leave a horse and a carriage with you.

So you can use them to carry Bang Du-ne.

- Yes. - Where are you going?

Dae Bok, Young Lady Gil Chae is scary, right?

Here.

I have to finish going after who I was chasing.

- What about us? - What do you mean?

You just have to keep up what you have been doing.

You even know how to use a knife, did you not?

You cannot lose such a useful item.

I have not used this item-

Maiden...

I am proud of you.

What did I tell you?

I told you you are more trustworthy than fragile young scholars.

If you think about it...

you are the one who saved my life.

Since you confused me with Young Master Yeon Jun and yelled for me to dodge,

I was able to dodge the barbarian.

Are you going to keep teasing me?

Once you mature...

I will stop teasing you, Maiden.

- Let's go. - Well...

I'm going, okay?

Leave or stay, I don't care.

I hope they passed the mountains safely.

Jong Jong is pretty fragile, too.

Sometimes you can be so mean.

Do not worry. She will be better off than you are.

Are they refugees?

They look like they did not even get a bowl of rice.

What?

There. Have some of this.

Come and eat.

Give me one, too.

I heard General Jung Se Gyu's royal forces met a crushing defeat.

So...

where are you headed now?

We need to go to the King.

We are going to strike the barbarians and bring their heads to the King.

I heard General Kim Jun Ryong's troops formed a camp at Mt. Gwanggyo.

Will you not come with us?

I told you I am not interested in rescuing the King.

By the way, where are other young masters such as Soon Yak?

It has been but a few days since the war started.

But they already passed.

I have never seen such idiots in my life.

Right?

They will surely all die, just like Young Master Soon Yak at that rate.

I met Maiden Eun Ae on the way.

The ladies parted ways with their parents and took refuge on their own.

Are they all safe?

So I have an idea.

What do you think about quitting trying to save the King

and go protect Maiden Eun Ae now?

I cannot do that.

I do not believe we can beat the barbarians, either.

I might even...

end up dead before meeting the King.

Just like Soon Yak.

However, I do not know how to live apart from what I was taught.

I was taught all my life it is a scholar's virtue to go out

and fight when there is a national crisis.

The order of a woman obeying her husband, a child serving his parents,

and a subject being loyal to his king is a beautiful thing.

Since they were served, men and parents protect women and children.

The king and the nobles have a duty to protect the people.

I am going to die saving the King.

If I die trying to save the King...