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Kim Naekyung the face reader.

You've been working quite hard in the government.

Have you been following me since last time?

I did tell Grand Prince Suyang to beware your quite extraordinary abilities.

Had I not, would we have been able to fool you and the King?

Mr. Face Reader...

Won't you help us change the world?

It's very simple, really.

All you have to do is pass on a few words to the new King.

Just say the former king

instructed you to seek out the people likeliest to plot a coup

and you came to the conclusion that Kim Jongseo fits the description.

Tell him that Kim Jongseo is planning to usurp the throne by force

so he must be arrested immediately!

What do you think?

You want me to help get rid of Kim Jongseo and let Suyang become king?

I will never aid in plotting treason even if you slit my throat.

You think I will let you die that easily?

I will put out your eyes so you will never

be able to read faces again, and toss them out onto the street.

Do you think I'll stop at that?

I will chop off your brother-in-law's legs -

- you bastard! -

- and although I don't yet know where he's hiding

I will find your only son,

whatever it takes,

and rip all four limbs from his body.

Son of a b*tch!

Kim Naekyung, listen to me.

Are you going to live like this your entire life, a worthless man from a traitor's family?

Once Suyang becomes king

your descendants will have fame and fortune

and untold power, for generations and generations to come.

You will never get this opportunity again.

Think about it.

They'll dog our every step.

Even if we escape...

Wherever we go... They will find us.

Let's do as they say.

I heard that Suyang is a loyal man.

He feeds his people wine and meat, and takes good care of them.

How could you speak so freely

of aiding a coup?

Please think about it, hyung.

Us... well, it doesn't matter how we live

but what about Jinhyung?

He's hiding his name just to keep a crappy government job.

He's Prime Minister material, he is!

Didn't you say you were going to save the family with face reading?

This is the way to do it.

Just think of Jinhyung.

Why --

For what reason have you come all this way?

We are here on the orders of Minister Kim Jongseo.

We ask that His Highness hand over a complete list of the soldiers

he keeps illegally under his command.

Should not the Minister be concerned with the education of the young king?

Why does he waste manpower on such trifle matters?

Are these all the men you have with you?

Three is enough men to hunt a tiger, do you not think?

How dare you...

That's enough, Your Highness!

Excellent shot, Your Highness!

Your arrow has hit the tiger directly.

I fired because its moving about was getting on my nerves.

Now I see it was a tiger you'd caught first.

Next time, will you give me the opportunity to kill one myself?

Of course.

Ah! How about giving the tiger we caught today to Lord Kim Jongseo as a gift?

Should we send him its skin, Your Highness?

Or should we send him its head?

Oh, what a dilemma!

My lord! My lord!

You must calm down, my lord.

You thought nobody would recognize you like this?

It seems the rumors are true.

They say there's a face reader caught in the crossfire between a tiger and a wolf.

You're here to see for yourself which side is better.

What are you doing here?

Every single face reader or fortune teller in Hanyang whose name is worth something has gathered here.

I wouldn't miss out on an opportunity like this for the world.

See how quick the people move?

If they think they see someone powerful,

they swarm to him.

Who would want to take the side of the child king?

Oh, my...

It's an exact copy of the throne room.

Shall I hear my fortunes now?

You must be the one fated to rule the kingdom east of the dragon emperor, Your Highness.

Your Majesty!

Please lead the foolish people of Joseon to greatness!

The five peaks of your visage seem to have absorbed the energy and vigor of Mt. Samgak, my lord.

Truly?

I'm sorry?

I'm asking you if that is truly what you see.

Of course, Your Highness.

I'm saying this because you don't have the expression of someone telling the truth.

Now tell me the actual readings.

Grand Prince...

Tell me!

Grand Prince, you will never be able to

ascend to the throne if not through treason.

Please do not go down the road of traitors.

The entire kingdom will fall into tragedy!

Is this kingdom

ruled by the Yi family, or ruled by the Kim family?

How dare they attempt to tamper with a country King Taejo founded on iron and blood?

The old tiger you've chosen to support might overthrow the young king tomorrow

and seize power for himself!

I knew you were a lackey of Kim Jongseo.

Oh, it's you!

And just in time, too!

Things were just starting to get a little depressing.

Why don't you tell me my fortune?

What do you think? Will I become king?

Tell me!

Do I have the face of a future king?

There must be something queer about my face.

To think that it rendered the world's best face reader speechless!

Don't you think you should make a decision soon?

By the time I become king,

it will be too late.

All you had to do was say "Yes, you will become king."

Why did you have to be such a moron?

Isn't it tiring?

What?

You say it's a small position

but isn't most of what you do menial?

If I can make one more person smile because of me...

That makes me happy.

You can't even use your own name.

If you rise to a higher rank you will be able to please even more people.

Don't you feel any resentment?

I do.

I did feel resentment. I even looked up the sins of my grandfather.

He had a great many sins.

Many people died because of him

and the court lost a lot of money.

I thought that instead of resenting my destiny,

doing my job, even if it's a menial one,

might just be what would make up

for the sins of my grandfather.

Thank you.

What?

I think your face has changed a little.

I think my eyesight's gotten a little worse.

Perhaps it was because of all the reading I did under bad lighting.

The eyes are the windows to the heart.

You must always be cautious if you feel your visage might be changing for the worse.

Yes, Father.

I, too, should become a father who my son would not be ashamed of.

The strength of Grand Prince Suyang has reached its peak.

If a face like yours and a face like the Grand Prince's go head to head

you will lose almost every time.

We must act in haste.

When shall we begin?

I will have something prepared for after the banquet with the King.

The only weakness Suyang has is his inexperience compared to you.

Yet even this is useless because there is a mysterious man acting as his advisor.

We have prepared a child who is similar in appearance to the king.

The corpse of the real king

will be torn into three hundred pieces of flesh

and scattered over the entire country.

We will have no chance unless we act first.

We must make the first move.

This truly is my father's writing.

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