A chance...please just give me a chance.
For the first time in my life...
I have questioned what means to learn.
For the first time in my life.
For the first time in my life, I have met someone who has acknowledged my talents.
For the first time in my life, I have met someone who has taken my side.
Please let me have this chance.
Please let me question this world.
and have the chance to dream of a new world.
Please allow me to do that.
All right...
I won't tell anyone that you are a woman,
But this...
isn't to save your life.
It's because I cannot allow the reputation of Sungkyunkwan to be tainted,
and also,
because I cannot dishonor His Highness's Royal Command.
Furthermore, I...
do not intend to keep you here at Sungkyunkwan.
Didn't you say that men and women were not different?
Yes.
Do you think that women can equally compete against men?
As a woman who can't even hold a bow correctly,
you mean to tell me that you can compete with the boys
and even become the champion?
If I succeed, will you give me a chance?
If you fail,
I'll order that you be expelled right away and punished for your arrogance.
Your brother's name, Kim Yoon Shik, will be removed from the scholar register.
So the national law which has been strictly established and
you who have deceived His Highness and disobeyed the rules of this establishment,
shall pay with your life.
You will regret your arrogance
and repent for daring to test the differences between a man and a woman
within the walls of Sungkyunkwan.
You're not a woman,
furthermore,
no one must find out that you are a woman.
Don't ever forget - that's the only way you can save yourself and your family.
I'll remember it.
You have to teach me.
I have to become the champion of the archery competition.
Is something wrong?
That thing called a miracle...
I need that thing called a miracle right now, too.
If my shoulders weren't frozen, I'd be like Jumong.
I give up. Student President Ha In Soo, or Lee Seon Joon will be the champion anyway.
Confucius said,
"Sa Ja Nam Ja Ji Sa"
"Archery
is a man's work"�
"Men's work�,"
saying that it's men's work is...
Confucius was simple-minded.
That's right, that's right!
Isn't that right, Big Shot?
Give it up, just give up.
As a woman who can't even hold a bow correctly,
you mean to tell me you can compete with the boys and even become the champion?
You who have deceived the king and disobeyed the rules of the establishment,
shall pay with your life!
Stop. That's enough.
Oh...the bow snapped.
For a man, you're so weak. Why?
You can't do it anymore?
You're going to give up on the archery competition?
You can't give up, Kim Yoon Shik!
You have to work harder
There's someone whom I want to make admit defeat
in the presence of the king and all the Officials.
He who dirties Sungkyunkwan with ideas of political harmony that
knows no political parties and family background...
The king
and some guy who's very similar to this king.
So you must come up to the final round
using whatever means available.
There must not be a reason where my plan fails because of you.
Ah...
if you want,
I can still continue to teach you like the last time.
That's enough, Student President.
Will you wait for us?
At the final round
what you taught me earlier,
now it's my time to respond,
is that right?
If I became a champion at the archery competition,
will that be a sufficient answer?
Champion?
He said champion. Is he insane?
Then,
apologize.
Didn't you call us a band of ragamuffins with no political party or family background?
So, for mocking me and my family, apologize.
And you have to acknowledge that I'm a Sungkyunkwan scholar,
personally selected by the king.
Is arrogance some infectious disease among your roommates?
I must cure that.
I'll be waiting
at the final round.
A champion who can't even correctly pull the bow?!
I acknowledge that your reckless courage
is that of a champion.
Do you...
do you think I can do it??
Who knows...
It'll be hard.
Your shoulder is weak,
your arm used to pull the bowstring is also small and thin,
your breathing is unstable as well.
On top of that, your legs aren't strong enough to support your body.
However...
if you have made up your mind to do what it takes to win this competition,
won't there be a way?
What the heck are you doing?
Let me down now!
The strength used to hold on and
the strength used to pull the string...
it's all the same foundation for your arm.
Without that foundation,
your attempts to hold the bow,
will just continue to be slighted.
I said to put me down. Put me down now!
Just do it thirty times,
then I'll put you firmly on the ground even if you want to fly away.
Oh, bing-soo!! This precious treat, how did you... (shave ice with adzuki beans)
This is from the heart!
No matter how precious the ice is,
can it compare to how much you sweat while training for the archery competition?
Now, go on, eat up!
Show His Highness, to the fullest,
the lives of Sungkyunkwan scholars, perspiring for this great country!
But, where has Lee Seon Joon gone to?
He disappeared with that little rascal, Big Shot, a while ago.
Is that true?
That little! He's out playing without having practiced?!
It seems that way!
Then you're telling me that he doesn't know that I've specially prepared this?!
However, I know!
Withdraw!
Go.
Even though it's your arm that shoots the arrow,
the power behind the arrow flying comes from your lower body.
This breathing technique is to increase your lower abdomen strength.
Depending on your breath the instant you pull the string,
you will either hit the bull's-eye or miss it;
so this isn't something you should ever dismiss.
Wait a sec...
if you're talking about training to breathe, I've done it every day since I was born, without stopping.
What I need to learn right now is
how to hold the bow, hit the bull's-eye,
and how to become the champion!
Don't you know?
It's like someone who doesn't even know how to read,
wanting to become a government official by writing an essay.
Don't you think shooting an arrow
is done by the bow?
So?
It's the person.
Shooting arrows without your body being at its best
is pointless even if you learn to hold a bow for a hundred days.
You've never,
ever said anything wrong before?
I think I've trained too hard...
The last lesson will be tension.
Increasing the strength of your grip.
Looks like you plan to participate in the archery competition.
You've made a good decision, Geol Oh.
Mind your own business.
What's the compliment for?
I've waited for this match for a long time.
It wouldn't be fair to not to compete in the archery competition because of your wandering habits...
To me,
and your precious roommates...
Don't try so hard...
I'm not someone you can manipulate...
You know, Moon Jae Shin...
you don't know what a head-on victory is.
You walk around with a glare,
a simple street thug.
Quite often, it must be confusing.
that feminine guy, Kim Yoon Shik also...
plans to challenge me as a rival and become the champion.
You must be busy...trying to practice.
You mustn't lose to that girly boy,
since you are Sungkyunkwan's student body president...
Champion?
Big Shot, that rascal!
Scholar Kim Yoon Shik!
He wouldn't have yet hit the bull's-eye, right?
Who? Kim Yoon Shik?
He's improved tremendously.
Who? Kim Yoon Shik?
There are two days left until the archery competition. It would be too farfetched for him to hit the bull's-eye, right?
Who? Kim Yoon Shik?
He's got a strong foundation...
Hey! You think I'd lose to that rascal Kim Yoon Shik?
To that weak little sissy?
Scholar Kim Yoon Shik has a great talent for archery.
It took him 5 days to pull a string...
he still has a long way to go before he can hit the bull's-eye.
But isn't he bearing with it?
Despite being behind the others,
he didn't give up.
What greater talent does a person need besides that?
Pathetic...
Senior!
Silly little punk.
Even if I handed a bow and arrow to a calf at Banchon, it would be better than you are.
Senior!
For guys like you, who can't do it after trying over and over...
there's only one solution.
What's that?
At times like these, alcohol is medicine.
A tightening feeling.
You don't know what that is?
A t...tightening feeling?
In archery, you don't give up until the end, but wait
for the moment when you think you're done.
That is called "a taste of tightening�."
"A taste of tightening"�...
With your hand in this condition, how are you going to make it to the end?
That's why you keep missing the bull's-eye.
What is it for you?
Pride or success?
Huh?
The archery competition.
Why do you want to become the champ?
I wanted to show them.
That I can do it. That they can believe in me.
I want to prove it to myself.
There needs to be at least one person in this world who believes in me.
Did you learn that from Lee Seon Joon?
Nice speech.
I learned this from you.
So, if you don't show up, you're going to regret it.
What?
By any chance, is it that you don't have the confidence to win?
If so, then don't worry.
Just leave it all up to me.
Senior, you just fulfill the head count.
Please come to the archery competition.
I'm begging you, Senior.
Senior,
have I ever told you?
Thank you!
Impressive.
I compliment you for transforming Kim Yoon Shik, who couldn't even hold a bow, into a person.
The effort was impressive, but my arrow knows no compassion, so what now?
I won't go easy on you,
so you should prepare yourself.
I hope that arrow is one that knows how to admit defeat.
In Soo!
Miss!
Oh my! I never dreamt that you'd be here as well!
Why did you come here?
At initiation, Lee Seon Joon clearly said that he didn't go to my house.
That's the truth...
President, we had our eyes wide open, there's no way we could've missed him!
It's possible that Lee Seon Joon had help from someone...
But President, there's something strange about Lee Seon Joon...
Why would he lie about not solving the riddle?
Couldn't he have gotten soaked in urine?
That you've come to visit, and even brought your daughter along,
I am very honored!
I didn't come today as the Minister of War, but as a father.
As the father of Sungkyunkwan's Student Body President,
I thought I should stop by once since Sungkyunkwan is busy preparing for the archery competition.
Oh my! Here comes Sungkyunkwan's Student Body President!
Ah, you are just like your father, big and strong!
You've come without notice, Father.
When attacking the enemy,
a surprise attack is best.
Your chance of winning is greater
if you don't give them an opportunity for defense.
It's strange! Strange! Strange!
If you're hiccupping, then there's no doubt that there's a woman nearby.
But where exactly can that woman be
if Sungkyunkwan is off limits to women?
There!
It was because of that woman, wasn't it?
What was because of her?
I'm talking about initiation.
Why Lee Seon Joon lied about not going to the Minister of War's.
He wanted to protect her from being the butt of our jokes.
A love letter that doesn't sound too forward, but is still friendly
well...
She's beautiful enough for him to be willing to fall in a pool of urine.
Ah ha!
I finally came up with the perfect nickname for Lee Seon Joon!
"Ga Rang�!"
Starting today, Lee Seon Joon's nickname is
Ga Rang!
"Ga Rang�?"
It means "perfect husband material�!"
To the Minister of War's daughter, Lee Seon Joon is the ideal candidate for a husband.
Yeah..."Ga Rang" really fits him well...
Here!
Tteok Gal Bi (meat patties), Juk Tong Bab (steamed rice in a bamboo tube), even precious Uh-ran (fish eggs)!
Young-Am City's best Uh-ran!
Lady Hyo Eun is so mean. Not only did she trample on your pure love,
but she also discriminated by food!
Geez!
This is the tragedy of being born a lower class!
What's Lee Seon Joon got that I don't... besides coming from a prominent family, huh?
Just name one thing if you can. Then I'll forfeit fair and square!
You can't do that. How could you do that?!
You know where I'm coming from!
Handsome, smart, a great body, and great personality!
How can I just name one?
I heard you were ill. Are you okay now?
How did you know about that?
Well, I...
I heard it from my brother!
My brother was so worried. He said I had to come and visit you,
I really had no choice!
You mean,
you came because he told you to?
From now on, it would be best if you didn't come.
Huh?
The national law strictly forbids any women from coming to Sungkyunkwan.
If we nobles were to so readily violate the national law,
how can aristocratic families set a good example for the commoners?
Well then,
take care.
I...
I won't come to Sungkyunkwan again.
So, next time...
can you come visit me instead?
With this much strength, I won't be embarrassed of in front the scholars tomorrow, will I?
Your long-sought dream...
shall be fulfilled one by one starting tomorrow, Your Highness.
It is also...
the wish of my lifelong friend who gave up his life for me...
Are you referring to the former Sungkyunkwan professor, Kim Seong Heon?
Kim Yoon Shik, was it?
I don't know how I shall repay my debt to that child.
Tomorrow is the archery competition.
You promised you would become the champion.
I remember it clearly.
You say that when you can't even hit the bull's-eye!?
It's not too late.
If you give up and repent for your sins,
I'll spare your life, and the life of your family.
I...
I've finally come stand before the target,
and until I have shot all of my arrows,
I have no thought of giving up.
Did you see!? Did you see!?
I...I did it!
Then...
you thought you couldn't do it?
You already knew I could do it?
Of course.
Was there anything that didn't work out once I got involved?
I caught the greatest substitute exam taker,
and made him into a Sungkyunkwan scholar.
Have you already forgotten?
A versatile...bear!
I knew it!
Ga Rang my foot!
"Wang Seo-bang"� (King of the West) is more like it.
I'm proud of you, Kim Yoon Shik.
I'm proud.
I said that you did a good job.
He hit it!
Hit what?
The bull's-eye!
Big Shot, that punk, did it
President...
So he hit the bull's-eye.
Impressive,
but so what? What does that change,
when I...
have you.
Yes...of course.
Kim Yoon Shik hit the bull's-eye?
Hey Byung Choon,
you're not nervous right?
What?! About what?!
If we lose tomorrow,
the president is gonna to kill you!
why would we lose?
Kim Yoon Shik hit the bull's-eye once!
I've hit it more than 99 times already!
Besides, we still have Geol Oh.
If Geol Oh doesn't show up, it's over for Kim Yoon Shik too!
Welcome, Your Excellency.
It's the The Red Messenger! Capture him!
That jerk!
Go get him immediately!
Right now!
Are you all right, Your Excellency?
Isn't it your job
to protect my safety?
If you had done your duty as Minister of Justice
that dammed The Red Messenger
still being here in the capital
would likely not have happened.
Forgive me, Your Excellency!
There he is!
After him!
He couldn't have gone far.
Catch him!
He's been injured,
so it'll be hard for him to pick up speed.
We must catch him before he gets to Banchon!
Yes sir!
After him!!
This is Banchon, the campus of Sungkyunkwan
no soldiers are allowed to enter!
Let's go.
The Red Messenger is a
Sungkyunkwan scholar.
This country is run by the Noron Faction alone.
Now the truth of the bloodied Golden Scroll will be revealed!
You will no longer sit on the throne, but on the rack!
Which little jerk is it?
Someone with the naive belief that one can change this world...
The passion to change this world with a mere arrow...
Our friend is young.
Your Excellency!
What's more,
writing at this level
proves that he is definitely a Sungkyunkwan scholar.
If he is a Sungkyunkwan scholar, that means...
At tomorrow's archery competition,
capture The Red Messenger.
The archery competition
is the last chance I'm giving you, Minister of War.
The Red Messenger has entered campus again.
Be sure not to alert the scholars.
According to the police, he was struck by an arrow and is bleeding heavily.
The Red Messenger is bleeding?
Yesterday was some rats, today it's wild cats.
Scholar Moon Jae Shin.
Is he spending the night out again?
Moon Jae Shin.
Deduct five points from his grades.
Minus five points.
I have a question!
If scholar Moon Jae Shin doesn't come in by tomorrow morning,
what will happen then?
The archery competition is in place to build a sense of camaraderie,
so, if one person doesn't show up, it will not be tolerated.
If Moon Jae Shin doesn't show,
Lee Seon Joon,
and you, Kim Yoon Shik
will not be able to participate.
He'll come.
Senior Moon Jae Shin will definitely be at the Competition tomorrow.
Please wait for him, sir.
I cannot wait!!
Am I supposed to just sit around quietly waiting?!
Search all the taverns in Banchon and bring Moon Jae Shin back!
If not,
assign Lee Seon Joon and Kim Yoon Shik to a different team!
My lord, that...
Are you trying to tell me,
that when the Left Prime Minister is personally coming to Sungkyunkwan,
we'll just have his son standing around not participating in the archery competition?
Those are the rules!
How can you be so insensitive and cold?
Think it over some more.
They've stood under the hot sun practicing for days,
until their thumbs were sore!
Do you want to see all of their effort go down the drain?
What do you think?
Professor Jung, what are your thoughts on the matter?
There's still time before the archery competition starts tomorrow, isn't there?
You should give him some time until then.
Oh!! How am I supposed to...
Why don't we just get some sleep?
The Geol Oh that I know
doesn't fit in here at Sungkyunkwan.
He doesn't follow rules and procedures.
However,
I don't see him as someone
who would irresponsibly turn another's hours of sweat,
hard work and hopes into nothing.
That's why...
that's what worries me more.
This is The Red Messenger's composite sketch.
Remember his face and his movement
If The Red Messenger is a Sungkyunkwan scholar,
tomorrow's archery competition could be our only chance to capture him.
Yes, Your Excellency.
Soldiers cannot enter Sungkyunkwan...
so tomorrow, dress up as the guards and secretly check them, understand?
Yes!
we have to catch him before the king finds him first.
If things go downhill,
take care of him then and there!
The archery competition only happens once in a blue moon!
From widowers,
to grandmothers,
to even the king at the palace!
Sungkyunkwan's archery competition will have you watching at the edge of your seat!
Three pennies...three pennies!
See Sungkyunkwan's archery competition for just three pennies!
Three pennies!!
Let's go!
Is this not a beautiful day for archery?
I heard there was an accident last night, Minister.
Forgive me, Your Majesty
I'm the one who should apologize.
How poor the security must be
for the Red Messenger
to come to the Left Prime Minister's house.
You speak so humbly, Your Majesty!
Minister of War
Please speed up the capture of The Red Messenger.
It shames me to stand before the Left Prime Minsiter.
I...
will give my all to follow your orders, Your Majesty!
However, today is an exception...
Excuse me? What do you mean?
I intend for all troubles be left behind here.
You should as well,
leave them behind for today.
His Highness will be arriving soon.
If Scholar Moon Jae Shin doesn't arrive before then,
Lee Seon Joon and Kim Yoon Shik will be considered disqualified
by default.
As per the rules,
you two will be disqualified in the archery competition.
I guess that's it for the archery competition, eh?
You couldn't even get your roommate to believe in you...
Political harmony, my foot!
Since Geol Oh isn't coming,
it looks like the two of you will be disqualified by default, huh?
There's
still time before the competition starts.
Presenting His Highness!
Your Majesty!!
That you would visit my humble Sungkyunkwan,
I have no other wishes even if I were to die today!
Your Sungkyunkwan?
All this time, I thought it was my Sungkyunkwan.
Pardon?
Your Majesty!
I deserve to die!
I was joking with you, Chancellor.
Who else could run Sungkyunkwan?
Pardon?
Who?
We shall now begin the archery competition.
This shall be the last roll call.
For those not in attendance, their roommates
will not be permitted to participate in today's competiton.
Ha In Soo, Im Byung Choon, Kang Moo
Yes! Present!
Baek Jae Chul, Kim Jong Min, Lee Jung Soo
Yes! Present!
Kim Woo Tak, Bae Hae Won, Ahn Do Hyun
Yes! Present!
Just take it...
First room, Middle dorm:
Hong Soo Chul, Lee Jae Shik, Kim Yoo Juk
Yes! Present!
Next, Center Room Room 2:
Search for The Red Messenger secretly;
even the soldiers and guards must not know of it.
The king must not get his hands on The Red Messenger.
If things go downhill,
kill him without anyone knowing.
Center Room Room, Middle dorm: Lee Seon Joon!
Yes.
Kim Yoon Shik.
Yes...
Moon Jae Shin.
Moon Jae Shin...
is your roommate Scholar Moon Jae Shin not here?
Rules are rules.
Because of scholar Moon Jae Shin's absence,
neither of you can participate in the archery competition.
Due to Moon Jae Shin's absence
his roommates, Lee Seon Joon and Kim Yoon Shik,
are disqualified!
Geol Oh...
What's this...
you seem to be very disappointed.
I'm disappointed as well that you two won't be competing.
I wanted to smash your political harmony in front of the king,
so that the king will no longer dream of
the illusion of political harmony.
My target is not the two of you,
but the king...
you'd better not speak of political harmony and peace any longer.
Those ridiculous words,
the ones who proved it to be impossible...
were you two.
Who said it was impossible?
Jae Shin!
Hey, Big Shot...
I came to fill my spot.
An amazing display by Center Room 2's
Scholar Lee Seon Joon, Kim Yoon Shik, and Moon Jae Shin!
However the president's team is proving to be a worthy opponent and takes the lead.
Bring me the championship!
He's making the audience crazy!
Jalgeum Quartet...
Jae Shin...
Cheers!!!
You kept your promise...
Coward!
Stop being so pathetic! Be a man for once!
Take off your clothes!
A secret spot?
This isn't a man wanting to see a naked woman,
it's just a scholar wanting to learn the truth.
Where are you going?
I have to find him...