Nakbin opens the chapter where she left off in chapter 68. She tells him he can forget about all his pain and suffering now. And she says, "Now you merely have to wish for it and you/we can go back to like how it was before." Habaek (still in child form.. he stays in child form this entire chapter) seems to be in some kind of trance with Nakbin's hand cradling his face. He repeats "Go back?" "To how it was before?" and Biryum's observing and thinking to himself, "Habaek?" "I do believe without a doubt that is Nakbin, herself." And he realizes that if that really is Nakbin then he's not sure if it'd be better to simply leave Habaek alone. At that point the emperor interrupts Biryum's thoughts asking what is he doing since his own situation isn't exactly that great. bahlbahlbahb he tells his men to grab Biryum. Biryum responds with, you really think I came here without any preparation? At that point you see an explosion behind/near the emperor.

Scene switches briefly to where Mokrang is still with Soah and the Unicorn-guy (Lin). Soah asks what is going on and Mokrang says she doesn't know, either, and she will go and check on things and tells them to go inside first. Soah's thinking to herself that the place where they noticed the explosion is where Habaek should be. Then she asks Lin (the Unicorn guy) to take her there. He converts to his Pegasus-state (flying unicorn). She's asking herself why is she still worrying herself over him and simply finding his name out should have broken their tie/bond... Scene switches again.

There are flames flaring up and some guy's fiery hand is shown with the dialogue, "Seems I got here just in time". Biryum's like, "Hmph! Just in time?! You call that just in time? Why are you so late, Ju-dong!" A guy with a shock of black hair and goggles (think like... old-school aviator goggles) says, "Sorry, my bad, I got a bit lost and was late. You okay?" And Biryum says, "Forget about me and go get the emperor! We're not going to have a chance like this, again!" And Ju-dong tries to make a move but two of the emperor's masked guards (ugly masks ..ugh..) pop up in front of him and they clash. Then it looks like the emperor summoned three large serpents to grab at Ju-dong's weapon. The emperor says, "You couldn't have possibly come here believing you could kill me with just those skills. I wonder what your true goal is. I'll just take my time asking for the reason after I've captured you." Ju-dong or Biryum (they're standing back-to-back in this panel) ask the other, "Was it futile, after all?" Ju-dong's like, since the chance is gone now, we should get ourselves out of here first. The emperor's like, "Hmm... you think I'd let you go that easily?" Ju-dong's hand starts firing up again and the emperor is silent but looks like, "oh mini cooper" and another explosion occurs. The guards say, "Emperor!?" and Biryum is trying to snap Habaek out of it and says they have to get out of there fast. Habaek has a sad expression on his face and says no, he can't go. Biryum asks, "Is it because of that woman, Nakbin?" Then he continues with, "Fine. If you wish to stay behind, then stay. But, I'm going. However, I am taking Soah with me." That brought a reaction out of Habaek because you see that star mark on his forehead like a-taken-back exprsesion. Habaek says, "What?" Biryum says, "if you change your mind, then bring that woman with you. We'll be waiting at the island at the end of the road that leads to the sun. Now you see the area's engulfed in flames and a part of the emperor's mask is cracking. Mokrang shows up and asks the emperor if he is all right and she deeply apologizes for being late. He asks what happened to the rebels. She apologizes but says it seemed they've gotten away. And then he asks, "Where is Soah now?" Scene switches.

Soah is there in the room. A bang sound alarms her. Biryum is standing at the door's entrance having just slammed the door open. She says, "You...?" He says "Come with me, Soah. We must leave now!" She says, "What did you say? Why are you all of a sudden...." and you see his hand reach for her. Then the next panel shows her collapsed onto the floor. Then you see a zoomed out shot of parts of the palace grounds up in smoke. Ju-dong (aviator goggles, fire-power guy) says, "So, in the end, we couldn't bring Habaek with us. So, where can we go now? The emperor's goons are already all over us." Biryum has Soah lying in his lap (head on his lap since he's riding his dragon with the reins in his hands) and responds to Ju-dong with, "We'll be going to the mountain where the skies open. There we can hide from the emperor's vision. Also... Habaek will definitely follow us there." Camera switch to Habaek who is spaced out a bit.. he's repeating to himself, "The island at the end of the road to the sun..." Camera switch back to Biryum and he finishes what he was saying with, "To where the Moon is, the Moon Palace." End of chapter.

He is recalling images of being with her and her lying on the floor with blood, etc. Panels with the "thu-thump" SFX in between those flashes. Then she snaps him out with "Habaek". He is thinking to himself how he can recognize her in whatever form she is in and finally says, "Nak...bin..." to which Biryum is shocked. Then Habaek says her name again and then again but this time with tears and finally runs into her arms (he's still in child-form) and she says, "That's right, it's me." Biryum's like no freaking way! "Is that woman really Nakbin?" But he notes that's the first time he's seen Habaek like that. So Biryum is wondering is she for real..? And then he wonders what the hell the emperor is up to and if this all was really a part of the emperor's plans. Finally Biryum addresses Nakbin aloud. "Now wait just a moment~! If you are the real Nakbin, then just who was this 'Yeowha'? That woman who looks exactly like you. You're not going to claim you know nothing about that, are you?" Then Nakbin answers. "Yeowha, that woman..." "is the 'real' bride of Habaek." Biryum says, "What do you mean real bride [of Habaek]?!" Nakbin says, "That girl named Soah is a fake bride. The one who originally captured Habaek's heart, the original bride, was Yeowha." "Even though she had his heart, the one who lured her into using my[Nakbin's] form and the one who made her think that what she had won for herself had been taken away by Soah, was the emperor." "However, something the emperor did not expect happened. The woman who merely had to imitate me began to believe she was truly me. And actually fell in love with Habaek." That was all Nakbin responding to Biryum. Now she turns to Habaek and says, "Habaek, this is all due to your weak heart." conviction? Whatever. "Even though you knew from the start she was not me, you treated her well out of your compassion for humans, didn't you? Because of your hesitant actions, not only did she suffer, but you made it difficult for everyone else, as well. However, you don't have to worry anymore. Since.. I've taken care of her." Biryum's like, "---!!" and Habaek is like "....." Then the emperor interrupts with, "Oh, did you two greet each other already? My my, it looks like I'm late. I seemed to have missed a good scene!"[or less literally: I seemed to have missed all the good parts!] Biryum's thinking, "The emperor! Damn, I need to get out of here now.." but at that second the emperor's like, oh, look, we have an uninvited guest. And he asks Biryum if he enjoyed his land and did Biryum really think he didn't know of Biryum's presence. Emperor's armed men come out and guard him. And one of them is drawing his sword. I can't tell who says this line.. it may be the guy drawing his sword or Biryum or the emperor: "Have you been well, as always, hyung-nim?" <-- hyung-nim, formal address of an older brother by a man...or a close male friend. Biryum is silent with "...." and spears drawn around his face. The emperor commands them to take him away. Habaek starts saying, "Wait, he's...." but then Nakbin holds him (back from advancing to where Biryum's being taken away). And Habaek looks back at her and says, "...Nakbin?" She says, "Now everything can go back to the way it was. Back to the times when we were happy together. Also...." "Don't you want to know how you can recover your original form?" end of chapter.

The last page has information on Habaek's parents. Those two entities are actual entities from history, by the way. In real life myths, she's not Habaek's mother. Balfalshfaslfdl I'll translate this later, maybe.


ALL CREDITS TO TEQQ. kamsamida *bow*

So the two of them meet.. Yeowha and Nakbin.. Yeowha is in disbelief and doesn't want to think it could be Nakbin in front of her. Nakbin's insulting her by saying you really think Habaek would fall for someone as "rough" as you (coarse, rough, feel free to substitute some similarly unrefined adjective here). Nakbin continues by saying, "I know Habaek very well. There's no way he would fall for someone like you. And also, you couldn't even compete with that girl. From now on, it looks like I have to handle this, myself. Sorry, but, you'll have to 'disappear' now, Yeowha." Yeowha has tears welling up and then a sword is run through Yeowha. Yeowha looks back and says, "Why are.. you..." and it's what's-his-face... that emperor's lackey with the decorative mask (not Biryum, of course!). He says, "Emperor's orders -- a flower who cannot even imitate the resurrection lily is one that is no longer needed." Then he (or maybe it's Nakbin who's talking here) says that they won't be unfair about it: at the least, they'll make sure Habaek doesn't see her real form. Scene switches to Habaek in child form being addressed by Mura. She asks him where he was last night and that it seems to her that Soah's on the Emperor's side now and maybe he should first return to the water country. Then he says, "Mura. It was you, wasn't it? The one who pushed Soah into the mirror pond." She's like, "What has Soah been saying? You, of all people, should know me well. Why would I do such a thing...! You don't actually.. believe in such nonsense, do you Habaek?" And then her cheek is scratched. He says, "From now on Mura, don't even get near Soah--!! Since it is you, I've only done [that much]. If it had been anyone else, I wouldn't have held back." (Her cheek is bleeding.) He continues, "However, if something like this happens again, I won't be able to guarantee [not holding back], again. This is your only warning. Don't make me come to hate you. I do not wish to lose you, Mura." He leaves. She's distraught. Biryum meets him outside. He asks Habaek not to hate her. And he says, "You know as well as I do, if Mura had truly wanted to kill Soah, she could very easily have done so. However, she did not. I'm not saying she is not at fault here. I'm just saying she just loves you that much. You can, in a way, look at the situation with some pity. Honestly, I don't really understand. For you to have come all this way to the emperor's lands pretending to have lost your memory ... is this woman named Soah really so important?" Habaek says, "...yes." And he starts to continue by saying, "To the point of becoming afraid I would lose..." (well, I didn't word that well. I'll reword that maybe later....) Then a voice interrupts and you see the lower half of Nakbin's face and she's holding a peacock-feathered hand fan. She says, "Is that true, Habaek? This is disappointing... did you already forget? Our oath we made in front of the resurrection lilies...." Habaek has a look of surprise on his face (he's still in child form). Biryum thinks to himself, "Yeowha...? No, something's different..." Flip over to the final page and Nakbin's pretty much towering over Habaek in her gown with her fan and her ornamental pin, etc. She says, "I had always wondered how you looked when young... how fortunate I can get to see you again like this."

As a reminder: at this point Mui is still in Soah's room since she's trying to mend his sleeve and she asked him why he looks different by day and by night. The chapter starts with the banquet festivities. Mura's sitting there, too. The emperor's almost provoking Yeowha-posing-as-Nakbin by saying where could Habaek be, what a bad groom to be leaving such a beautiful bride there. Then he gets pulled away to hear a report. The emperor confirms with the guy (who wears that helmet mask that covers his eyes and tried to assassinate before..(반왕)) that Habaek had gone to Soah's room. The guy with the mask says it is as the emperor expected and Soah asked the question of Habaek as instructed by the emperor. And the masked guy asks if he[the emperor] really thinks Habaek will tell her. And the emperor says he doesn't care whether Habaek lies or tells her the truth since what he wants to know is something entirely different. Then a page explains how both humans and gods alike have three names. The first name is the official name that one is called while young. The second is like the title. And the third is the "Soul's Name" and is the name one goes by after death and isn't called it ever in life. So what the emperor wants to find out is Habaek's third name. Since it's a name that is hidden and only known to his parents and himself, he wants to find it out so that he can use it to snuff out Habaek's life. He is waiting to see which woman could possibly be told the name first: Yeowha who's posing as a Nakbin-look-alike or Soah who has been wounded [emotionally] by Habaek. And then he says that actually, the real Nakbin had failed to discover Habaek's 3rd name. And the masked guy is surprised [the real] Nakbin had failed. So then the masked guy asks the emperor what he would do in the case of failure (with Yeowha and Soah). The emperor responds saying he'd throw away the one who is useless. And so now who would find it first..

Scene switches to Soah and Habaek. (Mui = 1st name. Habaek = 2nd name, by the way. Duh.) So she's seen repeating the question of why he looks different at night and in the morning. And he responds he is being punished. She says ..."punished...?" and he says it's a punishment for not having saved the person he loved. And he says he cannot say anything more on it. And she's thinking, the person he loved... so that must be Nakbin, right..(she has a sad look on her face). Then she has a firm determined look and says to herself, "No, this won't do. I need to get a hold of myself." "Since I have something I must do now." There's a two-panel flashback where the emperor is telling her that before he returns to his water country, she must find out his 3rd name. And she needs to dole out payback for Habaek having abandoned her. So he commands her, "If you want revenge, then go find Habaek's 3rd name!" End of two-panel flashback. She's wondering how she can get him to tell her his 3rd name since even Nakbin had failed.. there's no reason for Habaek to tell her his 3rd name. Out loud she says, "I understand. I won't ask any more details on that matter. Instead, please respond to one more question of mine." He asks what it is. She says, "Can you tell me what your TRUE real name is?" And he answers "It is 빙이(氷夷)". 氷=Ice. 夷=normally means barbarian but may also mean destruction. So now she's shocked and her heart's pounding wildly. She can't believe he just told her straight up so easily. And she is wondering why he doesn't ask her why she is wondering what his name is. She stands up. He asks her what is wrong. She says, "I am sorry, I wish to be alone now. Please return." So he leaves. And she's thinking she can't lose her resolve over this. That she had swore she wouldn't be affected by his sweet words again. And she reaffirms how she won't be deceived again.

Scene switches to the morning. Emperor is asking her if Habaek went to her last night and did she find out what his 3rd name is. She says, "My apologies, your majesty. It seems my skills are still insufficient.. please give me a bit more time." And the emperor says he thought she may have been able to do it but wonders if it's impossible for her, after all. Then he says, "Well I did not think it would be an easy task. However, not much time is left. You must find his name in the next half month [15 days]." She says, "Yes, your majesty."

Scene switches to Yeowha (in Nakbin's appearance, of course) combing her hair. She has a flashback to the emperor provoking her the previous night about Habaek abandoning such a beautiful bride and he'll probably be a bad husband. And she thinks how Mui had indeed failed to return to her side before the end of the banquet and festivities. She's like, "No way, could he have been with that child..." Then she hears knocking. She opens the door saying "Habaek, have you returned?" Then the next panel has her frozen a bit. The last panel on that page has the bottom half of a woman's face showing saying, "Are you, perhaps, this 'Yeowha'?" Then you have to flip the page over to see the last page in the chapter. You see Nakbin in darker garb with darker (black) hair and a hair ornament facing Yeowha-looking-like-Nakbin-with-that-lighter-grey-shaded-hair. The "To be continued" caption reads, "The real Nakbin appears--!!!"

All credits go to our beloved Teqq!!!