# E2 - Torn Bonds
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**[00:04] Yona**
S-Soo-Won... Quickly, call a doctor!
**[00:08] Soo-won**
King Il will not wake again.
**[00:13] Soo-won**
I killed him.
**[00:17] Yona**
What are you talking about?
**[00:20] Yona**
Y-You aren't someone who could do this...
**[00:26] Soo-won**
You don't know how I have lived for this day.
***SIGN*** Episode 2: Torn Bonds
**[02:11] Hak**
It's too quiet...
**[02:14] Guard A**
Then, no one has noticed yet?
**[02:17] Guard B**
No, sir.
**[02:18] Guard B**
The honored guests and civil officials are
all drunk from the party and fast asleep.
**[02:24] Guard A**
I see.
**[02:25] Guard C**
Only General Hak's movements
are cause for concern.
**[02:28] Hak**
Who is cause for concern?
**[02:31] Hak**
Why don't you tell me in detail?
**[02:39] Yona**
Wh-Why?
**[02:42] Yona**
My father cared for you since you were a child...
**[02:48] Soo-won**
You're right.
**[02:50] Soo-won**
I loved King Il, too.
**[02:53] Soo-won**
Even though people whispered that he
was a coward who feared conflict,
**[02:57] Soo-won**
I used to believe that was what made him kind.
**[03:03] Soo-won**
However, I was wrong.
**[03:06] Soo-won**
That wasn't the case.
**[03:09] Soo-won**
Do you remember my father, Yoo-hong?
**[03:14] Yona**
*My uncle?*
**[03:15] Soo-won**
Ever since my father was young,
he was courageous and intelligent.
**[03:19] Soo-won**
He grew into a man who always
led our armies to victory.
**[03:23] Soo-won**
Everyone wanted him to become the next
king, and no one doubted he would.
**[03:29] Soo-won**
However, ten years ago,
**[03:30] Soo-won**
the former king, Junam, chose not my
father, but Uncle Il, as King of Kouka.
**[03:39] Soo-won**
No one understood his choice.
**[03:41] Soo-won**
The eldest son was the rightful
successor to the throne,
**[03:44] Soo-won**
so why did he choose the weak Il?
**[03:49] Soo-won**
But my father kept smiling.
**[03:53] Yoo-hong**
The throne is no big deal to me.
**[03:56] Yoo-hong**
I will continue to fight on the front lines,
**[03:58] Yoo-hong**
to protect my younger brother and my people.
**[04:02] Soo-won**
I was proud of my father,
and had great respect for him.
**[04:06] Soo-won**
Someday, I hoped to stand alongside him
**[04:08] Soo-won**
on the battlefield, and offer my life to him.
**[04:13] Soo-won**
But after succeeding the throne,
**[04:16] Soo-won**
for reasons unknown, King Il killed
Yoo-hong, his own brother.
**[04:21] Yona**
No... My uncle died in an accident...
**[04:24] Soo-won**
That's the official story.
**[04:27] Soo-won**
But King Il stabbed my father
to death with a sword.
**[04:32] Soo-won**
Do you understand?
**[04:34] Soo-won**
King Il, who was thought to hate
weapons and avoid conflict,
**[04:39] Soo-won**
killed my father with a sword.
**[04:43] Yona**
No... It's not true...
**[04:48] Soo-won**
It's the truth.
**[04:52] Soo-won**
I have avenged my father,
and to honor his final wish,
**[04:57] Soo-won**
I will become King of Kouka.
**[05:04] Yona**
*It's not true...*
**[05:06] Yona**
*This is a dream... A nightmare...*
**[05:11] Yona**
*After all, Soo-won,*
**[05:13] Yona**
*you smiled so kindly when you...*
**[05:16] Soo-won**
I love your hair, Yona.
**[05:21] Yona**
*...when you gave me this hair ornament...*
**[05:28] Soo-won**
I wasn't expecting you to be awake
in the middle of the night.
**[05:32] Soo-won**
I had heard you hardly ever
visited the king's quarters.
**[05:35] Soo-won**
Why did you come, Princess Yona?
**[05:40] Yona**
I wanted to tell him...
**[05:44] Yona**
I wanted to tell my father
**[05:49] Yona**
that I could never forget you...
**[06:02] Kye-sook**
Lord Soo-won.
**[06:04] Soo-won**
Kye-sook.
**[06:05] Kye-sook**
Everything is ready.
**[06:09] Kye-sook**
You've achieved your long-cherished desire.
**[06:13] Kye-sook**
Did Princess Yona see you?
**[06:18] Kye-sook**
This will make things quick.
**[06:20] Kye-sook**
Kill her, Lord Soo-won.
**[06:23] Kye-sook**
Silence the princess.
**[06:27] Yona**
Soo-won?
**[06:40] Kye-sook**
Put it out! We don't want
anyone suspecting anything!
**[06:42] Guards**
Yes, sir!
**[06:53] Soo-won**
Seize her.
**[06:54] Guard F**
Yes, sir!
**[06:58] Yona**
*Who... Who was that person?*
**[07:01] Yona**
* That person who killed my father,*
* and who is trying to kill me,*
**[07:07] Yona**
*is not Soo-won!*
**[07:09] Yona**
*He isn't my beloved Soo-won!*
**[07:31] Guard F**
Prepare yourself, Princess.
**[07:34] Guard F**
This is for the Kingdom of Kouka.
**[07:37] Yona**
*Did he hate me?*
**[07:41] Yona**
*Since we were young, I...*
**[07:45] Yona**
*I only ever loved Soo-won.*
**[07:50] Yona**
*I didn't ask for much.*
**[07:53] Yona**
* As long as I could see Soo-won's*
* smile, I was happy.*
**[07:59] Yona**
Soo-won!
**[08:10] Hak**
I knew Lord Soo-won was here tonight,
so I was trying to stay out of your way.
**[08:17] Hak**
The guards who were supposed to be
on watch are all gathered here.
**[08:21] Hak**
There are people I don't recognize, too.
**[08:24] Hak**
What's going on here?
**[08:28] Hak**
Huh, Lord Soo-won?
**[08:31] Yona**
H-Hak?
**[08:40] Hak**
I'm sorry for leaving your side, Princess Yona.
**[08:45] Yona**
Hak...
**[08:47] Yona**
Hak, are you on my side?
**[08:54] Hak**
The king told me to protect you.
**[08:59] Hak**
No matter what happens,
**[09:01] Hak**
I will obey his orders!
**[09:05] Kye-sook**
Withdraw, servant.
**[09:07] Kye-sook**
You are standing before King Soo-won,
the new master of Hiryuu Castle.
**[09:13] Hak**
Who's the master of what, now?
**[09:17] Hak**
I have a bad feeling about this, but I must ask.
**[09:20] Hak**
Lord Soo-won, where is King Il?
**[09:27] Soo-won**
I just sent him to hell.
**[09:35] Hak**
Are you drunk?
**[09:38] Hak**
That's going too far, even for a joke.
**[09:40] Soo-won**
Ask Princess Yona.
**[09:43] Soo-won**
She confirmed the king's death with her own eyes.
**[09:51] Hak**
Tell the truth!
**[09:52] Soo-won**
I'm not lying.
**[09:54] Hak**
Soo-won! You're telling me you killed your king?
**[09:59] Hak**
You killed our kind king?!
**[10:04] Kye-sook**
Lord Soo-won...
**[10:05] Soo-won**
Stay back.
**[10:07] Soo-won**
If you get any closer, you'll lose your head.
**[10:09] Soo-won**
The man standing before you is Son Hak.
**[10:12] Kye-sook**
This man is...
**[10:14] Soo-won**
Yes. He is the heart of Castle Hiryuu,
and one of the five generals...
**[10:20] Kye-sook**
The Thunder Beast of Kouka.
**[10:22] Hak**
Soo-won, why? Are you trying to usurp the throne?
**[10:27] Hak**
No, you're not the type to fixate
yourself on that kind of thing.
**[10:33] Hak**
Did you turn your sword on our kind
king, who detested weapons?
**[10:38] Hak**
Your pride allowed that?!
**[10:41] Soo-won**
Kindness?
**[10:44] Soo-won**
This kingdom has no need for a weak king!
**[10:58] Kye-sook**
Son Hak...
**[10:59] Kye-sook**
The grandson of Son Mundok,
former head of the Wind Tribe,
**[11:04] Kye-sook**
he rose to lead the tribe at a young age.
**[11:08] Kye-sook**
A single blow from his blade is like lightning,
**[11:11] Kye-sook**
earning him the nickname of the
"Thunder Beast of Kouka."
**[11:33] Kye-sook**
That's enough!
**[11:51] Guard H**
Lay down your weapon, Thunder Beast.
**[11:57] Kye-sook**
Lord Soo-won, are you all right?
**[11:59] Hak**
Soo-won...
**[12:02] Hak**
Was the Soo-won I saw an illusion?
**[12:06] Hak**
I thought I could entrust you with the princess.
**[12:11] Kye-sook**
Fool. You may be one of the five
generals, but you are still young.
**[12:16] Hak**
What?
**[12:18] Kye-sook**
At this rate, the Kingdom of Kouka
will fall into ruin before long.
**[12:22] Kye-sook**
For you and Princess Yona, who have
indulged in peace at Castle Hiryuu,
**[12:26] Kye-sook**
there is no way to imagine
Lord Soo-won's feelings—
**[12:29] Soo-won**
Quiet, Kye-sook.
**[12:33] Hak**
What does that mean?
**[12:35] Soo-won**
The Soo-won you know never existed.
**[12:41] Soo-won**
Should anyone get in my way,
I will cut him down,
**[12:45] Soo-won**
no matter who he is.
**[12:47] Yona**
*I don't want to hear this.*
**[12:49] Yona**
*I don't want to hear any of this anymore...*
**[12:56] Guard H**
Wh-What?
**[13:06] Kye-sook**
After them! Don't let them escape!
**[13:08] Guard J**
Yes, sir!
**[13:15] Min-soo**
This way, General Hak!
**[13:17] Hak**
Were you the one who made
that terrible shot, Min-soo?
**[13:21] Min-soo**
Huh?
**[13:24] Hak**
Take the princess and follow me.
Don't fall behind.
**[13:27] Min-soo**
Y-Yes, sir.
**[13:31] Hak**
Out of the way!
**[13:34] Hak**
This way!
**[13:35] Min-soo**
Yes, sir.
**[13:41] Min-soo**
General Hak, behind you!
**[13:47] Hak**
We should find somewhere to hide.
**[13:49] Min-soo**
You're right.
**[13:50] Hak**
Let's go.
**[13:51] Min-soo**
Yes, sir.
**[14:03] Min-soo**
There's no end to them.
**[14:09] Min-soo**
Princess, is King Il really dead?
**[14:21] Min-soo**
I see.
**[14:24] Min-soo**
I'm sorry. I just couldn't believe it.
**[14:29] Min-soo**
Until just a while ago, he was smiling
so happily about your birthday.
**[14:41] Hak**
It's only a matter of time until they find us.
**[14:44] Min-soo**
The soldiers that Lord Soo-won brought here,
**[14:47] Min-soo**
along with the guards loyal to him,
are gathering within the castle.
**[14:50] Hak**
If we're caught, they'll definitely kill us...
**[14:54] Min-soo**
Yes.
**[15:01] Min-soo**
I'll secure an escape route for you.
**[15:04] Min-soo**
You two must escape from the castle.
**[15:07] Hak**
But you...
**[15:09] Min-soo**
Don't worry about me. I promise I'll get away.
**[15:20] Guard Q**
They're around here somewhere! Find them!
**[15:22] Guard R**
Yes, sir!
**[15:26] Hak**
Six soldiers in front of the rear gate.
**[15:28] Hak**
More waiting in ambush.
**[15:33] Hak**
Min-soo, you...
**[15:34] Min-soo**
I'll draw them after me.
**[15:36] Min-soo**
You use that opportunity to escape.
**[15:40] Min-soo**
Princess,
**[15:42] Min-soo**
take care.
**[15:49] Guard R**
There she is!
**[15:50] Guard Q**
She's over there!
**[15:51] Guard Q**
Don't let her escape!
**[15:54] Hak**
Min-soo...
**[16:09] Hak**
Princess, hurry!
**[16:20] Guard T**
There she is! This way!
**[16:32] Min-soo**
*Princess... King...*
**[16:48] Kye-sook**
They seem to have escaped into the mountains.
**[16:51] Kye-sook**
I will organize a party to search
the mountains immediately.
**[16:55] Soo-won**
General Hak was raised in the precipitous
mountain village of Capital Fuuga.
**[16:59] Soo-won**
Even if he has the princess with him,
**[17:01] Soo-won**
it will be difficult for the men
of the castle to find them.
**[17:12] Hak**
Princess Yona,
**[17:15] Hak**
should we rest a while?
**[17:25] Yona**
Is Min-soo dead?
**[17:29] Yona**
Am I going to die, too?
**[17:33] Yona**
Is Soo-won going to kill you, too?
**[17:38] Hak**
I don't have a life to give to that piece of crap.
**[17:43] Yona**
Please don't die, Hak.
**[17:48] Yona**
If you die, I won't forgive you...
**[17:59] Hak**
*I still can't believe it.*
**[18:02] Hak**
*I can't believe King Il died,*
**[18:07] Hak**
*and left the princess alone...*
**[18:10] Hak**
*You good-for-nothing king.*
**[18:14] Hak**
*Soo-won...*
**[18:22] Kye-sook**
I'm sorry.
**[18:24] Kye-sook**
I had them comb the mountains all night,
but they still haven't found anything.
**[18:29] Soo-won**
How are things inside the castle?
**[18:31] Kye-sook**
People are beginning to notice something
is wrong, and unrest is growing.
**[18:35] Guest A**
General Joo-doh, what's going on?
**[18:37] Guest B**
Is this the work of insurgents?
**[18:39] Judo**
We're investigating the matter
as quickly as we can.
**[18:43] Kye-sook**
What shall we do, Lord Soo-won?
**[18:56] Hak**
Let's go, Princess. Our pursuers are coming.
**[19:00] Yona**
Where are we going?
**[19:04] Yona**
During the party, even though my
father was crying tears of joy,
**[19:10] Yona**
I didn't utter a single word of thanks to him.
**[19:17] Yona**
Where am I supposed to go now,
**[19:22] Yona**
leaving my father behind?
**[19:32] Yona**
Hak...
**[19:34] Hak**
We'll go anywhere, as long
as it means you'll live.
**[19:39] Hak**
That is how you can return the king's feelings.
**[19:53] Yona**
*My sixteenth birthday...*
**[19:55] Yona**
*That night,*
**[19:56] Yona**
* I lost my family, my home,*
* and the people I loved.*
**[20:09] Yona**
* And then, I had the encounters*
* that led me to the present.*
**[20:24] Commander**
What is that?
**[20:28] Commander**
Fire!
**[20:48] Commander**
Who are you?
**[20:52] Aide**
A new enemy!
**[21:12] Yona**
Quietly depart
**[21:14] Yona**
from the Kingdom of Kouka!
**[21:18] Yona**
I won't let you do as you please to this kingdom!
**[21:25] Commander**
Damn you...
**[21:32] Commander**
What?
**[21:42] Yona**
*I will live*
**[21:45] Yona**
* to repay my late father's love,*
* and my friends' kindness!*
***SIGN*** Next Time
**[23:26] Hak**
Princess, use me so that you may live.
**[23:30] Hak**
That is what I'm here for.
**[23:34] Hak**
Next time, *Akatsuki no Yona* episode 3:
***SIGN*** Episode 3: The Distant Sky
**[23:38] Hak**
The Distant Sky.