# E3 - The Distant Sky
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**[00:19] Hak**
Shall we rest a while?
**[00:42] Hak**
*I've watched her for a long time.*
**[00:45] Hak**
* The princess had never known*
* uncleanliness or pain...*
**[02:21] Mundok**
Boy,
***SIGN*** Three Years Ago
**[02:23] Mundok**
I told you to attend today's clan meeting.
**[02:27] Hak**
You're the only one who needs to
attend the meeting, Lord Mundok.
**[02:31] Hak**
Besides, I can't be bothered to listen
to King Il's happy-go-lucky nonsen—
**[02:35] Mundok**
Fool!
**[02:36] Mundok**
Don't call me "Lord Mundok"!
Call me "Grandpa"!
**[02:39] Hak**
That's what you're upset about?
**[02:40] Hak**
We aren't even related by blood!
**[02:42] Mundok**
Blood? In the face of love, blood is powerless!
**[02:46] Il**
Now, now...
**[02:47] Il**
If you two keep fighting,
Castle Hiryuu will blow away.
**[02:53] Mundok**
I apologize, King Il.
**[02:54] Il**
It's all right.
**[02:56] Hak**
*Uh-oh... I called him "happy-go-lucky."*
**[02:59] Il**
It's been a while, Hak.
**[03:01] Il**
It's been lonely since you stopped coming to play.
**[03:05] Hak**
A commoner like me can't just
walk into the castle freely...
**[03:08] Il**
Don't worry about that.
**[03:10] Il**
Yona's been lonely without you, too.
**[03:14] Hak**
You happy-go-lucky liar.
***SIGN*** Happy-Go-Lucky?
**[03:16] Il**
Happy-go-lucky?
***SIGN*** But it's the perfect word!
**[03:19] Mundok**
What's that supposed to mean?
***SIGN*** But it's the perfect word!
**[03:21] Il**
Violence is wrong, Mundok.
**[03:25] Il**
Hak's honesty is what I love about him.
**[03:29] Il**
Have a steamed bun.
**[03:33] Il**
So, Hak, would you stay at the castle
permanently, as Yona's bodyguard?
**[03:38] Hak**
Your Majesty,
**[03:40] Hak**
I find nobility a terrible bother.
**[03:43] Hak**
If I served at the castle or became a general,
**[03:46] Hak**
I wouldn't be able to take long naps at home.
**[03:48] Il**
Hak...
**[03:49] Hak**
You hate weapons, don't you?
**[03:52] Hak**
Then see if you can find such a precious rarity
**[03:55] Hak**
as a guard who can protect without a weapon.
**[03:59] Il**
Hak...
***SIGN*** Episode 3: The Distant Sky
**[04:02] Hak**
*Frankly, I don't want anything to do
with nobility or the royal family.*
**[04:06] Hak**
*The way they probe each other's intentions
and drag each other down is ridiculous.*
**[04:10] Hak**
*The king has no sense for danger, either.*
**[04:13] Hak**
* And the other reason I don't want to*
* come to this castle permanently is...*
**[04:17] Yona**
Hak!
**[04:20] Yona**
Hide me.
**[04:22] Hak**
*When I'm around the princess, I lose my mind.*
**[04:28] Noble**
Princess Yona! Where are you?
**[04:32] Noble**
Princess Yona!
**[04:34] Hak**
That's no good, Princess Yona.
**[04:36] Hak**
You can't get caught playing your pranks.
**[04:38] Yona**
That's not what I was doing.
**[04:40] Hak**
Huh? He's courting you?
**[04:47] Yona**
It's true!
**[04:48] Yona**
That man called Kang Tae-jun
**[04:51] Yona**
keeps visiting the castle to give me gifts
and invite me to play with him.
**[04:52] Noble**
Princess, let's play!
**[04:57] Hak**
The son of the Fire Tribe's chief, huh?
**[04:59] Yona**
He's awfully persistent.
**[05:01] Hak**
Then why not tell him you have
your heart set on Soo-won?
**[05:10] Yona**
But he doesn't feel the same.
**[05:12] Yona**
If I said that, Soo-won would hear about it.
**[05:16] Hak**
That's not my problem.
**[05:18] Yona**
Don't make it sound like such a bother.
**[05:22] Hak**
*This is why I hate coming to the castle.*
**[05:25] Hak**
Then you'll have to find a way to
get along with Lord Kang Tae-jun.
**[05:30] Yona**
You're so cold, Hak.
**[05:32] Yona**
Soo-won would never say that.
**[05:36] Hak**
In that case, go cry to Lord Soo-won
and ask him to protect you!
**[05:48] Hak**
Let's hurry back to the clan
mansion, General Mundok.
**[05:52] Mundok**
What are you so irritated about?
**[05:54] Mundok**
Also, call me "Grandpa."
**[05:56] Hak**
I'm not irritated.
**[05:59] Mundok**
You are irritated.
**[06:06] Hak**
Princess Yona...
**[06:07] Hak**
What are you doing here?
**[06:08] Yona**
There...
**[06:11] Yona**
I'm sorry about this afternoon.
**[06:13] Yona**
You got angry because I was acting helpless, right?
**[06:18] Yona**
I'm the proud princess of the Kingdom of Kouka.
**[06:21] Yona**
Instead of complaining, I'll do
something about it myself.
**[06:25] Yona**
Bye.
**[06:26] Hak**
H-Hey...
**[06:28] Yona**
You can have those.
**[06:29] Yona**
I'm bribing you to reconcile with me.
**[06:37] Hak**
*This is why I want nothing to do with the princess.*
**[06:43] Guards**
At this rate, the clans will gain power,
and the king's power will wane.
**[06:49] Guards**
Should we really be letting that
cowardly king handle this country?
**[06:53] Hak**
*They're really letting him have it.*
**[06:55] Hak**
* Considering the kind of king he*
* is, I guess it's no wonder...*
***SIGN*** Happy-Go-Lucky
***SIGN*** But he's a
nice guy.
**[06:59] Hak**
* If I succeed Grandpa and become a*
* general, I'll be the royal family's dog.*
**[07:04] Il**
* Hak, would you stay at the castle*
* permanently, as Yona's bodyguard?*
**[07:10] Hak**
*You don't want to do that, Your Majesty. I'm...*
**[07:13] Yona**
No!
**[07:15] Yona**
I won't go to the imperial villa with you.
**[07:18] Noble**
Don't be so cold.
**[07:20] Noble**
Won't you show me the way?
**[07:22] Yona**
Let go!
**[07:23] Hak**
*They're so annoying.*
**[07:25] Hak**
*If only Soo-won were around...*
**[07:27] Guards**
Someone should stop him!
**[07:28] Guards**
But that's General Kang's son.
**[07:31] Guards**
One wrong move, and...
**[07:32] Guards**
Then go get the king.
**[07:35] Hak**
*Nobles truly are bothersome creatures.*
**[07:39] Hak**
*Don't get involved. Leave them be.*
**[07:41] Hak**
*Otherwise, for the rest of my life, I'll...*
**[07:45] Yona**
Let go!
**[07:47] Noble**
Let go of me!
**[07:47] Noble**
You really are adorable.
**[07:49] Noble**
When you struggle with a kitten's strength,
it makes me want to touch you more.
**[07:55] Yona**
That's enough...
**[07:57] Hak**
That's enough, Lord Kang Tae-jun.
**[07:59] Noble**
Ouch!
**[08:01] Yona**
Hak...
**[08:03] Noble**
H-How rude!
**[08:05] Noble**
How dare you casually touch the princess?!
**[08:07] Hak**
And who gave you permission to touch my princess?
***SIGN*** My?
**[08:12] Noble**
*"My"?*
***SIGN*** Whose?
**[08:13] Yona**
*Whose?*
**[08:14] Noble**
Y-You should watch your mouth, brat!
**[08:16] Hak**
I'm not lying.
**[08:18] Hak**
When the princess and I were children,
we pledged to spend our futures together.
**[08:22] Hak**
Right, Princess?
**[08:23] Yona**
Huh?
**[08:23] Hak**
Princess, there's no need to be shy.
**[08:26] Yona**
Ha, ha... Not in front of other people!
**[08:29] Noble**
Princess, do you love him?
**[08:33] Yona**
Y-Yeah.
**[08:36] Yona**
I love him.
**[08:37] Yona**
I really love him.
**[08:40] Noble**
I-I refuse to accept this!
**[08:41] Noble**
You may have pledged your futures to one another,
**[08:44] Noble**
but I am the second son of the Fire Tribe's
General Kang, Kang Tae-jun!
**[08:49] Noble**
And who, exactly, are you?
**[08:51] Hak**
I'm the Wind Tribe's next general, Son Hak.
**[08:55] Hak**
The king personally appointed me
to be Princess Yona's bodyguard.
**[09:01] Hak**
Any objections?
**[09:03] Noble**
Then show me your true strength—
**[09:07] Noble**
Your Majesty!
**[09:09] Il**
Don't do that.
**[09:11] Noble**
Please forgive me.
**[09:13] Il**
It's all right.
**[09:16] Il**
I had no idea you felt that way about each other.
**[09:20] Yona**
F-Father, this is a misunderstanding!
**[09:22] Hak**
But after what we said, I doubt he'll be back.
**[09:25] Il**
Hak, you've finally come around to the
idea of being Yona's bodyguard...
**[09:30] Il**
I knew I could count on you.
**[09:35] Hak**
I don't come cheap.
**[09:38] Il**
Please... Look after Yona.
**[09:45] Hak**
As you wish.
**[09:48] Hak**
*Jeez...*
**[09:49] Hak**
He's terribly persistent. I just can't stand it.
**[09:49] Hak**
*I can't leave this father and daughter alone.*
**[09:53] ---**
It's all right.
**[09:54] Hak**
*Besides, this king is no coward.*
**[09:54] Hak**
And he won't listen to me at all.
**[10:01] Hak**
*King Il, are you still watching over us somewhere?*
**[10:09] Hak**
*I will protect your unfinished business!*
**[10:20] Yona**
Don't cry, Father.
**[10:23] Yona**
Even if Mother is gone, I'm still here.
**[10:27] Yona**
You're not alone, Father.
**[10:29] Yona**
And I have Soo-won.
**[10:35] Soo-won**
Yona!
**[10:36] Soo-won**
Look, it's snow!
**[10:39] Yona**
Yeah.
**[10:44] Soo-won**
I made a ball.
**[10:47] Soo-won**
I made some strange thing.
**[10:52] Soo-won**
Yona...
**[10:53] Yona**
I-I'm doing great!
**[10:55] Yona**
I have to stay cheerful, so my father won't cry!
**[10:59] Yona**
Huh?
**[11:02] Hak**
You're heavy...
**[11:03] Yona**
Hak!
**[11:04] Soo-won**
Hooray, it's Hak!
**[11:06] Hak**
Princess, watch your step.
**[11:09] Hak**
I was in a good mood, too.
**[11:11] Yona**
Why are you lying down there?
**[11:13] Hak**
I was engraving proof of my
existence on the Earth.
**[11:16] Both**
Huh?
**[11:17] Hak**
When the ground is white with snow,
**[11:20] Hak**
it's human nature to want to lie down in it.
***SIGN*** Hak's so cool
**[11:25] Yona**
You're the perfect target for snowballs.
**[11:27] Hak**
Really?
**[11:33] Soo-won**
Well done, Hak! Yona is full of energy again!
**[11:41] Soo-won**
Yona's energy has disappeared...
**[11:43] Hak**
I guess playing in the snow was
a bit too much for the princess.
**[11:48] Soo-won**
I'm sorry, Yona.
**[11:49] Woman**
If you rest and take your medicine, you'll get better.
**[11:53] Yona**
Where is Father?
**[11:56] Woman**
His Majesty is busy right now.
**[11:58] Woman**
But he will come to see you soon.
**[12:01] Soo-won**
It's okay, Yona.
**[12:03] Hak**
When he hears you're sick,
the king will come running.
**[12:07] Yona**
You two can leave now.
**[12:10] Yona**
If you get close to me...
**[12:12] Soo-won**
We're fine. We feel great.
**[12:15] Soo-won**
Our bodies are really warm!
**[12:17] Hak**
I played so hard, I can still see snowballs.
***SIGN*** Dead Tired
***SIGN*** Dead Tired
**[12:25] Yona**
Doctor, you have more patients!
**[12:28] Hak**
No wonder I saw snowballs flying around me...
**[12:32] Yona**
Don't you two need to leave?
**[12:36] Soo-won**
Apparently, it's best for us to recover
here, so we don't spread our illness.
**[12:40] Soo-won**
But since I've been holding your hand
when you sleep, nothing has changed.
**[12:46] Hak**
You've been doing that?
**[12:49] Hak**
I'm leaving.
**[12:50] Soo-won**
Huh? Let's all hold hands.
**[12:53] Hak**
You can't be—
**[12:54] Hak**
Grandpa!
***SIGN*** ROAR
**[12:55] Mundok**
Boy, I heard you threw snow on the
princess and made her sick.
**[13:01] Hak**
When there's snow lying around,
it's only right to throw it!
**[13:04] Mundok**
Show me your rear!
**[13:06] Mundok**
I'll give you a whipping!
**[13:07] Doctor**
General, that's enough!
**[13:10] Doctor**
They're sick.
***SIGN*** Grandpa gets in trouble and leaves.
**[13:14] Hak**
I'll stay here, after all.
**[13:16] Hak**
If I went home, he'd kill me.
**[13:17] Soo-won**
That's the Wind Clan's head,
General Mundok, isn't it?
**[13:21] Hak**
Yeah.
**[13:23] Soo-won**
I admire General Mundok!
**[13:26] Soo-won**
I had no idea he was your grandfather.
**[13:29] Hak**
I'm an orphan.
**[13:31] Hak**
We aren't blood relatives.
**[13:33] Soo-won**
I see...
**[13:35] Hak**
I'm only his adopted son.
**[13:39] Yona**
But Mundok came to see you.
**[13:43] Yona**
He must love you.
**[13:46] Hak**
I don't know...
**[13:48] Yona**
Someone's here again.
**[13:53] Soo-won**
F-Father, what are you doing here?
**[13:56] Yoo-hong**
Is there something wrong with a
father coming to see his ill son?
**[13:59] Soo-won**
You'll catch my illness, Father.
**[14:03] Yoo-hong**
You think your illness could defeat me?
**[14:05] Soo-won**
N-No! But I know this is a busy time for you...
**[14:10] Yona**
*Uncle Yoo-hong is so strong and strict.*
**[14:13] Yona**
*He's nothing like Soo-won.*
**[14:16] Yoo-hong**
You must beat down this illness quickly.
**[14:18] Soo-won**
I will!
**[14:21] Hak**
His intensity is amazing.
**[14:23] Hak**
I think my fever's gone down already.
**[14:25] Yona**
That was scary...
**[14:28] Soo-won**
Today's such a happy day...
**[14:31] Soo-won**
Okay! I will do my best to beat down my illness!
**[14:34] Hak**
Go to sleep, idiot.
**[14:37] Yona**
*Father...*
**[14:41] Yona**
*It hurts.*
**[14:43] Yona**
*Why won't you come see me?*
**[14:46] Yona**
*Don't leave me alone.*
**[14:52] Maid**
Princess, at least take one bite.
**[14:55] Yona**
I don't want to.
**[14:59] Soo-won**
Yona, you have to eat something.
**[15:02] Hak**
Or you'll get even uglier.
**[15:05] Guard**
His Majesty hasn't come yet?
**[15:07] Maid**
No, I told him about the princess, but...
**[15:11] Guard**
This is the king we're talking about.
**[15:13] Guard**
Perhaps he's too afraid of the illness
to approach his own daughter.
**[15:17] Soo-won**
Quiet!
**[15:19] Hak**
He's the king, after all.
**[15:21] Hak**
Even at a time like this, he's hard at work.
**[15:24] Hak**
I respect the old man.
**[15:27] Yona**
Yeah!
**[15:30] Yona**
*I'm sorry...*
**[15:31] Yona**
*I'm sorry for thinking I was alone.*
***SIGN*** Growl
**[15:41] Hak**
That was a huge growl.
**[15:43] Hak**
Ow!
**[15:44] Soo-won**
Yona, are you hungry?
**[15:46] Soo-won**
I'll have something brought to you.
**[15:49] Yona**
Chicken porridge!
**[15:55] Yona**
It's unbelievably disgusting!
**[15:58] Il**
Really? It tastes bad, huh?
**[16:00] Yona**
Father!
**[16:02] Il**
I made that.
**[16:05] Il**
I thought I'd prepare your favorite food
to make up for not coming to see you.
**[16:10] Il**
I made it according to the recipe...
**[16:18] Il**
Oh? I thought it tasted bad.
**[16:21] Yona**
It tastes terrible!
**[16:30] Yona**
Aw... We're all better.
**[16:32] Hak**
You sound disappointed, Princess.
**[16:34] Yona**
Not really!
**[16:35] Soo-won**
I'm disappointed.
**[16:37] Hak**
Because you can't sleep next
to the princess anymore?
**[16:40] Soo-won**
I can sleep next to Yona anytime.
**[16:43] Soo-won**
But I wish the three of us could have slept
together, with our colds, forever.
**[16:50] Hak**
Even if we aren't sick, that's easy enough.
**[16:53] Hak**
We can stay together.
**[16:55] Soo-won**
You're right.
**[16:57] Yona**
Soo-won, Hak... Come again tomorrow.
**[17:02] Yona**
Come play with me always.
**[17:10] Yona**
*Huh?*
**[17:12] Yona**
*There's no one here.*
**[17:15] Yona**
Father!
**[17:17] Yona**
Father!
**[17:23] Yona**
S-Soo-won...
**[17:34] Yona**
Hak...
**[17:35] Hak**
I'm sorry. I went to get water.
**[17:44] Yona**
* The sky that the three of us*
* looked up at together is gone.*
**[17:58] Hak**
You should eat something.
**[18:01] Hak**
From here on, I don't know if
we'll be able to secure food.
**[18:06] Hak**
*She's growing weaker.*
**[18:08] Hak**
*Not only her physical strength.*
**[18:10] Hak**
* Even after time has passed,*
* she still can't face reality.*
**[18:22] Yona**
What are these?
**[18:25] Hak**
They're leeches.
**[18:26] Hak**
Hold still.
**[18:28] Hak**
They live in lakes and swamps,
and they suck your blood.
**[18:31] Yona**
Blood...
**[18:33] Hak**
They won't kill you.
**[18:37] Hak**
I'll leave your clothes here.
**[18:39] Hak**
Once we gather our belongings, we'll leave.
**[18:43] Hak**
*Will the princess stay like this forever?*
**[18:47] Hak**
* She doesn't eat. She only walks,*
* as I pull her along by the hand.*
**[18:51] Hak**
*She's like a doll.*
**[18:54] Hak**
*Are you satisfied, Soo-won?*
**[18:57] Hak**
* You destroyed the days we spent together,*
* and the princess you treasured.*
**[19:02] Hak**
*Does that satisfy you?*
**[19:08] Hak**
*This is...*
**[19:11] Hak**
*She still had this.*
**[19:16] Hak**
We'll rest here today.
**[19:25] Hak**
What's wrong? Did you lose something?
**[19:34] Yona**
*I don't need it...*
**[19:37] Yona**
*I definitely don't need it.*
**[19:40] Soo-won**
But I love your hair, Yona.
**[19:43] Soo-won**
It's a beautiful red, like the sky at dawn.
**[19:49] Hak**
Where are you going?
**[19:50] Yona**
I'm... I'm just...
**[19:52] Yona**
I'll be right back.
**[20:12] Soo-won**
The Soo-won you know never existed.
**[20:17] Soo-won**
Should anyone get in my way,
I will cut him down.
**[20:24] Hak**
Are you all right?
**[20:26] Hak**
Why did you come this far?
Do you want to die?
**[20:30] Hak**
Damn it... Is this their nest?
**[20:38] Hak**
B-Bring it on.
**[20:40] Yona**
Hak...
**[20:41] Hak**
Keep your mouth shut and hang on, Princess.
**[20:44] Hak**
Think of me as a tool.
**[20:46] Hak**
Use me so that you can live!
**[20:49] Hak**
That's what I'm here for!
**[20:56] Yona**
Hak, I'm sorry—
**[20:57] Hak**
Is this what you were looking for?
**[21:07] Hak**
I can't forgive Soo-won.
**[21:09] Hak**
But more than that, I want you to live.
**[21:15] Hak**
* To find that, you made a move for the first*
* time since we entered these mountains.*
**[21:21] Hak**
*If it can keep you alive, I don't care what it is.*
**[21:26] Hak**
*Even if it's a feeling you still can't throw away.*
**[21:35] Soo-won**
I see... You haven't found them.
**[21:39] Guard**
Shall we send more after them?
**[21:41] Soo-won**
No, leave them.
**[21:43] Guard**
You're allowing them to live?
**[21:46] Soo-won**
Now that they've left the castle,
they cannot do anything.
**[21:49] Soo-won**
Besides, there is something
we must do immediately.
***SIGN*** Next Time
**[23:27] Yona**
The place we reached after escaping our pursuers
**[23:30] Yona**
was a place overflowing with warm smiles.
**[23:34] Yona**
Next time, *Akatsuki no Yona* episode 4:
***SIGN*** Episode 4: The Wind Clan
**[23:38] Yona**
The Wind Clan.