Episode 5, Chapter 7: Dark Sangun

Mina... I'm in your debt.

All of you.

*Chuckle* How are you gonna pay me back for almost dying?

...You did not die. I owe you nothing.

Nyan, nyan!

It seems there was a formidable presence among us, too...

Now explain. What happened?

...Having lived for over two thousand years, I thought I'd learned many things.

However, I was arrogant.

There was one thing I was only able to learn after losing your mother... my Miho.

I learned that there was nobody more important to me than her, and that there would never be anybody more important...

Sangun...

I'd believed meetings and partings were simply the way of this world.

And... there was no use in realizing otherwise after I'd already lost her.

However... my regret slowly began to eat away at my mind.

And it was filled with anger. Twisted anger towards the world and the destiny... that had taken her away.

The anger... became me. And I... I had to seclude myself.

Were you planning to seal yourself away with that "thing" we tore away from you? Forever?

Sangun, are you going to chase after it through that black scroll?

This problem is my fault.

It's only right for me to solve it.

I will join you.

That's...

You're... like a father to me.

I won't let you go alone.

Is this...?

Yes, it's Duskhaven.

The flower field from my memories with her.

Yes, this a place I... Hahnul would certainly go.

This will be dangerous, so do not fall behind.

Cloud, this atmosphere...

It's familiar. It almost feels corrupted.

An evil energy flows from that ominous flower.

Destroy the swollen center of the flower, and a path will open.

My suppressed negative emotions have tainted my beautiful memories...

I was so foolish...

Ugh, they're gross...

All these flowers were once used to treat and care for the injured.

I will return things to how they were. I must.

We'll have to remove the vines protecting the flowers first.

Look around.

There must be a way to get rid of the vines.

We need to get rid of the vines. Look around.

It's done.

Stay alert.

I sense an unpleasant energy.

Is it an illusion...? Stand back and leave this to me.

A nexus of Mount Tai's essence. It holds the power to strike Hahnul.

It is done.

More savage forces lurk beyond here.

Leave it to me.

The problem and the solution were both within me...

I have a bad feeling... It's like something's crushing me.

Are you sensing this energy? Your senses are sharp.

Now, it's time I face myself.

I'm curious.

About what?

Is a world where life can only exist through sacrifice still a meaningful one?

I've long contemplated that.

It's something that, perhaps, I contemplate even now.

Why did we hold her at arm's length? Forced to live her life alone?

I can only wonder... Why did we ever think that... that it was for the benefit of the world?

...She had full understanding, and she made her choice.

That's just a shameful excuse we make to rationalize our mistakes.

We're worthless, and the only thing that we have ever accomplished is failing Miho.

Your lives are like the weeds that are growing on her grave.

Grr... I will kill you all!

Hahnul. The final word Miho spoke before leaving this world... My name.

She said she had no regrets.

But I... I felt endless regret... and it tore me apart.

I couldn't even protect those children like she'd asked.

If my regret is endless,

so will be my grief.

I will not forget her.

Until the day I draw my last breath.

...Miho...

...Is it over?