A Korean Odyssey (화유기)

If you call my name when you're struggling, scared, or in danger,

I will always appear and protect you.

You finally appear now, Fairy?

Now, you're the only one who can call me out of here.

Son Oh Gong, the Great Sage, the equal of heaven, protect me until the end.

If we forget about the master and servant relationship caused by the Geumganggo, what are we?

I heard the ringing of the bell.

So I misunderstood.

That maybe we're specially destined for each other

like a match made in heaven.

So that's why you're dreaming ridiculous things like this?

Yeah. But now I know.

That something like this

will never happen.

Are you regaining consciousness?

Can you tell me what happened?

I'll take away that child with such a special ability who made you unhappy.

That bookseller…

told me that she would take away my younger self.

Oh, so that's what happened.

And so that's how you lost your abilities as Sam Jang.

- What? - You said you asked her to take away what made you special.

Then… she actually did that for me?

All of your powers as Sam Jang

have now been taken by that bookseller.

Jin Seon Mi, you are now no longer Sam Jang.

Now that you've returned to living as an ordinary human as you wanted,

we have no reason to see each other again.

Now I'm an ordinary human?

Sam Jang's fate has now been completely turned over to that bookseller.

Then did her contract with Son Oh Gong also get transferred to her?

Probably. Since the one who made the contract

is the younger Jin Seon Mi who's been handed over to that bookseller.

The kid Jin Seon Mi who made the contract with me is in one of the books here somewhere.

So that's how you were able to call me.

Now I am the one who's able to call for the Great Sage.

I am the new owner of the Geumganggo.

Your heart will now start to love me.

Damn it.

I can't hold back anymore.

Is the owner of the Geumganggo changing?

The power of Sam Jang and the contract were handed over to her.

So naturally, Geumganggo's love probably transferred over, too, right?

I think so, but there's no way of knowing

whether the Geumganggo was activated by Sam Jang's abilities or human Jin Seon Mi's.

How could it have been activated by a human's abilities?

It must have been activated by her abilities as Sam Jang of course.

Then now…

the one Son Oh Gong loves is not Jin Seon Mi

but rather that bookseller.

That's probably something only Oh Gong knows.

It looks like you're not the owner of the Geumganggo.

You should look annoyingly pretty to me even when you pathetically glare at me,

but even when you're smiling I can't stand the sight of you.

Who do you think you're glaring at!

You can't hurt me. I have the contract.

Even after getting hit that much, you still don't get it?

I'm an extremely bad guy.

Do you think a bad guy would faithfully stick to a contract?

I'm so bad that that they even put the Geumganggo on me.

Is that why you're trying to find the book for that woman?

What to do? Unless that woman wants you to, you'll never be able to find it.

She was the one who asked me for the favor.

To take away the specialness which makes her miserable.

She's finally able to live like an ordinary human being.

Do you think she'd be happy to go back to how she was?

No, she probably wouldn't be happy.

Good for her. It's not like I was here to reverse it anyway.

Son Oh Gong, didn't you come here so you could find the book?

Why would I look for that?

This is a golden opportunity to break that contract.

I should leave it nice and hidden.

If you weren't going to look for the book, why did you hit me?

Because you put me in a bad mood!

The owner of the Geumganggo? What ridiculous crap.

There's only one owner of this Geumganggo.

Hey, I'm letting you live instead of killing you,

so continue to hide that book well here.

And if you call me for no good reason, I'll kill you.

I took both her powers and the contract.

But why is the Geumganggo still the same?

Are the books with the trapped children's souls not here?

Child, how did you get out of your book?

You spoke with the Great Sage but now you've sealed your lips again.

At least you can come with me.

She's definitely dead.

Why did she suddenly die?

Yes.

I'm in the stairway of the second floor basement at the broadcasting station. Hurry.

Where did she go?

She was definitely dead but then the body just disappeared all of a sudden.

That woman…

What exactly is she?

Where is Bu Ja? She's not even answering her phone.

Where are you two going? Take me along.

Why are you being a pest and following me around on my scheduled activities?

There's already a scandal about us so who cares?

There will be news of our breakup soon. We're in our cooling off period, so we can't meet.

I think we can overcome our cooling off period.

Shall we go to the East Sea? I'll show you around the dragon sea palace.

You've been kicked out of your house. Geez.

Ah, seriously.

Bu Ja! Bu Ja! What's wrong with you?

What's wrong with her?

The zombie seems strange.

Jeo Pal Gye, Prince.

I'm feeling strange.

I even fed you the energy beads, so why are you like this?

Pig, when did the zombie get this rotten? She stinks.

My wife is looking after the kids at our home. Are you okay, CEO?

I'm fine.

We almost had a really bad accident on our hands.

Usually I'm not curious and wouldn't ask but…

how did you know that there would be a fire there and save the kid?

It's a little frightening,

but I feel like you're a very special person.

I-In any case, you did something really great.

They said things like that won't happen anymore.

And what about Secretary Son?

It's his job to protect you, so where was he at that moment?

I know, right?

He used to appear without me even calling him, but now he's not coming.

You are now no longer Sam Jang.

Is it really true?

If you're not Sam Jang, you have no reason to call me, the Great Sage.

If your special ability disappears, I will be gone from your side.

Will that really be okay with you?

Even if so, would you like it?

Son Oh Gong.

Son Oh Gong.

Son Oh Gong.

He's really not coming.

Ah, you're quite beautiful.

I came to see the one who gained Sam Jang's power.

Secretary Ma.

Please sign a contract with Lucifer Entertainment.

Are you here to see Hyungnim?

Because he didn't come when I called him.

Is he here?

He is inside.

Please come inside.

Son Oh Gong.

Hey, Jin Seon Mi. You've changed.

You knew?

As you wanted, you've become an ordinary human.

Congratulations.

But why are you here? There shouldn't be any reason for you to see me now.

You really won't come when I call you now?

Yeah. I heard you transferred the contract.

Then you won't be protecting me anymore?

There's no need to protect you.

You are no longer Sam Jang, so there won't be any evil spirits after you anymore.

So there's no reason for you to call me, and I won't be coming even if you call me.

Live well ordinarily and comfortably.

What about the Geumganggo?

You're still wearing the Geumganggo.

You don't love me anymore?

Is that how it works? Well, you don't look especially pretty.

Then that's a relief.

Now there's no need for me to see you anymore.

What? The owner of the Geumganggo didn't change?

Even though Sam Jang's ability and contract with Son Oh Gong transferred over to me,

the power of the Geumganggo didn't transfer over to me.

T-then Son Oh Gong is still

Jin Seon Mi's love slave.

Gosh, seriously…

Hyungnim, Jin Seon Mi left.

Okay. Ah, I held it in well.

At the last moment, I almost couldn't hold it in and nearly clung to her to ask her not to leave.

You held it in very well.

If you take advantage of this opportunity, you'll be able to free yourself from the contract.

Yes. I just need to suppress this wretched love.

Even though you could hide it from Jin Seon Mi,

what are you going to do about Ma Wang?

He'll probably be clingy saying he needs to rack up points, making it hard for me to leave.

It'll be hard to make him give up.

I'll have to approach him sincerely.

Jin Seon Mi didn't ask you anything or cling to you?

Not at all. She just turned around and left.

Right.

She must really not love me, not even a little.

And Jin Seon Mi—

Don't talk about her anymore. If it hurts any more, I won't be able to withstand it.

I won't say anything.

I will never… say it.

You said there wouldn't be any reason for us to see each other anymore. What brought you back here?

You signed a contract with our company.

We can't end it just like that.

Are you on your way from meeting Son Oh Gong?

Yes. As you said, I'm no longer Sam Jang.

Even if I call him now, he says he won't come.

He said that himself?

What did he say about the Geumganggo?

I guess that's also useless now. It didn't hold any power.

Oh, is that so?

I'm no longer Sam Jang nor the owner of the Geumganggo.

So I don't think there will be any other way for me to fulfill the contract with you anymore.

You're liable for breaking the contract,

so I have to get at least something from you.

Do I have to pay a penalty fee for breach of contract?