Jae has now become someone who understands reason and the ways of the world (even though he has entrusted all his personal convictions and opinions to Ryeong). He understands the full spectrum of human emotions and desires, and has learned to cherish life. Although he still possesses a mortal body, his understanding and spiritual cultivation have essentially reached the level of a celestial being. He is no longer bound by rules or conventions and is free to go wherever he wishes.
Jae has also come to recognize that what he feels is love, and that loving someone means embracing not only the person but also everything that comes with them, their past and their journey.
The first time Jae knelt before Oru was in his dream, when he realized that he was in love with Ryeong. The second time was when they're here again, after he had learned of his true identity as the Crown Prince. Perhaps it was his way of expressing gratitude to Oru, who had raised and loved Ryeong, even though Oru had been dead for hundreds of years. As Ryeong himself once said, "That is all in the past now. It was merely something that happened during one brief lifetime of mine." By now, even Ryeong himself seems to have forgotten the emotions he had before.
Jae has learned compassion, understanding, and a profound capacity for empathy. However, Jae's journey is just started. He only learns to know the longing throughout those hundreds of years is love. He only learns to know what he wants and where he belongs to. But Ryeong, who has lived through hundreds of years and is now approaching the final moments of his life, gone through hell and endured every imaginable bitterness, is also gradually rediscovering the memories and emotions he had once lost. Look at Ryeong re-discovers the memory about his father, understands the behind reasons of his teacher, takes care of his ties with the adopted children, able to remember who he has longed for years, it really feels the end is coming. And only 5 talismans left.....
Jae has now become someone who understands reason and the ways of the world (even though he has entrusted all his personal convictions and opinions to Ryeong). He understands the full spectrum of human emotions and desires, and has learned to cherish life. Although he still possesses a mortal body, his understanding and spiritual cultivation have essentially reached the level of a celestial being. He is no longer bound by rules or conventions and is free to go wherever he wishes.
Jae has also come to recognize that what he feels is love, and that loving someone means embracing not only the person but also everything that comes with them, their past and their journey.
The first time Jae knelt before Oru was in his dream, when he realized that he was in love with Ryeong. The second time was when they're here again, after he had learned of his true identity as the Crown Prince. Perhaps it was his way of expressing gratitude to Oru, who had raised and loved Ryeong, even though Oru had been dead for hundreds of years. As Ryeong himself once said, "That is all in the past now. It was merely something that happened during one brief lifetime of mine." By now, even Ryeong himself seems to have forgotten the emotions he had before.
Jae has learned compassion, understanding, and a profound capacity for empathy. However, Jae's journey is just started. He only learns to know the longing throughout those hundreds of years is love. He only learns to know what he wants and where he belongs to.
But Ryeong, who has lived through hundreds of years and is now approaching the final moments of his life, gone through hell and endured every imaginable bitterness, is also gradually rediscovering the memories and emotions he had once lost. Look at Ryeong re-discovers the memory about his father, understands the behind reasons of his teacher, takes care of his ties with the adopted children, able to remember who he has longed for years, it really feels the end is coming. And only 5 talismans left.....