Elly's Topics (5)

Oh wow, a super exciting chapter... Things have moved fast, but I hope this doesn't mean MG will end anytime soon! There better be a season 3. And 4.

Anyway, Google Translate didn't play very nice with parts of this chapter, so some parts might be pretty off.
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The chapter starts with the aunt scolding Hyewon and Yoosun, presumably over the rumour that the Suhs/Hyewon was hiding a flower maiden. Hyewon says it might have happened when she was running out with the mask, after Dohwa's bloom. The aunt scolds Hyewon some more, I think for taking Dohwa's first bloom and all, and getting found out in the process, and is all like "Look what you did!" Hyewon apologises [which is where she's clenching her fists], and says she'll resolve it but the aunt says she doesn't trust Hyewon, and says that Yoosun will act as the mistress for now.

Cue Weol Sungjoo/Yunwoo (I'm just gonna call her Yunwoo from now on) appearing in her royal outfit - there's some text about how she's investigating, she doesn't know if she can find the hidden flower maiden or not, but it'll be a huge storm for the Suh family. Something along those lines, Google Translate didn't play well with this.

Cut to Dohwa meeting Yunwoo - they say hi, Dohwa checks if Yunwoo is okay (she says she feels okay, just that her skin has been bad) and gives her a new prescription. Yunwoo says she's here to question Dohwa as a witness, because on the day that Dohwa bloomed or near where she bloomed, there were signs or a scent of someone else blooming there.

Yunwoo then tells Dohwa that she has a theory, and wants Dohwa to listen and judge if it was right. Yunwoo says that there were three people helping to make the medicine - Dohwa, Hyewon and perhaps a hidden sister who was a flower maiden, which was why Hyewon had no choice but to help with the medicine.

Dohwa says it's wrong - there was a hidden sister but she wasn't a flower maiden. When Yunwoo asks if there was any evidence, Dohwa said she'd had a kiss (*GAG*)... [and this is where she slightly blushes] Yunwoo's like "What!? What did you do, when you said you were going to make medicine?!". And Dohwa says no, it's not like that, it just happened... [implying no feelings on her part I hope]. Then Yunwoo thinks, I thought Hyewon had feelings for Dohwa? I better keep a closer eye on Dohwa. [This part is a bit unclear.]

Then Dohwa asks if Hyewon had asked Yunwoo about the silver dagger (or she asks if Yunwoo had met Hyewon, it's a bit unclear). Yunwoo says yes, and takes out the silver dagger, saying that it's about time that Dohwa found out. Yunwoo tells Dohwa that Hyewon's mother had given the silver dagger to Dohwa's mother.

Dohwa asks why did Yunwoo only tell her now, and Yunwoo says she could not tell her, because there was no way to get revenge then, and Dohwa had to go into Moonlight Garden anyway. Dohwa gets upset and says that she did not know that she had been with the daughters of her enemy, and that she had even helped to keep their secrets.

Yunwoo tries to tell Dohwa that when she spoke to Hyewon, it seemed that she did not know about the silver dagger or what her mother had done. Dohwa, still upset, says something that I can't quite figure out - something about how it's not possible that Hyewon doesn't know, maybe? I can't tell.

But anyway, Dohwa's like, "....it's not a flower maiden", which makes Yunwoo go "huh?" Dohwa says, "The secret of the Suh family...... those two are twins."
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After confessing, Yoosun says that she doesn't expect a reply, she just wanted to express her feelings before she left. After they part, Dohwa's like, "this sudden confession!" and buries her face in her hands...

Cut to an extremely lengthy conversation between Hyewon and Yoosun - basically they discuss the silver dagger, why Yunwoo/Weol Sungjoo has it, the connection between Dohwa's and Hyewon's mothers, how it was probably a sign of trust that the dagger was given to Dohwa's mother and the possibility that Dohwa's mother was working on the antidote to the flower poison, and the royal family killed her. And Yoosun's like Weol Sungjoo, Hyewon, Dohwa and her aunt are all connected, and she could not let all four people meet or know anything more about each other.

Cut to Dohwa dreaming about Yoosun kissing her and about to get intimate, before she wakes up and is like "what have I been dreaming about!?", thinking that she's been dreaming strange things ever since Yoosun confessed, and starts to wash her mouth out with water/tea?? (And damn right it's strange, you should be dreaming about Hyewon damnit).

Then Dohwa thinks about how this isn't the time for it - while it'll be nice to be in a relationship with Yoosun because Yoosun's nice, and perhaps she would be happy like they describe in romance novels, but she had more urgent things to do, and affairs of the heart would have to wait till she had finished the antidote. (Thanks Yoosun for clam-jamming yourself!) Then she discovers a note under the teapot from Yunwoo/Weol Sungjoo.

Cut to a servant reporting to Yunwoo/Weol Sungjoo - the servant says that the dismissal of Hyewon as the mistress has been delayed, because there are rumours of the Suh family hiding either a flower maiden or the cure to the flower poison (can't tell which, sorry) and it seems like Weol Sungjoo tells her servant to report it to Dohwa and Hyewon, and says "good job"?

The chapter starts off with Dohwa thinking about how she needed to get away, because she was forbidden to go and see Hyewon. She starts thinking, if Hyewon was to leave Moonlight Garden... would they get a chance to meet again? Her thoughts trail off as she thinks about the possibility that she might not get to see Hyewon again, before she makes up her mind that she has to go and see Hyewon somehow!

Dohwa invites the two guards in for tea and snacks, and inevitably drugs them before making a getaway. Cut to a useless cameo by Yoosun, who approaches the gates of Moonlight Garden (? I'm not sure) and thinks about the pendant that Dohwa and the evil aunt has, and how she has to meet Dohwa (to ask about it, I guess?)

Cut to Hyewon in her room, thinking about the silver dagger and wondering about the links between her mother and Dohwa's mother. She hears a noise and goes to the window, only to be end up being hit on the head with a stone. A pissed off Hyewon opens the window to find out who had dared to throw stones into her room, and it turns out to be Dohwa!

An embarrassed Dohwa's like oh no, why you were standing at the window, I didn't mean to hit you, I only wanted to let you know I was here. Hyewon asks what Dohwa is doing, and if she was just going to keep standing there (with what I interpret as a come hither look) and invites Dohwa into her room.

Hyewon asks what the hell Dohwa was doing there, and Dohwa sheepishly replies that she had drugged her guards. Hyewon asks if Dohwa had thought of the consequences, and Dohwa says Hyewon should speak for herself. Hyewon flippantly replies that she had an influential family that could handle it, and Dohwa asks if it was true that Hyewon had been dismissed as the mistress of Moonlight Garden.

Hyewon says that she's leaving because she wanted to play. Dohwa says that's a lie, and asks if Hyewon thinks she's stupid. Hyewon then asks if Dohwa is worried, prompting an extremely cute and flustered reaction from Dohwa - she goes "Why would I be worried for someone who has an influential family? It's just... because we're allies/partners! If you were in trouble, I would be in trouble too. I need to get flowers to keep experimenting, and for you to help with making the antidote..."

Hyewon looks a bit annoyed, and thinks to herself, what did I expect? She asks if Dohwa came all the way just to say this, which makes Dohwa think, that's not what I came here to say...

Hyewon then looks away and tells Dohwa, if that's all you have to say, you should get back before things get worse, which makes Dohwa pretty anxious and she calls out to Hyewon. Dohwa exclaims that she did not want to part without seeing Hyewon again, which makes Hyewon pause. Dohwa says that if Hyewon was dismissed, Hyewon might leave without Dohwa getting to see her again, and so she could not leave like that. Dohwa says it's all her fault and apologises, before thanking Hyewon and saying that she would regret it if she did not tell Hyewon this.

Hyewon blushes slightly and looks somewhat happy before saying "Then, since we're in a similar situation... do you want to run away together?" as she brings her face closer to Dohwa's...

(The usual caveats about how Google Translate + my inference skills might result in inaccurate translations apply. This chapter was particulaly difficult because Google Translate was giving me lots of weird stuff at the crucial dialogue between Hyewon and Dohwa...)

The flashback continues in this chapter - it starts off with the aunt asking her crony about the fire - they found three bodies and brought back all their belongings, including the pendant, but the silver dagger is nowhere to be found, which makes the aunt annoyed. She asks the crony to look for the dagger, and thinks about how she will take everything that her sister had...

Still in flashback mode, Yunwoo and Dohwa are in front of Dohwa's parents' grave - Dohwa asks while crying if it was her fault that her parents are dead, because she had wanted to stay for the festival, or was it because she was a flower maiden, and the people who were after her had killed her parents. Yunwoo tells Dohwa no, it wasn't that, and Dohwa asks who was responsible, then. Yunwoo thinks to herself that she had found out the Suh family was behind it, but decided not to tell Dohwa because she would have to enter Moonlight Garden eventually. Yunwoo instead gives Dohwa the pendant, and Dohwa thinks back about how her father had made it for her and her mother, and that she could wear it when they found the antidote to the flower poison.

Fast forward slightly (but still in flashback mode), and a teenaged Dohwa is standing in front of her parents' grave. She tells them she will be entering Moonlight Garden soon, that she'll be fine and will come back to visit them again (or something similar. It kinda seems like Dohwa is not her real name, and that she's adopting just for Moonlight Garden, and that she'll reclaim her real name after she gets out of Moonlight Garden?)

Back to the present day, a pink-haired Dohwa wakes up and thinks about how the flower poison was still more than she had expected, though she at least did not have to endure the pain of waiting for the blooming ceremony, or face the prying eyes. And she thinks, while blushing and hugging her knees to her chest, that more than anything... Hyewon had been quite tender/affectionate. She had expected Hyewon to humiliate her, but Hyewon reassuring her and saying that it was a medical act had been comforting...

And when Dohwa thought about it, she didn't know when it started, but she had been receiving help from Hyewon, until she had too much to "repay" Hyewon for. [cue montage of two scenes where she and Hyewon were bickering, then Hyewon rescuing her from the fire, and then Hyewon comforting her when she found out that Yuehwa's full bloom had started].

Dohwa then thinks, to help me despite all the risks, Hyewon's a better/nicer person than she had thought.... She blushes some more as she thinks "and..." before getting flustered and thinking "I'm thankful! Because she helped me out!" and that Hyewon would probably be okay given her powerful family.

Dohwa overhears two servants outside talking about how Hyewon was no longer the mistress because she took Dohwa's bloom for herself, and storms out to ask where Hyewon was, and demands that she see Hyewon immediately.

Here's the usual quick and dirty summary based on Google translate and lots of inference:
The chapter starts with the aunt asking Yoosun if she's seen the pendant before, and Yoosun says no. Yoosun asks if it's a cherished item, because the pendant looks too simple to belong to the aunt. She cryptically replies that sometimes simple things are more precious than any jewels...

Cut to Hyewon asking Yunwoo what was Dohwa's relationship with her mother, but Yunwoo says that's all that she can tell her.

And then it's flashback time. The aunt and Hyewon's mother (hereafter, HWM) are talking, and HWM tells the aunt about the antidote. She had looked for a month, and sent her dagger as a token.

Evil aunt then thinks, if the antidote is finished, my plans will be ruined, and asks if HWM has told Hyewon yet. HWM says no, in case the antidote doesn't work. The aunt then thinks "it's not too late!"

Cut to young Yunwoo and Dohwa - Yunwoo gives Dohwa a telescope to play with, and goes to speak to her parents.

They discuss the letter and dagger, and Yunwoo says they should move immediately. Dohwa's father asks for 3 more days, because there's a festival and he had promised to bring Dohwa there (SIGH).

Dohwa's mother says the sender of the letter has been trading(?) in medicines since a month ago, and that she thought she should do something to fulfil their request?. Yunwoo agrees, and asks that they give her the letter and dagger.

Cut to Dohwa enjoying herself at the festival with her parents, while Yunwoo watches them. Yunwoo then goes to check out the new safehouse. As they move, a veiled woman walks past them, and it's the aunt...

The scene changes to Yunwoo walking to Dohwa's home, wondering why they were late. As she approaches, there's a fire at one of the houses. She rushes there, and finds that all the guards and Dohwa's parents are dead :(

A cabinet door opens and Dohwa stumbles out - Yunwoo picks her up and thinks, "I must save this kid!"