"It looks like rain."

"Then we'd better hurry," Jae-Ha deftly sweeps Yona, cloaked and hooded, into his arms and leaps into the sky. Yona leans into his chest as she wraps her arms around his neck. She knows he'd never drop her, but it's always felt good to hold on.

"So Hak did do that? Your lip?"

"I instigated him, Dear."

Yona wants to say that it shouldn't matter, but she knows her fiance too well, especially his dynamic with Jae-Ha. So only a gesture of comfort comes to mind - she simply leans up and kisses just below his lip, as though she could make it better. She's always felt very affectionately toward him and rarely said it. He's so affectionate himself, it never quite felt appropriate.

Jae-Ha focuses ahead toward their destination and doesn't say a word until they land at a small, ornate shrine just outside of town.

"He's like a little brother to me. A bully, but a brother just the same," he gently sets her down, taking his hands off her, and steps back, "Someone's waiting for you here."

Jae-Ha smiles sadly before starting to walk away. Yona starts after in confusion, "Wait, where are you-"

He waves her off, then with labored speech, "I'll just be a moment. I need to clear my head."

Yona watches him go, wondering what she did. Hak just punched him and he couldn't care less. But somehow she... ?

Yona purifies her hands at the entrance of the shrine. There's the sound of someone doing the same - she looks up.

Yona is speechless, "..." with tears she drops her ladle and rushes around the trough to hug Ik-Soo, who of course topples over at the contact.

"I'm sorry! I don't want to get you dirty on such an important day."

Yona doesn't care, "Mundok told you?"

"He even sent horses."

"Just the thought of Yun's face to see you here..."

As they both rise, "There'll be much to catch up about. But first, your new union."

Hak and Mundok, also both cloaked and hooded, walk together to the shrine.

"You used to complain when I took you with to the palace," Mundok shakes his head, thoroughly amused.

"It was a boring, long trip. And who says working for the royals was ever what I wanted?"

Mundok's smirk continues, "Says the boy as he walks to marry the princess."

Now Hak is smirking, too, "I fell in deeper than I expected," then, "Thank you... for forcing me to come with all those times."

Mundok pulls Hak into a great hug, effectively suffocating him.

"Gramps..." Hak chokes out, "She'll kill me if I don't survive the walk there."

Mundok lets him loose, but holds his shoulders and responds seriously, "I know... why it was painful for you to be there back then," his gaze is understanding, lamenting, "But I hope through the trials in life ahead, you can carry that pain with you. As a reminder - that it passes. And that the reward is worth waiting for."

Hak absorbs the heartfelt words but has trouble responding.

"The pain is still there," Mundok sees.

Hak admits, "I've been wounded in battle. I heal. But the part I can't let go... is what he did to her."

"I know this isn't what you want to hear, Boy... but that's between the princess and the king. Even if you were to kill him, would that heal her wound?"

"So I should sit back while those two talk it out?"

"If one day that's what she asks of you."

Hak's breathing quickens, "What kind of conversation is this right now?!"

"One we must have. You're going to be her husband, but this is an extraordinary marriage. She will be yours, but also this country's. And most importantly, she will still be a girl who is the only person who can protect and heal her own heart. Don't confuse protecting and cherishing her body with caging her spirit."

The two begin to walk again, Hak burdened but well-intentioned, "I will remember, Grandfather."

Hak and Mundok arrive to see Yona, Yun, and the dragons waiting at the torii gates. Yona and Hak lock eyes and everyone else may as well not exist for the moment. Yona smiles sweetly as she lowers her hood, revealing her hair pulled up with pins and flowers. Then she unties her cloak to reveal an all-white shiromuku kimono underneath. Yun collects her cloak and Yona stands there as glamorous as though she were still a princess at the palace, breathtaking and unforgettable.

Hak, whose eyes have not left her once, removes his cloak to reveal his hakama kimono. Standing across from one another here, dressed like this, the magnitude of this moment strikes them both. The second she sees his eyes welling up, tears already start down her cheeks.

"It was worth it."

"Hm?" she nervously laughs as she wipes a cheek.

"To live to get to see you cry today."

Yona remembers back to when he almost died from falling from the cliffs and how much she cried. That he had joked he wanted to die to see how much she'd cry then. Now, she starts crying harder.

All the dragons, Yun, and Mundok groan collectively, "Hak! Quit making the princess cry harder."

"Bully..." Jae-Ha whispers with a smile.

"I'm really happy," Yona corrects, "I've never been so..." she wears a great smile as the tears continue and she occasionally laughs at herself, "...truly happy."

Standing in the greatest moment of his life, Hak just stares in wonder and awe.

The procession begins through the torii gates, to the purification trough before entering the shrine where Ik-Soo waits. Yona and Hak stop before him and the others watch from behind.

Ik-Soo does a purification of the shrine, then calls for the blessing and protection of the gods to the couple. Then for the gods' to create a harmonious balance within the marriage.

To symbolize a sharing of joys and sorrows, Ik-Soo pours rice wine into a cup, which Yona sips, then offers to Hak who sips. Ik-Soo then pours rice wine for Hak, which he sips, then offers to Yona who sips. Finally, Ik-Soo pours once more for Yona. She sips, then offers it to Hak who sips.

Then it is time for the traditional vow, which Yona and Hak profess, "We make this marriage vow respectfully before the gods. On this great day, we are to become husband and wife through the blessing of the gods. We swear before the gods to love and respect each other forever, and to strive to bring our family prosperity. We swear to never veer from the true path of matrimony, and to work to share the divine grace of the gods by helping people and society."

Hak and Yona rise to the altar to offer sakaki branches as offerings to the gods. Then they return to their places where Hak produces a ring for Yona. Her eyes go wide. It's beautiful. Where did he... ? It's simple, yet with incredible metalwork and a stone that would have made it cost... How did he... ? But there's no time to dwell on something like that. He sees she's amazed which brings his handsome, signature naughty smile out. He slips the ring through a chain and ties it around her neck. He then hands her the male counterpart ring and chain, which she threads then fastens around his neck when he leans down for her. When he rises, it falls perfectly next to his lapsis lazuli necklace.

They turn to the small teary-eyed crowd and all raise a glass of rice wine to drink together in celebration. Yona then turns to Hak who pulls her up into a heartfelt kiss, for the first time in front of everyone. She brings her hands to his face as she returns it with all her heart, cherishing the bliss and the significance. Finally, they can be together. They are together.

"I present to you - husband and wife," Ik-Soo announces with a glow of joy. He doesn't even fall down.

As they all walk out in a happy daze, the rain clouds look closer yet.

"Princess, we have the irouchikake kimono for dinner," Yun advises - since what she's wearing now would be too suspect of marriage for others to see.

"We'll have to hurry or we'll all be soaked," Jae-Ha admits eyeing the sky.

They see Ik-Soo leading horses their way.

"It's time to celebrate," Mundok smiles, "Let's ride to dinner."