RED VELVET Parallel Universe
Ep 37. Unfortunately Impulsive
(THE KINGDOM OF SERA)
Falling unconscious for two days straight, Seulgi finally woke up.
Wendy
You're finally up.
Yeri
Are you okay? You look nothing like fine.
Seulgi
W-why? What happened?
Joy
You don't remember collapsing after meeting Byul?
Seulgi
Byul...
Seulgi
That's right! My sister! Where is she?!
Yeri
Sister? Why are you suddenly into calling her such?
Wendy
We thought you collapsed after seeing her because of your trauma from the other world.
Seulgi
What? Trauma from where? What are you talking about?
Seulgi
Just tell where my sister is!
Joy
Do you not remember?
Seulgi
Remember what?
Joy
Everything that happened for the past few days and all.
The room remained quiet. They were all waiting for Seulgi to respond.
Seulgi
Well, I do remember when we went to the other Kingdom to save Byul... and you.
Wendy
What about the other world?
Seulgi
There's such a thing?
Wendy and Joy exchanged glances. They knew something was off.
Wendy
You do remember when you first got here, don't you?
Seulgi
Well, I do remember meeting the queen for the first time. She was so gorgeous that time...
Yeri
You didn't have to mention that you know.
Wendy
Well, at least you didn't lose memories of that day up to date.
Joy
Is it what I think it is? Memory switch?
Yeri
That fast? That usually happens after a year, doesn't it?
Wendy
I'm confused too. But I think it's happening right now.
Seulgi
Memory switch?
Wendy explained everything to Seulgi.
She explained as to why she's there, why she fell unconscious and why they left Byul in the Kingdom of Hora.
Seulgi
You left her there?
Yeri
It was the best choice we had. We were worried you'd develop more severe trauma if we brought her along.
Yeri
Nobody expected you'd have memory switch this early.
Seulgi
You were worried? About me? So you left her?
Yeri
Well, not exactly US. But someone out there was too worried.
Joy
She even cried.
Wendy
You know how dramatic she could be.
Seulgi
Who?
Yeri
Who else do you think? The owner of the Kingdom of course.
Seulgi
Irene?
Irene
I told you not to call me with my name, didn't I?
Seulgi
H-hey...
Seulgi
I mean... You're here.
Irene
Memory switch? I guess Sungjae crossing the portal caused an imbalance in both worlds.
Wendy
I think Seulgi's counterpart is experiencing the same. And it's a problem especially if nobody around her knows about the parallel universe.
Irene
This has to stop. I really need to do something about this now. He's causing too much problems already.
Irene
I never thought about going to this extent, but I'll have to take this man's life with my own hands.
Yeri
Why didn't you do that when you had the chance? I mean, his counterpart is much weaker and is much easier to ... you know.
Wendy
Why do you think?
Seulgi
She's worried about you.
Yeri
Me?
Irene
I'm aware that you and Saeron just reconciled. What do you think would happen if she finds out I--your queen, is about to kill her brother?
Irene
Even if she's not happy with her brother's schemes, they're still siblings.
Yeri
Ohh...
Yeri
But, if you really need to do it for everybody's sake, do it. I lived normally for ten years without Saeron...
Yeri
I think the second time won't hurt as much.
Wendy
Then that makes everything simple. We can just take his counterpart down, and the problem comes to an end.
Seulgi
That was much easier than expected.
Joy
I... I have something else I need to tell you first.
Wendy
If you'd plead to spare his life because you're still hopelessly in love, stop.
Joy
No... That's not it.
Irene
What is it?
Joy
The truth is...
Seulgi
Is?
Joy
I married Sungjae.
Wendy
What?!
Irene
You did what?!
Seulgi
Wow, I'm surrounded by two queens.
Seulgi who's innocently unaware jokes.
Wendy
Stop joking. That is not the real deal.
Yeri
That means... we can't kill Sungjae just yet.
Seulgi
What? Why?
Irene
Both Kingdoms share the same law. If the King dies, even if it was due to natural causes, his queen has to die with him.
Seulgi's mixed memories gets shaken up.
Seulgi
O-oh... Yes, I think I remember it now.
Seulgi
How come nobody has ever heard of it?
Wendy
It's a part of the law. The ceremony happens only when another royalty is to be born. That means the marriage is announced...
Wendy
Only after the first child is born.
After Wendy threw off the facts, they all directed their gaze to Joy.
Joy
Hey! I'm not! I'm not pregnant...
Irene
Good, cause I'd swear to send you off to heaven together with your little angel if you were.
Seulgi
Isn't there any other way to stop it though?
Yeri
There is... The marriage is only revoked if another person is WILLING and not compelled to die for the queen instead
Yeri
From the looks of it, I doubt anybody would be willing to do that for her.
Yeri laughs as Joy glared at her.
Joy
Don't be too happy little one. I'm sure your heart will break from what I'm about to say next
Yeri
Then say it.
Joy
Saeron knew about the marriage. She was there when I signed those cursed papers. She didn't tell you that, did she?
Joy
She's not an ally, dear.
Yeri
That's impossible. She didn't even stop the queen from getting you out of that palace even when she knew about it.
Yeri
That means she's on our side.
Joy
Isn't that odd? She knew about it from the start... That means everything could have been planned.
Yeri
S-stop messing up with my mind.
Joy
I'm not.
Yeri walked out of the room in frustration.
Wendy on the other hand, dragged Joy out to talk, leaving Seulgi and the queen behind.
Seulgi
Uhm... I'm offering free hugs.
Irene
What?
Seulgi spreads her hands out.
Seulgi
Free hugs...
It was comfort that she wanted to give.
After talking about how messed up Kingdom rules are, she was reminded of how the queen lost her parents.
She remembers how the queen's mother had to die with her father, because she was compelled to.
Irene
Turns out you still have the weirdness of the real you...
Seulgi
I guess I do...
Seulgi
Now stop making things awkward and let me give you a hug.