Vol 4 Chapter 2 (1/2)

Volume 4 Chapter 2: Don’t tell me this is a chapter I randomly wrote

Liu Bei POV

I stood atop the city walls as I gazed at the clouds which floated in the blue skies and the civilians of Xu state who were enjoying their safe and prosperous lives. It seems like my anxiety has finally begun to recede.

The G.o.ds of autumn sent some autumn breeze blowing my way from time to time which made the weather nice and cool.

I’m back once more to Xu state city.

It’s been about half a month since we left Xuchang. I’d thought I would never have a chance to return to this place but in the blink of an eye, here I am once more.

Everything here was the same as before. And like before, it was a little noisy.

We should have returned to Xuchang directly after taking Shouchun but I felt some responsibility for General Che Zhou’s death and I though I ought to come over to Xu state and explain what happened. When the officials came out to welcome us, we saw that it was the father and son pair, Chen Deng and Chen Gui, as well as a bunch of familiar faces. Since there was no antagonism between us, we decided to station our troops here.

Of course, there are other reasons for coming here.

“Big brother, what are you doing here?” Just then, Yun Chang’s voice could be heard. I’ve already gotten familiar enough that I can easily recognise her voice.

I turned back and saw the red haired girl who was filled with ideals and aspirations standing there. As the autumn winds whipped up her hair which were lit up by the suns.h.i.+ne, it felt like her hair was ablaze.

“Ah, I’m just here to get some fresh air.” I said as I flashed a smile to Yun Chang before turning back to the city, “I also thought I’d get a look at the civilians in the city which we haven’t seen in a while.”

“Hou hou~~” Yun Chang sighed and walked over to where I was and looked down, “I was still thinking that big brother was reminiscing about Lord Tao Qian~”

Honestly, I was indeed reminiscing about him, and Lord Han Fu. The pa.s.sing of lifeis something that I can never forget, especially when it all happened in front of my very eyes.

Fate.

That’s all I can say.

And leaving aside the others, my fate as Liu Bei has progressed thus far.

“… Big brother, are you still thinking about the matter with Che Zhou?”

Perhaps the feelings I am finding increasingly difficult to keep inside are showing on my face.

“That’s right~~ Che Zhou’s death has really caused me a lot of trouble.” I scratched my head as I laughed dryly, and thought back to what the Xu state 3 suggested to me this morning at Shouchun city.

(We cannot return to Xuchang.) (That’s right, this matter is extremely problematic since Che Zhou died in our presence.) (Leaving aside what Cao Cao herself thinks, her subordinates may seek vengeance against you.)

And so, to buy time, we came to Xu state. But even so, we will still be defeated by Meng De.

As someone who has come from the future, I wanted to voice this out but I couldn’t in the end.

Where else could we go, besides Xu state? I couldn’t think of an alternative and so I had no choice but to let myself be swept by the currents of history.

“Yun Chang.”

“Un?”

“Do you think that Meng De will attack us?”

“Un…” Yun Chang closed her eyes and sank into thought before answering, “I think not.”

“Why’s that?”

“Because she is a virtuous person.”

Virtuous huh?