Vol 4 Chapter 19 (2/2)

When I realised who she was, I couldn’t help but to shout her name, “Gon You?!”

“Is it my lord?!”

When she heard me, her eyes widened as she ran towards me. When she finally saw me clearly, she dropped to the ground like a rock.

“Gong You!” I hurriedly ran forward and stretched my hands to catch her head.

“A, at last. I finally found you.” She muttered before fainting.

From what Zi Long said, it seems like there are no wounds on Gong You beside some minor scratches and she fainted from exhaustion and a lack of food.

A few hours later, Gong You regained consciousness.

“I’ve been searching for my lord for 4 days now. Ever since Xu state fell, I scoured Feng city, Xiaopei and Dingtao but I couldn’t find any news about my lord at all.” When she woke up, she returned to her usual calm and said flowingly, “I didn’t hold much hope for Ye city but I never thought I’d hear that my lord was recruiting troops here. I’m so glad, I’m just so glad.”

Gong You’s voice gradually got more tearful as she continued and I patted her shoulders to comfort her only to realise that she was trembling.

“Has Gong You been on a horse all this while?”

“… Ah, yes.” When she heard me ask this, she tried to hide the scratches on her hands.

Even though she isn’t very good at horse riding… It must have been really hard on Gong You for her to ride for such a long distance.

“Speaking of which, is everything well with my lord? Where is Lord Yun Chang and Lord Yi De?”

“… Ah, that’s a long story.” I chuckled and lowered my head as I held Gong You’s hands, not knowing where to begin.

Ah, no good. My feelings of relief and sorrow are threatening to overwhelm me. I’m starting to feel like crying.

“But this means we can go seek refuge with Yuan Shao right.” Zi Long interrupted and brought back the conversation to the main topic when she saw that the atmosphere had become awkward.

“… Un, Yuan Shao has indicated that she is willing to offer refuge and a.s.sistance.” Gong You nodded and looked at me, “Ye city is part of the lands over which Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are fighting over. This isn’t a place we can stay for long, we should hurry to Nanpi as quickly as we can.”

“I am of the same opinion, my lord.” Zi Long added.

That’s right, I can only seek refuge with Yuan Shao no matter what. And it is indeed true that I can’t just stay here.

I looked at them and nodded in agreement.

“Alright, I’ll go and gather our troops now, and we’ll leave for Nanpi immediately.” Zi Long nodded with a smile and quickly walked out of the room.

“… Speaking of which, my lord, the one from just now is–” The moment Zi Long stepped out, Gong You asked about her as she pointed at the door.

“Ah, she’s a subordinate of my good friend Gongsun Zan, who has now fallen and so Zi Long came to serve me. She is very impressive~~”

“… Another one came huh.”

“Un? Did you say something?”

“… Nothing.” Gong You shook her head as she smiled helplessly.

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