Vol 5 Chapter 40 (2/2)

Eh? I turned and saw that Liao Hua had come beside me all of a sudden.

“Ah, no. I’m just concerned because General Guan has been frowning a lot these last few days.”

I only noticed this when I heard her say this and hurriedly loosened up my creased eyebrows.

“Just thinking about some stuff, I guess.” I smiled and changed the topic, “Speaking of which, what’s the next pa.s.s? Hulao Pa.s.s?”

“Hulao Pa.s.s? Wasn’t that the old name?” Liao Hua tilted her head and then clapped all of sudden in realisation, “Oh! Does General Guan know about the merger of Hulao Pa.s.s and Sishui Pa.s.s?”

Ah! That’s right, there was such a thing.

The things that happened at Sishui Pa.s.s seem like so long ago. I still remember the compet.i.tion to catch Red Hare with Lu Bu and the rest. I lost in the end, but it’s all good.

Un… I wonder what happened to the hot spring outside Sishui Pa.s.s.

(TL: Refer to V1 extra story.)

My memories started playing before me when I thought of Sishui Pa.s.s.

Thinking back, time has pa.s.sed by really quick. It’s almost a year now since leaving Zhuo commandery.

We pa.s.sed through Sishui Pa.s.s from the outside the last time, but now we’re exiting through Sishui Pa.s.s.

Fate has a funny way of playing out huh.

“Yun Chang, we’re here!” Just as I was swirling in melancholy, Wen Yuan who was at the head of our convoy yelled out cheerfully at me.

My heart trembled when I heard her and an unexplainable dread filled my heart which forced my hands to pull on the reins and stop the horse.

I suppressed it somehow and galloped up to Lu Bu and Wen Yuan with Liao Hua following behind me.

Sishui Pa.s.s was now right before us. I looked up and sure enough, the words 汜水关 were there as expected.

Now then, time to announce ourselves.

“…”

“Un? Yun Chang?”

“Ah, un.” What is wrong with me, why did I go into a daze…

I shook my head and took a deep breath–

“Oi! Soldiers at the tower! Please notify the Administrator to allow us to cross the pa.s.s!!”

*Dong*! *Giyahhhhh*…

Just when I finished, the gates opened as though they were prepared for us.

Please don’t be like the last time.

I silently prayed in my heart.

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