Vol 6 Chapter 20 (2/2)
When I finished, I wondered if I had divulged a little too much. But honestly, this was actually my path, or rather the direction I was heading in.
At this point, it doesn’t seem like I can return to my own era, so all I can do as Liu Bei is to follow the course of history and do what Liu Bei is supposed to do. I don’t know what Liu Bei’s path is but since the role I’m playing is Liu Bei, then I should at least inherit all that he had to shoulder.
Even if I’m not actually capable enough to.
That said, reality is different of course. There are already a lot of things I have changed, and Yi De now has an amnesia problem, so I’m not too sure what I should do anymore.
Moreover, I’m not actually that knowledgeable on the Three Kingdoms. After having lived through so many high-key events, I’m starting to recall more and more of what I read from the abridged versions when I was in my childhood. But all I can really recall are just the big stories like Guandu, Red Cliff etc.
Ah, now that I think about it, the ‘path’ I seek to walk isn’t easy at all.
“I see, I understand now.” Liao Hua seems to have been thinking while I was embroiled in my own thoughts all this while, and she continued to speak to me as she pressed down on her hat, “So my lord is also one who goes with the flow then?”
“No, I will seize any opportunities to control the situation when there are any.”
“How does my lord know when such an opportunity arises?”
“Intuition.” I just gave a vague answer to this as I couldn’t actually say that I knew how things would develop long before they did.
“Then does my lord believe in fate?”
“I do.”
“Then does my lord believe that he will die in the next moment?”
“No.”
“What if that is your fate?”
“No, that is not my fate.”
“Why is my lord so definite on this?”
“Intuition.” I said, and couldn’t help but to add on, “By the way, you won’t die in the next instant as well.”
“Eh? Why do you say so?”
“Intuition.”
From what I can remember, Liao Hua seems to have lived for quite a long time. Wasn’t there some saying, something about there being no great generals left in Shu or something.
(TL: The saying is [If there are no great generals left in Shu, Liao Hua will be the vanguard.] It can be interpreted as Shu having no talent by its end that even the elderly Liao Hua had to lead the army.)
“Eh…”
The more we chatted, the tighter her frown became. By now, her eyebrows were already looking like 八.
“Umm, if I have said anything that has displeased you, please do forgive me. But what I have said has indeed come from my heart.”
“… No, I just feel that what General Guan said is right.”
Eh?
“A peculiar person… Right?”
“I personally believe in fate, and even if I should die in the next instant, I will wholeheartedly accept it. Of course before I die, I hope I can bear witness to these troubled times.” Liao Hua nodded as she continued, “My lord is the same as me, but only on the most broadest sense. Compared to me, my lord is far more resolute in his belief in fate, as though my lord knows what will happen.”
“Eh… I, is that so?”
I can’t believe she got it right just like that.
“Of course, when I first met my lord, I thought that my lord was the kind of fellow who could only live on by depending on his generals.”
That’s actually the truth.
At her delivery of the piercing truth, all I could do was smile bitterly.
“But following the course of history huh…” She closed her eyes and stoked her scar once more. When she opened her eyes, she looked at me and said coldly, “I don’t dislike such a lord. I want to see where my lord’s path leads.”
“Ah… Th, thanks?”
“You’re welcome.”
“But,” She added on, “I can tell from my lord’s eyes that my lord seems to have strayed from his path. I hope that my lord can resolve his doubts and troubles soon and return to his path.”
“Ah…”
— Lord Liao Hua, please look at this.
“… I’ll be right there.”
Before I could ask her what she meant, she had disappeared like the wind. But honestly, I could largely understand what she meant.
Path… Huh? I should probably think about this a little more.
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