Vol 8 Chapter 33 (2/2)

Looking at the s.h.i.+ps, I felt sad for the suffering troops but right now, there was something more urgent.

“What about Liu Qi?! Has she left the s.h.i.+p!? And what about Huang Zu? What’s it like on her side?”

At this, the 3 of them only shook their heads.

“We don’t know. We swam here to look for you before all of this happened.”

“Lord Liu Qi should be fine. She made her preparations beforehand. I saw her preparing a small boat before the battle commenced.”

I felt somewhat relieved when I heard these words from Chen Gong.

“Then what about Huang Zu? How is Huang Zu right now?”

“I really don’t know anything about that.”

Wu… Honestly, I shouldn’t be too bothered about Huang Zu. But as I looked at the torched s.h.i.+ps, I couldn’t help but think about our conversation on the city tower. It would be too tragic if she really intends to defend this place to the death.

“My lord should get to the sh.o.r.e first, if you stay here you will catch a cold!”

“Waa!”

Before I could reply, Zhou Cang hoisted me onto her back and began to swim for the sh.o.r.e. The other 2 also followed closely, keeping their guard up for any enemies.

Only now did I realise how cold the water was. It wasn’t long after winter after all and the waters had just melted so it was much colder than I thought. Looks like the effect of adrenaline has just worn off.

“Hang on, my lord! We will reach the sh.o.r.e soon.”

Nearby, Zhou Cang and Chen Dao were yelling to me. Only Chen Gong wasn’t shouting but I could feel her worried gaze on me despite her mouth which was shut tight.

Is she always this stubborn? Or is she unwilling to call out to me?

Never mind.

Ah, I just hope these 3 and Liu Qi and her people are fine…

After G.o.d knows how long, my body began to warm up.

“Ah…” I gave a long exhalation and felt a source of heat near my abdomen area which made my body feel a lot better.

My consciousness was slowly returning but my eyelids were still tightly shut and were really difficult to open.

As I lay where I was with my eyes closed, my 1st thought was that I might have already died. The 2nd thought I had was that perhaps this very long dream was about to end and I felt a little bit of a relief followed by a set of very complicated feelings.

It was a mixture of reluctance to leave and longing to stay, with a little bit of regret mixed in.

As I thought about this, my head seemed to feel heavier and several waves of pain emanated from my head, jolting my eyes open.

Ah… I breathed out once more with relief.

Looks like all of my guesses were wrong. I’m still alive and what appeared in front of me was not the ceiling of my room but a rather downcast sky that looked like a storm was about to begin anytime.

“This is…”

“My lord?” A tearful and emotional call came from near my ear, “Zhou Cang, Chen Gong! Come over here! Our lord is awake!”

I blinked and looked in the direction where the voice came from, and saw that just above my head was a protruding breastplate that almost covered my entire field of vision. Above that breastplate was an exquisite face covered by dirt and ash.

Ah… It’s Chen Dao huh…

Eh?!

Just then, I realised that I was lying on Chen Dao’s thighs. I tried to get up but felt faint and lay back down on Chen Dao’s thighs again.

Chen Dao was unlike Huang Zu and some others, and did not wear a plate skirt so lying down on her thighs was actually quite comfortable.

“Don’t move about too much, my lord. You haven’t recovered fully yet.”

“Chen Dao… This is…” I spoke up now that I’d recognised her but when I did, it felt like something was blocking my throat and my voice was hoa.r.s.e.

“Don’t speak yet, my lord.” Chen Dao got anxious once more when she saw this and placed her hand on my forehead as she looked at me with a worried expression very unlike how she was on the battlefield, “Un… No good, you’re still a little too hot.”

Eh? Did I get a fever?

“Imperial Uncle is too much. How could you have such a weak body?”

“Didn’t you sneeze a couple of times just now?”

“There was something in my nose! Don’t think that everyone is as boneheaded as you!”

“What did you say!”

“Chen Gong, Zhou Cang! Will you both quit it! Can’t you see that our lord isn’t feeling too well now?”

Chen Gong and Zhou Cang were still bickering as they came over while Chen Dao yelled out angrily at them with such a thunderous voice that even I was scared stiff.

“Ah… My lord, I didn’t mean to scare you!” She hurriedly apologised to me when she saw me frowning.

“… Haha… Hahah…”

“M, my lord?”

At this sight before me, I could only chuckle.

They don’t know why I’m laughing but I do. No matter what, it’s good that they’re all so lively.

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