Vol 8 Chapter 47 (2/2)

“My lord! Here!”

“Here!!”

“Yes yes yes.”

“Let’s go! Back to our home!”

“At the end of the day, we still need to walk huh.”

Hahaha… All I could do was laugh dryly at Chen Gong’s harsh tsukkomi.

“‘Let’s go! Back to our home~’ sounded very nice but we still aren’t home huh?”

“Even you, Zhou Cang…”

Ah… I can’t even laugh dryly now.

“My lord! I’m on your side!”

“Ah Chen Dao, you’re still the–”

“All that happened was that we realised we couldn’t use our horses as the market stalls were set up and we also got lost right? My lord! It’s not embarra.s.sing!”

“You saying all that so loudly makes it very embarra.s.sing!”

Chen Dao really is slow in this sort of thing huh.

“Good day, Lord Liu Bei~”

“Lord Liu Bei~”

“It’s been hard on you…”

“Ah, h.e.l.lo. Un, h.e.l.lo you all.”

And because the market was in session, there were a lot of ordinary citizens about. Amongst them were a fair number who were able to recognise me. Unlike people in the future, they did not just stand about and not give way, they actually respectfully made a path for me.

Instead of an idol or pop star, I feel more like a politician– Ah, now that I think about it, my status is akin to a politician.

“Imperial Uncle, can you do it or not?” Chen Gong continued to voice out her doubts in me.

Ah, this is so infuriating.

“In any case, just follow me. I am very sure that this road leads us back to our residence.”

I really have no patience left. And following that, conversation naturally flowed toward the Jiangxia expedition.

Ah, now that I think about it, this expedition really has come to an end huh.”

“That’s right, it feels like it was just yesterday when we left.”

“But all in all, it’s been a good experience.”

Yesterday? Does it really seem that short?

“Am I the only one who felt it was arduous?” I weakly voiced an opposing opinion, “In my memories of this expedition, all I can remember is nearly being hacked to death by a random soldier, nearly being killed by the Zhu mother and daughter, and nearly drowning…”

Ah, the more I think about it, the more harrowing this expedition seems. This makes me think back to my military training days. Though the days were harsh, to the point where you would curse your parents, there would always be some people who think that those days weren’t so bad at all on the last day.

From my point of view, there’s nothing to miss about those days. I don’t want to join the military, and though I am resilient in nature, I am not resilient to the point where nothing can break me. So going home is greatly preferred for me.

Ah… We’re going home…

Just like that, we returned to the original and final topic of conversation.

“Un…”

Wu! Just as my thoughts were dispersing, Zhou Cang suddenly appeared in front of me, and stared into my eyes just 5cm away from my face…

This was the first time I was getting so close to Zhou Cang and I’ve always thought she was beautiful so I couldn’t help blus.h.i.+ng.

“Wh…” Nor could I say a single word.

“My lord may have said that he doesn’t like it, but I can’t see any sign that my lord hates it?”

Ah, so that’s what you were looking for.

“Well, of course.” I hesitated for a moment before lightly tapping Zhou Cang’s cute nose, and pointing at Chen Dao and Chen Gong in turn, “You 3 have been by my side after all so how could I have felt that it was difficult to endure or fear death?”

“Wu…”

“My lord!”

“… Can you please don’t say such mushy things?”

Just as I finished, these 3 gave very different responses. I know these words are a little mushy but they are how I truly feel.

I didn’t really understand Chen Gong and Zhou Cang before this, and even struggled to remember Chen Dao’s name. But now that I’ve gotten to know them well, I feel that they are all very interesting and great girls no lesser than Yun Chang or Zi Long.

Well, except for their prowess with martial arts.

“Alright, let’s stop being mushy and hurry along home.”

“Un! I have to show Lord Guan Yu the hairband my lord bought for me.”

Oh no…

“Ah, Zhou Cang, about that–”

“That’s right, I have to show everyone my hairband.”

“I have the precious hairband my lord gave me too! Ah, speaking of which, I wonder if Lord Zi Long has one.”

Ah… Only now did I realise that the issue with souvenirs that Liu Qi brought up earlier had not ended. It had only just begun.

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