Vol 9 Chapter 117 (2/2)

“I’ll be going this way to see Lord Zhang Liao.” Huang Zu said, ignoring all this. I suppose this was something that she’s seen a lot of, enough to be numb to it. She was an Administrator for years after all.

But I have to say, it’s really impressive that they joined the army at such a tender age. Back when I was about 13-14, I was still preparing for middle school exams.

“Eh? Not Feng Xian?” When she heard me ask this, Huang Zu’s expression darkened.

“Lord Lu Bu doesn’t bother with such things usually. Any military administrative matters are all handled by Lord Zhang Liao.” As she said so, Huang Zu’s expression darkened even further, “However, even though Lord Zhang Liao is always smiling happily without a care, she’s such a stingy person whenever I come to borrow troops. How can she only have 5 to spare…”

“Haha,” I could not hold back my laughter at ‘smiling without a care’.

Ah… But I did not expect that Wen Yuan was so good at dealing with administrative work and being so detailed. But then again, it does make sense as she’s probably been doing it for Feng Xian ever since Wen Yuan started serving her.

“… Forget what I just said.” Huang Zu hurriedly added on, probably because she felt that she was a little rude.

“Un, alright.” I decided to go along with it and not put her in a tough spot.

When I finished, she bowed before turning to leave.

Now that I think about it, she should have been headed to the main tent where Feng Xian and Wen Yuan would be. But since Huang Zu has already left, I will go later then. Until then, I will just kill time by walking about in the encampment. And so, I decided to head in the opposite direction of where Huang Zu went.

Even though no one here knows that I am Liu Bei, everyone knows me as Shamoke so they were respectful when they saw me. But this hat really is weird, and whenever someone calls me Shamoke, I get the urge to strip and do a tribal dance.

I looked about the encampment and saw a number of troops were sleeping about. They had not even bathed and just lay down on their beds.

I wonder how many of them followed me from Xu state or Ji state. If there are any, they would definitely be able to recognise me easily. When I thought of this, I pulled down the leaves of my hat a little more.

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… Un? A dog?

If this were the mansion or along an ordinary street, I would not feel that it would be strange to hear a dog barking. Though keeping dogs as pets is not very common, there are still people who do so here and there. And there are also street dogs as well. Usually when I meet with any, I would simply avoid them. Now that we are in the encampment, there can only be 1 possible reason why there is a dog.

Is Feng Xian here? I thought as I continued walking in the direction from which the dog was.

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Red Hare’s barks were easily identifiable. It’s still not an adult so it’s barks are a little higher in tone compared to adult dogs.

But why is Feng Xian here? Huang Zu went in the right side of the encampment, the opposite of where I am, and I doubt that she went the wrong way. Usually, Red Hare does not bark this much either so it was really weird that it was barking this much.

While thinking about this, I rounded a corner–

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“Eh? Really?” I uttered in surprise. After rounding the corner, I came face to face to Red Hare who was chained outside a small tent, “Why is it chained here?”

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It recognised me and stood up, barked, wagged its tail and stuck out its tongue when it saw me come over. I squatted down and rubbed its chin. Red Hare seemed to like it and even turned around on the ground.

“Red Hare~ Why are you here?” I asked even though I knew it would not respond, “Where is your master? And the one who is always beside your master? Where are they?”

*w.a.n.g* *w.a.n.g* *w.a.n.g*!

When I finished, Red Hare suddenly began to bark loudly as if it understood me. Naturally, I do not understood dog barks so I did not know what it was trying to tell me and merely said ‘I see, I see’ as I nodded before standing up.

Well in that case, I should try somewhere else–

Just as I was thinking about going somewhere else, the curtains of the small tent parted.

“Red Hare, please, please stop barking. My head is beginning to feel faint from all this.” Someone complained as she walked out of the tent and frowned at Red Hare while maintaining some distance from it.

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