Vol 9 Chapter 120 (2/2)

“But then I…”

“Is there a problem if a simple warrior hates wars?” Naturally, I knew what she was about to say next and interrupted her with a louder tone. But just as I spoke, I felt that I might have spoken a little too loudly and quickly returned to my normal volume.

“Hu…” I breathed out to calm myself down. I need to be calm in order to be able to comfort her after all, “Feng Xian, do you think that if you’re just a simple warrior, will someone like Wen Yuan still follow you?”

“…” Feng Xian remained silent as she clearly did not know the answer to this. Of course, I cannot even answer this question if it was posed to me. I do not even know why my own retainers are following me after all. But as an outsider to this, I can see things that the actors are unable to.

“I think that it’s because you are a warrior.” I said as I approached her so that she could feel what I was trying to convey more keenly, “Wen Yuan probably uses you as a benchmark or a target for her own path as a warrior.”

At this point, all that separated us was just the curtain, “At the very least, you are the strongest warrior I’ve known. It’s the first time that I’ve heard of the commanding officer overturning a losing battle singlehandedly in such a short span of time.”

Even though this is not Dynasty Warriors, Lu Bu is still Lu Bu.

Feng Xian should know that I am very close now from my footsteps but she did not say anything at all. Perhaps she’s preoccupied with her thoughts. And so, I waited patiently while doing my best to forget what I saw and the soft touch I felt.

“… Xuan De.” Feng Xian finally spoke up after about 30 seconds and called out to me.

“Un.”

“Xuan De, I’ve decided.”

“Decided on what?”

“I hope that Xuan De can deploy me to every battle from now on. I will do my best in every battle.”

“Don’t push yourself too hard.”

“I know. I just hope to be able to use my martial prowess to help Xuan De.” Feng Xian said as she made some splashes. Looks like she’s rather agitated.

I thought about it for a moment and decided to reply without giving an unambiguous approval, “It’s good to be motivated but I would still like Feng Xian to continue being the Feng Xian she is now. In the battles to come, I will deploy you when I need to.”

“… I understand.” Feng Xian replied and nodded, “I just hope that Xuan De does not mind that I hate wars and does not use me because of that.”

“I know about that of course and it’s not a problem as there is no conflict between them.” I smiled and decided to tell her something I always wanted to, “Besides, I think that this world needs more warriors who hate wars.”

“… Is that so? Thanks.”

What’s there to thank me for?

“Alright,” I was done for now and I believe I have overstayed my welcome here, “I’ll be leaving then.” I said and turned to leave.

“Ah, Xuan De.” Before I had even taken 5 steps, Feng Xian called out to me.

“Un?” I turned and saw Feng Xian poke her head from around the curtain as she looked at me.

Eh… T-this is…

“… What is it?” I asked as I nervously gulped, unsure what I ought to do.

“Xuan De…” Feng Xian said as she shyly covered her face with the curtain, “Umm… Can you help pa.s.s me my clothes over there… I’m almost done.”

Eh? I was about to tell her to do it herself since there would be no one in the tent but then I realised that it would not be very appropriate for her to come out naked. And who knows when Wen Yuan would come back? Besides, Feng Xian would not have asked me to do this for her if she did not think there was a better alternative.

“Alright… Where are they?” I asked while calming down my emotions.

“U-under the hot water pail.”

Eh? Here? I never thought that Feng Xian would know how to do such things and make life more comfortable by warming her clothes like this.

“Alright, I’ll get it.” I said as I quickly walked over, picked up the pail, took the clothes and quickly made my way back. Halfway through, I remembered something and returned to the table where I picked up some dry cloths and handed everything to Feng Xian.

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