29. Who Will Draw Their Sword First (1)
29. Who Will Draw Their Sword First (1)
Thanks to Lu Bu, I was able to learn combat training close to real-life practice.
How to swing a sword,
And how to respond when facing a strong enemy.
"When you encounter a strong enemy, especially one so strong that even you think it's absurd, try to avoid them if possible."
Lu Bu said.
With her [Painted Halberd] on her shoulder, she told me how to survive a fight against a strong opponent while training me.
You can only become stronger if you're alive.
If you act recklessly on the battlefield and die, that's the end of it; you'll never have a chance to take revenge.
Never die.
That's what Lu Bu told me.
"Are you already worried about your husband? You're such a cute lord."
"What kind of bullshit is that!"
Lu Bu blushed.
Perhaps remembering the intense time we shared inside the military tent, she crossed her legs and turned her head away.
Haven't we made enough progress? I didn't take her virginity or engage in [Internal Ejaculation], but didn't she allow me her body because she likes me?
There was progress in my relationship with her.
I just always think about how I'll make love to her next time.
"Don't try to act like my husband just because you wiped my sweat for a moment."
"Then are you asking for something bigger next time?"
"Shut up, shut it."
Lu Bu screamed.
Perhaps because for a virgin, just that incident alone brought enough shame to make her lose her reason, she was reluctant to talk about it.
Is this the classic reaction of a virgin?
I'm just happy to have been her first man. Is there anyone else in the world besides me who could handle this woman?
"I heard Dong Zhuo, that pig's granddaughter, likes you?"
"That's just talk. There's no way I'd like a kid like that. My ideal type is a beauty with big breasts like you."
"Why did you bring that up there!"
You're always the only one for me.
It was a line commonly whispered by playboys, but perhaps because Lu Bu had no immunity to it, she blushed and smoothed her bangs.
"W-well... if you keep swearing loyalty to me, I don't particularly hate it... I know you're excellent... and above all, there's no woman in the world who would hate a man who risks his life for her, right...?"
"Cute thing."
"Shut up, I'll kill you!"
Lu Bu brought up Dong Bai.
Her sudden appearance seemed to be a new threat to Lu Bu, so she found Dong Zhuo's granddaughter extremely displeasing.
"Are you there, brother?"
Dong Bai approached, fluttering her skirt.
She approached with bold, confident strides, greeting me with a smile brighter than a lily.
"Good morning again, isn't it? Training your body from such an early hour, you'll be a good example for all the military officers."
She flaunted her blatant affection for me.
A country girl who came up to [Luoyang] from [Xiliang].
She explained that she likes brave and greedy heroes like her grandfather Dong Zhuo, and pointed me out as her ideal type.
Is that a compliment?
It sounds like she's calling me a traitor.
'This kid, does she seriously think her grandfather is a hero? When all the scholars and intellectuals in the world are pointing fingers at him as a traitor... it seems her values are quite different from normal people.'
Everyone's values regarding what they consider justice are different.
If everyone thought of only one kind of justice--
There would be no war in this world, and fights and conflicts shouldn't have happened.
The world contains countless types of people.
Just as their values and thoughts differ, the justice they hold in their hearts is bound to be different as well.
"The strong take everything. Isn't that a very important law and truth of the world? My grandfather is the strongest warlord in the world. So naturally, he is ruling the world on behalf of the Emperor."
Dong Bai explained to me.
There was not a shred of doubt or shame in her words.
She genuinely respects her grandfather.
Even if he used rough methods, she thought it was a very natural thing for the strong to take from and rule over the weak.
This child is a monster.
A small, delicate monster who inherited Dong Zhuo's blood.
If she grows up and inherits her grandfather Dong Zhuo's power, the [Han Dynasty] will have to face an even greater traitor than Dong Zhuo.
"Stop the bullshit and get lost."
"Mother, you have no filter when speaking to this daughter. Before martial arts, you should fix your vulgar way of speaking."
Dong Bai called Lu Bu 'Mother'.
Since Lu Bu became the adopted daughter of her grandfather Dong Zhuo, she was of mother-generation to her, Dong Zhuo's granddaughter.
"Who's your mother?"
"I don't want to serve an ignorant woman like you as my mother either, but since that is Grandfather's will, what can I do?"
They started to fight.
Two proud women, neither of whom had the personality to back down quietly, so the confrontation was bound to intensify.
Lu Bu, and Dong Bai too. Neither side backed down. As for me, strangely caught in between, I was so tired I wanted to tear my hair out.
"You don't even wear a hairpin in your hair, what do you know... And this guy is my subordinate, so don't think about taking him."
Lu Bu has a very greedy personality.
Whether it's wealth or people, she absolutely hated having her things taken by anyone.
I won't give you a single thing.
Lu Bu shouted, revealing strong hostility toward the girl who looked like a small squirrel.
"You sow...!"
Dong Bai twisted her lips.
That eerie yet cruel smile made even Lu Bu, who is called [Unrivaled Under Heaven], surprised.
Malice hidden within a small and cute appearance.
As if to prove she is Dong Zhuo's flesh and blood, she resembled his fierce, beast-like and devilishly cruel nature perfectly.
"My apologies. That was a vulgar remark unworthy of me. So please forget it. I ask that you do. Especially Brother, I am definitely not a woman who doesn't know manners like that woman."
Dong Bai said that and bowed her head.
She then turned around, confidently leading the court ladies and guards who arrived afterward.
"Ow!"
Lu Bu pinched my side.
It contained such strong grip strength, as if she were trying to tear off my flesh.
"Why?"
"What did you do to make such a young kid like you? You must have been going around flirting with this woman and that woman promiscuously. Because you're a man who would do just that."
Maybe you need to be castrated right now.
Lu Bu said, without a moment's hesitation, something that would make any man naturally cross his legs upon hearing it.
"She's dangerous, that kid."
Lu Bu said.
She revealed feelings of contempt and hatred, just like when she dealt with Dong Zhuo.
A woman entered the tavern.
After naturally sitting in an empty seat, she raised her hand high and called the landlady.
"One earthenware pot here."
"Teacher, have you come again today! Shall I bring the usual tripe soup?"
"Yes."
The woman liked tripe soup, which even men avoided.
A rich broth made by boiling pig intestines with dried radish greens and soybean paste in a cauldron. She drank a bottle of cloudy rice wine with it, throwing a proper feast.
"Here it is, Teacher."
The landlady brought the tripe soup.
Perhaps because she brought plenty of ingredients with a generous heart, the steaming earthenware pot was overflowing.
"It's very bleak these days, isn't it?"
The landlady asked.
At those words, the woman called Teacher lifted her spoon.
"It's absolutely disgusting, truly disgusting. I don't know what will happen to the world. With traitors running rampant and ruffians having a field day, loyal patriots have disappeared, and the court has become infested with sycophants."
"Cough, cough!"
A man eating soup at the next table started pounding his chest.
He had suddenly swallowed the hot broth.
Many people were looking around nervously at the woman's straightforward and bold remarks. Some even showed signs of being anxious that they might get involved.
"Oh my, Teacher! With that kind of talk, you won't just fail to get married, you'll lose your head!"
"It's my own mouth, so who would say anything about it?"
Rather, the woman spoke firmly, as if turning the tables.
Her voice was filled with strength.
Go ahead and cut off my head if you can. I will continue to speak the truth with my own mouth.
She downed a cup of cloudy rice wine.
Like a man, she gulped it down with a sound and emptied the cup heartily.
"Have you seen the new work by Master Gong-i that came out this time?"
The man sitting behind said.
The man with wrinkled skin took a book out of his bosom and proudly introduced it.
On the book cover, along with the title 『The Female Warrior Corrupted by the Flaming Rod』, there was a suggestive drawing of a scantily clad woman covering her breasts and private parts with both arms.
"Hey, you! How dare you! This new work by our Master Dal-i is the supreme treasure! I jerked off five times last night with this!"
The man sitting next to him said.
He took out the book he had carefully tucked into his bosom as if it were a treasure and proudly boasted.
『The Corrupted Noble Consort Who Learned of Other Men』
It's a book about a warlord's wife having a group orgy with the generals favored by the warlord. That book also had a lewd drawing on the cover with the title written in large letters.
"With such detailed metaphors and even positions... As expected, our Master Gong-i is the God of Literature."
"I wonder what our Master Dal-i looks like. They must have a face like an upright scholar, while writing erotic novels with their hands."
They say they are a bureaucrat in the Imperial City.
They say they were exiled after being caught by the court for writing erotic novels.
The men listed baseless speculations.
They chatted while guessing what kind of people Gong-i and Dal-i, the masters of the erotic novel world they revered so much, were.
"You crazy bastards! How dare you take out that kind of trash while our Teacher is here!"
The landlady swung a broom.
Then the men who were talking while eating soup suffered an unexpected disaster.
"Oh, oh my! Teacher...!"
"We're sorry, we didn't even know you were here, we just..."
The men bowed their heads deeply.
Knowing that they had done something absurd even by their own standards, they bowed their heads repeatedly and apologized.
"It's okay, it's okay. I also made things difficult for the customers earlier by talking about unnecessary things."
The woman said with a laugh.
She showed that she didn't mind at all and brushed it off as nothing.
She is a young lady of the prestigious [Yingchuan Xun Clan].
She is currently serving as a [Yellow Gate Attendant] in the Imperial City, and whenever she is off duty, she gathers village children to teach them writing.
That's why the villagers treated her as a benefactor.
They called her 'Miss' or 'Teacher' with high respect, and thanked her repeatedly for teaching their lacking children.
"Give that here!"
The landlady snatched the books from the men.
Saying that such vulgar books should be burned immediately, she held one in each hand.
The men screamed with all their might.
They begged that the books written by Master Gong-i and Master Dal-i had no sin, and that she should burn them instead.
"Hmm, but wait..."
One of the two men made a puzzled expression.
He looked at the books the landlady was holding alternately, then touched his chin as if something was strange.
"Gong-i... Dal-i... combined is Gong-dal...? Gong-dal? If it's Gong-dal..."
The men's gazes turned toward the woman.
Gong-dal. That name was the courtesy name (Ja) used to address this woman who was teaching their children.
"Pffft!! Cough, cough--!!"
The woman spat out the contents of her mouth.
Perhaps she choked after hearing the man's words, she coughed repeatedly and made a pained expression.
"Oh, you idiots!!"
The landlady swung her palm, which was as big as a pot lid.
She struck the men's backs mercilessly and let out a lion's roar, asking how they could compare such a third-rate writer to a young lady of a prestigious family.
Xun You, courtesy name Gong-dal.
She is currently a [Yellow Gate Attendant] working in the Imperial City.
She was also an erotic writer operating in the shadows, thoroughly hiding her identity.