Subaru Natsuki, who returned from the new Three Kingdoms

Anna looked at his silence, and the last bit of hope in her eyes faded away.

"Can't say it?"

“We’re just considering it.” Subaru Natsuki’s voice deepened, and even the ingratiating tone he had shown to Anastasia earlier was gone.

"What are you considering?" Anna noticed the change in Natsuki Subaru's tone.

"Let's consider which lord is more suitable for us." Natsuki Subaru sighed.

After those words were spoken, the room fell completely silent.

Anna's expression grew even colder.

She had originally thought that if she gave Freuger a chance, he would do everything he could to prove himself.

She was even ready to see just how far this man could go for her.

This person actually started considering seeking refuge with someone else just because of this!

He's practically the second Julius!

Are all handsome men destined to be heartless?

"it is good."

Anna nodded.

"You want to think about it, right? Then go ahead and think about it."

Natsuki Subaru looked at her with some hesitation.

"Lady Anna..."

“Our place is too small to accommodate someone as capable as you.”

"That's not what we meant."

"So what do you mean?"

Anna pointed towards the door.

"go out."

Subaru Natsuki did not move.

"Lady Anna, we still want to..."

"go out!"

The shrewdness and composure that were once present in her voice were no longer there.

"Since you think Emilia is more suitable for you, then go find her. Who is willing to be your lord, who is willing to listen to the schemes of your rebel leaders, has nothing to do with our family."

Natsuki Subaru's expression changed.

"Lady Anna, please don't be angry. How about we let bygones be bygones over a drink..." Natsuki Subaru made one last attempt.

Who would want to drink with you?

Anna stared at him, her breathing rapid.

"You drunkard, what else can you do besides drinking? Who would want to drink with you? Our family would never do that in our entire lives!!"

These words were like a needle, piercing Subaru Natsuki's heart.

He gripped Julius's sword, his hand gradually loosening its hold.

Anna froze after she finished speaking.

She saw the urgency on Natsuki Subaru's face disappear, and even his usual exaggerated expression vanished.

He didn't argue anymore, nor did he fly into a rage, and he didn't turn around and coax her as she had vaguely hoped.

The white-haired youth simply put the ledger back on the table and retreated to the doorway.

"Lady Anna, I made you cry today, it was my fault."

"I hope you can calm down and think about this carefully. Our family also needs to think about it carefully."

Anna's lips moved slightly.

She wanted to say something, but the words "get out" were still stuck on her tongue, and in the end, she only fell into a cold, hard silence.

Natsuki Subaru remained silent for a moment, then closed the door and turned to leave.

Anna remained standing in the same spot.

She stared at the closed door, waiting for footsteps to sound outside again.

She realized that she had indeed spoken too harshly, and that Flügel would always throw a tantrum after hearing it.

Once he turns around and I soften my tone, he should be able to back down gracefully.

But there was still no movement in the corridor.

Anna's words were still echoing in Subaru's ears.

Who would want to drink with you?

Never in my life.

Natsuki Subaru lowered his eyes.

It turns out that what Lady Anna called an opportunity was simply for herself to prove her worth.

As soon as he showed any other possibility, she refused to even give him a pot of wine.

What kind of lord is this?

Yuan Gong still possessed the magnanimity to tolerate others.

Twenty strokes of the cane will earn you twenty gold coins.

Boss Cao always treated other people's generals as his own.

He didn't care at all whether his subordinates harbored disloyal intentions, and he didn't even care much about Guan Yu leaving.

In comparison, Anastasia...

What an incompetent ruler! What an incompetent ruler!

Natsuki Subaru stood at the door, smelling the aroma of sake, but he didn't take another step forward.

At the same time, the flutter in his chest resurfaced.

In contrast, Emilia, who knew he was in Anastasia's camp, still kept coming to see him, making three visits to his humble abode.

Clearly, he is closer to Cao Cao and possesses more of the qualities of a wise ruler...

Just as this thought popped into Natsuki Subaru's head, he suddenly felt a throbbing pain.

Boss Cao, Emilia...

After joining Boss Cao's side, I feel like I've forgotten something...

Something related to Emilia...

Natsuki Subaru vaguely sensed that he had grasped something, and, enduring his increasingly severe headache, continued to think...

Something seemed to surface in his mind...

They are fragments of memory, memories from a very, very long time ago.

Memories so distant that he had long forgotten them.

Natsuki Subaru rubbed his temples, trying to relieve his headache while instinctively trying to understand the meaning of these fragments of memory.

These memories seem to be from a time before he traveled to the Three Kingdoms period.

Judging from the scene, it seems to be in Lord Rom's stash of stolen goods...

On that cold ground...

Elsa cut open his stomach.

The woman lying not far away is named...Sa Sandao?

不 ...

She is a silver-haired woman named Satella...

Subaru Natsuki at that moment...

Although life is disappearing,

But something intense seemed to be surging within him, rising in his chest...

What is that feeling...?

Thinking of this moment, Natsuki Subaru felt his headache suddenly expand to an unbearable degree.

Something was preventing him from continuing to recall...

Natsuki Subaru slammed his fist against his head, but it did nothing to alleviate the increasingly intense pain.

liquor...

There must be alcohol...

Natsuki Subaru stumbled and staggered his way to the tavern.

Because it was early morning, the tavern staff were cleaning up the mess left by other customers who had been drinking heavily the night before.

Seeing Natsuki Subaru, who had just been completely drunk the night before, stagger into the bar, looking somewhat bewildered.

"Hey bro, why are you back again?"

"Liquor! Quickly, bring us the strongest liquor!"

Covering his head, Subaru Natsuki didn't care about anything else.

Left with no other option, the employee poured Subaru Natsuki a large glass of strong liquor.

Without hesitation, Natsuki Subaru drank the entire bottle of alcohol in large gulps.

As the burning sensation churned in his stomach, Subaru Natsuki's expression finally calmed down.

The excruciating pain disappeared, and so did the fragments of memory.

But there was one thing that didn't disappear.

It was Emilia's face, and the way she spoke so cautiously...

And the way she chased after me to the Chamber of Commerce without hesitation...

These things kept replaying in Subaru Natsuki's mind.

Subaru Natsuki looked bewildered and raised his hand to press against his chest.

Is this heartbeat truly the work of fate?

If it's just fate, the divine will of the wine should be enough to suppress it.

But it still exists now.

He remembered that Emilia had approached him three times.

On the other hand, Anna, whom he was just about to do something great for, kicked him out over a trivial matter.

Subaru Natsuki's expression grew increasingly somber.

He had already served three masters during the Three Kingdoms period.

If I continue to waver between two masters today, wouldn't I be even worse than a slave who has served three masters?

Fine!

It's all our fault for not being able to judge people properly!

Blindly choosing a mediocre ruler simply because of a little aroma of wine.

They deserve to be infamous!

Tomorrow—Natsuki Subaru makes up his mind!

Tomorrow, I will formally bid farewell to Anastasia as Flügel.

After fulfilling this courtesy, go find Emilia in your original form.