Subaru Natsuki, who returned from the new Three Kingdoms

This should have been a joyous occasion, with a general destined to die suddenly coming back to life. However, after Natsuki Subaru finished speaking, although the crying in the room stopped, the atmosphere seemed to have become even heavier, perhaps due to Natsuki Subaru's imagination.

Everyone was laughing.

But the smiles on their faces were even more unsightly than their tears, as if they were using their last bit of strength to push back their expressions that were about to collapse.

"Ang'er, you should rest well. I'll go outside to talk to you about something."

Cao Cao lowered his eyes, reached out to block Qinghe's view, and led her and the others out of the room.

Natsuki Subaru stared blankly at the scene.

The door was not fully closed.

He sat on the bed and heard Cao Cao ask the imperial physician in a low voice.

He heard Cao Cao and the generals of Cao Wei giving their instructions.

Hearing Cao Cao mention Xun Yu's past events that were about to unfold after the Battle of Red Cliffs...

Natsuki Subaru got out of bed, held onto the edge of the table, and walked to the bronze mirror.

The mirror reflected a pale face, with large patches of glaring white hair interspersed among the black hair. The eyes were still his eyes, but they were filled with an inescapable aura of death.

It's like Flügel disguised in that other world, but his appearance is much more lifeless than Flügel's.

Natsuki Subaru raised his hand and touched his hair, then touched his cheek.

"I am so haggard because of the pain of illness."

"what..."

At this point, Subaru Natsuki was perfectly clear about what was going on.

He appeared to use magic to rouse himself from his deathbed, but in reality, he simply became one of those who died but still live.

Fate treats people as chess pieces, and if a piece dies, it is never willing to change the game or replace a piece.

Instead, they will forcibly resurrect the dead to complete their mission.

There were many such people during the Three Kingdoms period.

The common characteristic of these people is that they did not die when they should have died. Instead, they suddenly became white-haired and walked around in this half-dead state to complete their own historical mission.

For example—the future Xun Yu.

For example, Yuan Shao in the past.

That's right, Yuan Shao.

That was probably a few years after the Battle of Guandu. Yuan Shao, who had completely retired to the will of Heaven, suddenly reappeared, attacked Cao Cao, and forced Cao Cao to return empty-handed.

Upon hearing this news, Natsuki Subaru immediately rushed to the battlefield.

But what he saw was just a emotionless monster in Yuan Shao's skin.

The monster's every word and action had nothing to do with Yuan Shao himself.

Upon seeing Subaru Natsuki arrive, he merely gave him a stiff reprimand.

How dare a surrendered general appear before me? Quickly commit suicide!

That was the first time Natsuki Subaru learned of the existence of the Heavenly Puppet.

I also learned that Heaven never asked the chess pieces whether they were willing or not.

He only cares whether you're still useful to him.

Natsuki Subaru naturally knew that he was not some puppet of fate.

He survived not because the Lord of Heaven thought he was still useful, but because he successfully resisted the Lord of Heaven's corruption by using magic from another world.

Natsuki Subaru grinned. This was the most accomplished thing he had done in the hundreds of years he had traveled through time. He had finally defied the will of heaven for once.

Natsuki Subaru clenched his fist, feeling the surging power within him.

This is his body, honed through countless battles during the Three Kingdoms period, and is naturally incomparable to the weak body he had in that world.

The magical reserves in this body are enough to sustain him for a full day and night without any problem when casting a life-sustaining spell.

Of course, Subaru Natsuki wasn't planning to just sit around doing nothing. Once his life-sustaining ability ended, he would truly be finished.

Therefore, the real use of his skill in "Stabilizing Life" is to use it to cast healing spells on himself in this barely surviving state, curing the chronic illness he has had since childhood that was suddenly diagnosed.

Natsuki Subaru immediately cast a healing spell on himself, one that he had learned from Felix.

In fact, whenever he had free time these days, he would practice this healing spell.

With his current skill level, it would be difficult for him to treat others, but he could use this technique to properly heal his own injuries.

A soft light enveloped his chest, and magic traveled along his flesh, searching for the source of the ailment.

In the end, he wandered around aimlessly like a headless fly, finding nothing.

They couldn't find any illness or pain in the examination?

Natsuki Subaru frowned, searching his body, his gaze growing increasingly vacant.

There really isn't one?

Wasn't it already agreed that he was diagnosed with a chronic illness since childhood?

How could someone be so healthy, yet still succumb to illness and die?

So, the Heavenly Mandate Master isn't even going to act anymore?!

Subaru Natsuki's expression grew increasingly serious.

He could clearly feel his body decaying, and his heartbeats becoming slower and slower.

Life-sustaining energy is like a thin thread stretched to its limit, barely sewing his soul and body together, but once the magic is exhausted, this thread will snap.

"Does our family only have one day and one night?"

Natsuki Subaru looked down at his palm, forced to face the outcome...

He will return to a point a few days before Lugnica's death.

In other words, your magic power and physical strength will return to the state they were in a few days ago.

If he used up his magic a few hours before he died, then the magic he used up a week before his death would be restored.

However, the situation was completely different during the Three Kingdoms period.

He could only return to a time a dozen or so breaths earlier. In other words, he used up all his magic a few hours before he died, and the point at which he returned to the present after death was also a dozen or so breaths before his magic was exhausted.

By then, no one will be able to save him.

"It seems I'm doomed in the Three Kingdoms era."

Natsuki Subaru chuckled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.

To truly break free from this cycle, perhaps the only way is to sever ties with fate.

But right now he can barely survive a single day, so what's the point of talking about defying the heavens or changing his fate?

Qinghe...

Ultimately, we are destined to be apart.

Let's take advantage of this last bit of time to say goodbye properly...

Natsuki Subaru sighed and walked towards the door.

Outside the courtyard, everyone who heard that Natsuki Subaru had been resurrected and might soon become a puppet of destiny, whose personality would be corrupted and drastically changed until his death, all showed expressions of sorrow.

Cao Cao instructed everyone not to tell Subaru the truth, and to let him leave happily during this last period.

Everyone nodded in agreement with long faces, especially Qinghe, who was the most distressed and whose tears never stopped.

Just then, Natsuki Subaru pushed open the door and said with a smile to the people outside the courtyard.

Why does everyone look so gloomy?

Let me tell you a joke.

The generals of Cao Wei forced themselves to smile, but the thought of what jokes Subaru Natsuki was going to tell next made them feel uneasy.

"You tell me... which is better, hands or feet...?"

"Hahahahaha!" All the generals of Cao Wei, including Cao Cao himself, burst into laughter.

Since Natsuki Subaru fell ill a few days ago, the General of Chariots and Cavalry's residence has never been this lively...

Only a disheveled man, huddled in a corner among the generals, had a gloomy look in his eyes.

Chapter 113: 108. Liu Bei

Because he always hides it~

The laughter in the courtyard had not yet subsided.

Natsuki Subaru stood at the door, seemingly laughing heartily, but his eyes kept glancing at Cao Cao and the forced smiles of the Cao Wei generals.

He instinctively raised his hand and pressed it against his chest.

It still hurts terribly there.

The pain spread outwards from his heart with each beat, reminding him that his time was running out.

Even though this might be their last moment of happiness, Natsuki Subaru still didn't show his pain. Only after the laughter subsided did he look at Cao Cao and say something out of the blue:

"My lord, I have been very happy staying in Cao Wei all these years."

Natsuki Subaru's farewell tone immediately silenced the air in the courtyard.

"Thank you for your guidance, my lord, but I must take my leave now..."

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao's smile vanished.

"Go? Where are you going?"

Natsuki Subaru did not avoid Cao Cao's gaze.

"I don't want to lose my ability to think after being corrupted by ** in the future, and then endanger everyone's safety."

Natsuki Subaru spoke calmly, but his clenched fists revealed a turbulent inner world.

Although he knew that his current state would not be corrupted by the will of heaven like the other divine puppets that had been resurrected from the dead.

However, he did not offer any explanation to the public.

Anyway, he only has one day left to live, so the difference between him and becoming a puppet isn't that big.

That saves the time and effort of explaining things again.

"You can't leave, Mao'er!"

Cao Cao suddenly lunged forward and grabbed Natsuki Subaru's hands tightly. The strength of his hands was astonishing; his knuckles turned white from the force, and tears rolled down his bearded face.

"You wanted to find Liu Bei before you died, and I didn't stop you. But you can't just leave like that!"

"My lord is indeed well-versed in the essence of military strategy... I haven't even said where I'm going yet, and you already know." Natsuki Subaru's voice was choked with emotion as he lowered his head, not daring to look Cao Cao in the eye.

Because Cao Cao shouted so loudly, none of the Cao Wei generals in the courtyard could hear him.

However, seeing the King of Wei bowing his head in front of all the civil and military officials in the courtyard, they were all moved by the scene and lowered their heads as well.

Furthermore, upon hearing that Natsuki Subaru's reason for leaving was that he didn't want to drag them down after going insane, all the tough guys who were close to Natsuki Subaru began to silently wipe away their tears.

"I never expected General Natsuki to be so perceptive of fate and so knowledgeable about the mechanisms..."

"Even at a time like this, they're still thinking about our safety..."

Xu Chu's voice choked, and he could no longer speak.

Natsuki Subaru opened his mouth, but all the words he had prepared got stuck in his throat.

He originally thought he was just saying goodbye.

After saying his piece, he bowed to Cao Cao to say goodbye and then set off on his journey to find Liu Bei.

But when Cao Cao's tears fell on the back of his hand, he realized more clearly just how heavy this farewell was.

This farewell is forever.

"My lord... please let go..."

Subaru Natsuki lowered his voice and his gaze swept over everyone present.