"I can act like nothing happened- Can I?"

[Wuyang city, north of Zhao-lin-zheng pass]

"Your Majesty! A big army is seen approaching the south of our fort, but we are unable to recognize them in the dark."

A Jin soldier hastily reported to Yun, almost running next to him.

"...W-what?", the sudden approach of the soldier almost made Yun freak out.

"Yes My Lord..."- The soldier took a second to breathe and continued-"...I saw a lot of soldiers coming towards Wuyang from the south, But we are unable to tell them who they are due to the near-darkness spread along with the Zhao-lin-zheng forests."

The Darkness had already fallen till then, and being slightly east from the Qing county, as the sun fell at these places, Wuyang was already engulfed with darkness, added the fact that it also became cloudy that night.

Yun, gathering himself from the awkward suddenness of the situation spoke out-

"How many?"

"..A lot."

"Any estimates?"

"Thousands maybe...definitely more than ten thousand."

"You sure saw them?"- Yun glared at the face of the soldier.

"Y-yes! Your majesty."- The soldier replied, with a shaky voice. He was terrified to be glared at by a person well beyond his status and identity.

Yun smiled smirkily, breaking into laughter as he left the room towards the southern gates.

"I was just joking- don't get scared, I believe you my friend!"- Yun yelled out as he left the corridor leaving the scared soldier standing there. He knew, if he left like that without telling the soldier it was a joke glaring at him- that soldier is gonna die with fear that he has offended the Prince somehow- and that; Yun didn't want.

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Yun assessed the situation immediately- he knew well that Caizhou's reinforcements were already set out at dawn, and his plannings were based on the arrival of this army- Somehow, he kept getting hunches about what can happen from the incident that had happened yesterday- but, this time it was different from what he foresaw in his dreams normally; it seemed, his confidence on his assessments was also formed by the intuitions he started getting out from nowhere.

Well, though he didn't know anything about his mysteriously accurate predictability; he was somehow at its mercy from a while now- The only way he can reason it with was that, it was a bluff given by the 'Time'; which was like a reward given to him by Nature, which he had to receive no matter he takes it like a boon or a curse.

Having embraced this reward somehow, Yun was now using it like someone has explained all of the situations around him.

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Walking through the narrow lanes of Wuyang and its fortified walls- Yun had now reached the Southern Gate Tower, which now faced a large number of soldiers below its walls, which were now lit by the fire-torches held by the ones standing below.

The doors were still kept closed for a while, as Yun insisted on confirming the standing army's identity, which was for a long time been hindered by the darkness, and the late arrival of Yun at the gates.

Seeing the momentous delay, the Commanding officer leading the Army had to confirm his identity as a Jin Commander, which wasn't easy enough to be done as no one here in this Civil fortress recognised how a frontier army looks- given they were so deep inside the Jin territory- it was just lucky that the Caizhou's Emperor had given the orders to keep some internal militia to hold off any unfortunate situation like this.

Finally, about half of an hour after, The reinforcements entered the Fort, and surprisingly with them- Yun's military seal came back to his hands.

"What is this?"- Yun didn't recognized the thing he was given by the Commanding officer.

"Your Majesty! The Emperor has sent your military seal back."-The officer bowed, and explained with ultimate punctuality.

A brink of uneasiness spread over Yun's face- the face, which was the face of a person from another time and place.

RSK didn't wanted the seal.

Nor did he wanted this responsibility of power on his head. For him, he considered Power and Powerful people cause others intimated and feel uneasy.

He wondered what to do.

Afterall-

The Military seal was Yun's own; and for now as he is inside Yun's body- it basically belongs to him.

But, still- He was uneasy about this.

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"What happened?"- The Officer asked Yun, seeing his face tensed up with worries.

"Nothing great-", Yun diverted the question continuing with a cross-question- "Well, leave it. Your soldiers must be exhausted by the forced march- tell them to rest until midnight, I plan a couter-attack on the Baohexiang fortress this night; we will shake them up in their sleep."

"Ah...the plan is nice, but your Majesty, Don't you think all the soldiers here and from Chang-An are technically yours because of that military seal?"-The officer exclaimed with a complaining face.

"Heh...You brought those soldiers from Chang-An, So I said they are your soldiers."-Yun answered in an uncertain defense.

He wasn't clear why the officer is getting uneasy on his comment.

"Don't be angry Your Majesty! I am just a soldier, I am not so privileged to call this my army."- The Officer cleared his opinion.

"Ah...It's Okay-Okay! I got it. But-", Yun paused for a moment.

"But?"

"But...I think-"

"...?"

"Leave it. Take the army and meet me before midnight- Make sure you get no one know you guys are here."-Yun continued, as he remembered the large numbers of the soldiers standing outside.

"Okay Your Majesty! Well I have one thing more to tell you."-The Officer paused to hear the response from Yun.

"Hmm...What?"-Yun asked curiously.

"I was asked you to give you this letter from Lady Zhao. She is at Si-Po, and wants you to read it."-The Officer stated, as he gave off Yun the letter.

"Oh...Well- what is she doing here at Si-Po?"-Yun asked as he curiously opened the small letter from it's folds.

As Yun struck his eyes over the piece of paper, he immediately became confused. He was asked to meet Zhao by midnight.

'What does this lady wants from me in midnight?'- Yun remarked to himself as he tried to clear off any naughty idea of the situation he found lingering over his mind.

"I have a question-", Yun asked; taking the military seal in hands.

"Yeah sure!", The officer affirmed punctually.

"I can act like nothing happened- Can I?"

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