The empress of war (Lu Xun x Reader x Guo Jia)

Chapter 4: Chained Fate part 1

(y/n) opened her eyes only to find herself in a strange but familiar room. She had the feeling that she has been already there in the past but after seeing the phoenix carved in some pillars and walls and even the blue color theme in the room, she started to doubt about that because she has never been in Wei, or maybe she were?

'This must be the room of that officer I see at the forest but... why am I here? Aren't I supposed to be in a prison cell?' she though. (y/n) leaves the bed and walked around the room trying to find something that could tell her who was this officer that captured her but whatever she finds there, wasn't related to that officer. As she keeps searching in the room she realized that she wasn't wearing her usual clothes anymore, and now she was wearing a sleeping gown a little big for that small body she had.

The sound of the door opening makes her turn around a bit scared.

—It looks like you're finally awake, little miss— the general with an eye patch commented entering in the room and closing the door to walk close to her. (y/n) recoiled as the general keeps approaching to her; she keeps receding until the bed gets in her way, she lying over the bed while the general over her. —Why do you have that scared face over you? I don't want to hurt you I only want to ask you some questions. Is that alright? — She nodded staring at the general's face — Good girl. Then, first question. Do you have parents? —

—I don't know sir. My grandpa said that my father abandoned me six years ago so even if he is alive or no, I don't have a way to known it— she answered staring at the general eye. Why did she have the feeling that she already knew him from somewhere? That familiarity she feels close to him was something she never felt at Lu Xun's side or even at her gramps side, only managed to confuse her.

—Do you remember something about this place or about me? —he continued.

—I don't remember it very well but despite this is my first time being here, I can feel a strange nostalgia staying here. And despite this is probably the first time I meet you, every time I look at you, I have a desire to call you 'Ton-chan'—

—Well, only one more question— Xiahou Dun got up and walked to a chest close to the main door to take a sword from it. (y/n) gets up to sit in the bed and follows that general's movement with her sight. Seconds after, he returned with a sword at his hands and showed it to her — do you remember this sword? —

—Yes, Sir. That's the sword I dropped days ago at the last battle that Wu have against Wei... Pardon my rudeness, sir, bur may I know why are you asking me this? —

—Because I think you might be Princess Cao Jie, Cao Cao's younger daughter—

—But, Ton-chan... I don't know anything about how to be a princess and I cannot even remember who I was in the past, after all, (y/n) was the name Zuo Ci gives me when he decided to take care of me—

—About that name...— Xiahou Dun was about to say something about her name but refrained to do it— you can be the girl we have been searching for all those years. You said that you father abandoned you six years ago, and our lord lost her daughter six years ago. You have the sword that Cao Cao ordered to forge only for her daughter and you are even calling me 'Ton-chan', a nickname that only the princess use only to call me— he left the sword over the little table close to the bed and sits next to her — If you have such nostalgia staying here, there's more than a proof that Zuo Ci did something with your memory and that your home is here with us. I want to help you remember what's important to you, so that's why I want you to stay here, will you? —

(y/n) nodded at Xiahou Dun's words and smiled at him. She wasn't unable to refuse that offer because she really wants to find her real parents.

~Time skip~