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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Silverriver
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Many people enjoyed Three Kingdoms content.
Among them, I was especially fond of it. I devoured not only the games but also related novels, dramas, and movies. Every new release I could find, I consumed. So, that day, too, I was searching for another Three Kingdoms story.
Are you a Romance of the Three Kingdoms fan, or a Records of the Three Kingdoms fan?
I watched/read them all!
As long as the reinterpretation wasn’t excessively absurd, I generally watched or read it. After all, the romanticized version had its own charm, and the historical account had its own. So, I clicked the third option, [Both], in the site’s survey.
Which of Wei, Shu, or Wu did you like best?
Honestly, it didn’t matter to me. The fourth option was ‘Other factions,’ clearly meant for people who chose the Sima clan’s Jin Dynasty after Wei, Shu, and Wu, or occasionally, hipster picks like Lü Bu’s army or Yuan Shao’s. And since the fifth option was ‘Doesn’t matter,’ I naturally chose that one. Frankly, whichever faction you picked, the lords and their retainers each had their own appeal.
Other questions included whether I preferred civil officials or military officers, but I wondered if such distinctions even mattered back then.
“They’d be civil officials, then go off to war, then come back to handle administrative tasks. That’s how it was back then. Why even make a distinction?” That’s how it was in that era. In novels and manga, military officers, called generals, were always depicted wearing armor and carrying swords, while civil officials were shown in official robes, whispering in their lord’s ear and scheming. But I couldn’t just accept that simplified understanding. Back then, whether you were skilled in literary or martial arts, you had to know a bit of everything to gain recognition from your lord and survive.
The next question followed.
[Which period in the Three Kingdoms did you like the most?]
“Hmm. The era of warlords, the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Red Cliffs, the Yizhou campaign. Well, they’re all good.”
Which region did you prefer?
“As long as it’s not Xu Province during Cao Cao’s reign, I’m fine. Oh, Xu Province before Cao Cao arrived is okay, too.”
I answered every question with a variation of “I like them all.”
I had high hopes because they promised a raffle for tickets to a Three Kingdoms talk show for those who completed the survey.
Hanging out in Three Kingdoms-related online cafes and chat rooms was already a hobby, and this was a chance to become a panelist on a famous Three Kingdoms program.
After carefully filling out each section, I reviewed it one last time and submitted the form.
“Thanks, Three Kingdoms Tube! I’m looking forward to it!”
Those were my last words in the modern world.
I opened my eyes to find myself in the Three Kingdoms era.
Was this the common Three Kingdoms trope of transmigration? I thought so, but I was the only son of impoverished, farming elderly parents in a extremely old house.
I couldn’t believe it, it seemed I was just been born as a commoner in the chaotic late Han Dynasty.
I was so bewildered that it took a long time to grasp the reality of my situation after arriving in this world.
I had fallen into hell.
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are you fkng ready?
