Fairy Tale
Chapter 3
Author's Note: Sorry for not updating for so long, I have been quite lazy lately… sorry about that . anyways, here is chapter 3
Sima Yi's eyes widened, Xing Hua was waving at him and yelling his name over and over again. He didn't know what to do, should he ignore her? Or wave back? Sima Yi walked past Xing Hua quietly with the other generals without even looking at the girl. Xing Hua's face start to turn red and she began following and calling his name even louder than before. Sima Yi sighed and continued to ignore her. The smaller general in blue made a confused expression and looked at Sima Yi. "Do you know this girl, my lord?" the general asked. "No…" Sima Yi lied. The smaller general nodded and asked one of the servants to drag the small girl away. Sima Yi apologized to her mentally, but he had no choice, what would the people say if they found out he befriended an idiot like Xing Hua. He let out a long sigh and continued to walk in the hall with the general.
Sima Yi was still following the general when the small man led into a room, it was full of colorful costumes and hats. A tall figure appeared and glides towards them, it is the most interesting creature, Sima Yi is sure it was human, but the confusing part was if the human is a man or a woman. The figure is too tall for to it be a woman, but the cloths the tall figure is wearing is definitely not any normal man would be caught wearing. After a few minutes, he decided that the tall figure in front of him is a man, the small general introduced the tall man to Sima Yi. The tall girlish man is named Zhang He and he handles the army's uniforms and other costumes. Zhang He walked up to Sima Yi and looked him up and down, he shook his head and took a step back. "No offense, my lord, but your robe that you are wearing has no taste in it what so ever!" Zhang He commented. A ball of anger formed in Sima Yi's heart, he had spent hours picking out the right outfit for today, and he finally chose the most beautiful robe in his closet, it was a royal blue and it has shiny silver lining on the edge of the long, wide sleeves. It was his favorite robe, and now this man, who obviously have the weirdest taste, is telling him that this robe has no taste? That is ridiculous! Zhang He walked in his giant closet full of robes and took out a purple robe with long ribbons on the sleeves. Sima Yi stared, that is probably the tackiest robe he has ever seen, but before he can kindly reject the robe, Zhang He is already dumping the robe on Sima Yi's head and forcing him in the robe, he pushed the poor guy into the changing room and locked the door, telling Sima Yi that he has to change. Sima Yi sighed, after a few minutes, he came out in the purple robe, surprisingly, the robe fit perfectly on his body. Even though the robe's weird color still is kind of tacky for his taste, he found himself liking the robe, it is in the highest quality of fabric and it looked really good on him. Zhang He gave Sima Yi a thumb up and glides to the other side of the room; he took out some brush and hair products and walked back to Sima Yi. Sima Yi was soon seated in a chair and the tall man was tying Sima yi's long black into a neat bun on top of his head. He put the hat Cao Cao gave SIma Yi a few days before neatly on his head, it sat perfectly and gave a scent of pride and intelligent. Sima Yi grinned at the mirror, this is his new look that he will have when he conquered the world.
Sima Yi walked slowly back to his new room, it has been an exhausting day, Zhang he has been bothering him about clothing choices and dumping new robes on him and told him to try all of them on, Sima Yi finally how a woman must feel, looking through thousands of robes until she finds a perfect robe that will please her husband, that must have been exhausting. He suddenly envy these women, their lives are so much harsher than a man's. Sima Yi opened the door to his room and to his surprise, the room was a mess, the bed was not made, his cloths were scattered everywhere and his books were sitting unorganized on the shelves, and like that wasn't enough, Xing Cai walked in, still in her maid's outfit, she smiled and waved and him. Sima Yi couldn't say anything, nothing will come out of his mouth. After a few minutes of silence, he finally got himself together and walked up to Xing Hua. "what… what are you doing here?" he asked. "Oh, I was supposed to help with the kitchen staff but they kind of kicked me out after I made a few tiny mistakes." She answered. "What kind of mistakes?" he asked curiously. "It's really nothing, I just broke a few dozen plates, and I destroyed the chef's favorite pot, but he was overreacting, not like this is a big deal." Xing Hua answered casually. Sima Yi's eyes widened, no one can cause that much trouble in one day, he didn't even think that was humanly possible until today. "but what are you doing HERE?" He asked again. "Lord Cao Cao says I should come here." She answered cheerfully. Sima Yi mumbled under his breath, so this Cao Cao dumped a useless, trouble-making girl on him, huh? How clever. Sima Yi walked passed Xing Hua silently and into the bath, he felt the water in the wooden tub, it was cold, he sighed and walked back out. "the water in the bath is cold, xing hua, how am I supposed to take a bath with such a cold water?" He asked with a frown on his face. Xing Hua jumped and ran to the bath, she put hot water in the bath and apologized to Sima Yi for her clumsiness. He nodded and told her that it was okay and walked into the bath. Finally, some peace and quiet, Sima Yi thought to himself. He took off his robes and got in the bath, the water was still a little cold but it was the temperature that he could live. SIma Yi stared at the ceiling and was enjoying the silence when suddenly Xing Hua barge into the bath. Sima Yi quickly sit up and hide most of his body under the water, Xing Hua blushed and turned her back to Sima Yi. "I am sory… I was just wondering.. where do I put the scrolls?" she asked, holding up the two small scrolls in her hand. Sima Yi turned his head away, a small hint of red in his cheeks. "Just.. put it on the bookshelf." He said awkwardly. Xing Hua gave a quick nod and ran out. Sima Yi's body relaxed and he let himself slid slowly into the water. "Oh yeah, this is going to be so much fun…" he said to himself sarcastically.