Translator here!

Let's get the obvious out of the way: yes, this is a historical fiction. As in with real people.

... Well, sort of. The main character Lü Bu is the version from Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but other than that everyone is taken from history. However you don't need to know the details to enjoy the novel! I provide all the historical background, trivia, and Wikipedia links you could want (hopefully. Go comment if you want more).

The actual novel is a gripping tale of adventure, revenge, and two idiots... more>> circling each other in the weirdest courting ritual imaginable. Honestly romance isn't a major part but you can tell that MC and ML care about each other. Maybe not for romantic reasons at first, but. They do care about keeping each other alive and close.

Narration tone is on the less serious side despite the very important events taking place, because our MC Lü Bu is an irreverent, casual person. This doesn't mean everything is a joke, but there are moments that are very... dry humour-ish. For example:

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MC has just killed 4 enemy officers at an ostensibly peaceful banquet, how does he escape blame? He turns his robe inside out to hide the blood, brings the ML's (very smart, very aggressive) horse over, then skedaddles out of there. As a result, the only conclusion others can come to is that the horse did it.

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Translation was great, I MTL'd the rest. This novel is quite good, the writing is skilled and the narrative is strong and comedic. A great story about two talented idiots misunderstanding themselves into uniting China hahaha. If you're looking for comedy, action, and (b) romance in a war story then try this out!