By the time Xiang Yu failed to find Yu Meiren, Yu Meiren had already arrived by Taihu Lake.
Xu Fu had been waiting there for quite some time.
"Lady Yu, how did it go?" Xu Fu looked at Yu Meiren with a faint smile.
"Ugh, what do you mean, how did it go? I messed everything up." Yu Meiren collapsed despondently beside Xu Fu.
"Mm, don't be sad. Although there was a little accident along the way, the final result is still the best outcome we could have hoped for, isn't it?" Xu Fu gave a wry laugh and patted Yu Meiren's shoulder. "At least you've met Xiang Yu now. Compared to before, everything else should be much easier from here on out, right? This is a transformation from zero to one."
"Even so..." Yu Meiren hugged her knees and sighed. "Lord Xiang Yu really has forgotten what happened on the plateau."
"That... he probably hasn't forgotten." At the mention of serious matters, Xu Fu's expression turned solemn as well. "This time, I was a little closer, so I was able to learn more."
"Hm? You mean?"
"It's a seal." Xu Fu's face darkened. "Those two brothers bear an extremely sophisticated seal—a seal targeting their memories. So it isn't that Xiang Yu forgot you, Lady Yu. Someone simply doesn't want him to know his past memories."
"...Who could it be—ah!" Yu Meiren suddenly struck her palm with a fist. "Could it be that person?"
"Who?" Xu Fu was utterly confused.
"A... particularly awful person!" Yu Meiren's tone gradually became gritted with hatred. "Xu Fu, do you remember what I told you when you first pulled me out of the sea? About why I was drifting in the sea?"
"I remember... I think all your magical power was taken from you,