47. Teachings and Promises (2)

The next day, just like when Shione was secretly practicing her bow.

Waking up early in the morning, she went to her room.

What kind of wind was blowing?

Shione woke up earlier today and was waiting for me.

“Good morning, Sir Sione.”

“So, did you sleep well?”

“Of course.”

We checked her appearance while exchanging simple morning greetings.

It’s been a while since I changed my pajamas, and today, too, there’s not a single image disturbed by the surface of the water.

For some reason, he was even doing hairpins.

I looked closely to see if she had to do hairpins in the morning like this for some reason.

As expected, it was the hairpin I had bought for myself before.

‘Even if it’s okay, I’ll have to buy something better next time.’

She doesn’t care about the price because she will buy with Shione’s money when she goes out on the street anyway.

It seems that Shione said it’s okay the other day, but I’ve already made up my mind.

I don’t think a hairpin like that will last very long.

If you use it for nothing, it is better to buy something better and use it for a long time even if it is expensive.

“You stabbed the hairpin.”

“Um… While I was trying to make my appearance look neat, I saw a hairpin, so I stabbed it once.”

“It suits you well.”

“Whoops, thank you.”

The atmosphere brightened up as if he liked my compliments.

Me and Sione immediately left the room without saying anything and headed to the shooting range.

It feels new to go to the shooting range again with Sione at this time.

Unlike the overweight Shione then, the current Shione lost weight and won the lottery.

Unbeknownst to her, she has become very proficient in archery.

Comparing her appearance in the past and now is a good entertainment.

It was when we walked without speaking for a while.

“But, Ray. What the hell were you trying to tell me by asking me to go to the shooting range at this time?”

“Are you curious?”

“Isn’t it natural? Yesterday, when I asked that question, he didn’t give me any clue, let alone answer. Of course, I have to be curious.”

“If you do, you’ve been patient for a day, so please bear with it a little longer. The shooting range is right in front of you.”

“… If it’s not as great as you think, you can expect it.”

Trembling.

Shione extended her stride and hurried into her shooting range.

Unlike her, when she entered her shooting range leisurely, Sione had already picked out her bow and arrows and was waiting for me.

“Hmm, then where should I listen to it?”

Saying that, look at Shione who snorts at her.

It seemed that if I waited a little longer here, she would ungratefully point her bow at me.

I shrugged and picked up an arrow piled up on one side of the shooting range.

Holding the sharp arrowhead in my eye made me feel cold and sinking.

“Arrows are weak. The sharpness and power that a small arrowhead can contain is limited. In fact, when dealing with monsters with thick, tough hides or hard carapaces, these small arrowheads may not do their job.”

“That means… I can only hear you discussing the limitations of bows.”

“It can’t be. Didn’t I, no one else, tell Sione not to put limits on herself?”

He shrugged and replied.

“That’s why I called you separately to tell you how to solve it.”

Shione’s eyes deepened as she began to gauge my intentions in a calm atmosphere.

She makes eye contact with her, even in her eyes like a clear lake. She felt as though she was sinking into the depths of the water.

“It is said that a knight adds an aura to his sword in order to deal with enemies who are not good with swords. If so, how about an archer?”

“At the arrow… Does it contain an aura?”

“Yes. Let me show you briefly.”

Started using mana.

My mana is deeply permeated with the spirit’s energy, and the wind’s energy.

When the mana was collected on the arrowhead, a small gust of wind blew, and at the same time, dark green mana was overlaid.

Because it is a skill that requires a fairly deep level.

After catching Arachne this time, the amount of mana increased dramatically, and even for me now, it eats up enough mana to be quite burdensome.

Even if you don’t have to strengthen your arrowheads, you’ve only dealt with enemies that can pierce the fabric.

Because I haven’t used it since I fell here.

It’s just fortunate that the skills I’ve been using for the first time in a long time are unfolding according to my will.

“If it is to break the knight’s sword and pierce the iron armor. It’s just a matter of making the arrowheads sharper and harder than the knights’ long weapons and iron armor.”

As I said that and waved the arrow, Shione’s head moved along and there was no sign that her eyes would drop.

Even though he was doing this more, the mana was a waste, so he withdrew the green energy he had made on the arrowhead.

“I will give you a tip today.”

“Really?”

“If it were a lie, you wouldn’t have been called here. Take the arrow I will give you the tips.”

At my words, Shion hurriedly grabbed her arrow.

I went over to her, who was waiting for her words with her excitement, and put her hand on her shoulder.

Shione’s expression, which was visibly excited, quickly turns to bewilderment.

“Excuse me for a second.”

“Ah, why are you putting her hand on her shoulder all of a sudden… !”

“I’m just giving you a tip, so forgive me for being rude. Now, circulate her mana and drag it over her shoulder.”

That long with barely a hand on her shoulder.

After waiting for mana to rise without much reaction, Shione eventually began to follow my words without saying anything.

“If you collect mana around her shoulder, it will go down even further like this—”

My hand on her shoulder went down her arm.

My hand sat on the back of Sione’s hand.

“Send the mana this way.”

He pointed his finger at the tip of the arrow.

“Think of it as condensing and solidifying the fluid mana that passes through her hand and only that cold chok blade.”

Huh.

It was all I was told in a plausible way, but it was probably because I was used to mana to some extent.

Sione followed my words very well.

“Ah!”

A haze of blue light begins to rise from Shione’s arrowhead.

Even though it was a very weak reverberation of mana, I was so happy that I succeeded in collecting mana only with that small arrowhead.

The corner of her mouth went up without knowing the end.

Maybe this isn’t something that gets caught in my ears.

However, after a while, Shione calmly calmed down her excitement and asked.

“… Ray, how do you know this knowledge next to archery and magic? Isn’t it about time you at least let me know?”

“It is…….”

I fell into deep trouble for a while.

However, my thoughts leaned to one side.

No matter how much she has a bond with Shione, even if she reveals many secrets.

It’s a story that people in this world will only hear as a madman’s daydream.

Certainly, when Shione was able to cover, she wanted to assert her skills.

“It will be a long story. I’ll let you know later when I think the time has come. Could you please wait?”

“… Don’t make me wait too long.”

She quietly exchanged her gaze with her.

Fortunately, Shione agreed with me.

I handed her what appeared to be her strongest bow at her shooting range.

“Use mana to pull it and shoot her scarecrow.”

“It’s hard to even worry about a single arrow, so you’re saying that you have to control the mana that will increase your strength.”

“It can be tough, but you’ll love the results.”

“Hmm… if you say so Try it.”

Whoop!

A tough string pulled along with her arms bent behind her.

She was deeply focused as Shione glared at her scarecrow’s chest, fixing her posture with her strings pulled.

Ugh….

The moment when the arrowhead was filled with mana.

She let go of her hand without hesitation.

Huung!

Thanks to the strong tension, the arrow was shot at twice the usual speed.

Kwajik!!

Pierced the chest of a scarecrow made of thickly layered straw.

Shione’s arrow stopped moving forward only after it pierced her scarecrow’s back.

“Ray, did you see it?”

At the same time as Shione, who was delighted, looked back at her.

“…… !”

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My feet, who were watching from behind, got entangled with hers, and I fell.

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The problem was that she looked back excitedly, forgetting that Ray was watching me right from behind.

Shooting an arrow strong enough to pierce that thick scarecrow feels like a dream, I just wanted to ask him again if this wasn’t a dream.

At a distance that was closer than expected, our feet became tangled and we fell.

“Ooh… ….”

My knee hurt when I hit the ground.

Her wrist hurt as she touched the ground, thinking that she could crush the ray.

As I fell, I was startled and closed my eyes, so the front was pitch black.

Will Ray be okay?

She opened her eyes because of me she fell and she hurriedly in her worry about him.

“Suck…… !”

She’s looking at the situation going back now.

I looked down at him as if I was attacking him.

Exciting.

As I looked down at his face from right in front of my nose, my heart started beating wildly.

Even if someone sees my posture, it’s because it’s obvious that I’ll look like I’m attacking him.

Perhaps because I was so flustered, my body stiffened and I couldn’t move properly.

I looked at Ray’s face in a situation where I was about to stop breathing.

“Ugh… ….”

Ray, too, must have been quite taken aback by the sudden tangle, and his usual calm expression was distorted.

Because she received the shock of her fall with her back, it didn’t look too obvious, but her eyes were definitely frowning.

Even a small, painful sound leaked from between the lips.

Do you think that his expression, which usually jokes with me with an expressionless face, has become disheveled because of me, like a man so thin?

To look down at him without stepping out of the way seems like a strange feeling is rising.

Ray looked up at me with a defenseless attitude and said.

“… Shione-sama, would you mind stepping out of the way?”

Originally, it would be correct to hurriedly get out of the way as he said, but….

For some reason, this feeling of being drunk in a dream prevented me from moving easily.

That’s why we stiffen our bodies and look down at him despite his struggles.

It was a time when I was immersed in the mysterious feeling that only the two of us existed in the whole world.

His slightly flustered tone pierced my ears.

“… Do you think Shione-sama likes me?”

His words brought me to my senses.

I like it a lot if you ask me if I like it.

But how can I say I like it because I’m embarrassed?

Normally, this is a question he would have to deny with a hasty shake of his head, just like when he asked the flower language of a poppy before.

I remembered what Siabelle unnie said to me the other day.

-If you still show indecisiveness with a vague decision, you might be in danger of losing him again—-

‘…… He said it might be taken away.’

I don’t know why the hell her sister’s words came to mind in this situation.

All sorts of worries began to flood her words.

Now, what if I was indecisive and couldn’t confess my feelings and then he lost his heart to someone else?

No, that’s not going to happen.

Just yesterday, you said I was the most important thing.

Deep down, Ray probably likes me too.

But still…….

After many questions, I made a decision.

Now, here, let me tell you exactly what I mean.

My heart started beating like it was about to explode.

After repeatedly opening and closing his mouth, he finally spoke with a firm will.

“… My heart beats every time I think about it, and I often lose my eyes to you.”

“Right now, this situation is still disturbing my heart.”

“You have this feeling… What do you think?”

He looked at me quietly.

“… Didn’t you just get into the mood and think that way?”

His gaze felt like my heart was being squeezed.

I shook my head at his words.

“… I am just a simple servant. Do you have any reason to like me?”

“… Here yesterday.”

It felt like my head was spinning.

“Didn’t you say it with my own mouth? It’s my history.”

“… No matter how much it is, I am only a lowly slave. It’s hard to accept Princess Shione’s deep feelings.”

“… Slave documents can be torn at any time if necessary. Moreover-“

Can I tell you this?

Dozens or hundreds of agony tormented me in an instant.

In the end, I held back and opened my mouth.

“If you are a slave… Shouldn’t I follow the will of my master?”

At my words, Ray’s face, who had somehow managed to keep her composure, spread a deep, deep embarrassment.

Looking at his trembling eyes, it seems that he has somehow shaken his heart.

“… My owner on the document is Ainel Cianella.”

“Didn’t I tell you?”

“What-“

“Your slave certificate has been handed over in my name by your mother for a long time.”

“Ah.”

Ray chewed on my lips.

He made a distorted expression for a while and then slowly let go of his luck.

“… Are you sure you won’t regret it?”

He nodded quietly.

The atmosphere heated up.

Maybe it was because I was intoxicated with the atmosphere, so I thought I wanted to cover my lips.

Then, Ray slowly reached out his right hand and stroked my cheek.

“If you want a kiss… I will give you my lips.”

My face turned red at his unmanly bold words.

With that permission, I tried to bring his face closer.

“Instead of… Not now-“

He gently pushed my face with my right hand.

“If you can put mana in the arrowhead like a sword expert knight. Then I myself… I will dedicate it to Shione…….”

Exciting.

At his words, my heart started beating like it would explode.

“… How about going over for now?”

I couldn’t help but nod my head inadvertently at his offer I couldn’t refuse.