Little Priest's Cat Diary

"That's about it."

Sitting next to Sardis, Mia briefly talked about what happened in the training camp a few days ago.

When his arrow hit the bull's-eye, General Antiste turned around and left without saying anything, as a tacit consent to allow him to come to this training camp.

Nadia was surprised, and later wondered if she had delayed him.

In the next few days, he went to the training camp twice, and every time he happened to bump into General Antiste, and he didn't know why it was such a coincidence.

When he was practicing archery, the general would lazily lean against the wall and watch, and would sneer at him from time to time, even saying that he looked like a child playing with a slingshot.

But because the general's tone was vicious, but every time he pointed out the problems, he pointed to the key points, so he endured his venomous tongue.

...I just don't know how long I can bear it.

"That is to say, you will practice archery in the future?"

Sardis sat cross-legged on the white stone platform, resting his chin in one hand, listening with great interest.

The prince's palace is in a separate area, not much smaller than the entire general's mansion, and there is naturally a small training ground in the palace.

In the afternoon, the sun was a bit dazzling, and the boy who had just finished a training session still had traces of sweat on his cheeks, and his face was slightly flushed.

The blond hair fell down from his cheeks, and one or two wet strands stuck to his cheeks.He propped his chin with one hand, tilted his head and looked at Mia, perhaps because of the sunlight falling on his eyes, his eyes were bright, and so was his smile.

The young man in the past always looked arrogant, arrogant and disgusting, but under the arrogance and arrogance, there was a deep indifference to everything.

At that time, the boy's eyes were always indifferent, with alienation, as if he was separated from this world.

But now Sardis still has a proud face on his face, but it is not annoying.

Especially those eyes, bright eyes, exuding the unique vitality of young people, full of vitality.

When his eyes reflected Mia's shadow, they would soften a little without a trace.

Sardisto smiled at Mia with his chin in the air: "Since you can do it, archery must be an easy thing to do."

Mia was very excited at first, with a hint of showing off, but when Sardis said this, she suddenly became a little angry.

What is 'you can do it'?

He looked at Sardis dissatisfied, and said, "Since you think it's easy, then go try it."

"Row."

Sardis responded readily, turned his head and ordered.

It didn't take long for the attendants to prepare bows, arrows and targets, and cleared out an archery field on the lawn near the training ground.

Standing on the archery range, Sardis weighed the bow in his hand, because Nadia had never taught him archery before, so it was his first time holding a bow.

He felt that this thing was much lighter than a gun and a sword, so it was no wonder Mia could use it.

Thinking of this made him more confident.

He heard some key points and precautions of archery from Mia, and he thought it was not difficult, so he planned to show his skills in front of Mia.

At this time, the wind blew up and lifted the boy's slightly long blond hair, some of which fell right in front of his eyes. Sardis, who had just raised his bow, had to put it down again, impatiently brushing the few blond hairs that blocked his eyes. behind the ear.

The wind was blowing all the time, and a few strands of hair were restless, and they floated in front of his eyes again.

Mia, who was watching from the side, couldn't help laughing.

"Your hair has grown a lot."

As Mia spoke, she casually pulled a string of black velvet and gold velvet from her wrist, and a green tourmaline stone was also worn on the string.

Then, he stretched out his hands to gather up Sardis' hair that had grown so long that it fell on his shoulders, combed it gently with his fingers, and tied it with a string.

After finishing, looking at the tied hair, he nodded with satisfaction and smiled brightly at Sardis.

"Okay~~"

With his hair tied up, the nape of his neck became much cooler, and Sardis raised his hand to touch the thin rope.

When Mia's fingers combed his hair just now, he felt very comfortable. He wanted to stroke his hair a few more times, but he was too embarrassed to say so.

With this little thought in mind, he looked at the bright smiling face in front of him, and he hummed lightly, but his gaze involuntarily looked at Mia's hand.

With this look, he saw Mia's vacant wrist.

He said, "I'll give you a better one tomorrow. What do you like?"

"No, it's just a bracelet, I still have it there."

Mia said indifferently, "Go ahead and shoot."

Sardis didn't continue to insist, but he had already made up a certain idea in his heart.

At this time, the wind also just stopped, which is suitable for shooting arrows.

According to the points Mia told him, Sardis stood up.

He thought, if even Mia can easily control it, it would be no problem for him.

With just one pull, the bow is fully drawn.

Well, it's quite easy, and it doesn't feel difficult.

The blond boy thought so complacently, aiming at the archery target in the distance, and loosened his hand.

The sharp arrow shot out with a whoosh.

That arrow was indeed powerful, and it flew far away.

Then, with a ding, it was nailed to a tree trunk.

——It was far away from the target that Sardis was aiming at.

Sardis: "..."

Strange, it's clearly aimed at the bull's-eye.

Mia looked at him with a smile on the side.

"Didn't you say it was easy?"

Mia said, the last bit in a cheerfully rising tone.

"I'm just not serious, come again!"

Unconvinced, Sardis drew his bow. This time he aimed carefully, and after thinking that there must be no problem, he shot another arrow.

Ding!

The arrow hit the stone wall and fell to the grass.

Sardis: "..."

Mia: "Very~~simple~~single~~ah~~~"

Mia was in a very happy mood. It was the first time he felt the pleasure of crushing others on the training ground.

Thinking of when he was learning guns or swords before, Sardis taunted him unceremoniously, calling him stupid and clumsy, now he can't help imitating Sardis's appearance at the beginning stand up.

Feng Shui turns.

Son of Destiny, you also have today.

Mia looked at Sardis proudly, raised her head and thrust her waist, but she broke herself badly.

But just as he refused to admit defeat easily, Sardis had a more stubborn temper than him, and of course he did not admit defeat.

Arrows flew through the air one after another, heading straight for the arrow target erected on the grass in the distance.

Then, one after the other, they passed near and far from the target, and were either nailed to a tree trunk or smashed into a stone wall.

Soon, there were arrows lying all over the grass.

Sardis, who shot for half an hour in one breath, was panting.

Although archery seems to be standing still and not as intense as close combat, it actually consumes a lot of energy.

Looking at the messy arrows and the bare targets that he shot, Sardis reluctantly picked up another arrow and put it on the string again.

Only this time, a hand reached out from the side and held his hand.

"I'm just not skilled at—"

Sardis wanted to say something, but he looked into those blue eyes, and he couldn't say the rest of the sentence.

Having lost face in front of the person he least wanted to lose face, the boy was very frustrated.

But Mia smiled and said, "Sure enough, Sardis, you also have things you are not good at."

Sardis whispered, "Don't you think I'm useless?"

Mia blinked and asked in confusion: "Why? Everyone has something they are not good at, it's normal. It's the same as I can't hold a sword or grab a little. Do you think I'm useless because of this?"

Sardis shook his head quickly.

"Look, everyone is the same. To be honest, if you know everything, Sardis, it will be scary. If you know everything, you are simply inhuman."

Sardis muttered softly: "But I still feel ashamed."

Mia smiled slightly: "No matter how embarrassing you are, it can be even more embarrassing than being beaten and crying by me..."

"Wait! Don't bring this up so easily!"

Sardis abruptly interrupted Mia's words, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

The scene when the two first met was simply a stain on his life.

As long as he thinks that Mia will remember that incident for a lifetime, he will regret it.

He decisively changed the subject: "Is there any trick to archery?"

Mia thought for a while, then shook her head.

"Do you still remember that I asked you before, is there any trick to learning guns and swords? You said, you don't know, but you just naturally feel that you should do it."

"It's the same for me now. I don't know the tricks, how to shoot, where to aim, how to adjust the strength of my fingers, and when to let go. These are all things that my feelings tell me."

Ordinary people might not be able to understand Mia's words, but for Sardis, he understood the meaning of Mia's words very well.

Talent cannot be forced. Since he has no talent in bow and arrow, instead of wasting time on it, it is better to use this time to continue practicing spear or sword skills.

He looked at the bow in his hand with regret and said, "It's a pity."

He desperately wants to become stronger, stronger than anyone else, but now he has lost a way.

"Why is it a pity? You are not good at it, but I am good at it."

Mia looked at him.

"I am your companion, and I am by your side, doesn't that mean you are also good at it?"

For some reason, Sardis felt his heart skip a beat.

He tried to be calm, pretended not to care and said, "Then you have to be by my side all the time."

Maybe he didn't know it himself, there was a sense of temptation in his words.

Mia smiled at him.

"I'll always be by your side."

After all, I came to this world for you.

The heart beat a few times chaotically in an instant, and after listening to Mia's words, an inexplicable sense of joy welled up from the bottom of his heart, making the corners of Sardis' lips rise unstoppably.

He coughed and looked up at the distant target.

When he saw the empty target surface, he felt a little dazzling and couldn't help muttering.

"Anyway, let me shoot once."

Mia, who heard his muttering, thought for a while and walked behind Sardis.

He stretched out his hand, put one hand on Sardis' left hand holding the bow handle, and held his right hand with the other.

He stood behind Sardis like this, holding Sardis's hands with both hands, leading him to raise his bow.

Because Sardis is taller than him and his arms are longer than him, so his body can only be tightly attached to Sardis's back, and his arms are stretched as far as possible.

"Draw the bow," he said.

Luckily Sardis wasn't tall enough for his shoulders to block his eyes.

Mia was secretly thinking about her height, while Sardis was a little stiff here.

The body of the boy who was close to him behind him was still very soft, and the warm touch was transmitted through the thin clothes.

The young man's face behind him was very close to the back of his neck, and when breathing and speaking, the breath he exhaled passed over the skin of the back of his neck.

Usually he doesn't feel it, but at this time he only feels that the back of his neck is extremely sensitive.

As soon as the other party's breath passed by, it was itchy and inexplicably numb.

The heart was beating in a chaotic manner, and it had never been so fast even when doing high-intensity exercise in the past.

He couldn't even help worrying that the boy behind him could hear his loud heartbeat.

"Draw the bow."

Sardis, who was a little confused, was like a marionette, mechanically acting according to Mia's words.

"It's now, let go."

The breath passed over the back of the neck again, and the back of the neck went numb, and he subconsciously let go of his fingers.

The sharp arrow galloped away.

With a bang, it was nailed to the target.

Well, it's a bit crooked.

Mia let go of her hand, looking at the arrows beside the distant target and thinking so.

However, he didn't draw the bow and shoot the arrow by himself, but took someone else's bow, and it was not bad to be able to shoot.

He looked at Sardis and said with a smile: "Look, it's shot, are you satisfied?"

"Huh?...Oh, oh, this."

Sardis, who had been staring at the arrow, seemed to be awakened by his words suddenly, and paused.

When he came back to his senses, he turned his face away and snorted.

"Barely, I didn't hit the bull's-eye."

As the boy said, he turned his face away, so that no one could see his unnaturally flushed cheeks and the uncomfortably flickering eyes.

Mia glared at Sardis.

Although it was no longer a Persian cat, its arrogant and beating temperament remained the same.

Mia was muttering this in her heart, and Sardis, who had just turned his face away, suddenly turned around again.

I don't know what to think of, Sardis's face is a little dark.

As soon as he grasped Mia's shoulders, he looked at Mia with burning eyes.

"You are not allowed to teach others how to archery in the future!"

"what?"

"In short, it is absolutely not allowed to teach others how to archery! I can't tell but I can't!"

Mia: "???"