Countess Cianella’s Male Slave

6. Talent (1)

Early the next day, I went to see Sione.

“Shione-sama, wake up.”

“Why did you come here early in the morning…?”

“Didn’t you promise something yesterday?”

“Ah…”

When I woke up by shaking myself at a time when I didn’t wake up properly, Shione looked at me saying, “What kind of bastard are you?”, But it didn’t matter.

“Oh no…”

At my words, she immediately remembered what had been said yesterday, got up from her seat, and prepared to leave.

“Put this on. The morning air is still cold.”

“Thank you very much.”

“It’s an honor to think so.”

“…I don’t like it.”

While grumbling, Shione puts on the coat I gave her.

I was a little nervous because I thought the size would be small because of its great appearance, but I was relieved when I saw that it fit perfectly.

“It suits you well.”

“…You seem to be talking a lot today, isn’t it because of my mood?”

“If Shione-nim doesn’t like it, I’ll talk less.”

“It’s okay. Do what’s convenient for you.”

Shione turned her head and walked out of her.

Maybe it’s because he’s shy, because he had something to do yesterday, so it was a fun reaction.

The shooting range for archery practice is located in a corner of the gymnasium.

Yesterday, I confirmed that bows and arrows were prepared for practice at the shooting range, so I just need to go without bringing a bow.

Huh.

The morning wind blew.

Even though it was spring, the morning air was still quite cold.

This weak body tends to get cold quite a bit, so when the wind passed by, I shivered naturally.

“Use it…”

Ugh, look at those chickens sprouting.

But I woke up earlier than usual, and I still had the feeling that I wasn’t completely asleep. I woke up thanks to the wind that came to me like a gem, just right for the situation.

Shione glanced at me like that and took off the coat I gave her.

“It looks pretty cold, so make sure you wear it.”

Sione Cianella is making all these concessions…… ?

The Sione who ate my cookies warily as if he had no intention of giving them to anyone?

Unbelievable, she even reached out to me to hand over her coat.

“My arm hurts. Take it quickly.”

“Is it really okay for me to wear it?”

“It’s just that he’s so fat, he doesn’t even need to wear a coat because he gets a fever if he moves even a little.”

“Yes?”

“…It’s hot, so wear it.”

I received a coat from Sione and put it on.

Her warm coat was quite warm and helped my cold to subside in no time.

“Thank you, Sir Sione.”

“Never mind.”

As she walked along with small talk, she arrived at the gym before she knew it.

After all, time was time, so I didn’t even see people pecking their noses in and around the gymnasium.

Fortunately, Shione won’t run away right away just because someone is there.

“…I thought I would never set foot here again.”

Shione looked wide at the gymnasium.

It seemed like he was groping for memories.

“Would you like to take a look at the gymnasium here?”

“No, you don’t have to. Let’s go straight to the shooting range.”

“Okay.”

Me and her went into the shooting range.

Since it was the time when the sun started to rise, the location of the target was clearly visible, and the darkness, which greatly disturbed the vision, was clearing.

Then I started looking for a bow that Shione and I could use.

Shall we check the nearest one first?

I picked up a bow and tried to draw it.

“This is too strong.”

This bow is too strong for beginners to handle.

Shione’s big arms, which are made of her flesh, not her muscles, will surely not be able to pull the bowstring well.

Of course, if you use mana, you can pull it, but at first, it would be better to stimulate interest with moderate things rather than difficult things like that.

“Two of these will suffice.”

I pulled the strings of the other bows a few more times and picked out two bows with the right tension.

The tension is sharp enough for beginners to use.

One bow that can be pulled with enough tension even with my slender man’s arm, and one with a little more tension than the one I’m going to use since Shione is a woman.

I handed her her bow, which she picked out as her Sione’s.

“Sione-nim uses this.”

“…You chose quite seriously.”

“It’s about choosing a bow for Sione-sama to use, but you can’t do it halfway.”

I lifted the quiver.

His hobby on Earth was archery, and even after becoming a hunter, he still had a bow.

My heart seemed to be beating faster than usual at the thought of being able to shoot my bow for the first time in a long time.

“Before I tell you, would it be all right if I shoot a bow first?”

“Let it be.”

“Then let’s finish quickly.”

I stood looking straight at the target at a distance of about 40m.

“I’m a little nervous about doing this after a long time.”

What if it misses?

Confidence in the original bow began to waver and fade.

Before falling to this place, the equator was more than 100 meters long and pierced the forehead.

Now, to feel uneasy about a target that is only half a hundred.

It’s done, it’s done.

“Write, ha.”

Taking a light, deep breath, he slanted his body in line with the target.

Then, he calmly began to throw arrows at the protesters.

I decided to use the pinch-type judicial method for the first time with the feeling of shooting lightly…….

Holding the tip of the arrow with the side of the index finger and thumb as if pinching, he pulled the string.

Hmm… The tension is stronger than I thought.

However, I did not care about the unexpected tension and pulled the string even more.

Dead release. I pulled the string so that the back of my hand was up to my chin and fixed it.

Since I tried to maintain the shape from the back of my hand to my chin, even though the tension was weaker than other bows, I couldn’t help it.

Some of the trapezius muscles needed to pull the strings are still not as big.

This body is still not suitable for shooting an arrow in many ways.

I turned a little bit of mana on the weak spot and calmed my trembling arms little by little.

Men in this world are inferior in mana.

The gap in mana was felt so large that one felt exhausted even after spending a small amount of mana.

… I can’t help it. It is inevitable that the body of a man here is like this.

I calmly aimed while thinking about the direction of the wind blowing toward the target.

“Suck!”

Paang.

I stopped breathing for a moment and let go of the string that was pulled tight.

Whoa!! Puck!!

The arrow flew through the air and hit the center of the round wooden target.

“I’m not dead yet.”

When I was just getting into my stance, I was worried about what would happen if I missed.

Once you succeed, you start to gain infinite confidence again.

It didn’t end there, so I took out an arrow from the quiver again and attached it to the string.

“This time, just do what you normally do.”

Once you’ve used the pinch-type trick, you should try other tricks that you used well before.

A judicial method called Mediterranean or split finger.

Hang the arrow vertically between the middle and index fingers, and at the same time hang the tip of the string with the two fingers and the ring finger.

Unlike before, this time, after pulling the string all the way, it wasn’t just shooting when it stopped. While pulling his hand all the way back, he let go of the protest.

Sliding Release Sliding Release. The arrows were fired faster and fiercer than the dead release.

Wood Deok! Knock!!

This arrow split the one I shot earlier and entered the center again.

“I’m glad.”

Seeing how the arrows came out the way he wanted, it seemed that even though his body had changed like this, his sense of the bow remained the same.

When I gathered my bow and turned around, I saw Shione staring at me in disbelief.

“…I’m sure archery isn’t something that can be learned lightly to show these skills.”

“How are you?”

“I want to see you right next to you, not behind you this time. Can you try one more time?”

“Of course.”

After making sure that she was standing next to me with her bow in hand, I shot my bow again.

Again, a sliding release was used.

A series of movements from tying an arrow to shooting continued like water flowing.

When the string is pulled and pulled and has enough strength, release your hand as if bouncing lightly.

“Ah…”

I heard a small exclamation from Sione.

I just pulled the string once and let go of her hand.

It was all the more surprising because the arrows were stuck only in the center of the target, not at the end.

I lowered my bow.

My arms started to feel stiff because I used muscles that I didn’t normally use.

But it’s ambiguous enough to solve it by turning to mana.

After a little rest, I thought it would be better to shoot an arrow.

I looked at Shione with a faint smile.

“How are you?”

“…That was amazing.”

Looking at her expression, it seemed that she would soon ask me how I had mastered archery to this level with reasonable suspicion.

Even if it is only 40m, it cannot be ignored that it penetrates only the center without an error.

If I want to avoid thinking of annoying excuses, I have to strike first.

As soon as I saw her mouth open, she spoke first.

“It’s not that great, but like I said yesterday, it should be enough to teach the basics to someone new to the bow.”

If I try a few more times and get my senses back, I think I’ll give it a shot up to 70m even in my current condition.

All I showed her was a shot of her 40m enemies, so she humbly downplayed her skills.

I took an arrow from the quiver and held it out to Sione.

“Now, it’s Sione-nim’s turn to shoot the bow.”

Now it’s Shione’s turn to shoot the bow.

Now, if you show it, you should copy it, right?