Chapter 3: Serene's Boyfriend

  The gentle breeze at night is a bit cool, in the spring season, everywhere is full of vitality, even at night you can feel all kinds of life recovering after experiencing the cold winter. If you listen quietly in the night, you can hear the sounds of those tiny lives bustling about in the darkness.

  Listen, an owl is flapping its wings, a lame mouse is searching for tonight's dinner in the fields and stone crevices, a wild rabbit is running "patter patter" through the grass in the fields... Various sounds are intertwined, as if it were the black night playing the spring melody, every note is so beautiful, every chapter has been carefully arranged by the goddess of nature, that is the heavenly music, if you can calm down and listen, you can discover the beauty of life, such a melody will only be played for those who understand it to hear, those careless and busy people are unable to enjoy.

  I lay on the mountain slope outside the village, listening to the beautiful music under the black night, and gazing at the magnificent picture woven by the starry sky above my head. The evening wind gently swept across my face, like a mother's soft hand.

  It has been two months since I followed Uncle Luo to learn archery. Every day, I practice basic movements and stretch out my hands with a sandbag on each hand. According to Uncle Luo, this is to train the stability of my arms. A good archer must first achieve stable hands, and techniques come second. As long as I master the basics, everything else will be easy.

  I know this is the same as practicing swordsmanship, I work very hard and don't feel bored at all, because I don't want to see my father's disappointed eyes. I want to practice hard and reach the level of a high-level archer that Uncle Lock said, and even hope to surpass Uncle Lock's prophecy and become an archer as good as Uncle Lock. For this reason, in addition to completing the tasks assigned by Uncle Lock, I come to this small hill every night to gaze at the distant tiny leaves and practice my eyesight. This is also a method taught by Uncle Lock, he said that if I can persist in practicing, my eyesight will be improved.

  Actually, when I was learning swordsmanship with Allen-sensei, I wasn't not trying hard either. Maybe it's just like Allen-sensei said, I'm really not cut out to be a swordsman. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't make any big breakthroughs in my studies, and I always fell behind those few companions who were learning with me. And after failing the beginner swordsman exam for the first time, it was a huge blow to me, knowing that I wouldn't have much of a future, which is why I started slacking off afterwards.

  Thinking of this, I rubbed my hair in distress, really hoping to see the approving eyes of my father. Although I was very afraid of him, but I yearned for his praise more than anything.

  "Come here, this place is spacious and there are no people around. It's the best to watch stars here. How did you know about this place?" Two dark figures appeared not far from me.

  The voice sounds familiar, it seems to be Dapo's voice. Dapo is one of the six children who studied swordsmanship with me under Master Allen, and his talent was the highest among us. Master Allen once praised him, saying that Dapo had the most potential to become an excellent swordsman. He has a nimble mind, tall stature, and is full of strength all over his body. Every time I see Dapo wield his double-handed sword, I feel envious to the point of madness. His swordsmanship is full of powerful beauty, and every move brings with it a sharp whistling sound. I believe that if anyone were to fight against Dapo, just hearing that powerful whistling sound would be enough to scare them half to death.

  But at this moment, this kid actually sneaked here with a girl for a secret meeting, and I must tease him thoroughly.

  I had made up my mind, and was lying on the ground silently, waiting for the two people to approach, when I suddenly jumped up and shouted loudly: "Ha! Dabo! You actually sneaked here for a secret meeting? Quickly introduce me to the beautiful woman beside you!"

  This sudden movement immediately frightened the two people, Dabo was greatly shocked, and after a moment of stunned silence, he naturally drew out the long sword behind his back, assumed a fighting stance, and shouted at me: "Who are you?!" The woman beside him let out a scream and hid behind his back.

  Seeing the tense Dapo, I hastily said: "Don't move your hands, it's me, Dapo, I'm Yalick." I don't want to be slashed by the tense Dapo for frightening him, his specially forged double-handed sword is not a joke.

  "It was you, little kid. You scared me to death. Was that on purpose? If you hadn't introduced yourself, I might have chopped you down with one sword. Honestly, are you bored or something? Running here to scare me." Upon hearing my voice, Da Bo finally relaxed and casually inserted the long sword in his hand into his back.

  "I didn't have the leisure to do that, I just came here to lie down because I was bored. Who knew you'd bring a girl here on a date?" I don't want them to know I'm working hard, if I try my best but still get bad results, they'll definitely mock me. Although we're usually close, these guys won't show any mercy when it comes to teasing. Last time I didn't pass the beginner swordsman test, they teased me for a long time.

  "I didn't have anywhere to go, I just came out for a walk because I was bored." Dabo was clearly covering something up.

  "Cut it out, it's just a date, not some weird thing, what are you afraid of? Hmm? Right, I heard this lady's scream earlier, sounds like cute Serene miss? Come on out, I knew it was you. You've got a boyfriend now and didn't even mention it." I said that scream sounded so familiar, only now do I realize.

  When she heard me shouting, Serene hesitantly emerged from behind Drake's back. Ah, it was indeed her. Although I had always denied my liking for her in front of her, seeing her with a boyfriend still made my heart feel somewhat bitter. However, I quickly suppressed this feeling.

  "Stinky girl, when did you have a boyfriend? I've never heard you mention it before. You're still my best friend, aren't you? By the way, I was going to help you catch a monkey, but it turns out you can do it yourself, haha." I teased her, making Serene look very embarrassed.

  "Cerine, when are you going to catch animals for fun? Next time I'll help you catch them." Dapo said with a puzzled expression.

  "Go away, you don't understand anything, stop meddling here." Celine angrily punched Dabo heavily.

  "Never mind, hehe." Dapo, who had suffered from unexplained anger, scratched the back of his head with a silly smile.

  "Never mind, you guys play, I'm going home to sleep, see you tomorrow, brothers." I was too lazy to listen to them flirting here, disturbing others. After patting the grass dust off my body and stretching, I turned around and walked down the hill.

  "Goodbye, Alex!" Dabo shouted cheerfully at my back.

  "Goodbye, goodbye! Have fun!" I waved my hand back without looking and quietly merged into the night.