The Bright Future Awaits! The Villainess Lady's Route of Happiness

XXVII. Scouting Legion (1)

I wake up really early this morning. Before the sun rise up, I was already in the field doing some physical exercise since this afternoon, we will begin our journey to the Capital for the tea party.

After the physical exercise that I always did since my father starts training me, I began to polish my archery. I will never forget my battle with the black viper. Just by recalling my battle, I know how weak I am.

With weights in both of my arms and legs, I began to shoot an arrow to my moving targets.

Not enough. Not enough

I continued to chant this word whenever I saw how slow I shoot my arrows while I was moving. Yup. I trained my archery while I was jumping and running. It makes me invulnerable if I know how to fight and shoot while moving than being a passive archer.

I also started to train how to swing a dagger while I was aiming an object. Since archers are known for being weak in close combat, I needed to train a dagger when someone tried to attack me in secret while I was shooting my arrow. This kind of practice will helps me in my future battle.

Father saw me doing this practice and he nodded with me in agreement. He also let me have a spar on him. I while shooting and he holding his sword.

Father is a good sparring partner because he was really strong. He did not even use any physical mana force but use his own strength to fight me who was actually using my outer mana base... but I still not landed any arrow on him. I was a good archer and that's what he said at me but I can't even land any of my attack on him and it makes me irritated.

"Relax, Celine. In a battle, being calm makes your mind thinks faster and clearly on how to defeat an enemy. Being hot headed will only lead you to your own downfall in a battle"

"Yes, father"

I took a deep breath and started calming my agitated heart; I then started to shoot to father. Father was good at cutting the arrow in twos and or blocking any of my arrows and dodging them. Father is really a good warrior, a veteran in battle... having a spar to someone like him makes my blood boil with desire to become stronger and defeat him.

I made a small mistake while fighting him since I lost the enemy when I slip on the roots and fell. When I stand and look around, I don't see father anymore. My heart started to beat fast, a chill running in my spine. When I am doing a mock battle with father, the fights continue until he says so and since he did not say that we stop when I fell, it means the battle continues... and I lost my enemy.

I slowly walk, not making any noise in my every step while carefully looking around.

When I felt someone was behind me, I then leap over his head, take out my dagger and give father a kick in his back. My moves was really fast and smooth but he is still faster than me as my foot before it was landed on him, his right hand make a move and seize my foot before he swing me over and threw me over the tree.

The impact makes me dizzy and my eyesight was fuzzy. As I tried to stand, I felt father's sword over my shoulder then he calmly said, "You lose"

I pout at him and he gives me a hand to help me up and I said in dejected voice, "You're harsh father. You didn't even consider that I am your nine years old daughter and never take easy on me"

He calmly said in a smile, "I never been easy to my opponent and this mock battle, you are my opponent" he laughs then brush my hair, "Just practice more, my princess. You will never know when you will defeat me and become strong. Don't be impatient, and diligently train" then his eyes lightens up when he remembered something, "If my memory is correct, I heard that you can also wield magic, am I correct?" I nodded, "Then why not try to combine your archery skills and magic? With using both at the same time, you'll be invincible. And maybe you can also win against me"