CH. 10: A Hopeless Yearning

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An hour after being introduced to their new teacher in Hwarang House, the Hwarang and Nando men had found themselves gathered at a large field. There were three large square boards on a far distance almost on top of the hill looking like a target board because of its white, red, and yellow squares and they way they were lined up with a distance from each other.


"Our training for today will be about shooting the arrow while riding the horse." Chunhwa starts, her voice booming in the open field.


Two Hwarang bodyguards together with the Hwarang General joined them at the same time, the bodyguards carrying two pairs of horses.

"Lady Heo," the general starts but falters when Chunhwa turned to look at him with a raised eyebrow. The general clears his throat.

"I mean, Miss Chunhwa, here are the horses as you have requested."

The female nods, "Alright, thank you General." she turned towards the Hwarang and Nando men once again.


"As I have said, our training will be about shooting the arrow while riding the horse. You will do that together with your Nando and each of you should complete a total of 3 laps before the next pair to move on." she says, noticing their reactions about what she had just said.

"I do not ask for you to hit the bull's eye in just one shot," she continued, looking at each one of them.

"But I expect you to give your best because I will still grade your performance for this training. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Miss Chunhwa!" the men chorused.

"And to be fair, me and the General will go as a pair first." she travelled her eyes towards the Hwarangs and her eyes met with the Hwarang beside Yeowool.


"You, what is your name?" she calls out and almost everyone turned to look at him.


"Ji-Jin Juhyung, Miss Chunhwa." the Hwarang stuttered a little.

"Alright, Master Juhyung," Chunhwa nods, "You and your Nando will go together with me and the General first and you shall decide on who will be the next two pairs to do the shoot and ride. Is that understood?"

"Yes, Miss Chunhwa!" Juhyung and his Nando chorused before she and the General went to the two horses near them, the chosen Hwarang and Nando doing the same.



The Hwarang men watched in awe as Chunhwa mounted on her horse with graceful ease without any help. Jidwi looked fondly at her, glad that she still possessed that fearless attitude especially when riding the horse. He remembered her telling him how much she loved horseback riding when they were young and it seemed that she still does so as she gently kicked the horse's side, the horse cantering away from the process.

Everyone watched the General's horse gallop across the field while the General draws his bow— releasing the string and the flying arrow then hits around the red square.

As Chunhwa's turn came next, not one Hwarang blink as they watch her draw her bow and swiftly released the string— the arrow impressively hitting right in the middle of the bull's eye.

"Wow, I can't believe she could do that even while looking elegant at the same time." Hansung says, his mouth still agape in awe while it was Juhyung and his Nando's turn next.

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