Asylum

Chapter 27: DEAL

Cleo

Another week has passed, We are here again at the training room. Holding each particular weapons while Madame Petra just bark out instructions but sometimes supporting us.

"For the sake of Lumiere Desire its been a week and yet you can't still hit the center of the target" the ever demanding Prince said, He keep on insisting that the archery  is to easy that I could hit the center target by now.

"Well excused me mister! But unlike you who trained his whole life using bow and arrow while here I am just a beginner whose struggling to keep up by your hight standards!" I annoyingly replied, I don't really like to have a training partner you know. I prefer to just train alone so that no one could criticize me if I made mistake and no one would also be disappointed if I did not meet any standards.

Then this Prince right here insisted and appointed himself to be my partner and teach me since I'm just a beginner to all of this and Madame Petra just doing supports and small instruction to improve her students.

Beginners combat and weapon lessons and also the basics like reading/writing, arithmetic, logic and etc. were all teach on the school towns before attending the academy at the age of 16.

So basically she is just like a child here whose just learning how walk very slowly and it frustrates her.

He I take back what I said the first time we met that he is respectable, polite and he seems kind. No! He just an annoying prince that keeps on bugging and following me, a perfectionist, childish spoiled Prince!

"No! Desire your grip on the bow is wrong, you arms is too tensed thats why you can't always hit  the target. Will you please relax" he  instructed me while taking a deep long breath, his patience is  hanging low  now haha.

I deliberately do that just to annoy him, he keeps on scolding me this entire training session and now we are a show, a spectacle of entertainment for the students to watch and  I hate to admit it I always looked dumb a clumsy on the eyes of our spectators arg stupid Prince.

I glared at him "don't you dare follow me to the dinner hall later! Find your own sit and don't join us" I whispered to him so that our spectators can't hear it.

"And besides, PRINCE CLINT I'm improving. Could you just praise me for once? I need my dignity and pride you know atleast this nosy students won't completely think I'm stupid and talentless. It just been a week exactly! for pete's sake I would surely hit the center target even not now but soon!"

He take a deep breath maybe to extend his patience because of my statement "Fine, but I will not praise you not until you could be able to hit that target. I'm still your teacher slash training partner Desire all I want is for you to catch up to them fast, just look at them they are near to mastery to their weapon while here you are can't even hit the target continuously and did not even hit the center of the target even once for a week" he said it now calmly,  I understand him though and I'm too thankful that he willingly wasted his precious time to teach me to catch up to the other freshmen students.

Is just that I can't help myself be annoyed especially when he keeps ok scolding me. I feel like I did not do anything right, I'm annoyed and frustrated not to him but to myself.

I tried to smile "sorry" I muttered while looking at the floor, I can't look at him now. I know disappointment is all over his face now.

He held my chin up "Hey its okay, its my fault though for being too impatient not considering that everything of this is new to you and you lack experience in all aspect. Lets continue?"

I smiled and nob.

"Okay lets get it done, hold your bow at the center but make sure not to block the path of the arrow. Extend you arms and make your arms firm and strong, make sure it is steady. Put the arrow horizontally at the bow and pull the string with the arrow in it just until above your ears. Now with that position done, make sure you accurately targeted your target and take a deep breath before releasing it." He instructed again.

Now I take everything he said into consideration wholeheartedly and ignore everything around me. Just me and the target I took a deep breath then releasing the arrow, a few second of stop heartbeats before the arrow hit straightly to the target and on the very middle of it.

I feel my mouth form into a wide smile the second it hit the target on the middle. I immediately turn to Prince Clint to see his approval face.

"There, see? You can do it you just too stubborn and won't lessen to everything I always said. But if you will just focus and take everything into consideration you will easily hit that target" he said smiling towards me.

"Yeah yeah, fine you right" I rolled my eyes playfully.

He grinned "uhuh, but it is too early to celebrate now my dear Desire, just look at it thats just the nearest target you know and you just hit the center of it after a week" he laugh, as if he find everything about me amusing.

"Heh! Way to ruined the mood Prince! Just so you wait I will hit all of this target until to the farthest in a week!" I boast to cover my shattered pride.

His grin widened "Ohh? I doubt it maybe 2 weeks. I will definitely give you a price if you accomplish it but if you failed you will give anything I ask. Deal?"

I tried to think for a second but realize that I don't have any choice. If I want to prove myself to everyone and mend my broken pride. I need to accept this, I take a risk to look around and sulk when I realize everyone heard it and all of them is our witness, there no way of turning back right? " Deal then!"