Chapter 33 - Marksman

"I'm sorry, did I say something weird?" I said hastily with innocent eyes which made Sir Grand shook his head out of confusion.

"Please don't mind it, I tend to blurt nonsensical words out of my mouth sometimes." I said with a cutesy tone and blinking eyes.

Please work, please work!

"O-okay…" He trailed off and cleared his throat before proceeding with Von's skillset.

Phew. Thank goodness he did not care too much about it.

I should have been following Vendette's footsteps in becoming a great fighter rather than choosing a rather weird role.

First healer in a guild? Sir Grand was right, what use will I be when healing potions are available everywhere? Even if my healing potions are to be induced with Energy slimes, they still serve the same purpose. To heal..

And besides, if I don't train my physical strength then what help could I offer for Vendette's team? I need to be strong to protect her. No matter what.

"Let's see, the fitting role for the Prince is… a marksman." Sir Grand faked a smile at Von who was jumping around Lei with joy upon hearing his preferred role.

A marksman huh?

"Let me teach this arrogant girl a lesson real quick." I heard Von say to Lei as he walked straight to the table where the bow and arrows were located.

I did not mind his words since I thought he was just aiming to impress me so I did not pay any attention to him at all.

I continued reading the terms in his skillset and found a particular skill there that was already checked.

[Devon Khalil Lorestifa]

Role: Marksman

Skillset: Power strike, (v)Precision, multiple shots, spike, burst shot, calculative, retrieve ++++

I also checked Von's profile and found out that he already has that skill indeed.

[Name: Devon Khalil Lorestifa [Title: Young Prince of Yvandir

[Race: Superhuman [Blood: Engua

[Class: Royal, Student [Rank: Prince

[Party: None

[Role: None

[Level: None

[Super's Attributes:]

[Sense:12/30 [Hearing:5 [Vision: 5 [Smell: 2

[Agility: 7/20 [Strength: 2 [Speed: None [Resistance: 5

[Flight: 7/10

[Skills:]

[Precision Lvl.3]

An arrow swooshed beside me, shattering the glass board where my status was written.

"Von!" Lei shouted while I was frozen in my position, trembling in shock and anger.

"That's what you get, arrogant trespasser," Von taunted me while floating directly above me with his bow and cleaver on his back, dropping the heavy arrow butts on my head

"Next time you brag about training and cheating, make sure you have something to brag about alright?"

This jerk.

"Hey, did I allow you to use the weapons yet?" Sir Grand's voice thundered all over the place as he pulled Von down from his flight and quickly grabbed the golden arrows on the floor.

"A prince shouldn't be allowed to be like this." He ranted.

Von struggled to get out of his ironclad hold onto Von's pants.

"What do you know about being a Prince!? Let go already you old man!" He said while hitting Sir Grand's arm with his curled fists.

"I am not old. I am still in my late twenties, spoiled brat." I was about to run after them and help Sir Grand stop Von's violent hits but he looked unaffected by it.

Instead, Von was the one who looked like hurting from hitting Sir Grand's arm.

"Ouch!" He complained, momentarily stopping his hits while examining his reddish fist.

"What?" I was perplexed. I did not understand what happened.

"Iron skin." Lei went beside me and picked up the rest of the golden arrows on the floor.

"Iron skin… the same skill that Venedette has?" I looked at Lei with questions in my eyes which he answered with a sigh.

"Yes."

Could it be?

This man and Venedette?

No… That's just probably my imagination.

What are the odds that Venedette has the same skill as this guy and that she hired him to tutor us? Even gave him his own bunker of weapons in this castle.

I mean, that's supposed to be the expected treatment for the weapon's master right?

I don't know Gem, maybe Fily has infected you with that overthinking thing.

You're just overthinking.

I tried to convince myself but there's just this feeling in my gut that I can't explain.

It's telling me something.

Something…

"Von. You've got to behave son, this is not how I raised you." Sir Grand whispered to Von after bringing him away from us.

Wait. Did I hear that right?

Son?

He is Von's father?

That means… he is Venedette's husband?

The first Prince?

WOW!

I was just wondering why Vendette never mentioned to me her husband and even assumed that he was dead but he was just here in front of me all along!

The First Prince of Yvandir!

My thoughts were interrupted when Von suddenly shouted.

"You didn't raise me! You were never here!"

"Von."

"Why!? Isn't that what you did? You were never here! Even when Demi died you never came! What are you even doing here? Go away!"

"I was busy with work!"

"Then go back to your work! Mom and I are good now! We don't need you."

Von cried, hitting Sir Grand who was squatting in front of him with all of his might.

"I understand where you're coming from son, but this is still unacceptable. A prince mustn't act like this." He said, gently caressing Von who was still violent inside his arms.

"I don't care! I hate you!" His violent tantrums went even stronger but Sir Grand accepted it all.

The two of them became silent while Lei and I were just watching from afar.

"Can you hear them?" He said while frowning at me which startled me a little.

I answered his question with a nod, not expecting what he did next.

"Wait, where are you taking me?" I resisted from his hold on my arm, dragging me to the door which was leading outside.

"Outside." He said it like it was a very obvious fact while still being unbothered by my resistance.

"I could just walk there you know? Could've asked me to go out instead." I complained with a scowl when he released me from his tight hold on my left arm.

Lei was always harsh but I believed he could be a little more gentle with me especially after all the time that we had already spent together as a team.

"Am I the only one who thought that we could be great teammates?" I asked him while he was busy closing the vault door behind us.

I was waiting for his response but even after closing the door, he was still silent.

"Oi talk to me. Why are you so snobby?" I bugged him even more because of that.

"Shut up. You're hurting my head." He pushed me back a little bit but I still followed after him.

"Your head hurts? Here let me cure it for you." I tiptoed and reached my left hand to his hair while my other hand stayed behind me.

"What are you doing?" He suddenly turned around to face me which made me lose balance and accidentally placed my hands on him to prevent me from falling to the ground.

He also caught my elbows and assisted me to stand properly while clearing his throat and looking away.

"Why are you so clumsy." He retarded my sentence back at me which made me giggle a little bit instead of feeling insulted by it.

"I wish we could be friends." I stalked behind him once more, feeling the urge to bother him while we make our way back to the main hallways.

The weapon's training room is located beyond the training field inside the castle walls which means that we have to cross the walkway between the training field and the obstacle course which leads straight to the castle's main hallway where Lei and I will finally have to go on our separate ways.

But before that, I challenged myself to make Lei say something more than a sentence.

"I didn't know Sir Grand was the first prince all along. Did you know who he was beforehand?" I walked faster so I could block Lei's path while I walk backwards.

"Yes." He tried to overtake me to the left but I did not let him.

"Move." He growled with a lower-pitched voice than usual which scared me a little bit but when he was about to pass through my right, I blocked him again.

"Come on let's talk some more."

"You're so noisy." He shook his head again and tried to overturn me but I still managed to block all of his attempts.

"Is your head still hurting? I can cure that, you know? My gemstone's powers are healing. Come on try it." I extended my right arm to reach his hair again but he caught my wrist and slowly brought it down.

"Don't say that out loud. People here are still not trusted. You've got to be more careful with that." He looked at my necklace and left me there standing alone in the sunset.

His tone was so serious that my playfulness was immediately replaced by fear.

"Wait! Lei!! Wait for me!" I shouted and ran as fast as I could to catch up to him.

He's right. I should be careful with this information.

Who knows if the enemies might be lurking around in this castle too?