Practice

He walks to the bench and sits

She frowned. I would never want you to hit other people, your Highness. It just wouldn't be right.We'll just work at shooting at targets for the fun of it. She then smiled. That is how my father started me out when he adopted me.

She nodded. Shall we start then?

"I am no archer i would rather be in one on one combat"

She nodded. Of course, but first, do you know how to hold a bow?

Hence is the reason you are teaching me to wield a sword. SHe said to Helios. I am afraid I don't.

He takes out his main blade and just looks at it

Next time we use staffs Sir Knight. She says with a slight smile at him.

He gives a small and brief smile back at her

All right. Then take my bow. She held out her bow to the Princess. This is the same bow that I started out on. I shall just use Sir Leon's bow. That is if that good sir would not mind. She looked at Leon.

He gets up and goes to a wooden post and puts his sword down and talks to himself "This armor is annoying me at this moment" He takes off the breast plate that he is wearing only showing the wrapping around his stomachs side

"Go ahead!" he says, "I'm not a knight, just call me Leon."

Lilli watched as Helios took off his breastplate to reveal the bandage over the injury she had caused. She got a worried look on her face as she took the bow from Lady Katherine.

He picked up his blade and slashed the heavy wooden post in half with one slice

"Thank you, Leon," Katherine smiled and picked up his bow. Then she looked at Lilli. "Princess?"

He winced in pain and fell to one knee holding his side trying to get up so The Princess doesnt see

She was distracted now. "Yes Lady Katherine?"

He gets up and holds his side and just stands there breathing Heavy

"Are you okay?" Leon asks Helios.

"Please, call me Kate or Katherine, your Highness. Now I want you to copy my stance." She then took her stance.

He looks at Leon "Y-yes Ill be f-fine"

She copied Katherine. I worry about my knight. She told the girl where the guys couldn't hear.

"Why?" she whispered and stood out of her stance. "Stay in your stance so I can check you."

"How did it happen?" he asks, clamping a hand to his right eye. "Shit!" he hisses, "Not now!"

He looks at him "W-Whats wrong"

Lilli stays in her stance. Whilst he was teaching me to sword fight I stabbed him in the side. I meant it not, but I worry still.

"A side-effect of surviving what has to be the greatest poison in the world!" he says as his eye starts to bleed. "I better go I have about 20 minutes until I black out!"

He nods to him "G-go"

Leon picks up the claymore & leaves, "Kate! Keep the bow... unless you want to white one, in that case come see me latter!" he calls over his shoulder.

Watches as he runs off and just falls to his knees holding the wouned side

"Twas an accident. I'm certain of it. Have you apologized for it?" She was then distracted by Leon. "Are you alright, Leon?"

Lilli sees Helios fall from the corner of her eye and runs to him. Are you alright? She asks, her handon his back.

He looks up at Lilli "Y-yes My Pr-Princess"

"Twas not your fault My L-love" He coughs and looks at her again

He lays on the floor looking up at Lilli

"Crap!" Leon groans as his body is plagued by pain & fits. He starts having flash backs to the time he was poisoned. Leon hits the ground with a dull thump!!

Katherine didn't hear Lilli as she rushed over to Leon. "Leon? Are you alright?" she asked as she put a hand on him after falling to her knees beside him.

"Lydia! Don't you dare heal me!" he is delirious, "I said no! I'll fight it off.... I promise!" he blacks out.

He looks up at Lilli and just falls back down blacked out as well

Lilli didn't know what to do. Her eyes began to tear up. Someone help! She began to scream out. There had to be someone nearby.

She shook him. "Leon?" She shook him hard. "Leon?!"

She unwrapped the bandage on his side. It was bleeding. She ripped her hem on her dress and put it to the wound.

He struggles to speak "Li-Lilli"

Katherine stood up and then pulled up Leon to his feet and dragged him into the castle to the apothecary.

What my love? She is fighting tears. She caused this.

He weakly wipes away her tears "Do-dont cry fo-for me"

"I promised you and i wont and ill keep that promise"