150 Personally Teach Her (2/2)

”Wait a moment girl! If you give me half the meat you catch, I will personally train you!”

At that moment, Rin's movements suddenly paused before she shifted her gaze. She appeared completely unmoved by Master Qiu's words, however, she felt astonishment inside.

He would personally train her?

Rin looked at him silently with a strange expression, her lips set in a thin, straight line.

Was he trying to deceive her again, or did he mean it?

Unsure of where his words stood, Rin fell silent. Sensing her doubts, Master Qiu sighed loudly.

”Girl, I dare not lie this time! I swear on my old, honorable and honest soul; I will keep my promise!”

Rin: ”...”

Rubbish! What honorable and honest soul? He was nothing but a cheat and a liar of a monk!

However, Rin hesitated before asking: ”Will you really show me how to improve?”

Master Qiu nodded. ”That is if you're capable.”

”I'm capable.” Rin's eyes flickered as she looked at him with determination.

Master Qiu noted her expression and silently hummed.

”In that case, show me your skills.”

...

Entering the deep woods, late sunlight flares on green moss on the side path shaded by thin trees. The cold river spreads boundlessly away as winter falls delicate, white flakes from the deep, azure skies. The cold hangs jewels among whitened grasses.

A cloud of white fog escapes her pale lips, the old monk following behind her quietly.

At that moment, she saw a deer grazing on a small patch of grass that wasn't covered in the white powdered snow. She stared, completely zoning out with the old monk behind her.

It has been years since she last saw anything as graceful as the creature before her. Rin watched, her cloudy breaths were silent. After a while, she took hold of her bow, snatching an arrow she carved from a tree.

Rin leveled the crossbow with one hand and narrowed her light eyes. At a place where nobody could see, her emerald and profound pupils flashed.

At that moment, her pale lips stretched into a smile, but it didn't quite reach her eyes. Her breath felt heavy as sweat poured down her face.

The girl's heated gaze locked on the deer. It was if the world stopped around her.

Master Qiu, who was observing her every move, perceived the change in her expression. His eyes flickered slightly.

Rin's fingers burned against the bronze trigger. She took a deep breath.

”Forgive me.”

She pulled the trigger.