Chapter 299: Sword rain.
It seemed like a joke, something to laugh about in a moment. But, when Sigrid’s hands curled around the bowstring, tensions rose. The knights and servants around her held their breath, hoping that she would not target Roland or else, all of them would be losing their heads. They felt the urge to blurt out warning s but the crown princess would be displeased if they did.
It was entirely possible that they would lose their heads even sooner then. So, they remained still and silent, but everyone was certain, that the pounding of their hearts was louder than the laughter of the men in the courtyard.
Down in the courtyard, Miss Keeley Valerius was also preparing to shoot an arrow at at moving target. A bottle dangling from a rope. It was swaying from side to side, following the path the winds pushed it to.
As she drew her arm back, Sigrid did the same thing. She was waiting for the perfect moment.
She released her arrow a second before Keeley’s, with speed it sliced through the air, humming like a queen bee on the hunt because a new queen was trying to emerge in her colony,
The arrow cut through the air, aided by magic to remain unseen until the very last moment. It grazed against Keely’s cheek, changed directing and increased speed, slicing through the arrow she had shot and finally shattering the bottle.
Knights run to Roland and Galen, shielding them behind armor quickly. Roland, being a knight pushed them away and he stepped out in front of them. His eyes widened in surprise when he saw who had fired the arrow.
Sigrid in the mean time was not yet finished. She held out her hand and Mauve gave her another arrow. This time she did not wait for the perfect moment, she just fired it quickly.
It also headed for the same target, Keely Valerius who was standing still, touching her cheek and gasping at the drops of blood from the tear on her fair skin.
Sir Samuel pulled Keely Valerius out of the way. The arrow which was meant to go through her head landed in the wall of the courtyard. It was so strong that it went through half of the wall.