Pirates: The first partner is Tom Cat

"Pah!" "Oops!"

The bamboo sword fell on Zhang Tatsuya's forehead, and Arturia taught him a lesson: "Pay attention to blocking!"

"Pa!" "Ah!"

Another sword strike: "Be careful to dodge!"

"Pa!" "Hiss~"

"Try to find opportunities to attack."

…

Sister, you are my biological sister, I can’t even catch your two moves, I’m going to attack you with the head!

Zhang Da also complained endlessly. Practicing moves and actually fighting were completely different things. Artoria would not deliberately use moves. At most, she would use less strength when fighting.

As long as you make a mistake, the bamboo sword will hit you immediately. Whoever suffers knows the feeling.

"Snapped!"

"Concentrate, your movements are deformed!"

"I see!"

I got up at six o'clock in the morning and went out for a morning jog before coming back around seven o'clock. After having breakfast and resting for a while, I started swordsmanship training at eight o'clock, and then Zhang Da also received a beating for almost two hours.

From the beginning, he was busy with one move every second, and then he gradually became able to block one or two moves, or dodge one or two moves. Although Artoria would definitely seize the opportunity to counterattack when attacking, but with this little effort, it can be said that progress has been made.

soon.

The reason why I'm progressing so quickly is probably because the spanking really hurts.

His forehead was swollen and there were many bruises on his body. Zhang Da also took off his shirt and applied the medicine on himself. As for the source of the medicine:

[Tom’s medicine box: It contains commonly used household medicines and simple medical equipment such as thermometers and tweezers. One time Jerry pretended to be shot, and Tom brought the medicine box within three seconds. If this is not considered love? 】

"I'm sorry Tatsuya, am I too harsh? It may be too early for you to practice like this." Arturia looked a little embarrassed when she saw Zhang Tatsuya carefully applying the medicine.

"Don't worry about it. The pain lasts for a long time. Let's continue after I recover." Zhang Da also felt that it didn't matter if he was beaten a little bit, as long as he could learn something.

Even the redness and swelling on his forehead was difficult to deal with. Zhang Da also used a small mirror to apply the medicine with difficulty.

"Hiss~ It hurts, it hurts..." It was not easy, so Zhang Da also thought about letting Tom help. He had rich experience in applying medicine and bandaging.

But Artoria spoke first: "Let me help you."

As she spoke, she couldn't help but take the tweezers and cotton balls from Zhang Daye's hand.

Zhang Da was also sitting on the stool next to the wine table. Arturia bent down slightly, brushed the hair from his forehead, dipped some potion in it and applied it lightly.

"Uh...thank you."

Too close, at this angle, at this distance, Artoria's level of exquisite appearance is simply not something that can be drawn in just an anime.

Zhang Da was at a loss for a while and had to close his eyes, but his ears were still a little warm.

It was natural to smell the scent of the potion, and the aroma of the shampoo also entered his nose. He felt the wet cotton ball touch his forehead, and the slight sting made his eyebrows tremble slightly.

"Okay." Helping to apply the medicine made Artoria's apology less severe. She asked expectantly, "How do you feel?"

Zhang Da also opened his eyes, looked at her expectant expression, and deliberately moved his arms: "Much better!"

Tom, who was lying on the table watching the excitement, held his chin in his hands. Feeling that his master was lying, he wagged his tail and reached out to poke the bruise on Zhang Tatsuya's waist.

"Ouch~" Zhang Da also jumped up from the stool in pain, grabbed Tom's neck with both hands and shook it back and forth while yelling, "Tom~ do you want to die?"

Tom was so shaken that he felt dizzy and his eyes turned into circles.

Artoria looked at Zhang Daye and Tom playing around with a bright smile.

…

The tavern opened at 11 a.m., and Zhang Da also opened the door in advance and took off the closure sign.

The tavern has been cleaned up, and Artoria is just as Zhang Daye said, sitting at the bar with Tom, drinking tea, reading the newspaper and eating snacks.

These two cute foodies are serious about the work assigned by Zhang Daye.

There was still room in the tavern, and Zhang Da also took out the piano he had picked up before. Of course he couldn't play it. At most, he could only press the piano randomly or move it from beginning to end and then back again.

He planned to give it to Tom. A cat that could play the piano might attract a lot of customers: "Tom, do you want to try it?"

After shouting, Zhang Daye suddenly felt a little depressed. He vowed to raise Tom at first, but now it seems that Tom is raising him in turn...

Zhang Da also felt that he might have Tom dependence syndrome.

Tom became slightly more interested, and Shi Shiran walked to the piano, took out a set of tools that Zhang Da didn't recognize, and started pressing and twisting the keys on the piano, as if he was tuning the instrument.

After adjusting for a while, Tom stopped with satisfaction, then pointed to his body and made gestures to Zhang Daye.

"Is it so ceremonial?" Zhang Da also took out a tuxedo from the inventory and put it on for Tom.

Putting on the tuxedo, Tom's aura changed, and the whole cat looked enigmatic. He gently lifted the hem of his clothes at the back and sat on the piano bench.

Tom straightened his tie one last time and began his performance.

The piano tinkled and a relaxed and cheerful melody played in this small tavern.

Tom was playing Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major. Many people don't know what it is, but its third movement may be more commonly known as the Turkish March.

Zhang Da also belongs to the kind of person who doesn't know how serious it is. He only knows that it sounds good and it sounds cheerful. He leans on the bar with his back and rests his elbows on the table. He listens very comfortably.

Arturia sat on the high stool in front of the bar, took a small bite of snacks and narrowed her eyes happily, her dangling feet swaying gently to the music.

It took more than ten minutes to play the whole song. I don’t know if Tom’s playing skills were fully developed, but Arturia and Zhang Da also felt that they were still unfinished.

At this time, there was a burst of noise from the door, which seemed to be cheering.

"What? Brother Tatsuya actually invited a musician without saying a word. The music just played was so good that we didn't even dare to say anything outside!"

Goodman took the lead and opened the waist door and walked in, pointing behind him with his finger: "I brought these bastards here to cheer you up as promised!"

Dissatisfied voices immediately came from behind: "We were originally going to come here, right? There's no need for a guy like you to lead us! Brother Tatsuya, we came here spontaneously to support you!"

"That's right!" A group of people swarmed in as they echoed.

"Huh?" Goodman said dissatisfied, "Brother Tatsuya said that I will give you a 20% discount on my name today. Remember what you just said. You did it on your own!"

A dozen big men bowed together: "I'm sorry, we were brought here by Goodman!"

"Welcome!" Zhang Da also smiled. It seemed that the people who could hang out with Goodman were also interesting people.

After settling down a group of bad friends with one sentence, Goodman smiled all over his face: "Where was that musician just now?"