When she first wore a hooded monk's suit made of woollen linen, Isabel Walton almost thought of it as a medieval version of the men's and women's trench coats that would be popular for decades. She feels like a fashion hipster in the retro trend, the never-ending hipster in the catwalk and street photography.

Durable, high fiber strength, not easy to tear or puncture and other linen characteristics; a layer of plush left on the surface of the garment after rough spinning; a hood that resembles a hood like a sports hoodie; unimaginably low prices; Such a regular dress worn by the Catholic clergy in their daily lives was simply too cool for Isabel.

She felt that she should go to a monk or priest and buy six or seven pieces herself, so that she could change them every day. But if you think about it, the purpose of wearing a monk's uniform is mainly to hide her true face, so that she can participate in every raid like crazy. So, it is enough to have one or two friars' clothes.

Of course, the black monk's uniform with its long hem did not match the agility and mobility required of raiding operations, and the wide, large, long sleeves did not allow her to wield her longbow and short sword. During the last raid on the Reward Army, she temporarily used her short sword to make major changes to the monk's uniform that had been ripped from the dead.

Now, when she gets two "free" new monk's robes, she decides to find a tailor to make a formal improvement. The long hem can be modified to match the length of a mid-length trench coat and further refined into an asymmetrical style with a short front and a long back. The wide long sleeves can be worn with mid-sleeves. This, combined with a cuirass, leather bracers, a belt of arms, and a short sword, gives the person the feeling of an assassin.

Isabel felt that she was dressed like this and resembled the male protagonist in a popular action-adventure game that was popular on computers and consoles. Coupled with two Hidden Blades that stretch freely, it will look even more like an assassin with superb killing skills to carry out the task of eradicating rape and evil.

However, she is not willing to be a cold-blooded assassin who is alone, arrogant and aggressive, and kills invisibly. As a naval officer, Isabel Walton has always believed that the strength of the team is always greater than the strength of the individual, which is especially important in the important branch of the United States Navy. Even the Navy's world-famous SEAL forces are very team members.

———————————

Tomorrow is the day to exchange hostages for ransom with Viscount Darlington. When she learned from the Duke of Richmond about the approximate annual income of the nobles of the North, she felt that tomorrow's hostage deal might not go as smoothly as she thought.

After dinner, she asked Sir Alex Ferguson to be her sparring partner and came to the Guards training ground. While the two of them were each holding a wooden longsword for non-armor swordsmanship training, Isabel whispered, "Sir, have you worried about what will go wrong with tomorrow morning's trade?" ”

When Ferguson's wooden sword competed with hers, he whispered, "Question? Ma'am, why do you ask such a question? ”

"Why? Don't you think we're asking for too much ransom? ”

"Ma'am, it has been a battlefield tradition since ancient times to ask for a ransom for half of your net worth. I have never heard of a knight's family who would not pay to ransom him. ”

"What if someone doesn't want to follow such a rule? Or use some means to change the ransom amount? ”

"That means deception. He will never be able to gain the trust of others, nor will he be able to face his own soul calmly. ”

Isabel curled up her arms to hold the hilt with both hands, keeping the hilt slightly above her head so that the blade was parallel to the ground. Then, when he slid the back of the sword that was framed together to the front of the opponent's sword to prepare for a thrust, he quietly said, "Sir, you are right. I also very much hope that Joseph's family can prove me wrong with actions. ”

Ferguson knew she was ready to lunge as soon as he saw her movements. He quickly pushed the other party away with his wooden sword, and after pulling the distance between the two, he said, "If you want to prove your idea wrong, you can participate in tomorrow's deal." Where the brothers and the hostages are hiding, I can also tell you. ”

"Why, Sir, you're not going to trade tomorrow?"

"It's just a ransom in exchange for hostages, there will be no fighting tomorrow."

"I hope you're right."

It takes only 50 minutes to ride a horse from the Asker estate to the trading site of Mount Penayne. So, Isabel woke up at 4 a.m. and unhurriedly packed up her short sword, longbow, quiver full of arrows, armor, and other equipment. Twenty minutes later, a horse was pulled out of the stable and quietly left the family's manor and rode towards Penayon Hill in northern Richmondshire.

At 5:50 a.m., Isabel and the members of the "Blackfriars" took Joseph, whose hands were bound and blindfolded, to the woods by the lake, where the trading place was located, the natural lake of Grassver, in the dark of night.

At this moment, Isabel, who had already dressed herself up like an assassin, was hiding behind the bushes with the "Mohican Head", who had worked with her last time. Say: "Alexander, your name is really that?" ”

"Head Moxican" nodded and said, "Yes, Lord Brunhilde, this is the name my father gave me. ”

"But, I've heard that the name means protector of the people?"

"My lord, I did want to protect the weak, ladies and children, but fate made me a thief."

"It's okay, maybe you can do that in the future."

"My lord, you just said that Joseph's family must open the box and check the ransom after bringing the ransom, right?"

Isabel looked at the road leading to Darlington Castle to Glassford Natural Lake in the foreright and whispered, "That's a full 1,000 pounds." This money is a very, very large amount of money for any person. ”

Alexander smiled and said, "My lord, my brothers and I will no longer be thieves when we have this money." ”

"I hope so. Alexander, are your brothers already in my assigned position? ”

"I think so, sir."

"Remember, if you find that you don't have enough money when you count the ransom, you will immediately return here with Joseph."

"Your Excellency, how can you think that Lord Darlington will not keep his word?"

"Don't speak. Notice, there's a team of people over there. ”

Carrying the ransom and a dozen or so domestic would-be knights to the trade were the eldest daughter and second son of Viscount Darlington. Lamberton had strongly disagreed with the eldest daughter Caroline and her second son Francis going to the trading place, but Caroline eventually convinced her father with her own reasons.

As for Francis, who has been under house arrest until now, he has made plans to take advantage of this transaction to get rid of his father's physical and mental control over him forever, and resolutely surrender to the gang of thieves led by Isabel.

The series of events that followed were almost entirely according to Isabel's assumptions. Joseph's family falsified the ransom amount, causing the transaction to fail. When Caroline ordered the would-be knights to recapture Joseph, she was ambushed by Isabel.

The doomed deal cost Viscount Darlington the loss of his second son, along with a dozen or so domestic would-be knights. In the end, only his eldest daughter, Caroline, fled with one of the surviving would-be knights.