If Second Lieutenant Walton hadn't come to Richmondshire, the janitor wouldn't have been killed by her; If the janitor hadn't been killed by her, she wouldn't have been saddled with a debt; If she hadn't been in debt, she wouldn't have thought of attacking Lord Darlington's army, where he was transporting the gratuities; If the army carrying the bounty had not been attacked, the knight Edward Cotton would not have been denied the lord's gift; If Edward had gotten his wish and had been gifted with a high-quality war horse he liked, he probably wouldn't have died.

Just as an American smoking cigarette triggered cost-pull inflation in China, a tornado in a parallel world caused a conflict between northern aristocrats and royals in another parallel world, resulting in the collapse of a small aristocratic family that would be made a count and a marquis.

In Isabel's mind, this image appeared: "Against the backdrop of desert, rough wooden houses, and cacti, a burst of orchestral-dominated macaroni American western style music sounded." Then, in a very bleak atmosphere created by the guitar and trumpet, an English knight dressed in 16th-century Milanese-style armor slowly appears in the protagonist's sight. ”

"The hero, who wore a cowboy hat and was dressed as a military attendant of the same era, casually glanced at the Colt revolver, which was slanted into the holster, at the knight's right waist, and said coldly: 'Edward, are you ready?' ”

"The middle finger of the knight's right hand, which naturally hangs down at his side, bends nervously slightly, and then stares at the protagonist with those falcon-like eyes, and says, 'Isabel, are you ready to go to hell for honor like a real man?' ”

Then, the middle finger of the protagonist's right hand was also slightly flexed nervously, and he was in a state of readiness. Suddenly, a sandstorm blew in the desert that could drown everything out. When the sandstorm intruded into the Western Duel, twelve revolver repeating pistol shots rang out on the field......"

The scenes, the background music, the revolch repeating pistol, and the two men standing on the duel all tie these props and characters together to make up a classic American western cowboy movie. Born in Dallas, Texas, Isabel Walton likes to imagine scenes from Hollywood movies about Texas cowboy duels. Only this time, she changed the figures of the duel to herself at the end of the Middle Ages and her knight Edward Cotton.

At this point, Edward Cotton, who was standing at the end of the dueling arena, stood with the most basic T-step in swordsmanship. With his right hand on the hilt near the gauntlet of the stabbing sword, and his left hand at the back of the hilt, he pointed the tip of the sword straight above his head, placed the hilt on the right side of his head, looked at the person who was about to fight him, and said, "Isabel, draw your sword and duel for honor!" ”

Standing at the other end of the arena, Isabel stared at Edward, the knight who was ready to attack her, for several seconds. It turned out that this duel of honor between the two was real and believable.

And it's not going to be the scene from the cowboy movie I imagined just now. Isabel, who had returned to reality, looked at Henry, the Witness, who was standing in the middle on the left. However, she noticed that the expression on Henry's face looked weird.

She just thought that Henry's expression was strange, but she didn't know that Henry was in a difficult choice between protecting his aristocratic honor and trying to save his feelings for her.

As a duke, Henry was of course well aware that dueling was the most effective way to gain high respect. But now, the party participating in the duel turned out to be Isabelle, who made him burst out of love. He wanted to rush up and snatch the sword from Isabel's hand, and then slash the hated knight Edward with a dash of his sword.

It all started 10 minutes ago. When Edward, the knight, ignored Henry, who was dressed in aristocratic attire, and questioned the owner, he had already offended Henry's nobility. Henry took it for granted that the knight was not only rude in front of him, but also had no respect for him, the high-profile Duke, an unofficial member of the royal family.

Henry's rudeness made Henry furious, and when he was about to have a seizure, Isabel whispered beside him, "Henry, wait, listen to what he will say to the owner." ”

Henry nodded, and just whispered, "I can promise you, but I will never forgive him for his actions and eyes." ”

Henry and Isabel then walked two or three steps away and watched the scene. The questioning owner did not dare to look at Edward's eyes that were about to spark, but replied with his head bowed slightly, "Sir, this horse is indeed the one you intended to buy last Sunday." ”

Edward looked at the two knight friends who came to his side, and said confidently, "Very good. So, did you just want to sell my horse to someone else? ”

"Sir, I am more than willing to sell such a fine war horse to a guest like you. It's just that I need a lot of money to buy new horses this week, and I don't have a lot of money on hand for a while. So ......"

"So you're going to sell my horse?"

"Don't get me wrong, Sir, I was just forced to do this. Also, the price offered by the adult just now was very high. ”

"You're going to sell my horse because someone else is paying a lot of money? Bastard, are you insulting me? ”

Standing in front of Henry, Isabelle, who had always been vigilant, immediately felt that the smell of gunpowder at the scene was getting stronger and stronger. When she saw Edward, the angry Halberd Finger, suddenly grab the clothes on the horse's chest, she quickly shouted, "Hey, idiot, are you only going to bully civilians without weapons?" ”

Edward slowly turned his head and glared at him, sneering at Isabel and said, "Do you think that with three swords, you can hide the fact that you are a sow who sells her body to make money?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Henry, who was extremely angry, looked at the other party coldly: "Hmph, only a coward will be his mouth." Or disobey chivalry as an after-drinking pleasure. ”

Henry's answer was nothing short of a move to add fuel to the fire for Isabel. He frowned and said to the duke, "Henry, are you going to duel with this bastard?" ”

Henry turned his face to look at her and said, "Of course." This bastard has insulted you, and I must make him pay a heavy price through a duel. I want him to know how to respect a knight ******* Dehua burned in his heart when he heard Henry calling him a coward. He threw down the owner and walked in the direction of the two. Isabel did not hesitate to block Henry with her body, glared at her eyes fearlessly, and said: "Bastard, now I officially make a request to you: I will duel with you!" ”

Edward, who was furious, stopped, sneered and said, "I accept your request!" ”

Just as Henry was about to speak, Isabel said, "Sir, but I have a request, and I ask you to duel me only. In this regard, I would give up my rights as a woman in duels with men. ”

Henry couldn't hold back any longer, walked out of Isabel's side and said excitedly: "Isabel, this person is extremely disrespectful to you, and it is up to me to ask him for an honor duel!" ”