Among the retainers of the Duke of Richmond, Sir Augustin Walton and his daughter Isabel Walton were two extremely special retainers. As the Duke had not yet expelled the magistrate and chief of the guard sent by the king, Sir Augustine had been allowed to live a decent life without a position but with an annual honorarium. Of course, as a knight with a formal canonical title, Sir Augustine still had to fulfill his knightly obligations.

As for Isabel, although she was a privy counsellor in the ducal palace, she was in charge of her daily appointment. It should be said that Sir Augustine and his family lived a leisurely aristocratic life in Richmondshire, without selling their physical strength. However, God is righteous and will never favor the poor, nor will he favor powerful and wealthy men or women.

By the time the French clockwork in the parlor had reached Roman numeral 8, Sir Augustine, lord of Asker Manor, and his daughter, had mounted their horses and trotted from the direction of the stables towards the gate of the manor.

1/6 hour earlier, when the lord and his daughter appeared at the stables to equip their horses, a manservant trotted out of the lord's stable compartment, bowed and whispered, "Lord, there are two men dressed as peasants outside the manor who want to see you and Miss Isabel. ”

Sir Augustine stood on the left side of the horse, and said to his daughter in the right stable from the distance between a horse and the railing between the two compartments, "Son, do you know who would be outside the manor so early?" ”

Isabel in the stable on the right didn't mean to stop her work, and casually said while tightening the horse's belly belt, "Yes, I know." Are these two people claiming to be from the Clark family in Isby Village? ”

The manservant was startled and hurriedly replied, "Yes, miss, they are indeed the parents and eldest sons of the Clark family from the village of Isby. ”

"Well, you tell them to wait a little longer outside the manor gates, and Sir and I will be out in a minute."

"Yes, miss."

After the manservant left quickly, Sir continued to harness his horse and said, "Son, this Clark sounds familiar to me, is it the boy Clark who followed you back to the manor with a tomahawk last time and duel with you?" ”

Isabel looked up in her father's direction and said, "That's right, it's Walter Clarke, the boy who wants to duel me." ”

"So, you've settled the boy's father's business?"

"Well, find out if what the boy said about his father is true, pay some fine to Lord Haswell, and release his father from prison."

"It seems that Lord Haswell's opinion is indeed skewed."

"Sir, this is something you need to pay attention to in the future."

When Augustine untied the reins and pulled the horse out of the compartment, he found that his daughter was already waiting for him with his horse on the passage in the stable. He smiled softly and said to his daughter, "What should I pay attention to in the future?" Son, do you really think I'm fit to be a magistrate and chief of the guard in the service of His Majesty the King? ”

As Isabel led the horse out of the stable, she looked at the dark night outside the stable and said pleasantly, "Why not?" Father, you are an officially canonized knight. His Majesty had long since decreed that local offices above the rank of magistrate must be filled by a person of the rank of gentleman or above. ”

As the two rode to the main road outside the gate of the manor, two men dressed as peasants, standing beside a servant carrying an oil lamp, immediately stepped forward and bowed deeply to the father and daughter.

Isabel looked closely and sure enough, it was Clark and his son, jumped down from the horse and walked up to the father and son and whispered, "Thomas Clark, it's a pleasure to see you again." ”

"Hey, Walter of the Clark family, did you bring your tomahawk with you when you went out this morning?"

"Miss Isabel, how did you know I had a hand axe?"

"Walter, don't talk like that to Miss Isabel. Sir, Miss, forgive my son for being rude to you and your daughter. Thomas rebuked his eldest son, and quickly apologized to the sizzling father and daughter.

Sir Augustine, who was on the horse, nodded slightly: "Clarke, I don't blame you for your words and actions. After all, in your lives, we are just a group of people who will not get too close to you. ”

"Thomas, my father and I are still going to the Duke's castle, so let's talk as we go." Isabel glanced at Walter's father and thought he was about to ramble again.

Sir Augustine rode behind, Isabel led the horse on the right side of the road, Clark and his son walked to the left side of the road, and the four of them walked along the road south towards Nottingham Castle.

"Miss Isabel, you are the representative of the Virgin Mary in the secular world. Not only did you save my father, but you saved our family. So, from this day on, no, from now on I will be one of your attendants. Walter uttered a series of words as he walked beside his father.

After a year and a half in the North, Isabelle's vision in both eyes has become as sharp in the night as it is in the daytime. At this time, she looked at Walter, who was in a state of excitement, and said, "Listen, Walter, I am not the earthly representative of the Virgin Mary. The reason why I helped my father is because you think your father has been wronged.

If your father did commit a crime, I can only help your father to reduce the punishment, do you understand? ”

Thomas nodded and said respectfully, "Miss, in fact, many people in the village are telling each other those rumors. Perhaps, I shouldn't have said those things to the tax collectors. ”

"Yes, it's not your fault that someone told you the rumor, but if you turn around and tell someone right away, it's your fault. Thomas, be careful later. ”

Walter, who was bouncing on the far left side of the road, pulled out his tomahawk from his back and raised it in his hand to Isabel and said, "Miss, please rest assured. If anyone dares to say those things to my father again, I'll... Yes......! ”

With Walter letting out a terrible scream, Isabel immediately felt the threat of death and shouted, "Father, get off the horse!" ”

Then, without waiting for everyone to leave the road to find cover, two arrows accompanied by two "whoosh" sounds shot down from mid-air in the shape of a parabola towards the top of everyone's heads. Isabel, who had drawn her short sword and held it in her hand, looked up at one of the arrows that was shooting at her, and flicked it to the right in front of her with her short sword, and the flying arrow was blocked by her short sword and fell to the ground.

However, there was no way she could dodge the arrow that was fired at Thomas, who was turning and fleeing. Hearing a scream of "Ah......", Thomas fell to the ground with an arrow in his left calf.