Chapter 128: The Flower of Knights
At Aquitaine's court, busy servants are packing up belongings belonging to Prince Richard.
The territory inherited from the mother had been run by the Duke for several years, but not much was left behind.
Prince Richard's real asset is the armament in his arsenal.
Piles of knights' swords and armor, as well as a large number of spears belonging to the peasant soldiers, were transported.
The current Duke of Aquitaine's martial belligerence swept away the style of the previous two lords.
The extravagant court decorations were removed, the duke's treasurer was emptied, and all of them were replaced with a whole ship ready for war.
Presumably, the Duke's mother, Queen Eleanor, would have been speechless when she knew that all the taxes in her domain were being used in exchange for armaments.
Aquitaine, who gave birth to the world's first bard, William IX, is known as the 'Land of Love' and the 'Center of the World' as the European art center, but now Richard's military base.
The famous Prince of England was stationed here with his two brothers, Henry, Duke of Normandy and Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany.
The silver armor was already on, and Richard tightened his helmet and strapped his sword to it.
The prince's attendants fastened their belts for their monarch, and Richard held his waist and looked at himself in the mirror.
"It was just perfect!"
The Knight in the Mirror Image is one of the noblest bloodlines of the continent, a fearless warrior praised by all.
Silver shining armor, with a conical spear in one hand, a heraldic shield in the other, and a sword straddling at his waist.
"Your Highness, you have a spirit that is unrivaled in the world!"
Although Richard was complimented by his own attendants, he was unmoved, and his face was flat.
"If your level on the battlefield is as good as your mouth, then you are not far from being promoted to the nobility!"
"My Highness, I won't let you down!"
Here Richard packed his bags and was preparing to go to Bordeaux tomorrow to meet with the Eastern Empire's envoys.
"Stand down, let me see everything here!"
The land that gave birth to him and the land that nurtured him is so beautiful.
Except for the missing fireplace weapons, the rest of the items in the court remained the same.
"I'm about to say goodbye here, and I'm really a little reluctant."
Richard is attached to every inch of his time here, and the bits and pieces of his childhood years.
Maybe never come back!
Gently, someone pushed the door open and came in, although the effort was reduced, but for the warriors, they could not escape their ears and eyes.
"I said, let you out!"
The prince was slightly displeased, and Stephen had served him for a long time, and should not be unaware of his temper.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness!"
"I'm not here to listen to your reprimand!"
Looking back, Prince Richard was shocked to find that the person who had come was not his subordinate.
"William!"
With a trembling voice, the man in front of Richard's eyes, William Marshall, the knightly flower of the Kingdom of England.
In the future, he assisted four kings of the Anjou family, three generations of monarchs, and famous noble knights.
"You didn't serve my brother in Normandy, how did you get here?"
The prince pressed the sword in his hand, and the slight burst of green tendons could make people discover the unpeace in his heart at this time.
William Marshall is the protector of the royal brother, the adjutant of the Crown Prince of England, and the king's most trusted minions!
"Your Highness!"
"Don't try to defeat me with your sword!"
"You should know that you can't win me!"
The man opposite, Richard's Nightmare, William Marshall, the royal director of the Kingdom of England.
There is also an identity, the knight champion two years ago, the undefeated legend of the man who defeated all the knights in England and France, and broke the hearts of all girls.
It should be said that he was not completely undefeated, but since he was a fledgling and served under the command of the Count of Patrick and was captured by the defeat of the French army, this man has never failed again.
Eleanor, Queen of England at the time, witnessed the man's heroic deeds.
While all the knights of the House of Anjou cowered and faltered, William Marshall rushed out.
With one enemy and one hundred, fight bravely, even if you are outnumbered, you will never retreat.
Queen Eleanor ransomed him with a lot of money!
"Only such a loyal warrior is worthy of the title of knight!"
Such praise is dedicated to the bravest warrior of the kingdom.
And Prince Richard was defeated by this man and was choked by him.
"How did you get into my dormitory?"
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After a long silence, the prince remembered something.
When the three brothers raised an army together against their father, King Henry, Queen Eleanor also led troops to support.
However, the result was much to everyone's surprise, and Queen Eleanor was taken to London in her own army.
So much so that for fifteen years, Richard never saw his mother again.
What a joke!
The commander of the first army was kidnapped in his barracks, and the whereabouts of the army were leaked!
Although the prince tried to investigate the matter after inheriting his mother's domain, he was ultimately unable to do so.
Aquitaine's court has a power that belongs to King Anjevan, and it is strong enough to influence the succession of lords.
Even if it is his own wife and children, King Henry will not let them go freely and let them become the bane of the split family.
"It seems that my father already knows that I am leaving!"
"William, tell me, what are you going to do?"
"Send me to my father?"
Richard accosted as he drew his knight's sword and prepared for battle.
The prince would never give his life to anyone other than his mother.
"Your Highness!"
"Please put down your sword!"
Polite and polite, this is the military aristocracy who has received Norman baptism and French education.
William Marshall knew the art of how to survive in the royal family, not to get too involved in the battle between these fathers and sons, and to choose carefully to avoid getting caught up in the maelstrom.
He could swing his sword at the prince, only if his monarch had commanded him to do so.
"You're still so ruthless!"
"Beneath the gentle exterior is a flame as hot as magma."
"But for me to surrender, you must break my sword!"
The Prince of England was so confident that he did not know how much William's army was, but he would never kill himself.
A one-on-one fight, a fight against William Marshall, he had been waiting for a long time.
Slowly drawing his sword, the knight's flower of England has a left hand on the back of the waist, and a long sword in the right hand is obliquely fingered, a standard fighting skill.
"William, you will pay the price for your pride and complacency!"
Richard glared at his opponent viciously, and if he could, he wanted to cut off the handsome knight's head.
It was the contempt of the other side that made the prince extremely unhappy.