In the silence of the night, a few flickering candles lit up the spacious living room in the Asker Manor, and the yellow flame produced by the burning of paraffin wax was so insignificant, so small. But it was such a weak light that warmed the hearts of everyone present.

It is clear that Sir Augustin Walton was interested in the alternative views of his new knightly squire. Although he was only mentally and intellectually prepared for a rainy day, it seemed that this issue should not be considered by him and his knightly squires. At the moment, the person who really needs to think about this issue is Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond with royal blood, who lives in Nottingham Castle.

As for the fact that the new knight's squire sympathized with his groom, Sir thought it was a natural occurrence. If it were him, he believed he would do the same. The most important question at the moment was whether his female knight squire from the European continent was really loyal to his young noble lord. It seems that this requires Isabel Walton to face her soul in front of the Lord and accept the Lord's interrogation of her.

Although the final sentence had been given to Isabel for the manslaughter of His Royal Highness the Duke's servants, Sir still believed that baptism, confession, and sacrament must be used to pardon Isabel's "murder", the great sin of "murder", which deprived her of the grace of sainthood, that is, the capital crime. The question of how to pardon is to be concluded after the necessary discussion with Father Boniface Thomas of Richmondshire.

Early tomorrow morning he will return to Nottingham Castle with his newly appointed knightly squire, Isabel Walton. In addition to training Isabel as a squire for tomorrow's business, he will also discuss with His Royal Highness the Duke about holding a ceremony of submission.

Sir stopped drinking, and as he put down his glass, he looked at the new squire across from him and said, "Isabel, I don't think you have any objection to the upcoming ceremony of submission, do you?" ”

Isabel pondered for a few seconds and said, "No objections. I fully agree with this matter that requires me to swear allegiance to His Highness. ”

"Isabel, I need you to understand that once you have sworn allegiance, there will be a master-slave relationship between you and Your Highness. That is, Your Highness will become your lord, and you will be willing to serve your lord. This master-slave relationship will continue until the end of the life of the master and slave participating in the ceremony, and the contract will automatically end. ”

"Yes, sir, I understand."

"Another point is that if the successor of the deceased party wants to continue the contract, he must re-perform the surrender ceremony."

"Understood, sir. Henry, no, what if His Royal Highness the Duke wants you to be his agent for the ceremony of submission? ”

"It's absolutely not going to work. Both parties must be physically present for the ceremony to take effect. ”

Isabel didn't have much of an opinion, and in her opinion, this surrender ceremony was probably similar to taking the oath of American citizenship. Nodding his head, he said, "Yes, Sir." So, can I know how this ritual of surrender should be performed? ”

Augustine simply said, "I will tell you this question tomorrow after the audience with His Highness." ”

Then Sir looked at the hour on the French clockwork, and said to her, "Isabel, do you know what you should do as a Catholic about your murder of Your Highness's janitor?" ”

Isabel, who was already very tired, forcibly held back the yawn that was about to come out, swallowed it back hard, and said with a serious expression: "I know that I can only be forgiven of my sins after baptism, confession, and sacraments. ”

"Very good, your answer is still satisfactory. I hope that after this Sunday's Mass presided over by a priest, there will be a forgiveness ceremony for you. ”

"Sir, is it Father Thomas who is presiding over and giving the Mass?"

"Yes, how do you know?"

"Hughes the Night's Watch has said something about Father Thomas."

Augustine then called the servant who was guarding the door to lead the butler into the drawing-room. Sir said to the butler, "Bruce, you can lead Miss Walton to the storeroom later to get some of the squire's clothes and articles that are sufficient for her to change." ”

Mr. Harder agreed, "Yes, sir." So, what rank is Miss Walton's squire? ”

"Squire. However, she doesn't need to do the matter of changing clothes in daily life. ”

"Yes, Sir."

Augustine glanced at the time displayed on the French clockwork and said to the lady-in-waiting, who was standing on the side of the fireplace, "Wait outside my room at six o'clock tomorrow morning." Remember what you will do at this time of the day, Isabel, until the moment you are with God in paradise. ”

Isabel said, "Yes, sir. ”

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On Sir Augustine's orders, the butler Mr. Harder led Isabel to the treasury to collect the application items of the knight's squire. When the two returned from the storeroom, Isabel had several extra clothes on her hands and shoulders.

Bruce led her to the door of a small room not far from the Jazz Room, took out a large bunch of keys from her body, picked one out of them and opened the door. When Isabel walked into the room with her clothes wrapped in her arms, she looked back and forth and said, "Mr. Harder, is this my own room?" ”

Bruce said calmly, "For the time being." It should be said that this is the room where the knightly squires of the knights of the knights lived. ”

"Well, for me it's pretty good, at least it's better than the monastery rooms."

"Squire, it's eight hours until six o'clock tomorrow morning, you'd better rest early."

"Of course. Uh, Mr. Harder, where's the restroom? ”

"Bathroom? What do you mean? ”

Isabel noticed that the modern words had slipped out of her mouth again, and she smiled and said, "Monsieur Hader, this is a new word I learned in the monastery, and the priests of the monastery of Montserrat always describe the place of convenience. ”

Bruce nodded and said, "Well, as a believer, you really shouldn't casually doubt what the priest said. Well, you can walk through the courtyard all the way north and you'll find a comfortable place. ”

As the butler was about to turn away, Isabel stopped him, "Mr. Harder, as far as I can see, there is probably only one clock in the whole manor, and you know I mean the one that is in the drawing-room. ”

Bruce looked at her thoughtfully and said, "Yes, it is a precious gift from His Highness to the lord. Squire, what do you want to say? ”

Isabel laughed and said, "Without a clock, how do I know that when I wake up, it's before six o'clock in the morning?" ”