Augustin Walton was silent and pondered the words of his knight student, and then said, "Isabel, do you think hunting is dangerous?" I mean, when the knights, hounds, and falcons drove their prey into the hunting grounds, the nobles and the knights were about to take action. ”

Isabel didn't think about it, so she blurted out: "Sir, any activity has a certain danger. The question is how to minimize the danger in the activity. ”

"Isabel, what would you do if you were asked to hunt a very large animal, such as a wild boar, a bear, or a deer?"

"I will continue to strengthen my hunting skills before hunting, and I will be more aware of the dangers based on the previous experience of the knights. Because the larger the size of the animal I hunt, the more trouble and danger I will encounter. ”

Isabel added: "This trouble and danger is not only caused by the resistance and attack of the animals themselves, but also by the natural environment in which they lived. For example, cliffs hidden behind grass and trees, swamps covered with wild grass, natural caves. Most regrettably, hunters can also cause unnecessary injuries when hunting animals. ”

Augustine smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to learn so much about hunting in one night." ”

"Sir, you just asked me how I managed to hunt a very large animal, and I really didn't know what to do."

"It's normal. This is because hunting a wild boar is a very large animal, and it takes a lot of knights, hounds and falcons to be successful. ”

Augustine looked at the still pale sky outside, stood up and said, "Isabel, now you should start practicing your archery skills." ”

Isabel agreed, and walked out of the quarters with the English longbow and quiver containing 24 arrows she had received the night before. As he followed Sir to an archery training ground on the east side of the Guard's quarters, Augustine looked at her from one side and said, "Isabel, can you tell me why the English longbow is so long?" ”

By this time, Isabel had put a protective holster on the knuckles of her fingers. In his left hand, he holds the back of a longbow 6 feet (about 1.83 meters) long, and draws an arrow from the quiver standing on the ground, which has a long range and is made of lighter wood. Looking at the knight on the right, he said, "I can't think of a better reason than to increase the power of the arrow." ”

"Not bad. So, which do you think is more powerful compared to the English longbow or the European bow? ”

"Of course, it's a longbow, because most bows in Europe are only 4 feet (about 1.22 meters) long. So, I can imagine how Henry V led the outnumbered English to defeat the French at the Battle of Agincourt in the Hundred Years' War. ”

"Very good, now let me see your strength."

Isabel Walton nodded, and took her position on the starting ray. Aim your left shoulder at your target, hold your bow in your left hand, and keep your feet shoulder-width apart. Then, place the weight of your body evenly on your feet and lean forward slightly.

When she completed the series of preparatory actions of arranging the arrow, pulling the string, pre-pulling, opening the bow, and aiming, while the right shoulder continued to exert force, the three fingers of the right hand of the string quickly opened, and immediately shot an arrow......

To Isabel's surprise, her lightweight arrow hit just 1 inch (2.54 centimeters) from the bull's-eye of the humanoid. According to her previous assumptions, an arrow must hit the bull's-eye to be qualified.

But in Augustine's eyes, her first shot was almost as good as the best longbowman he had ever seen. Because at this time, the requirements for the selection of archers in England's longbow troops were very simple, and they only needed to shoot a humanoid target 200 yards (about 183 meters) away to be considered qualified.

"Smack... Syllable... Slap ......" came a slow, rhythmic applause from behind the clearing. Augustine looked back, and hurriedly stood and saluted the comer, and said, "Good day, Lord Lancashire." ”

Isabel put down the longbow in her hand, turned around and saluted, "Good day, Lord Lancashire." ”

Jacob Wycliffe, who was followed by a valet with short blond-brown hair and dressed in aristocratic attire, stepped forward and said with a smile, "Good day, Sir Augustine." To my surprise, you didn't go to the hunt today. ”

Augustine replied respectfully, "This is an arrangement made by His Highness, so I will obey His Highness's orders." ”

"It's okay, sir. Uh, who is this lady? I didn't expect her archery skills to be so good. ”

"Lord Lord, this is Isabel Walton, my knightly squire."

"Sir, how did I not know you also have a daughter named Isabel?"

Previously, Isabel had heard Augustine introduce the origin of a young man, who was Jacob, Earl of Lancashire, the Governor of Lancashire? Wycliffe. It was because of the sudden and untimely death of the old earl that he was able to inherit the title of nobility and the domain.

At this time, Jacob, who was gentle and polite, with a charming smile on his face, came to her, nodded slightly, and then smiled and said, "Lady Isabel, please forgive my presumptuousness. Allow me to introduce myself, I am Jacob Wycliffe, Governor of Lancashire. ”

Isabel nodded and said, "Why didn't Lord go to the hunting event held by His Highness?" ”

"There's still a lot of time and opportunity to go fox hunting during the long winter, isn't it?"

"Yes, Lord Lord. Not only can you hunt foxes, but you can also hunt even more exciting and large prey. ”

"Ms. Isabel, you said it very well."

After Jacob finished speaking, he turned to look at Augustine and said, "Sir, were you teaching Ms. Isabel archery just now?" ”

Augustine nodded and said, "Yes, today is Isabel Walton's first archery training. ”

"Good. Uh, sir, why don't we let Ms. Isabel continue her archery activities? ”

"Yes, Lord Lord."

After saluting Jacob, Isabel returned to her position on the beam and continued her archery training. Jacob nodded slightly to Sir as he signaled that he had something to say.

The two came to the side of the archery training ground, and Jacob observed Isabel and asked softly, "Sir, is she your illegitimate daughter?" What I don't understand is that even if she is your illegitimate daughter, you can't make her your knight's squire!? ”

Augustine found it difficult to answer the Count's words, and after thinking about it, he replied truthfully: "My lord, in fact, she has nothing to do with the Waltons, and she is not my illegitimate daughter, she is only a Burgundian from the Duchy of Andorra in Europe. ”

"Oh...? It turned out that she was a Burgundian. So, how did she become your knightly squire? ”

"Your Excellency, Your Highness knows a few things about her. I think you can get the answer you want from Your Highness. ”

"The Duke is hunting the first fox of his life, and I'm afraid he's more interested in foxes."