For the war itself, Isabel Walton does not feel strange and afraid. At least while studying how to become a Navy or Marine Corps officer at the Naval Academy, she can get a sense of what war is from the various naval training and exercises she conducts each summer.

However, for those who are dragged into the whirlpool of war and have certain kinship and social relations with her, a spiritual combination of various bad emotions such as worry, worry, and worry will arise in her heart and mind. Such as Sir Augustine's eldest son, Ernest Walton, her titular brother. and Caroline Swift, the eldest daughter of Viscount Darlington, a young aristocratic woman who needs her atonement.

As for her female friend Frances's husband, the Earl of Surrey, her boss and young boss the Duke of Richmond, who paid her a generous annual salary, and the Earl of Lancashire, who wanted to have an affair with her, these high-ranking nobles who were also involved in the war were not the ones she feared. Because once the war began, these nobles would definitely take up high-ranking command positions such as commanders, and would not rush to the front line like an ordinary knight or sergeant to endure the ravages of all kinds of cold weapons until death.

On the other hand, she knew very well that the local war in the country, which worried Henry VIII and the nobles, or the military action to suppress the rebellion, would not take place. At least under the leadership of Robert Asker, a lawyer who had a crush on her, the war would not have broken out.

When the Duke of Richmond's letter to Henry VIII was sent to the City of London, and she approached the Duke to tell him what she wanted to do next, the Duke asked her to go with her to a walk in a grove near the northern walls of Lincoln Castle.

As the two walked through the grove, Henry Fitzroy said gently, "Well, what you want to tell me is how to get your brother Ernest out of trouble?" ”

Isabel glanced at the Duke in thought, "Yes, Lord Surrey's men have detected that many northern nobles have stationed troops near Pontefrekett Castle, so I want to take him away from the battlefield before His Majesty sends troops to suppress the rebellion." ”

"It's great that you can think of rescuing your loved ones. However, your father used to tell me that the lord whom Ernest swore allegiance to was Lord Carlisle, do you think Lord Carlisle would let him leave the army? ”

The Duke of Richmond's question is a very real one, especially in the north, where loyalty is strong. Leaving Ernest Walton alone on his lord would be a far worse consequence than killing him with a sword. In the words of the North: this is betrayal, this is disgrace, this is a very despicable act that will be cursed endlessly.

Isabel Walton, who was at a loss, pondered for a long time and hesitated, "Henry, do you think you can convince Lord Carlisle to lead his army out of the battlefield?" ”

"Lord Carlyle's allegiance is Lord Cumberland, Governor of Cumberland, and the Cumberland family is devout Catholic, from the patriarch to the youngest tenant farmer. Do you want such a Catholic aristocrat to easily abandon his thousand-year-old Catholic faith with his retainer Lord Carlisle, who shares the same faith, and turn to the Anglican sect that the northern aristocracy wants to overthrow? ”

"God, what can I do so that my parents and Effie don't grieve up?" Extremely helpless, Isabel raised her head and yelled loudly.

The Duke of Richmond also found it difficult to deal with the problems that made Isabel very sad. He walked up to Isabel and said with a smile, "I remember you also have a younger brother Alfred, do you think he can have the inheritance of the Walton family?" ”

The duke's intention was to make her give up the eldest son of the family, Ernest, and instead regard the second son as the heir of the family. Isabel squinted at him, "No, I won't give up until I lose hope completely." ”

"If this is the case, pray to God that His Majesty the King will not execute the leader of the rebellion and his deputy. Of course, if Ernest wasn't his deputy, he could have saved his life. ”

"Well, that's all I have to do. Henry, one more thing, I want to rescue Lord Darlington's eldest daughter. ”

The Duke of Richmond looked at her in amazement as he walked into the grove: "You mean Miss Carolyn Swift?" This is a rebellion, this is a military operation, there is no way she can join the ranks of the rebels too, right? ”

Isabel knew Caroline's temper and personality well, shook her head and said, "Maybe." If her father, Lord Darlington, had joined the rebellion, she would have gone to Pont Frector Castle. ”

"What are you going to do next?"

"Henry, I would like to go to Lord Darcy's castle in the days that His Majesty has written to you, find Ernest and Caroline, and try to persuade them to stay away from this rebellious war."

"If the two of you don't plan to stay away from the rebellion, you must come back safely. Isabel, I don't want you to be hurt either. ”

"I'm grateful to you, Henry." After Isabel finished speaking, she hugged the Duke of Richmond tightly.

With the support of the noble army, squires, clergy, and populace of the eight northern counties and Lincolnshire, a rebellion led by Robert Aske and others had begun a new round of operations inside and outside the castle of Baron Darcy I. Not only did the rebellion grow stronger, but the total number of people who joined the rebels reached more than 90,000.

In order to increase the bargaining chips in negotiations with Henry VIII, the rebels also captured many local nobles, knights, officials, and family members of squires in Yorkshire as hostages. This included Henry VIII's future sixth wife, who married her second husband, Catherine Parr, Lady of Latimer III, Baron Latimer III of Yorkshire, in 1534.

On 14 October, the second day of the rebel contingent's base camp at Pontefreket Castle. At 9 o'clock in the morning, Isabel Walton, who was heavily armed, took a letter written for her by the Duke of Richmond, and led 10 quasi-lancers who were responsible for her security on horseback, and galloped in the dark towards the castle of Baron Darcy I, who was more than five hours away.

At sunrise that afternoon, Isabel led the would-be lancers on the road to Pontefreket's Castle, when they were stunned by the large blackened army tents stationed on both sides of the road.

A few non-commissioned officers stood on both sides of the road, observing the new cavalry squad. On the grass between several tents, a bare-chested would-be lancer wielding a two-handed double-edged battle axe to train with his colleagues oversaw them. He came to the side of the road with a tomahawk in his hand and shouted to the crowd, "Hey, who are you?" ”

Isabel, wearing a silver mask, glanced at him, and one of the would-be lancers riding beside her rebuked, "My companions and I owe allegiance to His Royal Highness the Duke of Richmond, who are you?" ”