Section 18 Opening Ceremony

In March, the streets of the royal capital are crowded with people, this is the most lively time of the year, and the long-famous Kingdom Knight Tournament has arrived.

The Knight Tournament is very special for the kingdom, it is the biggest celebration in the kingdom, and for this reason Connor and Fawkes have been preparing for it for more than a month. On the first day of the competition, the two were even more busy, and they went out early in the morning to arrange the ceremonies and celebrations of the competition.

Cook, dressed in a new gown and accompanied by two guards, stood quietly on the side of the road, waiting for Robit and them to arrive.

In the distance, several guards stood by a wagon full of bread, handing bread to the people in need. This was a tradition of the Knights, and on the days of the knightly tournaments, the kingdom would place many bread distribution offices in the royal capital. This is not often the case in the kingdom, and the purpose of this is to please all the people of the royal capital and to celebrate this rare kingdom celebration together, which is a common custom in the kingdom.

Two columns of knights rode slowly, dressed up in fancy clothes, like circus clowns. This is the propaganda honor guard of the knight competition, reminding the citizens that the knight competition has arrived, and calling on the citizens to actively watch. A carriage sped out of the side, and Miller poked his head out of the window and called out to Cook, "Cook, here we are." ”

Cook looked up and asked, "Oh, what about Jombus?" Didn't he come? ”

"I'm here, Cook!" Jombus quickly responded, sticking out his head and appearing behind Miller. Robit then let out a long shout, shouted at the horse to pull over to the side of the road, and then said to Cook, "Come up, Cook!" ”

Cook smiled and stepped into the carriage with his feet up.

Robit reached out and took a few silver coins from his pocket, handed them to the two guards, and said, "Cook will stay with us today, and you can find a place to go to the bar, and this is the reward for your drink." ”

The two guards took the silver coin, bowed deeply, and said, "Yes, thank you very much, Lord Robit." ”

Robit then waved his whip and drove the carriage onto another street, heading directly for Knights' Square in the west of the city.

In normal times, there are countless vendors gathered in the Knights' Square, but now that the tournament is coming, countless colorful flags are flying in the sky over the entire Knights' Square, and there are knights from all over the world, and there is no small vendor to be seen.

There were a lot of people in Knights' Square, so Robit had to pull the carriage aside and continue on foot with the three Cooks.

A baron walked up to him, and he took off his politeness very gentlemanly, and saluted respectfully: "Hello, Dear Lord Robit! ”

Robit smiled slightly, and replied casually, "How about you, Lord Baron, is my father here?" ”

The Baron pointed to the Knight's Square behind him and said, "The Duke is busy inside, and I don't think I have much time to talk to you." ”

"Okay, I got it!" After speaking, Robit bowed and said, "Thank you, Lord Baron." ”

The baron smiled back, then put on his hat and left.

The entrance to the square was crowded with people, and Robit and the others struggled to squeeze into the square, and then took a shortcut through the aristocratic passage to the seats in the stands.

This is the exclusive seat of the First Duke's Palace, with an excellent view of the whole seat, and you can sit on it and overlook the whole Knights' Square.

As soon as they took their seats, the servants next to them immediately brought countless snacks and dried fruits, which were special treatment that only the great nobles could enjoy.

At this time, Robit's brother Regis and sister Mary also arrived, and when they saw Robit, they quickly walked over.

Regis was Connor's third son, and he neither inherited Connor's hospitality nor Robitt's integrity. When he saw Miller and Jombus beside Cook, he immediately frowned, turned around and sat down on the outermost side.

Mary was the youngest, Connor's only daughter, and she didn't turn nine until the summer. Unlike her brother Regis, Mary was warm, greeting the young friends in turn, not caring about Miller and Jombus's poor births.

Regis glanced back and saw his sister Mary and Miller chatting happily, and his face showed displeasure. Regis grabbed a handful of nuts and spat out the husks as he ate them, making them all over the floor, and he was very embarrassed.

Robit knew that his younger brother was playing a bad temper again, and he didn't bother to pay attention to it, and beckoned everyone and said, "This time I also participated in the junior competition, I have to go down to participate in the square team, and I will be reviewed by His Majesty the King at that time!" Just sit here and watch the opening ceremony, dear Sister Mary, and you will entertain you all for me! ”

"Okay, Brother Robit, come on!" Mary replied cheerfully, with a pleasant smile on her face.

Robit nodded, saluted everyone, and turned to walk down the stands.

Regis glanced sideways at Mary, continued to eat the nuts in his hand, and said, "Mary, why didn't that nasty Alto come to you today?" ”

Mary was just about to say something, when suddenly a bouquet of flowers appeared in front of her, and Mary was stunned!

The person who delivered the flowers was a simplely dressed boy who should have looked about Robit's age. Mary looked at him happily, reached out to take the flowers and held them in her arms, and smiled very brightly. This person should be the Alto that Regis said, and after sending the flowers, he turned around and left without saying a word.

Cook was very curious and asked puzzledly: "Sister Mary, who is this person, he is so kind to you, and he will send you flowers!" ”。

Mary's little face flushed slightly, and she happily replied, "His name is Otto, and he is the child of our maid, and at the same time my best friend!" ”。

"Oh!" , Cook frowned again and asked, "Then why did he leave, can't he stay with you for a while?" ”

Mary pointed to the stands and replied, "He's in the junior competition like Robit's brother, and he's going to have to go over to the team to be reviewed by the king." ”

Cook looked in the direction Mary was pointing and saw Alto saluting Robit, and then the two men put on their armor and stood side by side in the square.

At this time, Regis was very dissatisfied and said: "Father is really allowed the son of a maid to participate in the knight competition!" It's just inexplicable. ”

Mary immediately rebuked, "Regis, what did you say? You dare to complain about your father, do you believe it or not, I will go to my father to teach you a lesson now? ”

Regis gave Mary a disgusted look, and then sat there honestly, not saying a word.

At this moment, a pair of aristocratic father and daughter came to them, and the aristocratic little girl was so beautiful that Jombus's face was flushed and she bowed her head in shame.

The aristocratic man introduced himself, "Hello Lord Regis, Lord Duke, hasn't he come yet?" ”

Regis squinted at him, and said impatiently: "Lord Viscount Jean, your seat doesn't seem to be here, please get out of the way, don't get in the way of me watching the knights!" ”

"Okay, okay!" , the nobleman named Jean said as he retreated, his face showing countless embarrassments.

But Mary said, "Chrissy, don't go, I'm just a girl, I'm bored, come and play with me." ”

Regis immediately objected and said: "No, this is the location of our First Duke's Palace, how can we let the Viscount's daughter come and sit!" ”

Mary looked unhappy after hearing this, and the viscount's daughter Chrissy, she was also a child of the viscount's mansion, and no one usually dared to say that about her, and the embarrassment in her heart made her face flush.

"Ignore him." Mary seemed aggressive, she got up and took Chriss's hand, and then led her back to her seat.

Seeing Regis sitting there indifferent, Mary stretched out her foot and stomped on her brother Regis hard.

Regis hurriedly took his foot away and exclaimed, "Mary, what are you doing!" ”

"You sit on the edge of me, I hate to see you." , Mary is very arrogant.

Regis hesitated for a moment, and was about to say a few words to her, but remembering that his father usually doted on her, Regis gave up resistance and reluctantly moved outside to sit down.

Jombus had been secretly watching Chrissy, and the girl had noticed Jombus when she looked back, and it could be seen from her surprised eyes that she and Jombus had known each other for a long time.

However, Chrissy did not pay attention to Jombus, but turned to Regis on the side and asked, "Hello Lord Regis, can I make friends with you?" ”

Regis glanced at her impatiently, and replied coldly: "It's good to sit for you, why is there so much nonsense!" ”

After receiving another cold reception, Chrissy's sad tears fell. Mary immediately comforted her and said, "Chrissy don't pay attention to him, he is so virtuous." Don't cry and eat some fruit! ”

As Mary comforted Chriss, a sharp-eyed Miller whispered to Cook, "Cook, look at Joonbus's eyes, what is he looking at?" ”

Cook looked at Jombus and replied directly, "I'm looking at Chrissy, what's wrong?" ”

Miller laughed silently, apparently he had noticed that Jombus liked Chrissy, but Cook hadn't fully understood what was going on at his age.

At this moment, a loud horn sounded in the square, and on the tall stand on the side, the king and many princes, accompanied by Sals and Connor, slowly walked out! All the nobles and people in the stands stood up in an uproar and bowed to the king.

King Furyk stepped forward slowly, stretched out his hand to support the wall, and said in a pleasant tone, "Welcome everyone to gather together and participate in this annual royal knight competition." This time, we will not be too long-winded, but we will treat you to bread and wine, so let's get started right away! ”

After listening to the cheers, the square was full of excitement.

Connor then stepped forward and shouted, "Queue up!" ”

After Connor finished speaking, there was a loud horn sound in the square, followed by countless horses' hooves at the entrance, and a group of young knights lined up into the square.

Suddenly, the crowd became boiling, and lively applause erupted all around, and the whole square was full of enthusiasm.

In the square, there were shouts of long live the king, long live knight, long live the knight kingdom! The shouts echoed in the square one after another, countless flowers were sprinkled by enthusiastic people, and flower petals flew everywhere over the arena! This kind of romantic scene may only appear in the knightly kingdom, and everyone can't help but applaud and shout loudly!