Chapter 19, An Uncertain Future
For some reason, practicing with Chris, Arthur felt that his swordsmanship had improved a lot.
The fighting style of the Westeros is furious, brave, and savage in skill, maximizing the advantages of body and strength, and a half-grown boy under the age of thirteen is not as strong as an adult's body and strength.
But after a few encounters, he immediately understood how to make up for his shortcomings, and the more he fought, the more he realized how to rely on the advantages of body and strength, combined with swordsmanship skills to attack and defend.
Looking at the tip of the practice sword that stopped in front of him, from being easily defeated, to holding a few moves, then moving back to the situation, and then gaining the upper hand, and now losing to Arthur, Chris couldn't help but praise his amazing speed of progress: "You have a lot of talent for swordsmanship. ”
Arthur said modestly, "I should thank you for your guidance." ”
Chris shook his head and said, "No, don't be modest, I didn't instruct you anything, you can win me by your own mind and talent." ”
"Hehe, thank you for your appreciation, do you want to continue?" Arthur is not a person who is swollen after being crossed in a few sentences, and he knows very well that his swordsmanship has only reached the elementary level, and he still needs to continue to improve hard.
Chris pondered for a moment and proposed, "Just practicing like this won't really help you, you should fight more opponents, be trained by the military system, and then experience a real battle of life and death." ”
"Only by experiencing life and death can people grow into true warriors and strong men!"
Should it be said that it is really a future soldier who is going to serve in the Legion? Such a murderous proposal suits most people, but not Arthur.
Because he is used to being comfortable, he doesn't want to experience any life and death at all.
In the future, I will not become a soldier on the battlefield, learning swordsmanship is just for self-defense, there is no need to go through any army training, kill people and grow into a real warrior.
So he was full of helplessness and said, "You know that I am going to school in the future." ”
Chris was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then nodded slowly, said no more, and continued with his sword ready to go.
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The sun darkens, the moon rises and sets, and time passes silently in peace.
After completing the paperwork assigned by Prime Minister Eddard, Arthur gets free time again.
I have to say that this duke of the north is a bit rigid in his life and work, obviously the emperor assigned himself to him as an attendant, and he can do any official and miscellaneous duties as he wants, but he tries to do everything himself, and the official affairs are handled by himself, and the miscellaneous affairs are handled by the original subordinates.
The workshop was on track, and Arthur, who had nothing to do, was very uncomfortable when he was idle.
Because I had nothing to do, I felt like I had suddenly lost my bearings.
Reading?
It's really a good way to pass the time.
However, he has a strong memory and strong learning ability, and he has basically finished reading the practical books in the Red Fort, the knowledge books that can be watched, as well as the history of the empire, the history of the previous dynasties and the history of the ancestors, and the genealogy books of the major nobles.
After all, in this world, the nobility and the school city of Wislot have a monopoly on knowledge, and many books cannot be read casually.
So he's very bored.
The cloudy sky and the shadows are spread on the ground by the floating light, making it a great place to go out.
Passing by the courtyard, I saw Anne on duty, who was four or five meters away, following the blonde Princess Messira behind the princess's aristocratic female companion, looking at them with an expressionless face.
Politely greeting the princess and the noble ladies, Arthur walked over to the only friend in the Red Keep and handed over the mince pancakes that had been prepared in the kitchen for a short time: "Taste it." ”
Anne said with a serious face: "I'm on duty." ”
"Princess, they won't mind. Arthur said, Princess Messira, they really don't care, they don't look at it when they salute, and they don't look back now.
"Okay. Anne took his pancakes and walked around in her family heirloom armor, her physical exertion was a lot, and she certainly wouldn't let go of eating to replenish it, not to mention that the pancakes were delicious.
"Look at the road!"
Arthur, who had nothing to do, was about to accompany Anne for a while, when a noble young man with a proud expression walked quickly, but deliberately bumped into Arthur head-on and knocked him to a stumbling side.
There was also a group of gentlemen behind this aristocratic young man who watched playfully, and when he saw Arthur being hit, one of them immediately said in a strange manner: "Ethan, you bumped into the future bachelor, why don't you apologize quickly? If you don't apologize, you'll be finished, he is a master who killed five bandits!"
The mocking tone of the owe did not mean the slightest apology, but rather a deep contempt and disgust.
They're here to find fault!
Arthur, an illegitimate son who had no right to inherit, did some business, made some money, and climbed to the top of the nobility, so he arrogantly disdained them, the royal nobles who were active in King's Landing, and offended the noble crown prince Joffrey.
met him here, Ethan, in order to please the future emperor, in order to vent a bad breath, immediately came over to find fault, ready to take the opportunity to teach him a good lesson!
"Yes, he is still an illegitimate child who doesn't use the surname Weishui, his identity is extraordinary, if you don't apologize, you will be unlucky!" said another young man.
Hearing this, Ethan's arrogant face was full of contempt, and he raised his hand and poked Arthur's chest with his fingers: "Don't say that you haven't become a bachelor yet, even if you become a bachelor in the future, you will still be a servant serving us!"
What qualifications do you have as a servant to apologize to me as a master?
Do you dare me to apologize?"
"Ethan's words are so right, I don't think he's a college scholar!"
"What? Didn't Lord Arthur recruit three hundred mercenaries to form a guard and become the lord of which territory?"
"Hahaha~ That's right, he's the Great Lord of the Workshop!"
Seeing that these unlearned straw bales dared to laugh at Arthur like this, Anne suddenly became unhappy and wanted to teach their family how to behave.
"Don't be impulsive. ”
Watching these aristocratic clown-like clumsy performances, Arthur's heart did not fluctuate, and stopped Anne who wanted to stand up for himself, and quietly told her that in the corridor on the second floor of the castle not far away, a figure with blond hair was secretly watching.
That's Joffrey!
Arthur didn't have to guess to know that these squires who came to find fault were instructed by him behind his back.
Seeing that the calm Arthur did not say anything, his face showed anger, and he stretched out his hand to the sword at his waist, and Anne, who wanted to stand up for him, suddenly disappeared from anger, and Ethan frowned suddenly.
He didn't want to lose this opportunity to perform in front of the crown prince, and as soon as his eyes rolled, he shifted his goal.
He sneered arrogantly and said viciously to Anne: "What, you want to do it to me? Why don't you dare to do it all of a sudden? Are you afraid that I will take a group of men to help you get rid of your identity as a stone *|nv and become a woman?"
"Don't!"
Hearing Ethan's words, Anne immediately lost her mind, drew her sword and slashed at him, so frightened that Arthur hurriedly kicked the dead girl away, and then hugged the girl who was angry and out of control, constantly swinging her sword to attack.
"Calm down, Annie!"
Ethan, who was kicked down, was still slashed in the chest by the tip of the sword, and the wound was not deep but bloody, and his mind was blank and he sat on the ground with fright.
This straw bale just wanted to teach Arthur a lesson, and behaved in front of Crown Prince Joffrey, and never thought that angering Anne next to Arthur would be in danger of her life!
"How dare she do it? Let's get on it!" The aristocratic young man who had been talking in a strange way was stunned when he saw this, and immediately shouted back to his senses and asked his companion to draw his sword and step forward.
Finding that these gentlemen were drawing their swords and rushing towards them, Arthur immediately let go of Anne: "Be careful, they are rushing towards us!"
"Zheng Zheng" A few golden and iron resonances sounded.
Without Arthur's restraints, an angry Anne slashed at the fastest rushing mad tiger like a mad tiger out of the gate.
This straw bag swordsmanship is commonplace, and it has been in and out of various female branches of King's Landing all the year round, and its body is as empty as a soft-footed crab, unable to block Anne's slash, and even the long sword in his hand is knocked away, and then he is kicked down.
This group of noble straw bales is used to being pampered, and although there are many people and they are menacing, they can also bully those who have not touched the sword.
Against a well-trained knight?
Even Anne, an underage female knight, they can't beat it!
Seeing the angry Anne swinging her sword with a mad force, and knocking down one of them in the blink of an eye, she was immediately frightened and did not dare to approach again.
The aristocratic young man who spoke in a strange manner looked at Arthur at this time, and said loudly: "Hiding behind a woman, what kind of man are you?
...... To be continued......