Section 80 My Family Coat of Arms
Under the girl's gaze, Arold shot a few more arrows but didn't hit, not even as good as the previous shots, the girl couldn't help laughing, her body almost fell on her back, which made Arold's movements more and more stiff, Arold had to stop practicing and look at the girl who was laughing at herself on the side.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I just don't think there are very many knights who can't even draw a bow." The girl forced a smile and said embarrassedly.
"Isn't it so funny that you can't draw a bow? And you're here to seriously affect my mood. Arold said with some annoyance.
"You can be when I don't exist." The girl pretended to turn her head to look aside, but where was Sir Ivan's stable, there was really nothing to see except a few horses.
"Damn." Arold frowned, he pulled the arrow but released it again, the bow and arrow had a higher skill than the crossbow, although Yves taught him how to use the bow and arrow, but it was only a hasty teaching of some basic things, and it was still difficult to shoot the bull's-eye.
"Maybe you should relax your shoulders." The girl glanced at it, as if she was talking to herself, but of course Arold understood that it was said to herself, so he relaxed his shoulders as the girl said.
"Whoosh~~~." This time, Arold clearly felt that his movements were much more coherent than before, and the arrow hit the target, although it did not hit the bull's-eye, but it was not far off.
"Great." Putting down the bow in his hand, Arold felt that his bow and arrow shot so well for the first time, and the girl seemed to smile happily, Arold thought about it and suddenly strode towards the girl.
"What's wrong? Hurry up and practice, this place will be occupied by the servants in a few moments. The girl looked up at Arrod who had walked in front of her, tilted her head to look at him, and said.
"Please teach me archery." Arold put his left hand on his heart, bowed to the girl, and said.
"What? Are you going to let your woman teach you archery? The girl was stunned, she just couldn't look at Arrod's clumsy archery skills, so she said a word or two, but she didn't expect Arold to let her teach him archery, and she didn't care at all about the ridicule she had just made to him.
"My biggest takeaway in this era is that if you want to gain the respect of others, you must first have strong skills." Arold said to the girl sincerely, as a military nobleman, if you can't be proficient in all kinds of weapons, there is no way to go to the battlefield to fight, even if you rely on authority to command soldiers will not be convincing, people in this era advocate people who fight bravely.
"Okay." The girl felt that the young knight in front of her was really a strange person, and that some of the ordinary knights might be polite to women, but it was the pity of the self-righteous strong for the weak, and he did not stand on an equal footing at all, but Arold was not like this, his kind of egalitarian attitude was natural, which was why many people were willing to associate with this young knight, and they regarded Arold as their friend.
After the girl agreed to Arrod's request, she began to teach him archery very seriously, teaching Arold how to step along, how to use the tension of his arm muscles correctly, and laughing heartily because of Arold's clumsiness, and the servants on the side would bow to the girl and Arold when they passed by, but Arold found that they were not surprised that the girl was dressed like a man.
"Why are you wearing leather armor that only men wear?" During the interval between practicing the bow and arrow, Arold asked curiously to the girl who was sitting next to him.
"Because it's so easy to move, and my father always wanted a son, but he was unlucky to have a daughter like me." The girl held the bow and arrow, and plucked the string with her slender fingers, making an increased sound, as if a musician was playing her instrument.
"You must be the bravest woman here." Arrod became more and more interested in this hearty girl, and he couldn't help but admire.
"Hmph, do you think I'm rude?" But I don't know what the road is for, when Arold finished speaking, the girl suddenly turned her face, she threw the practice bow on Arold's body, and stood up angrily and left the bow and arrow training ground.
"Hey, I, that's not what I meant." Arold slapped himself in the mouth in annoyance, it was really an otaku who did not change his nature, what to say to a girl bravely, he wanted to catch up and ask the girl's name, but she walked like a gust of wind, and soon the hot ponytail disappeared around the corner between the buildings.
Helplessly, Arold took the two bows, and practiced for a while, but he felt that he was not at all as interested as he had just been, so he put away the bow and went listlessly into the lord's house, where his father was chatting with Sir Ivan, and when Baron Wendell saw Arrod, he beckoned to him to come closer.
"Arrod, I was discussing the story of the family coat of arms with Sir Ivan, and it occurred to me that you are a nobleman with the title of earl, and that it is customary for you to design your own heraldic banner to represent your family. Our family usually uses lions as their coat of arms, and you can think of it from here, and Sir Evan's territory happens to have a master heraldic maker in his domain, and we can ask him to help you make a banner of your own. Baron Wendell, with a proud voice, said to Arrold that even if he was an earl without land, that noble title was something that no one could despise.
"Oh, their own coat of arms?" When Arold suddenly heard this, the depression in his heart was swept away, on the one hand, he belonged to his own coat of arms, on the other hand, he could represent his own glory and history, and he could pass on to his sons, grandsons, great-grandchildren, and great coats of arms from generation to generation, how could he not feel excited, and hurriedly promised Baron Wendell, strode back to his room, and was engrossed in thinking about how to design his own coat of arms.
Arold thought that the lion is the traditional coat of arms of the Wendell family, and also represents the meaning of the brave warrior, there seems to be no problem in choosing the lion as the main pattern, but he doesn't want to use the lion of the Wendell family's color anymore, he thinks that using a black male lion as the main pattern is more ferocious, and the right front paw of the male lion should hold a carbine, representing chivalry, and the lion's left front paw holds a book, representing wisdom and knowledge, of course, later some people misunderstood that it is the Bible, representing piety, And Arold never took the initiative to explain.
"The black lion, well, looks good, but Lord Arrod, you must add a notched moon in the corner of the pattern, which represents the identity of your second son." The heraldic maker with a goatee suggested to Arrod.
"The notched moon, can't you add it?" Arrod's brow furrowed, and he said to the heraldic maker.
"I'm sorry my lord, but the coat of arms is an important item that can make people see your family and origin at a glance, so there are strict rules, please see, I made it completely in accordance with the rules for the management of the coat of arms of the nobles of the empire." The heraldic maker pulls out a thick set of parchment books and flips through them in an attempt to convince Arold.
"Okay, okay." Arold didn't want to discuss the origin of the coat of arms with an old pedant, he waved his hand impatiently, as long as he could make his own coat of arms, it would be okay to add a missing moon in the corner.
"Good lord, I will make your family heraldic wood badge for you at once, and your banner, of course, because I have been disturbing Sir Ivan's territory for many days, and these are all free. However, if you need to make a family smock for your knights in the future, the coat of arms on it needs to be made at the local heraldic guild, and the local guild will charge according to the standard of the local guild. The heraldic maker said to Arold with a very experienced attitude and thoughtful service.
Within two days, the heraldic maker had led his apprentices to make Arjord's family heraldic wood badge and a black lion banner with a blue background, and Sir Ivan, Baron Wendell, and Eve, had seen Arold's heraldic banner outside the lord's house.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please look at the wooden badge I made for Lord Arrod, Lord Count of Mecklenburg." Wearing a small woolen hat with a dome on his head, and a silver-white goatee hanging from his chest, the heraldic maker proudly introduced himself to the nobles.
Two heraldic apprentices, carrying a shield-sized wooden heraldic walked in front of Arold and others, the wood carving is very fine, a black male lion with teeth and claws, a horse pistol between the right front paw, a book on the left front paw, there is a round of missing moon on the right side of the lion's head, the real loss of the heraldic master can make this wood carving in just two days.
"My lords, please watch Lord Arrod's banner." Once again, the heraldic maker raised his voice and said to the nobles.
An apprentice walked up to the crowd with a flag, he opened the flag wrapped in strips of white linen, and raised it high, and in the wind the flag fluttered, on which the black male lion seemed to move in mid-air, and the male lion with his two hind legs erect was roaring proudly, and the bright red tongue that spat out of his mouth seemed to have just bitten the throat of the enemy, and the horse pistol in his hand seemed to be stabbing at the enemy.
"Ah, yes, Arrod, the black lion is very distinctive." Yves looked at the flag and exclaimed.
"Well, Bible, pious earl." Sir Ivan also pandered to a word or two, but thought that no beautiful banner could be planted on the walls of Mecklenburg.
"Yes, this is your family coat of arms from now on, and when you return to our own territory, I will have someone add to our family's genealogy." Baron Wendell also nodded, patted Arold on the shoulder and said.