"It's been a few days since my brother brought me to Suno, and now he's gone hunting, but he doesn't plan to take me with him, and he told the guards at the castle not to let me leave, but it's boring to stay here all the time."

"So I borrowed clothes from a kitchen helper and planned to sneak to the stables to find my horses. But this is my first time in this castle, so I was discovered by you. Now that I've changed my mind, I wonder if you can help me? ”

Joanna still had the posture and demeanor of an aristocratic woman, but his expression was much richer than that of other aristocratic ladies.

"So, dear lady, what do you mean?"

Byron frowned, Joanna was different from other aristocratic ladies, she was known for her beauty and character that was not inferior to men. In this era, having such a sister is indeed worth the headache of being an older brother.

"I wonder if Baron Byron and his knights will be able to take me out of the city to find my brother? By the way, do some aristocratic sports like hunting or something like that before you find her? ”

Joanna looked eagerly at Byron and Fatis, in a way that made it difficult for the other party to refuse.

Byron quickly analyzed in his mind what might happen if he agreed to the beautiful young lady, and compared some of the advantages and disadvantages. It was clear that Byron could find a very good excuse to deal with the Count of Prais, he would not say anything, and the risk factor was very small.

After hesitating for about three seconds, Byron made a decision. He glanced at Fatis, and the other party didn't seem to even think about it, so he directly agreed to the other party with eternal eyes.

"It's a nice day, it's a good day for hunting. We'll send you to Count Prais, but I'd be glad if you could go hunting with us. ”

Byron was very gentlemanly invited.

"Thank you, please allow me to go and change my clothes."

Joanna bowed in thanks and turned to leave, but she stopped after a few steps, and Byron knew why she was doing so.

If she wanted to go back to her room to change clothes, she would have to meet her brother's people. She managed to escape from these people, but she didn't want to be caught back and locked in the house.

That's where Byron comes in.

Byron thought about it for a moment, and Kress had some clothes that would be suitable for going out, but the size might be a little wrong.

Jamila didn't come, but Alleyne always helped her carry spare clothes on her horse. Byron didn't know where the two had got, but it was convenient for him.

At first, Alleyne was reluctant, but when he saw Lady Joanna's face and knew who she was, he immediately took out his clothes. Fortunately, except for the chest tightened a little, the rest is fine.

Hunting was a very popular pastime for the nobles, and the knights of Swadia learned to use bows and crossbows as children, and learned how to deal with a beast cleanly. This is not only to prepare them for going to the battlefield to kill the enemy in the future, but also to allow them to better integrate into the aristocratic society.

In fact, just now the Count of Craggs had told Byron that several nobles had gone out of the city with their guards to hunt, and asked Byron if he wanted to go with him, so that he could let his men help Byron prepare hunting utensils, so that the guests could have enough fun during his banquet.

However, Byron was not good at this, and the harvest of several hunts when he was a mercenary was not satisfactory, so he politely declined the earl's kindness on the grounds that he had just arrived in Suno and was physically and mentally tired.

However, the location of the hunting ground and the direction in which the counts were hunting, Count Craggs had talked to Byron when chatting with him, so it was not difficult for Byron to find there. As for the bows, crossbows, traps and bait for hunting, the rangers of the Earl of Craggs usually prepare these things, and as a nobleman with a fief and a guest of the earl, it is easy to get something from them.

Byron had Fatis on his side to guard Joanna, and two mercenaries as escorts, and several of them rode out of the city of Suno.

……

The hunting ground outside Suno, about two hours of horseback riding, is a whole lush forest. There are no villages in the vicinity, only rangers' huts and lumberjacks' camps.

Hares, pheasants, wild boars, and deer, these are good prey and easy to find.

Wolves and foxes are rarely seen here, the former being chased by rangers, and the latter being hunted for their fur. Either way, it makes it safe to spend the night in the forest.

The prey and trees here all belong to the local lord, and are an important source of entry for the lord. If civilians are caught poaching again, they will be fined or even imprisoned.

Of course, for a noble lord like Byron, this was not a problem.

Joanna had changed into a set of civilian clothes that Jamila normally wore when she went out, which did not restrict people's movements like long skirts, and the appearance was passable, and did not make the aristocratic woman look like a mercenary or a peasant woman.

"Whoosh--"

With the sound of a bow and arrow breaking through the air, a rabbit with its ears pricked up and gnawing on the grass was pinned to the ground, and the other rabbits around were also frightened, and scattered into the nearby grass and burrows.

The rabbit twitched a few times on the ground, blood oozing from its fur, and it quickly died.

"Good archery!"

Fatis walked over, pulled the rabbit from the ground with an arrow, and swung it at Joanna and Byron.

"I can't believe it, Miss Joanna, that your archery skills are far beyond my imagination."

Byron looked at Joanna in surprise with a hunting bow, and the address changed from lady to miss, and the other person smiled back at her.

"Thank you for the compliment, but you seem to think I'm so weak, don't you?"

"No, Miss Joanna, I'm not..."

Byron was stunned by the other party's words, and his mind couldn't stop thinking about how to respond.

"I mean, you're the best archery I've ever known of a Swadian noblewoman."

"I don't think you've seen a few aristocratic ladies who like to hunt and shoot archery, Mr. Byron?"

"Hmm..."

Joanna's words hit the nail on the head, making Byron feel very embarrassed.

"Mr. Byron is not lying, ma'am. Your archery skills are better than many of the archers I've ever met, you must have been practicing for a long time, or you are a natural good archer. ”

Fatis walked up to the two of them, complimenting Joanna as he pulled the arrow out of the rabbit's body. Judging from the blood stains on the arrow, the arrow went very deep, and it was obvious that Joanna's body, which seemed to be weak, was much stronger than Byron had imagined.

"Thank you for the compliment, Your Excellency, I just spent the time they spent knitting and chattering."

Joanna replied with some smugness.

The two chatted about it, and Byron could only interject occasionally.

Seeing the two of them chatting happily there, Byron suddenly felt a little embarrassed.