Section 20: Retaliation

On the third day, Ashrufat went to the palace on time. This time it wasn't that complicated, and after the Grand Supervisor Skadera put him on his full gear, he motioned for him to go in alone.

As Essien said, the giant Phalysis is still on duty today. But maybe he was a little tired from being on duty here for a day, so he was quite happy to see Ashrufat, or maybe some other reason, in short, he actually took the initiative to make a gesture to Eshurufat from afar to say hello. If the last time his hostility was manifested in his face, then at least this time his hostility has been hidden in his heart.

"I'll take care of the rest. It was the first time Pharysses had spoken to him, and his voice sounded like an urn, with an accent of some unknown language. "The queen is going to learn how to ride a horse, and then she may attend a royal council, and you have to accompany her in. His last sentence was clearly intended to remind Ashrufat.

"Your Majesty," said Ashrufat, and after explaining to Ashrufat, Pharysses turned his head to the door. "Ashrufat has already arrived, so I'll leave first. ”

"That's good," the female teacher's voice came from inside. If this old-fashioned-looking and conservative woman knew that the little queen ran out of the road in the middle of the night and was almost abducted, I don't know what kind of expression Lu Dao would show. Ashrufat thought with interest. Of course, the reason why he has the leisure time to think about it is entirely because this job of standing guard is too boring.

But by the time he thought so, the door had already been opened. The old-fashioned, conservative woman walked out dressed in a solemn gown—a dress of a sophisticated texture that could have been worn straight to a formal funeral.

The little girl beside her, perhaps Luvia61 Angel 61 Queen Macremiz, was also wearing a very neat riding outfit. It can be seen that her dress is completely made according to Jiana's requirements, but it is completely different when worn on this little queen. "People need clothes" is an old saying, and "wearing a dragon robe doesn't look like a prince" is also an old saying. At this moment, the latter sentence is interpreted.

No matter how serious the clothes are, the cute face of the little girl is the best neutralizer, which can make the originally serious things become serious.

For a moment, Ashrufat couldn't figure out what this meant. But he understood it right away. Jana made a gesture for him to follow, and he followed the two of them along the garden to the other side, and soon came to a large clearing.

A man dressed as a groom was already on standby, holding a rare horse in his hand.

This horse should be a mountain horse - according to the general law, a horse in the mountains is always smaller than a horse in the field or forest. And this horse is the shortest of the mountain horses, looking big and short-necked, with a fat body, it is more like a bantam donkey than a horse.

The pony is fully equipped, and it is obvious that it is for people to ride, but the problem is that the dwarf in this horse is obviously not suitable for adults to ride, so the answer is clear at a glance, this is for the queen to ride.

From a security point of view, this is true. To be on the safe side, an underage girl should ride this kind of pony. But...... Is it really good to ride such a horse as a queen, and what can you train to ride such a horse?

Jana gestured to the groom's head. The latter immediately bowed deeply, then stepped aside.

Wait, what did Phalysis just say? Go to the Imperial Council?

"Help me get on the horse. The little girl walked up to Ashrufat and said to him. Although her voice was very immature, it now seemed a little majestic. From an objective point of view, this horse is indeed a little too short for an adult, but it is still a little difficult for a little girl to fly on a horse, especially when wearing that flashy riding costume. This is not an outrageous request.

Ashrufat came to the horse's side. This dwarf horse looks like a very tame horse, because it has been standing in a regular manner, not kicking or biting, and I really don't know what kind of equestrian skills can be exercised by riding this kind of horse.

He stretched out his hand to hold the little girl up. But the latter ignored his outstretched hand at all, and instead pointed to the ground in a deliberately arrogant gesture.

For a moment, Ashruphat didn't know what the other party meant.

"Kneel down when I get on the horse stone. The little girl said. To tell the truth, the upper horse stone is on the side, less than ten steps away.

If she intended to use this request to make Ashrufat embarrassed, then it can be said that she had completely failed. Ashrufat only smiled slightly, and immediately knelt down on one knee, bent down, and faced Queen Makeremiz. The little girl stepped on his shoulder—a little higher, but it was okay—and stepped into the stirrups.

In fact, it would not be too outrageous to say that the queen used the guards as a stone. Originally, close guards were a typical "multi-purpose" job. The problem is that she just kept the posture of stepping on Eshurufat's shoulder and stepping on the stirrup with the other, and she didn't move for a long time.

"If you don't admit it, I'm not the queen?" Ashrufat clearly heard the little girl on her head whisper in a gritted teeth.

"Oh, that's just a gaffe in the next moment. Ashrufat replied with a smile. Sure enough, this little girl was wronged before, and now she wants revenge. But this really seems to be a revenge method that the little girl came up with in her head.

"Humph!" the little girl snorted, and her foot left Ashrufat's shoulder. When Ashrufat raised his head, he saw that the little girl was already riding steadily on horseback. Of course, she should also ride steadily, because the dwarf horse was more unresponsive than tame—it was completely motionless the whole time, at the mercy of people.

The little girl bit her lip angrily. She now felt that her revenge seemed completely pointless, as if a punch had been thrown and landed in the air, without the slightest force. Although this guy named Ashrufat scolded her with a fierce look before, saying that "if others don't recognize you, you're just a little girl" or something, but now he is calm about her provocation, and he doesn't care at all, and the dead pig is not afraid of boiling water. This made her carefully conceived plan completely useless.

This guy seems to be a little talented, but he has no reverence for her at all. According to the book, when facing such a person, you must find a way to defeat his prestige before you can gain his true allegiance. So she conceived the plan. But unexpectedly, Ashrufat was like a ball of weak cotton, and could not find a point of focus for attacking.

The little girl began to run in small steps. Although it was only a dwarf horse, after being kicked by the Spurs, it ran quite neatly. But the horse is very tame and smooth, and the so-called "horseback riding" is not difficult at all. Therefore, Ashrufat could see that although the little girl was able to ride a horse on the surface (or rather she felt herself), if there was a real emergency, and she needed to ride on the back of a real war horse, or when she needed to ride on the back of a horse for a long time, there was a good chance that she would come out of the basket. Equestrian skills honed on this pygmy horse are obviously not practical.

In the short time he was watching, the little girl had already ridden around the field twice. And in this way, her equestrian training is just like riding a dwarf horse, at the speed of small broken steps, circling the field. There's not even a content of letting a horse jump over an obstacle. To be honest, he didn't understand the point of letting the little girl learn this kind of horsemanship. Of course, there is still something to say, that is, it can make her more familiar with the feeling of horseback, and create favorable conditions for real learning to ride horses in the future.

"Ms. Jana. Ashrufat walked up to the stern governess. "Is this learning to ride a horse?" he asked softly.

"Of course. Isn't this horseback riding?" Jana glanced at Eshurufat with the eyes of a monster.

"Riding such a horse?" thought Ashrufat. "Madam, since you are Your Majesty's tutor...... Could it be that you arranged this course?"

"Of course. Jana raised an eyebrow, but remained polite. "I got this horse on purpose. ”

"Do you know how to ride a horse?"

"No, it won't. Jana replied categorically. "If it weren't for His Majesty's identity, there would be no need to arrange this kind of course at all. ”

No wonder. Ashrufat said in his stomach. But to be honest, the queen's education had nothing to do with him, his personal bodyguard, so he just stood aside and continued to watch.

The little girl was still running around in circles on horseback. Horses are actually quite intelligent animals, and this dwarf horse is no exception. In fact, it doesn't need to be controlled at all, and it will naturally run around a fixed circle. So Ashrufat saw that the reins in the little girl's hand were always in a state of relaxation, because she didn't need to control the horse at all. It's not so much that she's riding a horse, but that she's just sitting on a horse, being carried around by it.

Ashrufat sighed, and he turned his head, looking for something else that would appeal to him. It was at this moment that he saw the reflection of metal armor in the distance.

A group of people appeared at the end of the garden. As they approached, they could make out that it was a whole group of soldiers, numbering as many as twelve. These soldiers also wore shiny metal armor, but the style was quite different from that of Essrufat, and it was not as flashy. In addition to this, they all held halberds of a uniform style in their hands. Ashrufat immediately recognized them as guards in the palace, commonly known as the "Praetorian Guards". This was a convoy that guarded the royal palace, with a total of three hundred men. Ashrufat had already seen them before, for it was the members of this army who stood guard at the gate of the palace.

"What's wrong?" the female teacher took the initiative to greet her.

"Ma'am," said the officer in the lead, politely. "Your Majesty the General invites Her Majesty the Queen to the conference room. The meeting is about to begin. ”

"Wait, isn't it time yet?"

"Oh, the Shogun said that there are more topics to discuss today than originally planned, so we should start the meeting early. The Duke agreed. ”

Faced with such a reason, Jia Na can't object. The next time the little girl rode past her, she stopped her. It was at this moment that the little girl really made a basic action of riding a horse and reined in the horse. Prove that in addition to being carried around by pygmy horses, you have learned a little bit of horseback riding skills. Of course, in Ashrufat's opinion, this was mainly because the horse was not running at all, but only walking in small steps, and could be stopped by pulling the reins slightly.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Council is about to begin, and you must go over first. ”

"All right, Ashrufat, help me down. The little girl replied. She just wanted Ashrufat to kneel down again as a stone, but unexpectedly, Ashrufat walked up quickly, put his hands around her body, and easily carried her off the dwarf horse. It wasn't until she put her feet on the ground that she reacted.

"Your Majesty, the meeting is about to begin. Ashrufat said while she was stunned, not giving her a chance to attack.