Volume 1 Forest Knight Chapter 64 You Join the Tournament
Looking at the stunned knights, a middle-aged woman behind the girl coughed twice, and then glared at Sir Sandiman and the other inner knights, which made everyone calm down.
It also made Balian feel that he was a little rude just looking at the girl blankly, so he quickly lowered his head.
I only heard the girl say softly: "Aunt Murat, it's okay, it's not like they haven't seen me before."
"Miss, the master and his wife often teach that the superiority of master and servant cannot be ignored. This is what they, the inner knights, must always remember, but it is too rude for them to stare at you like that."
The middle-aged woman called Aunt Murat said sternly.
It can be seen that this Murat was sent by the girl's parents to take care of her. When her parents were away, she almost played the role of half a parent. The girl was also a little afraid of this aunt.
The girl stopped talking to the middle-aged woman and walked straight to the bonfire, followed closely by the middle-aged woman and a girl dressed as a maid.
The girl came to the bonfire and greeted Balian with a smile. She no longer performed the etiquette between knights as she did when the knights dressed up during the day. Instead, she lifted up her skirt and gave a lady's salute, and Balian quickly returned the salute.
Then the girl sat aside gracefully, looked at Balian and said: "Sir Balian, you can continue to call me Sir Andy."
This made Balian a little surprised. You are still a daughter, so why do you ask me to call you a male? But after all, we are on this family's territory, and the girl asked for it, so Balian had no choice but to continue to call her like that, "As you command,
Sir Andy."
"Today, the wonderful fight really opened my eyes. It seems that you are only a few years older than me, but your ability to defeat the enemy with one move may not be matched by some middle-aged knights who are famous for their proficiency in fighting.
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I have also seen many knights competing. Most of them are not as quick and agile as you. In the battle, they do not give their opponents a chance to react.
My horizons have improved." Dame Andy sat there and said with emotion.
Balian heard what he said and was a little curious about this girl's upbringing. He responded: "I didn't expect that a noble lady like you would be so interested in fighting. It's rare."
Hearing what Balian said, she smiled and said, "Although I am a girl, my father has raised me as a son since I was a child. Although he himself is not very good at martial arts, he is particularly keen on martial arts competitions, which also led to my interest in fighting and martial arts competitions.
Have strong interest.
Moreover, since I was very young, my father and the knights in my family taught me how to practice swordsmanship, and I also have a certain foundation in swordsmanship."
"Your father must be an amazing nobleman." Balian praised.
After hearing Balian's compliment, Dame Andy did not respond. She asked: "Sir Balian, why are you staying with the caravan? Are you coming from the direct county to participate in the jousting competition in Yangwei Shuocheng?"
"I came here to see the grand spectacle of the annual Northern Martial Arts Tournament. When I was in Valombre, I was always working as a palace guard and didn't have time to see it. This time, I came to Yang Weixuo to see it and open my eyes."
The leader of the team, Gamgee, is a good friend of mine, and it was his suggestion that made me decide to come and have a look together." Balian answered truthfully.
"Oh, that's right. Then will you participate in the martial arts tournament? This year, your reputation has been very prominent. If you don't participate, you will be invited next year. Besides, with your skills, as long as you participate, you will definitely be the champion.
It's yours." Dame Andy very much hopes that Balian will participate in the tourney.
"Thank you Sir Andy for your suggestion, but I am not going to participate for two reasons. First, as a young knight and lord, I have been in too much limelight this year, and Brick has not seen a lot of it.
All the nobles who have passed me know about my affairs. Being so high-profile will most likely cause unnecessary trouble;
Second, as warriors, it is okay to improve martial arts and enhance the desire to win through martial arts competitions, but as leading knights, we must lead troops to fight, so we cannot just focus on personal martial prowess.
No matter how high my martial arts skills are, like my master's Dawn Divine Sword, I can still deal with a small number of opponents, but if there are too many opponents, even bandits and robbers can kill you.
One person's martial arts has a limited effect, but if it can bring out an army in which everyone is brave, the effect will be great. Although there are still many areas for improvement in my personal martial arts, in the long run, I
We should focus on training soldiers, and it would be best to copy more of me."
After hearing what Balian said, Baroness Andy clapped her hands excitedly, "God of Fire, this is such a wonderful speech. I will tell it to my father when I go back.
A person's power is just one person after all, but a group of people can do a lot of things. Is this what the Divine Sword of Dawn told you?"
After hearing her question, Balian picked up a dozen twigs from the campfire and said, "Sir Andy, I figured out the above principles myself during the battle, but my master has already told me similar principles.
Pass."
As he said that, Balian put the thin branch in front of her, "Look, there are more than a dozen branches. You can take out one first and see if you can break it."
Sir Andy was a little curious, but he still followed Balian's request, and the branch was easily broken.
Balian handed her five branches this time. Sir Andy had some difficulty breaking them, but he managed to break them all with great force.
Finally, Balian gave her all the twelve branches left in his hand. Although she was stronger than the average girl, this time, she tried very hard, but she could not break off so many branches.
Dame Andy threw the branch in her hand to the ground, and she suddenly said: "I understand, what you mean is that people, like branches, are easily defeated when fighting alone, but as long as
There are enough of them, even if you are a twig, it will not be broken so easily."
Balian nodded with a smile. In this past life, the philosophical game that was poorly taught in books could still be used in this time and space. He couldn't help but secretly rejoice.
Dame Andy wanted to say something more, but the middle-aged woman behind her coughed and said: "Miss, it's getting late. You should go back and rest early. Staying up late is not good for girls."
No, besides, I have to rush back early tomorrow morning."
Although Dame Andy was reluctant, seeing her Aunt Murat's unquestionable expression, she had no choice but to compromise, then stood up and left. Balian and the others also stood up quickly.
After she took two steps, she suddenly turned around and said: "Sir Balian, if possible, I still hope that you will participate in the tourney. After winning the championship, you will not only get a generous bonus, but also your reputation will be great, and I am willing to follow you."
There are more people, better quality, and they will be more loyal to you."
"Thank you Sir Andy for your suggestion, I will consider it carefully." Balian responded.
After Dame Andy left, Balian had a few more drinks with these inner knights. Seeing how tight-lipped they all were, Balian knew that it would be impossible to confirm the girl's true identity from their mouths.
In addition, the girl was too concerned about him just now and ignored them, making the drinking atmosphere no longer harmonious. Balian wisely stood up and said goodbye.
When Balian walked to the gate of the camp, he was stopped by Dame Andy's maid, who handed him a cloth bag and told him that this was a gift from Sir Andy. If he participated in the tourney, he would definitely
Take it with you, this gift will bring him good luck.
After expressing his gratitude, Balian walked out of the camp gate and mounted his horse to leave. After returning to his RV, he opened the cloth bag embroidered with butterfly patterns. Inside was a silk handkerchief of an aristocratic woman, embroidered with an iris pattern.
Balian held the silk paror, and the image of the girl appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but smile. He knew that in this era, when a knight was given a silk paror by a noble woman, it meant recognizing the goodwill between them.
, if the knight wins a great honor, he can pursue this noble woman.
However, in this era, in order to choose a husband of her choice, an aristocratic woman would usually give silk handkerchiefs to multiple knights, and then make a choice based on performance. Some aristocratic women would even take the initiative to provoke their own followers.
In a duel, the final winner will win his heart.
According to normal social customs in the Middle Ages, there were still a handful of aristocratic young men like Balian who were about to turn twenty and were still unmarried.
Because whether they are farmers in the lower class or nobles in the upper class, it is common for most people, both men and women, to get married at the age of fourteen or fifteen. Men and women who do not get married after the age of eighteen will be regarded as aliens by everyone.
Men are relatively okay, but in this era, if a woman is not married by the age of eighteen, she will most likely be sent to a monastery to become a saint.
However, Balian has no plans to get married at the moment. First of all, Nolandenburg is currently in the initial stage and does not even have a decent castle. Where will the family live after they get married?
Moreover, he has now offended the powerful Baron Raul family, who are holding back their efforts to retaliate against him. Before getting rid of this scourge, he does not want to implicate more people.
As for the martial arts tournament in Yangweixiao City, Balian had made up his mind not to participate. Although his martial arts skills were not bad, there were many people who were better than him, and this kind of duel-style competition was held every year.
Some people would be killed or maimed, and Balian didn't want to take that risk.
I have earned enough money during this trip. The champion of the martial arts competition seems to be only entitled to a bonus of 10,000 dinars. There is no need for me to risk my life for that money.
This time I went just to watch the fun and participate as an audience, not as a character.
Due to this little episode tonight, Balian had some insomnia. He thought about his past two lives and found it quite funny. He was really an idiot when it came to relationships between men and women.
In my previous life, I also read some cool time-traveling articles. After people traveled through time-travel, the women they collected were able to form a harem, but when I met a beautiful girl with an unclear attitude, I was at a loss. It was so funny. The gap between people.
, it’s really bigger than the gap between humans and dogs.
Lying in bed at night, I really can't think about things randomly. The more I think about it, the more I can't fall asleep. Balian thinks that in anticipation of tossing and turning like this, it's better to get up and walk around. Maybe he can find someone who hasn't slept, so he can have a chat and analyze it for himself.
, after all, many things are confused by the authorities and only bystanders can tell.
After Balian got off his carriage, he wandered around the camp. It was already high in the moonlight, and except for the people on guard, most of them were asleep, except for one person, that person was Gam.
lucky.
Balian saw that the lights were still on in Ganmuji's tent, so he went in with a trying attitude. Unexpectedly, Ganmuji was still not sleeping. He was sorting out the accounts. He was about to go to Yangweixuo, and there were many accounts.
It needs to be sorted out and checked again to avoid mistakes.
When he learned of Balian's purpose, he smiled and took out a jug of wine, poured two glasses first, and asked Balian to explain the matter to him in detail, and he would analyze it further.