While Sir Victor Layton, mortally wounded, was lying in a stone room at Barnard Castle, an amazing archery show was taking place at Nottingham Castle, just 15 miles (24 kilometres) away.

In the words of Isabel Walton, who was born centuries later, she feels like the clown "grandmother" of the Big Apple Circus in New York, one of the world's three major circuses and known as New York's living landmark, performing classic family activities for many families from Thanksgiving to Christmas.

"There should be a ticket system. Tickets are set at $14.99 for families, $9.99 for adults and $4.99 for children. ”

"Of course, the price includes a lunch, which is divided between adults and children."

"Adult lunch was beef sandwiches, salad rice, potato chips; Lunch for children is fried chicken nuggets and snacks. ”

"Prepare some more popcorn, juice or water. Plus lunch, these things are available in unlimited quantities. Anyway, one person can't eat much. ”

"Aside from the various costs of venue rent and manpower, a two-hour show can still earn a lot of money."

Sir Augustin Walton spotted Isabel standing motionless on the training ground armed with a custom-made longbow and arrows for long-range shooting. However, judging from the expression on the face of the "daughter", it is not difficult to see that she seems to be thinking something. No matter what she was thinking, Jazz just knew she was smiling.

Sir glanced at the Duke of Richmond, the lord standing beside him, and hurriedly said to the daughter on the field, "Isabel, are you ready?" ”

Isabel looked back at her father blankly, and after two seconds suddenly said, "Oh, uh, ready." ”

Augustus turned around, handed the wine glass in his hand to Henry with both hands, and said, "Your Highness, you can start at any time. ”

When Henry took the glass, his eyes remained fixed on Isabelle, who had his back to him, and said, "My lord my God, I know that there are difficulties that can be solved, so please make me patient." ”

Then he said something similar: "My Lord my God, you know how much I need affection, friendship and love, let me receive this most intimate gift." ”

Augustine was listening very clearly, and he knew that the young lord was speaking of prayer scriptures in Catholicism. Looking at Henry's expression again, he knew why Henry was reciting these two verses alone.

When Henry stopped reading, he whispered, "Your Highness, although I don't fully understand what humanism advocates, I know that one of the important connotations of humanism is the pursuit of love. If you don't say it, maybe she won't know it for the rest of her life. ”

Henry turned his face to look at Augustine and suddenly laughed: "Sir, if His Majesty hears you, he will definitely think that you are exchanging your daughter for the title, the land, and the wealth you want. ”

"I'm sorry, Your Highness. I just feel that you can read these verses without scruples while praying to the Lord. In this way, the Lord will hear the words of your heart. ”

"Thank you for your honesty, sir. Perhaps, I should have learned more from the knights when it came to the pursuit of love. ”

Just when Isabel was waiting a little impatiently, she only heard Henry, who was not far behind her, say, "Lady Isabel, I believe you will succeed." ”

Isabel said loudly, "Your Highness, now you can count down. ”

Henry held the glass in his palm upwards and said loudly, "One... Two... Three! ”

Just before Henry began to count, Anne Cook, the dishwasher standing outside the venue, excitedly said to her mother Lena beside her, "Mom, do you think Isabel can shoot that glass?" ”

Lena looked at her daughter, who had a ruddy face and always had a smile on her face, and said with a gentle smile: "Anne, God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit will bless Lady Isabel." ”

Anne nodded and smiled and was about to answer her mother when she suddenly noticed that her red-haired young lord threw the wine glass in her hand into the sky. Anne nervously covered her mouth with her little hand, grabbed her mother's skirt and closed her eyes.

Actually, Isabel herself was nervous. Because she was prepared for the worst case scenario where the first arrow would not hit the goblet in the air. However, as long as the next moves were in place and she had enough confidence to give herself, she believed that the second, third, or even fourth arrows would definitely be able to nail the glass to the stone wall on the other side.

In fact, today's blackjack shooting event was conceived by Isabel from the skeet shooting, a later Olympic sport. However, she did not know that the predecessor of skeet shooting in the Olympic Games was precisely the hunting activity that was popular in aristocratic circles in the Middle Ages.

When Henry counted to three, the glass was thrown out of his hand and into the air. Almost at the same time, Isabel quickly turned around, pulled the bowstring, and shot the arrow that had already been set on the archery platform into the air with great force......

The off-string arrow flew smoothly and at high speed towards the wine glass in the air. With a ding, the arrowhead of the arrow passed through the bottom of the falling glass. The wine glass, which was affected by the external force, began to roll in the air.

Just as the second arrow shot by Isabel flew past the glass again, Henry, who looked up at the wine glass in the air, said excitedly, "Sir, did you see that?" Your daughter's archery is better than any longbowman I've ever seen. ”

Augustine was very pleased with the performance of this foreign "daughter", who was not biological. But he said solemnly: "Your Highness, Isabel is my knight's squire, so it is my duty to teach her the skills of hunting. ”

"God, she shot again! Sir Isabel, Lady Isabel is already a member of the Walton family. I suppose she won't have to be your squire when she's finished her knightly training, right? ”

"As you wish, Your Highness. It's just that Isabel's knightly combat ability has exceeded my imagination. ”

"Well, sir, what do you think?"

"Your Highness, instead of letting her stay in Asker Manor all day and doing nothing, let her be my knight's squire. I think this will make her more loyal to you. ”

By the time the two spoke, Isabel had used three arrows to keep the glass in the air longer than one might think. At this time, little Anne finally opened her eyes, looked at the wine glass that was still flipped in the air, and said to her mother, "Mom, I feel as if a long time has passed. Why don't I hear the sound of the glass falling to the ground? ”

Lena's eyes were always fixed on the wine glass in the air and she said, "Annie, you know what, Lady Isabel keeps the wine glass in the air and doesn't let it fall to the ground. ”

"How is this possible?"

"Annie, just look at it."

Isabel was also amazed at her performance. But it soon became clear to her that it had a lot to do with her practice shooting moving targets with a sniper rifle. The third arrow had already been fired, and the wine glass hanging in the air flipped in the desired direction.

Now, it's time for the final blow. Isabel stared at the wine glass in the air, reaching out and drawing a heavy arrow from the left side of the quiver behind her. Draw your bow with an arrow and shoot it at the center of the target.