At 3:30 a.m. the next morning, 5 hours and 30 minutes before the start of Mass for Sunday presided over by Father Thomas. Quietly, Isabel rolled over and got out of bed to find her diving watch hidden under the pillow, and adjusted the display time of the watch to a countdown mode.

While pressing the countdown number, he secretly said, "From now on, the countdown time is 5 hours." ”

"It is important that the mission is completed within five hours, and there must be no delay in the operation."

"And, before going to Henry's castle, you need to go back to Asker Manor and revert to your original squire attire."

Thinking of this, Isabel immediately took action. The leather armor of the squire she usually wore was replaced with the soft armor she found last night, and the two exquisite knightly swords that Henry gave her were replaced with two ordinary left-handed short swords, known as the "hidden killer".

In fact, the thin sword that the German aristocracy loved and wore was probably more suitable for her as a woman. In appearance, the blade of the slim sword is narrow, about the same width as the hilt, but its spine is relatively thick, allowing the user to generate a certain amount of destructive power in the process of holding and slashing. It should be said that this is a knightly sword designed for the retinue of female nobles and female mercenaries.

However, Isabel was very partial to the left-handed dagger named after the French word for "left hand". The short sword, as the name suggests, is a short weapon used for slashing, and is a short-edged version of the orthodox knight's sword worn by knights. The straight, two-edged short sword with scabbard can be worn not only on the belt, but also hidden in its tall knight's boots.

She also learned from her father, Sir Augustine, that the dagger was called the "left-handed dagger" because it was designed to compensate for the swordsmanship that the knights sacrificed some of their defense in hand-to-hand combat with their enemies. Due to its lightness, strong concealment and suddenness, most of the nobles and knights of England wore this left-handed weapon.

Not only that, but Sir Augustine told her that the dagger was very popular among thieves and marauders in the North. These ruined knights, small landowners, or mercenaries who lived by stealing and plundering would sometimes use two left-handed daggers at the same time to fight their enemies.

He tied his hair into a ponytail, quickly straightened his clothes and armor, and put on a pair of worn-out tall knight boots. While wearing a diving watch and hiding it in the leather wrist guard of the left hand, the archery arm guard is also worn on the left forearm.

After completing these tasks, he picked up two left-handed daggers and placed them on the left and right sides of the belt around his waist, and carried a custom-made American hunting bow longbow diagonally on his body. Finally, he slipped his knight's gloves, three-finger gloves, humanoid mask, and some food into a linen pocket, picked up a quiver containing 24 heavy arrows, and silently opened the door.

After seeing that there was no one on the left and right, he slipped out of the room like a phantom. Shortly after she walked out of the room, the door of the knight's room, diagonally across the hallway, opened a crack in the darkness. It seems that someone has noticed her whereabouts at this time.

After walking through the corridors, past the courtyard, and skillfully avoiding the night watchmen of Asker Manor, Isabel made her way to the stables not far from Sir's Gothic house. After watching the darkness with wide eyes, he listened to the position of the night watchman in the manor and walked briskly into the stables.

After glancing at Yule, the son of the sleeping groom, he came to the separate compartment of his superior war horse, Onyx. In less than five minutes, she had fully equipped Onyx. After loading the harness, she was a little embarrassed, and looked at the black and shiny Onix, and said to herself, "Onix, your coat color is too eye-catching." What can I do to hide you? ”

At this moment, a male voice sounded in another horse compartment not far away: "You need to use some other things that can be used to change the handsome appearance of Onix." ”

Isabel was shocked when she heard this, crossed her hands in front of her chest, quickly pulled out the two left-handed short swords on both sides, held them in her left and right hands respectively, and slowly walked towards the outside of the compartment with a nervous expression. Just as she was walking outside Onix's compartment, Sir Augustine, whose father and teacher was a knight, calmly appeared in front of her.

Isabel, holding a short sword in each hand, was about to attack the "enemy" when she found Jazz standing in front of her. He hurriedly put down the short sword in his hand, held the sword in both hands and hung it on his sides, looked at his father in annoyance and said, "God, sir, why are you here?" ”

Augustine glanced at the two left-handed daggers in her hands and said, "It seems that you are indeed good at the thief's swordsmanship using two-handed daggers. ”

"Sir, I feel that fighting the enemy with a left-handed dagger in both hands is a good use of my strengths as a woman."

"Isabel, I know this very well, which is why I will teach you how to use a two-handed dagger."

Isabel put the two daggers back into their scabbards and said calmly to Augustine, "Sir, I'm running out of time. ”

Augustine didn't answer, but walked over to her stall and pulled out Onix, who was already fully equipped. He took the horse and stood in front of her and said, "Isabel, as your father, I very much do not want you to join in this plundering that is about to take place in the Earldom of Durham. Because I don't want to see another daughter lying in a coffin and being sent to the family cemetery. ”

Then Sir said something diametrically opposed to his attitude: "However, as your knight teacher, I want you to sacrifice everything in this battle for the honor of knighthood!" Although you are only a nominal knightly squire, people are watching you, and God is watching you! ”

At this time, Isabel nodded and said seriously, "Sir, I know what to do. ”

"Very well, if Onyx comes back with your corpse, I will personally send you to the family cemetery."

"Uh-huh. Don't worry, Sir, I'm not going to be killed by another knight. ”

"Isabel, don't forget what I taught you, don't forget your family. Remember, your family is always waiting for your return. ”

"Sir... Father, I will. ”

When Isabel rode on her horse, Augustine stood with his hands behind his back and looked at her, encouraging her to say, "Fearless in the face of a strong enemy!" You have to be worthy of God, you know? ”

Isabel sat on her horse and gazed at her father, Augustine Walton, and said solemnly: "Sir, I will be back!" ”