Your Mightiness

The knightly contest is a scene left to us by the Middle Ages, which is so strong that it cannot be erased. ——"Talking the Middle Ages to My Children" Today, as a part of history, Auguste can responsibly express that perhaps in the early Middle Ages, knightly contests were indeed a serious and serious matter similar to simulated warfare. But in the late Middle Ages, that is, the era in which August lived, martial arts had already evolved into a sports event, and the nature of entertainment was far greater than others.Not so much the feeling of being on the alert.

"In the Holy Roman Empire (the predecessor of Germany), there was even a special tournament organization." Father Qiao said.He was sitting in the spectator box of the Maidstone Tournament at this time. The person he liked was about to play, which made him extremely nervous. In order to cover up this, he could only become more and more talkative.

"Oh?" August actually liked Father Joe's chatter.

On this day, the knightly contest between the Duke of Gloucester and King Richard II finally arrived. Not only the commoners and nobles of Kent appeared on the field, but also the nobles of the surrounding counties. Well, they More for the chance to meet the king.

But no matter what, today's Maidstone Tournament Ground is definitely the most lively place in England.

In the auditorium, the ladies and ladies wore skirts that are absolutely sorry for the cold in winter, and they dressed up as ostentatiously as possible. Really, ostentatiously, the "artistic" of all kinds of strange hats has reached the point where the noble women of England Even writing as many books as "Harry Potter" is not enough.They are wearing mink fur sleeves one after another, waiting to be courted by the knights desperately.

The gentlemen sat together in groups of three or four, constantly discussing and inquiring about the news of the knights, so that they could buy and leave with the waiters everywhere in the arena.

Regardless of whether it is a commoner with three or two kittens who are lucky enough to enter the martial arts arena to watch, or an ordinary person who can only listen to the atmosphere outside, they will not find it boring. Various small vendors who run interesting stalls have already heard of it. The news came, and the outside of the martial arts arena was as lively as a market.Troubadours and jugglers also appeared on the streets; the taverns and restaurants near the martial arts arena were overcrowded.

Once again, Auguste has to say that the Middle Ages are actually colorful and lively. Anyway, it is not just dull and depressing like in the movies, or beautiful but depressed.

The hazy veil of history has faded away, and the worldly atmosphere of fireworks is coming.

August was naturally sitting in the best exclusive box in the entire martial arts arena. He was so hot that he didn't feel that it was winter outside. He just wanted to take off his short cape, but Julie and Father Joe tried their best to stop him. , It’s hard to get a good shape, at least wait until the king has seen it before giving up.

Auguste loves and hates His Majesty the King, who always comes late to create the effect of a big shot.Therefore, in this hot and boring garbage time, Father Joe's nagging is undoubtedly a good way to pass the time.

"What can the tournament organization do?" August asked an encouraging question, signaling Father Joe to continue.

Julie sips the bloody red wine on the side, and stares at Father Joe boredly, keeping the same height as August—borrowing Father Joe to pass the time.

Father Qiao coughed lightly. He was very happy to cooperate with his friends, as if he had become a particularly important person, and began to vividly talk about what he saw in the Holy Roman Empire: "The tournament organization is very important. These big villages of Englishmen can't play at all."

Following Raphael's example, August gave Father Joe a half-smile expression: "Need I remind you, have you been blessed by a lord of a large village?"

Father Qiao hurriedly silenced his voice just now, he was too complacent, shit!

"Hey, the martial arts organization will be responsible for arranging the time, order and schedule of the martial arts competitions of different knight groups. You know, no matter how good-looking a show is, it cannot be staged continuously. It needs to come every few days, so as to maximize the mobilization. Everyone’s enthusiasm also frees everyone up to do other things.”

To put it simply, it is the Football Association, August said in his heart, responsible for arranging the league schedule, different knights are different football clubs, everyone has an organized and planned regular match, and jointly win tickets and the gaming industry. money.

It's just that Hyundai has increased broadcast fees and portrait rights, and on the surface it has separated the gaming industry from football.

After learning about the Football Association, where the jousting organization wanted to change the game, August was no longer interested in listening to it. After all, he had experienced the prosperity of modern football, and the rough version of the knight jousting became less attractive. people.

Julie listened with gusto. The world is so big and full of surprises. The Germans, who probably only give the impression of being rigorous, are too strict to be able to standardize the competition.France does not have any specific martial arts organization, of course, they also rarely have a martial arts arena, and knight competitions in different countries are different.

"Then how do you compete?" August turned to wonder about England's "good neighbors" across the sea.

"We respect tradition more." Julie nodded, saying this very reservedly.

"To put it simply, it's a random fight in a neutral suburb between the territories. It's primitive and barbaric." Raphael appeared by the door, holding a novelty toy specially given by others to please him.He just went to another box to socialize, different nobles, same diplomatic rhetoric.

"What is this?" August held up the wooden product in his hand and opened his eyes wide.

The two tacitly ignored Julie's angry voice in the background, "Ours is more interesting, thank you!", Julie said.The jousts of France liked jungle warfare very much. Hunting in the woods among the mountains was the closest form of jousting to the early form of simulated warfare.

"What are you looking at? A tree?" Raphael said venomously when August was focusing on new gadgets. He was always uncomfortable with people like Julie and Father Joe who would distract August. Be merciful.

Julie was very angry, but there was nothing she could do about Raphael.

"Just play for a while, don't like it too much." Raphael ignored Julie and said to August.

"Why?" August looked up.

"Didn't you find out? Your toys are all carved plaster, which is a toy that fits aristocratic status." Only merchants and commoner children play with wooden or cloth toys.The sense of class in the Middle Ages is really reflected in all aspects.

Auguste used to read foreign works, and he could always see arguments similar to "there is no family affection between the nobles, and they are always indifferent". In order to train their children to be the nobles among the nobles, the parents are always very strict. .But from the noble life that August has learned, at least such abnormalities in the noble families he knows are still in the minority.Even Richard II would give his children as many toys as possible during their childhood, and even set up a toy room for everyone, providing all kinds of luxury and enjoyment, for fear that his children would come into contact with other people. The aristocrat was teased as a child for not having played much.

In this regard, even Raphael was not left behind. The queen mother prepared the largest toy room for Raphael, but Raphael was lacking in interest since he was a child.

August, a social phobic patient whose mentality has been closer to that of a child in two lifetimes, actually likes to play.

"Oh, no wonder I find it novel." August nodded. He had been in contact with all kinds of "high-end" toys in the eyes of adults, and he rarely played with such ordinary children's things. "Yes Who was so creative to send this?"

"Filly." Raphael's only good friend, "He was going to please his sweetheart, but he failed."

"How old does he think his sweetheart is?" August couldn't help laughing out loud. The only thing that shrewd Marquis suffered was his secret lover.

"Older than me." Raphael was not going to reveal too much, for fear of scaring August.

But...August actually knows who Marquis Philip's lover is. He not only knows, but also knows.

"So it's cheaper for me." August is actually only 3 minutes hot, but the hotness is still there, and he is very happy.

Raphael kept smiling.That's why he was always dominant between him and Philip, he was a lot smarter than Philip, in every way.

After August had had enough fun and threw the woodwork aside, he remembered to appease Julie.In order to ease the awkward atmosphere between Julie and Raphael, August quickly asked another question to divert attention: "Julie, have you ever participated in a martial arts competition? I heard that you are very good at dueling."

Not only fierce, but also the kind of cruelty that has really fought to the death.

But this time Julie shook her head and said regretfully, "No."

To put it bluntly, knights are military armed forces born for the purpose of maintaining feudal rule in the Middle Ages, and at the same time maintaining the order of male society.No matter how much women's status has improved compared to the past, women are still in a disadvantaged position, and there are many fields that women cannot touch.Jousting is one of them.

To put it nicely, it's called protecting women; to put it bluntly, it's like the sports circle in modern society, where women never feel that they have the power to compete with men.

The meaning of women's existence is to embellish, to be... cheerleaders.

The knights will cheer up 12 points because of the ladies and ladies watching, and even break their heads in order to serve a certain noble lady.But they have always rejected the existence of female knights.

"Nobody wants to see women go to war."

"Then I will probably be an exception." August looked at Julie and said seriously, "If you are capable and willing, I would be happy for you to join my Knights. Of course, at the beginning, you have to disguise yourself as a woman." , when you win everyone, I'll be glad you tell them you're a woman, and watch the losers look ridiculous after being slapped in the face."

"...You hate men?" Raphael and Father Joe couldn't help but ask together.

"No, I hate patriarchy." Or I hate all unfair discrimination.This has a lot to do with August's difficult childhood. He still couldn't figure out why he could be sung by a group of children and said he was a wild species just because he didn't have a father, but the parents of the children just said He smiled and said that children are ignorant, and then forget it.Can mental damage be so easily calculated?Do single-parent families deserve to be discriminated against? !

Not to mention the various embarrassments that August suffered from inadvertently revealing his homosexuality when he grew up.

Julie smiled, with flaming red lips, extremely enchanting, she said to August: "I will give you a chance to repent, otherwise I will really take it seriously."

"You can go to Windsor Castle for training at any time." August is not prepared to take this opportunity at all. "If someone says that it is inappropriate for you to do so, you should tell them that the Duke of Gloucester allowed you to do so, so that they have Come to me with any questions."

Rights are really a good thing, and ordinary people may be arrested even if they question nobles.

Speaking of this, the king finally arrived, with his queen Catherine, two daughters Mary and Elizabeth, Crown Prince Richard, and son-in-law Henry, all members of the royal family gathered in the best box.Everyone stood up in the arena, no matter whether the king could see it or not, everyone saluted the king reverently, waiting for the king's signal to let them sit down.

August was the only one sitting because he sprained his ankle.

It was unlucky to say that, just this morning, when August was about to go out, he slipped and fell flat. The little duke lost nothing, only a crisp and tragic click sound from his ankle.It sounds very painful.Being able to insist on coming to watch the competition can only show the depth of August's love for his Knights.

The king had heard the news early in the morning, but before he arrived, he had sent someone in advance to announce that August would be exempted from all salutes.

After everyone was finally seated, Richard II paid special attention to August: "Do you want to postpone the subsequent deer hunting?"

"No, it's the same when I'm waiting in the camp." Anyway, even if August really went hunting, he would still only encounter the "extremely easy" trick.

"Oh, my poor Orr, what can make you happy?" Richard II was suffering from illness, and he could especially understand August's bad behavior at this time.

Countess Mary rolled her eyes at the king subtly, she felt that her father was simply pretending to be fake.When she was drugged by Witch Anne, she got seriously ill and almost died, but she didn't see Richard II say anything.Now that his heart is unbelievably broken, he will put on a show.

"I want my father, can you give him to me?" August directly turned the king back.

The king didn't speak. It seemed that he really wanted to say something, but he gave up after Raphael gave him a vague look.He just indicated to the host who had been waiting for his order that the contest could begin.

The waiter came forward and asked the king to place a bet.

Richard II chose his own knight order without hesitation. No matter whether he wins or loses, the prize money will be shared equally by the knight order who wins the contest.August followed closely behind, and he must be suppressing his own Knights.The second is the king's wife and children.Brothers and those deeply reborn by their side.

Except for the queen and several of the king's favorites, everyone else put the prize money on August's knights.

Richard II was not unhappy, anyway, he asked bluntly: "Are you so unconfident in my knight order?"

"I think they just have more confidence in the knights trained by my father." August relieved everyone and put it on any king. If he said so, he would definitely be feared by the other party, except for Richard II. The world is a unique wonder.

He laughed loudly: "So, I should bet on you too." Because he was also full of confidence in his brother.

"It's too late now, and it's too late to regret." August was the only one who dared to speak to the king like that.

The king was also the only one who found August cute when he said that.

The nobles who were lucky enough to follow the king's box to watch the contest couldn't help raising their evaluation of the Duke of Gloucester several notches in their hearts. Knowing that August was favored, and seeing August in front of the king with his own eyes His face is even greater than that of the crown prince, which are two completely different things.

Some people also looked at the king's children indiscriminately, wanting to see what they thought about it.

Countess Mary is insisting that the king is an acting personality, hypocritical, and aggrieved for August; Miss Elizabeth is working hard to act as an invisible person, and it is not easy to find her sense of existence; the crown prince... the crown prince is having a good time Said: "I also suppressed Orr's Knights, I am very optimistic about Andre."

"Unfortunately, I am not going to send Andre on the field this time." August said to his crown prince cousin.

"Why?" The crown prince was taken aback, his little face with baby fat looked very pitiful, and his pocket money was not caught by Dafeng, QAQ "Because this competition changed the rules." Ao Gu Sturt shrugged.

"kindness?"

The new rules of the contest were naturally proposed by Auguste, perfected by Raphael, presented to the imperial court, and finally decided by Richard II.

General martial arts competitions are like this, divided into group competitions and individual competitions. First, the most powerful knights in their respective knights will fight alone, as a warm-up for the competition, and then start the group battle of the knights. They lined up and fought with great momentum.Occasionally, there will be interspersed entertainment "round table contests", which are hand-to-hand duels imitating the story of King Arthur, as sung in poetry, and everyone is very interested.

Due to the changes of the times, purely individual competitions are actually very popular nowadays, and this form has been taken out of the previous re-examination state, and competitions have been played one after another.

However, in the formal competition, we still respect the tradition more, warm up the individual first, and then press on with the group.

Today, August has proposed another novel way of competition - wheel battle.Everyone first sends their weakest knight to the field for a round, and the winner stays on the field to continue to accept the challenge until the strongest knight of a certain side enters the field and loses.August said to the king that only in this way can the overall strength of the two knight orders be compared thoroughly.

The same is true for team competitions, the weakest trainee knights are played first, and then the real knights, so that the visibility increases step by step.

The king agreed, because he was really tired of watching the previous monotonous form of fighting.

After roughly explaining the new rules of the contest to the crown prince, August said: "I am full of confidence in my apprentice knight, believe me, it is not Andre's turn to play."

"Really?" The king raised his eyebrows. He was a little unbelieving. He felt that the probability of August winning was high, but not so great.

then……

John on August's side taught the audience how to behave.

Of course, it is impossible to compare all the knights one by one. The result of the discussion is that there will be five here and five there.At the beginning, both sides lined up to be apprentice knights, and August's side was naturally John.

Wearing a black crest with the black prince's personal characteristics, holding a spear and a shield marked with irises and lion guards, the red-haired John is riding on a tall horse. There was a hearty and fast duel contest in which people block and kill people, and Buddha blocks kill people.When everyone was wondering if he didn't know how tired he was, he had already picked five people by himself, including the serious knight.

This made those knights whose eyes were high above the top and felt that competing with apprentice knights would humiliate their status, greatly humiliated.

There was an unbelievable gasp in the audience.

Only August was extremely proud. He was the first to react and started to applaud. If it wasn't for the condition of the sprained ankle, he would even jump up to express his cheers.

After August took the lead, everyone woke up like a dream and looked at the king together. After the king also expressed his admiration cheerfully, they gave John the warmest applause.John's red hair was as hot and intense as a flame. For the first time, people ignored his ordinary appearance and felt that he was handsome and handsome on the horse.Father Joe's look of wanting to bow down to John's horse made Julie feel a little itchy.

Raphael turned sideways and whispered in August's ear: "Whether you believe it or not, I can do better than him."

There was a sour smell that seemed to permeate the entire box.

"Of course I believe you." August said without hesitation. This was not comforting Raphael, but the unquestionable belief in August's heart that Raphael is the best!

After the individual show, there is a team competition. The knights off the field returned to their respective sides to prepare. The King’s knight looked at John as if he saw something killing his father and enemy, while the knights on August’s side were Happy celebration, there is nothing to hide, because they won, so they deserve the applause of the audience!