The attendant knocked on the door of the room, and after the sound of "Come in", he pushed the door open and entered.

"Good morning, sir!"

The attendant bowed respectfully to the person standing in the room. That was the master he was serving—Viscount Auston Klein.

The brown-haired young viscount responded with a smile, "Good morning, Bowman."

Judging from his complexion and the meticulous clothes he took care of, he had been up for a long time.

The attendant said in a slightly "reproachful" tone: "You can sleep a little longer, after all, the discussion was so late at the meeting yesterday, and there is no need for you to go to the city wall to be on duty now."

Viscount Klein shook his head: "As a knight, even if there are no external constraints, you can't relax your requirements on yourself."

Infinite admiration surged in Bowman's heart, he really thought he was an adult who was strict with himself.

Attendant Bowman is the eldest son of a low-level knight family near Thorn Fortress. He just turned 16 this year. In order to make his son a knight, his father sent him to the Dodgers he was loyal to when he was 8 years old. The family received training, and Bowman and a dozen other friends spent 8 years of boarding life in the Dodge family. When the old duke was free, he often taught these young cavaliers in person, teaching them skills in fighting and equestrian skills, And their education in literature, etiquette and other knowledge is taught by the Duchess.

This year, a rebellion broke out in the south led by Duke Giles, and the Thorn Fortress in the Dodge family territory suddenly became the first line of defense to prevent the rebels from going north. Came to Garrison Thorn Fortress.

The rebels in the south were busy cleaning up those lords who were still loyal to the royal family around them. They did not attack the Thorn Fortress for the time being, and the strength of the Dodge family was not enough to take the initiative. Her Royal Highness Catherine, who was cleaning up the harassment of the barbarians on the eastern highlands, immediately sent a team The cavalry rushed to help them defend the fort.

After being highly tense for a while, they received bad news. Because Jingyao’s granary caught fire and suffered huge losses, the main force of Wang’s army could not go south for the time being, so they could only send an advance force led by Viscount Klein to help them strengthen the thorns. The guard force of the fortress.

And it was at that time that Bowman was recommended by Duke Dodge to Viscount Klein to become a servant and start the second stage of his road to knighthood.

Viscount Klein extended his arms, "Please, Bowman."

Bowman immediately said: "Where, this is what I should do."

Then he went to the armor stand in the corner of the room, took off a part hanging from it, and put it on for the Viscount.

In fact, the armor on the bracket is just a pair of plain armor, and Klein can handle it by himself, but it is the duty of a knight attendant to help the master put on the armor, and it can also make the attendants more familiar with various armors, so just now In the first year of becoming a servant, they had to do this job.

Bowman helped Klein put on the armor very neatly, he was already very familiar with the steps.

"This **** war really makes people unable to relax at all."

Klein complained in his heart. In fact, he didn't like the feeling of walking around wearing armor all day, but after all, he was on the front line, and there was nothing he could do about it.

"Come on, follow me to have breakfast with the Duke."

The two walked out of the room one after the other.

As soon as they came to the corridor, they met the Viscount Leicester who turned around from the corner, who was the cavalry commander who was first appointed by the princess to rush to the rescue of the Thorn Fortress.

Viscount Klein was the first to say hello: "Morning, Leicester. It's been a hard job to be on duty all night."

The attendant, Bowman, also packed his luggage at once.

"Um."

Lester just hummed lightly, but there was still no expression on his face.

Bowman couldn't help complaining in his heart again: "This adult will not be born with facial paralysis."

He hadn't seen Lester smile on weekdays, he did it to his subordinates, to his colleagues, even to the Duke, always with a cold face.

Klein, who has worked with Lester for many years, is used to it. He has already figured out the habits of this colleague.

The three of them walked together to the hall of the fortress castle, where the old Duke Dodge invited them to have breakfast together yesterday.

Klein asked as he walked, "What didn't happen last night?"

Just when he was fully expecting the answer of "no", the other party let his hope come to nothing.

"Have."

Klein asked in surprise, "What happened?"

At this time, the troops in the fortress can't stop the full-scale attack of the rebels.

Lester said: "One scout covered in blood escaped, but at the time he set out with him to investigate the enemy's situation and there were six other people."

"Has he detected anything?"

Lester shook his head: "I just passed out when I came back, and the doctor has already treated his wound. Fortunately, he saved his life, but he hasn't woken up yet."

Klein showed a sympathetic look: "May the Father in Heaven have mercy on him. This is the first time that scouts have suffered such a large loss? It is estimated that they have bumped into an enemy whose number far exceeds their own."

But then he said strangely: "As a scout, shouldn't it be a basic skill to detect and determine the balance of power between the enemy and the enemy in time? Even if you encounter a superior enemy, as long as you retreat in time, the entire army will not be almost wiped out. Let it out this time." Are all of you newbies?"

Leicester shook his head again: "No, they are all old birds, so this time is a big loss."

"It seems that the specific situation can only be asked after he wakes up."

"Yes."

The two soon came to the castle hall, and found that Duke Dodge was already sitting there waiting for them~lightnovelpub.net~ I kept you waiting, Lord Duke. "

"excuse me."

The two hurriedly greeted the Duke.

Duke Dodge waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I just arrived here too, besides, it's still early for our agreed time, come and sit down quickly."

After the two thanked each other, they went to the table to find a seat to sit down, and their attendants stood behind each other to listen to the call of the master at any time. Only after the person they served finished eating, the attendants could start to enjoy their own breakfast.

While waiting for breakfast, Lester reported to the Duke about the scouts.

"Well... this is really a huge loss. These are not farmers who have just put down their hoes and picked up their spears. It is still very difficult to train a qualified scout."

The duke was obviously distressed.

"My lord, what I'm worried about is that the opposite side may have strengthened their anti-reconnaissance efforts, hunting down and destroying enemy scouts to cover up their large-scale mobilization and real deployment, so... this is likely to be the prelude to a large-scale attack."

Klein expressed his judgment, and Lester, who was sitting next to him, nodded in agreement.

Duke Dodge frowned: "Your worries are not unreasonable. The fortress must be ready at all times. After breakfast, I will issue an order to notify the officers of the troops."

Klein further suggested: "The rebels have been stationed opposite us for a long time without attacking, and some generals in the fortress have already relaxed a little. I think you should call the officers of each unit to talk face to face and let them know the seriousness of the matter. "

Duke Dodge stroked his beard, secretly admiring the young man in front of him.

He was about to speak when suddenly a guard ran into the hall.

"The scout who came back last night woke up and said that there is something important to report."