While Shade was chatting with Agelina, a middle-aged aristocrat who was originally running in the lead of the second echelon and was wearing a cowboy hat, but was actually an earl, suddenly slowed down and kissed his female companion on the horse.
Turning towards the slope beside the road, even my hands began to touch indescribable parts.
Shade didn't know what they would do next, because he had already passed two people and inexplicably advanced one more.
"I know, my sister must have grabbed hold of you, so she blackmailed you, right? For example -"
The little princess sitting in front of Shade continued, then she pinched her throat and changed her voice:
"Knight, you don't want your cat to disappear suddenly, right?"
She tried hard to pretend to be Lesia's voice, but Shade didn't know which thing shocked him more now.
He only heard the laughter and teasing of other people behind him, and then heard the count's curses down the slope, which became smaller and smaller because of the distance:
"Aren't girls more interesting than this damn game? Go ride your horses! Don't send anyone to me for a while!"
Perhaps his views can be agreed with by most people.
Seeing that Shade didn't speak, Agelina continued:
"How could an upright, kind, honest and brave gentleman like you suddenly fall in love with Sister Lesia? She doesn't have this kind of charm."
She probably underestimated Lesia's charm, and because she definitely didn't know the secrets of Lesia and Dorothy, she couldn't guess that the story of Shade and Lesia was much more than what she saw.
In addition, every time she saw Shade and Lesia together, Lesia was always relatively "strong", so she had this illusion.
Shade wanted to clarify this misunderstanding, but the dirt road ahead was quite difficult to walk. The ground was bumpy and not as flat as the roads directly in front of Lake View Manor. He had to concentrate on riding:
"Agelina, actually I..."
"I know, actually you also have a crush on Sister Lesia."
She finally got it right. As she spoke, she looked up at Shade's face. Shade nervously held the reins and didn't dare to look around, for fear of a "traffic" accident.
"Mr. Hamilton, don't you think that your situation is very similar to mine? My sister is also controlling me by fighting for my freedom, but she is also sincerely good to me. I also like my sister very much, but I always want to get true love.
freedom without restraint.”
At this time, more than half of the race had passed. On the bumpy horseback, Shade clamped Agelina's arms tightly to prevent her from falling. But Agelina's riding skills were obviously much better than Shade.
This level of jolting is no problem for her.
"I know Sister Lesia's ambition. She needs me and I need her. But I really want to...Mr. Hamilton, in fact we are standing together."
The little princess is trying to explain her point of view.
"Um...what do you want to do?"
Shade hesitated before asking, suspecting that the sixteen-year-old princess had the idea of "I can take her place."
Agelina Cavendish's face lit up:
"Let's help each other in the future and hide it from Sister Lesia. If we have something we don't want her to know, we can communicate without her."
She said in a low voice, as if she was worried that Lesia, who was far away in the manor, would hear it. Shade breathed a sigh of relief. Although most of the descendants of the Cavendish family are ambitious, at the age of sixteen, they really don't know how to do it.
Thinking too much:
"no problem."
He nodded and agreed. Agelina Cavendish just didn't want her marriage to become a bargaining chip in the king's hands. Helping her was a just move, and outsiders were happy to help. As for private communication, Shade didn't want to
If Agelina can really bypass Lesia, she probably has no idea how many tricks Lesia has.
Seeing that Shade actually agreed, the little princess seemed very happy. She reached out and held the reins that Shade was holding, and said sideways:
"Knight, it seems you are not lying when you say you are not good at riding horses."
There was a brisk tone in the words:
"Let me go, I'll take control. Now we've only run half a circle, there's still a chance."
As he spoke, he opened his arms slightly, actually forcing Shade to let go of the reins.
Under the reflection of the setting sun, the long red hair of the female knight also looked so shiny. Originally, where Shade and Agelina were, they were already at the top of the second echelon. Now Shade let go and suddenly accelerated.
Quickly caught up with Brady Baron in first place.
The Baron's thaumaturgy is quite superb. His only weakness is that every time he reaches out to pick up the note on the wooden pole, he will subconsciously slow down. But this is not a problem at all for Agelina, she doesn't even need Xia.
De stretched out his hand and could easily pull off the note as he passed by the servant at high speed.
The second half of the horse racing ended with Baron Brady gradually slowing down and Shade and Agelina getting closer and closer.
When she returned to the straight road in front of Lakeview Manor and could see the people waiting at the finish line in the distance, Agelina let go of the reins again and let Shade control the rhythm of riding again.
Because Shade and Agelina were in second place from beginning to end, no one noticed that the rider had changed halfway. And on the final acceleration straight, this horse carefully selected from Le Maire Racecourse,
Demonstrated extremely excellent linear acceleration technology.
At the starting point of acceleration on the straight road, it was a full horse length behind Baron Brady in front of him, but when it finally crossed the finish line, it was unexpectedly a horse head faster than Baron.
When Shade pulled the reins to slow down, cheers could already be heard from behind. Compared with Shade's frantic efforts to stop the horse that was running away, Baron Brady stopped Shade easily.
later:
"Knight, I didn't expect that you are not only good at playing Rhodes, but also your riding skills are so superb."
Although the baron lost the game, he still said it decently. Of course, he received a kiss when he helped his wife dismount, which was probably the reason why the middle-aged noble was in a good mood:
"The straight-line acceleration at the end was great."
He took off his gloves and stretched out his hand to shake Shade's hand. Shade was a little embarrassed.
"Yes, Rejed's Hamilton's riding skills are quite good."
Agelina, who had already gotten off the horse, said with a smile. After she stood firm on the ground, she followed the movements of the female companions of the other riders who arrived one after another. She also stood on tiptoes and kissed Shade on the side of his face.
one time.
Although Shade is rumored to be Miss Carina's lover, it is normal to give a kiss to the knight who won the championship after the horse riding competition at the wedding banquet. Therefore, although Shade felt that he was even more embarrassed, everyone else
Everyone thinks this is quite normal.
People who came back one after another congratulated Schade, and people watching the game also praised Schade's final straight-line acceleration as very professional. Queen Diana seemed to have told about her horse racing experience at Le Maire Racecourse in the autumn. Therefore, people
By default, Shade is really good at riding horses, and he is not surprised at all by this result.
Only Shade himself knew that winning had little to do with him, but mainly because the horse's pedigree was so outstanding.
But no matter what, in the praise of everyone, he did win the first major game championship at tonight's banquet.
The middle-aged butler of the manor presented the prize very politely. With people watching, Shade put away the gold-plated silver brooch, and then handed the small mirror into Agelina's hands.
Shade took back his cat, and the little princess took the mirror without giving it to her maid for safekeeping. Just as the housekeeper said when setting off, the sunset completely disappeared and the stars twinkled above her head. Princess Agelina's face turned red.
, said goodbye to Shade with his empty hand:
"Knight, enjoy tonight's banquet. I'm going to change into my dress. Although this dress is convenient for riding horses, it's really ugly... I had a great time."
She finished the second half of the sentence as if she was a little shy, then walked back to the manor with the maid, and quickly disappeared into the crowd in the brightly lit courtyard.
Shade looked at the silver brooch in his hand and pinned it on his chest while accepting people's congratulations:
"Is this considered proof of strength?"
[What kind of proof of strength is riding a horse? No, it is far from enough.]
Xia De looked at the bustling courtyard in front of him, listened to the music and laughter, and smiled at the corner of his mouth:
"Yes, not counting just now, I will win a round by myself next!"
There is still a long time tonight, and Shade still has a lot to do.
After the horse racing competition, the news that Shade won the race somehow became known to everyone in a short period of time. While Shade continued to hang out at the banquet, people would occasionally ask Shade about the details of his horse racing experience just now.
, and then laughed loudly, praising the extravagance and expense of this banquet.
Of course, no one will think this is a waste. In the eyes of the nobles, this is a good opportunity to demonstrate the family's prestige. And judging from the attitude of the royal family, after this wedding, Duke Asberg will probably take further control
The strength of the Northern Army was even more valued by the king.
But Shade was very curious as to why Larus III, who was always wary of others taking too much power and could even execute his own son mercilessly, was not wary of Duke Eisberg at all.
Shade didn't hang around for long. Less than ten minutes after finishing the horse race, he met his neighbor Mr. Smith at the long table in the courtyard.
Mr. Smith is dressed in an old-school black suit with a bow tie. Before his retirement, he was the chief secretary of the Kingdom's Ministry of Finance. After his retirement, he not only received the Kingdom's Contribution Medal, but even received the title of Honorary Baronet.
Although he is only a non-hereditary honorary baron, relying on his contributions and connections before retirement, this old gentleman who goes out to walk the dog with his wife on time every day and greets Xia De warmly is actually better than those down-and-out hereditary nobles.