Roses for Rosalind

Rosie thought for a while in silence, then untied the ribbon on her hand and handed it to him.

Anyway, I would not lose a piece of meat if I gave it to him... And part of the reason why he came to the knight meeting was because of her. If she insisted on refusing, it would be really embarrassing.

Anyway...

Anyway, the man who should have been chasing her relentlessly for the ribbon was not in Rome at the moment.

Arco De Niro carefully put away the ribbon with a smile, and anyone with a discerning eye could tell that he was in a good mood.He walked around the Pantheon with Rosie for a while, and expressed his opinion on the architectural style of the Pantheon.After Rosie expressed that she was a little tired, she sent Rosie and Juliet back to their residence in Rome in a very gentlemanly manner, and took her leave after being delivered to the door.

"I won't bother you today, please take a good rest—ladies have an obligation to be cared for." He said with a smile.

Everything was flawless.

Juliet and Rosie stood by the window watching him leave.Almost at the moment when De Niro's carriage disappeared from their sight, Juliet grabbed Rosie's sleeve: "Sissy," Juliet leaned into her ear and whispered to her, "Do you like this?" people, eh?"

"No, you're thinking too much." Rosie shook her head, raised her hand and rubbed her forehead: "Although he's really a nice person, but..."

"You don't like him?" Juliet's eyes widened slightly: "But when you were in the Pantheon just now, didn't you also give him your ribbon? I saw it all."

"It's just an ordinary ribbon, it doesn't mean anything." Rosie walked towards the room, she was really tired.

"It's just a ribbon?" Juliet grabbed her arm to stop her from moving forward, and said seriously, looking directly at Rosie with her big black eyes: "It's not just a ribbon. Don't you mean you don't know?” , Sissy?"

"No, of course I know." Rosie said, "But that doesn't mean..."

"But if you didn't like him, why did you give him the ribbon?" Juliet asked stubbornly, "It's unreasonable."

"Okay, okay," Rosie helplessly raised her hands and surrendered to her: "Then I admit that I have a little affection for him, are you satisfied, my dear Juliet?"

"No." Juliet still clung to her: "You told me before, the person my aunt mentioned to you is him, right?"

"……Um."

"The reason why he came to Rome is to participate in this tournament, right?"

"Ah."

"And he's at the Cavalry for you—at least in part because of you, isn't it?"

"Ah."

"So you will definitely watch his games, right?"

"Ah."

"And it's bound to be well-groomed, isn't it?"

"Uh-huh?"

"It's too late to realize now." Juliet, who had succeeded in her plan, snorted with satisfaction, and finally let go of her: "I don't care, anyway, if you agree, you agree, you must do it—— Well," she said mercifully, waving her hand, "now you can go to rest."

Rosie with tears in her eyes: "...Thank you, thank you Lord Ron qaq"

Generally speaking, a martial arts competition lasts for about a week: Sunday is the day of assembly and celebration, and horse fighting competitions are held on Monday and Tuesday; Wednesday is a day off, and horse fighting competitions including sword fighting are held on Thursday (y ).When all the games were over, it was the turn of the dance, which lasted all night with feasting.

The venue for the competition this time was in the Colosseum in the city of Rome, surrounded by stands, where the commoners sat and watched the match, while the nobles had special boxes for the nobles.The servants of each family will arrive at their boxes in advance to hang brocade curtains, triangular pennants and coat of arms, and prepare the things needed by the master.The gorgeously dressed nobles only need to arrive shortly before the game is about to start.

The game has not started yet, but there are not many vacant seats in the Colosseum.The civilians, who usually wear good clothes only on important occasions, were clamoring in their seats, laughing loudly or making bets at the last minute.Cheese and wine were being passed around, and someone jumped on a stool to receive them, and those around him rushed up to grab them, laughing.The scene was chaotic, but also very lively.

Juliet and Rosie followed the Viscount Capulet and Baroness Anderson to the box belonging to the Capulet family. After greeting the surrounding nobles, they entered the box and found their respective seats, and sat down next to each other. .

It didn't take long for the conference to officially begin.The magnificent horn was sounded, and the entire Colosseum gradually fell silent, listening to the king's speech.After this, the musicians kicked off the tourney with music, and would improvise ornamental passages to celebrate the highlights of the game.

The first two days of the tourney featured jousting, or jousting, a one-on-one battle between two knightly competitors.The rules of the game are also very simple: two participating knights ride their horses at full speed to hedge and throw their iron spears at each other at the same time.If one of the players accidentally falls off the horse, then according to the regulations, the other side must also get off the horse and continue the game on foot until either one of them declares abstention or loses combat effectiveness due to fatigue or injury, or the referee or the conference until the great lord (or king) of the

The simple way makes the game run very fast, and many games can often be held in a day.In the beginning, Rosie was able to watch the game below with relish.She watched with great interest the knight who hit the opponent get off his horse, drew out his spear again to start a new round of fierce battle, and applauded him from time to time.But as time went on, she became less and less interested in watching the game.She didn't know when she had unconsciously supported her chin with one hand, and her eyes, which were looking at the game below, gradually lost their proper focus.

If it wasn't for the need to maintain her image in front of the public, I'm afraid Miss Rosalind would really fall into a coma.

Another Cavaliers win in the head-to-head game.He excitedly raised one of his fists amidst the cheers of the audience, rode triumphantly to the magistrate, gave him a slight nod in salute, and touched himself respectfully in the direction of the box where the king was. left chest.Then, he drove the horse again, stopped in front of a flushed lady, and asked her for the reward he deserved.

The lady gave him a kiss without hesitation.

There was thunderous applause, mixed with deafening booing whistles and loud screams.The drowsy Rosie jerked violently, and was awakened completely by the sound.

"Then, we will start the next round of competition!" The announcer desperately raised his volume, and used all his strength to prevent his voice from being suppressed by the noise of the audience: "First of all, it is from Naples. Reserve knight, Aguilani Bova of the Bova family!"

A rider on a white horse came out from behind the fence.He held up the spear in his hand, and triumphantly walked around the audience amidst fierce cheers.

There was a particularly strong call from one direction in the stands, and Rosie guessed that it should be the box of the Bova family.

"And the one who is about to face him is——!"

The small gate of the fence on the other side opened, and a knight in silver-white armor slowly appeared in everyone's sight.He rode a tall black horse, and he came to the other party without any haste, and stood still.Unlike his calm master, the knight's horse looks full of fighting spirit.The long ponytail kept flicking behind him, his front hoofs were restlessly scratching the ground, and he made a loud snorting sound from time to time.

Inexplicably, when everyone was nervously clenching their fists and waiting for the duel between the two knights, Rosie's attention was attracted by the ribbon tied on the spear of the knight who appeared later. Living.

It was a very ordinary light blue silk ribbon, without any special decoration.But unlike other knights, Rosie could clearly see that even from such a long distance, even though it was well preserved, the ribbon was obviously of a certain age.

An old ribbon?

That doesn't look very respectable, so why not ask the lady he likes for a new ribbon?

and……

Rosie reached out and touched her eyelids.

... From the very beginning, her eyelids kept twitching.She danced so badly that her whole body was about to fail.

...I always feel that something big is about to happen.

As if to confirm her premonition, the announcer's excited voice sounded at this moment——

——— "The one who will face him is the reserve knight from Verona, Romeo Montague of the Montague family!!"