With that first loss, it was the perfect excuse for the King of Mitfield to excuse himself.
His Knight, and a member of the Royal Paladins, had lost the first match, and it was only natural that he would go to comfort him in some way. They would naturally know each other, as he was the son of a Duke, and a Knight of the Order, who was working to protect one of the Princes.
So, the King stepped out, surrounded by his guards, with a mage as an escort, and nobody batted an eye.
They were too excited about the second match.
Unlike the first, the second and third matches of the day turned into a lopsided pairing, with one of the Knights in the second match having his lance knocked down during the final approach, scoring a single point.
With a failure to break a lance during the first attempt as well, that left him down ten points to three.
Not a good spot to be in.
