From Witcher to Lord of the Empire

Sward asked Lan in disbelief: "My lord, is the Duchess too..."

Ace also asked Lan in disbelief: "My lord, are the officials in Toussaint too..."

Lan En gave them a blank look: "Is this what you should say?"

The two attendants hurriedly bowed their heads and pleaded guilty.

House obediently stepped forward and poured Lane a glass of wine, and then poured Geralt a glass of wine.

Smelling the refreshing aroma of the wine, Geralt sighed, "The duchess and the officials here...why are they all like this?"

Lan also sighed, and said with a headache:

"On the bright side, that's why we're allowed to come to Toussaint at this time, and we can be entertained."

Lan knocked on the door, asked the housekeeper for a map of Bauclairn, and asked several people to gather around, and ordered.

"Let's get down to business: you all know that I came here to find the laboratory of a mage named Thomas Molu. I need his experimental results on the secondary mutation of the witcher, as well as the results of his laboratory's Magic treasure."

Everyone nodded, this is something they have known for a long time.

"According to the information I have learned, besides the laboratory, Professor Molu also has an experiment log that should be kept close to him, and may have been brought into the tomb by him in the end. I also need to find it.

In order to save time as much as possible, I plan to divide the troops into two groups—"

Lan thought for a while, and began to point people.

"Ace." Arrow attendant looked up.

"House." He stopped pouring wine.

"You two take four sword guards—no axe and hammer, leave the bombs—and search Beauclair's cemetery."

Lan En said cautiously: "I only know that he was buried in Bauclair. I can't tell exactly where. This job is not decent, so you rest during the day and go out at night. Be smart and don't be seen by too many people. I can rest assured that I leave it to you." .”

The two attendants nodded.

"As for us..." Lan looked at Geralt and Sward, "We will meet up with Uncle Mossak's druid friends tomorrow, and then we will leave for the Valley of the Nine. No drinking at today's dinner Too much wine."

"Yes!" Sward replied loudly.

House and Ace looked at the time and asked, "Master Earl, then we now..."

Lan En ordered: "Go pick someone, then eat, and rest for a while."

The two nodded yes.

Sward smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll bring you back some wine for the dinner party!"

The two who were about to go out punched the servants with light hammers and swords respectively, and were about to open the door, but suddenly heard the sound of knocking on the door.

House asked Lane for a look, and stepped forward to open the door. The butler's face appeared at the door.

"My lord, there is a visitor coming."

"Visitor?" House said angrily, "You just came to the door without a call? What is this!"

Lan didn't stop House from getting angry. After he finished speaking, he waved his hand slightly to make him take a step back, and asked, "Who is the visitor?"

The butler bent down a few more degrees, and said respectfully, "It's Baron Palmerin de Renfort and His Excellency Baron de Perrac Perrin."

"I don't know them." Lan shook his head. "Are they in a hurry?"

The butler explained: "It seems to be so. And...it seems that they don't want to visit you, but they seem to get to know this Mr. Geralt through the Earl."

Four pairs of eyes looked at Geralt.

"I don't know them either." The witcher explained blankly.

Lan was a little interested: "Then let them in, I want to hear what they are looking for Geralt—if you don't mind Geralt."

The witcher shook his head indifferently.

Two knights came in, each saluted Lane and greeted Geralt.

Silence ensued.

According to Beauclair's chivalrous tradition, the four were silent for ten heartbeats.

"Good day, my lord, and Mr. Geralt." A knight said, "We have something to entrust Mr. Geralt."

He turned to the witcher and said, "This has something to do with your profession."

Geralt nodded: "Speak."

The two looked at the three attendants, even Lan En, with expressions of embarrassment on their faces. There seems to be something unspeakable.

"The Earl Lannister is my employer, and it is impossible for me to accept your commission without his permission." Geralt said bluntly, "If you two are really urgent, please do so as soon as possible."

The two knights looked at each other in embarrassment, took a few more breaths of mental construction, and said falteringly: "It's like this... that succubus... the demon that haunts the night, it is the duchess and the ladies who ask you The one that was eliminated. Can you tell me how much I was paid for killing that monster?"

Geralt shook his head. "I'm sorry, gentlemen, but I cannot disclose such details."

"We understand, understand," said one of the knights, "that we're dealing with a decent man. To be honest, I'm afraid such a man would find our offer an insult, but I have to say—

Please give up this contract and don't hurt that poor succubus. On my honor, we in Toussaint have far more men than women. You'll be amazed at how generous we are. "

The witcher said coldly: "Your proposal is indeed not far from an insult."

"Mr. Geralt," another knight added, "it is said that you only kill monsters that are threatening, real threats. And that succubus never threatened anyone, never hurt anyone. Oh, she will Every now and then... visit the sleeping male... do some little pranks..."

"But only for adults," another knight added.

Geralt refused again with a blank face: "I won't tell the Duchess or any other lady about this, but please get out."

The two knights seemed to want to get angry and argue, but they seemed to remember something, and looked at Lann with apprehension.

The corner of Lan's mouth twitched, and he signaled to House with no expression on his face: "Call the room steward, and ask the two barons to go out."

The two barons reluctantly left.

Watching the two go away, House and Ace suddenly asked curiously: "Mr. Geralt, are you really going to kill that succubus?"

Geralt gave them a strange look, and explained: "Generally speaking, succubi don't suck blood or kill people, so they don't have any malicious intentions, but occasionally there are 'unusual' situations. So I will find her first, according to the investigation The end determines the means."

Lan was also a little strange, these two attendants never cared about hunting things.

"This...Actually, we want to ask you, aren't we going out at night? I'm thinking about how we should get along if we meet a succubus—I mean, how should we judge whether she is good or bad, and how should we get along? How can I protect myself?"

The two attendants had serious expressions, but the corners of their mouths twitched slightly, their breathing was rapid, and their fingers and bodies also twisted uneasily.

Lan En was expressionless: "You two get out too, now."