Witcher's Atelier

After bidding farewell to His Majesty and leaving the audience hall, Victor held a large bag of gold coins in his hand. King Foltest gave him a full three thousand orens as a reward for saving Princess Adda.

He was happy to have money in his hand. The witcher planned to turn this huge sum of money into crowns when he returned to the hotel. Together with the one thousand crowns rewarded by Radovid V, he would have a full four thousand crowns to use.

After deducting the cost of replenishing gunpowder and alchemical materials, there will definitely be a lot of surplus. Although it is mainly dependent on the subsidy from the side job, he is definitely the only one in hundreds of years who can make money as a witcher.

Considering that he has lived next to Natalis Square these days, the surrounding living functions are indeed good. Since the base in the temple area has burned down, should he buy a new house in the trade area?

Anyway, with Captain Vincent's face, and even if necessary, Mayor Virerad's face can be borrowed. Buying a four-story house with a courtyard within the third ring road should not be a problem!

Letting my imagination run wild, while considering whether to choose cypress or cedar for the bathtub, someone approached behind me. The footsteps were not very familiar, but I was sure to know him.

Turning around, I saw a bright red hair and a sapphire on her forehead, "It's you, Triss! Long time no see, I'm so glad to meet you here, your beauty tonight is unmatched!"

The corners of the sorceress's mouth curved, "Thank you, Wick, although we all know that this is not true, I still thank you very much for your compliment, I like it very much, chat with me." After that, she smiled and led Victor to the courtyard.

For Triss, they really haven't seen each other for a long time. The last time they met was more than 20 days ago, at the Tower of Azulie. And in the whole Vizima turmoil, although the scope of activities overlapped a lot, they always missed each other by mistake.

When the turmoil ended, the royal consultant's affairs piled up, and there was no chance to chat. It was not until now at the celebration banquet that I finally found an opportunity to communicate with this rising star of the witcher.

As for Victor, although he didn't know what the sorceress wanted to talk to him about, when he sat back in the familiar chair and looked around the familiar courtyard, he smiled knowingly when he remembered the last time he talked with Triss here, Keira suddenly appeared, and the two shrews scolded each other in the street.

Glancing at him, Triss said unhappily: "Although I can't clearly judge what you are laughing at, you must be thinking about something very rude!"

The witcher patted his thigh, "Hey, beautiful lady, let's not talk about whether I am thinking about something rude, but it is definitely very rude to read your mind casually!"

Although she was complained, Triss didn't look embarrassed at all, "Geralt said that it is rude if you read it, and it is not counted if you don't read it!"

Victor responded to this kind of dog food with a face, and then both of them laughed.

After a while, she said, "Actually, there's nothing important to find you for. I just want to say thank you. Regarding the 'crisis warning' and 'curse removal', thanks to you, this chaos has made my position with Keira not too awkward."

"Heh! Don't say that. Crisis warning is a mutual assistance and cooperation agreement with Keira, and removing the curse is the king's commission, and both are paid." Victor shook the gold coins in his hand, making a crisp sound of collision.

Amused by this money-grubbing style, the sorceress reached out and conjured up a bag of gold coins, holding it in front of the boy, "Whether you get paid or not is one thing, no matter what, you have helped a lot! In every sense."

The witcher took the bag of gold coins without hesitation and put it in his arms, "I'll keep this money for you first, and I'll give it back to you when you have no money!"

Triss laughed and reached out to pinch Victor's cheek, "Oh! You bad brother, I will look forward to it, full of expectations."

Then the two chatted for a while, and the sorceress, who had a lot of things to do, left the courtyard first.

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Watching Triss’s back, Victor sat on the bench, thinking about Kayla.

After thinking for a while, he took out the voice box from the herbal bag and stared at it with a serious face. He was so serious because the memory he used last time was too “painful”.

A few days ago, on the evening when he received a call from Kayla on the way back to the city, Victor was immersed in the culture of Zaun in another world. The sorceress used all the dirty words she had heard and learned in her long life, just to pour endless rage on the witcher.

Victor could fully understand Kayla’s anger! The little man who loved face must have wanted to stop the old man from showing off his power, until he had no other options and could no longer bear it, and then he accepted the destined lava eruption with grief and anger!

And the most “painful” thing for the boy at that time was that he had to resist the urge to “beat the ground and laugh wildly”, otherwise he would definitely kill him to silence him if the sorceress chased him to the ends of the earth!

Anyway, she cursed for fifteen minutes that day before she suddenly hung up the phone. There was no contact afterwards. This was the main reason why Victor was hesitant now. He wondered if Keira had calmed down.

From the conversation with Triss just now, it was known that the work of the royal advisor was usually very leisurely, but it was extremely busy after the turmoil, so Keira must have been very fulfilled these days. She must have forgotten a little?

Recalling the previous experience of angering the sorceress, the witcher decided to take the initiative to contact her. First of all, not contacting her might cause more serious consequences. Secondly, strictly speaking, he did nothing wrong last time. It was she who asked for the potion that would take effect immediately, and he just satisfied her.

Beep-beep-beep-beep! ──Hanged up.

It seemed that he was still angry. Looking up at the starry sky, Victor took the voice box back into his arms and decided to meet up with Shani and Angulan and go back to the hotel to rest first.

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The original house was burned down, so they stayed at the "New Narakot Hotel" for the past few days, which is next to Natalis Square.

The three of them left the palace, and Angouleme jumped along the way, extremely excited. Shani behaved calmly and calmly.

Walking in front, the girl rubbed the ground with her soles, happily stepping on the devil's pace, "Hehe! Knight Angouleme, hehehe, Knight Angouleme!..."

That kind of brain-dead atmosphere, Victor decisively decided to ignore her, "Senior sister, are you sure you will return to Oxenfurt tomorrow?"

"Well, there is no way. When encountering unrest, the medical team does not want to stay for a long time. In addition, Catriona is not so serious this year, so we left earlier." Naturally slowing down, Shani and Victor walked side by side.

"Will you leave tomorrow morning?"

"Yes, take a boat to go by water tomorrow morning."

"Yeah, it's better to go by water, better than by land, safe and fast."

"..." Are you only going to say these meaningless words when you are about to part? Xia Ni squinted her eyes and stared at Victor, which made him feel a little puzzled.

"Uh...what's wrong?"

"Nothing!" The tone was cold.

The trade zone at night was a city that never sleeps, with bright lights and music everywhere. Even though they had just experienced a man-made disaster, humans regained their spirits in just a few days.

Ending his self-satisfaction, Angouleme planned to share with more people, so he slid in front of Victor, "Hey Wick, I'm a knight now, an honorary knight. Angouleme of Temeria, hehehe!"

The general of the Phantom Troupe sighed, "You've said it several times, and I heard it clearly, so what do you, a bare knight without a fief, want to say?"

The member pretended to be shy, but in fact, he was shameless, and said seriously: "Although I don't have a fief, I have a loyal object! Captain, I think my status is different now, and the allowance needs to be increased!"

"Do you mean you want to increase the money?"

"You must increase it!"

"Get lost!" Victor kicked, and Angouleme dodged instantly, "You ask me for money for a knight who was conferred by others, how can this be justified in the world! If you want to continue working for me, you will be the deputy captain and chief thug, and your salary will not increase at all!"

The scolded golden eagle suddenly turned into a featherless crow, dejected.

Seeing the two of them playing funny, Shani, who was watching, couldn't help but cover her mouth and snicker.

She and Angouleme received the award at the same time, so she knew the truth. At that time, King Foltest actually offered Angouleme two choices, the Royal Guard Knights or the Blue Guards, but the girl firmly refused both, so she only got an "honorary knight".

There is no need to remind Victor of this kind of thing, he is so smart that he must know it.

Not adding money is purely a wrong reason for Angouleme. If he just made up a year of seniority, Victor would agree without even a reason. But he used the knight as an excuse, which was completely asking for a beating.

Chatting and laughing, they returned to the door of the hotel. When they were about to go in, Shani pulled Victor.

"Walk with me!"

"I'm happy to."

"If I don't mention it, you won't take the initiative to speak?"

"I'm very sorry... I've learned my lesson."

...

The two of them walked like this, with some kind of silent understanding, they passed the checkpoint and returned to the temple area.

Passing by the headquarters of the Order of the Rose, it suddenly turned into white. Walking through the Vizima Cemetery, there were candlelights, all of which were oil lamps commemorating the dead.

When we arrived at the Hairy Bear Tavern, the noise and bustle continued late at night. Just as the boss said, even if the sky fell and the earth broke, there would be no shortage of people in Vizima who got drunk and rode on horses.

It was a full moon in the sky. Victor and Shani walked on the lakeside embankment again. They both felt a faint warmth in their hearts.

Taking out the black cloth from the bag and spreading it on the ground, they sat on the cloak and admired the night view of Lake Vizima "The Moon Reflected in the Lake".

Chatting and sharing the encounters of the past year until late at night.

"Do you want to sing again on the way back?"

"Of course, we want everyone in the Temple District to hear it!"

...

Walk with me on the streets of Vizima

Don't stop until all the lights go out

You will hold my sleeve

I will hold your fingers tightly

Walk to the end of the Temple District

Sit at the door of the Hairy Bear

--Excerpts from medieval folk songs in "Vizima". Anonymous

...

We returned to the third floor of the hotel with the sound of piano and singing. When we were about to go back to our rooms, Shani suddenly called Victor, "Hey, take this!"

Spreading out his hand, a note with a key in it fell into his palm.

He looked up with a start, "This...what is this...?"

"The address and key of my clinic. When you come to Oxenfurt, you don't have to look for the hotel. You can go in by yourself when I'm not here." She said calmly.

Victor raised his eyebrows and put the key and address into the herbal bag, "Thank you."

Shani turned around and waved her hand.

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At midnight, Victor woke up in shock and found that he was being held in bed by a ghost! Someone is sitting on him!

It's extremely dangerous!

As an experienced person, he certainly won't scream for help, but first sniff the fragrance that rushes into his nose in the dark.

His extraordinary sense of smell is activated, and he instantly determines that it is the fragrance of the rowan flower, and then his whole body becomes rigid.

The flower language of the rowan flower is beauty, loyalty, and kindness.

That is the fragrance of the senior sister.

Although he does like Ms. Xia Ni and doesn't mind some intimacy, it seems... it comes too fast and too hasty!

Victor felt that he was not mentally prepared yet!

In a trance, the boy seemed to fall into a sea of ​​rowan flowers, with the ebb and flow of the waves.

Then he suddenly woke up, no, this weight is completely wrong, my abdominal muscles remember this weight!

The boy struggled to reach the bedside, and the Igni sign lit the candlelight, and the room was instantly visible.

The scene in front of him surprised Victor, "Hey! Why are you wearing Shani's clothes and using human perfume?"

The woman sitting on the witcher's abdominal muscles, "Oh, hehe, since you want to pursue excitement, just go all the way." Keira laughed happily.

Victor covered his forehead helplessly, "... You... You are so coquettish!"

"What are you talking about?" Keira sat down twice angrily, and Victor's abdominal muscles were under great pressure, "Don't think I don't know, you two look like a husband and a wife, and the senior sister and junior brother are all cover-ups. Sooner or later, you will hook up together!"

"Hey! Don't talk nonsense, okay, we are very pure!" The witcher said righteously.

"Hehe! If it's really pure, the illusion won't work so easily!" Keira raised her hand and snapped her fingers, and the rowan flower turned back into rosemary. She still sat on Victor's abdominal muscles, but both of them were dressed neatly.

Victor was neat in pajamas, and the sorceress was also neat in pajamas.

She leaned forward with her upper body, her hazel eyes shining, and her snow-white face pressing down on her head, "See! You fell into my illusion! There is no doubt that I won this round!"

"I saw it clearly, I give up!" Victor simply raised the flag and surrendered!

After being hit by the flagpole, Keira grabbed the flagpole with her backhand, and the witcher immediately raised his hands and surrendered.

God knows what this kind of fierce woman will do. It is possible to provoke her and make her twists and turns, and it is also possible to please her in and out.

The delicate atmosphere lasted for a while before she let go, "Listen, although you completed the agreement and saved Vizima from a more serious disaster, but! Based on your crime of poisoning me and the favor I gave you just now, your reward has shrunk! What you want most is gone!"

Facing the arrogant Keira, Victor showed his disappointment and regret with superb acting skills.

Satisfied with his perfect disappointment, the sorceress continued with a smile, "But there may be a chance next time, don't be sad!"

Then she jumped down swiftly and sent a note to the witcher with a flick of her finger, "This is what you entrusted me to investigate before. Now there is only this information. I will notify you when I find more details!"

Victor smiled, "Thank you, Keira, you are so kind and helped me a lot!"

The sorceress snorted, opened the portal and left.

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