Witcher's Atelier

"There is no right map for Nilfgaard because Nilfgaard is only getting bigger."

─Amerigo Vertucci, map maker

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In the far south, the magnificent "City of Golden Towers" on the banks of the Alba River shines brightly in the midday sun, worthy of being the capital of the Nilfgaard Empire.

In the palace's intelligence agency office, Viscount Vatier de Riddaux, with a map of the situation of various countries hanging on the wall behind him, gently wiped the blade of his steel sword in the eyes of his subordinates with awe and envy.

It is a gift from the emperor - the reason for his pride. This exquisite sword forged in the city of Veroleda symbolizes Emperor Emhyr's recognition of his Vatyer's hard work. The shining motto is engraved on the blade, "Draw me not without reason; sheath me not without honour”─“Don’t pull it out without reason, don’t sheath it without honor.”

"Crack!" sheathed his sword, Lidox told himself that he didn't need to care about worldly honors, he was working hard for the glory of Nilfgaard!

After his short leisure time, he lifted up his epaulettes, waved his secretary to come closer, and began to process the endless reports.

"It's not surprising that the professor and his men were all wiped out. Toussaint has always been like this, but at Corleone Manor... wasn't he told not to mess with Victor? Or was it for other reasons?" He thought for a moment, Fold the report and put it aside to work on later.

At this time, a guard suddenly came in and handed over the urgent letter. He noticed that the signature on it was Hillard. Fitz. Oyestelan, he quickly opened it and read it.

The former Toussaint ambassador is currently being dispatched to the northern countries and is exposed to top secrets! The key task of contacting the assassin is entrusted to him.

As for the news that Hillard was asked to convey in an urgent message, Vatier stood up suddenly after reading the beginning and asked his secretary to fetch his wife and put it on.

There's actually a bitch planning to murder the king! The contents of this document must be made known to His Majesty the Emperor immediately!

Watir. Germany. Viscount Liddox left the office in a hurry and went to see Emperor Emhyr. watt. Emres.

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And in an exquisite and gorgeous room not far from the intelligence agency's office, a woman was tied to the bed unable to move. Her eyes were scattered and chaotic, and she would yell from time to time.

Putting aside the deduction for her madness, she is actually a very beautiful lady, with natural and irregular eyebrows, black curly hair and purple pupils, with a certain wild charm brewing in her.

The door was pushed open, and the person who entered the room was Fringilla. Wei Ge closed the door and came to the bedside. Staring at the woman's once strong cheek lines, Ms. Wei Ge sighed leisurely and reached out to pinch her cheeks.

Taking out bottles and jars of newly brewed potions and potions, she started today's treatment again. Fringilla didn't like the woman on the bed. She had never liked her. She didn't like the look in her eyes or her hunchback when they first met her.

Later, she no longer had a hunchback, but Ms. Wei Ge still hated her eyes and her plump figure that was highly reshaped with magic.

After Geralt arrived in the Principality of Toussaint and spent the whole winter with Fringilla, Ms. Vigo became a little jealous. It was said that the woman on the bed was his true love.

Although Geralt also said "I love you" to her, he turned out to be an emotional liar. For this reason, Fringilla had to develop a concealing ointment to avoid blushing in front of her peers at the sorceress gathering.

But no matter what, the woman on the bed was once a proud sorceress, and she should never be reduced to this, so today Fringilla. Wei Ge still carried out His Majesty the Emperor's orders seriously and tried to find a way to bring this woman back to her senses.

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At the same time, in a certain world, late at night, in a place called Ziwu City.

"No! What are you going to do to her!!" Siri woke up sweating from her dream, dreaming that Yennefer, whom she regarded as her own mother, was tied up in a place with a blurry background, and there was a blurry People are torturing her!

This is definitely not a dream, but a fragment of reality! As a sorcerer with the blood of the elders, her bloodline not only gives her the ability to travel through time and space, but also brings her caring images from time to time.

Panting, a warm and soft hand with calloused fingertips suddenly stretched out from the quilt, gently holding her hand, "Are you okay, Shirley? Did you have a nightmare?"

Holding the opponent with her backhand, Xili calmed down and forced out a smile, "It's okay Aloy, I'm fine, you don't have to worry, no matter what... I will accompany you until the end of tomorrow's battle."

"Then you will leave?" Although she had long known that this day would come, but hearing Xili's clear intention to leave from her words, the girl's bright eyes couldn't hide their feelings, and a faint mist appeared in her eyes.

This girl named Aloy lives in a place where the technology tree is completely distorted. Artificial intelligence machines occupy the world. From time to time, they send out mechanical beasts that can spit fire, ice, and electricity to hunt and kill humans. The means of human resistance is The original "modified bow" and "spear"! ?

It’s simply unreasonable!

Xili was very lucky for this. She had been to Monster Hunter World first. Faced with unreasonable settings, she had rich experience and remained calm. Only then could she quickly adapt and survive in such an absurd environment.

After meeting the girl Aroy and becoming partners by chance, as her life experience was revealed, the relationship between the two of them became deeper and deeper. Tomorrow is the day when the girl will have a decisive battle with her fateful enemy, the artificial intelligence Hades.

He reached out to stroke the girl's hair and kissed her forehead, "Aroy, just like you have your responsibilities...I also have it. I can't let the people I love suffer for me."

"Then just promise me that you won't leave privately after the battle. I... we have to say goodbye properly. I have a lot... a lot of things I want to tell you!"

"I understand...I promise you, go to bed early!"

The night was as cold as water, and with whispers, Xili and Aloy fell asleep again.

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The cause of historical events is the sum of all causes, which is the only cause. Only when we completely give up the search for causes in our personal will can we discover certain laws that are unknown to us, just as we can only discover the laws of planetary motion when we give up the concept of the immovable earth.

——Leo Tolstoy, "War and Peace"

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"What a surprise! I didn't expect that the Golden Eagle of Temeria, my dear Angouleme Corleone, with such a resounding reputation as a mercenary, is actually an anti-war person?"

There was only one reason why Angouleme didn't jump up and beat him up after Ji Jin's sarcastic words, because the speaker was an informal woman!

How informal is she? It can be seen from the fact that she always forgets to button her shirts and is open-minded.

Weiss, the adjutant of the Blue Iron Guard, and Angoulin, the deputy leader of the Phantom Troupe, were sitting in the Hairy Bear Tavern and chatting. Weiss, who hadn't eaten lunch, scooped ladles of onion soup into her mouth with bread in one hand and onion soup in the other. Angouleme was holding the drumstick in one hand and the Vizima Champion in the other.

"Fuck you, I'm not anti-war! I just don't understand why there's so much going on and we have to start a war!"

There was a reason for her confusion.

An important northern town in Temeria. Arian, the new lord of Castle Lavaretti. Lavaredi has been declared a traitor to the kingdom, and King Foltest is marshalling his army and will soon send out troops for a crusade!

There is no problem with this matter alone. Which kingdom has no rebellion?

The problem is that the Vizima riot was quelled not long ago. The king was on vacation in that castle when it first broke out. This shows his trust in Baron Lavaredi. Who could have imagined that the situation would change in just over half a year.

And Aryan. Lavaretti is a friend of the Phantom Troupe, and they have a close friendship since they were kidnapped by pirates together. Victor is more familiar with him than himself.

"God knows what he did wrong?" Weiss dropped the spoon after finishing the soup and picked up the beer. "Anyway, the Blue Guards don't need to understand the king's thoughts, they just need to kill the king's enemies!"

The two clink glasses!

"Where is the leader of your family? Why are you the only one here?" Weiss asked nonchalantly.

Thinking of the leader's whereabouts, Angoulan shook his head with a dull face, "We separated as soon as we entered the city gate. He said there were important things that needed to be dealt with, and he wouldn't be back until a few days later."

She didn't want to repeat the leader's obscene words, so she could only modify them slightly. Even a tough girl like her didn't want to say it. In fact, what Victor said at the time was, "Take these bags of crowns as your pocket money and eat well." You don’t have to save money if you live well. I will deal with the leakage problem in Kayla first. It will probably take several days to completely plug it!”

Damn leader! Is this still human language?

As for the witcher sleeping with the sorceress, Angoulin was not surprised. When she was in Vizima the year before last, she had a feeling that they would establish diplomatic relations sooner or later. Maybe she also had the potential to be a prophet?

"Ala la la, I've seen this kind of secretive style too many times. Taller always has a serious look on his face, saying that there are important things that need to be handled by him! But one time I took Roche along to follow me, and I found that there was no serious situation. That old pervert ran to the 'Longing for Thighs' shop across the street!" Wei Si smiled and sold her bald head wearing a monocle.

Angouleme smiled and shook her head. She believed that with the moral integrity of a group leader, one must be a human being before doing anything, but after being a human being, one would definitely do something, even though a witcher cannot be a human being.

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A few nights later, Ms. Kyramez, the royal advisor, was at her home next to Natalis Square.

The sorceress reached for the fruit plate next to the bath, picked up a grape, and stuffed it into the witcher's mouth.

"You sound like you were worried about King Foltest's safety when you returned to Vizima?"

"Uh... no, I'm here for you. After all, you are the advisor to the Temerian royal family."

She gave him a white look, not just the whites of her eyes, but in fact everywhere she looked was white.

With the sound of water rushing, Keira turned her back to Victor and sat in his arms, "Hiss...! Don't treat everyone as an idiot! You can see the succession crisis in Temeria. How could the royal family and nobles not have it?" I found that they are absolute experts in this field.

The corresponding measures had been implemented long ago, but when unexpected difficulties were encountered and the opponent's attitude was quite tough, the king had to change course and use backup means! "

"Wait... could it be... ah! The war at Chateau La Varette was because of this?"

The bathroom was filled with heat. After sweating from exercise, Victor picked up "Lafite" to replenish water, and also fed Kayla half a cup.

"Yes, you guessed it right. Arrian was unwilling to hand over his brother Bolsi and sister Anais, well... knowing that they were the king's illegitimate children, the baron refused to accept private negotiations, Fortes King Te is actually very helpless.”

"We have all seen him. With his character, he will not consider profits, but honor! If you want to solve the problem of illegitimate status, you must admit that the king had an affair with his mother from a few years ago when his father was still alive. , I’m afraid this is hard for the young baron to accept!”

Looking up at the mural on the ceiling of the bath, the witcher thought of Aryan's honor-conscious character and sighed softly. It was relaxing and pleasant to be with the baron, but it was annoying when he needed to make adjustments.

Keira held his head in her arms, "It's not that simple. As more people pay attention to him, conflicts of interest begin to gather around him, and things are gradually getting out of control, so the king decided to use a war to completely solve the problem!"

"Will Aryan be executed then?" Victor asked in a muffled voice.

"The king's mercy can only be given to those who surrender." After saying that, the sorceress twisted her waist and gave orders, "Enough! Shut up now, I need you to concentrate!"

"Your will, ma'am!"

The bathroom was filled with hot air.

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In the blink of an eye, a few days passed, and Angouleme stayed in an expensive hotel, eating and drinking all day and doing nothing, and could only wander around the city of Vizima.

She had thought about buying a house, especially after the turmoil, the housing prices around Natalis Square were at a historical low. But before Victor left, he warned very seriously that before solving the assassination problem, no real estate should be purchased in Vizima.

He even prohibited Angouleme from exchanging large sums of orens, and tried to choose to use crowns for consumption. Since the leader firmly believed in his judgment and believed that the assassination was very likely to succeed, the members could only obey the arrangement.

Walking along the route she used to run with Victor in the morning, she had met many friends in this city, such as Dr. Shani, Dandelion, and Siegfried of Danso. But now they have gone their separate ways. Dr. Shani returned to Oxenfurt, Siegfried went to Tritorg, and Dandelion didn't know where he ran to!

I remember that Zoltan Ziva lived nearby for a while. At that time, the old dwarf said that he wanted to make a fortune in Vizima to solve the financial problems of his fiancée. I don't know if he got married successfully?

Bored Angouleme knew that if Leo hadn't come to pass on the message, she might have been in the Vergen cave at this moment, drunk with Zoltan, listening to his unreliable but interesting war encounters.

She also wanted to go to Triss's house to find Uncle Geralt, but unfortunately she didn't meet him. The sorceress and he were both sent to prepare for war, and it was several days away from Vizima.

After thinking about it, she went to "Desire Thighs" to chat with Carmen yesterday and communicated a lot about the management of the technical academy. Today, she might as well go to harass Ves!

With her mind set, Angouleme turned north quickly. When she glanced across the street with Eagle Vision, a blue aura was dazzling, and her thick eyebrows like caterpillars were raised.

It turned out to be the wolf-faction witcher. Lambert with M-shaped baldness!

She waved and shouted happily.

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