Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 122 Encounter with Geralt

Although it is said that the Toussaint Peace Conference has ended, the martial arts tournament held in Toussaint's presence in the name of celebrating peace is still in full swing.

This is the stage where nobles and knights from the north and the south gather. The series of contests arranged by Lady Toussaint are enough to last for a whole month.

So even if the "Taucend Peace Treaty" had been formally signed, almost no one left.

Of course, before enjoying here, both the North and the South basically disbanded the frontline troops, and only kept the minimum border guards. Anyway, the peace treaty has been reached, and there is no need to maintain such a large army.

This made both the North and the South breathe a sigh of relief, especially the North, where maintaining a large army puts enormous pressure on every northern country.

Disbanding such a huge army is also a very troublesome thing. From this point of view, these northern kings and nobles stayed in Sintra to avoid trouble.

That's why everyone can have so much fun here.

And when Toussaint was in a state of jubilation, the influence of the "Taussaint Peace Treaty" was being manifested, the whole world was undergoing dramatic changes, and the fate of countless people was being affected, but in Toussaint, which seemed to be isolated from the world, The place still looks unaffected, and the people are enjoying themselves.

Many northern nobles and Nilfgaard nobles even forgot the hatred between them during these events, and feasted and entertained here as if nothing happened.

And there are people who are always stalked in their hearts, and they always avoid the person opposite them.

The happiest people are only the locals in Toussaint. They feel as if they have entered the season of countless banquets in the legend. This country of fine wine seems to be drunk directly in wine.

Since so many noble families gathered here, many marriages were also achieved in this grand event.

In Hemei's words, he feels that this is a big blind date market, and there are nobles who are discussing marriage everywhere.

During this period of time, many interesting things happened in Toussaint, some good and some bad.

For example, Dijkstra, the regent of Redania, unfortunately disappeared due to a "fire", and the Redanian people expressed their sorrow to the outside world.

But apart from those players on the political chessboard, everyone didn't care much about the disappearance of Redania's regent and spy.

Herme was very surprised when he heard the news. He couldn't believe that Dijkstra was gone just like that. Didn't he already remind him?
But recalling what he knew about Dijkstra, he also understood what was going on basically.

Alas, licking a dog is really not a good death.

Dijkstra is probably on the way to flee to Hackland now, and it is unknown whether he plans to take the Blue Mountain Tunnel or the Southern Empire.

Now all the power of Redania has fallen into the hands of that old hag Philippa, and Herme feels uncomfortable when she thinks about it. God knows what amazing and wise things that woman will do.

But he didn't plan to do anything, the sorceress had a little bald head to clean up, so he had nothing to worry about.

There is another thing worth mentioning, which is a farce.

Our Viscount de Thunderhape, Julian Alfred Pankratz, Master Dandelion, was spotted by Lady Toussaint in bed with other women.

Master Dan's little weasel was very angry, and Dandelion was sent to the execution ground after that.

However, whenever Dandelion was about to be executed, the Countess' pardon would come, and then he would be thrown into prison again, awaiting the next execution.

After this cycle went on and on, everyone got tired of watching it, and some people even started to set up a game on it, betting on how fast Dandelion's next pardon would come.

After witnessing this farce in person, Herme was overjoyed. It was really a rare sight to see Master Dan being hanged on the execution ground with ropes like that.

But he didn't intend to save Dandelion, this master is auspicious, so let Master Jie and the others save him.

Time passed quickly, and before he knew it, Toussaint's martial arts tournament also came to an end.

In the next few decades or even a hundred years, this tournament will become an unsurpassable existence.

After all, this conference is a product of such a special background of the North-South peace talks. It is very difficult to gather so many contestants.

After participating in the final closing ceremony, Herme led his team northward.

He was the first northern ruler to go, and there was a reason for his enthusiasm.

Herme received a letter from Hakland, which was written by Katya. For Herme, there was only one message that was most important.

She has already given birth to a girl in April. The girl has no name yet. On the one hand, she wants to be auspicious and easy to support, and on the other hand, she is waiting for Hemei to come back to pick it up.

Herme was very excited about becoming a father, and then thought of going back to Hackland, to Sazarburg to see her daughter.

In addition, the recent situation in Hakland is also the driving force for him to go back. The "Niya Whip" has completed the integration of the grassland. He seems to be planning to launch an invasion of the Cossack land and is constantly gathering forces on the grassland.

And it is said that he also received help from the Sericanians, and some Sericanians appeared in his army.

Herme's father-in-law, Braven, has summoned the power of the entire Cossack land, ready to meet the challenge from the steppe.

So he needs to go back and stand with his wife and father-in-law.

Walking on the road in Toussaint, Herme looked at the beautiful vineyards around her and sighed uncontrollably.

"This place is really beautiful, a country like a fairy tale. If it weren't for the responsibility on my shoulders, I really want to be a vineyard owner here."

Although he had feasted and enjoyed himself in Toussaint for so long, when he thought of leaving this land, he still couldn't restrain a feeling of sadness.

Being a winery owner in Toussaint and living a leisurely life like this is pretty good.

From time to time, local civilians could be seen on the side of the road. They now made way for the Duke Protector's team. Looking at the grand team of the Protector, some people cheered from time to time.

"Lord Hemei, you can't say that. Even Toussaint has its own darkness."

Next to Herme was Chris Dreyer, a knight recruited by the Lord Protector in Toussaint and now a member of the Protectorate's Guard.

Since the victory of the Northern War, Herme began to expand the source of personnel for his guard. Of course, the old family must be the main body, but people from all over the north and even the south must be there.

The reason for this is to allow myself to have consultants who can ask questions at any time by my side, so as not to keep my eyes dark.

"Taussaint also had a grape war. In order to protect their own interests, the manor owners dared to use any means. I remember that during the time when the Countess's husband was still alive, various wineries in Toussaint even staged it on a daily basis. Fighting with weapons and even killing, and some people brought in mercenaries and robbers from the outside world, and even massacres happened, it was the dark age of Toussaint during that time."

Speaking of the era before Toussaint, Chris looked back with a look of unbearable look. It seems that for this knight who advocated the five virtues, those years were too horrible to look at.

"Then the Countess reorganized everything. She set new standards, cleaned up the wineries, and banned all violence. And most importantly, she used her network to open up more wines for Toussaint wines. market, and personally went to neighboring countries to recommend good wines in hand. With the increase in orders, the grape wars naturally disappeared.”

When mentioning the baroness, Chris looked up in admiration.

The Baroness is the one who sets things right and returns Toussaint to what it should have been.

"It's hard to imagine, but acceptable."

Herme looked at the well-groomed vineyards. It was hard to imagine that this scene was once ruled by corpses and flames.

And fighting each other for the benefit, this is a normal situation, and Herme doesn't know how much she has seen.

Then his evaluation of the Countess further increased. The Countess' skills are indeed very good, but she lacks knowledge of the other side of the world.

It is probably because of her husband's sudden death, otherwise, with the identity of her ancient family, it is impossible for her not to know what kind of monster Taussaint is hiding.

The ancient family of Nilfgaard is more or less aware of the other side of this world.

Don't look at Nilfgaard always shouting about civilization and rationality, in fact, they have never played a lot by themselves.

After finishing this small conversation, their team continued to move forward, and as they moved forward, Herme did not expect that a group of people that he had never thought of would appear in front of him.

Among the group of riders, the leader is a white-haired man, the two swords behind him indicate his identity, and the two behind him are a white-haired woman and a black-haired woman.

Seeing this combination, Herme's inner siren was loud, my god, could it be...

Then he looked at the three of them, and saw a flirtatious poet, a flamboyant young girl, a female archer, a serious young knight, and a calm man who looked like a tax collector.

Seeing these people, Herme no longer had any illusions in her heart, that's right, this is Geralt and his guys.

Then that white-haired woman was naturally Ciri.

Subconsciously, Herme wanted to turn around and run away.

Others don't know the horror of Xili, but he knows it. Xili is the lone star of the devil, and a lot of people who are close to her are killed. dilemma.

Shirley's situation was so extreme that if she just stared at her, he might be killed.

(Before Ciri was unable to control his ability, Ciri once glanced at a messenger, and was predicted to belch, so he burped.)
This is also one of the reasons why Herme readily agreed when she knew she could go to Hackland.

Shirley is really too dangerous, if she stares at him on the road and then predicts his fate, it will be completely messed up.

Herme's entourage, especially those who have followed the Lord Protector for a long time like Marendo and Valentine, have noticed something is wrong. Why is the Lord Protector afraid of those people in front?

They had seen the scene of the Lord Protector fighting on the battlefield. When he faced the Nilfgaardian army, the Protector did not show such emotions, but now he was facing a group of pedestrians.

However, the crowd didn't have any mentality that the Protector of the Country was not good because of this. The Protector of the Country had taught them many times to be vigilant about everything.

Now that Lord Protector showed such a posture, they all subconsciously thought that it was a strong enemy, and they all put their hands on the sword.

But the Duke Protector raised his hand at this time, which meant clearly, stop moving.

Just now Herme adjusted his mentality, because he noticed that none of the girls in the girl-hunting team were dead.

You know, according to the design of fate, all these people had to die, and even old monsters like Regis were melted into the pillar.

And he still has Cliff's protection. When he saw Shirley, he subconsciously grasped the great god Cliff's emblem on his body.

As his hand was placed on the divine emblem, Duke Protector immediately felt at ease, feeling that Ciri was not that scary.

Therefore, after synthesizing multiple sources of information, the Lord Protector still decided to face Geralt and Ciri, and he must be fine.

Isn't it just the protection of supernatural power? I still have one on my head.

And I am not a small person anymore, and a person like myself is not something that "fate" can kill at will.

Another important reason is that if Ciri turned around and ran away in fright, no matter what, it would be too embarrassing.

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Since the fateful battle in Styggar Castle, Geralt and his party have embarked on the road back to the north.

Along the way, they learned about the upheaval in the north and the outcome of the war, which made everyone lament the change of things.

Everyone set their own direction for the future. Milva planned to return to Brokleon, among the dryads, and Regis planned to go to Wengerburg to visit the gunpowder craftsmen there.

Angulane had already been sent to the Arethusa Academy by Geralt's decision. She was still young and should learn something serious.

Although Angulane was very opposed to it, he could not go against Geralt's wishes.

Dandelion intends to go to Novigrad, and then return to his alma mater, the University of Bullburg, to rest for a while.

Cassirer was at a loss, there was no place for him in the north and south, and he planned to follow Geralt and the others first.

As for Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri, they knew that they still had to face the sorceress assembly hall, and everything had to come to the conclusion of this matter first.

They decided to break up in Livia, where a friend sent an invitation, just right for a final celebration.

"I didn't expect to meet him here."

Looking at the oncoming team, looking at the three-color mountain coat of arms of Aedirn and the flying falcon of the Botterdan family, Geralt recognized the identity of the oncoming team.

"Geralt? Who is that?"

Yennefer noticed Geralt's expression and asked,

"It's the team of Lord Protector of Aedirn, Ye, who is the current ruler of Aedirn."

"Really? Then he is really young enough. He is less than 30 years old. There are not many such rulers in northern history."

Yennefer has been busy with Ciri's affairs, and was taken away by Vigfortez for a while. She doesn't know much about these political matters, and she doesn't care about them. She didn't know until she left Styga Castle. some information.

"Master Geralt, I didn't expect to see you here."

As the group approached, Geralt saw Herme volunteering, saying,

"Lord Protector,"

Geralt lowered his head slightly and looked at the Lord Protector. In his impression, this was still the Earl of Sazarburg who was friendly to the witcher.

And seeing him now, he is already the absolute ruler of Aedirn, and he is also the great hero of the whole north.

Geralt has lived for nearly a hundred years, and even he has never seen such a sight.

"I think this is Ms. Yennefer, so who is this?"

Geralt knew that the man in front of him must know Ciri's identity.

And he chose to play dumb, which undoubtedly shows his friendliness.

"It's my adopted daughter."

White Wolf simply replied, there is not much to say, but the eyes they met told each other that he knew something.

Yennefer and Ciri have been watching Herme nervously, they don't know Herme as well as Geralt.

In their view, it is very possible that the Lord Protector of Aedirn in front of him suddenly launched an attack and arrested them. To the ruler of the north, the two of them are still very important.

It wasn't until the dialogue between the two sides was almost over that the two women relaxed their vigilance. The Lord Protector of Aedian didn't seem to intend to do anything to them.

Next, the white wolf introduced the members of the girl-hunting team to Hemei. When he saw Cassirer, Herme's eyes lit up.

This young man's level is quite good, his level of force is very strong, and his quality is also very good.

Anyway, he can't go back to Nilfgaard, and he is also invisible in the north. If possible, he wants to pull Cassirer over to lead Harkland's Nilfgaard immigration.

But it's not suitable to pull someone now, and Herme didn't say anything about it, and there will be more opportunities to say it later.

"Then, Master Geralt, where are you planning to go?"

Seeing that they were leaving Toussaint, Herme asked, but in his heart, he actually knew where these people were going.

"Livia, Lord Protector."

Geralt said neither humble nor overbearing,

"Then come with me."

Hemei invited, the Lord Protector saw that the place they were going to was exactly as he expected, so he suddenly thought of this.

The Lord Protector was indeed going to Livia, through which he entered the territory of Aedirn.

He also wanted to see that moment, to see if everything would still develop like a plot after his team participated.

Seeing that the Lord Protector had invited him like this, and that he was indeed going the same way, Geralt naturally had no reason to refuse, and joined the Lord Protector of Aedirn's team.

After having such a team in the team, Herme felt that his mood was much more subtle, but he quickly restrained these subtle moods, and now is not the time yet.

Wait until Livia, and see for yourself how things will develop.

(End of this chapter)