Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1434 1406. Confused Analysis

"what? What?"

Xileton held the strange metal rattle in his hands, at a loss.

He asked Lan En.

That night, his mind was already confused and nervous because of the drugging, and now it was almost blank with anxiety.

What does 'after ringing the bell, make it clear that you are doing me a favor' mean?
Who should I explain this to?
What happens after you ring this bell?
But Xileton looked at Lan En's back as he walked away in the long and luxurious corridor without looking back, and at the scene outside the window beside him, where the hazy red light reflected on the base of the city wall.

He stamped his feet and gritted his teeth, then turned around and trotted away again.

After all, he still trusted his friend Lan En, and no matter what, he gritted his teeth and stepped down from the family bank not to turn his business into a charred ruin!
"Shit! Shit!"

The red-bearded dwarf cursed softly, but held the strange and gloomy metal bell carefully in his hand, and ran towards the outside of Aretusa with his short legs as fast as he could.

Just as Shelerton rushed back to the workshop area outside the academy at the base of the wall of Gos Velen, Lan En, who had torn off his collar that was in the way, also re-entered the banquet hall.

At this time, the magic candlelight in the banquet hall still showed no signs of dimming, but there were only a few people left at the banquet.

They all rested when they should rest and played when they should play.

When Lan En passed through the dormitory corridor before, he heard the heavy breathing of men and women inside, as well as undisguised screams.

Along with the angry complaints from people in other rooms who were woken up, an artist in the next room, who was also breathing heavily, seemed to applaud the joyful screams.

Lan En turned a deaf ear to him. After arriving at the banquet hall, he took a quick look and then walked towards Tishaya.

Triss and Margarita are still with Tishaya.

"Oh, look." Margarita's face was flushed and her eyes were blurry, but she still noticed that Lan's collar was torn at a glance, and said teasingly, "Dear, is it some sorceress who couldn't help but want to force herself on you?"

"This is really a downer. Especially since she hasn't succeeded yet."

But then, Margarita and the others saw the look on Lan's face.

It wasn't the embarrassment and impatience of being pestered by some horny sorceress.

The coldness of that expression is self-evident, and the seriousness of that expression is obvious.

If there were only one or two women in heat, Lan En wouldn't be able to make that expression.

"Something is wrong."

He no longer cared about the gazes from the rest of the people in the banquet hall.

Lan En bent down and got close to the sorceresses' ear level, and spoke in a deep voice.

He told the sorceresses about the strange phenomena that had befallen the various forces and industries under his name during this period, as well as the people with ulterior motives at this banquet where the atmosphere was strange.

Tishaya listened to the whole thing with a frown on her brow.

"Is this all speculation?"

There was a sense of disbelief, or resistance to belief, in Tishaya's words.

"Do you have any evidence, Lan? I can't conclude that someone in this banquet and the meetings that followed wanted to stage a coup just because you said a few words in front of me, right?"

The atmosphere at the banquet was weird, but this weird feeling only appeared to those who had access to various information.

Those ignorant and insensitive sorcerers were still indulging in the feasting and revelry. In their eyes, this banquet, where they could take their female and male companions to their own rooms to have sex, was no different from the past.

Isn't that what all warlocks' banquets are like?
At least this time, those dissolute people did not stay in the corner of the banquet hall and started looking for excitement directly.

Lan En was not surprised when he saw resistance in Tishaya's eyes.

This venerable sorceress is indeed powerful and knowledgeable, but she has long been away from current political situations.

This caused her to lack sensitivity and insight into the situation within the Northern Kingdom as well as between the North and the South.

But Lan did not give in to Tisha's resistance. The witcher still looked at the sorceress with utmost seriousness and solemnity.

".Are you serious?" After a long silence, Tishaya subconsciously adjusted her collar and cuffs and said, "Are you sure there will be a coup? Tonight?"

"There is no time to lose." Lan En explained calmly, then turned around and looked, "Dijkstra. Where did the spy chief go?"

Triss frowned and recalled: "I saw him go out with Philippa."

Margarita also slapped her face, trying to sober herself up: "They definitely didn't go out to find a room to have sex! Philippa hasn't been interested in men for a long time!"

"So this is Philippa's doing again?" Speaking of this unrivaled sorceress, Tishaya seemed to have accepted Lan's statement that "there will be a coup."

Tishaya said angrily in a low voice: "The real ruler of Tretog, the real manager of Redania, the most outstanding successor of [Pure White] Rafad, the great Philippa Eilhart, is now looking for a reason to eliminate dissidents among the wizards?"

This kind of behavior made Lan En examine what kind of image Philippa had in Tishaya's mind.

Tissaia has always disapproved of sorcerers getting too involved in politics and seizing power from mortals.

It's not that she thinks warlocks shouldn't rule over mortals, but she and Hen Gedimitis, two 'ancient wizards', still believe that warlocks should focus their energy on developing the path of magic.

Being distracted elsewhere is a waste of time. And now, in the capital of Redania, the sorceress Philippa Eilhart, who has the final say in the court of Tretog, is undoubtedly the kind of person that Tissaya hates the most.

Next to Tishaya, Margarita also looked like she shared the same sentiment.

It can be seen that even among the group of female sorcerers, Philippa Eilhart's love of fighting for power and her ability to manipulate means have almost become a stereotype.

"I don't know if Philippa did this to eliminate dissidents."

Lan En frowned and spoke sincerely but hurriedly.

As he spoke, he reached out and pulled Tishaya to walk out of the banquet hall.

The few people left in the banquet hall even whistled, cheered and applauded at this scene.

But Lan and the three sorceresses moved in a hurry.

"Dijkstra's conversation with me made me feel that he was here to look for traitors. Now that the situation between the North and the South has become acute again, there is no hope without internal cleansing. Under this situation, his behavior is reasonable."

"But based on your understanding of Philippa, you think she is taking this opportunity to eliminate dissidents and persecute innocent people."

"But now, it is clear from the High Hill Castle and the Workshop District that there is a force within the Northern Kingdom that is trying to keep me busy putting out the fire."

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Are the Kings in the North trying to take action against Lann and the warlocks?

Is Dijkstra really completing an internal purge in order to face the Civil War that is destined to be even more explosive in the future?

Is Philippa abusing her power for personal gain and looking for an excuse to eliminate dissidents in the warlock circle?

I don't know. Not sure.

No one can show their thoughts on their face. Everyone is looking for allies, but no one is sure of others' positions, so they can only speak vaguely and use hints to express their thoughts.

It is such a troublesome thing to connect all parties and unite forces in a chaotic situation.

"Suppose, we want to catch the traitor among the warlocks from the northern countries," Margarita said suddenly, looking at Triss, "then it must be a joint action of the four northern countries!"

"Triss, have you been notified? You are Foltest's royal advisor!"

"Not all royal advisors can be trusted." Lan En said in a deep voice before Triss could speak.

"But Triss and I are very close, and my position is well known to everyone. Between the North and the South, she is trustworthy. But when it comes to the Northern Kingdom, me, and the warlocks, she becomes untrustworthy."

Lan En shook his head as he walked. "The situation is complicated. We can't figure out who is telling the truth, or who is only telling half the truth."

"Yes, the situation is very complicated." Tishaya continued to speak without stopping, "Thanks to Yennefer for bringing Ciri to the academy, we now have the valuable ability to distinguish the facts."

"Wait, what do you mean?" Lan En frowned and asked, but Triss and Margarita looked surprised.

At this time, they had walked back to the bridge where Lan and Vigfortz had talked before. The sea breeze was salty and cold, and the moon was already halfway up the sky.

"Magic Source!" Margarita said decisively, "Let a Magic Source fall into a trance state where she is exposed to the power of chaos magic. In this state, she will be able to make predictions!"

“No, we don’t need Ciri to predict the future, we just need to use her [Magic Source] trance,” Triss tucked her burgundy hair behind her ears.

"Asking about what has happened will be clearer than vague prophecies, and it will not be a burden to Ciri herself. Most importantly,

"The [Magic Source] in trance has no ability to lie." *3
The sorceresses finally spoke in unison.

"This is a well-known axiom." Tishaya said in a cold voice, "No matter who is behind this, if he or she dares to gossip in front of me and based on this fact, I will teach him a lesson!"

It was the first time that Lan En saw Tishaya so angry.

But after a rare outburst of anger, Tishaya turned her head and looked at Lan En with a look that was a mixture of persistence and pleading.

"Lan, I will never let my academy become a battlefield! No one should die in Aretuza! This should be a place for rational meetings, not a battlefield of conspiracy! No one should bleed here!"

"We must keep the conflict to the smallest scale." Tishaya said, stopping on the bridge and looking back at the beautiful, huge castle that was still brightly lit.

"I will start to open the forbidden magic circle in Gastang Palace. In this way, the conflict between the warlocks will at least not tear down the entire island, causing countless casualties. But..."

However, now that the academy’s guards have been infiltrated, who knows how many more people have already entered!
Warlocks without power are vulnerable to professional soldiers and even armed robbers.

"Then leave it to me."

Lan En said this in a decisive tone.

"They're trying to make trouble for me, trying to make me put out fires all night long, too busy to do anything and too confused to do anything."

"They estimated my strength, they estimated the power of my castle, my knights, my workshops, and then with complete preparation and confidence, they wanted to crush them."

"But seriously," Lan said with a hint of sarcasm in his smile, "I don't know how they dare to think they can see through me?"

Dark clouds obscured the moonlight. Lan stopped on the bridge and watched the three sorceresses walk towards the second tallest tower on the island.

But suddenly.
"Crash!"

The pendant on Lan En's neck began to tremble, and Tishaya, who had already walked far away, stopped at the same time, and then her steps became more hurried -

Someone has begun to work magic in Aretusa!
(End of this chapter)