The Witcher: Make Witcher Great Again

Chapter 192: Children who don’t receive love will grow up to be monsters (Part )

Duchess Carloberta once accidentally broke into the laboratory of Fringilla's uncle, the illusion master Artorios.

In order to test and improve his magic, Artorios captured many animals and conducted experiments on them.

Duchess Carolberta has always considered herself a strong woman.

She once appeared at the execution scene without changing her expression, looking directly into the eyes of the bandit leader who had committed a heinous crime;

Until the other party was executed in her name.

She also went to the battlefield, took off her skirt, put on armor, and fought like a man.

But she had never realized it before.

In this world, there are many things more terrifying than death.

That is being locked up in a dark cage and used as an experimental subject.

Dying directly from the side effects is actually a kind act.

I’m afraid that I won’t die, but will suffer tremendous torture from the side effects again and again.

Of course, Duchess Carloberta was not a virginal or naive woman.

Artorios was simply testing his magic on animals.

There is nothing wrong with this practice in itself.

Humanity's dominant position on this continent was originally based on the oppression of non-human races such as elves and dwarves, and the deprivation of other animals' right to survive.

Whether it's magic or medical technology, how can it develop and progress without going through experiments involving countless corpses?
This is a necessary sacrifice.

But as a mother, she doesn't want her child to end up like that.

If Sienna becomes a demon hunter, even if she dies fighting a monster one day in the future.

That was her fate.

At least she fought.

"Your Highness, the Duchess, the Law of Surprise is indeed a customary law in this world, but it is not limited to demon hunters. Anyone can use the Law of Surprise to claim rewards."

"You may not understand that there are actually strict requirements for the implementation of the accident law."

Black Sun Curse Lin En thought it was nonsense.

But Lin En couldn't help but believe in the law of accidents and fate.

This is the reality of this world.

Lynn paused and continued to explain.

"Simply put, the law of accident usually requires that the first thing the rescued person sees when he returns home is something that the rescued person does not know about but already has."

"And Miss Sianna doesn't meet the requirements in any way."

"However, if Her Highness the Duchess wishes me to take Miss Sianna away, then all I have to do is ask for her permission."

The witcher's words made the Duchess' eyes light up.

"In that case, Master, I beg you to take my granddaughter away. No matter where you take her, just make sure she never sets foot in Toussaint again in her lifetime."

"If you accept this commission, I can pay you two thousand florins as a reward."

Lynn gasped.

hiss!
hiss!
hiss!
Horror!
This Duchess of Carolberta is really rich.

Two thousand florins is equivalent to more than 20,000 gold coins.

You should know that in the original novel, Geralt helped Foltest to lift his daughter's vampire bird curse, and the reward he received was only 3,000 orens.

And that was the highest-paying commission Geralt had ever done in the original novel.

Now, the Duchess of Castro actually paid herself a reward equivalent to more than 20,000 orens in one go.

No matter how rich Toussaint is, he wouldn't be so arrogant, right?

Lynn looked at Duchess Carloberta's face and thought that if his roommate from his previous life, who was like a father to him, was here, he would probably be thinking about how to live off her.

However, he immediately thought of the reason why the Duchess was so generous.

The reason why Foltest only paid Geralt 3,000 orens was certainly not because Temeria was not as rich and powerful as Toussaint.

But it is because these three thousand orens are the reward for the demon hunter.

The twenty thousand orens Duchess Carloberta paid her were, strictly speaking, not just her own compensation, but also covered Sienna's living expenses for the next ten years. After all, no matter what, Sianna was still a daughter of the Duke's family.

You can't really let her live like a peasant girl, eating coarse food from now on, right?
After thinking this through, Lynn made a solemn promise to the Duchess.

"Please rest assured, Your Highness the Duchess, I will definitely take good care of Miss Sianna."

Duchess Carloberta was waiting for these words from the witcher.

Although the witcher had not been in Toussaint for a long time, the Duchess could intuitively feel that Lynn was a person worthy of trust.

The Duchess has a regiment of knights-errant under her command. They all uphold the five virtues of chivalry and the spirit of chivalry, and swear allegiance to the Duchess until death.

But even they are not as reliable as the witchers.

Because they are human beings, not "monsters".

Ever since the news spread that Sienna was the Child of Disaster, the Duchess had seen it clearly.

Even many of the knights-errant, whom she had previously believed to be the embodiment of the five virtues of chivalry, shamelessly suggested that Sianna be executed or burned to death.

This was a great disappointment to her.

It also made her see clearly that the chivalry of the knights was just a means for them to pursue honor.

Rather than true chivalry.

If they were asked to escort Sienna out of Toussaint, the Duchess couldn't imagine what they would do to Sienna...

In this case, the Duchess would rather hand Sienna over to the witcher.

Seeing that Lin En solemnly agreed, Duchess Carloberta stood up from her seat and walked step by step to Lin En in the shocked eyes of Fringilla and the guards.

Bend and lower your head.

"Then I'll leave everything to you, Master Lin En."

At this moment, footsteps suddenly sounded.

A servant came hurriedly over.

"Something terrible has happened, Your Highness the Duchess."

Duchess Carloberta glared at him unhappily: "So panicked? This is outrageous!"

The servant knew he had been rude and knelt on the ground hurriedly: "Your Highness, please forgive my mistake."

"Your Highness, Klausa has always been calm and composed. Something serious must have happened to make him so panicked. Please forgive him this time."

Fringilla said, standing behind Duchess Caroberta.

"It seems that for Lady Fringilla's sake, I won't punish you this time. I hope there won't be a next time." The Duchess returned to her seat and said, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Yes."

The servant cast a grateful look at the court sorceress, then stood up and spoke.

"Miss Anarietta and Miss Sianna are missing."

"what?!"

Duchess Carloberta's fingers were turning white from gripping the armrest of the seat so tightly. "Why don't you go find it quickly?!"

Cold sweat broke out on the servant's forehead.

"We've searched everywhere, but no one has seen the two young ladies. The guards at the entrances and exits of the palace haven't seen them leave either."

"This is impossible……"

Duchess Carolberta felt a blackout before her eyes.

"Her Royal Highness the Duchess?!"

Fringilla quickly came to the Duchess, and a gentle magical light flashed on her fingers, gently tapping the Duchess's temple.

"I'm fine, thank you, Fringilla."

Duchess Carloberta opened her eyes again.

Patted the back of Fringilla's hand.

The latter then stepped back.

(End of this chapter)