The Witcher: Make Witcher Great Again

Chapter 213: Geralt is in jail again. Huh? Why did I say "again"?
"who are you?"

"Be careful, he's a demon hunter too."

"He's going to put a curse on us."

The guards pointed their spears at Lynn.

Lynn spread his hands to indicate that he was not reaching for a weapon.

"I am indeed a witcher, but I don't know any curses. I am a witcher, not a hunchbacked, toothless witch."

"So, kind gentlemen, can anyone tell me what my companion has done?"

Lin En's actions lowered the guards' vigilance a little. His handsome face and kind smile also made the guards subconsciously choose to believe Lin En's words.

So, the halberds were withdrawn, but the guards still gathered around the two witchers.

"He hurt someone, beat that poor guy like a punching bag. He broke the laws of Novigrad, so he must be punished."

"Who? When did it happen?"

"Just a few days ago, the man who was beaten was called Alfred. The poor guy still can't get out of bed."

Lynn frowned.

"A few days ago? You must be mistaken. We went to Toussaint a few months ago. This is our first visit to Novigrad this year."

The guard snorted. "Witcher, do you think I'm a fool? The owner of Old John's Bakery, his daughter, and at least ten other people can all testify immediately. Your companion bought bread from Old John's Bakery every day before the accident."

Lin En joked, "Geralt, you can also clone yourself?"

Geralt said with a dark face: "Stop joking, Lynn, this is not the time to joke."

Lynn gestured at him.

"Well, Sir Guard, suppose... note, I said suppose, suppose Geralt really did these things, how would you treat him?"

"Ok?"

Judging from Lin En's tone, he seemed to be willing to cooperate.

The guards' tense nerves relaxed a little.

"Novigrad is a civilized city. Assaulting others is definitely wrong. If your companion is willing to plead guilty, he will only need to spend a month in prison and pay a fine of 100 crowns."

"One hundred kronor, is that so expensive?"

A dock worker's monthly salary is only about ten kronor.

A fine of one hundred kronor is actually equivalent to ten months' salary.

"Of course, if the punishment isn't severe, wouldn't that be tantamount to encouraging street violence?"

"So, what's your answer? Will you accept the punishment honestly, or will you resist arrest by force?"

"Let me kindly remind you that if you resist arrest by force, we have the right to kill anyone who resists."

As a free city, Novigrad's armed forces are staffed by citizens, who provide their own equipment. Therefore, Novigrad's city guards are better than the town guards in most northern cities.

However, their combat effectiveness is uncertain. After all, they spend most of their time on guard duty and have little time for training.

Moreover, they mostly dealt with thieves and thieves, and had never fought against those real, vicious robbers, let alone the enemy's army.

Therefore, although these city guards appear to be well-armed, their combat effectiveness is actually not very good.

If it were Lynn and Geralt, they wouldn't have to spend much effort to break out of these guards.

But if they really did that, they would be saying goodbye to Novigrad completely.

It's not like I'm going to have a good time.

You can spend money to eliminate bounties in the game, but not in reality.

Furthermore, this whole thing is fraught with doubts. Geralt and Lynn had been on their way to Novigrad all this time, so how could they have attacked someone there? And even bought bread from the same bakery every day?
So, there is no doubt that the "Geralt" was definitely a fake.

The only way to pretend to be exactly like a real person is through magic or other means.

But this is even more impossible.

There was no need for a warlock who knew how to disguise magic to pretend to be a demon hunter, whom they looked down upon.

Even though Geralt is a famous figure among the witchers, in the eyes of the warlock, all witchers are ants, and even Geralt is just the strongest ant among them.

If he is not a warlock, there is only one possibility.

And it just so happened that Lin En knew that in the city of Novigrad, this possibility was the greatest.

At this moment, Lin En suddenly felt a large hand pressing on his shoulder.

"Don't bother, I'll just go with you."

"Geralt?"

"Lin, I believe you will make the right judgment."

Geralt was certain he was being wrongly accused.

What he was even more certain of was that he had always abided by the law in Novigrad and had never offended any wealthy and powerful person.

Therefore, as long as you find out the whole story, you can get out quickly.

If this is the case, why escalate the conflict?
Even if things really don't work out, the worst that can happen is that you'll have to spend a few months in jail.

Witchers have a long lifespan anyway, so a few months will pass quickly.

As for the 100-kroner fine, it was indeed a lot, but it was much less than the cost of knocking down the guards here and then escaping.

Seeing that Geralt actually did it, he took off the two swords on his back and threw them to one of the guards.

The other guards all looked at each other in confusion.

"Demon hunters, monster slayers who are paid to do things, are actually willing to surrender, as obedient as school children."

"I bet he'd hand over even the halberd handle if we gave the order."

"Then give the order and tell him to take out his weapon."

"Let's see what's different about a witcher's halberd and a normal one. Is there two of them as rumored?"

At this moment, a sound as loud as a bell suddenly exploded.

"That's enough! That's enough! You idiots!"

A female guard captain with a mohawk came over.

She was not as tall as her men, but her muscles were unusually strong and thick as ham.

"Geralt of Rivia, you have violated the regulations set by the City Hall, so we are arresting you according to the regulations. However, since you are willing to cooperate with us, everything can be discussed."

"Wait for your companion to go to the city hall and pay the fine, and you can see each other again in ten months."

"As for you, you may enter the city now. Welcome to Novigrad, provided you do not cause any trouble in the city."

In this way, Geralt was taken away by several guards, and Lynn entered Novigrad after paying the entrance fee.

"I was planning to have a good rest after I came back, but I didn't expect to run into trouble right after I got back."

“Now let’s reorganize the clues:”

"Geralt beat up a citizen named Alfred, and before that, for several days in a row, he went to a place called Old John's Bakery to buy bread."

"It seems that we have to go to Old John's Bakery."

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