Chapter 188: Thief Crying to Catch a Thief and Death Without Evidence
The next morning, when Wayne came out of the high-end hotel room in Sintra, it was already close to noon.
Arriving at the restaurant on the first floor, Geralt and Dandelion were eating breakfast at a table by the window.
No matter the time, the poet classmate always seems to be so energetic and full of motivation. When Wayne walked towards them, he happened to see him chattering something to the stern-faced Geralt.
Mr. Wayne yawned, sat across from the two of them, and waved to call the bartender in the store. She was a tall, scantily clad, and sexy-looking lady.
Facing a generous boss like Wayne, the wine girl immediately abandoned the other customers, greeted him with a wink and a smile on her face.
"Bring a few bottles of the best fruit mead, and go to the kitchen to get some toasted honey bread, freshly baked."
After the beautiful wine girl left, Wayne smacked his lips and asked Dandelion:
"What are you discussing? What's going on?"
Before Dandelion could answer, Geralt said with a bored expression:
"I don't know where he got the news from. He said that important people in the Cintra Palace were missing. He came from outside the city this morning. A large number of guards have arrived, and now the entire palace and city gates are under martial law."
As he spoke, Geralt looked at Wayne's bandaged right hand and asked with concern:
"How is your right hand? , No bones were injured. Thanks to you for this commission, I was able to stop Princess Pavetta so quickly."
Wayne stretched out his right hand nonchalantly, showed it to Geralt, and then said:
"It's nothing, don't worry, it's just a flesh wound. , What should we be polite to each other? Just like we said at the beginning, when we execute the commission together, the bounty can be divided in half, haha." Geralt also showed a smile, he rarely teamed up with others for missions
, But I felt a little lucky that I had invited Wayne to help me this time.
Soon, the tavern girl brought mead and steaming toasted honey bread. Wayne took out two gold coins and patted her plump buttocks, earning a few sweet smiles.
Dandelion reached for a bottle of mead, deftly uncorked it, and after taking a sip of it, he vowed:
"I'm not talking nonsense. Do you remember that baron who cracked the tower? He defied Queen Calanthe in public. That one, I got the news from him. He is a friend of the royal family and knows a lot of inside information."
Geralt didn't care much about this. He ate a honey bread in several mouthfuls, then took a sip of mead, and said Wayne and Dandelion said:
"I'm going to leave Cintra soon. Yennefer is still waiting for me in Novigrad, and it's going to be winter soon. I won't be able to stay in Novigrad for long. We're going back to Kaer Morhen."
Wayne raised his eyebrows, touched Geralt's wine glass, and asked,
"Leaving so soon? Don't you care about your possible unexpected son?"
Geralt Te drank all the wine in his glass, looked at Wayne with meaningful eyes and said,
"Fate will arrange everything. I'll come back in six years to see if fate is merciful to me." "
And, according to Dan, According to Derien, this place will soon become a place full of trouble. I advise you to leave as soon as possible, Wayne." "
This kind of place full of politics is not suitable for us demon hunters."
The three of them had a meal After a sumptuous breakfast, Geralt rode his horse Carrot and left the city of Sintra. Dandelion felt that there was still fun to see here, and he quickly disappeared without knowing where he was going.
However, Wayne can't leave yet. As someone who knows the future development of the plot, whether it is out of good intentions or to add obstacles to future enemies, he has something to talk to Princess Pavetta who has the blood of the ancients. .
After all, after leaving this time, when he comes to Sintra next time, he doesn’t know what year it will be.
And he doesn't have to wait long, nor does he have to come to the door. It won't take long for someone to come here to find him.
Sure enough, just as he expected, in the afternoon, when Wayne was sitting in the lobby teasing the bar girl, teasing the mature lady to a point of arousal, a middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes found the hotel.
The middle-aged man looked a little anxious. When he saw Wayne sitting in the restaurant on the first floor, his eyes immediately lit up. He walked quickly to Wayne, lowered his head and said respectfully: "Master
Wayne , I wonder if Master Geralt is also with you. Our respected Queen Calanthe hopes to invite the two masters to go to the palace now to discuss important matters." Wayne looked up at
the middle-aged man and found He was the one who led him and Janot to the palace last time, the palace manager Haxor.
And Queen Calanthe sent someone like the palace supervisor to invite him and Geralt at such a tense moment, which was obviously very important and nervous.
Faced with Director Haxo's nervous expression, Wayne shook his head with regret and said, "
I'm sorry, Director Haxo, and my companion Geralt left Sintra before noon. It's been half a day now, and I guess you can't find him."
Haxo was very disappointed when he heard this, but as the palace supervisor, he did not show his disappointment, but smiled very politely at Wayne. He saluted and said:
"In this case, can you please Master Wayne to go to the palace with me now? This matter is really urgent, please forgive me." Of course Wayne
knew what was going on, but he still Pretending to be confused, he thought about it for a few seconds, then nodded and said,
"Since the queen invites me, of course I won't refuse it. It just so happens that there is nothing else to do right now, so let's go now."
Wayne responded, Director Hacksall immediately nodded happily, anxiously and eagerly leading the way for Wayne.
At the previous banquet, he had already seen how powerful this young demon hunter was, and he still had a deep sense of awe for Wayne in his heart.
About ten minutes later, the two of them, escorted by several guards, rode through the streets and entered the huge palace.
But this time, they did not stop at the Royal Palace. Haxo took Wayne into the backyard of the palace and to Queen Calanthe's drawing room. Before he arrived, several people were already waiting in the drawing room.
King East, Kratz the Sea Boar, Archdruid Mossak, and Princess Pavetta, whose eyes were reddish and sitting on the other side, crying silently.
After seeing Wayne come in, except for the princess who was in a daze, everyone else nodded slightly to him, which was regarded as taking the initiative to say hello.
After all, at the last banquet, everyone who survived had to owe Wayne a favor.
After Wayne responded politely to them, he sat down between Kratz and Mossack. He asked the sea boar in a low voice: "
What happened, Kratz?"
"Why did the queen call us all here? Here?"
The two of them had drank wine at the banquet before, played Gwent, and bragged together. Their relationship was not far or close. Moreover, the Skellige people had a rough character, and they were very intimidated when faced with a powerful person like Wayne. Make friends easily.
The red-haired Kratz first took a peek at his uncle, and then at Princess Pavetta across from him, then chuckled softly and said to Wayne: "Last
night, that hedgehog man Donnie disappeared. "
This morning, the royal guards searched the entire palace and every corner, but there was no clue at all." "
No one knows where the guy went or how he disappeared."
Kratz said with excitement. He looked like he was gloating about his misfortune. When he was about to say something else, King East gave him a sharp look and shut up immediately. However, there was still a smile between his brows and eyes. It was obvious that this incident made him quite happy.
Wayne had a surprised expression on his face, as if it was the first time he heard about it. Then he looked at the expressions of others, then didn't speak anymore, but sat quietly in his seat and waited. After dozens of seconds, Mossack, who was sitting on his right, suddenly asked:
"Wayne, where is Geralt? Didn't he come with you?"
Wayne shook his head and said:
"Geralt He has left Sintra."
"You know, when he sees some trouble, he always runs very fast."
Mossak nodded regretfully, then closed his eyes, as if trapped in Meditation.
A few minutes later, Queen Calanthe walked in from outside the house tiredly, wearing a gorgeous light armor.
The beautiful queen simply said hello to everyone, then sat on the chair at the head of the table, raised her head and downed a cup of tea in one gulp. After scanning the crowd, she found that Geralt had not arrived, so she also asked Wayne once.
After receiving the result that Geralt had left, the queen was slightly disappointed, but she quickly adjusted her mood and said straightforwardly: "
Everyone, last night, Pavetta's fiancé Donnie disappeared mysteriously. Those incompetent guards Nothing has been found, no clues at all."
"So I invite you all here, and I want to hear your thoughts."
After saying that, Queen Calanthe looked at her daughter Pavetta and signaled her to tell her about last night. Please repeat the situation to everyone present.
After hearing her mother's voice, Princess Pavetta wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, looked up at the crowd, and told everything she knew last night.
Unfortunately, the princess went to bed early last night, and everything she described was insignificant and trivial.
After hearing this, everyone had no clues. They only knew that the princess's fiancé, Donny, probably disappeared in the study room, because on the table in the study room, there was still wine that he had not finished drinking and half-read books.
The scene was silent for a while, and no one could make any reasonable inferences. Queen Calanthe's expression became more and more irritable. She suddenly patted the table and asked directly to Archdruid Mossack:
"Mossack , I feel that being able to make people disappear from the heavily guarded palace, whether it is Donnie's volition or whether he has been kidnapped, is not something ordinary people can do." "As the only one among
us Spellcaster, what do you think?"
Hearing this, the old druid looked up at the queen. After looking at each other for more than ten seconds, he shook his head and said, "
Sorry, Calanthe, I've already gone there. I looked in a study and couldn't find any clues, no trace at all. It seemed like it disappeared out of thin air." "
And I also used prophecy to predict it, but the result was not ideal. Duny's fate was like a quagmire. It's full of variables, I can't see anything." "
But as you said, it's basically impossible for ordinary people to do this kind of thing."
Queen Calanthe was very disappointed, and then looked at her fiancé Iss King Kratz and his nephew Kratz.
Well, these two are reckless men. It's okay to let them participate in the battle, but it will definitely be useless for this kind of disappearance case.
Finally, Queen Calanthe looked at Wayne and said with expectation in her tone:
"Witcher Wayne, what do you think about this matter?"
Wayne pretended to think about it for ten minutes. After a few seconds, he shook his head regretfully and said:
"Sorry, Your Majesty the Queen, you may not know yet. I have just become a demon hunter for less than three years. It is okay for me to hunt monsters, but it is okay for me to hunt monsters." It may be quite difficult to deal with such a complicated case."
When everyone present heard what Wayne said, they all looked at him in surprise. They didn't expect that the young demon hunter who showed such a strong performance at the banquet yesterday would actually just become a hunter. The demon is less than three years old, which is really rare for demon hunters who are generally over fifty years old.
And just when Calanthe looked away with some disappointment, he wanted to find other ways.
Princess Pavetta, who was sitting opposite a few people, suddenly raised her head and said to Wayne with tears in her eyes:
"Mr. Wayne, you must know something. When we were at the banquet yesterday, you told me Some strange words were said, and he said that he would tell me the truth later. Can you please tell me now?"
As soon as the princess said this, everyone's eyes were focused on Wayne. They were all number one in this matter. I heard it for the first time, and I really wanted to know what the truth was.
Facing the attention of everyone, Wayne was not at all confused. He shook his head pretending to be distressed and said, "Your
Highness, in fact, I originally wanted to confront Mr. Dorney about this matter and expose him in person. But later, Mr. Dhoni became your fiancé, and I felt that I should not meddle in other people's affairs and ruin the relationship between you." "But now, Mr.
Dhoni is missing, and if I tell the truth, it will not be the same. It's just a one-sided statement, which will make you misunderstand, so I'm not going to tell you anymore!"
Wayne's hard-to-get explanation made Queen Calanthe very angry, and she slapped her hard. He looked at Wayne at the table and said,
"Wayne, don't act like a mother-in-law. Act like a woman." "
Now is the time. No matter what intelligence or news, you should speak out boldly, whether we believe it or not. Anyway, it can provide us with some ideas."
Listening to Queen Calanthe's rather bold speech, Wayne put on a wry smile, then considered his words and said, "
Okay, Your Majesty the Queen."
"Actually, Before coming to Sintra, I met a fellow witcher from the south on the road, and he told me a piece of news." "More than
ten years ago, a coup occurred in the southern Kingdom of Nilfgaard, and the emperor at that time was Killed by a usurper, Prince Emhyr was cursed by a warlock and turned into a monster that looked like a hedgehog."
"Hedgehog!"
Everyone exclaimed, having some guesses about the truth that Wayne said.
Wayne nodded, his expression unchanged, and continued:
"My colleague was entrusted by the emperor of Nilfgaard to find information about the former prince of Nilfgaard. According to the information he provided , this former prince of Nilfgaard, used to live in Ihrenwald." "
And he also told me a special news. He said that Prince Emhyr also had an evil warlock who cooperated with him. They planned a chance encounter and an accident together, hoping to use King Rognar's unexpected son to lift his curse." "
So, when I met the Uchion who claimed to be from Uhlenwald, I think Princess Pavetta is a pitiful deceiver."
As he spoke, Wayne looked at the people with different expressions and said with some hesitation:
"But now, my demon hunter Our companions have returned to Nilfgaard, and Duny has also disappeared. I don’t know who the so-called evil warlock is." "
So I think it’s better not to tell you about such uncertain news. ."
(End of chapter)