Chapter 53 The friendship between lions and wolves depends on the cat faction.
Because of drinking the water of Brokiron and overdrafting the battle, Geralt was in a very bad state and might even fall off his horse.
So Lan invited him to live in his house with Shiri and Mossak.
The witcher is lonely by nature and doesn't seem to like heights, so his room is at the end of the corridor on the first floor.
When Lan walked to the door of the room, he heard the sound of two people arguing.
"Geralt, she is your destiny. Your paths have crossed three times. You don't think this is just a coincidence, do you? You asked Calanthe, Pavetta and her husband to make an oath. That's The Law of Accident, is the power of fate. They kept their promise. Ciri is the unexpected child. Destiny demands..." "
Ask me to take her away and make her a witcher? She is a girl! Look at me, Mo Ssak! Can you imagine a beautiful little girl becoming like me?"
"To hell with the rules of the witcher! Since Ciri was born, your wishes and plans no longer matter. Look at the plague and For cholera's sake, not even you are worth mentioning! Do you understand? Fate is a double-edged sword, and it is dangerous to play with it. Stop playing with it, Geralt, the way Ciri established guardian and ward. relationship.
Otherwise...the bond may appear in other forms, more terrifying forms. I want to protect you! If you take her away, I will not object, and I will risk explaining everything to Calanthe." Then Lan
said Geralt's loud denial was heard, followed by an even more heated argument.
These two old guys, who are estimated to be more than three hundred years old together, have really loud voices.
After a while, Mossack opened the door angrily and saw Lan standing at the door.
"Uncle Mossak...good evening?"
Druid sighed and smiled awkwardly at Lan.
"You may have heard something just now. Let's talk about this later."
Lann nodded. In fact, he already knew the content of the argument between the two people in the room.
He slowly walked forward and knocked on the door out of politeness. Geralt, who was digesting his emotions, looked up.
Speaking of which, Geralt once said a famous saying: I am a witcher, and witchers have no emotions.
Now, inside the room, he was breathing heavily with his chest heaving. It was obvious that the argument he had just had with Mossack made him emotional.
"Lord Lannister." Geralt nodded to Lann. "Please come in. I haven't thanked you for taking me in." "
Please, just call me Lann." Lann walked in with a smile. "Anyway. You also saved Ciri, and you also contradicted Ms. Aisna for me. You also saved me many times when fighting the gryphon. I thought we were already friends." "There is no 'saving' when fighting, together
. It's just against the enemy."
Lann noticed a slight sense of alienation in Geralt's words, and his attitude towards him seemed to be no different from that towards other nobles.
If you want to establish a "friendship" with Geralt, this is not a good start.
Lann thought for a while and said, "I wonder if Uncle Mossack has told you that I have always been curious about witchers." "I can
see that you used a silver sword when hunting griffins, right? "
Geralt's tone was cold, and now Lan knew what the problem was.
A witcher cannot lose his sword any more than a falcon can lose its claws or a lion can lose its tusks.
And if the silver sword is in the hands of a non-witcher, it means that this person's hands are stained with the blood of a demon hunter. Geralt obviously misunderstood.
Lan took out the cat-headed badge in his arms and explained: "When I was suppressing bandits some time ago, I encountered a bandit group. Their leader was also a demon hunter. He attacked and killed many passing caravans and massacred them. He passed our village, so I made him pay the price."
Geralt glanced at the cat head: "What's his name?"
"Judd Kaladin."
Geralt shook his head: "I haven't heard of it. This name is always a bad one."
Because Lann is an outsider, Geralt did not elaborate. After all, the Cat Faction can be said to be the family scandal of the demon hunters: the Cat Faction is not only rich in lunatics, but also the only school that will accept murder commissions. , and they even receive more commissions for killing people than for hunting demons.
Many people believe that Cat Faction has deviated from tradition and is hardly considered a "witcher" anymore.
There are other feuds between the Wolf School and the Cat School: In the background story that Lan knows, King Kaedwen was once bewitched by a warlock, thinking that the witcher would shake his power, so he hired the Cat School to deceive the Wolf School. The backbone of the organization organized a so-called "academic exchange" competition.
During the conference, the Cat School stabbed the Wolf School in the back and slaughtered all the backbone of the Wolf School. Geralt, who was still an apprentice at the time, was also at the scene, and was eventually rescued by Mossak who was passing by. This was also the beginning of their friendship.
This incident directly led to the weakening of the Wolf Faction, and it no longer even had the ability to recruit and train new people. When Ciri grows up, even if she is half a demon hunter, the total members of the Wolf School can be counted on one hand.
By the way, the demon hunters of the cat sect who stabbed the wolf sect were also stabbed in the back by the king who hired them.
As a witness to that massacre, Geralt had little affection for Cat Faction, even if he didn't have hatred for them.
Not to mention that Lann killed a villain who had his own way of dying. In Geralt's moral perspective, Judd Kaladin might also be a type of "monster".
Of course, in the future, Geralt also helped Cat-sect witchers, and other Wolf-sect witchers also had Cat-sect friends. Wolf witchers can rationally distinguish between "good" and "evil" instead of angering an entire group. This is the incomprehensible but admirable moral outlook they uphold by adhering to "absolute neutrality."
Let’s not mention the future events for now, at least for now, when Geralt understands the whole story, the barrier he deliberately created with Lann disappears.
Favorability: cold → average +.
After Geralt lamented what Judd had done, he asked: "So, Lan. What's the matter with coming to see me so late?" "
About your remuneration, Geralt." Lan said "You rescued Ciri and protected her all the way. I heard that Ciri promised you a lot of wealth? And you got rid of two griffons for my territory. I have an obligation to thank you for the sake of my territory."
Jero Te shook his head: "Don't worry about Ciri. I saved her for no other reason. As for the gryphons, I only participated in the hunting of one of them. Just give me a hundred crowns." Lan said with a smile
. : "But I am very willing to make you a friend. I don't want our relationship to be limited to such a simple money transaction, Geralt. The
superb skills you display in battle are admirable. I don't know if you are willing to accept it." Some other commissions, such as private swordsmanship lessons, monster knowledge teachers, etc.?"
(End of this chapter)