24. The Painter's Death (Final) (1/5)
"Witcher! Witcher! There's a letter for you here."
Geralt turned around to see a child calling to him. When the child saw him turn, he hurried over, pulled a letter from the satchel at his waist, handed it to him, and bowed. "Greetings from the Gregory Family, Master Witcher!"
With that, he ran off.
The Witcher watched him disappear into the distance, then lowered his gaze and opened the letter. A faint fragrance wafted out as he began to read.
"Honorable Geralt of Rivia, first, please accept my most sincere greetings."
"Thank you for your righteous deed. The Gregory Family will not forget it."
"Second, I believe it is necessary to inform you of Cale Vincent's final fate. If you have been following the newspapers lately, you should know that we have acquired his mining business. As for the man himself, he may now be begging by the roadside."
"I hope he contracts every disease imaginable within a few years, then dies in agony in the cold."
"I do not know what you will think of me, but I believe vengeance is a virtue. Vengeance is not some foolish game or meaningless empty gesture spoken of by poets and philosophers. Vengeance is the last thing that can bring joy to a mother like me, one who has lost her beloved son."
"Finally, I want to speak to you about Cronin. I knew he was a stubborn child, but I never knew he was stubborn to this extent. He wanted to overturn Novigrad's centuries-old political order by himself. That was no different from playing with fire and burning himself. I think his death may have had something to do with me as well. If I had not been consumed by the grief of losing my