Next, Toussaint returned to a peaceful time.
Until a liar named Plegmund was discovered by the wise and powerful Fringilla and caught out.
After performing a set of powerful memory recovery techniques, Plegmund took the initiative to admit that all his so-called "miracles" were fake.
Now Toussaint people are angry.
Plegmund has deceived too many people before, from nobles to commoners, everyone has been fooled by him.
Even the Duchess of Caroberta almost believed him and planned to allocate a huge sum of money to build him a huge and magnificent statue of Lebioda.
What's even more shocking is what's behind.
The "good deeds" Plegmund did was not just to cheat money, because he claimed that his ability to perform "miracles" was imparted to him by Lebioda in his dream.
This has caused many female believers who converted to Lebioda to worship Plegmund.
There is no need to go into detail about what a liar can do by taking advantage of the admiration of beautiful women, right?
All in all, the things Plegmund did in Toussaint were so numerous that the duchess and the nobles felt that it would be too light to simply behead or hang Plegmund.
So after several days of discussions, a nobleman who had been deceived by Plegmund offered to give up his honor and sell Plegmund to the Nilfgaard Merchants' Guild as a slave.
Nilfgaard Merchants' Guild's influence in the political life of the empire is extraordinary. Although it is a commercial organization in name, it is actually closely connected with the politics, military, and diplomacy of the empire.
Every time he wants to launch a war of expansion, the emperor can get enough war funds from the Merchants' Guild to fund an early campaign.
And every time the empire expanded its territory, Merchants' Guild could purchase all the strong slaves from the army at the lowest price.
Then send them to wherever labor is needed.
The misery of these slaves cannot be described in words. Even the bard's argumentative tongue pales in comparison to the cruel facts.
And Toussaint people unanimously believe that this is where Plegmund should go.
Fortunately among the misfortunes, although Plegmund committed a heinous crime, the believers of Lebioda are innocent.
Since Fringilla personally vouched for them, those Toussaint people who did not believe in Lebioda did not embarrass them too much.
Lynn didn't pay attention to all the disturbances from the outside world.
A few days later, he was invited to the Beauclair court again.
Caroberta The duchess did not summon him in the audience hall as usual.
But on a balcony overlooking the sparkling waves in the distance.
There were only a few attendees, except for the duchess herself, only Fringilla and a few guards were present.
Unlike last time, in addition to Earl Raymond, there was also a large group of nobles accompanying him.
"Master Demon Hunter, I heard that you are leaving Toussaint recently?"
"Yes, Your Highness the Duchess, my companions and I originally came to Toussaint just for you. Now that you have recovered, it's time for us to leave."
"Don't you plan to stay? Ms. Fringilla has told me before that you make a living by hunting monsters. Even if Toussaint has no more monsters, I will be happy to give you an official position. I think the taxpayers will not mind if I use their taxes to support you."
Lynn performed the courtesy of a knight.
"I appreciate your generosity, Your Majesty the Brilliant Duchess, but the reasons for our departure are complicated, so please allow me to refuse your kindness."
Caroberta Duchess said regretfully.
"Since you have already said this, I will no longer hold you back, but please remember that Toussaint's door will always be open to you, Master."
The witcher thanked the duchess again for her kindness.
Then, Duchess Caroberta finally revealed the real purpose of inviting Lynn over.
"I heard that witchers are experts at lifting curses. Are you really able to lift any curse?"
Lynn thought for a while and considered.
"It depends on the situation. Your Majesty the Brilliant Duchess, not all curses can be lifted. The specific situation is very complicated. I can only tell you that some curses can be lifted, and some curses are helpless even by demon hunters."
Caroberta Duchess's face flashed with obvious disappointment.
But after all, she is the ruler of Toussaint, and she quickly concealed her emotions.
"In that case, master... do you understand Curse of the Black Sun."
Lynn thought for a while and gave an explanation.
"Curse of the Black Sun, also known as Curse of the Dark Sun, Curse of the Black Sun, is a prophecy made by a warlock named Etibald."
"He predicted that human civilization would eventually be destroyed at the hands of sixty girls born during or after a specific solar eclipse."
Seeing that Lynn spoke so eloquently, the duchess couldn't help but look forward to it. "Then can you remove Curse of the Black Sun?"
Lynn replied without thinking, "No."
Because judging from the performance in novels and games, Curse of the Black Sun most likely does not exist.
Things that don't exist naturally cannot be eliminated.
The reason why Lynn thinks Curse of the Black Sun does not exist is actually very simple.
In Geralt's career as a demon hunter, he encountered three children of disaster:
One is Syanna, the granddaughter of Duchess Caroberta, who will stir up chaos in Beauclair more than twenty years later;
The other one is the unexpected son of Eskel. Her name is Deidre Admayne, and she is the princess of Caingorn.
The last one is Renfri, she is the princess of Creyden, a small country in the north.
In addition to the three children of disaster that Geralt encountered, there were dozens of girls from wealthy families or noble families who were killed by Brotherhood of Sorcerers and then dissected.
And without exception, the warlocks didn't find anything different between them and normal girls.
Then here comes the problem.
Even a demon hunter whose physical fitness is better than ordinary people can find the characteristics of mutated organs after anatomy. Sorcerers/sorceresses, who have had their bodies modified by magic, can also see the differences from ordinary people after anatomy.
Why are these children of disaster, who have the power of destruction that even the legendary warlocks don't have, not even the slightest bit different from ordinary people?
What is going on?
Moreover, Lady Benigna, who rules Principality of Talgar, is also the son of disaster who bears the burden of Curse of the Black Sun.
Although the world has not been destroyed yet, Talgar is full of crosses, nailed to those who had hurt her in the past.
Why didn't Brotherhood of Sorcerers send people to level Talgar City now?
Just like they once did with the Witcher Castle.
No matter how many Talgar City's defenders are, they will definitely not be able to stop the joint spellcasting of multiple warlocks.
But why don't they do this?
Lynn knows why they don't.
It's not because Lady Benigna is different from the witcher.
She was of noble birth, with noble blood flowing in her body, and now she has become a powerful ruling class.
She is in the same class as Northern Kingdoms, the kings and nobles with real power.
If Brotherhood of Sorcerers really dares to destroy Talgar City in the name of saving the world, tomorrow they will be boycotted, isolated and ostracized by the entire north.
Their status will drop to the point where they are not even as good as a demon hunter, and they will be completely reduced to a street rat, and everyone will beat them up.
When the child of disaster is a young lady from a wealthy family, or a daughter of a noble family, the warlock brothers can also imprison and kill her in the name of saving the world.
Because no matter whether it is a rich family or a noble family, they will not have only one daughter.
One less is nothing.
But once these sons of disaster truly gain power, the situation will be completely different.
They are no longer weak sheep, but lion kings who lead a pride of lions.
At this time, Brotherhood of Sorcerers can only pretend that Etibald's Prophecy does not exist.
Besides, the world is big.
This continent is not alone.
On the other side of the sea, there are countries called Ofir and Zangvebar.
This continent is only the world known to people, not the whole world.
The influence of Brotherhood of Sorcerers can only cover the south bank of the Yaruga River at most, that is, Cintra and Toussaint.
There is no way to care about Zerrikania on the other side of Nilfgaard and Blue Mountains.
It is even more impossible to control Ofir and Zangvebar across the sea.
Then the problem comes again.
When a solar eclipse occurs, are only girls born in the north carrying original sin?
Could it be that girls born with Nilfgaard, Zerrikania, Ofir, and Zangvebar would not be burdened with Curse of the Black Sun, right?
Moreover, since it was mentioned in Etibald's Prophecy, one blocked son is enough to destroy the world.
So there are so many children of disaster living in the world, and the world is not destroyed, and they are still living well.
Even Lynn, to put it bluntly, if such a big world is destroyed just because of a girl born during a solar eclipse, what does that mean?
It shows that the world still doesn't work hard enough.
Putting aside the facts, even if the Son of Disaster really destroys the world, and even if the Son of Disaster is 99% at fault, isn't there nothing wrong with the world at all?