Duchess Caroberta once accidentally broke into the laboratory of Fringilla's uncle, the illusion master Artorius.
In order to test and improve magic, Artorius captured many animals and conducted experiments on them.
Caroberta Duchess has always considered herself a strong woman.
She once appeared at the execution scene with a straight face and looked directly into the eyes of the bandit leader who had committed heinous crimes;
Until the other party was executed in her name.
She also went to the battlefield in person, took off her skirt, put on armor, and fought like a man.
But she had never realized it before.
In this world, there are many things more terrifying than death.
That is to be locked in a dark cage and used as an experimental subject.
It would be a mercy to die directly from the side effects.
I was afraid that I would not die, but I suffered from severe torture due to side effects repeatedly.
Of course, the Duchess Caroberta is not an innocent woman.
Artorius is just testing his magic on animals.
There is nothing wrong with this approach.
Humanity's dominance on this continent was originally based on oppressing non-human races such as elves and dwarves, and depriving other animals of their right to survive.
Be it magic or medical technology, how could it develop and progress without going through countless experiments with corpses?
This is a necessary sacrifice.
But as a mother, she doesn't want her children to end up like that.
If Syanna becomes a demon hunter, even if one day in the future, he will die fighting a monster.
That is also her destiny.
At least she fought.
"Your Highness the Duchess, Law of Surprise is indeed a customary law in this world, but it is not limited to demon hunters. Anyone can use Law of Surprise to claim rewards."
"You may not understand that the implementation of Law of Surprise actually has strict requirements."
Curse of the Black Sun Lynn thinks that is nonsense.
But Law of Surprise and fate cannot help but Lynn not believe in it.
This is what really exists in this world.
Lynn paused and continued to explain.
"To put it simply, what Law of Surprise usually requires is the first thing the rescued person sees when he returns home, or something that the rescued person doesn't know but already owns."
"As for Miss Syanna, she does not meet the conditions in any aspect."
"However, if Her Highness the Duchess wants me to take Miss Syanna away, then all I have to do is put forward a request."
The witcher's words made the Duchess's eyes light up.
"In this case, Master, I beg you to take my granddaughter away. No matter where you take her, as long as she never sets foot in Toussaint again in this life."
"As long as you accept this commission, I can pay you two thousand Florin as a reward."
Lynn took a deep breath.
Hiss!
Hiss!
Hiss!
So scary!
This Duchess Caroberta is really wealthy.
Two thousand Florin, which is equivalent to more than 20,000 Oren gold coins.
You must know that in the original novel, Geralt helped Foltest to lift the curse of the vampire bird on his daughter, and the reward he received was only a mere three thousand Oren.
And that was the one with the highest reward among all the commissions Geralt had done in the original novel.
Now, the Duchess Castro actually paid herself in one go, equivalent to a reward of more than 20,000 Oren.
Toussaint No matter how rich you are, you won't be so arrogant, right?
Lynn looked at the face of the Duchess Caroberta and thought that if the roommate from his previous life who was sympathetic to father and son was here, he would probably be thinking about how to make a living.
However, he then thought about the reason why the duchess was so generous.
The reason why Foltest only paid Geralt three thousand Oren is certainly not because Temeria is not as rich and powerful as Toussaint.
It's because these three thousand Oren are the reward paid to the demon hunter.
The more than 20,000 Oren paid by the Duchess Caroberta to herself is, strictly speaking, not only a remuneration to herself, but also includes Syanna's living expenses for the next ten years.
After all, no matter how you say it, Syanna is also a young lady from the Duke family.
We can't really let her eat chaffy vegetables like a farm girl from now on, right?
After thinking about this clearly, Lynn solemnly assured the duchess.
"Please rest assured, Your Highness the Duchess, I will definitely take good care of Miss Syanna."
Caroberta The Duchess was waiting for these words from the witcher.
Although the witcher didn't stay with Toussaint for long, the duchess could still intuitively feel that Lynn was a person worth entrusting to her.
The Duchess has a regiment of knights errant under her command. They all uphold the Five Chivalric Virtues and chivalrous spirit and swear to be loyal to the Duchess to the death.
But even they are not as reliable as the demon hunters.
Because they are people, not "monsters".
Ever since the news that Syanna was the son of disaster spread, the duchess has seen it clearly.
Even many of the knights errant whom she thought were the incarnations of Five Chivalric Virtues shamelessly suggested that Syanna should be executed or burned to death.
This disappointed her greatly.
It also made her see clearly that the chivalry of the knights was just a means for them to pursue honor.
rather than true chivalry.
If they were asked to escort Syanna away from Toussaint, the duchess couldn't imagine what they would do to Syanna...
In this case, the Duchess would rather hand over Syanna to the witcher.
Seeing Lynn solemnly agree, Duchess Caroberta stood up from her seat, and walked step by step in front of Lynn under the shocked eyes of Fringilla and the guards.
Bend down and lower your head.
"Then I leave everything to you, Master Lynn."
At this time, footsteps suddenly sounded.
A servant came over in a hurry.
"Something is very wrong, Your Highness the Duchess."
Caroberta Duchess glared at him displeasedly. "You are so panicked? How unbecoming is this!"
The servant knew he was being impolite and hurriedly knelt on the ground. "Your Highness, please forgive my impoliteness."
"Your Highness the Duchess, Krauser has always been steady. Something big must have happened to make him so panicked. Please spare him this time."
Fringilla, standing behind Duchess Caroberta, said.
"It seems that for the sake of Ms. Fringilla, I won't punish you this time, and there won't be a next time." The duchess returned to her seat and sat down. "Tell me, what's the matter?"
"Yes."
The servant cast a grateful look at the court sorceress, then stood up and said.
"Miss Anarietta and Miss Syanna are missing."
"What?!"
Caroberta The fingers of the Duchess holding the armrest of the seat turned white due to excessive exertion. "Then why don't you go find it quickly?!"
Cold sweat broke out on the servant's forehead.
"I have searched everywhere, but no one has seen the two ladies. The guards guarding the entrances and exits of the palace also said they did not see the ladies leave."
"This is impossible..."
Caroberta The Duchess felt her eyes turning black for a while.
"Her Royal Highness the Duchess?!"
Fringilla quickly came to the Duchess, her fingers lit up with a gentle magical light, and gently tapped the Duchess' temple.
"I'm fine, thank you, Fringilla."
Caroberta Duchess opened her eyes again.
Patted Fringilla on the back of his hand.
The latter then backed away.