"When everything here is over, I won't stay too long. I like Skellige Isles very much, but I don't want to cause trouble to the people here."
Gerd's words made Lynn feel curious.
"Trouble? How else can you get into trouble?"
Although he has not been in contact with Gerd for a long time.
But Gerd has a bold and informal personality, and at the same time is attentive. He always considers others, has a sense of boundaries, and will not be too familiar to make people unhappy.
Lynn It is really unimaginable that such a person would make enemies with others.
Gerd put down the large piece of meat that he had already eaten, hesitating a little.
"It's all in the past... it's a long story."
Lynn smiled, "But we also happen to have plenty of time, don't you think so?"
"This is also true... okay, but before I tell my story, I have to ask you a question first: Do you know Duchy of the Curved Coast?"
"Yes, I remember it was near Praxaeda Bay, bordered by Talgar, Malleore, Creyden and Caingorn to the north, and Redania to the south. The country was ruled by a duke and minted its own currency."
"Huh?" At this point, Lynn looked at Gerd again, "You don't want to say that you were forced to get involved in the civil war that Duchy of the Curved Coast had a year ago, right?"
Duchy of the Curved Coast Lynn doesn't know much about this country.
This country was established by the first batch of humans who landed. Like Kovir, this country was first affiliated with Redania.
But later, Kovir discovered a large number of mineral deposits, which made this originally cold and poor country suddenly become very wealthy.
Earl, who ruled Kovir, then declared independence from Redania.
Redania naturally couldn't accept it, so he united with Kaedwen's army to attack Kovir.
The surprising result was that Kovir actually won a big victory.
This eventually led to the signing of the "First Treaty of Long Esset", from which Kovir and Poviss officially became an independent country.
From then on, Curved Coast also separated from Redania and was merged into Kovir and Poviss.
Many years passed like this, until "Poviss Secession" broke out. Under the manipulation of thoughtful people, Creyden, Malleore, Bayfield, Caingorn and Curved Coast all separated from Kovir one after another.
After that, Curved Coast continues to exist as a principality until now.
However, just a year ago, a big thing happened to Duchy of the Curved Coast:
A civil war broke out in the principality, and the two parties in the civil war were the ruler of the principality at that time and the ruler's daughter.
The specific process Lynn is not clear, but she only knows that the daughter of the final ruler overthrew her father and became the duchess of Duchy of the Curved Coast.
Originally, Lynn just said that casually
As a result, when he saw the expression on Gerd's face, he couldn't help but be stunned.
The expression on the latter's face at this moment confirmed that his suspicion was correct.
"You..."
Gerd took a deep sip of beer.
"Before the civil war broke out, I once did something for the old Duke... Don't get me wrong, it wasn't that kind of thing. I just helped him get rid of the monsters in the city's sewers."
"After the commission was over, I stayed in the city for a few more days. When I was about to leave, a group of people suddenly appeared in front of me."
"They took me to see a woman. That woman was the old Duke's daughter, who is now the Duchess of Duchy of the Curved Coast."
"Helena Lange Hall, that's her name, she wants me to stand on her side and help her assassinate the old Duke."
"We School of the Bear just don't have emotions, but that doesn't mean we will do anything. We are not killers, so I rejected that woman and scolded her severely."
Lynn asked curiously, "Why did you scold her?"
Gerd thought for a moment, "I reprimanded her in front of her for what she did."
"I guess she might not be able to bear your harsh advice."
"Indeed, two assassins came to the tavern where I was staying that night. They bribed the tavern owner and poisoned my food and wine. Unfortunately, they didn't know that the demon hunter's senses are very sharp and they can smell the poison without eating it in their mouth."
Anger will be repaid.
This fits Lynn's stereotype of aristocrats.
"What happened next?"
So Gerd continued.
"I killed the two assassins, but spared the tavern owner, not only because he still had children and a wife to support, but also because I could understand that a common man like him had no ability to refuse the nobles' requests, and he had no choice, so I don't blame him."
"Then, without waiting for dawn, I escaped from the city overnight and headed south. It wasn't until I passed Buina River and set foot on the land of Redania that I finally breathed a sigh of relief."
"After that, I came to Skellige Isles."
After eating and drinking, Lynn and Gerd left Kaer Trolde Harbor.
Start the journey again.
However, before going to Castle Etnir, Gerd suggested that he first go to the country tavern where he first came to Great Skellige Island.
"The owner of the country tavern doesn't look like a Skellige person at all. I even suspect that he might actually be a dwarf who has been cast with a huge spell. I have never met an Islander who can beat Gwent so well."
"If I hadn't discovered that he was cheating, I would have even thought he was cheating."
Lynn hummed noncommittally.
"Is it because your poker skills are too bad?"
Gerd laughed, not annoyed at all.
"Anyway, no matter what, I owed him a hundred ducats, but unfortunately, I was short of money at the time and couldn't afford that much money. I had no choice but to leave the steel sword design of our school that I was carrying with me as collateral."
Lynn:"..."
Even he couldn't help but press his temples.
"Fortunately, you School of the Bear's emotions are relatively weak. Even if Arnaghad (the founder of School of the Bear) finds out, he won't do anything to you. If Vesemir knows which little wolf dares to take School of the Wolf's weapon blueprints as collateral for gambling debts..."
"I don't know how many belts I have to break."
Gerd felt a little guilty, but still showed off his strong words.
"Hey, hey, the more I listen to it, the more disgusting it becomes. It seems that I am so heinous. Besides, I just mortgaged the blueprint there. I didn't really sell the blueprint. Didn't I go back and redeem it as soon as I got the reward?"
Lynn sighed, "Okay, don't gamble anymore. You also know that generous and generous nobles like the lords of the islands are difficult to find on the mainland even with a lantern. Don't lose all the bounty you have earned with great difficulty."
He didn't know how much the other party could listen to these words.
Although he had known before that demon hunters were accustomed to living a "one day at a time" life, when he saw it with his own eyes, he was still filled with sadness.
Maybe it's because he has so much self-control that he really can't understand the behavior of Gerd who spends all his money.
If you want to say that the witcher is rich, there is no need to save it.
But the vast majority of demon hunters have no money to repair their damaged armor, and no money to buy the ingredients for mixing potions and alchemy bombs...
But he invested his limited money in unlimited foot washing.
Of course, Lynn does not mean to rebuke Gerd.
After all, even School of the Wolf, who pays attention to ideological and moral education, cannot teach Vesemir how to spend money lavishly.
Even when the old man himself was young, he was drunk one day and drunk the next, living a miserable life in a muddle-headed manner for decades.
Just like this, we chatted one after another, and gradually we got closer and closer to the country tavern that Gerd mentioned.
But when the ruins of the tavern came into view of the witcher, Gerd's smile suddenly froze.