"Ms. Tissaia?"
Lynn got up from the bed and got dressed again.
He first lit the candles in the room, then walked over and opened the door.
"Am I disturbing you?"
Tissaia stood outside the door, also holding a mountain-shaped candlestick in his hand.
"It's okay, I'm not asleep yet," Lynn turned sideways, "Please come in."
So Tissaia came in, she put the gable candlestick on the table, and then sat down on the chair.
Lynn Close the door and go get the magic pattern leather bag placed by the bedside.
"What would you like to drink? Tea? Coffee? Or wine?"
The space prop given to him by Triss is very useful. He has prepared some things that may be used in any occasion in the magic pattern leather bag.
Tissaia looked at the familiar magic pattern leather bag, and finally understood the purpose of that little girl Triss pestering him.
It turns out we are here.
"No, I still prefer to sleep all night until dawn, but don't want to get up at night."
Tissaia pointed to the seat in front of him and said, "Sit down, Lynn. Actually, I'm mainly here to discuss something with you."
"So solemn, Ms. Tissaia?" Lynn sat down in front of Tissaia, "Please speak, madam."
"Well, Lynn, actually before you returned to Kaer Morhen Castle, I had been thinking about something."
"What is it?"
"If you don't mind, I would like to arrange for students from the academy to come to the castle. They can serve as Kaer Morhen's resident warlocks and help take care of the children who are destined to become witchers in the future."
Lynn thought about it for a moment.
Then he spread his hands.
"I really can't think of a reason to refuse, Madam Dean."
"It's the former dean," Tissaia reminded with a smile, "As for the issue of confidentiality, you don't have to worry about that. I will carefully select those good students who are willing to devote their time and energy to research instead of being obsessed with power."
Lynn said, "I will use gold to prove that your choice is correct."
Although there are only a few apprentices in the castle now, by the end of next year, Lynn plans to start increasing the number of apprentices.
In the next few years, it will be guaranteed that at least hundreds of apprentices will be trained in Kaer Morhen Castle.
Injury during training is secondary. If a warlock regularly uses magic to observe the children's physical condition, and then changes the training plan and nutritional supplements, I believe this will definitely be of great help to the children to survive Trial of the Grasses in the future.
If warlocks of Tissaia and Yennefer's level were allowed to do such work, regardless of whether they were willing or not, even if they were willing, it would be overkill.
Now, Tissaia has taken the initiative to arrange for students from the Aretuza Academy to come over, and naturally he wants it.
The former dean is careful and reassuring, and I believe the candidates she arranges are definitely suitable.
Lynn is very grateful to Tissaia for his initiative and consideration.
But at the same time, a confused thought also emerged from his heart:
Why does Tissaia take the initiative to help himself?
Now, Tissaia's actions have clearly gone beyond their original verbal agreement.
Although his career is now prosperous, he has given too much to Tissaia before he has given anything in return.
Of course he was flattered to be so favored.
But I also want to know the reason.
"Ms. Tissaia, I appreciate your generosity, but if possible, I would like to know your reasons for doing this."
Tissaia showed an elegant and confident smile.
"Of course."
Immediately, her smile faded and she spoke a prophecy with a serious face.
"Be aware that the time of the sword and the ax is coming, it is the age of cold wolves and snow. The time of White Frost and the white light is coming, it is the age of madness and contempt:"
"Tedd Deireddh, the end of time. The world will die in the frost and be reborn under the new sun."
"That is also when the seed sown by Hen Ichaer--Elder Blood--is reborn."
"This seed will not sprout, but will burst into flames."
"Ess'tuath esse! This is inevitable!"
"The leaves will fall, the buds will wither, the fruits will rot, the grain will taste bitter, and the clear water in the valley will turn into solid ice."
"White Frost is coming, white light will come one after another, and the world will be annihilated in the violent storm."
"Those who are far away will die of plague, those who are close to home will die by the sword; those who run away and hide will die of hunger, and those who survive will die of frost and snow..."
"You all should cry out, for the destruction of nations is coming."
"Your land will be trampled and divided."
"Your cities will burn and their inhabitants will flee."
"Bats, owls, and crows will infest your homes, and snakes and insects will make their nests in them..."
Lynn's expression also became solemn.
Because what Tissaia just read is the Ithlinne's Prophecy that everyone in this world knows.
Ithlinne, its full name is Ithlinne·Agri·Aipu·Aevenien.
She is the daughter of the legendary elf physician, astrologer and prophet Aevenien, and is also a legendary elf prophet herself.
Because its prophecy accurately predicted the decline of the elves (Ion Sid), and since 1239, Nilfgaard gradually annexed the southern countries and expanded its military operations to the north.
Therefore, many people have no doubts about the destruction of White Frost in the second half of the prophecy.
However, few people really understand the true meaning of the words "The Era of Cold Wolf and Snow", "White Frost and the Time of White Light", and "The world will die in the frost and be reborn under the new sun".
Of course, there are many people who sneer at Ithlinne's Prophecy.
They feel that the so-called White Frost, including the Wild Hunt in folklore, are just used to scare disobedient children.
But Lynn knows that these are real.
Even if "you" acting from the perspective of Geralt in the Witcher 3 makes all the choices correctly, a hundred years later - that is, in the northern part of the continent in the 14th century, countries such as Kaedwen, Talgar and other countries will no longer be able to survive due to the continued cooling of the climate.
As for Wild Hunt, of course they are more than just country tales told by Mudlegs.
His true identity is actually Iron Sid's lost kin, his name is Iron El.
Iron Sid and Iron El were once a race called Iron Woodold.
They have the ability to travel across the world, and can even open world gates (super large portals) that allow the entire group to travel to other worlds.
Iron Woodold traced the source of this power to his God-given bloodline.
But then, White Frost came.
White Frost first slowly froze their original home world, and then the worlds they traveled through.
It was as if the Star God was punishing them for abusing their bloodline talents.
Since then, Iron Woodard has been trying to escape White Frost.
Until in their long history, the gates of the worlds opened two paths:
One road leads to a green world, and the other leads to a mountainous archipelago later known to humans as Skellige.
The ethnic group cannot agree on everyone's opinions: where to go, which way is safer, which way is farther from White Frost.
So they parted ways.
Just like that, Iron Woodard split into two.
The people who go to the mountainous islands are called Iron Sid, and the people who go to the greenery are called Iron El.
Iron Sid had ruled this world for almost twenty centuries. It was not until the arrival of humans that he overthrew Iron Sid's rule and incorporated the other party into his own rule.
Unlike Iron Sid, Iron El completely conquered that green world. They slaughtered most of the indigenous people and turned the rest into their slaves.
However, Ain El's good days did not last long.
Because White Frost did not go in the direction of their brothers, but caught up with them.
What makes Ain El even more uneasy and desperate is that due to unknown reasons, they have lost the ability to create gates to the worlds.
Even if the unicorn clan is forcibly used and enslaved, it can still travel across the world, but it can no longer open the gates to the worlds and move the entire clan.
In order to escape White Frost, Ain El spent a long time "cultivating" a female elf sage Laura Doron with "Elder Blood" - as mentioned earlier, they believe that the source of power of the gates of the worlds is the God-given bloodline. The so-called Elder Blood can also be understood literally as the ancient bloodline before losing the ability to travel through the world.
Originally, Laura Doron was supposed to be betrothed to another elf sage Avallac'h, but in the end Laura Doron fell in love with the human warlock Cregennan of Lod.
Since the lovers were regarded as betrayals by both races, their fate was extremely tragic.
However, their bloodline continues.
In order to recapture Elder Blood, Auberon, the alder king of Ain El, Muhitazi frequently sent Red Riders to the world of demon hunters to find the descendants of Laura Doron.
And Wild Hunt is actually the truth that those country folk who were lucky enough to survive under the iron hoof and butcher knife of Red Riders tried to reveal the truth while going crazy and gibbering.
The former dean looked at the witcher and said seriously.
"Lynn, I see endless potential and hope in you. Perhaps, we can join hands to make this world a better place."
The purpose of Tissaia's help to Lynn before was just to give Aretuza Academy's students multiple places to take refuge when the war came.
But now she saw with her own eyes that Lynn and Druid Circle and Brokilon, two forces that had never dealt with outsiders, had united.
Suddenly, the importance and status of Lynn in her mind skyrocketed.
Perhaps, besides allowing her students to take refuge, they could do a lot more together and do better.
Tissaia knew it a long time ago.
This world is a world full of holes.
This can be seen from the fact that dwarves, elves, and humans landed in this world one after another.
It is a pity that the stupid northern kings did not realize this.
Even the most enlightened king is not interested in the "illusory" Ithlinne's Prophecy, let alone believes that Wild Hunt is real.
Rather than believing in this, they are more concerned about the struggles between mortals, such as how to grab more land under the sun.
Tissaia warned them over and over again about the importance of White Frost and Wild Hunt. Due to her status, the kings could not deal with her like a hysterical minister (although in the eyes of the kings, this sorceress was almost hysterical), but over time, the kings also found ways to avoid her.
Tissaia After knowing the attitude of the kings towards him, he no longer allowed himself to be an eyesore in front of the kings.
Unfortunately, her colleagues didn't agree with her ideas either.
The only elf sorceress Francesca has always hoped that Brotherhood of Sorcerers can convince the northern kings to allow her to establish a neutral elf autonomous domain in Dol Blathanna.
The eldest Henry Gedigedus also agrees with this point.
Vilgefortz of Roggeveen is the youngest among the senior core members.
Although this young man (from Tissaia's perspective) always has a polite attitude and rarely shows obvious political intentions to the outside world, Tissaia can see endless darkness and great ambition rolling in his eyes.
As for Artaud·Terranova...
Tissaia would rather believe that the king and nobles would give away their free money to the poor than Artaud would suddenly awaken to his foresight.
Today's Brotherhood of Sorcerers is no longer the pure organization it used to be.
Even the core members of the top management have their own agendas.
This makes Tissaia feel deeply powerless.
Therefore, when she saw enough value in Lynn, she decided to increase investment.
"Ms. Tissaia, I am very grateful for your trust in me. I assure you that I will not disappoint your expectations."
Lynn paused and continued, "But... ma'am, since we want to deepen our cooperation, can we start now?"
Tissaia raised his eyebrows.
She didn't expect that Lynn would make the request now.
But she wasn't disgusted at all.
"Well, what did you think of?"
"I want to buy a few talismans with camouflage effects, and the same number of belt bags with Extension Charm applied on them. It is best for the belt bags to have permanent Extension Charm. If it doesn't work, you can also buy one that lasts longer. Of course, the internal space does not need to be as big as mine, and it doesn't matter if it is much smaller."
"Okay, when do you want it?"
"Not until the end of this winter."