Wizard: This witcher is neglecting his duties.

Chapter 181 Geralt Imprisoned

Wayne was quite pleased to hear about the reward of around 1,000 crowns. After all, it had only taken him two days to earn such a large sum of money and to become acquainted with the tree spirits. It was already a very good deal.

But what the Tree Queen said next shocked him.

What's going on? Suddenly, two tree spirit sisters were given to him as guards, and they were even supposed to be his eternal guards. Well, although he was very happy and willing, what was going on?

Why is the Tree Queen suddenly showing such great kindness?

Of course, he wasn't the only one shocked; even Marika and Agnes beside him were astonished. The two tree spirit beauties opened their mouths, looking at the tree spirit queen, but dared not voice their doubts.

Among the tree spirits, the queen's orders are absolute. Compared to the lifespan of an ordinary tree spirit of several hundred years, Queen Aisna has ruled the tree spirits for over a thousand years, dating back to the war between humans and elves. Her prestige among the entire tree spirit race is unparalleled; she can almost be considered the mother of the entire race and the absolute ruler.

Seeing the two tree spirit girls beside him looking like they wanted to ask but didn't dare, Wayne was also puzzled, so he simply asked them directly.

"Ms. Aisna, I am honored to have formed such a close relationship with the Treant race, but I still have a question: why did you suddenly decide to do this?"

"Why were Marika and Agnes given to me as guards?"

To Wayne's surprise, this powerful sorceress, renowned for her erudition and wisdom, didn't beat around the bush or speak in riddles; instead, she stated directly:

"Wayne, I have used divination to predict your future and have figured out what the bloodline in your veins is."

"The power of this bloodline is related to the fate of the world. I only hope that in the future, when you make a choice, you will remember the courtesy I showed you today and give the tree spirits more space to live in the future world."

At this point, the Tree Queen's eyes became exceptionally bright, looking into Wayne's eyes as if she could see into the distant future, transcending the boundaries of time.

She pursed her lips and said in an ethereal voice:

"Prophecy is just one possibility for the future; when it comes to truly determining your destiny, you will have to make your own choices."

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Two days later, Wayne arrived in Sintra's capital city on a flying carpet.

After a conversation with the Tree Queen, Wayne outwardly hesitated but inwardly he was very happy to accept the two beautiful tree spirits as his guards.

However, as the Kingdom of Sintra harbors considerable hatred towards elves and treants, Wayne did not choose to bring Marika and Agra to the capital of Sintra, but instead left them temporarily in the Brocleon Forest.

Even he himself disguised himself as a human again because he didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble.

Wayne was in high spirits as he flew over on the magic carpet. In just two days in the Treant Forest, he not only amassed a fortune of one thousand crowns, but also acquired materials from a minotaur and a royal griffin.

Most importantly, he not only gained the friendship of the tree spirit clan, but also acquired two tree spirit girls who could be passed down as family heirlooms and serve as his eternal protectors.

Furthermore, these two tree spirit girls are not just ordinary guards. Although Agnes has just come of age, she is a rare healer among the tree spirits. Although she is not particularly good at fighting, she is born with abilities similar to druid spellcasters. She can use natural magic to heal her own and others' wounds, and she can also use natural magic to change the growth state of plants. She is an excellent multi-functional tool.

The voluptuous Marika is an excellent archer and warrior with impressive melee skills. As a member of the tree spirit race, she possesses natural concealment abilities in the forest and other spellcasting abilities. In terms of combat power alone, she is several times stronger than Aegis and is a captain-level figure among the tree spirits.

Of course, for the old pervert Wayne, combat power is not the most important element. As beings that the Dryad Queen designated as gifts for Wayne, Marika and Agnes naturally possess loyalty. As long as these two Dryad beauties are treated well, there is no need to worry about them betraying him. They can be used by Wayne as trustworthy people to carry out many secret missions.

This was a godsend for Lord Wayne, who was always traveling around and had a severe shortage of trustworthy personnel.

Upon arriving in Sintra's capital, Wayne stored the magic carpet in his storage bag and entered the city wearing a set of green dragon light armor.

This was the second time he had entered a large human town, besides Vizima.

However, Sintra didn't seem as prosperous as Vizima to him. This was not only because Sintra was much smaller in area and had a smaller population, but also because there were no elves in the city and very few dwarves. All he could see were humans coming and going.

This is not surprising. Decades ago, the Kingdom of Sintra was quite famous, but its strength was far from being considered powerful. It was only after the current Queen of Sintra, Calanthe, took office that the country began to flourish and, after decades of hard work, became as strong as it is today.

Queen Calanthe's name, "Lion of Cintra," thus spread throughout the northern kingdoms and gained widespread recognition in an era of widespread discrimination against women.

However, none of this concerned Wayne. After entering the city, he followed the address Geralt had given him and found a run-down inn called "Wild Boar and Parsley" in the southern part of the city's civilian district, attempting to find Geralt's whereabouts.

The news that came his way greatly surprised Wayne.

He had originally thought Geralt might not have arrived in Sintra yet, and planned to wait in the city for a couple of days and wander around.

The innkeeper told him that Geralt had recently been imprisoned by the city guards for a brawl, and that his luggage and mount were stored at the inn, and that he was already two days behind on his rent.

If no one comes to pay the outstanding debt in a few more days, the hotel owner is already preparing to sell Geralt's luggage.

Wayne was speechless at this result. He took out a few crowns to pay Geralt's room bill and then patiently inquired about the incident from the well-informed innkeeper. He learned that Geralt was not the only one involved in the fight; the famous bard, Dandelion, was also with him.

Well, after hearing this name, Wayne immediately thought it made sense. You see, in the original story, whenever Geralt and Dandelion hung out together, those two were bound to cause some trouble.

According to incomplete statistics, Geralt and Dandelion were imprisoned together at least dozens of times. Of course, most of the time Dandelion was the one who caused the trouble, and Geralt took the blame.

In this entertainment-scarce Middle Ages, the handsome and glib-tongued Dandelion is a walking embodiment of hormones. Like Geralt, he enjoys seducing women wherever he goes, many of whom are married, including wives of wealthy merchants and nobles.

It is precisely because of this that they are often taught a lesson by powerful victims and then imprisoned.

Seeing this situation, Wayne felt quite helpless, but after some inquiries, he found the city guard and the prison where the city guards were located. After bribing his way through, he found the captain of the city guard, a middle-aged brute who looked like a seasoned veteran.

However, unlike Geralt and Dandelion, Lord Wayne always dressed smartly and appropriately when he went out, not at all like a witcher, but rather possessing a more noble air than many nobles.

When the city guard captain met Wayne, he was unsure of Wayne's identity, so he was quite polite and invited him into the reception room alone.

This was exactly what Wayne had in mind. Seeing that only he and the captain were left in the reception room, he didn't stand on ceremony and immediately used Axii's hypnotic spell.

Of course, Wayne, who had already learned a lot about magic, knew very well that Axii's hypnosis was not omnipotent. It could not change a person's cognition. If the contrast caused by the command was too great, the person would immediately realize that he had been controlled after the hypnosis was lifted, which would cause problems later.

So Wayne simply used hypnosis to disguise himself as a nobleman from Temeria in the mind of the city guard captain, and then bribed the captain to release Geralt and Dandelion, describing the two as his bodyguards and friends, and that he had committed this act on impulse.

This method proved to be quite effective; after all, in the Middle Ages, the same matter handled by a nobleman and a commoner often yielded drastically different results.

With the combined advantage of money and status, the city guard captain quickly agreed to Wayne's request and took him into the Sintra dungeon, where they successfully met Geralt and Dandelion, who had been imprisoned for three days.

(End of this chapter)