Wizard: This witcher is neglecting his duties.

Chapter 189 Warning and Lucky Days in October

As Wayne finished speaking, the entire reception room fell silent for more than ten seconds.

Princess Pavetta looked incredulous, Queen Calanthe was angry and surprised, and the old druid Mossak and King East exchanged a glance without speaking, seemingly lost in thought.

The most obvious reaction came from Kratz, the Sea Boar, who slammed his fist on the table and said indignantly:

"This Donnie is definitely no good. The moment I saw him, I knew he was a fraud and a coward."

"You shouldn't have stopped me in the first place. If I had stabbed him to death, the world would have been rid of one scourge."

Seeing his nephew spouting nonsense, King Ister glared at Kratz and rebuked him:

"Shut up, Kratz. Doni is Pavita's fiancé now. Don't jump to conclusions before you've investigated thoroughly."

Queen Calanther never liked Doni to begin with, only reluctantly accepting him due to Unexpected Law and her daughter's choice. Now, hearing Wayne's information, she didn't immediately express whether she believed it or not, but instead asked Archdruid Mossak, the spellcaster with the best relationship with the Sintra royal family:

"Mossack, what do you think of what Wayne said?"

The old druid first exchanged a glance with Wayne. Emotionally and rationally, he was willing to believe what Wayne said. After all, a newly minted witcher who had just arrived in Sintra for the first time had no conflict of interest with this suddenly appearing Doni, so there was no reason for him to lie to the royal family to frame him.

The old druid stroked his beard, pondered for a moment, and said:

"If Wayne's explanation is correct, then Donnie's disappearance is explained."

"There were no signs of struggle in the study, which is likely because after Donny lifted the curse, he contacted the sorcerer he was working with and then left using magic."

"That must be a powerful sorcerer; my divination spell had no effect on him."

"As for the reason for Doni's departure, perhaps it's because your wedding with Ister made Doni, who may be Prince Emhyr, realize his failure in the struggle for the Sintra throne, so he didn't want to waste any more time."

"Perhaps he has already secretly returned to Nilfgaard, but left us without saying goodbye."

Wayne nodded in agreement on the surface, but inwardly he couldn't help but think that the old man was really good at making things up. He had imagined the whole story in such a short time, and what he said made a lot of sense.

As he spoke, the old druid looked up at Queen Calanther, his expression somewhat puzzled, and said:

"But there are still some questions I don't understand. If the curse can be broken simply by relying on the Law of Accidents, why did Donny choose Princess Paveta? Wouldn't it have been easier to choose a commoner?"

"The last banquet was fraught with danger. If Geralt and Wayne hadn't intervened, Donny might have been dead."

No one else knew how to answer Mossack's question, mainly because there were too few clues and they couldn't come up with a solution.

However, Wayne had already prepared his speech. Seeing that everyone looked thoughtful, he coughed lightly to attract their attention, and then said:

"I do have some guesses about this issue, which might give you some inspiration."

Upon hearing this, old druid Mossak immediately looked at him, and everyone else also perked up their ears. Only Princess Pavira was still in a daze; clearly, Wayne's initial answer had a great impact on her.

This princess, who was only a teenager and whose mind was full of romantic fantasies, probably never imagined that the man she found would be a liar who had been deceiving her from the very beginning.

Wayne didn't mince words and said directly:

"According to my fellow demon hunter's investigation, the evil sorcerer who cooperated with Emhyr's main purpose was to seize the power of the Ancient Blood. This is probably why Emhyr approached Princess Pavira."

"Using the Law of Accidents, he made Princess Paveta his possession, sought the throne of Sintra, and even sought to seize more of the power of the Ancient Blood by having children."

The mention of the term "Ancient Blood" and Wayne's subsequent speculations caused Queen Calanther's expression to turn quite grim. Mossack gave Wayne a deep look, while King East and the others were completely bewildered, having no idea what this so-called Ancient Blood was.

Wayne ignored the expressions on the faces of the others and spoke in a warning tone:

"I learned about the Ancient Blood in an ancient book. It is an extremely rare and powerful force. People who possess this bloodline are born source mages, with extremely powerful spellcasting talents, and can even control special and powerful forces."

"Before I met Princess Paveta, I thought it was just a legend. Now, I'm afraid that among all the northern kingdoms, only the Sintra royal family still has this bloodline."

"Her Highness was originally just an ordinary person who had never learned any magic. Everyone witnessed the power she displayed at the banquet."

As he spoke, Wayne glanced at Queen Calanther, whose expression was grim, and continued:

"Your Majesty, this power is like a treasure; it can bring unimaginable benefits to its master, but it can also bring many dangers."

"Perhaps I'm exaggerating a bit, but I think any warlock, mage, or anyone else who wants to obtain this power wouldn't mind having another Ancient Blood test subject in their laboratory."

"Whether it's the Warlock Brotherhood or the evil warlocks of the South, they're all the same."

………………

The conversation that afternoon ended somewhat unpleasantly, and no conclusion was reached regarding the whereabouts of Donnie the Hedgehog.

However, as for Wayne, he had already done his part and warned Princess Paveta in advance about the dangers of the Ancient Blood. As for how things would develop in the future, as an outsider, he shouldn't interfere too much for the time being.

The only thing he can do now is to improve his strength and power, so that he can adapt to any situation. In the future, whether it is the Wild Hunt, the Brotherhood of Sorcerers, or the armies of the North or the South, as long as he is strong enough, he can do whatever he wants.

A few days later, Wayne returned to the Kingdom of Temeria and the city of Vizima in his magic flying carpet.

Accompanying him were two beautiful tree maidens, Marika and Agnes.

However, considering that the two tree beauties were not used to city life or interacting with humans, Wayne took them directly to the forest on Black Tern Island and let them live there temporarily.

In any case, this island in the middle of Lake Vijima is now practically Wayne's territory. The surrounding lake is managed by the little earth spirit Fizz, and the forest on the island is a place where the goddess of the lake, Lilith, often appears. No outsiders ever set foot on this island.

To this end, he even spent a day and a night having an in-depth conversation with the goddess, and during the day, he introduced the two beautiful tree maidens to her.

Both Marika and Agnes were thrilled to meet the Lady of the Lake. They even began to believe the Dryad Queen's words and regarded Wayne as the chosen one. They treated Wayne with even more respect, since how could an ordinary mortal be so familiar with the Goddess of the Lake?

The only downside was that Wayne discovered that ever since his deep communion with the goddess of the lake raised his Divine Blessing skill to level two, the skill's growth rate had become extremely slow. Even engaging in that kind of activity with the goddess again resulted in very little increase.

This made him wonder if this divine blessing skill required him to have sex with different goddesses to significantly increase its power.

Unfortunately, the current data sample only includes the goddess Lilith, and there is no other data for comparison or reference.

After returning to Vizima, Wayne caught up with his old friends and then took some time to return to Middle-earth to handle some affairs at Wayne Manor.

Old Ford, the manor's butler, seemed to have gotten used to Wayne's frequent absences. Hobbits are kind by nature, and even when Wayne wasn't around, Old Ford diligently managed all the affairs of the manor for Wayne.

In Wayne Manor's warehouse, countless bags of pipe grass of all sizes were piled up. Of the ten thousand gold coins he had initially invested, more than half had already been used up in the process of acquiring pipe grass.

However, Wayne did not intend to sell these pipe grasses directly to the wealthy merchant Revarden or to the dwarves.

Always relying on other people's channels not only prevents him from making big money, but also prevents him from gaining real power. Therefore, Wayne wanted to establish his own trading company, which would be responsible for selling goods from other worlds.

With this chamber of commerce in place, more forces and power can be continuously incubated around it, and even an extremely powerful organization, like a bank of the goddess of wealth, can be established, spanning multiple worlds.

For Wayne, who received a modern education, commercial activities such as armed caravans and companies were more in line with his management style.

The only pity is that this caravan plan is missing a key figure. It needs someone who can be trusted, has sufficient ability, and can lead the caravan to continuous development in order to meet his requirements.

However, this matter is not urgent. Wayne has enough time to find a suitable candidate. As a Witcher, he has plenty of time.

Time flew by, and it was October. Wayne had a relatively peaceful time during this period. Apart from helping Revarden complete an expert task to clear a mine, he did not take on any other difficult tasks.

In his spare time, he would fly to Dark Island with his tools and, together with two tree beauties, build them a small hut in the forest for them to live in.

Wayne also obtained several sacred oak saplings for the treants from Elder Cairnster, a druid. With the permission of the Lake Goddess, the two treants will build a treant home for themselves in this forest.

Of course, as a seasoned pervert, there's no reason not to eat meat that's offered to him. Since the tree spirits moved to the forest on the island in the middle of the lake, Wayne has been spending more time there.

Marika and Agnes were both tree spirits who had never conceived and had no experience in this area. Under the guidance of the experienced Lord Wayne, they also experienced the joy of it. As the three of them got to know each other better, their relationship became more and more intimate. Although it was too early to call them lovers, it was definitely much closer than the relationship between employer and guard.

One morning in mid-October, Wayne, as usual, picked Triss up from his arms and put her aside. The sorceress smiled, as if she was dreaming of something happy.

He didn't disturb the red-haired beauty's sweet dream. Instead, he dressed, tiptoed out of Triss's bedroom, and went to the kitchen to prepare a delicious breakfast for the sorceress.

Wayne paused slightly and a smile appeared on his lips after he habitually picked up the silver dice on the table and rolled a lucky number.

After waiting through September, the lucky day of October finally arrived, and it was time to draw lots from the huge pile of treasure chests he had accumulated.

This time is different. Although there are only forty-odd common-level treasure chests and one expert-level treasure chest, there are a total of three master-level treasure chests.

The Vampire Bird quest, the Treant Queen quest, and the Cintra Bride Selection Feast quest—three consecutive high-difficulty quests in just over a month—not only earned him three Master-level treasure chests but also over a thousand experience points.

If this were a regular daily quest, it would take at least a year. With this experience, his Witcher level finally reached level eleven, giving you another small improvement.

However, Wayne had gotten used to opening treasure chests on lucky days so many times. He didn't make himself seem particularly rushed. Instead, he prepared a delicious breakfast for Triss as usual, then woke up the sorceress, and the two enjoyed a sweet breakfast time together.

After Triss left her mansion, Wayne leisurely returned to his own home.

(PS: Regarding the reason why Princess Paveta's power is so great, I'd like to explain here that it's because that's how it's described in the original work. The Sintra marriage selection banquet is also a very important part of the original story. Out of respect for the original work, I didn't make any major changes. Perhaps due to my limited abilities, the changes are a bit awkward; I hope you readers will forgive me! Mwah!) (No charge if it doesn't exceed the word limit.)

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