Wizard: This witcher is neglecting his duties.

Chapter 210 A Failed Assassination

Upon hearing the blonde girl's words, the black-haired girl, whose face was somewhat worried, looked up at her anxious younger sister. A hint of jealousy flashed in her eyes, but it was quickly replaced by the affection between the sisters.

"No, Anna, this is not a rumor."

"I have heard my father talking to his courtiers that they will banish me in three days, banish me from Beauclair, banish me from Toussaint, and never let me return here."

"I did nothing wrong. I am the victim. Why should I be burdened with this crime and forced to leave my hometown?"

As she said these words, Siana was filled with sadness, unlike her sister Anna Henrietta, who had been loved by everyone since childhood.

She was born with the curse of the Black Sun and was considered an ominous person by many in the court, suffering all kinds of strange looks from a young age.

Later, even his parents, who had once loved him, were affected by these rumors and their attitudes gradually changed; they also regarded her as a disaster.

But was it her fault? Could she have decided on the day she was born? Could she have decided whether she was cursed?

Wayne sat not far from the two girls, watching the two sisters embrace and cry to each other. Both of them were still minors, and even though they were born into nobility, they could not control their own destiny and could only silently accept their parents' arrangements.

However, knowing that Sianna will be expelled in three days is actually good information. Since Toussaint doesn't need a beautiful noblewoman like her who has received a high level of education in the court since childhood, Wayne can reluctantly take her in as a tool.

Judging from her future performance, she has grown from an exiled girl to someone who gathers many thieves as her subordinates, stirs up chaos in a country, and can even outmaneuver a high-ranking vampire. Compared to ordinary people, she is quite capable.

She may have ambition and desires, but when a girl like her faces absolute power, she can definitely be properly disciplined.

With that in mind, Wayne rummaged through his spatial bracelet and found a low-level spell scroll.

This is a third-circle spell scroll from the world of Faerûn. Its purpose is to mark a target and then use the mark to find the other party. The time limit is one month, and the distance is about one hundred kilometers. It is one of the gifts left in the spatial bracelet by the legendary mage Tesla, and now it can come in handy.

Hidden within his invisibility cloak, he picked up the scroll, pointed it at Sianna, and marked her, intending to wait until three days later, after the duchess's daughter had been sent out of the palace, before going to find her again.

In my memory, this girl will be subjected to a lot of abuse by the escorting knights during the transport. Saving her at that time should earn me a lot of goodwill, and I can take the opportunity to control her.

Thinking this, Wayne turned and glanced again at the two dukes' daughters, who were deeply in love, hugging each other and telling each other their grievances. He sighed in his heart, left the back garden, and went to other places to continue searching for the residence of the court mage Artorios.

However, Beauclair's palace was too large. After searching for a long time without finding it, he happened to see a servant who seemed to be drunk sitting in a corner in a daze. He simply walked over and cast the Axe sign on him through the invisibility cloak.

Things went smoothly. In his drunken state, and under the hypnotic influence of the Axii sign, Wayne quickly obtained a lot of information from the servant, including the residence of the court mage Artorios and the current residence of the sorceress Fringilla Vigo, who had come to visit her uncle.

After eliminating the potential troubles through hypnosis, he followed the route he had learned and headed towards Latonius's residence.

Here, it's worth mentioning the abilities of this illusion master, who also belongs to the Viggo family.

As a male sorcerer, his combat strength is not particularly strong; his greatest strengths lie in research, magical knowledge, and the creation of magical items.

He was the sorceress Fringilla's first magic teacher, and the most famous thing he did in the original work was to create a fairy tale world for the young duke's daughters, Anna Henrietta and Syanna.

It is truly a miracle that a magical world the size of a city was created using only the capacity of a single book, inhabited by various magical creatures and forming a complete ecosystem.

However, such a magical world requires a lot of materials and time to maintain. At this point in time, this fairy tale magic book seems to have begun to change due to lack of maintenance.

However, it must be said that from this point of view alone, the magic in the wizarding world still has its merits.

After obtaining the correct address, Wayne found Atorios's residence in no time.

However, he wouldn't rashly enter the residence of an unfamiliar mage. No one knows what kind of traps these spellcasters, skilled in magic, might set in their residences to protect their secrets.

Even though he possesses the bloodline of the ancients and can handle most difficulties, triggering a trap will inevitably alert the enemy and cause unnecessary trouble.

Unfortunately, while the legendary mage Tesla possessed a rich collection in his spatial bracelet, this mage primarily practiced offensive spells and did not have any spell scrolls for surveillance or reconnaissance.

With no other option, Wayne could only resort to the most primitive tactic: waiting for the rabbit to run into his trap.

Based on Letso's estimation, excluding the time spent gathering intelligence and reporting the target, the time for that Cat School witcher to make his move should be within the next few days.

Moreover, Wayne didn't know whether the assassination attempt against the court mage Artorios was successful in the original history. The original work didn't record it, nor did any source mention such a thing.

So Wayne waited outside Artorios's residence all night, scouting several suitable locations for reconnaissance, but found nothing amiss.

While waiting, he met the court monk, an old man who looked to be in his forties or fifties, with brown hair and beard, and who looked very energetic.

If he can survive this assassination attempt, he should be able to live for a long time.

Having not slept all night, Wayne returned to the Red Moon Hotel after dawn, still posing as a tobacco merchant. He went to some upscale salons and parties, played a few rounds of Gwent with some wealthy people to gain Gwent experience, and also promoted his tobacco business.

During the day, Leto and his companions did not return with their mission completed. After all, the real world is different from the game; there is no fast travel, and combat is not as smooth. A lot of preparation is required.

Such a request often requires gathering intelligence multiple times and cannot be completed in a single day.

Furthermore, Wayne plans that after dealing with the Cat School assassins and the matter of Syanna two days later, he will go to the Valley of Nine to search for the submerged underwater ruins. There, he will find clues and methods for the Witcher's second mutation, waiting for him to obtain them.

This matter is extremely helpful in enhancing the strength of all existing Witchers, and it is a very important matter.

Although Geralt successfully underwent a second mutation in the original game, he was still the protagonist, and that was twenty years later.

Without access to concrete data and intelligence, Wayne cannot be certain whether all Witchers can meet the requirements for a secondary mutation.

Perhaps one must be like Geralt, possessing sufficient talent and strength, and complete three transplantation experiments of mutation inducers to meet the requirements.

However, while Wayne had some doubts, he wasn't particularly worried. Even if the second mutation presented some obstacles, he had so many female sorcerers close to him that he could find their help to overcome those difficulties if he wanted to.

After a busy day, Wayne returned to the mage's residence in the evening, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Cat School witcher, but to no avail.

At this moment, Wayne wished he had once drawn the True Sight Ward from the League of Legends world, so he could use that item to do this boring job instead of himself.

On the third night, the night before Sienna was banished, Wayne's wait finally came to an end.

However, the result of his waiting left him somewhat disappointed.

He was cloaked in invisibility and hidden in a secluded high place, watching as a slender figure dressed in black night clothes nimbly and lightly scaled the palace walls and easily bypassed a group of guards before lying in ambush on the path that the court mage Artorios took every day on his way home.

Using the shadows as cover, this cat-like witcher concealed himself so well that almost no flaws could be seen.

Unfortunately, this fellow warlock underestimated an experienced warlock, and he was not equipped with any magic-blocking gold that could weaken the warlock.

Although he moved very fast, his sword almost pierced Atorios' body before Atorios could react.

But in an instant, Artonius vanished, leaving behind only a red amulet covered in magical runes.

Wayne had seen this ability, which was almost like a substitute doll, in the game. When Sian wore the red ribbon, she could even dodge the attack of a high vampire. Obviously, Artorios, as the inventor, also had such a magical item on him.

The court mage, who had escaped death, immediately summoned his guards and, under their protection, brought various magical items and weapons to capture the assassin who had tried to kill him.

However, in less than two or three minutes, when the group returned to the scene of the assassination, everything had already returned to calm.

The assassin dressed entirely in black had vanished without a trace.

(End of this chapter)