Wizard: This witcher is neglecting his duties.

Chapter 213 Sian's Ambition

The next morning, Wayne woke up from his sleep and unconsciously squeezed something warm in his hand, feeling it carefully.

He turned his head and saw that Siana had tears in her eyes, her eyes were closed, and her fair body was curled up in a ball, not yet awake from her sleep.

It must be said that the healing potion is quite effective. During last night's training, Wayne also discovered other wonderful uses for this potion. If it weren't for it, an ordinary human like Sian would not be able to withstand the powerful body of a top-tier witcher.

In the future, his healing potion might become an essential item when seeking happiness.

However, this former duke's daughter also has excellent genes; she is not only fair-skinned and beautiful, but also healthy, with an outstanding figure and physical strength.

Thanks to the rich nutrition and court etiquette training she received from a young age, she surpassed many ordinary girls in terms of temperament, which is probably the source of her so-called noble temperament.

Looking at the still-sleeping Sienna, Wayne reached out and grasped the other one, playfully squeezing it. Once the girl awoke from the slight sting, a smile played on his lips as he stroked her long, smooth black hair, speaking in a slightly domineering tone:

"Time to get up, my Sienna."

"Crawl over here, yes, that's right!"

"Time to start my morning exercise."

After a morning workout that put him in a good mood, Wayne specially cooked a sumptuous breakfast to reward the girl for her obedience the night before. He also took out some cakes and candies from his spatial bracelet, which were specially used to coax little girls, to treat her.

During the past two days of travel, due to the malicious torture inflicted by those knights, Sianna had barely eaten or drunk anything. Last night's training had also been quite exhausting. Watching her pick up the delicious cake with elegant aristocratic manners and wolf it down, Wayne couldn't help but chuckle.

He picked up a glass of cherry mead and downed it in one gulp, until the girl looked at him nervously with her blue eyes because of his laughter.

Wayne then said with a smile:

"Don't be nervous, my Sian, relax. I'm not a demanding master."

"As you spend more time with me, you'll find that I'm a generous host."

"Perhaps, as an ordinary person, the status of a duke's daughter is indeed something that many commoners can look up to, and can be considered noble. But once you become my slave, you will no longer be an ordinary person. You will be able to obtain many precious things that even royalty and nobility cannot obtain."

Seeing the puzzled look on Sienna's face, Wayne added in a seductive tone:

"I am an immortal being with a lifespan of thousands of years. I will not let my slave wither away so quickly. It would be a waste for a beautiful woman like you to only remain for twenty years before fading away."

"I have many ways to make you live for hundreds or even thousands of years, until your homeland, the Kingdom of Toussaint, no longer exists, yet you will still be as young and beautiful as you are now."

"At that time, you will realize how lucky it is to have become my slave."

"Of course, that's on the condition that you win my favor. Otherwise, I won't waste my time on you. I have many choices, but you only have one. Do you understand?"

Immortality! Eternal youth! That is one of the greatest pursuits of all humankind.

After hearing Wayne's enticing words, the fear hidden deep in Sienna's eyes dissipated considerably, replaced by a longing for eternal youth.

She adapted quickly. Although she still harbored doubts, her face showed no resistance. She spoke to Wayne with a submissive attitude:

"I understand, Master. I will do my best to meet your requirements and will not let you down."

Wayne was pleased with the girl's attitude, although he knew very well that the girl's true nature was not as compliant as she appeared.

But that's enough. He's not just a simple high-level vampire like Deraf who would be easily fooled by Sian's simple tricks.

There's still plenty of time ahead. As long as he firmly grasps her weaknesses, he'll have plenty of time to train this little girl.

Wayne sipped his wine, pondered for a few seconds, then took out a box containing a sapphire necklace from his spatial bracelet, pushed it in front of Sienna, and said:

"This is a gift for you, Sienna."

"Once you put it on, your appearance will be disguised by magic, and no one will recognize you. And I will give you a test."

"Joel, the tobacco merchant, is my disguise in Beauclair. I'll soon be opening a tobacco shop in town."

"You will act as my agent, managing that shop and selling those tobaccos for me."

"I don't care how much money you can make, but this is a test of your abilities. If you're just a pretty woman who's like a vase, you're not of much value to me."

"But if you can demonstrate your value and show me your abilities, I will value you even more. You should understand what I mean."

This is a magical necklace I got from Francesca. Wayne has a few more of these disguise items in his spatial bracelet. Compared to other magical items that are lethal, these items that can disguise one's identity are really useful, cheap, and not easy to be exposed, which suits him quite well.

Listening to Wayne's nonchalant narration, a sense of crisis unconsciously rose in Sienna's heart. Although she was very confident in her figure and appearance, the girl, who had been familiar with various aristocratic stories since childhood, also knew very well that a woman who only had beauty would only become a sad commodity, an object of appreciation, without any freedom or rights, and would not gain the respect of men.

Only by demonstrating your own value can you gain the respect of others; this principle applies everywhere.

The girl reached out and took the sapphire necklace, obediently putting it on her slender neck.

With a burst of magical light, her appearance changed. Although she was still quite beautiful, she had lost her former noble air and become more ordinary. No one could recognize her by her face anymore.

However, compared to yesterday's confusion and helplessness, a new hope rose in Sian's heart, and a flame called ambition ignited in her blue eyes.

………………

Two days later, Wayne bought a shop in Beauclair. The location was rather remote, but the shop was very large and could be used as both a shop and a residence, which was quite convenient.

Soon, after a simple cleaning, without any fancy renovations, and using the original shop, Wayne's Pipe Shop officially opened for business.

Gatan, the cat-like witcher, also received a pair of magical glasses to disguise his witcher vertical pupils and act as a bodyguard to maintain order in the shop.

Meanwhile, the shop's mascot, Sienna, officially became Wayne's agent, selling pipe tobacco in the store.

Although she was just a noblewoman with little social experience, she had received higher education and had a broader perspective than most commoners. After a few days of struggling to adapt, she quickly got into character and started helping Wayne, the absentee manager, sell pipe grass.

Thanks to Wayne's recent promotion, this high-end tobacco from another world has no trouble selling. If Wayne hadn't adopted a scarcity marketing strategy, supplying limited quantities to his customers, his pipe tobacco might have been bought up by other merchants at high prices.

Wayne's purpose in setting up this tobacco shop was not only to sell pipe tobacco; he also gave Sienna another task: to acquire a large quantity of Gwent pipes.

Strangely enough, Gwent, a card game that has gradually become popular in the northern countries, does not have a dedicated store to sell the cards. Most people use a private transaction method or exchange the cards by winning or losing in the game.

In the Middle Ages, when printing and manufacturing technologies were relatively underdeveloped, these exquisite cards were all hand-painted. Even cards of the same type would have subtle differences if viewed closely.

This production method not only makes Gwent cards extremely rare, but also adds a lot of collectible value to these exquisite cards, especially the rare and exquisite ones. Depending on their rarity, each card can sell for several or even dozens of kronor.

All Gwent players know that the game originated from the dwarves of Mahakam and was invented by them, but no one knows the true origin of the cards or where to buy more of them.

But unlike others, Wayne values ​​Gwent levels more than anyone else, as they are an important part of improving his skills.

He also saw the potential of the game, and whether it was as a way to make money, a means of socializing, or an important asset to improve his own skills, he would join the ranks of those promoting Gwent.

Perhaps, before he becomes the world's most powerful Witcher, he will first become the world's most famous Gwent King.

After settling things at the shop, Wayne began his journey to find the underwater ruins of the Valley of Nine.

However, unlike in the original story, Wayne did not have Triss's letter at this time, nor did he have any specific information about Dr. Thomas Morlu. The only thing he knew was that the underwater ruins were in the Valley of Nine.

But Wayne wasn't worried about that. Unlike Geralt, Lord Wayne was the knight of the Lake Goddess, a knight in every sense of the word.

Toussaint, to some extent, is also the territory of the Lake Goddess and the birthplace of the Five Virtues of Chivalry. For matters he doesn't know, he can go to the beautiful and holy Lake Goddess Lilith and ask her.

The only problem is that each visit to the goddess of the lake takes up too much time.

Wayne set off in the morning and didn't finish his visit until the afternoon of the next day. Although the process was comfortable and enjoyable, and he even gained some proficiency in the Divine Blessing skill, it was indeed too time-consuming.

However, this time, he didn't get the goddess's beautiful body and information for free. Unexpectedly, the goddess also gave him a mission, a master-level mission.

Ding! Quest triggered: [Eliminate the evil creatures in the ruins], Master level. Accept?

Faced with a master-level quest, especially one entrusted by the venerable goddess Lilith, Wayne would certainly not refuse.

The target of this mission is an evil god sealed in an underground ruin in the western part of Beauclair, in a place known as the Desolate Plains.

This evil god is from a very ancient era, and neither its name nor origin can be traced. Its abilities are similar to those of a powerful evil spirit.

However, according to the information from the goddess of the lake, the seal on this evil god is about to fail. Although it has been sealed for thousands of years, the power of this evil god is far less than before. But once it breaks free and returns to the human world, it can absorb all kinds of negative emotions in the world, quickly restore its strength, and wreak havoc on the region.

The best way is to destroy it before its seal is broken.

Although this is only a temporary solution, and even if the evil god that leaked from the seal is destroyed, it will be resurrected thousands of years later, it is still the best way to reduce the evil forces in the world.

However, this mission is not very urgent. The evil god has been sealed for thousands of years. Although the seal has been damaged and is starting to leak little by little, it doesn't matter if we wait a little longer. Even if we wait another month or a few months, it will be fine.

Wayne planned to wait until after the trip to the Valley of Nine, then gather a few other witchers and some sorcerers to deal with the evil god.

Anyway, these are all tools that Wayne has already recruited, so why not use them? It can also reduce unexpected events and lower risks.

As a deity proficient in various spells, blessings, and prophecies, and with the ruins of the Nine Valleys located underwater, the goddess of the lake's information was extremely accurate. She quickly predicted the location of the ruins and informed Wayne.

But that's not all. Through prophetic magic, the goddess also told Wayne something.

That is, the person he was looking for is now buried in the cemetery outside Beauclair.

He could obtain some information from that person's grave, which would make his exploration journey much easier.

Well, after hearing the goddess's prophecy, Wayne slapped his forehead in annoyance. The goddess's prophecy was indeed very useful, reminding him of a detail he had forgotten.

That is, Thomas Maurice's grave is in Beauclair Cemetery. Although the grave was looted by grave robbers in the game, now that it is twenty years ago, the professor's grave should be safe and sound.

Sure enough, several years had passed since his previous life, and many of his memories from the game had become blurred; he couldn't possibly remember many details so clearly.

Moreover, because of the different timelines, past memories are not as reliable as predicting the future, which is something he will definitely need to pay attention to in the future.

Having obtained this information, for safety's sake, Wayne did not go directly to the Valley of Nine, but instead returned to Beauclair's Cemetery, where he found Professor Morl's grave.

Although he felt somewhat apologetic, he still took advantage of the darkness to dig open the professor's coffin and take Professor Morlü's notebook from his now-dead corpse.

This notebook not only contains detailed records of Professor Molu's last words, the location of the Nine Valleys Laboratory, and some traps and details during the construction of the laboratory, but also his repentance for his past behavior and his guilt towards his son and wife.

It must be said that this professor was a great father and a talented researcher.

Although his original goal failed, he paved a new path for later demon hunters.

With everything prepared, Wayne didn't linger. He immediately piloted the magic carpet again and flew to the Valley of Nine to begin his exploration of the ruins.

(End of this chapter)