When Wayne emerged from the royal tomb in the sunshine, carrying the little princess wrapped in curtains, King Foltest and the two sorceresses beside him all rushed forward excitedly. At this time, the king was no longer a powerful ruler, but like an ordinary father, an ordinary man who had lost his children and his most precious family, and then regained them. He looked excited as he gazed at the girl in Wayne's arms. His hands trembled slightly, and his tone could no longer maintain its usual dignity as he asked eagerly: "How is she, witcher? Is this my daughter, Adda?"
Wayne handed the princess in his arms to Foltest, and watched as His Majesty carefully held his daughter as if she were the most precious treasure. He thought for a few seconds, then said: "The curse is temporarily lifted, Your Majesty."
Foltest's hand holding his daughter trembled slightly. He frowned, asking Wayne with some anger and confusion: "Temporarily? You mean temporarily? What's going on, witcher?"
Wayne's expression remained unchanged, and he said in a professional tone:
"Princess Adda slept in a sarcophagus for seven years and awoke as a striga due to a curse."
"This evil curse has become ingrained in her life and is unlikely to be completely eradicated."
"However, Your Majesty, you can rest assured for the time being. The princess's curse has indeed been lifted at this time. As long as there is no interference from other magical powers, the princess can live like a normal girl."
"But as an evil force deeply rooted in her life, some of her character or behaviors will be affected by this force, such as a fondness for raw meat, a wild and irritable personality, etc. In addition to requiring more education and correction from you, we must also be careful to guard against conspirators or people with malicious intentions."
"It's possible that at some point, they might use this lingering curse within the princess to turn her back into a striga, and perhaps cause some irreversible tragic accident."
Wayne, knowing the future development, took the initiative to warn the king, then bowed slightly and said: "Your Majesty, please leave the remaining matters to the sorceresses who are better at dealing with curses. This is not something we witchers specialize in."
But obviously, the king in front of him trusted the witcher more than the sorceresses. He looked down at his daughter, thought for several seconds, and said: "Thank you for your warning, witcher. If my daughter turns back into that kind of monster due to some unforeseen circumstance in the future, I hope you can come as soon as possible and help me again."
"This is a request from a father, not a king."
Ding! [Lifting the Striga's Curse] Master level, completed.
Obtained: 342 experience points, a master level treasure chest.
Ding!
Trigger the chain mission, [Request from the King's Father!], do you want to accept it?
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The striga matter was resolved very smoothly. Not only did Wayne complete a master-level task, but he also obtained a master-level chain task. Based on his experience with Borch, Wayne knew that chain tasks like this would generally reward him with an ability point, which he was eagerly anticipating.
King Foltest was indeed a wise and generous ruler. The reward for this commission was given to Wayne the day after he lifted Princess Adda's curse. Originally, in addition to a bonus of up to 3,000 orens, there was also a letter of ennoblement. The esteemed Wayne could rise from a commoner to become a baron in the Kingdom of Temeria and receive a territory.
But unfortunately, our witcher had no such ambition, nor did he want to be involved in the future war between the North and the Nilfgaardian Empire. So, after his dissuasion, King Foltest increased the reward to five thousand orens and promised to remember this favor and help Wayne in the future.
At this point, the striga incident was finally over for the time being. The king rescued his daughter and found the murderer. Wayne received the bonus and the king's promise. Triss and Keira were also in a happy mood. Because of their performance, the two sorceresses gained the king's trust to a certain extent and were able to gain more rights as royal advisors.
That night, Triss came to Keira's mansion at Keira's instigation, and they had another pleasant evening with Wayne. After a night of fun, everyone's lives returned to peace.
Calculating the time, it had been more than half a month since Wayne returned to the Witcher world. According to the time flow of the two worlds, the six months he had agreed upon with Ford at Wayne Manor were not far off.
This time, his original plan was to bring Berengar to Middle-earth with him so that the witcher could stay in that world, not only to help him manage Wayne Manor but also to utilize the time difference between the two worlds and quickly train the witcher apprentices there.
Unfortunately, Wayne's Elder Blood was still at the primary level, and he couldn't take anyone else with him through the worlds except himself and the equipment on his body. Unless he used ability points to open a temporary spatial passage, it would be impossible to bring Berengar to Middle-earth. And ability points were such precious things that they couldn't be wasted unless necessary.
Therefore, after some thought, Wayne temporarily gave up the idea of taking people to Middle-earth and prepared to stay in Vizima for a few days before returning to Middle-earth to continue his journey of honing his skills.
At this moment, a letter from another country was delivered to his home by the postman. Wayne was surprised. Based on his acquaintances in this world, it was hard to imagine anyone would send him a letter. When he opened the envelope, he found that the sender was actually Geralt, his fellow witcher and good brother.
The content of the letter also surprised Wayne. It actually invited him to come to Cintra in early September to attend the Cintra Marriage Banquet and serve as a guard for the current Princess Pavetta of Cintra.
The wedding banquet hasn't happened yet? He originally thought that this incident would happen in June or July, but unexpectedly, it was actually scheduled for September. But if he thought about it carefully, this wasn't very unexpected. It seemed that there was a conflict in the setting of Ciri's birth time in the original book and the game. If Ciri was born on May Day, the current Princess Pavetta had probably been secretly involved with the hedgehog man for several months and might be a month or two pregnant.
Thinking of his agreement with Ford, Wayne was hesitating whether to attend this banquet.
It was already mid-August, and there were probably less than twenty days left before the agreed time. At the speed of the magic flying carpet, if he really wanted to go to Cintra, it would only take two or three days.
However, considering that this wedding banquet was also a very important turning point in the plot of the entire Witcher series, according to the conventions of system tasks, Wayne suspected this task would also be a master-level task. After pondering for a long time, he was ultimately reluctant to part with a master-level treasure chest and hundreds of experience points. He decided to take advantage of the remaining time to briefly return to Middle-earth, make some arrangements, and then set off for Cintra.
Whether it was the future Emperor of Nilfgaard, Ciri's mother, Princess Pavetta who seemed to be a source, or the many nobles at the wedding banquet, Queen Calanthe, it was a good choice to take this opportunity to meet them.
Moreover, the legendary Brokilon Forest was also near Cintra. Wayne wondered if he would have a chance to see the legendary dryads this time.
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