From Demon Hunter to Lord of the Empire

Chapter 53: Lion and Wolf Friendship Depends on Cat Pie

Because of drinking the water of Blochrons and overdrawing the battle, Geralt is in very bad shape, and even riding a horse may fall.

So Rann invited him to live in his house with Ciri and Mossack.

The demon hunter is withdrawn by nature and does not seem to like heights, so his room is at the end of the corridor on the first floor.

When Rann reached the door of the room, he heard the sound of two people arguing.

“Geralt, she is your destiny. Your paths have crossed three times, and you don’t think it’s just a coincidence, do you? You have asked Caranther, Pavita and her husband to make a vow, which is the ‘law of accidents’, the force of fate. They kept their promises. Ciri was the child of accident. Fate demands…”

“Asking me to take her and turn her into a demon hunter? She’s a girl! Look at me, Mossack! Can you imagine a beautiful little girl becoming like me? ”

“To hell with the rules of the demon hunter! Since Ciri was born, your wishes and plans no longer matter. For the sake of the plague and cholera, even you yourself are not worth mentioning! Do you understand? Fate is a double-edged sword, and fiddling with it is dangerous. Stop playing, Geralt, and establish a guardian-to-ward-like relationship with Ciri.

Otherwise…… Bonds may come in other forms, more frightening forms. I want to protect you! If you take her, I will not object, I will risk explaining everything to Caranther. ”

Then Rann heard Geralt’s loud denial, followed by an even more intense argument.

These two old guys who add up to more than three hundred years old are really loud.

After a while, Mossack angrily pushed open the door and saw Rann standing in the doorway.

“Uncle Mossack… Good evening? ”

The druid sighed and smiled at Rann with some embarrassment.

“You may have heard something just now, we’ll talk about that later.” ”

Lane nodded, in fact, he already knew the content of the quarrel between the two in the room.

Slowly stepping forward to knock on the door out of politeness, Geralt, who was digesting his emotions, looked up.

Speaking of which, Geralt famously said: I am a demon hunter, and demon hunters have no feelings.

And now, inside the room, he was breathing heavily, apparently having an argument with Mossack just now made him emotional.

“Your Excellency Lannister. Geralt nodded at Rann, “Please come in, I haven’t thanked you for taking me in yet.” ”

“Please, just call me Ran. Lan walked in with a smile, “Anyway, you saved Ciri and bumped into Ms. Esna for me.” He had saved me many times against the griffins, and I thought we were friends. ”

“When fighting, there is no ‘save’, just face the enemy together. ”

Rann sensed a faint sense of alienation in Geralt’s words, and his attitude towards himself seemed to be no different from that of other nobles.

If you want to establish a “friendship” with Geralt, this is not a good start.

Lan thought for a moment and said, “I don’t know if Uncle Mossack told you, I’ve always been curious about demon hunters. ”

“You can see that you used a silver sword when hunting griffins, right? ”

Geralt’s tone was cold, and now Rann knew what the problem was.

A demon hunter cannot lose his sword, just as an eagle falcon cannot lose its claws and a lion cannot lose its long teeth.

And the silver sword in the hands of non-demon hunters means that this person’s hands are stained with the blood of demon hunters. Geralt apparently misunderstood.

Lan took out the cat’s head badge in his arms and explained: “I encountered a group of thieves when I was killing bandits some time ago, and their leader is also a demon hunter. He killed many passing caravans and slaughtered our villages, so I made him pay. ”

Geralt glanced at the cat head: “What’s his name?” ”

“Judd Carradine. ”

Geralt shook his head: “I haven’t heard the name, but it’s always a black sheep.” ”

Because Rann is an outsider, Geralt did not elaborate, after all, the cat school can be said to be the ugly family of the demon hunter: the cat school is not only rich in madmen, but also the only school that will accept murder commissions, and even they take killing commissions more than demon hunting commissions.

Some people believe that the cat school deviates from tradition and is hardly a “demon hunter” anymore.

There are other feuds between the Wolf School and the Cat School: in the backstory that Rann knows, King Cordwin was once tricked by warlocks into thinking that the Demon Hunter would shake his regime, so he hired the Cat School to trick out the backbone of the Wolf School to organize a so-called “academic exchange” tournament.

During the conference, the Cat School backstabbed the Wolf School and slaughtered the backbone of its Wolf School. Geralt, who was still an apprentice at the time, was also present and was finally saved by Mossack passing by, which was the beginning of their friendship.

This incident directly led to the weakening of the Wolf Faction, and it was no longer even able to recruit and train new people. When Ciri grows up, even if she is half a demon hunter, the Wolf School can count a total of members on one hand.

By the way, the cat demon hunters who backstabbed the Wolf School ended up being backstabbed by the king who hired them.

As a witness to the massacre, Geralt lacks a good impression of the cat faction, if not hatred.

Not to mention that Lane killed an evil man who had his own way of taking death. In Geralt’s ethics, Judd Caradin may also be a kind of “monster”.

Of course, in the future, Geralt has also helped the cat faction demon hunters, and other wolf faction demon hunters also have cat faction friends. Wolf Demon Hunters can rationally distinguish between “good” and “evil” instead of angering an entire group. This is an incomprehensible but admirable ethic that they uphold with “absolute neutrality”.

The future will not be mentioned for now, at least for now, when Geralt understands what happened, the gap he deliberately created with Lane disappears.

Favorability: Cold→ average+.

After lamenting what Judd had done, Geralt asked, “So, Rann.” Is there something wrong with coming to me so late? ”

“On your remuneration, Geralt. Lane said, “You saved Ciri and protected her along the way.” I heard that Ciri promised you a lot of wealth? And you have removed two griffins for my territory, and I am obliged to thank you for my people. ”

Geralt shook his head: “Don’t care about Ciri’s affairs, I saved her for nothing else.” In the case of griffins, I only participated in the hunt of one of them, you can just give me a hundred crowns. ”

Rann smiled and said, “But I’d love to make you a friend, and I don’t want our relationship to be limited to such a superficial money deal, Geralt.”

The skill you have shown in battle is admirable, I wonder if you would like to take on some other commissions, such as private swordsmanship lessons, monster knowledge teachers, etc.? ”

(End of chapter)