Chapter 176: Unexpected letter

(Considering the plot, there was a delay, so I will update one chapter at noon and two chapters in the afternoon.) When Geralt walked out of the royal crypt facing the sunlight, holding the little princess wrapped in curtains, King Foltest and the two sorceresses beside him all greeted him with some excitement.

At this time, the King was no longer a ruler with great power, but like an ordinary father, an ordinary man who had lost his children, lost his most precious family, and then regained them.

His expression was excited, looking at the girl in Geralt's arms, his hands were trembling slightly, and his tone could no longer maintain majesty, asking eagerly: "How is she, witcher? Is this my daughter Adda?"

Geralt handed the princess he was holding in his arms to Foltest's arms, watching His Majesty the King hold his daughter carefully as if treating a most precious treasure. He considered for a few seconds before saying: "The curse has been temporarily lifted, Your Majesty the King."

Foltest's hands holding his daughter trembled slightly, frowning, and asked Geralt with some anger mixed with doubt:

"Temporarily, you mean temporarily, what is going on, witcher?"

Geralt's expression remained unchanged, and he said in a professional tone:

"Princess Adda slept in the stone coffin for seven years and woke up as a striga because of the curse."

"This kind of evil curse has already taken root in her life and is basically impossible to be completely eliminated."

"However, Your Majesty the King, you can rest assured for the time being. The curse on the princess has indeed been dispelled at this time. As long as there is no interference from other magical forces, the princess can live like a normal girl."

"But as an evil force deeply rooted in her life, some of her personality or behavior will be affected by this force, such as a preference for raw meat, a wild and irritable personality, etc. In addition to requiring you to educate and correct her more, you must also pay attention to guarding against some conspirators or people with malicious intent."

"Perhaps at some point, they will use this curse in the princess's body to make her turn back into a striga, causing some tragic accidents that cannot be remedied, which is also possible."

Knowing the future development, Geralt took the lead in giving this King a preventive shot, then bowed slightly and said:

"Your Majesty, please leave the rest to the sorcerers who are better at dealing with curses. This is not something we witchers are good at."

However, it was obvious that compared to the sorceresses, the King in front of him clearly trusted the witcher more. He looked down at his daughter, thought for dozens of seconds, and said:

"Thank you for your reminder, witcher. If my daughter turns back into that kind of monster because of some things in the future, I hope you can come over as soon as possible and help me again."

"This is a father's request, not a king's."

Ding! 【Lift the striga's curse】 Master-level, completed.

Obtained: 342 experience points, one Master-level Treasure Chest.

Ding! Triggered chain task, 【Request from the King father!】, do you accept!

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The striga matter was resolved very smoothly. Not only was a Master-level task completed, but a Master-level chain task was also obtained. According to the experience from Borch last time, generally, chain tasks like this would reward ability points, which made Geralt very much looking forward to it.

King Foltest was indeed a wise and generous ruler. On the second day after Geralt lifted the curse on Princess Adda, the reward for this commission was sent to his hands.

Originally, in addition to the bonus of up to three thousand Orens, there was also a noble ennoblement ceremony book. The respected Master Geralt could ascend from a commoner to become a Baron of the Kingdom of Temeria and also obtain a territory. But unfortunately, our witcher was not interested in this, nor did he want to get involved in the future war between the North and the South. So, under his dissuasion, King Foltest increased the bonus to five thousand Orens and promised to remember this favor and give Geralt a help in the future.

Thus, this striga incident finally ended temporarily. The King saved his daughter, found the murderer, and Geralt obtained the bonus and got the King's promise.

And Triss and Keira were also in a pleasant mood. Because of their performance this time, the two sorceresses also gained the King's trust to a certain extent and could obtain more power in the position of royal advisor.

That night, under Keira's instigation, Triss came to Keira's mansion together, pulling Geralt for another pleasant communication.

After a night of joy, everyone's life returned to calm. Counting the time, it had been more than half a month since Geralt returned to the witcher world. According to the time flow of the two worlds, the half-year period he agreed with Butler Ford of Wayne Manor was not far away.

And this time, he originally planned to let Berengar go to Middle-earth with him, let this witcher reside in that world, not only to help him manage Wayne Manor but also to use the time difference between the two worlds to train witcher apprentices quickly over there.

But unfortunately, Geralt's Elder Blood was still at the primary unsealing stage. Except for himself and the equipment on his body, he could not take others to travel through worlds.

Unless he used ability points to open a temporary space channel, otherwise, it was impossible to bring Berengar into the Middle-earth world.

And ability points were such precious things, so in non-essential situations, they could not be wasted for the time being. So after some thinking, Geralt temporarily gave up the idea of taking people to the Middle-earth world and prepared to return to the Middle-earth world again after staying in Wyzima for a few days to continue his skill honing journey.

And just at this time, a letter from another country was delivered to his home by the postman.

Geralt was surprised in his heart. According to his acquaintances in this world, it was hard to imagine that someone would send him a letter.

When he opened the envelope and looked, he found that the sender was actually the famous White Wolf Geralt, his good witcher brother.

And the content of the letter also made Geralt very surprised. It was actually inviting him to come to Cintra together in early September to attend the Cintra betrothal banquet and act as a guard at the banquet for the current Princess Pavetta of Cintra.

This betrothal banquet had not happened yet? He originally thought this would happen in June or July, but he didn't expect it to happen in September.

But thinking about it carefully, this was not very surprising. It seemed that in the original work and the game, there were conflicts in the setting of Ciri's birth time. If Ciri was born on Beltane, the current Princess Pavetta was probably already secretly hooking up with the hedgehog man for several months, and probably had been pregnant for a month or two.

Thinking of his agreement with Butler Ford, Geralt was also hesitant in his heart, not knowing whether to attend this banquet.

It was already mid-August, and there were less than twenty days left until the time agreed by Geralt of Rivia. With the speed of the Magic Flying Carpet, if he really wanted to go to Cintra, it would probably only take two or three days.

However, considering that this betrothal banquet could be considered a very important turning point in the entire Witcher series plot, according to the convention of system tasks, I am afraid this task should also be a Master-level task.

After considering for a long time, Geralt finally couldn't bear to give up a Master-level treasure chest and hundreds of experience points.

He prepared to take advantage of the fact that there was still plenty of time, return to the Middle-earth world briefly, make some arrangements, and then set off for Cintra.

Whether it was the future Southern Emperor who danced on graves, or Ciri's mother, Princess Pavetta who seemed to be a Source, as well as the many nobles at the betrothal banquet, Queen Calanthe, it seemed like a good choice to meet them while taking this opportunity.

Moreover, the legendary Dryad forest was also near Cintra. I don't know if there would be a chance to see the legendary Dryads this time.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 177 =====