Chapter 300: The Kidnapped Princess

Hearing Geralt's words, Geralt, who was still a bit lazy, was stunned for a moment, unable to remember who Princess Pavetta was for a while.

After more than ten seconds, he finally remembered that Geralt was talking about Ciri's mother, that silly and naive Princess of Cintra.

In recent years, he hadn't paid attention to Ciri's news, only hearing that after the hedgehog man Duny went missing, under the manipulation of Queen Calanthe, the wedding proceeded as scheduled, and that beautiful queen found a substitute to complete the wedding on behalf of Duny.

After the wedding was completed, Princess Pavetta didn't obtain the succession rights of Cintra. Cintra, a powerful Northern country allied with Skellige, was currently still under the control of Queen Calanthe. Because of having Skellige as a strong ally, its development was becoming more and more smooth.

These news, besides being told to him by the sorceress who was relatively well-informed, the others were collected by his little slave Syanna.

Syanna had been very diligent these years, basically putting all her energy into the Geralt Chamber of Commerce. In the merchant circle of the entire North, someone had given her the nickname of Business Queen.

The main feature was being rich and imposing. Every time she made a move, thousands or even tens of thousands of gold coins didn't even blink, and problems that could be solved with money were not problems in front of the Geralt Chamber of Commerce.

Even many nobles would respect this agent of the Chamber of Commerce, and very few guys who didn't open their eyes dared to provoke her.

However, what outsiders didn't know was that this beautiful lady who was quite famous in the business world and was called a business genius was just an obedient and well-behaved little female slave in front of Geralt.

Currently, she was still worried about not being able to give birth to an heir for Geralt to consolidate her position, and she was extra hard-working every time she was in bed.

This girl knew very well where her power came from and was a smart person who knew the situation quite well.

After recalling the intelligence he had about Cintra, Geralt waved his hand to his subordinates, letting them temporarily exit the council hall, and then asked Geralt:

"I remember the girl who is your child of destiny, she seems to be called Ciri, right? She seems to be almost four years old this year."

"Did something happen to her too?"

Geralt shook his head with a heavy expression and said: "Nothing happened to that girl. Queen Calanthe manages this granddaughter very strictly, and there are a bunch of guards guarding her side every day."

"Y told me that Queen Calanthe followed your suggestion quite well at the beginning. In the court of Cintra, a total of two sorcerers were invited as royal advisors."

"They are mainly responsible for the safety of the royal family members."

"However, according to the news from there, in the past few months, because the environment in the Northern Kingdoms has been somewhat turbulent, Queen Calanthe wanted to arrange another husband for Princess Pavetta to consolidate Cintra's ally, the Kingdom of Verden."

"So she arranged for envoys to let Princess Pavetta visit the Kingdom of Verden."

"However, a few days before departure, Princess Pavetta went missing mysteriously."

"Queen Calanthe initially thought that the princess wanted to escape the marriage, so she arranged for a sorcerer and several professional detectives to find the princess, but their final conclusion was that the princess was kidnapped."

Speaking of this, Geralt revealed a somewhat stiff smile self-deprecatingly, looking at Geralt and saying:

"You should know very well, Geralt."

"If there were really no other way, with that queen's personality, how could she possibly entrust someone to find me to accept the commission."

"Queen Calanthe is very worried that I kidnapped her granddaughter."

Geralt nodded. It was indeed the case. Since Ciri was determined to be Geralt's child of destiny, the Kingdom of Cintra basically didn't welcome Witchers, especially the Geralt of Rivia.

Although this rule wasn't written on the surface, some people who knew the inside story had more or less revealed some wind.

Basically, no one would issue a commission to invite a Witcher to work.

"So, what do you plan to do, Geralt? Do you intend to take over this matter?" For Geralt, who knew the plot of the original work, the disappearance of Princess Pavetta was actually not too unexpected.

This princess exposed her identity as an owner of the Elder Blood at the selection banquet at the beginning, which was simply a crime of possessing a treasure, a treasure that made people drool.

Although this news was suppressed by Queen Calanthe, for some people with intentions, they could still investigate this intelligence.

Just like the reminders he had given to Queen Calanthe and others before, the Elder Blood is a legendary powerful force. No powerful mage would mind having such a test subject in their laboratory.

If it weren't for the fact that Boss Geralt was not considered a bad person, he might have directly kidnapped Princess Pavetta at the beginning.

Whether it was used as a breeding machine, a test subject, or trained as his subordinate, it was quite a cost-effective thing.

Fortunately, the young Ciri didn't show her bloodline talent, and the probability of two generations awakening the Elder Blood at the same time was too small. Otherwise, it might not be just Princess Pavetta who was kidnapped.

Geralt scratched his chin upon hearing this. There was a very huge scar on his chin, extending directly to his lip area, looking a bit ferocious.

This was a scar left when he was saved from the gates of death by Margarita three years ago. There were more than a dozen lines left on his chest and back, all left by that group of Corrupted human warriors. That was estimated to be the closest Geralt had ever been to death.

"Actually, I don't really want to care about this matter, Geralt."

"But you know, Yennefer has always wanted a child. Since believing in the Lady of the Lake, she has been even more concerned about this matter than me regarding this child of destiny of mine."

"This time it was also her who knew the news first, and then notified me."

"She is planning to set off today, so she asked me to report this matter to you."

Geralt nodded, not feeling surprised at all.

Since that incident three years ago, Yennefer also took the opportunity to join the Witcher Order, but she was only part-time, mainly responsible for serving as vice-principal and teacher at the Sorceress Academy just established by Triss.

Although Triss was the principal, she was responsible for too many things. Now the sorceress school was still in the initial stage, and the total number of students was only a dozen or so, but the main construction work was still handled by Yennefer.

Geralt respected this sorceress who could be called a sister-in-law quite a bit, giving her considerable freedom, providing sufficient funds, and basically not giving her many restrictions.

As for the Witcher side, the formal Witcher school had also been built. Currently, there were three academies in total: the Wolf Academy, the Viper Academy, and the Griffin Academy.

All Witcher apprentices received unified Witcher courses before the age of ten, and only after they were ten years old would they choose different academies according to their talents and preferences.

Some people whose talents and abilities were unqualified would also be kicked out of the academy and let them engage in other work.

In Kaer Morhen, being a Witcher was no longer a lowly profession, but a profession that must be chosen by people with talent.

Due to the war in the Kingdom of Kaedwen, there were quite a lot of orphans. Now the number of students in the entire academy had exceeded fifty. Although these people might only be able to graduate about half, for such a grand occasion, whether it was Vesemir of the Wolf School, Letho of the Viper School, or George of the Griffin School, they all felt very gratified.

And because of the few years before, the Geralt of Rivia had been in the recuperation stage, so he could be considered one of the people in charge of the Wolf Academy.

Coming to Geralt specifically to talk about Princess Pavetta this time was also mainly to ask for leave and needed to leave Kaer Morhen for a period of time.

Geralt nodded, then touched his chin, considered for a few seconds and said: "I am also quite interested in this matter. How about this."

"You and Yennefer go to find out the situation first and figure out some necessary things."

"Three days later, after I finish dealing with some affairs in the Order, I will take people to Cintra to meet with you."

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 301 =====

"Three days from now, after I have finished handling some matters within the Order, I will bring people with me to Cintra to rendezvous with you."

(End of chapter)