Chapter 23: Ciri and the Forest (Part II)

"What now, go straight to the city of Redania to find the Baron's daughter?" asked Roseen, "I always felt that there was something wrong with the relationship between Philip and his wife Anna. ”

"You're saying the baron didn't have domestic violence?"

"No, no, I mean, maybe it's definitely not as simple as it seems. I wondered if the burn on Anna's palm was a witch's mark, where did the mark come from, why did Anna come into contact with a witch, and whether the deer head spirit had anything to do with a witch... There's still so much to unanswer. ”

"Have you ever been in love?" Geralt suddenly asked.

"Well, no..."Luo Xian suddenly felt that he was a head shorter than the white wolf.

"Then take it seriously and love once, love does not need to be analyzed, it is the burning of passion, and finally it will be dull, becoming the spark that seems to be born and died under the ashes. Geralt said in the tone of a person who had come before, "I have dealt with many young wizards, so naturally I know more than you. ”

A lot of girl wizards... Dealing... Well, Luo Xian was hit critically at this moment.

"White wolf, that Ciri, your adopted daughter, why do you care so much about her? Isn't she the daughter of Emperor Nilfgaard, why did she become your adopted daughter?" Luo Xian changed the subject.

"Luo Xian, do you remember when we met at the Hanging Ghost Tree?"

"Of course I do. ”

"I mentioned that a priest of the Eternal Flame Sect had asked me to gather the corpses of soldiers who had no one to dispose of on the nearby battlefield and burn them so that they would not be eaten by ghouls or any other creature. ”

"Yes, we also found the smuggler who was hacked by the priest and almost killed, and saved his life. ”

"The place where the pastor asked me to meet was at a ferry port to the north, and now that two or three days have passed, I think it would be a waste of time to go and close this commission, and I will not get the money for completing the commission. ”

"You're right, we haven't had any income these days, we haven't even met robbers who have blocked the road, and we are running around, so we can't go on like this. ”

"Tamara went to the city of Redania to ask for help from the Eternal Flame, and I wanted to ask the priest about the situation to see if he knew anything about Tamara. Well, we'll meet in the crow's nest a day, and you can rest here first. ”

"No problem. ”

"Alright, I'll tell you a little bit about the question you just asked Ciri. ”

"That's better, I'm interested in her situation. ”

"When we talk about Ciri, we have to talk about her father, Nhil Enrith. This emperor was an iron-blooded strongman, and under his rule, the Nilfgaard Empire in the south was incomparably stronger. He is not limited to means, whether it is war or conspiracy, he is a master, and as he continues to attack and win, Nilfgaard's territory continues to expand, and now he has eliminated Temeria and confronted Redania. And Weilun under our feet is a strategic buffer between these two northern and southern powers. ”

"Speaking of Ensir Enrith, whose name means the white flame dancing on the grave of the enemy, I have known him for a long time. ”

"When Enhir was young, his father, the previous Emperor Nilfgaard, was overthrown by his men. Enshir was also cursed, and fled from Nilfgaard in order not to be killed by the rebels. ”

Perhaps God thought that Enhil's life should not be extinguished, and he not only miraculously escaped the pursuit of the mutineers, but also saved the life of King Rognar of Sintra, who was out of town at that time, on the way to Sintra, the Eastern Empire. In return, Enhill opted for the Providential Law of Surprise. ”

"The law of accidents? What is it? A law? A rule?"

"The law of accident is the most miraculous causal relationship on this continent, and it does not refer to a law, but to a baby, a baby who is bound together by the law of fate to the Promised One, and does so, usually to repay the favor. ”

"Anyone who wants to use the law of accident must immediately say, 'You are going to give me the surprise you found at home,' and he will get a response from the law of accident. And the meaning of this sentence is not the lover hiding under the bed of the other party's wife, nor the mother-in-law who suddenly visits the other party's house, but the person who made the oath without knowing it at the time, suddenly obtaining, including the birth or adoption of a child. It is said that such a child marked by fate will grow up to be a very promising person. ”

"Interesting, really interesting. Luo Xian seemed to feel something, he felt that the master said that he chose this world, could it be that he was talking about the hidden line of fate behind this world? It has something to do with himself?" It's really full of the feeling of fate, whether it's good or bad..."

So when Encil offered to repay the rate of surprise, and the king of Sintra agreed, fate played its most miraculous role at this very moment. When the king returned to the royal court, he was surprised to find that his wife, Caranther, the Lioness of Sintra, was pregnant. Then, according to the agreement of the law of accidents, the baby born belongs to Enhill, and this baby is a baby girl. ”

"That baby is Ciri, so she's not Enhir's own daughter, but the daughter of King Rognar of Sintra?" Roxian was even more surprised, things still had this reversal.

Geralt shook his head, "No, this baby isn't Ciri, it's her mother, Princess Pavita of Sintra. ”

Damn, Luo Xian can't describe his shock in words, the emperor of the Nilfgaard Empire was an old cow eating tender grass when he was young, and married a baby as his own queen!

So the young Enhir married the princess of Sintra. But the queen Sintra lioness Caranther was not willing to do this, because Pavita was their only child, and if this child married Nhil, it meant that after their death, Sintra would fall into the hands of Nhil, and she saw Enhir's hidden ambition, which was to recapture Nilfgaard, and she did not want Sintra to be dragged into this quagmire. ”

"Wait, why is Caranther dissatisfied, and not King Rogner of Sintra?"

This is related to the tradition of the Kingdom of Sintra, where Caranther was the only daughter of the king and queen, and the throne was inherited only by men, so Caranther married the then effeminate Prince Ebin Rogner, making him king of Sintra. In fact, Rogner was only the titular king of Sintra, but in fact, the whole country was ruled by Caranser, who was famous for her beauty, bravery, and iron fist. ”

"I understand that Caranther sees her own shadow in Nhil, and is afraid that her daughter will not be able to control the future situation without such a strong method as herself, so she opposes her marriage to Enhill. ”

"Maybe, the idea of a politician, I can't get used to it. After giving birth to Pavita, Caranther had two more miscarriages and was never able to have children again. Sintra's blood was about to be cut off, so Carranser found me as a demon hunter when Pavita was 15 years old and about to reach adulthood. Ask me to kill Enhil to break Pavita's engagement and end the law of accidents. ”

"Did you make a move?" Luo Xian couldn't help but ask, and then realized that this was nonsense, Geralt definitely didn't kill Enhil, who is now the emperor of the Nilfgaard Empire, and is commanding a large army to go north, and Temeria has already died.

"No, I did, but this is a long story, and due to some accidents and misfortunes, I chose to help Nhil instead, and he not only lifted the curse planted on him by the rebels, but also successfully married Pavita, the princess of Sintra. ”

"I thought, it must be an interesting story. ”

"It seems to be a kind of reincarnation, when the grateful Encher opened his mouth to say that he was willing to give anything in return, and as a bequest of fate, I said the law of accident. So, when he later learned that Pavita was pregnant, Enhil had no choice but to give me the child in his wife's womb. ”

"Oh my God, this is a magical story, that's Ciri, isn't it? That baby, that's Ciri!"

"Yes, that's why as a barren demon hunter, I would have an adopted daughter. ”

"No, it's not an adopted daughter, you treat her as your own daughter!"

"Probably. After living in Sintra for many years, Enhir finally waited for the opportunity to return to Nilfgaard, where his father's former supporters succeeded in avenging his revenge and becoming the new emperor of the Nilfgaard Empire, and quickly reorganized the power of the Empire, and then set his sights on the territory of the northern kingdoms of the Empire. ”

"How did he get out of Sintra, and can Caransor let him go?"

Of course not, he and his supporters hatched a plan to cause a shipwreck, where Paveta, Ciri, and himself would all pretend to die in the shipwreck. But Pavita saw through this plan, and before the incident, she quietly sent Ciri away, and sent someone to the distant castle of the demon hunter, where she was handed over to me to raise. And in that plan, only Enshir survived alone, but Pavita died, according to Enshier, Pavita had an accident and fell into the sea and drowned, but what really happened, only Enshir knows. ”

The most ruthless emperor family, Luo Xian once again felt the ruthlessness of politicians, I am afraid that in the heart of this Emperor Nilfgaard, his wife Paveta is just a tool for him to return to the throne.

"Will Caranther spare Enshir, her only daughter died at the hands of Enchil. ”

"No, to put it simply, it was Encher who didn't let Caranthor go. After Enhil regained the throne, there were still many voyeurs lurking around him. After an extraordinarily brutal political battle, the final fate of these opponents is the same: death. In the end, the victorious Enshir excavated the headstones from the graves of all his political enemies and spread them into the ballroom of the palace to form the floor of the ballroom, and from then on he earned the title of 'the white flame dancing on the graves of his enemies'. ”

Luo Xian had to admit that this Emperor Nilfgaard, who had never met, was really a ruthless man, and such a thing as digging up people's tombstones as stepping stones was not something ordinary people could do.

Then, the Nilfgaard Empire quickly became strong under the rule of Nthil, and at this time, Enhir did not spare Caranthor of Sintra and began to launch the Nelfgaard army to attack Sintra. At this moment, Caranther, who was already at an advanced age, personally led the troops to fight on the front line. Mortally wounded, he retreated back to Sintra, and was finally besieged by the Nilfgaard army in the castle, so that he could not be captured by the enemy, climbed the tower of Sintra Castle, jumped from the top, and ended his life. This is the story of the Sintra lioness, the legend of a generation of queens, and thus came to an end. ”

Luo Xian was speechless, from Geralt's few words just now, he heard a magnificent history of twenty or thirty years, and the hero behind it was the biological father of the white wolf's adopted daughter, the emperor of the Nilfgaard Empire.

"The story of the Sintra lioness is over, and Enhil's footsteps are not stopping. The ambitious Enshir hired the Viper Demon Hunter Resor to assassinate the head of King Demavi of Aden, and then, under my protection, assassinated King Vortest of Temeria, and placed the name of assassin on me, resulting in me being imprisoned. Folteste's death caused a great rebellion in the northern kingdoms, and he took the opportunity to launch the Third Northern War. ”

"And I, and Foltest, were very good friends, and I never had contact with Encil again, until a short time ago, when a friend of mine a wizard came to me and asked me for help in finding Ciri's whereabouts, that I left the Demon Hunter's Castle and came to this land of war. ”

Geralt said so much, Luo Xian finally understood why the white wolf went to great lengths to find his adopted daughter.

Not to mention that Ciri is a response to the law of accidents, years of parenting, just the grievances and grievances between White Wolf and Ciri's father Enhil, can prompt centenarian Geralt to reappear.

Perhaps, this is fate, this is the result that the accident rate wants.

The two parted at the gate of the Crow's Nest, Geralt went to the northern ferry to find the priest of the Eternal Flame to return the commission and take the money, while Luo Xian was going to inquire about the forest around, and he thought that the monster called the deer head spirit should have been seen by others.