Led by Geralt, the two found a secret room separated by a brick wall in the storage room on the first floor, and through the key Geralt found in Tamara's room, the two entered without incident.

"He actually built a secret place in the castle under his father's nose, whether the baron is powerful or his daughter is powerful, the woman and his father's style of doing things is very similar. Luo Xian sighed.

"Wiren is now full of fighting, and the Nilfgaard army has just passed, leaving behind rebels, bandits, ghouls, monsters, and beasts everywhere. Philip had the only powerful armed force in the region, and in order to ensure the power in his hands, he must have quelled the chaos and collected supplies everywhere, and did not have much time to stay in the castle. I think this gives a big opportunity to a little girl with a heart. No one dared to ask Tamara what she was secretly doing in the castle, after all, her father was the owner of the castle. Geralt explained that this kind of stealth in the shadows from his relatives was somewhat common among the nobility, because these people had too many secret secrets.

The secret room was small, only a long and narrow room of six or seven square meters, with countless tentacle patterns rising from the ground painted with crimson paint on the bright red wall tiles, and several rows of wooden shelves full of extinguished candles. On the only wooden table in the middle of the room was an iron pot the size of a basin, filled with burnt ashes.

"Is this a cult ritual?" Luo Xian was naturally disgusted by the tentacles that emerged from the ground, because the patterns made him uncomfortable, as if someone had deliberately distorted something that belonged to him.

Geralt touched the ashes in the iron pot with his hand, sniffed it, and nodded, "This is the smell of incense I found in Tamara's room, it's all the same smell, the one painted on the wall is a pattern of flames. It seems that Tamara joined the Eternal Flame with Philip on her back. Unexpectedly, the Eternal Flame has extended its power to Willen. ”

"Eternal Flame? When we met yesterday, we also helped a priest of Eternal Flame with the work of disposing of corpses on the battlefield, but that man's purpose turned out to be to hide his murderous and predatory deeds. Luo Xian was a little surprised, he didn't expect to see the ceremonial altar of the Eternal Flame here.

"The Eternal Flame is a large religious organization active in the northern part of the continent. This church was founded centuries ago in the free city of Novigre. Its main symbol is the eternal flame that symbolizes hope. Over the years, the church has become more and more adherent, and now it is the dominant religion in the northern continent. Geralt inspected the various utensils on the table and explained to Luo Xian.

"Believers in the Eternal Flame believe that the unquenchable flame is a symbol of survival that can guide them through the darkness towards progress and a better tomorrow. So in the temple of the church, the symbol of their sect is that the blazing flame is never extinguished. ”

Luo Xian couldn't help but smile when he heard this, "It's a little interesting, I dare to spy on the essence of all things in the name of flames, just like what I did." ”

"You—aren't you a traveler looking for meaning in life and death?Are the teachings of the Eternal Fire Cult in conflict with you?" Geralt was a little surprised, he was fully interested in the mysterious visitor from the other world.

As soon as Luo Xian's voice fell, a layer of transparent flames suddenly emerged from the inside to the outside of his body, surrounding him, and countless flames jumped and rolled on his clothes, as if they were cheering and jumping to meet their emperor.

"The meaning of life and death is just my pedal to a higher level, and fire is my essence. Luo Xian stretched out a hand, and a flame rose out of thin air on the hand, and suddenly changed into a small bird flying in the palm of his hand, flying to Geralt's arm and beating left and right to perform his beautiful song, and then it became a big tree, and the tree was full of countless fruits, and a fire python walked freely between the branches of the big tree, and finally the flames turned into stars, and in a very harmonious way, orbiting around the center, like a cloud of smoke, so that people could not see the truth inside.

Geralt's face was full of solemnity, "Luo Xian, your control of fire magic has surpassed that of all warlocks I have ever seen or heard, and in your hands, the flames seem to have a life of their own, which is really remarkable." ”

The flames were all transparent, and only revealed a variety of colors when they were made into visions, such as the bright feathers of the birds, the green leaves and golden fruits of the trees, the red scales on the skin of the fire python, and the various colors of smoke that turned into stars and swirled.

No one doubted the power of these flames, and Geralt saw that Luo Xian casually condensed the flames into slender chains, which flew through the air as if they were alive, quickly passing through the bodies of a dozen ghouls, and instantly turning them into ashes.

He always thought that it was a kind of magic, but now it seems that it may not be, Luo Xian still has a lot of secrets. Fire is his essence, maybe what Luo Xian said is not an empty word, is this enigmatic youth the legendary flame elf?

"Can you tell us a little bit about the Eternal Flame? I'm starting to get interested in them. Luo Xian put away the flames all over his body, and immediately returned to his original state. There were no signs of burning on the clothes on his body, and there was no sign of where the flames had come from, except for the red hair hidden under the white hood, which was the only bright color.

"The early Eternal Flame Church would have been tolerant of other different faiths, but it has since become more and more extreme. The flames that were supposed to drive out the darkness were now lit at the stake, and the eternal flame that was supposed to be a symbol of hope became a symbol of terror and oppression. The current Eternal Flame Cult is very aggressive, they have an unfriendly attitude towards all 'non-humans', they hate non-human races, they expel wild beasts, and even demon hunters are on their list of disgust. "Geralt was obviously careful about this famous northern sect, and these fanatical religious elements even wanted to kill demon hunters, so they had to be on guard.

"Unlike other sects, Eternal Flame controls many cities and has the right to collect taxes from his own people, and with these funds, they have formed an armed force directly under the sect, wielding swords and flames to kill the evil forces in the eyes of the church. ”

"The poorer the place, the more vigorous the flame of the Eternal Flame becomes, because the common people at the bottom need to have a hope, and for them the Eternal Flame is the hope to change their fate. The heat of the eternal flame ignites your heart, and the flame will give you the strength to be guided by it throughout your life on the path of truth. But now, some aristocrats with ulterior motives have begun to use the power of the church to exclude themselves from commercial competitors or dissidents in the court. And the archbishop of the Eternal Flame is also trying his best to communicate with the nobles of various countries, and even to the king through the mouth of a diplomat, I fear that one day, this fanatical sect will establish a kingdom of their own on the land, and then the eternal fire will ignite the entire continent, and no one can avoid it. ”

Luo Xian nodded, "The flame was originally hope, but if you blindly invest and don't know how to converge, you can only burn yourself and others in the end." Hope has turned to destruction, truth has become evil, reason has turned to anger, and indeed it has gone to destruction. But how could such a fanatical sect attract Tamara? Is there anything she is not satisfied with?"

"Eternal Fire is hostile to non-humans, it seems that the matter of the Philip family is not so simple, we have to ask the Baron himself. ”

It was not long before the two reappeared in front of the baron, and Philip looked surprised, not long after they had gone upstairs for the first time.

"Have you seen them all?" asked the baron.

Geralt glanced at Luo Xian, Luo Xian stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, or you come and ask, he believes you, the white wolf.

"We found traces of a fight in your couple's room, and as the owner of the room, do you know what's going on?" Geralt didn't refuse, and immediately asked.

"Fight? What do you want to say? How can anyone fight in the castle master's room? Do you think my guards are deaf?"

"It's obvious, someone has been attacked, and it's your wife or daughter. Whoever it was, she tried to use the candlestick to protect herself, but she didn't hit the other party, but just pierced the wooden partition, and there was a tear between them. Geralt laid out the facts directly, too lazy to go around in circles.

"I~I didn't know there was~ such a thing. I was drunk that night and didn't remember anything, except to wake up to find that they were gone. The baron's words began to stumble, and he did not admit that he knew about the fight in the room.

"Well, based on this, I can suspect that there were others in the castle at the time, maybe your men heard something at the time?"

I asked them three times if they had seen or heard anything, and they all said no. Clear, no!"

"Well, let's change the question, this fight caused the wine on the table to be knocked over, and it flowed everywhere, and the whole room and stairwell smelled of alcohol, do you know what the situation is?"

"This~this... Oh, I remember, it must have been those rough servants, all of them drunkards, who often steal my wine, that's it, that's right!"

"You give your men a drink of Ofrous from the Towcente region, which is a good bottle for two gold coins. ”

"Ah, is it the Ephrus? Damn, I must have accidentally knocked it over. I told you I was too drunk that night, but why do you ask this? My men and I like to drink, and the castle smells of alcohol everywhere. ”

Seeing that the baron did not admit that there was a fight, there was no way, and the parties were unwilling to reveal the true situation, so they had to find other ways.

Geralt pulled out the amulet he found in the stairwell, "Okay, have you ever seen this?"

This time the baron didn't shirk it, "Well, yes, Anna has been wearing it for a while. ”

Oh, there's play, and there are other people who know the truth.

"Do you know where Anna got this from?"

The baron shook his head, "I don't know. ”

"Are there any witches or heals around there, they're usually good at making these kinds of things and selling them around for a little money. ”

The baron thought for a moment, and suddenly raised his head, "There is a witch doctor nearby, and it is a man. This old guy lives near the village of Scorched Wood. Also, there's a witch near the village of Midcowps, but I don't know much about her, she's only recently arrived. ”

The records of the Witch Nelfgaard Empire's spy Khatrick also mentions that Ciri seems to have had a conflict with a witch, and that there is a witch in Midcowps, so how Ciri's affairs are related to the Baroness. Geralt and Luo Xian glanced at each other, and both saw each other's doubts.

"Anna hadn't been out of her territory for a long time, and if she wanted to go out looking for someone in a short time, she would probably go to the witch doctor instead of the wizard. Anna has always been wary of strangers and new faces, reluctant to come into contact with them. ”

"Thank you for the news, let's go to the witch doctor and ask about the situation. ”

"Then I must warn you, you may not be able to ask anything from him, it is said that he hacked his father to death with an axe in his youth, and then went mad. Now everyone says that he can see demons and go to his sheep. The baron was full of grumbling, and it was clear that he was not satisfied with Geralt's findings.

"We weren't interested in his hobbies, we just wanted to know about this amulet. ”

"So be it, look forward to your good news, it's getting late, if you want, you can rest in the castle for the night before you go, the grilled lamb chops and wine here are good, and they are free for you. The baron stood up, "I have other things to deal with, the Nilfgaard people are urging me a lot, I need to count the amount of supplies handed in, if it is not enough, I have to find a way to find some more, so I will not accompany you." I'll be notified when there's news. ”

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