Afterwards, a group of people walked through the forest and came outside the Belan Manor without encountering any monsters, not even any animals or insects. If the plants were not rooted in the ground and unable to move, they even thought that those plants might also be there.

Escape before they get close.

Although Leo has dispelled the aura of the Stone Throne, some of it still remains more or less on his body. These auras are undoubtedly like natural enemies to monsters and animals that rely on instinct to act. They will immediately run away if they feel it from a distance.

At this moment, Geralt and others became more and more in awe of Leo's attitude. After all, the mysterious power that Leo showed just now was far beyond their understanding. They all subconsciously believed that Leo was a powerful person.

A warlock, a warlock who is so powerful that it is beyond common sense, is similar to the legendary mysterious warlock who can destroy a country by himself.

When they arrived at the main entrance of Beland Manor, there were guards at the door. Leo and others did not go up. Instead, Dandelion stepped forward alone and chatted with the guards for a few words. Then the guards entered the manor and found the person in charge of the manor.

The butler came out and confirmed Dandelion's identity before allowing Dandelion in.

However, this butler obviously didn't have a good attitude toward Dandelion, and his originally gloomy face became even more ugly when he saw Dandelion greeting Geralt and the others to enter the manor together.

But when the butler saw Geralt as a demon hunter clearly, the expression on his face changed slightly, and then when he saw Leo and Sylvia wearing abyss armor and dragon hunter armor, the expression on his face changed.

It's bigger and seems to be planning something.

"It looks like we have something to do." Leo, who was walking behind, noticed the look on the butler's face, turned his head and whispered to Sylvia beside him.

"What do you think it will be?" Sylvia asked back.

Leo thought for a moment and said: "Count Britta."

Sylvia nodded slightly, agreeing with Leo's guess.

No matter how disgusted the manor's steward was with Dandelion, he still followed the duchess's instructions and treated Dandelion as the most distinguished guest. He arranged the best room for him and paired him with the corresponding servants.

As for the others, because they did not have the instructions from the duchess, their treatment was naturally much worse, and they were arranged in ordinary guest rooms.

There was also an episode when it came to arranging the rooms. Originally, the housekeeper planned to separate all their rooms and arrange them in different locations. However, under Geralt's strong opposition, they were all arranged in the servants' room.

Among the rooms near the guest room, according to the housekeeper, these are the only rooms that are connected together.

Although no one here believed this nonsense, there was nothing the housekeeper could do.

"There is something wrong with this butler." After the butler left, Geralt immediately gathered everyone together and said very seriously.

"He should have some relationship with Count Britta and know something about Count Britta." Sylvia saw through the behavior of the butler and said: "But he is not from Count Britta, because

He didn't mind helping us due to our previous relationship, so just now Cai Hui tried to separate us to facilitate Count Britta's actions. However, after we refused, he didn't force it. Obviously, he should have planned to stay out of the matter. If my guess is correct.

, he should go and inform Count Britta that it won’t be long before we can see Count Britta here in person.” After saying that, she paused, looked at everyone, and said, “You better think about it.

What kind of conditions should be put forward so that Count Britta will not be in a hurry when he arrives?"

Before anyone else could speak, Angoulin said indignantly: "What other conditions can we negotiate? Kick that guy out, tell his story to the Duchess, and let the Duchess punish him?"

Milva on the side also nodded in agreement.

However, others remained silent on this matter, seeming to be considering Sylvia's words.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you all like this?" Angoulin looked at the other people around him with a blank expression, as if he were looking at strangers.

"Because they are all adults and know that some decisions cannot be made based on emotion alone." Sylvia said in a deep voice: "Although your method is very relieving, do you think your method can solve the problem?"

Angoulin raised his head and retorted: "Why not? Isn't the Duchess the most powerful in Toussaint? Whoever she wants to punish, she will punish!"

Sylvia touched Angouleme's head. She really liked this girl with a straightforward personality, so she explained very patiently: "The Duchess is the most powerful person in Toussaint, but she has no right to do whatever she wants.

To deal with a count, let alone her, even the emperor of the Nilfgaard Empire must find a suitable reason to deal with a count."

"Do we have a reason?" Angouleme pointed to the survivor sitting solemnly opposite and said, "Isn't he the best reason? Count Britta brutally murdered more than a dozen people, and only one person survived.

Isn’t that the best reason?”

"This reason is untenable." Sylvia looked at the survivor and said: "The murder was definitely not done by Count Britta himself, but by his cronies, right?"

The survivor nodded and whispered: "It was the manor's butler who did it."

"You see, Count Britta only needs to put all the blame on the housekeeper." Sylvia hit Angouleme, and continued to hit, saying: "And even if this matter is caused by Britta,

Count Britta did it himself, and I don’t think the duchess will punish Count Britta too much for this matter."

"Why?" Angouleme had become weak.

Geralt, who was next to him, saw Angouleme's appearance and wanted to speak to tell Sylvia to stop talking, but in the end he did not speak. Maybe it would allow Angouleme to understand the world more clearly and let her grow up quickly.

It's also a good thing.

"Just think about it, the housekeeper of the Duchess's resort estate is actually related to Count Britta. It's obvious that Count Britta often lives here and has a good relationship with this housekeeper." Sylvia dipped a little water with her finger.

, quickly drew a tree on the table, then wrote Earl Britta on the top of one branch, and wrote Duchess on the top of another branch, and said slowly: "In order to maintain their own notices, great nobles often

Married to other powerful nobles under her command, the Duchess's family has been able to firmly control Toussaint for so long. In addition to the support of the Nilfgaard Empire, the support of the internal nobles is also key, so there must be a blood connection between them.

To the duchess, the dead people were just ordinary civilians, but the living earl was the cornerstone for her to inform Toussaint. Do you think that as a duchess who has ruled Toussaint for many years, she would die for some civilians, and it is still

For a murder case with insufficient evidence, do you want to tear down a cornerstone of your throne?"

Angoulin said nothing and lowered his head, wondering what he was thinking.

Milva thought that Sylvia was deliberately endangering Angoulême, and couldn't bear to see it. He directly questioned Sylvia and said: "Since you said that Count Britta will not be affected at all, then we also proposed

What are the conditions? He doesn’t need to pay attention to us at all."

"Of course we can still negotiate terms. Don't forget that Count Britta still wants to sell his plantation. As long as he still wants to sell the plantation, he doesn't want negative rumors about the plantation to appear outside, so we

Those who know the truth can put forward conditions to him." Sylvia turned to look at the survivor and said: "For example, let him go, give him a sum of money, and leave Toussaint.

The remuneration paid is paid to you and so on."

After hearing Sylvia's words, the survivor's face showed an emotional expression. It was obvious that it was perfect for him to be able to escape from this crisis.

"Is this the end of those who were killed?" Milva couldn't help shouting.

"Of course we can't just let it go," Sylvia said calmly: "We can ask Count Britta to pay a fee to each deceased family as compensation."

Mivar said angrily: "Is a compensation just..."

"Mivar," Geralt called Mivar, then looked at Sylvia and Leo, who had remained silent from beginning to end, and said, "Your Excellency Sylvia is right, give the family of the deceased a peaceful life."

Compensation is indeed the best way to deal with it now. Compared with the dead, the lives of the living are more important."

When Minval saw that Geralt also agreed with Sylvia's proposal, he felt angrily and had no place to vent his anger. He could only snort and sit on the chair in silence.

Later, Geralt followed Sylvia's suggestion and discussed what kind of conditions should be appropriate. The discussion lasted for more than an hour and ended with a first draft.

After Sylvia and Leo returned to their room, Sylvia turned to Leo and asked, "Why didn't you speak just now?"

"Don't you have anything to say?" Leo said calmly.

Sylvia felt something keenly and asked: "Are you angry?"

"A little bit." Leo nodded and admitted.

"Angry with me?" Sylvia asked again.

"No." Leo shook his head, walked to the window, opened the window and looked at the scenery outside the window, and said: "There is nothing wrong with your proposal, and it is also the best solution. It is good for everyone, but I am still very

Don’t like this way of handling it.”

"I don't like it either." Sylvia walked up behind Leo, hugged him, and said, "But the rules of the aristocratic power game are like this. As long as you are in this game, you must abide by the rules of the game, but...

"As she spoke, she changed the subject and said in a cold tone: "However, we are not from this world, and we do not need to abide by the rules of this world. When we find out the reason for coming here and the way to leave here, we can use

We deal with that nasty guy by our own rules."

"Well, let's solve it like this!" Leo nodded and said.

At breakfast the next morning, the manor's butler came to tell everyone that he had informed the duchess that Dandelion had led everyone to the manor. However, the duchess was currently busy with the knights' meeting. For the time being,

There is no time to live here, so I asked the butler to entertain them well and ask them to stay in the manor and not to walk around casually.

After the butler left, Leo asked Sylvia: "Do you think the last sentence was added by himself, or was it the duchess's original words."

"I think it was the butler who added it," Sylvia smiled disdainfully, then turned to Geralt and said, "Count Britta should appear in the next two days."

Geralt said to Sylvia: "Leave this matter to your Excellency, Sylvia! After our discussion last night, we both felt that you should be more suitable to deal with those nobles than us."

"Okay, I'll take care of it." Sylvia accepted the commission without hesitation.

Geralt then said to Leo: "Regil came back last night. He said that there were some minor problems with the transaction. Leo needs you to go there in person. He will wait for you at the cemetery outside Sweetwater Town."

"Okay, I'll go there later." Leo nodded.

Breakfast ended quickly and everyone went about their business.

When Leo put on his armor and was about to leave to see Regier, Sylvia said in a deep voice: "There's something wrong with this matter, be careful!"

"I know." Leo said calmly, "I think I need to have a good talk with this Regiel."

After saying that, he clamped the horse's belly and drove the horse towards the outside of the manor.

Tianshui Town is also located at the foot of Gaogong Mountain. In the early years, a stream of melted ice and snow flowed outside the town. Because the water of this stream tasted a little sweet, the people who settled here at that time gave their town the name Tianshui Town.

Later, in order to ensure water for plantations and grape brewing, the vineyards in the upper reaches of the stream blocked the stream and diverted it. As a result, Sweetwater Town was not worthy of its name, and Sweetwater Town also declined.

However, as the faith of Prophet Lebioda spread in Toussaint, the clergy chose to build a temple and a temple cemetery here, and the place became prosperous again. At that time, someone changed the name here to Cemetery Village, but the local area

People thought the name was unpleasant, so they changed it back to Tianshui Town.

However, this prosperous situation did not last long. As Plaguemon's miracle scam was exposed, the faith of Prophet Lebioda soon collapsed, and most people no longer believed in Prophet Lebioda.

, and even spurned Lebioda's prophetic faith, and the Temple Cemetery, which is part of the Lebioda Church, was naturally affected. No nobles would place the cemetery here anymore, and only the poor would sweep the corpses with grass and send them here.

After a hasty burial, Sweetwater Town began to decline again.

Compared with the Lebioda Temples in Toussaint, the Lebioda Temple in Sweetwater Town is very average in size, but the cemetery is very large and can definitely be ranked in the top three, so no one takes care of it.
Chapter completed!