Mossak shook his head. "King Bran has no objection. He fully supports his brother. But the political environment in Skellige is very special - their king is elected by the seven major families.

So it is useless for King Bran to agree alone, other families must also agree. Easter's reputation was enough before, but this time he encountered a lot of opposition. "

"I was worried about him, so I arranged for Ciri to meet with him, which helped Ester's condition get better. When you're done with your trip to Fort Haji, go to Skellige and have a good talk with him."

Mossak said solemnly: "As an advisor to Cintra, I hope he can return to the throne of King of Skellige; but as a friend, I am more worried about his current state. He is very tired, very sad, but also full of anger. I am worried that he will hurt himself before he kills his enemies."

Lann nodded solemnly, with worry in his eyes.

…

After a brief exchange with Lan, Mossak returned to Cintra. He came here firstly to visit Lan as an elder, and secondly to report the recent situation to Lan as a consultant.

Once these two goals are achieved, he has no reason to stay here.

After all, Cintra needs someone of sufficient weight to take charge, and with Mossak guarding the rear for Lann, Lann can travel outside with peace of mind.

Triss stayed behind to tutor Lan in magic.

Even though Lann is so good at using sigils now, and can even rely on the [Axis Seal] to do things that other warlocks can't do, such as hypnotism, this is all the result of the system's blessing.

When out of the system, his use of magic was still very crude.

Triss enjoyed teaching Lann, who had such a poor foundation.

"Mossak and Geron have already planned magic courses for you. Mr. Kelda's knowledge reserves also amaze me - he has almost memorized an entire library. Now they are waiting for you to set aside enough time to study."

Triss covered her mouth and chuckled. "That may take several years to complete. But considering how busy you are right now, we can only use our spare time to tutor you little by little."

Lann raised his eyebrows: "So you are here to give me my first lesson?"

Triss raised her chin slightly: "That's right!"

The first thing Triss taught Lan was [Meditation], which was a meditation method that Geron improved based on the witcher's meditation method and combined with the suggestions of Mossak and Triss.

The focus of meditation is to communicate with magic. During the meditation process, time can pass quickly while replenishing one's own magic value. The demon hunter's [Meditation] retains a keen perception of the outside world on this basis. The slightest disturbance in the outside world can allow the demon hunter to quickly enter combat status.

The process went smoothly. With the Ancient Blood's keen perception of chaotic energy and Lann's own qualities, he quickly mastered the trick.

Therefore, this private magic tutoring soon entered the second stage - the teaching of [Transformation and Sealing Technique].

The Body Compression Technique, also known as the Human Body Compression Technique, is a powerful spell that can wrap the caster in a jade shell and shrink it to a "statue" that can be held in the palm of the hand.

Only a powerful wizard or sorcerer can cast this spell. This spell allows the caster to trap the person they want to capture without having to worry about them escaping, and can be carried around and easily concealed.

After being transformed into a statue, the entire body functions of the person being cast will enter a state of time stagnation, and the person will be completely unaware of the surrounding environment and what is happening.

In the original novel, Yennefer and Triss were both cast with this spell. And for Lann now, this spell is indeed the best way to "capture" the Toad Prince.

Lan asked hesitantly: "It's just... Is this magic easy to learn? We may only have a few weeks or even just a few days."

Triss thought for a moment and said, "It depends on the basics. A normal warlock may need several years to master it. A powerful warlock can quickly master it by analogy."

Lan pointed at himself and said in confusion: "Although I am confident that I will become powerful in the future, I don't think I am a 'powerful warlock' now."

Triss covered her mouth and smiled: "It doesn't matter. If you still haven't learned it when the monster appears, I'm still here."

Lann raised his eyebrows. He finally understood that this sorceress came to teach him magic. "Learning magic" was not the point, "teaching" was.

Lan was about to say something when he saw Triss lazily sinking into the sofa. Her fiery red hair spread out, seeming to stir her restless heart.

Lan looked out the window and realized that it was getting dark. A huge bonfire was lit outside the Temple Island and the sound of prayers could be heard in the distance.

The flickering light of the flames occasionally shone through the window, contrasting with Triss's long hair.

Lann couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Sorceress...

"Let's stop here for today's magic study. I have been running around all this time and I haven't had a good rest."

"Lane, can you help me get the skirt out of my luggage? This travel outfit is really uncomfortable to wear."

Would Lann refuse such a small favor from the sorceress who had worked hard to teach him all day?

That's a bit too rude.

The young demon hunter raised an eyebrow: "Of course."

"Thank you... Could you help me unbutton my back? I can't reach it."

"But you're wearing a jacket now, Triss."

"This is a special style of jacket, with buttons at the back. You don't know about it? Want to see it?"

Lann was a little impatient as the sorceress's requests came one after another. However, it was his duty to give appropriate rewards to his friends who had helped him so much - even if the requests were gradually becoming excessive.

Lann was very good at taking off people's clothes and stepped forward.

After a rustling sound.

"Where is the button you mentioned? I've been looking for it for so long and still can't find it."

"Maybe I remembered it wrong. The buttons are actually in the front."

"Oh... okay, I'll look for it again."

…

Learning magic is a hard and long-lasting process. It takes several years, more than ten years or even decades for a serious magic school to train a qualified warlock.

If Lann wants to skip the basics and directly learn a magic, he naturally needs to be more diligent, harder and more persistent.

The soldiers of Cintra discovered that their lord count had not left the room for three days, but puzzling chanting and shouting could still be heard from the room from time to time.

The soldiers could only sigh at the Earl's hard work and be thankful that there was a sorceress by his side to help him and solve his problems.

Early that morning, Lan got up from the ground, sweating profusely, and looked around in confusion.

"What happened to me just now?"

Triss looked at him sternly and said, "Your magic power has been drained by the [Transformation and Sealing Technique]. You should have listened to me and stopped when you felt that you were unable to do it, instead of throwing yourself into it without restraint."

Lann looked annoyed: "But I feel like I'm almost there."

In front of him was a wooden sculpture with no discernible shape, as if a naughty child had used a chisel to hit it with a piece of wood he had picked up at random.

Triss shook her head. "Even if you learn the [Transformation and Sealing Technique], it will take a long time to get familiar with it and a lot of practice before you can perform it perfectly. Immature [Transformation and Sealing Technique] can harm your internal organs, especially your kidneys."

Lann was stunned: "My kidney?"

Triss said with a look of reproach: "The kidneys of the person who was cast the spell."

Lan nodded. This content seemed to be mentioned in the original book, which made sense.

Just when Lan wanted to meditate to restore his strength and magic power and continue practicing magic, there was a knock on the door.

"Enter."

The servants were sent by Lann to negotiate the matter of the House of Borsodi, and the one who opened the door was an ordinary Cintra soldier.

"Mr. Count, Mr. Chapet of the Eternal Flame is here to visit."

The short security officer stepped into Lann's house, followed by several guards of the Eternal Flame and Cintra soldiers who followed in out of concern for Lann's safety.

"You guys go out first." Shapet said to the guards of the Eternal Flame, "I have something I want to talk to Lord Lannister alone."

Lann also waved to the Cintra soldiers. Suddenly, only Lann, Triss, and Shapet were left in the room.

"I've also heard of White Wolf's love story, and I even spent some time with him myself." Shapet looked at Lan and Triss with a wry smile, "Is it true that a witcher must be paired with a sorceress?"

"The security officer came to visit so early in the morning. I guess he didn't come to count how many people are in my room, did he?"

Lann didn't care much about Shapet's slightly sarcastic words, because he knew it was Shapet's disguise. He knew Shapet's true identity, but now was not the time to confront him.

"Sorceresses are dangerous individuals. I cannot ignore them if they rashly enter Novigrad." Shapet looked at Triss meaningfully, but quickly turned his gaze back to Lann.

"You asked me to find that giant toad in the sewer, didn't you?"

"Any news?"

Shapet nodded. "What are you going to do with it?"

Lann asked back, "Do you care?"

Shapet said seriously, "Recently, several water sources on Temple Island have been contaminated. After analysis by the pharmacist, it was found to be toad toxin. The toad has interfered with the normal lives of believers and other citizens. It must be disposed of."

Lann's eyes lit up: "In other words, this toad is now in the sewer of Temple Island?"

If Lan remembered correctly, there were also some treasures under the Temple Island. It was a warlock's secret laboratory, in which a cat-faction demon hunter whose life or death was unknown was imprisoned.

However, the Eternal Flame is not as corrupt as it is in later generations, and is heavily guarded. Lann and his party came to Novigrad with a diplomatic mission and did not want to cause trouble, so they never started to explore.

Now it seems that it can be solved easily?

Shapet nodded and said, "I sent soldiers to kill the toads before, but those children of the Eternal Flame never came back. Now it seems that I can only rely on the demon hunters - and the sorceress. You should be able to handle this situation with ease."

As soon as Shapet finished speaking, the system prompt sounded at the right time.