Sword asked Lann incredulously: "My Lord, is this Duchess too..."

Ace also asked Lann incredulously: "My Lord Earl, are all the officials in Toussaint too..."

Lann rolled his eyes at them and said, "Is this what you should say?"

The two servants quickly bowed their heads and confessed their guilt.

House went forward and poured a glass of wine for Lann obediently, and then poured one for Geralt as well.

Smelling the refreshing aroma of wine, Geralt sighed: "The Duchess and the officials here... why are they all like this?"

Lan also sighed and said with a headache:

"On the bright side, this is why we are allowed to come to Toussaint at this time and be treated to a banquet."

Lan knocked on the door, asked the butler for a map of Beauclair, called a few people over and gave instructions.

"Let's get down to business. As you all know, I came here to find the laboratory of a wizard named Thomas Moreau. I need his experimental results on the secondary mutation of demon hunters, as well as the magical treasures in his laboratory."

Everyone nodded, this was something they had known for a long time.

"According to the information I have learned, in addition to the laboratory, Professor Moreau also has an experimental log that he should carry with him, and he may have taken it to his grave. I also need to find it.

In order to save as much time as possible, I plan to split our forces into two groups—"

Lan thought for a while and started to count people.

"Ace." The Arrow Servant looked up.

"House." He stopped pouring the wine.

"You two take four sword guards - leave out the axemen and hammermen, and leave the bombs behind - and search Beauclair's cemetery."

Lann said carefully, "I only know that he was buried in Beauclair, but I'm not sure where exactly. This job is not very decent, so you rest during the day and go out at night. Be smart and don't be seen by too many people. I'm confident in leaving it to you."

The two attendants nodded.

"As for us..." Lann looked at Geralt and Sward, "We will meet up with Uncle Mossak's druid friends tomorrow and then set off for the Valley of Nine. Don't drink too much at the dinner tonight."

"Yes!" Sword answered loudly.

House and Ace checked the time and asked, "Lord Earl, what should we do now..."

Lann ordered, "Go pick some people, then eat and rest for a while."

The two nodded in agreement.

Sword smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll bring you some wine for the dinner!"

The two men who were about to go out lightly punched the sword servant, and were about to open the door when they suddenly heard a knock on the door.

House looked at Lane for advice, then went to open the door. The butler's face appeared in front of the door.

"My Lord, there is a visitor."

"Visitor?" House said angrily. "You come directly to my house without a visiting card? What is this!"

Lane did not stop House from getting angry. After he finished speaking, he waved his hand slightly to let him step back and asked, "Who is the visitor?"

The butler bent down a few degrees and said respectfully, "It is Baron Palmerlin de Lanfort and Baron de Peyrac-Perrin."

"I don't know them." Lann shook his head. "Are they in a hurry?"

The butler explained: "It seems so. And...it seems that they don't want to visit you, but want to get to know Mr. Geralt through the Earl."

Four pairs of eyes turned to Geralt.

"I don't know them either," the witcher explained expressionlessly.

Lann was a little interested: "Then let them in. I want to hear why they are looking for Geralt - if you don't mind, Geralt."

The witcher shook his head indifferently.

Two knights came in, each of them saluted Lann and greeted Geralt.

Silence followed.

According to the chivalric tradition of Beauclair, the four men remained silent for ten heartbeats.

"Good day, Lord Count, and Mr. Geralt." A knight said, "We have something to entrust to Mr. Geralt."

He turned to the witcher and said, "This has to do with your line of work."

Geralt nodded. "Go ahead."

The two looked at the three attendants, even Lan, with embarrassment, as if they had something to hide.

"Lord Lannister is my employer. I cannot accept your commission without his permission." Geralt said directly. "If you two really have urgent matters, please do it as soon as possible."

The two knights looked at each other awkwardly, took a few breaths to prepare themselves mentally, and said hesitantly: "It's like this... that succubus... the demon that haunts the night is the one that the Duchess and the ladies asked you to destroy. Can you tell me how much the reward is for killing that monster?"

Geralt shook his head. "I'm sorry, gentlemen, but I can't go into such details."

"We understand, we understand," said one knight. "We are clearly facing a decent man. To be honest, I am afraid that such a person will find our proposal an insult, but I have to say -

Please abandon this contract and do not harm the poor succubus. On my honor, we in Toussaint have far more men than women. You would be surprised at our generosity."

The witcher said coldly: "Your suggestion is indeed not far from an insult."

"Mr. Geralt." Another knight added, "It is said that you only kill monsters that are threatening, real threats. And that succubus has never threatened anyone, nor has she harmed anyone. Oh, she will visit men in their sleep from time to time... to play some little pranks..."

"But only for adults," another knight added.

Geralt refused again expressionlessly: "I will not tell this to the Duchess or any other lady, but please leave."

The two knights seemed to be about to get angry and argue, but then they seemed to remember something and looked at Lann with fear.

Lann's mouth twitched, and he forced a blank expression to signal House: "Call the royal butler and ask the two barons to leave."

The two barons left reluctantly.

After watching the two go away, House and Ace suddenly asked curiously, "Mr. Geralt, are you really going to kill that succubus?"

Geralt gave them a strange look and explained, "Generally speaking, succubi don't suck blood or kill people, and they don't have any bad intentions, but sometimes there are 'unusual' situations. So I will find her first and decide on the method based on the results of the investigation."

Lann was also a little surprised because these two servants never cared about demon hunting.

"This... Actually, we want to ask you something. We are going out at night. I was thinking about how to get along with a succubus if we meet one - I mean, how to judge whether she is good or bad, and how to protect ourselves?"

The two servants had serious expressions, but the corners of their mouths twitched slightly, their breathing became rapid, and their fingers and bodies twisted uneasily.

Lann said expressionlessly: "You two get out too, now."