In Wayne Manor, Wayne called the old butler Ford to the study.

After a conversation, Old Ford bowed slightly to Wayne and said with a serious expression: "Please rest assured, Mr. Wayne."

"While you are away, I will help you take care of all the affairs of the manor."

"I will keep a detailed record of any expenditure and income. Please trust my professional ethics."

Wayne waved his hand and said with a smile, "Don't be so polite, Old Ford, my friend. Of course I trust you, otherwise I wouldn't have entrusted so many things to you."

"After I leave, White Fang and Robin will stay in the manor. Robin is now strong enough and will go to the forest to eat by himself. There is no need to prepare his food. But I'll leave the little thing White Fang to you."

"Oh, and as for the herbs I brought back from other places, you should also send people to expand their planting area. It would be best if you can add a few more planting areas before I come back."

"As for the other things, they are all trivial matters. I will be away for about half a year this time. Next time, I may bring one or two acquaintances back to help you manage the manor and reduce your burden."

The old hobbit was not offended by what he said, but was relieved. He said:

"That would be the best, Mr. Wayne. To be honest, just managing the planting area has consumed a lot of my energy. It would be best if someone could help me."

"As an old man, I still want to live a few more years."

Soon, after explaining the problems at Wayne Manor, Wayne came to a mysterious room on the first floor.

To others, this room is just an ordinary library with many bookshelves filled with various books.

But in Wayne's eyes, the center of this room is the space crack that allows him to enter and exit this world. One of the important purposes of building Wayne Manor was to control this space channel in his own territory.

In the future, when the entire manor is replaced by people he can trust, no one will be able to discover his secret of traveling between the two worlds.

After confirming that there was nothing to explain here, Wayne took a deep breath, activated his abilities, and returned to the wizarding world.

………………

In Vizima City, Triss's mansion.

The sorceress, wearing a light purple pajamas, was sitting by the window, holding a glass of red wine in one hand and supporting her chin with the other, looking at the moon outside the window with some boredom.

Opposite her, Kayla, who was also wearing only a thin white lace nightgown, sat at the table, picking at the fruit on the plate with a silver fork. She yawned in boredom and said, "What are you going to do, Triss?"

"The king can't wait any longer. He plans to post a notice in the country to find someone who can lift the curse of the vampire bird."

"If we do this, it will undoubtedly give the other nobles in the other fiefdoms a handle. At that time, some despicable bastards will definitely take the opportunity to cause trouble, exaggerate the impact of this incident, and tarnish the king's reputation."

"I feel that as royal advisers to the king, we should not allow this to happen."

After hearing this, Triss continued to look at the moon in the sky without saying a word, as if she was thinking about something.

Seeing that she didn't answer, Keira didn't care and continued:

"Some ministers suggested that we just kill the vampire bird. After all, it has been almost three years, and more than eighty people have died at the hands of this monster."

"Now every month, we have to use death row inmates in the cell to satisfy this monster's bloodlust."

"This has caused dissatisfaction among many nobles and ministers."

"As you know, what happened between King Foltest and his sister was a scandal in the first place. Now their child has turned into a monster. If this matter continues to ferment and is used by someone with ulterior motives, it might cause a major turmoil."

"Hey! Triss, I'm discussing serious matters with you!"

"Look at the crazy look on your face now. Do you still have the spirit of a sorceress?"

"It's just that I haven't seen him for more than four months. If you're so hungry, with our beauty and status, aren't there plenty of men waiting for you to choose from?"

"You're missing him here, but maybe that little bastard is having a great time in some whore's bed."

After hearing what Kayla said, Triss withdrew her gaze from the moon and sighed slightly with sadness. However, she did not discuss Wayne's problem with Kayla, but said:

"Keira, King Foltest is a very stubborn person. No matter what we think, as long as the vampire bird is still his daughter, he will never agree to let anyone kill the vampire bird until he has completely given up."

"Unfortunately, we have too few records about cursed creatures like the vampire bird."

"I have consulted many books, but I have not found a way to remove this curse."

"Until things turn around, this situation is expected to continue for a long time."

After saying this, Triss looked at Keira. She had a stronger political sense than Keira, and had been a royal advisor for longer, so she understood the king's character better.

So, he continued to persuade: "The best solution now is to find a way to lift the curse of the vampire bird and help the king rescue his princess."

"If you want to get rid of the king's troubles by killing the vampire bird, it will only offend him completely and there will be no benefit."

"Keira, you have to understand that it is not the nobles who give us the rights, but the Warlock Brotherhood and the King. You have to figure out who we should be loyal to."

After hearing Triss's explanation, Keira thought silently for a long time and finally figured out the problem. Then she looked at the red-haired sorceress with a complicated look.

Because of Wayne, the friendship between the two, who were once colleagues and friends, has become somewhat distant, but also because of Wayne, their relationship has abandoned many hypocritical disguises, and some things that ordinary friends would never discuss in detail can now be discussed openly and seriously.

Perhaps in some way, their relationship has become closer.

At least in the past, when it came to political issues like this, Triss might have simply reminded her a word or two, but she would never have explained it as thoroughly as she did now.

Thinking of this, Keira was not an ungrateful person. She coughed lightly to make her tone less awkward, and then said solemnly, "Thank you for your reminder, Triss. It seems that in order to solve this problem, we have to find an expert in curses."

Triss also smiled. In fact, when facing Keira, she was more embarrassed than the other party. After all, Wayne was Keira's lover at first, and it was through Keira that she got to know the witcher.

So she always inexplicably felt a sense of indebtedness towards this junior.

For Keira, Triss is not only one of her few close friends in Vizima, but also her senior at work, who has helped her in many things.

Although she didn't handle the matter of the little puppy Wayne very well, it didn't affect her good impression of Triss.

She drank a little too much red wine today, and she had been abstinent for about two or three months. Kayla felt like there was a fire in her body that was slowly burning.

Just as the battle in the room was intensifying.

A teasing voice came from outside the house.

"You two really gave me a surprise. Did I come at a bad time?"

(End of this chapter)