This Skellige man who looks like a sailor is the current king of the Skellige Islands, King Ister Tursek.

Following behind him were several young men in their twenties and thirties, all of whom were children from the major lords' families in Skellige. Wayne saw Dandelion following behind this group of people at a glance.

After entering the banquet hall, the dark-skinned king, along with his young men, walked unceremoniously towards Queen Calanthe who was talking to two demon hunters.

Queen Calanthe, who had a fierce expression just now and seemed about to get angry, did not bother to bargain with the two demon hunters after seeing the king enter the banquet hall. She pointed directly at the two seats beside her and said in a low voice with gritted teeth:

"Come and sit down, Demon Hunter, we will discuss our employment issues later."

Upon hearing this, Wayne immediately pulled Geralt to sit on the two seats next to the queen, as he thought Geralt was too stubborn.

However, in order not to affect the development of this matter concerning Geralt's fate, he still gave the seat next to the queen to Geralt, ready to be a spectator who would check for omissions and fill in the gaps at any time.

Soon, King Ester Tursek came to Queen Calanthe. He first politely led the Skellige boys behind him to pay their respects to the beautiful queen, and then his eyes unconsciously fell on Geralt and Wayne beside the queen.

This king from Skellige has been pursuing Queen Calanthe for many years. The two have a close relationship and have been friends for many years. The Kingdom of Cintra is able to have such strong strength, and their important ally, the Skellige Islands, has made an indelible contribution.

Looking at Geralt sitting next to the woman he loved, King Easter had the traditional straightforward temper of Skellige and asked directly: "Calanthe, who is this white-haired noble next to you? Why don't I know him?"

Because this matter concerns the fate of her daughter, Calanthe did not want to involve too many people, nor did she want to offend her allies because of the marriage arranged by her dead husband for her daughter in advance. She just smiled reluctantly, looked at King East with gentle eyes, and said, "This is Ravix from Horn City. He is my distinguished guest."

Seeing that King Easter's expression was a little strange, Calanthe quickly changed the subject and said softly, "Thank you for your hard work, Easter. Are the people following you the heroes of Skellige who are going to propose marriage this time?"

King Easter looked at Geralt with a slightly provocative look, like a male bear challenging someone for a mate. Geralt also regarded Wayne, who was handsome and looked like a teenager, as a suitor for the princess and did not pay much attention to him.

In response to the queen's question, King East said with a slightly proud expression:

"Yes, Calanthe, these guys behind me are all brave and good at fighting. They are all the best sailors and captains. In order to marry Princess Pavetta, they are not afraid to challenge anyone."

Following King Easter's introduction, the young Skellige people following behind him all bowed respectfully to Queen Calanthe, and then bravely boasted about their past achievements to the queen, hoping to gain Calanthe's favor and marry the princess of Cintra.

The most conspicuous one among them is named Kratz an Krait. He is strong and powerful, with red hair, and has the brave title of Sea Boar. He is the nephew of the current King of Easter, the heir of the Quit family, and also the most qualified person to be a marriage partner among this group of Skellige young people.

The young people who came to attend this marriage-selection banquet knew very well that the most important reason for Princess Pavetta's marriage-selection banquet, in addition to choosing a qualified husband for the princess, was to win over allies and consolidate the status of the Kingdom of Cintra through political marriage.

And these young people from Skellige are the best choice.

However, although Skellige is Cintra's most steadfast ally, it is not the only choice. After these young people introduced themselves, many nobles from other places soon came to the banquet hall.

For example, Prince Windham of Atre, the three sons of the great noble Lord Streep, and some other noble heirs from Cintra's vassal states are all competitors for this princess's selection meeting.

For the nobles of these vassal states, if they could marry the princess of Cintra and ascend the throne of Cintra, it would be like a serf turning over a new leaf and singing, and they would instantly become masters.

With the arrival of these people, the banquet officially began. King Easter had no time to ask about Geralt's identity. He could only take the young people of Skellige Islands back to his seat and start enjoying the banquet.

As the banquet began, Dandelion immediately became excited. As a bard, what he liked most was the feeling of being surrounded by all kinds of nobles.

As long as you can perform beautiful and impressive poetry on such occasions, you can quickly spread your reputation and increase your popularity.

But this time, he met several colleagues, two bards named Dugga and Drag Podwu, who also attended the banquet. One of them played the flute and the other played the harmonica. The songs they played were also quite beautiful, and the coordination between them was better than the monotonous lute, which made the nobles attending the banquet like them very much.

Just when Dandelion was trying to save the situation with his poetry, a baron named Alanbert stood up. This baron had a nickname called Kokota. He was a vassal of the royal family of Cintra. He was very good at imitating the calls of various animals and had a flexible eloquence. He soon made everyone at the banquet laugh with his performance.

While the banquet guests were attracted by the performance of the bards, Queen Calanthe was still talking with Geralt. The content of the conversation was probably whether the witcher should act in accordance with the king's orders.

Unfortunately, although Queen Calanthe is beautiful and majestic, she is facing the stubborn Geralt. The famous White Wolf firmly believes that he is neither a killer nor a mercenary, and it is impossible to make him submit to the nobles with money and power.

Queen Calanthe, however, believes that as she is the employer of the witcher, everything she does should be based on the employer's interests. The so-called witcher principles do not exist at all. Any principle has a price. The reason she chooses not to do it is simply because the price offered by the employer is not enough.

Wayne listened and found it quite interesting.

Unfortunately, at the end of the discussion, Queen Calanthe won. She used threats and pleading to make Geralt promise that at this banquet, he must ensure that Cintra and Skellige could successfully form an alliance and not be destroyed by some unexpected events.

After all, whether for Queen Calanthe or the people of the Kingdom of Cintra, only by maintaining a close alliance with the Skellige Islands can they guarantee their status and power among the northern countries and prevent their country from falling into war and turmoil due to weakening strength.

However, faced with this issue concerning people's safety, our White Wolf Geralt chose to surrender.

Wayne didn't have much opinion on this. The master-level task he received from Geralt was not to ensure anyone's safety or kill anyone, but just to assist Geralt in ensuring the smooth progress of the banquet.

This is a very vague but easy to complete task. In short, as long as Wayne's performance after the banquet satisfies Geralt, his task will be accomplished.

As Geralt and Queen Calanthe finished their conversation, the atmosphere of the banquet gradually reached its climax.

"We have all heard about the beauty of Princess Cintra for a long time."

Following the baron's speech, both the straightforward Skellige nobles and the princes of the vassal states all joined in the booing.

After all, although attending the banquet was fun, the biggest purpose of their trip was to win the favor of Princess Pavetta and become the king of Cintra. No one was not looking forward to meeting this young and beautiful princess.

Faced with the booing of everyone at the banquet, Queen Calanthe first glared at Baron Kokota, who was leading the group, and then had to stand up to maintain order, shouting to the palace steward behind her:

"Go and invite Princess Pavetta out and tell her that the guests are waiting impatiently."

Then, Queen Calanthe smiled and said to the guests at the banquet: "Dear guests, please don't be anxious. My daughter is quite shy. In order to face all the excellent suitors, she hopes to face you in the most perfect manner. Please wait for a moment."

It can only be said that Queen Calanthe, who had seen the world, calmed everyone's emotions with just a few words. Her loyal pursuer, King Easter, also immediately stopped the young people of Skellige from making a fuss, and the scene immediately returned to its previous joy.

After a few minutes, following the loud announcement from the palace steward, the entire banquet hall fell silent. All the guests turned their heads towards the stairs, the expectation in their eyes seemed tangible.

Soon, a beautiful girl came down the stairs with the help of a maid.

Her long light gray hair was tied into two braids and hung down to her waist. She wore a gold chain belt on her silver-blue dress. She had fair skin, a slim figure, and a beautiful face. Under the gaze of everyone, her cheeks even had a slight blush.

As soon as Princess Pavetta appeared, everyone present couldn't help but sigh, what a beautiful princess she is.

Under the special arrangement of Queen Calanthe, the maids escorted the princess down the stairs and sat in the empty seat between Duggar and Easter, which was the table closest to the young people of Skellige under the throne.

Obviously, in the heart of Queen Calanthe, she also hopes that her daughter can choose a young man from Skellige for marriage.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on her beautiful daughter, Queen Kalan said to Geralt with some pride: "I must reiterate that your mission this time is to ensure that Cintra and Skellige form an alliance. You must overcome all difficulties to achieve this goal. This is for the well-being of all Cintra citizens."

Geralt was silent for a few seconds after hearing this, then he looked at the queen who had been acting very strong, and asked, "Ensure these? Isn't your own wish enough to ensure that this goes smoothly?"

Queen Calanthe had a very complicated expression when she heard this, and she said in a less confident voice: "Things may change. At that time, even my wishes may not guarantee that things will go smoothly."

When Geralt heard this, he was immediately surprised. You know, at present, in the entire Kingdom of Cintra, Queen Calanthe's orders are absolute. Even the Council of Nobles cannot challenge the prestige of the queen.

So he asked curiously:

"Your Majesty, what could be stronger than your will?"

After hearing Geralt's question, things had come to a critical point and Queen Calanthe no longer concealed it. She looked at Geralt, then at Wayne, who had been silent all the time and just drinking and eating, and then uttered a word with a complicated expression.

"destiny."

After hearing this word, Geralt couldn't help laughing. He didn't expect to hear this word from the queen's mouth.

Fighting against a fate that is stronger than the will of the royal family, this commission seems impossible to complete. As a child of destiny born because of fate, Geralt respects fate more than anyone else, and is even a little afraid of it.

When Queen Calanthe saw that Geralt also had a complicated expression, she immediately restrained her expression, pretending to be unconcerned, and said, "It is precisely because this task is extremely difficult that I have come thousands of miles to invite you, the famous White Wolf Geralt, to solve this problem."

"You should be aware of my credibility. As long as you can help me complete this commission, any of your requests can be met."

After hearing this, Geralt thought about it for a long time and looked at Wayne beside him. If he was still a little unconfident on his own, but he followed Yennefer's advice and called Wayne, a powerful junior, then with the strength of the two of them, as long as the problem was not particularly outrageous, they should be able to solve it.

So, Geralt looked at Queen Calanthe, nodded, and agreed to fight against the so-called fate with her to ensure the smooth alliance between Cintra and Skellige.

However, perhaps the two of them did not realize it, but the conversation between the queen and Geralt had been long enough, and many nobles had already noticed this and were looking at them intentionally or unintentionally, and even whispering, discussing the relationship between the queen and Geralt.

This even made King Easter, who had been pursuing Queen Calanthe, angry, but because of Princess Pavetta sitting next to him, he suppressed his anger and did not flare up. However, his fierce eyes kept staring at Geralt who was sitting next to the queen, as if he might stand up at any time and teach him a lesson.

However, as the atmosphere of the banquet became more and more lively, people talked more and more happily, drank fine wine, ate delicious food, the bards sang their poems loudly, the musicians played cheerful songs, and the young people of Skellige drank excitedly and sang tuneless songs and talked about the interesting things that happened to them when they were robbing in other countries.

When Wayne saw that Geralt and Queen Calanthe had reached a consensus, he walked past Geralt and whispered to the queen, "Your Majesty, Geralt will be on standby here at all times. Why don't you let me go to Princess Pavetta and protect her safety?"

Queen Calanthe frowned upon hearing this, but considering her daughter's condition, she quickly made a decision and said to Wayne:

"Your name is Wayne, isn't it, young man."

"Go, protect my daughter and don't let anyone suspicious get close to her."

(End of this chapter)