Chapter 813: The Honey Wine Banquet in the Skellige Islands (2)
Chapter 813 Mead Banquet in Skellige Islands (2)
Author: The last envoy of Xuanfu
Chapter 813 Mead Banquet in Skellige Islands (2)
At this time, I heard Bilna thanking me here: "Ms. Yennefer, Ms. Margarita, thank you for coming to pay your respects to your late husband."
Yennefer answered solemnly: "King Bran and I are old acquaintances. The Islands have lost a great man."
Bilna was very affected by this sentence: "That's true... We have to try our best to minimize the impact of this tragedy."
"Bran is a great king." Yennefer reiterated.
"And he needs a qualified heir." Bilna continued, and then suggested a word that was not suitable for the local tradition.
"So you already have the right person?" Margarita added.
"Most of the problems in the archipelago come from the non-hereditary governance system." Bilna seemed to be very resentful about this. "Anyone can become the king and abolish the rules left by the previous king."
Yennefer didn't dare to delve into this topic...at least she couldn't start it, so she quickly responded with a conservative answer: "The King of the Islands is more of a symbolic position in a sense."
"This also needs to change." Bilna kept speaking her inner thoughts as if grasping a life-saving straw, "In this chaotic era, we need strong leaders with real power."
To be honest, when she said this, Bilna may not have wanted to seek help through Yennefer, the Nilfgaard Empire Emperor's envoy - a hereditary Skellige Islands prince, as long as the Nilfgaard Empire Emperor nodded.
, you may not have any thoughts.
After all, according to Margarita, the Skellige Islands have always made a living by plundering, and Nilfgaard is basically their favorite target of plundering - there is even some hatred between the country and the family, so
Emhyr also had a headache.
But fortunately, Yennefer didn't have the chance to say it again - because it happened that Geralt and Xie Yuan also caught up with the female companions at this time.
"Can you make an introduction for us?" Geralt spoke first like a gentleman.
Because of this interruption, Yennefer was able to quickly change the topic, and then introduced Geralt and Xie Yuan: "This is my friend, Geralt and Xie Yuan."
Then he turned to look at Geralt and introduced Bilna: "This is Bilna, the widow of the late King Bran."
"Now it's the Queen Mother." Bilna explained sadly, and then bowed to leave, "Geralt, and Yuan, but unfortunately in today's situation, I can't prepare a few people to chat slowly like usual.
Please excuse me."
After the gloomy Bi Erna left, the conversation between the few people began to become more relaxed...but because Xie Yuan and Margarita were there, they did not fall into a sentimental tone.
But Yennefer was surprised that Geralt finally listened to her advice this time. Of course, she was even more happy to meet Geralt again.
It's a pity that sorceresses are generally lovers of political intrigue, and Yennefer is no exception - they can't just attend the banquet easily and happily, they have to do something.
The good news is that Margarita and Xie Yuan don't need to participate, but they'd better drink to their heart's content and attract everyone's attention.
As for Geralt, he had to do secret affairs with Yennefer, and in order to cope with it, Geralt was not allowed to drink alcohol along the way.
For Xie Yuan, this was no problem, but for Geralt, I don’t know if it was a problem, but in front of Yennefer, he promised that he would not drink a glass of wine except to watch her... for a good night.
Yennefer was temporarily stunned by these words, and then the two of them made small talk based on Geralt's beard.
Entering the castle, the person who received a few people was a middle-aged man with tied hair wearing a red and yellow waistcoat. After Yennefer's introduction, everyone knew that his name was Arnwald, a member of the Kratzkwiat family.
Castle Steward.
Geralt responded casually, praised the intensive scale of the reception, and then continued to ask for Kratz to talk.
However, Arnwald had already received Kratz's instructions before, asking Geralt to have a drink at the banquet before talking to him.
Guests do as they please, so the four of them soon arrived at the place guided by Arnwald... It was the guy who greeted the guests who was a bit unusual.
The red-haired Keris has some freckles on his face that are unique to Western women. As a native of the Islands, he has a boldness that mainland women do not have... In a sense, you can treat her as a man.
It was she who asked Geralt to come and sit in this seat - because she wanted to see what the infamous witcher looked like.
But Geralt also made it clear: "We have met before, don't you remember?"
But Caris's reason is even more unreasonable and strong. After all, they only met this uncle the demon hunter when they were very young. How can they still have this impression now?
Out of host etiquette, Keris introduced the identities of the other people at the table to the visitors - basically they and she were the sons and daughters of lords from all over the Skellige Islands... Of course, there was only one daughter, that is
Keris of Kratz.
Geralt didn't have any reservations and sat on the empty seat. The sorceress didn't have any concerns, and Xie Yuan didn't hesitate at all.
After sitting on his seat, Xie Yuan picked up a wooden mug filled with honey wine and poured it down his throat, then smacked his lips and savored the aftertaste... Well, speaking of sweet wine, Xie Yuan also drank glutinous rice sweet wine.
, I have always heard of this mead made from honey, but never seen it in person. I didn’t expect to catch up with it today.
The taste is indeed good, a little smooth, and sweet but not greasy... This lord's crafted mead does have a certain skill.
Because he likes the taste, and Xie Yuan has no intention of having any opinions on what happened at the banquet - as long as no one has the intention to kill him, why should he care about a trivial matter from the medieval period?
It's better to drink honestly... You know, Xie Yuan rarely encounters mead in other worlds-the only sweet wine he can really drink is glutinous rice sweet wine and red wine.
It's time to drink some rum.
It happened to happen this time. Xie Yuan planned to drink enough, and then gave up the thought of drinking again in the future - this stuff is not scarce, but unfortunately it is difficult for him to get the chance to get mead in any other environment he walks in.
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However, Xie Yuan was happy to drink, but he was upset that Geralt had to talk to a bunch of brats about the issue of the lord's daughter being no worse than the lord's son, and was almost dragged to drink for fun!
He almost left the table with contempt and shock in his eyes and hurried to the next table.
However, before standing up, Geralt did not forget to call out Xie Yuan - Xie Yuan did not restrict whether he could drink or not, so in order to stop drinking in a reasonable and dignified manner, Geralt needed Xie Yuan.
Furthermore, at this time, Xie Yuan had already drank a jar of mead. This amount was enough to make a normal Skellige islander drunk, but Xie Yuan looked like a hungry man who had just drunk
It was like drinking a full bowl of soup, with a look on his face that was full of content.
And after standing up, Geralt couldn't help but squint his eyes - in fact, Xie Yuan's actions were still sensitive... mead was not the same as boiled water to him!
That’s perfect! Now is the perfect time to “drink more water”.
Geralt and others started to circle around other wine tables, and it was then that the heirs of this group of lords saw a wine jar placed where Xie Yuan was sitting just now... This man had just filled a jar full of honey.