Following Geralt, Xie Yuan also met many lords or lord advisors, top figures in Skellige's upper circle.
There is Dona Ann Sinda, the elder but also the most authoritative patriarch of the Haimei family; there is Hogg, who accidentally hit a reef while sailing, causing frostbite on his hands and turning them black, and at the same time losing one eye.
Black hand.
One of the interesting ones was unscathed, but with melancholy eyes and a lord troubled by anxiety and fear - Udaric. I don't know why he was like this, but he couldn't have been frightened.
Are you brave?
There is a lord advisor beside him... who plays a role like a secretary of state. Previously, Philpa Erhart, Keira Metz and Triss Merridred all held this position for kings everywhere -
—This position will only be responsible to the lord or king.
The lord's advisor is called Yot, and he seems to be a witch doctor who is proficient in divination and omens. As soon as they meet, he tries his best to help the lord believe in omens to avoid bad things... Why do I mention this? Because according to Yot's omens, Jie
Lotor will work with Udaric to solve some things in the darkness and firelight.
At the same time, under Geralt's suggestion, he gave Yennefer and Geralt himself a premonition - the conclusion was not very good: you will find the person you want to find, but he will fall into death.
After a brief embarrassment, Yennefer directly ended the topic with a wisecrack, but Yon said that you will know after you see the actual situation.
In the end, Xie Yuan stepped forward to help Geralt hold back a glass of wine - so he had to accept Yon's inspection - but as expected, he couldn't see anything.
In the surprised expression of the lord's advisor, Xie Yuan explained calmly: "It is unlikely that you will see me. I am an absolute outsider from the east of Serikania. It is basically impossible to get involved with you."
fate; another reason is that I have practiced a special technique to avoid being watched by predictions and divination."
"You...you are also a spellcaster?" Looking at Xie Yuan's warrior attire and his similar temperament to Geralt, Yon was somewhat in disbelief.
"How is that possible?!" Xie Yuanshi said with a smile, "I'm just a former general of the imperial army... As I said, it's a skill - and a very rough one at that."
The few who stopped arguing about the topic soon had a glass of wine together, but Xie Yuan still helped Geralt to hold back the wine.
The last lords I encountered were Dona An Sindar and Luger, who was nicknamed "Madman" - Speaking of which, if Madman can be regarded as an honorary title... the culture of the Skellige Islands is enough.
"Crazy" Luger and Cinda had conflicts. The latter therefore questioned Luger's qualifications to receive this honor, while Luger believed that a fight was needed to make Cinda understand that the honor was unquestionable.
Yennefer spoke out to dissuade both parties - but she used the power of the Nilfgaardian Emperor, and this actually angered Luger, who directly spoke rudely.
In the end, in order to protect his lover, Geralt decided to have a boxing fight that everyone loved to see - how could a bellicose middle-aged man beat a splendid demon hunter, so he was defeated as expected
.
In this regard, Luger also apologized to Yennefer in a very formal way, and Yennefer also ignored it in a very formal way.
As usual, Geralt had to toast Luger and Xinda, but this time it was Xie Yuan who blocked the way.
But at this time, Luger, who was beaten up and had nowhere to express his depression, finally found a breakthrough: "You are a——"
"Pa!" Xie Yuan suddenly stood in front of the wall at this time, patting a place lightly, but quickly and forcefully!
"Hmm..." When Luger was about to curse, he saw Xie Yuan retracting his palm and leaving traces on the wall, and his venting came to an abrupt end.
"Quiet!" In fact, this shot also made the surrounding area quiet for an instant.
Just because people found in disbelief that a concave slap mark was clearly visible on the wall that had just been slapped.
A slap actually left a clearly visible slap mark on the stone wall?!
"Sorry!" Xie Yuan apologized, "I just vaguely saw a fly flying nearby, so I swatted it. I'm sorry for causing inconvenience to everyone."
Everyone: "..."
Do you think we believe what you say? But then again, what if we don’t believe it?
At this time, even "Crazy" Luger didn't dare to say anything, and clinked glasses with Xie Yuan very calmly, as did Xinda, and then the three of them drank the wine in the glass at the same time.
Just kidding, I have seen one that can smash stones and bricks together, but leaves a mark on the stone like a seal without breaking the stone... It is rare to say that it is rare, but it is basically rare in the world.
Do you want to say that Luger and Xinda can see what the palm prints embedded in the stone wall represent? They may not know.
But it was enough for them to know one thing: the young man in front of them who came to protect Geralt from drinking was very powerful and dangerous. That was enough.
After a brief silence, the banquet returned to liveliness and impromptu. After all, there was no blood or human life, so why should we care so much?
Xie Yuan and Margarita found a table to drink by themselves - after such a small incident just now, no one dared to despise the unknown Xie Yuan. Arnwald directly gave Xie Yuan and his daughter
The companion found a seat for them to eat and drink as much as they wanted - warriors have always been respected here in the Skellige Islands.
And thanks to Xie Yuan, the small incident just now had the advantage that the focus of the banquet was directly focused on him, without paying attention to Geralt and Yennefer's parents-in-law, who had quietly disappeared.
"Come on!" Two large wooden mugs filled with mead were suddenly placed in front of Xie Yuan. When he looked up, he saw the red-haired girl Caris with a look of surprise on her face.
"I just looked at that wall, and there was really a deep concave mark... How did you do it?" Caris's eyes widened, very interested.
"Yes! Yes! Tell us." Several other heirs of the lords were also very interested.
"Hey, this is just a technique used to transmit force to the maximum extent after many years of training. I can't explain it clearly in a short time."
Xie Yuan also looked embarrassed and finished speaking, then raised his wine glass and looked at Caris: "I accidentally left an ugly palm print on your house just now. I'm really sorry. If it needs to be repaired, I am willing to pay for it."
After all, there is a slap mark on the wall in the house that is really disturbing... If he were the head of the house, he would definitely find a way to replace it.
But Caris didn't care about it: "I don't care about the palm print. You know, almost no one can do it, so it must be a unique thing. We can't collect it and frame it in time, so how can we clean it up?"
Woolen cloth?"
"That's right! Your slap actually made my dad dare not even let out his crazy talk, which is really rare."
At this time, Alan Lugo, the son of Madman Lugo, also had a look of astonishment on his face.
Xie Yuan: "..."
Is this such a "father is kind and son is filial"?