novelraw Chapter 72: The Humiliated Yennefer and Pre-Battle Preparations
Chapter 72: The Humiliated Yennefer and Pre-Battle Preparations
"Oh dear! Is this really true, darling!"
"You must get proper rest then. I have some magical potions here that restore energy, please take them."
Margarita was indeed quite easy to persuade for a sorceress.
Kieriman had merely mentioned in passing that he had also suffered some depletion, and she immediately became extremely concerned, fussing over him with warm attention, even gifting him a bottle of magical potion that looked quite expensive.
However, as she spoke, the headmistress suddenly thought of something, her expression becoming somewhat excited as she shook the man's arm and said:
"Darling, do you think it's possible that the reason Yennefer lost her memory is also because of soul damage?"
"If you perform soul healing on her, she might recover her memories."
As these words came out, before Kieriman could even react, Yennefer suddenly stood up, her expression a mixture of embarrassment and annoyance, glaring at Margarita as she said:
"What are you talking about, Margarita?"
"How could I possibly do that kind of thing with your man?""Besides, didn't you all say that I have a boyfriend? White Wolf Geralt is my boyfriend."
"How could I betray him while having a boyfriend?"
Margarita, who had been glared at, said somewhat aggrievedly:
"What are you afraid of? It's not like you haven't done similar things before."
"You've had two boyfriends simultaneously in the past, and that White Wolf even dueled your ex-boyfriend to win you."
"Besides, everything is for treating memory loss. If I don't mind, why should you?"
Watching the two sorceresses argue, Kieriman rubbed his forehead. While he didn't mind, the prerequisite was that she herself had to be willing.
He stroked Margarita's golden long hair and said in a persuasive tone:
"Don't rush, Margarita."
"The timing isn't particularly urgent right now."
"You and Yennefer can try other methods first."
"If nothing else works, we can keep this option as a last resort backup plan."
………………
When he left the house where the two sorceresses lived, it was already past noon.
After he had sold his charms, the nineteen wyvern eggs were sold for the high price of 5,700 orens at 300 orens each—double the market price.
I wonder if Margarita will end up losing money after making the virility potions?
However, Kieriman believed that most of this amount should be considered payment for selling his body.
After all, he would have to be with Margarita like this every month from now on. Calculated this way, even though he was being kept by a wealthy sorceress, he actually felt he was getting the short end of the stick.
However, because of his close relationship with Margarita, and with the headmistress's permission, he used the Soul Absorption Sign to extract souls from these nineteen dragon eggs, obtaining a total of 950 soul points. His total soul power once again exceeded 1,000 points.
After all, the headmistress only used the special substances within the dragon eggs to produce virility potions, which had nothing to do with whether souls existed inside the eggs.
If he didn't extract them, it would be equivalent to waste, so why not take advantage?
Getting nearly a thousand soul points for free was quite a pleasant surprise that greatly energized Kieriman.
That afternoon was the scheduled treatment time with Princess Adda.
Accompanied by royal advisor Lady Triss, the witcher once again met the stunningly beautiful Princess Adda.
Because they had experience from the first time, the second treatment proceeded quite smoothly.
After some work, only one-third of the remaining striga curse within the princess's body remained unremoved.
Kieriman absorbed these curses and gained over sixty more soul points—better than nothing.
After leaving the royal palace, Kieriman went to visit the medical student Shani, while also checking on his future apprentice Alvin.
Unfortunately, Shani seemed to have reached some critical point in her research—she only briefly greeted him before returning to her work.
Alvin, however, remained quite sensible. Since confirming that he would become Kieriman's apprentice, he had grown increasingly respectful toward his savior and future master.
Kieriman certainly wasn't stingy either. He took out a money pouch containing fifty orens and handed it to Caroline, instructing her to buy more meat and nutritious foods during this period.
Getting nearly a thousand soul points for free was quite a pleasant surprise that greatly energized Kieriman.
Moreover, after meeting Headmistress Margarita, he now had a high-level healer as an assistant for both Berengar's arm and the bloodline advancement ritual needed for ascending to the superhuman rank—something that put him completely at ease.
What he still lacked was soul cultivation and large amounts of soul power.
After considering for a while, Kieriman ultimately set his sights on the tens of thousands of evil merfolk and the evil god avatar Dagon in Lake Vizima.
He estimated that by dealing with these two targets, while also engaging in some casual activities, killing some monsters, and flirting with the Lake Goddess, the conditions for advancing to the superhuman rank should be met.
However, before that, he absolutely needed to prepare a batch of combat supplies.
His previous combat supplies were prepared in Ammonite Village, but the resources in the elf village were limited. While he had prepared plenty of witcher potions, he hadn't made many alchemical bombs and other weapons due to the primitive conditions.
Now that he was in Vizima, the capital of the Temerian Kingdom, materials certainly weren't lacking.
Moreover, after learning some knowledge from the Wolf School, the bombs he could make were no longer limited to just Beehive Bombs.
After leaving the royal palace, Kieriman went to visit the medical student Shani, while also checking on his future apprentice Alvin.
Happily having plenty of spare money on hand, Kieriman directly took out three thousand orens and began large-scale procurement in the city, then went into seclusion to cultivate and manufacture various alchemical weapons. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on noveⅼfire.net
Not only that, because of his cooperative relationship with alchemy master Kalkstein, he specifically sought out this master alchemist and purchased many alchemical poisons specifically designed to deal with evil merfolk.
The combat preparations took a total of three days. Apart from occasionally visiting Margarita for some activities at night, the witcher devoted all his energy to making alchemical bombs.
Because they were produced in large quantities, the cost of the bombs was reduced.
Over two hundred Beehive Bombs, twenty Dragon's Dreams, ten Northern Winds, and five anti-magic bombs were all stored in the witcher's dimensional storage space.
Not only that, but he also had plenty of tools effective against merfolk, such as large quantities of fire oil, fishing nets, and poisons.
With all preparations complete, the journey to Black Tern Island was about to officially begin.