Chapter 17: Missing

"Do you remember the Duke's face?"

Dandrion laughed as he drank the wine from his glass, "That's so funny, I'll definitely write him into my next poem, and then let the duke's stupid image spread everywhere." ”

"Keep it low, Dandrien, and if you don't want your throat cut in the middle of the night, you'd better restrain yourself." Ash was a little helpless.

They went out in high spirits, but in the end they made an unpleasant scene.

"Don't you think it......" Seeing Roger's indifferent face, Ash asked a little strangely.

"It's nothing, Geralt can handle it alone."

"We'll just wait here, but it's not about him right now, it's something else." Roger frowned, he always felt that the Duke seemed to have other plans.

He was also a little deliberate in making things difficult for them, and he seemed to be sure that Geralt would be able to agree.

After lunch, Ash went back to her room to rest, she had drunk too much wine last night and was still a little groggy.

Dandrion looked left and right, but took the initiative to lean over.

"She likes you very much."

"Ash has always been a curious girl, and if she likes Geralt, then I will definitely strongly disagree, after all, the matter between Geralt and Yennefer is bad enough."

"But if it's you......"

"The day after tomorrow is Ash's birthday, so I think she'll be very happy to prepare a gift."

After saying that, Dandrion handed Roger an ambiguous smile, and then got up and left.

He's got a full schedule, and I'm afraid he won't be back to the tavern tonight.

To Roger's surprise, Geralt didn't show up, and it seemed that he should have set off directly after investigating the clues.

Time flew by, and when the three met the next morning, they found that Geralt had not returned all night.

But just when they were about to go out to look for it, Ze Liszt took the initiative to come to the door with a group of people.

"Fence them off, and no one can leave until the matter is investigated!"

"What are you going to do?" Dandrien shouted.

"That's a question for me to ask." Ze Liszt sneered, "I'm looking for your companion, that white-haired witcher!" ”

"After investigating the clues yesterday morning, he left in the boat we provided, but until now, no trace of him has been found near the docks."

"We have reason to suspect that he didn't complete the commission at all, but ran away with the deposit paid by the Duke in advance!"

"This filthy liar dares to embezzle even the Duke's money!"

"It can't be, Geralt won't do it." Dandrion shouted, and then he seemed to think of something.

"He's going to do the job he's going to do, maybe...... Maybe there's an accident, no, you must immediately send someone to find him in the direction he left! ”

"He's in danger!"

Dandrion lunged forward, but a tall figure slammed in front of him, and he was nearly knocked to the ground by surprise.

"Want to run?!" Ze Liszt sneered.

"Even if there is an accident, he should help the Duke solve the problem after taking our money, not to mention that the filthy bastard is likely to have escaped!"

"Arrest them for me, and I'll take them to the Duke and find out!"

Ze Liszt waved his hand, and the people around him took advantage of the situation to surround him.

"Get out of here!"

"I think something must be wrong, what does this have to do with us?" Dandrien's attitude changed very quickly, but Keze Liszt stopped talking, but smiled indifferently.

"Geralt won't run away, he should be in trouble, since you don't want to send someone, give us a ship, let's go find him!"

Ash stood up bravely, his voice trembling a little, but his eyes were determined.

"Miss Ash." Ze Liszt smiled.

"You are a guest of the Duke, I would like to believe what you say, but the two of them cannot, if you get on the ship, how can I guarantee that you will not return here?"

"You can send someone to follow!" As soon as he said that, Ash felt that his proposal was very stupid.

"Needless to say, stay and wait for everything to be investigated."

Zelistt gave Ash a deep look, but at that moment, he suddenly felt a flower in front of him, and then a strong hand grasped his neck.

"You said Geralt didn't come back, where did he go?"

"You...... Yes...... Stop it! ”

Ze Liszt screamed, he felt his neck almost crushed, and he tried to keep his eyes open, he really couldn't understand why the witcher who was standing behind the crowd just now suddenly appeared behind him.

"Let them go, and take us to the docks!"

Roger said coldly, and without giving Zelistt a chance to answer, he carried the tall man out of the tavern like a chicken.

A few of the servants around him were eager to attack Roger, but as soon as they saw him, they fell to the sky, and they didn't even have time to scream.

Ze Liszt was sweating profusely, and at first he wanted to threaten a few words, but before he could finish speaking, a sharp pain came, and he felt his thumb being crushed.

"Shut up, don't squeak when I don't ask you."

Roger's voice was indifferent, and in his fright, Liszt didn't even dare to exhale.

And along the way, Roger also figured out what happened, and after the investigation was over, Geralt originally planned to go back to the tavern to discuss with Roger, but the duke on the side repeatedly urged, and he had no choice but to set off early.

As rumors of monster attacks spread, no sailors wanted to go to sea, and Geralt sailed alone to a place they called Dragon's Tooth Reef.

There were so many reefs that the big ships couldn't get close to, but until it got dark, no one saw Geralt, so what happened was what happened.

"Get on board!"

Ze Liszt looked at his twisted fingers and then at the oars at his feet, "My hand ......"

"If it can't be used for rowing, I can kindly chop it for you."

"No, no, I'm the best sailor in the neighborhood until I take over the entire dock."

Ze Liszt nodded quickly, and sat up quickly, showing no signs of injury at all.

"By boat?"

"I'm seasick and dizzy......"

Dandrien's face was full of reluctance, while Roger took Ash on his own and walked onto the boat.

"You can choose to stay here, and when we return, your body should be hung by the Duke on a nearby mast."

"It's still the kind that doesn't wear clothes."

Before Roger could finish speaking, Dandrion jumped up with an arrow, and at this moment, there was a loud noise in the distance, and it seemed that a large group of people were approaching here.

"Boating, or choose to die here now."

Ze Liszt closed his mouth in amusement, glanced at the crowd in the distance with teary eyes, and set off.