God-level Demon Hunter

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Ariane La Valetti

Age: 11

Status: Heir of the La Valetti family, eldest son of Baron La Valetti, knight apprentice

Health: 30/50 (Dream)

"Dream..." Roy rubbed his temples, thoughtful.

Ariane got lost in a dream?

"Little ghost, did you find something?"

"You speak first."

Lei Suo has already checked the boy's body briefly, "I agree with the witch doctor, Arian's state is very strange, there is no trace of curse or poisoning on his body, and there is no magic power fluctuation..."

The big fan-like hand pulled the young boy's slender right leg out of the blanket, and tapped the lower knee with his index finger, instantly activating the knee jerk reflex of this leg, "The basic reflexes of the body are still there, he is not in a coma... ..." The big man opened the boy's eyelids again, and everyone suddenly noticed that his eyeballs were rolling rapidly, and the whites of his eyes and pupils went up and down.

"Master..." Louisa was taken aback by the terrifying situation, "What's wrong with Ariane?"

"Don't worry, ma'am, this is a normal reaction..." The witcher has a better understanding of human body structure, reflexes, and physiological activities than most doctors. This rapid eye movement symptom."

"To be more precise, Ariane is dreaming..." Roy took a deep breath, "He was trapped in a dream."

Chapter 10 The truth is hidden in the dirt

"Master, do you mean that Ariane has been trapped in a dream for more than a month?" Madam Louisa's red lips parted slightly, her face full of surprise, "Everyone dreams, why can't my child wake up? ?”

Roy carefully observed the woman's expression. Her surprise and astonishment did not seem to be fake, as if she knew nothing about what happened in the garden that night.

"Could we guess wrong, she hasn't been to the garden?" The witcher sank, "No, Madam Louisa can win Foltest's favor, how can it be possible without any means! She must have superb acting skills , that’s right, the more beautiful a woman is, the more cunning she is, she’s good at disguising, and she still has to remember Axi!”

"Ma'am, you are right. The dreams of ordinary people can last for several hours at most... This is really rare for Master Ariane." Lei Suo pondered for a moment, then said slowly, "According to my past experience Judging, there are three possible scenarios for him not being able to wake up..."

"Demon hunter, tell me..." The witch doctor on the side opened his cloudy eyes and asked with great interest, "What's your opinion?"

"In the first case, Aryan is subconsciously unwilling to wake up..."

"Why, isn't this torturing yourself?!" The baroness's voice trembled, her knuckles turning white.

"Maybe he doesn't want to face the reality... He found an extremely repulsive and unbelievable situation in the garden... So he chose to escape... No one can wake up the person who pretends to be asleep!" Roy stared at the woman, from There was a flash of panic in those brown eyes,

"My child has received orthodox knight training. He is stronger than most adults. He will never be a coward and escape from reality..." Louisa retorted weakly, but did not notice that she was smearing roses The red nails sank into the flesh of the palm. "That won't be the case..."

"Then let's talk about the second possibility. Amos, who was previously identified as the murderer, in addition to his identity as a Quint performer, is also an extremely clever hypnotist. He exerted a strong psychological force on Master Aryan. It was only by hinting that he fell into an endless dream."

Lesso took up the conversation again, and the witch doctor and Mrs. Louisa unconsciously held their breath and focused, "However, we have had an in-depth conversation with the members of Sea Scorpions. Judging from their answers and reactions, Amos I don't have the ability to hypnotize..."

"So you two don't think that guy is the murderer?"

Louisa licked her red lips, her uneven body tensed quietly.

"Amos and Ariane from the Sea Scorpion Acrobatic Troupe are innocent victims." Roy said with confidence.

The scene fell into silence for a moment.

The perpetrator was not Amos, so who was it?

The witch doctor looked curiously back and forth between the witcher and Mrs. Louisa. He felt that the two groups of people had something to hide from him, and they didn't seem to be in the same camp.

"What about the third possibility?" After a long time, Louisa asked hoarsely, half of her face buried in a dark corner where the sun could not shine.

"The last situation involves some secrets of Chateau La Valette..." Roy glanced at the witch doctor intentionally or unintentionally, "If possible, Madam Louisa, can we talk in private?"

The woman hesitated for a second or two, and smiled apologetically at the witch doctor, "Master Cecilia, today's treatment is over... You can leave first, Sylvia will arrange accommodation for you, everything will be as usual..."

"You two masters, why don't you wait to see me like this?" After the witch doctor heard this, the wrinkles on his face deepened. "I showed you the prophecy, and you just repay me like this?"

"Your Excellency Cecilia, the next matter is of great importance. We don't want you to be implicated..." Roy said sincerely, and then turned to Louisa, "You are really dissatisfied, and we will explain to you later."

Only then did the old man put his hands on his hips, and reluctantly left the bedroom, there was a burst of shouting in the corridor,

"Ms. Silvia, you promised to treat me well, now please bring a goat cub over here, mother! Go and get ready!"

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The door was closed tightly to block out the sound from outside.

"Two, can we continue now?"

"Of course, my dear lady, to continue the previous topic, the third possibility," the witcher said with a smile, "is related to a discovery we made in the garden."

Roy showed the Northern Territory Gwent card in his pocket, "This is the clue left by Amos before he was killed."

Louisa's brown eyes glanced at the majestic man with the crown on the card, and her bright eyes were startled, "Masters, you are not trying to fool me, the accident that night has something to do with a Gwent card. What contact?"

"Ma'am, do you know this man?" the witcher asked back.

"Her Majesty Foltest, King of Temeria!"

"Then we will officially notify you now that he is the murderer!" Roy and Lei Suo exchanged glances with a firm tone.

"..."

Louisa took a deep breath, then frowned slightly, and said displeasedly, "You two masters, don't you think it's ridiculous to forcibly give the Lord of Temeria a criminal title? Besides, at that time, His Majesty still In Vizima to deal with military affairs, there is no time to rush to the Baron of La Valette. This statement is simply inexplicable!"

"We're not joking!" Roy said in a deep voice, "According to the investigation, Foltest once attended the banquet under the pseudonym Testave...Testave, do you still have an impression, that Vizima came distinguished guests."

Louisa turned pale and lowered her head,

"We asked the maid of the castle about the time of Master Arrian's accident. His Majesty happened to have been to the garden. He couldn't get rid of the suspicion. And this Gwent card is conclusive evidence."

"The two masters have misunderstood—" Louisa crossed her verdant fingers together, and just about to explain something, the witcher interrupted her.

"Ma'am, do you know that Princess Adda of Vizima and I are old acquaintances... To be precise, I saved her life."

Roy paced around Louisa,

"She told us that His Majesty the King left Vizima more than a month ago, and it happened to coincide with the dinner at La Valette Castle. Do you think this is a coincidence? Do you want to ask your husband for confirmation? , when a king travels, no matter how concealed he is, he will leave clues..."

The baroness's red lips moved, but in the end she just sighed,

"Okay... The two masters really have some ability to investigate this far... You are right, Testaf is His Majesty Foltest's pseudonym. As for the reason, His Majesty and Master have a good friendship, and The baronies are of vital strategic importance to Temeria, so it is not too much for His Majesty to come here in disguise to congratulate the lord's youngest daughter?"

Louisa bit her red lips lightly, "But the murderer you said hurt Aryan is definitely not His Majesty, I promise!"

"How do you know, how dare you guarantee him?" Roy chased after the woman's dodging eyes, "Could it be that respected baroness, you also went to the garden that night to have a tryst with Foltest?"

"Shut up!" The woman yelled sharply, she changed her previous weak and haggard look, raised her chin, her eyes were gloomy, "I asked you to come here to save Ariane, not to let you slander my innocence reputation!"

"If this kind of nonsense is spread, what serious consequences will it cause? Do you understand?!"

Lei Suo clasped his arms around his chest and leaned against the wall to appreciate his disciple's impromptu performance.

And Roy shook his head and sighed softly, "Consider the consequences? But why, according to the castle maid's confession, at that time, only Foltest and you had the chance to commit the crime?"

"This is slander, you have solid evidence? Show me, except for a ridiculous Gwent card - who knows if the two put it on purpose?" The baroness was hoarse, but when she heard the movement outside the door, She lowered her voice again.

"Evidence?" The demon hunter shook his head, "Your performance just now is the best evidence...and, do you think, if you tell the Lord Baron about this amazing discovery, will he believe us?"

The woman's facial features suddenly tightened, and her elegant temperament disappeared. She knew very well that even if it was just a false rumor, as long as the old and possessive man heard about such dirty deeds, he would definitely get to the bottom of it. Find out.

The La Valetti family lacked neither money nor soldiers, but its majesty and dignity were inviolable.

In fact, according to the normal development track, Baron La Valette will eventually break with Foltest, and one of the triggers is what Louisa and Foltest were smashed, but strongly denied. Adultery.

"Demon hunter, what exactly are you going to do?" Louisa tried her best to suppress her voice, and asked, "What's the use of forcing and threatening a weak woman?"

"Ma'am, I didn't intend to provoke you, I just want to know the facts, what happened in the garden that night, made the Sea Scorpion Acrobatic Troupe and my friends suffer unfairly?!"

Roy continued to take a step closer to her, and Louisa then took a step back, "As long as you answer truthfully, we promise not to reveal this secret... Otherwise, you will not be the first person we contact after we investigate the garden. , but the Baron."

After hearing this, Louisa's pretty face turned pale, a few beads of cold sweat emerged from her temples, her back slowly leaned against the edge of the bed, her ten fingers clasped tightly in front of her chin, and her knuckles trembled.

Roy's next words completely overwhelmed her psychological defense.

"To tell you the truth, we have a special seal that can turn a person into an obedient puppet to tell us the truth, but using this method to torture a noble baroness is really hurtful... That's why we patiently communicated with you, but you are too stubborn."

Roy stared at the woman with pale face, and took another step closer to her, "The demon hunter still has a hand. It is not difficult to prove whether a father and daughter are related by blood. It only takes a few steps. First--"

"Stop!" the baroness said dejectedly, "Masters, you have won! I will explain everything, all the facts...but don't, stop threatening."

The woman finally raised her head and took a deep look at the witcher. There were complaints and fear in her eyes, but there was still a hint of relief.

Then she checked the door repeatedly to make sure there was no outsider nearby, and cursed in a low voice.

"Damn it, you shouldn't have been allowed into the castle in the first place!"

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"As you guessed it..." Marie-Louisa La Valette began to wipe Ariane's face gently with a wet towel, as if to suppress the panic in her heart, "that night, I and Frederick His Majesty Ertest has made an appointment to meet in the garden..."

"Ma'am." Roy interrupted, "When exactly did you get in touch with His Majesty the King?"

Louisa said angrily, "You want to take away the last bit of dignity from a poor mother?"

The two were still stern, turning a blind eye. Roy knew very well that this beautiful woman was a female diplomat with superb means.

"Forget it, last fall, at the bear hunting banquet in the Baron... His Majesty saw me for the first time..." Louisa's brown pupils flashed a flash of memory, and her face was actually a little sweet, "I didn't expect He is such a domineering person, he cannot be rejected at all!"

"Wait, it started last fall?" The two demon hunters exchanged glances and sighed inwardly, "Just over a year later, Miss Anais was born... Tsk tsk, Foltest is really a 'Strong' man."

This flirtatious king had quite unique tastes, he gave birth to Princess Yada after being criticized, and fell in love with his subordinate's wife.

He wasn't afraid that the old baron would turn around and fall into the arms of Radovid, the king of Redania?

"Next, what happened to you in the garden?"

"You don't know about the matter between men and women?" Louisa sneered,

Roy touched his nose. It was exciting to think about a tryst between a married woman and a respected king in the garden under the night.

"But the child Aryan and the acrobat didn't come early or late, but they entered the garden at that critical moment... Overheard my conversation with His Majesty by accident, and learned His Majesty's true identity."

"Ariane has followed the way of chivalry since he was a child. He has a decent style and can't tolerate the slightest bit of sand in his eyes. At that time, he rushed out to confront my unqualified mother..."

The Baroness's face showed deep pain and shame for a moment, "I was stunned, my mind was in a mess, and I couldn't think of how to explain it, Ariane...he ran out of the garden in a rage!"

"You didn't lie?" Roy asked, "Just let Arian leave like this, so you won't be afraid that he will reveal the scandal to his father?"

"What else can I do?" Louisa yelled at the witcher almost snarling, "Do you want a mother to hurt her own flesh and blood?"

"I just hope that he can calm down... he can think about the relationship between mother and child a little bit in his heart, and don't do too much and expose the matter to his father."

"According to this, what happened to Aryan after that has nothing to do with you?"

Louisa shook her head in pain, "Maybe I should really follow, and he will be fine... But the second witness, Amos, is a bigger problem, and we have to deal with him first."

Roy was even more puzzled. This was completely different from what they had imagined. "Could it be that the disappearance of Amos and Arian's coma were two separate incidents?"

"How did you deal with Ammos?" Roy asked, "I have come into contact with this guy. Although his temper and behavior are annoying, he is not guilty of death. Where did you hide him? Don't tell me about himself. ran away!"

"Amos, the Kint showman," the baroness lowered her eyes and said in a gloomy tone, "This greedy guy, His Majesty has already promised him a large sum of money, enough to be a rich man for a lifetime, as long as he keeps it secret... But he was not satisfied, and actually seized this opportunity to blackmail His Majesty, asking His Majesty to grant him the status of a nobleman!"

"Demon hunter, do you think it's ridiculous?" Louisa's tone was full of contempt, "A wandering, low-status acrobat actually expects to become a jazz in one step!"

"His ugly face made us completely give up... His Majesty Foltest has always only accepted negotiations and never accepted threats. So he pretended to agree to his request, leaned over, stabbed his stomach with a dagger, and finally... ..."

"Strangle him with a talisman!" The fear flashed in Louisa's eyes.

"But we did all the math, and we didn't expect this cunning thing to leave a Gwent card in advance as a clue, so that the two of you caught the tell!" the baroness said weakly.

"Foltest, you are cruel."

Roy sighed, shocked by the decisiveness of the king of a country, but he was relieved in an instant.

Undoubtedly, before becoming king, Foltest's experience was even more cruel. Without a heart of stone, it is impossible to stand at the height he is today.

"Where did that corpse go?" Lei Suo wondered, "You poured dirty water on Amos, how could you properly dispose of his corpse in less than half an hour?"

"There are times when the witcher can't guess?" The baroness's wife breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled with a smug smile, "The yard is full of flower beds, so what else is suitable for burying the corpse?"

Chapter 11 Appearance

"Garden? You and Foltest buried him in the ground?" Roy re-examined Louisa, slightly annoyed, why didn't he dig the ground to have a look?

"The ubiquitous fragrance of flowers is the best cover. Under the circumstances at that time, there was indeed no more suitable choice than this. Sylvia mentioned that you have to go to the garden every day to relax, is it actually to destroy the traces of the crime?"

"Poor Amos, originally thought that the sky would fall into the sky, but he wasted his life and turned into flower fertilizer. He will probably die with regret?" Roy said so, but actually he didn't have much sympathy for Amos, he was too greedy But losing his mind and lacking the strength to coerce a king... is simply tiresome.

"Arian's side...how did you deal with it?"