Philippa Erhardt.
This is a sorcerer who is known to everyone in the north. He was once an advisor to Vizmir II, the previous king of Redania.
When Vizmir II was assassinated, Philippa, who was planning the coup on Thanede Island, rushed back to Redania to deal with the chaos in the country. Afterwards, Redania was managed by her and the head of the country's intelligence agency, Sigi. Simmond Dijkstra became co-regent.
Regardless of her secular knitting identity, she was also a member of the Warlock Council and later one of the founders of the Sorcerer Institute. She plays an extremely important role in the history of the world, including Geralt's life.
There's no doubting this top player's ability, and the ambition she sometimes reveals is undeniable. There is quite reliable evidence that she is inseparable from the death of Vizmir II. As a member of the sorceress's chamber, she was also involved in the deaths of two other monarchs: Demavi of Aedirn and Foltest of Temeria.
Because of this, the former "Jewel of Tritog's Court" has now become a wanted target jointly by the Northern Special Forces and Nilfgaard.
As the son and successor of Vizmir, the current King Radovid V is especially eager to capture her because he may have been severely beaten by Philippa when he was a child. In Locke Muinny's last encounter, he had gouged out Philippa's eyes. When she escaped, what he longed for most was to hang the head of the so-called "Jewel of Tritog's Court" on the city gate.
However, thanks to her mastery of transformation magic, Philippa transformed into an owl and escaped her pursuers. She then found a hiding place outside Novigrad and waited for the situation to improve.
But why did she end up in a warlock's home as a pet?
The reason is that while on the run, she found refuge with an old lover, who was also a sorcerer. Although the warlock was not naturally jealous, he set a trap for Philippa, trapping her in the form of an owl and shackling her with anti-magic metal so that she could not recover. So next, it fell into the auction and was bought by Zoltan.
It's really a strange arrangement, but what makes people feel that fate is unpredictable is that if Xie Yuan hadn't suddenly rescued Margarita, she would have been grateful and cared about Ciri and followed her to Novigrad.
It's hard to imagine what happened to the owl that had been fed in the hotel after the anti-magic metal hinge was unlocked without anyone seeing through it - you know, the dwarf Zoltan is a guy who likes to drink, gamble, and fight.
It's hard to say whether the owl, his beloved parrot replacement, will be sold again at this time.
"That dwarf... huh, let's not mention it!"
Philippa snorted bitterly, and then asked Margarita: "What about this person named Yuan? Why does he want to participate in this matter? Is he interested in the blood of the elders?" "Some kind of In a sense, he is also one of Xilibai's swordsmanship teachers, and he said he came to Xili to play."
"Oh? Isn't Geralt jealous?" Philippa teased, "Another lover of his adopted daughter's bed is here. Isn't White Wolf, the pile driver, worried that there won't be a place for him there in the future?"
"Philippa Eilhardt!" Margarita called out her full name, looking very serious. "Yuan is a traditional person in teaching, and there is nothing unusual about his conversation with Shirley - at least. Not now, otherwise Yennefer and Geralt wouldn't be able to tolerate him." "And don't underestimate this person just because he's unknown. Ordinary mages can't do anything to this kind of person," Margarita explained: "He appeared first On the outskirts of Vizima, in a short battle, he stood on the Temerian side and easily killed a Nilfian military forward, saving Yennefer; and then helped a team of soldiers from the Nilfgaard Empire kill Wild Hunt Knight, with his strength and the background he provided, Emhyr directly gave him a knighthood."
"So this Yuan does have some abilities, otherwise he would not be so favored by the emperor... I suddenly want to meet this man."
After Philippa spoke with great interest, she felt no response from the other party, and immediately looked disgusted: "Mattie, I won't take advantage of your man. Ever since I met Sigismund Dijkstra After we had a falling out...I felt bad for my daughter
Human beings have more qualities than men. "
"Dijkstra is also in Novigrad now." Margarita said muffledly. "I know," Philippa sighed. "He has now become a big gangster on the street. He has hundreds of people under his command. He lives in the bathhouse. He calls himself "Siggy Louwin". I heard it this morning. The three of them exchanged information. "
"Haha!" Philippa couldn't help but sneered, "I'm really going back to living more and more, living like a sewer rat."
Margarita actually wanted to say that you are not much better, you can live your life as a pet like an owl... But she didn't dare to say it, after all, there is no need to upset everyone over such a trivial matter. Fall out.
But Margarita was a little curious: "Why did you two fall out? I remember that your relationship was not very good at that time?"
"Hmm, that's good, but when we each escaped from Radovid V's arrest warrant, we each sent assassins to assassinate each other to eliminate hidden dangers and eliminate the root causes."
Philippa gave Margarita a reason that was undeniable but dumbfounding.
"Is it because of this?" Margarita was a little dumbfounded - this is the idea of knitters, and sometimes it is really elusive.
"He will never forgive those who he thinks betrayed him, and will definitely kill them all." Then Philippa also showed a standard politician's smile, "Undisputedly, I am the same way."
"Ah! I've heard enough." Margarita shook her head helplessly, then touched Philippa's face, "Your wound has recovered to its best condition, but you need to cast a spell to restore your vision. I You also need to prepare to engrave runes on the gem so that it can be directly embedded in the original position of the eye and connect to your brain to form a visual image."
"This is the only way!" Philippa sighed helplessly, "Wilgefortz* is cultivating biological tissue on gems to repair his lost eyes. I have been trying this method, but it is limited by Due to the lack of treatment environment and materials, and because I did not obtain his complete method, the experiment has always failed."
"Now as long as you can restore your eyesight, it is more appropriate to use expedient measures. I have advised you before."
Margarita looked at Philippa helplessly: "Wilgefortz's precise operation depends on him only needing to repair one eye, and you have lost both eyes now. And remember, my temporary The method also requires you to use mana all the time to maintain the operation of the runes - this means that you can no longer get into a battle of spells, otherwise the consumption of mana will make you blind again."
"Okay, okay!" Philippa waved her hand in disgust, "Hurry up and make arrangements! It's too long-winded. You have to remember to buy "me" later, otherwise that stinky dwarf will take me away again. I'm pretty sure I'm going to be in some Gwent game,"
"Got it!" Margarita designed and wrote the runes on the drawing without looking back. "That's right!" Philippa suddenly remembered, "Mattie, you said you were researching a kind of mind-shielding magic? What is this? Your new research project?"
"Yes, Yuan has a very magical mental ability that can reduce people's attention to him," Margarita, who was attentive, explained briefly, "With this mind-shielding ability, he can even form a spiritual realm. Let all those who are less inspired than him can only receive a signal that he deliberately releases - an insignificant guy. He relied on this ability to bring me into Novigrad in a grand manner, and the guards really didn't notice any of them. mine."
"So you want to copy this ability?" Philippa became interested. She is also an outstanding graduate of the magic academy and has special experience in the use of magic. "Is he born with it? If so, we All he needs to know is what kind of strange intelligent creatures his ancestors had interbred with..."
"Fela..." Margarita couldn't help but turn her head. Regardless of whether she could see him or not, she wanted to roll her eyes. "Yuan is a pure human being, a 100% pure healthy male human being."
"Are you sure?!" Philippa showed a narrow smile.
"Yes." Margarita admitted reluctantly, "I have completed the verification...in bed."
"So, if his abilities weren't mutated at birth..." Philippa said with a smile, Margarita's guess.
"Or it's a special skill that can be trained the day after tomorrow." Margarita added.
"No matter what the result is, in this turbulent era, even in peacetime, as long as it can be researched, it is a miraculous ability that can be used to save lives."
Although Philippa has no eyes at this time, anyone can hear her ambition: "I also want to join this research project,"
Margarita: "..."
Margarita and Philippa are conducting research and demonstration for the future of the warlock and Philippa's personal needs.
On the other side, at night, through the tunnels extending in all directions in Novigrad - by the way, this tunnel was also a secret passage that Xie Yuan accidentally found after scanning the entire city with a scanner.
The "Free City" Novigrad is indeed terrifying.
It's a pity for Triss, because the exit of this secret passage can only be inland, and now she seems to have the idea of using a sea ship, which requires a secret passage to the dock. Geralt advised her not to worry. After all, it seemed that Yuan Xie had some special means to detect the underground environment. Today he could find a secret passage leading outside the city, and tomorrow he might be able to find a secret passage leading to the dock. The secret passage!
The two of them quickly arrived outside the city and came to a strange symbol mark that could be seen with Geralt's demon hunter ability - this was Yuan Xie's knight's coat of arms, which was unique. With the mark in hand, Geralt and Triss quickly arrived at the cabin that Xie Yuan had mentioned. However, as soon as they opened the door, even if they were mentally prepared, they were both surprised.
Manji was really brought out!
