Chapter #70

Yennefer gazed at the Witcher who was desperately trying to leave her grasp. It was honestly weird since he didn't seem anything like Sabrina had described.

The first thing was the existence of the squirrel Ao the Second as Zeno introduced. Yennefer could guess what happened to the first Ao and didn't comment.

Still his aversion to her was weird, she was just an apprentice enchantress and she doubted that he knew her, Sabrina clearly didn't warn him about her.

He clearly checked her out but to her surprise she didn't find a shred of lust in that gaze more like he was feeling dread.

'Interesting...' Yennefer's curiosity was aroused which was the opposite of what Zeno wanted.

She invited him to her place where she was staying with her master Tissaia de Vries who even dropped her position of Rectoress at Aretuza just because of her.

'I wasn't that much of a troublemaker right?' Yennefer thought.

She listened to the boring story of Harkon and his heroic death, Yennefer got bored from the moment Harkon refused to go through with the Witcher trials.

Still hearing the results of the sacking was a surprise to her and increased Zeno's value since she may not run into another witcher for a long time.

"Eh, by the way lady Yennefer, may I ask who is your master?" Zeno asked, bringing Yennefer out of her thoughts.

Zeno was intently looking over to her master's room, she figured he noticed the symmetry of the door as her master was obsessed with it.

She didn't notice but Zeno's appearance changed even before she answered, everything about him became even and symmetrical. Some would even say perfect.

"Tissaia de Vries, she's old. So you must've heard about her." Yennefer smiled.

"She's also behind you." Zeno pointed out.

Yennefer turned around to see her master's cold smile, she didn't comment on Yennefer's words but seeing her tremble for a moment Zeno could guess she fucked up.

Tissaia turned to look at Zeno before she blinked. Soon she was circling around him looking for something that just wasn't there.

"It seems you got yourself a special company Yennefer." She eventually said.

"Yes, he is a witcher that my friend Sabrina was talking about." Yennefer said no longer able to keep it a secret.

"I see..." Tissaia said while she held Zeno's chin with her hand. Zeno felt a pulse of magic go through him before it was negated. "You are really special aren't you? Come to my room after you're done with my pupil." Tissaia walked into her room.

Zeno turned to Yennefer who was shocked enough that her mouth was left open.

"Well, it seems I need to educate Sabrina on what she is allowed to say about me." Yennefer heard Zeno grunting.

His expression was so different from the one's she saw so far. It confirmed that she is being treated like a stranger which was normal but Yennefer was never treated like this ever since she graduated.

"Anyway, since you know why I invited you. I want to hear how you met Sabrina from your perspective." Yennefer recollected herself before going into her own room.

Zeno sighed he wanted to escape but he also wanted to bang Tissaia. 'What a conundrum...' he thought before following Yennefer.

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Zeno spent the rest of the day speaking with Yennefer about his hunt for the basilisk which wasn't long since the poor thing died quickly.

Yennefer expressed some regret for not having basilisk leather shoes while lifting her feet to show him; she didn't forget to caress her thighs in the process.

At this point Zeno didn't need much hint to realize she wanted to bed him after whatever Sabrina told her and needed a way out.

'Think! What does she care more than sex?! It's fucking magic!' Zeno figured it out.

"Well, I better drop by your master's room, I don't want to make a powerful and influential enchantress waiting. There's also something I would like to ask her." Zeno got up with a wry smile.

"If it's about magic I can be of help as well." Yennefer got up as well and took his hands in hers. Her violet eyes, trying to draw him closer.

"I don't think an apprentice can help me create a Witcher sign." Zeno said fully knowing signs are just petty tricks for mages.

"Those are just party tricks, what do you want more fire for your Igni? A better Axii? I can even improve your Quen so you can really get it in there when on the hunt..." Yennefer licked her lips.

It seems Zeno's reluctance was drawing her further in. 'Sigh, I am really not Japanese MC material, they can get out of sex so easily.' Zeno sighed, thinking Geralt definitely owed him at this point.

He eventually revealed his new sign which somehow got Yennefer to calm down as she tried it on her crows and failed.

"Impossible!" She tried again only for the crow to flap its wings in anger since Yennefer wasn't gentle at all.

Zeno tried to warn her about the complications that came with the sign but Yennefer wasn't listening him at all.

Zeno took the opportunity to leave the room. He didn't know why Yennefer couldn't use the sign but he wasn't sticking around long enough to find out.

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Arriving at the door, Zeno checked himself once more making sure he was looking pleasant for someone with OCD before knocking.

"Come in." Tissaia answered.

Entering the room Zeno quickly gave it a scan and discovered that everything in the room was orderly. Even the tiles in the room were rearranged with magic to fit in better.

Zeno couldn't give her OCD a diagnosis since he never had a friend with it nor was he a Doctor but he assumed her's was an advanced case.

"Lady Tissaia." Zeno greeted with a nod of his head before taking a seat before she offered.

The custom would have him giving a bow before being told to sit but Zeno didn't feel like bowing.

Though it seems Tissaia didn't care for such things or ignored it due to his profession and started asking about his life, the monsters he slayed places he's been to.

It almost felt like the times when his parents were discussing girls for him to marry but the genders were swapped.

"I see, so my troublemaker pupil forced you to come here." Tissaia sighed, she had been getting more comfortable during the course of their conversation.

"Well, what can I say? Can't really offend but can't afford to sleep with. It is a weird situation." Zeno sighed as well.

"What does that mean, what makes it so that you cannot afford to sleep with her?" Tissaia raised an eyebrow.

'Oh shit! It seems she wasn't the only one getting too comfortable.' Zeno cursed in his head.

"Ahem! It was something I had got during my last trial. It was an extra one that gave me various unique abilities. You can say that it is an instinctual thing, I can observe a person and know whether I can trust them or not." Zeno started to bullshit, mixing it up with some truths to make it believable.

"So you cannot trust my pupil?" Tissaia asked, this time there was a hint of amusement in her eyes.

Zeno felt around the room to make sure Yennefer wasn't secretly listening to their conversation before he answered.

"Well, I believe she is the type of person that would sleep with someone during the day and sleep with another by night." Zeno answered while shamelessly ignoring that he was a harem protagonist.

Tissaia laughed, it was a beautiful laughter especially rare coming from her since she barely smiles from what Zeno remembered of her from the book.

"Well, indeed my apprentice can be like that but now I am really curious what you sense when you look at me." Tissaia said, still giggling from time to time.

"You look like someone with a horrible judge of character." Zeno said somberly, ending her giggling abruptly.

"Well, that requires a bit more explanation don't you think?" Tissaia asked with a subtle raised eyebrow.

That was the only indicator of her slight anger. First, Zeno got ready to fake a trance to make his point stick before his eyes rolled back and his voice distorted.

'Is it too much? Nah...' Zeno thought.

"From the books I have read about you and your own book 'Poisoned Source'. I can see that, you assume that every other mage believes magicians are above things like race, national loyalty, religion and other mortal foibles. Unfortunately that is not the case and I feel like that alone will be your undoing." Zeno said grimly before he fixed himself.

Tissaia was looking at the Witcher strangely, it was truly a pity that she couldn't check whether he was truly in trance since magic didn't work on him due to his extra mutations.

'I wonder if he can cast magic himself other than the party tricks they have?' Tissaia thought.

"Well, let's not dwell on things we cannot help with. Have I mentioned that I brew alcohol as well?" Zeno said while pulling a bottle from his clothing.

"Ye... Yes, it appears I could use a drink right now." Tissaia said while drinking a cup.

Her eyes opened wide afterwards and she looked at Zeno once more before sighing. "First you ruin my pupil's class for the afternoon then you ruin my mood with your trance now you ruin my taste buds, I'll never be able to drink any other alcohol after this."

Zeno was about to apologize but noticed her face getting red from being drunk.

'She got drunk too fast!' Zeno was surprised.

"So, you better ruin me in bed as well, otherwise I am going to be really angry..." She slurred the ending.

'Her OCD makes having sex a torture as it appears, it is normal for her to jump on me who seem perfect at least outwardly.' Zeno smiled and took her hand.