24. Dois Laboratórios

My powers in that world were pretty good, I won't deny. No longer relying on 'white' magic was liberating, but a little strange at the same time. But it has its advantages.

I am free to fly, literally.

It was not difficult, at least once or twice a week, for me to fly from Toussaint to Kaer Morhen or vice versa. One important thing I was doing was a good stock of the Vampire's wine.

We named the wine Aureum Sanguinem, and I realized that it wasn't just Vampires who were looking for the new wine on the market. Even Henrietta and her sister, the new old princess of Toussaint, were drinking it.

I knew that there would be no side effects for ordinary people, I mean, the alcohol content was more than three times as high, but it would not cause mutations or diseases to ordinary people.

Deaths? Maybe, after all, drunk people have a nasty habit of becoming stupid.

Anyway.

The reason for my flights from one place to another was my laboratories. Vampires are intelligent people, sometimes a little too intelligent, if I may say so. So, lest some more ambitious one change the formula, I made periodic visits.

I was stronger and more powerful than all of them put together, but there was still the risk that they would cause some trouble for ordinary people, and I didn't want to risk it. Unfortunately, my control over the race only works on those I created myself.

Otherwise, I would have to keep them on a fear or respect basis. Although I still held them kind of hostage, but given the circumstances they were in before, I think I gave them a good survival option.

I was not lying when I said that in the near future they would have wiped out the human race. There was a group of superior vampires doing plague control, and the information coming in was worrying.

For them.

The lack of population control left a big problem, after all, in every city they visited, it wasn't difficult to find the lesser races of vampires, hiding and causing trouble.

Meanwhile, my soldiers were heading for Kovir, escorting the beautiful red-headed sorceress, Triss. Her escape from Novigrad taking with her a large number of mages, alchemists and races was in progress.

Life was entering a state of monotony, one that I was really enjoying. I was just wandering around the places now. Dettlaff was supervising the Kaer Morhen lab.

Régis was supervising the Corvo Bianco lab, at the same time as the wine developed there, a new recipe, separate from mine, was also being produced.

At Geralt's request, and with Régis's help, Corvo Bianco became Ciri's future home, one that she could stay in to spend her vacations, or have a place of rest and pleasure whenever she needed it.

Speaking of Geralt, it has been a month since he left for Skellige, where he would meet his beloved, or not, Yennefer. Besides the fact that they are looking for Ciri, there are hints of a Djinn somewhere in the mountains.

Obviously Yen wants to undo the order that binds their lives, and who knows, with this, finally find out if they are both really meant for each other.

Tired of the good life, I invited Dettlaff to travel with me to Skellige, as it was a place I really wanted to see. Of course, the idea was to arrive only as two noble travelers, not causing trouble because we were Vampires.

After choosing Mossana to supervise the Lab, I set off with Dettlaff, but in the conventional way. It would also do the man good to have a peaceful and quiet trip, to meet new people and places.

Not to mention that he turned out to be a good friend. It was thanks to him that I was able to make friends, even if very slowly and with very few, with other Vampires.

The power difference is insane, and only a guy who believes he has nothing left to lose would be so calm in interacting with me without caring too much. He kept his polite side, but was much more open and honest.

Our friendship started from there, and Régis joined in, realizing that I was not the power-hungry tyrant he idealized, but a guy who just wants to be at peace, and live in peace.

Mossana, Leiliana, Cartiff, Broomas, Catelyn, Silvana, Jasper, were some of the High Vampires that were in my little circle of friendship.

Vesemir got used to the new residents of Kaer Morhen. Although he kept a suspicious eye on each of them for quite some time, over time he began to interact with some and gradually accepted them.

The biggest problem was Lambert. Although he was hardly ever in Kaer Morhen now, as he had found a mate and they now had their own home in Aldesberg, he still paid visits, and always had a nice word or two on the subject.

Eskel, being always the guy who waited and then made his decisions, quickly made friends with many of them, sometimes even taking them as company for new jobs.

According to his words, it was like the old days, when the Witcher order still existed, and many jobs were done in pairs, not because of the difficulty, but also for the company.

I refrained from giving my opinion, since I saw no problem in this, but his always being on the road with a certain beautiful and elegant High Vampire raises suspicions, and not only in me.

As an old saying goes, 'Everything is right when nothing is wrong. Glib, but true in its essence.

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It was long, but a worthwhile trip. Kaer Trolde is beautiful, a beautiful fortress, high on a mountain, difficult to access, and easy to protect. The Craite clan was the liege and also the ruling family of the island.

When we arrived, a sumptuous banquet was taking place. The couple 20 were there, but from the expressions on their faces, I can no longer call them that.

With my presence being noticed by the pair, I went to join them, to find out what was new and what steps to take now in the search for Miss Ciri.

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