The Witcher: Darkness Falls

It was getting late, and Leon rested in the temple with the old wizard for a night.

The next day, before dawn, Leon was awakened by the old wizard.

The old wizard made a fuss and asked Leon to buy him a new robe.

Leon looked at the old wizard suspiciously. At this moment, he felt that the old wizard's madness was pretended. Logically, he should have forgotten it by now.

But a robe only cost a few dollars, he could still afford it.

The two left the temple, found a tailor shop, bought a robe for the old wizard, and then returned to the temple.

They found the priestess and explained their purpose. The priestess looked at the old wizard expressionlessly, and finally nodded, and took him into a room alone.

Leon wanted to follow in, but was rejected.

"Leave them alone. Everyone has their own secrets. Why do you have to get involved?" Regis came over and said, "Don't worry, it's okay."

Leon shook his head and said, “I’m not worried, I’m just curious and want to see how she is going to treat the old wizard.

I remember that the temple priestess was just an ordinary person who didn't know magic and could only prepare some low-energy magic potions at best."

"The priestess of the Temple of Meliteli is the person closest to the goddess. If conventional means don't work, maybe she can ask for help from the gods," Regis said.

Then, he pointed to a pavilion in the temple garden and said, "Let's go. There's no point in just waiting. Why don't we go sit over there?"

The two walked towards the pavilion and sat on the stone benches.

Leon turned around, still curious about what was happening in the room.

"Will the gods show themselves to heal a person?" he asked curiously, "I've never seen priests in Nilfgaard help with healing or anything like that.

They may be doctors, but they are quacks, no better than any herbalist."

Regis looked at Leon and nodded slightly, but it didn't seem like he agreed with what he said, it was more like a habitual action of his.

He chuckled and said, "Young witcher, have you ever been to all the temples in Nilfgaard?"

Leon shook his head and said, "It's just the Nilfgaard region, um...near the Golden Tower City."

He narrowed the scope further. In fact, he did not even visit all the temples in the Golden Tower City.

Regis thought for a moment and said, "Hmm... I remember that the Nilfgaard Empire was a religious empire. The emperor was both the political leader of the country and the high priest, right?"

Leon nodded.

"That's no wonder. The City of Golden Tower is the capital of the Nilfgaard Empire, and the emperor is the high priest. Of course he wouldn't learn medicine.

The priests of other branch temples must be in charge of some nobles, and they will not focus on medical skills.

There are places far away from the Golden Tower City. Maybe those places still retain their old customs. The priests of the Sun Temple may have excellent medical skills. If you have the chance, maybe you can go and take a look. It won’t be too late to draw a conclusion then, right?"

"That makes sense." Leon understood what Regis meant.

The medical skills of the priests of the Temple of the Sun are mediocre, all because of the emperor.

The Nilfgaardian emperor himself was both a secular ruler and the high priest of the Temple of the Sun.

The priests of other branch temples might also be local officials.

How is it possible for these people to learn so-called medical skills?

This must have been done by a dedicated person.

But this is not necessarily the case in remote areas.

Although these places also believe in the sun god, the integration of politics and religion was proposed by the Nilfgaard Empire and may not be followed by other places.

The farther away the place is, the more tradition is followed, and the temple priests are not the same as the rulers.

So, in addition to serving God, priests most of the time serve people, or believers.

They must have more time to study medicine.

"I hope the old wizard can cure it, otherwise he will have to stay in the temple." Leon said.

"Aren't you together? You want to leave him here? That's not fair." Regis said.

Leon shook his head and said, “It’s hard to explain, I told you yesterday that we actually just met on the road.

I'm leaving here soon, and I have a lot of troubles, so it might not be convenient to take him with me."

"Tell me?" Regis asked, "You are from Nilfgaard, are you going to the northern countries?"

Leon nodded and added: "The final destination is over there, but before that, I need to go to Toussaint to fulfill a promise."

He thought about it and realized that due to some twists and turns, it was almost May when he arrived in Toussaint. Half a year had passed since he made the agreement with the witch Fringilla.

If he doesn't go again, he might be considered to have broken his promise.

It's okay that he broke his promise, but the problem is that he originally asked for help through Stregobor.

If he breaks his promise, it will be difficult to explain to Stregobor. It will probably be difficult to ask him about things related to wizards in the future.

Among so many wizards, he only knew Stregobor.

"Going to Toussaint to fulfill an appointment? What a coincidence. I also have to go to Toussaint soon and have some things to resolve." Regis suddenly said.

He smiled and looked at Leon and said, "It looks like we can travel together. When will you leave?"

Leon was stunned. The pharmacist in front of him was also going to Toussaint.

However, if it were normal, he might agree, after all, he still had a good impression of Regis.

His intuition told him that Regis was a trustworthy person.

But now...

Leon shook his head and said, “I’m afraid not. I have some troublesome things to deal with. If we meet on the way, it might implicate you.”

Regis looked at Leon with some surprise and said, "Are you afraid of getting me into trouble? Can you tell me what it is? I might be able to help."

Leon had nothing to hide, so he simply recounted how he had offended the True God Church.

Regis frowned, grasped the key point and asked: "You mean, the goblins were deployed by the True God Cult..."

He pondered for a moment, then said, “No wonder, I was wondering why there were fewer and fewer goblins near the True God Temple, so this is the case.

It seems that this True God Church is not a good thing either."

Leon felt that Regis seemed to have missed the point, so he reminded him, “If you come with me, you might be in danger if you run into a defender of the True God Church.

After all, you are just an ordinary person, and even for me, it would be difficult to deal with you.

They seem to have people who can predict my whereabouts."

Regis, on the other hand, said nonchalantly, “Thank you for considering my safety, but I don’t think it’s a problem.

They won't attack you in a crowded place, perhaps because they care about the opinions of people around them.

But there were a lot of people on the rest of the journey, so I was safe for the time being.

Moreover, Toussaint also believed in the Sun Cult, and the dukes of Toussaint in all generations were related to the emperors of the Nilfgaard Empire, so the True God believers would only be driven away if they went there.

You don't have to worry about anything.

So, when are you going to leave, I want to see if I need to prepare anything."

Leon opened his mouth, wondering if Regis was too optimistic.

"I……"

Before he could speak, the priestess came out with the old wizard.