The next day, a secret meeting was held in the audience hall of the Vizima Royal Palace.
Only a few people attended the meeting, all important figures in the Temerian Royal Palace.
Princess Adda, in a long red dress.
Roche, the commander of the Blue Stripes, responsible for protecting Foltest and handling secret affairs.
Royal Advisor Keira, and Royal Advisor Triss.
Originally, Adda had planned to invite Velerad, the Mayor of Vizima, to discuss, but Guilliman was not familiar with him and felt that the fat mayor was not trustworthy, so the matter was dropped.
Of course, in addition to the above, the protagonists of this meeting were undoubtedly the powerful Witcher Master Guilliman, and the sorceress Philippa, whom he had captured alive.
Guilliman stood in the center of the hall with his arms crossed.
Philippa, bare-chested, with an expression of despair and numbness, even having given up on covering her chest, stood to the side with a grim face, accepting the astonished and scrutinizing gazes of everyone.
"She is the one who orchestrated the assassination of His Majesty King Foltest."
"Philippa, the Royal Advisor from Redania."
Guilliman recounted his achievements in a calm tone.
"Yesterday, I attacked the Tretogor Royal Palace three times in total."
"The first time, I eliminated most of their palace guards and rescued Ms. Triss."
"The second time, I plundered their Royal Palace and abducted Princess Dalimira. Unfortunately, the King of Redania and some ministers were not in the palace at that time, otherwise, I would have captured more than just the Princess."
"The third time, I raided Tretogor again late last night and captured Philippa, one of the main instigators of the assassination of His Majesty King Foltest."
These three attacks on Tretogor were actually Guilliman's own ideas, and he did not inform anyone.
Apart from Triss, who was rescued, even Princess Adda was unaware.
After listening to his words and looking at the well-built woman with a pale face, everyone was shocked.
Especially Keira, Triss, and Roche; they were more aware of the strength of the Kingdom of Redania than Adda, who had only recently taken power.
Although they didn't want to admit it, in terms of national strength, Redania was a stronger country than Temeria.
Moreover, due to two Northern Wars, Temeria had always been on the front lines, so the gap in strength between Redania and Temeria had widened even further than in the past.
They had known that Guilliman was very strong, capable of killing hundreds of monsters in a single day, but they found it hard to imagine that such a person existed in the real world, someone who could conquer a royal city and even abduct a princess of a powerful nation, all by himself.
Adda, on the other hand, out of trust in her boyfriend, only showed a look of surprise and excitement on her face after a few seconds of shock.
She praised him unreservedly:
"You did very well, Master Guilliman."
"Our Temerian Royal Family will not forget your contributions, nor will we forget any grudges."
At this point, Adda seemed to be genuinely emotional, speaking with a gritted-teeth tone:
"Since this person is a Royal Advisor from Redania, then the assassin of my father must be inextricably linked to the Redanian Royal Family."
"I will order Marshal Natalis to quickly prepare military forces. In one week, I will declare war on Redania."
"As for this culprit, Master Guilliman, please bring her to my bedchamber tonight. I want to interrogate her personally."
When she spoke of personally interrogating her, Princess Adda's face clearly showed a bloodthirsty and cruel expression.
This princess, who was once a Striga, always had a deep-seated interest in sadism and masochism.
It was the same when she tortured and killed Prince Maribor. The thought of torturing and killing such a beautiful sorceress, who was also the assassin of her father, unconsciously thrilled the princess.
Roche was a pure soldier. Although he was shocked by Princess Adda's sudden decision to declare war, out of loyalty to Foltest, he didn't have many thoughts about this order.
Keira and Triss, on the other hand, were startled.
They were already shocked by Guilliman's strength and the actions at Tretogor Royal City, but they didn't expect Princess Adda to be even more ruthless, deciding to declare war so quickly, without any discussion, and without consulting her important nobles?
After all, in the Middle Ages, even a king, if he wanted to go to war, had to rely on his powerful nobles, and also had to negotiate the distribution of spoils beforehand, giving his nobles sufficient benefits.
Otherwise, those subordinate nobles might not be willing to support the king's war, and might even put in no effort, instead drawing salaries for doing nothing.
The reason for this was that power in medieval states was not centralized, and the entire kingdom did not belong to the king alone.
The king was merely the most powerful noble in the country. If the king's governing ability was too low, there were even many instances where the noble class in the kingdom defected to other countries.
Among the two Royal Advisors, Triss, having been abducted to Redania and subjected to torture by Philippa and Dijkstra, was somewhat hesitant about declaring war, but mostly held a pro-war stance.
She was inherently a sorceress with a delicate appearance but a very strong personality, not fearing danger or death.
Keira, on the other hand, who had no war experience, was somewhat hesitant. She gave a more rational reason:
"Your Royal Highness Princess Adda, there are still a large number of rebels in the Duchy of Maribor who have not yet surrendered."
"Although the two kingdoms of Kaedwen and Aedirn are still in a standoff, their large armies are now stationed on the kingdom's border."
"I am worried that once we go to war with Redania, we will not only face enemies from both inside and outside, but the armies of Kaedwen and Aedirn might also take the opportunity to attack us."
"At that time, facing so many enemies at once, Temeria will be in danger."
After listening to Keira's words, Guilliman looked at her with some surprise, not expecting this young Royal Advisor to share some views with Philippa; she was indeed a very intelligent sorceress.
However, she was also right: to repel external threats, internal stability must come first. Those rebellious nobles in Maribor were indeed quite annoying.
So Guilliman looked at Princess Adda, and also at Triss and Keira, and said directly:
"Keira, stop hoping for a lucky escape."
"Since they dared to secretly assassinate His Majesty King Foltest, they must have long harbored ill intentions towards Temeria."
"Moreover, this time I attacked their Royal Palace, abducted their Princess, and captured their Royal Advisor."
"Even if we don't declare war, they will."
At this point, Guilliman said playfully:
"Or are you thinking of offering me as a price for peace, sending me to them?"
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