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Third Person POV
Novigrad.
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The city of Novigrad grew calmer in the following month. The crime rate was almost nonexistent at that moment, something people asked themselves in their daily lives:
what was happening?
Without realizing it, murders, robberies, and all kinds of crimes that had previously occurred with some frequency in the city simply became almost nonexistent.
You could hardly hear about any crime anymore.
Many attributed this to the captain of the city guard, with Tellico Lunngrevink Letorte being praised and admired by everyone. His actions were quite well known. He was a man capable of fighting monsters that would make any man piss his pants.
Some said he was a witcher in disguise, due to his combat ability, but he still kept human eyes and manners. He was friendly and spoke cheerfully, despite seeming very embarrassed whenever someone praised his actions. He did not seem to be a witcher, even though those more ignorant, who did not know witchers well, began to come to that conclusion.
Even so, he did not face the disgust that people usually had toward witchers. After all, it was not coins from their own pockets that were being spent for him to kill monsters. He did it for the city, and for that he earned the support of most of the population.
Even the underworld of Novigrad began to fear the commander of the city guard. No one seemed to want conflict with him, not after his spies reported what they had seen.
So the people said that the rise of Dudu had made all the underworld gangs learn law and order. The beggars still kept their ears all over the city, listening to anything as the great line of information passed on by the leader, but they no longer committed theft crimes so openly. The dwarves continued working at the forges and in manual labor here and there throughout the city, but kept an extremely discreet profile.
The trade in women had been drastically cut by the gang that handled the casinos and bars, and possibly prostitution. Their activities changed quite a lot. At the same time, people began to earn more in their gambling houses. There no longer seemed to be bad luck as before, attracting much more of the public to the casinos.
Lastly, there was also Sigismund Dijkstra's gang, which remained hidden in the city. His men were still spread out, always listening to conversations and rumors. They only lost in reach to the beggars, who included information of all kinds from the common people of the city, after all beggars could not reach the nobles.
In any case, the four gangs were behaving themselves. Madara had made sure of that. He spent the last month focusing on them, while getting to know their leaders more closely and, certainly, leaving an impression they were beginning to fear, since it took no more than a few threats or even simply appearing before them to convince them to act properly.
On this day... Madara was carrying out his final tests after finally having completed the Hiraishin the day before. He spent the rest of the day checking whether the seals were perfectly stable and how they integrated with the city, placing seals at each of the important points and teleporting for tests.
He could do this with ease after spending a day testing. His strength increased because of this, not brute strength, but the teleportation would give him even more versatility in combat.
Despite already possessing his supreme defense, with a layer of Susanoo, moving back and forth through the seals granted him a combat capability comparable to Ciri's. Although it was less flexible for requiring the seals to be placed beforehand, it was still far better than using the ocular ability of his eyes, which consumed much more chakra.
And he could place seals anywhere in the world he wished, being able to move across the entire continent as he pleased.
The first thing Madara did was leave Novigrad and go to an isolated place, where he created more than fifty wood clones, renewing all the others that were scattered across the continent. They all had a single objective: besides continuing to observe and spy on all the greatest powers among the realms, it was to fix and reinforce the Hiraishin seals in strategic locations.
In any case, he returned to Novigrad, spoke with Triss, and went to the temple of Melitele, in Ellander, in just a few hours. He arrived at night and there found Ciri with Yennefer.
When he appeared, landing in front of them, as they were on an open balcony, the two looked at each other for a moment, until Ciri dropped the book and ran to her husband.
"It's been a month, Madara!", Ciri complained immediately, pouting.
"I know, but don't worry. Now things will change", he said, while she stared at him with surprised and hopeful eyes.
"So you did it?", she asked, obviously referring to the teleportation technique that Madara was developing and always updating Ciri on his progress in developing it.
That made Yennefer stretch her neck, as she watched the scene attentively.
"Yes. Anyway, keep this", he said, handing her a kunai with a Hiraishin seal, something he had copied from the Fourth Hokage of the other world.
Ciri took the kunai and, when she looked back at Madara, he had already disappeared.
"Seriously? Is it really that simple?", Yennefer could not help but murmur, stunned. She was astonished inside.
"What did he just do...", Yennefer moved closer to Ciri and looked at her. "Do you know what this means?"
The girl looked to where Madara had been before, before turning back to her magical tutor.
"His teleportation ability is terrifying. There was no distortion, no chaos, not even anticipation. It's almost like my teleport, but without that glow, meaning completely discreet. He simply disappeared in silence", Ciri murmured, analyzing Madara's technique, which also surprised her, after all, she had never heard it would be like this from him.
They should not have been surprised, it was obvious that Madara, as a shinobi, had techniques always geared toward assassination.
"And he uses anchors to teleport", Yennefer commented, staring at the strange dagger in Ciri's hand, if it could even be called a dagger. "It's a weak point, but I know he can mark those 'strange seals' practically anywhere, as we've already seen many times. If he can replicate those seals with a touch… then that's quite flexible. And terrifying."
A moment later, Madara reappeared with the same smoothness with which he had disappeared, but now accompanied. Triss was at his side.
Madara had returned to Novigrad using teleportation and brought Triss, who had the desire to see Ciri pregnant, but traveling to the temple would be far too risky. Besides that, prolonged use of portals could draw unwanted attention, and the journey would take far too long. She had no time, not when Madara had said he was learning that technique and that, in at most two months, it would be ready — exactly the amount of time that had passed, and Madara had managed to develop it.
"Triss!", Ciri exclaimed, approaching the redhead, while Yennefer did the same.
"Look at you…", Triss murmured, kneeling down and placing her hand on Ciri's belly. "Do you already know the name you're going to give him?"
"Not yet. We'll decide that when he's born", she said, laughing, before turning back to Madara. She wanted her time with him. She liked and loved Triss like a sister, but her husband was there after a month, and her longing was greater. Even though she hadn't seen Triss for several months, since Skellige.
"Well, I'm happy to see you, sister, but I want to spend the rest of the night with my husband. Can we talk better tomorrow?", Ciri murmured, while Triss smiled.
"Of course. We'll spend the night here. I'm sure I'll have a lot to talk about with Yen", Triss said with a gentle smile.
"Of course. I'd also really like to hear how things are going in Novigrad. We're somewhat isolated here and have almost no news from the world. Most of what I know is because Madara tells Ciri", Yennefer said, while Madara and Ciri began to leave the place.
Then Ciri turned around, excited. Madara and she left the place after that, leaving the two sorceresses talking.
In Ciri's room, some time later.
"So you can sleep here every night!", Ciri could not help but exclaim excitedly to Madara.
"Well, not every night. But we can do this several times a month. After all, I still have to take care of things in Novigrad for some time and hunt that Demon", Madara replied.
"How is that jutsu you're creating?", she murmured, while they were lying down, naked, in the room, after having sex and easing the longing of a month without seeing each other. She was obviously referring to the Reaper jutsu.
"I'm still one fifth of the way there, but now, with the Hiraishin ready, I can fully focus on the technique", Madara said, while Ciri nodded and looked up at the ceiling, a little hesitant, thinking about the next words, which she had been thinking about on her own lately.
"I was thinking about what will happen after our son is born, Madara", she murmured carefully. This was a delicate subject.
"I know what you mean... We can't take him with us, Ciri. That's why we need to leave him somewhere safe until we eliminate our enemies. I don't see why we couldn't leave him here at the temple, but we would need a wet nurse", he said.
She shuddered at the idea of leaving her son behind. It felt like a dagger being driven into her heart, but she knew there was no alternative. There were still enemies out there, and she could not afford to expose the child and the heir to the throne of Cintra. Still, she could help Madara end things more quickly, so they could raise their family without all the problems that haunted them.
"I understand… but it isn't fair", she murmured.
"That's why I didn't want us to have a child now, but it's fine. I don't think it will take long for us to deal with all our problems. What really worries me is the portal to the other dimension and also the other continent."
"Any news about them?", she asked carefully, referring to the group of witchers who had come to this side of the world, after them.
Madara should know something, being in a city as important as Novigrad and inserted into practically all the important courts of the continent, observing every rumor that reached the ears of kings.
"There were some incidents in Rivia. I sent some clones there to investigate. And according to some reports, most likely they were in Cintra, passed through Sodden, and are now heading north. Everyone talks about a certain group of mutants that appears and disappears in various places like ghosts. From the information I gathered, they are quite fast, crossing the realms over the last month since Cintra. For a group of sorcerers, crossing those places so quickly is only possible if they have chakra abilities", Madara said, while Ciri remained silent.
"Wait… if they're heading north, they'll enter Kaedwen. Do you think that…", she murmured carefully, because in that realm was Kaer Morhen.
"Don't worry about that. I sent a clone to place the Hiraishin seal on the castle as soon as he arrives there. Vesemir should still be there, but Geralt must have already arrived and left. I'm also trying to find out where he is, and I'll make sure he has a way to call me in case of danger. After all, he won't be able to deal with those sorcerers while investigating more about the demon", Madara replied seriously.
She nodded.
Suddenly, there was a light in the room with a soft glow. She and Madara looked toward the headboard of the bed and saw a mirror — the same artifact that Madara had given to Ciri — beginning to blink.
Even Eira, who was lying in a corner of the room and had been ignoring Madara and Ciri, raised his head.
"It's Isabella", Ciri said. "We talk every night, you know. It's fun", she commented. Having someone her age to talk to was extremely welcome for Ciri while she was there, isolated, especially for matters she could not talk about with just anyone.
Madara did not think that was a bad thing. In fact, it was something positive. If Isabella were to become the court sorceress of Cintra one day, it would be great for her to have a good relationship with the future queen. Ciri even called her a friend when referring to her.
"Well, you can talk to her. I'm going to take care of some matters", Madara said, getting out of bed and giving Ciri a small kiss on the forehead, which she nodded to, even with some reluctance because she wanted to stay with her husband.
"Just come back soon, alright? I'll talk to her quickly, I'll hang up and I'll be waiting for you back in bed", she demanded.
Madara simply smiled and looked at Eira. "Want to come with me?" he asked, as the unicorn stood up. He was bigger than before, growing quickly now.
Then, he left the place, but his thoughts were already directly turned to the School of the Wolf. His clone would arrive in two or three days, traveling to Kaer Morhen.
He could not help but think of Vesemir, after almost a year without seeing him.
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