When Berengar spoke of the Witcher school, his eyes were filled with anticipation.
He truly hoped that the Witcher profession could become secularized and normalized, as Guilliman had said, no longer such a special occupation.
No longer a monster slayer who bravely sacrificed himself to protect those ungrateful commoners.
And no longer a mutant or freak viewed with disdain and malice.
If there were enough Witchers and they became more respectable professions, like mercenaries, wandering knights, or bodyguards,
at least they could live relatively normal lives and no longer bear responsibilities that weren't theirs.
Of course, this vision was beautiful.
Berengar had no certainty that such a future could be realized.
However, living with hope in an era full of pain and sorrow might also be considered a kind of happiness.
In contrast, Vesemir and Leo were both shocked by the news they had just heard.
They had been in Vizima for less than a day and weren't sure how many times they had been shocked, and most of these shocks came from that young Witcher named Guilliman.
Vesemir's eyes were filled with worry, and his expression was somewhat complicated.
As an old Witcher who had survived since the time of the Brotherhood, he certainly hoped that the Witcher profession could regain its glory and revive the splendor of the Witcher Brotherhood.
However, Vesemir was a relatively conservative Witcher; he wasn't against reform, nor did he dislike the idea of the Witcher profession becoming better and making everyone happier.
Nevertheless, as an old man who had experienced many changes of eras, successions of thrones, vast transformations, and many wars, massacres, famines, plagues, and partings of life and death,
he knew better than the younger generation that change often meant sacrifice and confrontation, and while it contained elements of hope, the chances of failure were higher.
Witchers were already like candles in the wind, almost on the verge of extinction.
Could they withstand so many trials and tribulations?
Or, perhaps, only a great change could revive the Witchers and allow those members of the Wolf School, whom he considered family, to live stable and happy lives.
Vesemir didn't know, and he was troubled by this.
But a few seconds later, the old Witcher suddenly gave a self-deprecating laugh.
What a self-inflicted worry.
He and that Witcher named Guilliman had only just met, and they weren't even friends.
Whatever the other party wanted to do, what standing did he have to stop him?
However, as a fellow Witcher, Vesemir decided to observe for now, carefully watching Guilliman's actions and his true ambitions.
If in the future, he found that the other party was a threat and would put his companions, whom he regarded as family, in danger,
this old wolf would not sit idly by… In the early morning.
Guilliman left Margareta's mansion, wiped the lipstick marks from his face and neck, and headed to the dock to meet up with Blackbeard and his crew.
The headmistress was truly too enthusiastic; as a high-ranking healer, she could also use various potions to enhance physical strength and stamina.
If Guilliman hadn't been disciplined enough, he might have been late to get out of bed this morning.
This morning was the time for the members of the Bear School and the Skellige warriors to arrive by ship.
As their boss, leaving a deep first impression on his employees was something he ought to do.
Guilliman didn't know that Vesemir would be so impatient; he hadn't even introduced them yet, and he was already eager to find Berengar to reminisce.
However, it didn't matter.
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