Chapter 627 - Its Not That Bad Having A Daughter~ (2/2)
Olivia was a ‘weak and delicate’ daddy’s girl, while Lady Zhao was a scheming, manipulative Goddess. She was arrogant, conceited, and looked down upon everybody.
Of course, Geralt did not mind such attitude. Instead, he thought that this entity was an adult trapped in the body of an adorable little girl. He replied, “You already killed the monster. What other help do you need?”
“I want the foglet’s mutagen, so could you help me extract it, pretty please? Everything else is yours. Take it’s brains for all I care. I have no Oren [1] with me right now, but I am a Princess of Cintra. You can come with me to meet my grandmother and tell her that you saved me. She would reward you with a huge sum of money. What do you think about this?” Olivia said charitably.
When Geralt heard the title of ‘Princess of Cintra,’ he fell silent once again…
He thought that Olivia was Cirilla, who was destined to become his adoptive daughter because he had invoked the ‘Law of Surprise’ [2] on Duny and Pavetta. This had left him inexplicably excited. Wouldn’t it be awesome to have a daughter like her?
“Hey, white-haired guy. What are you hesitating for? Hurry up and help me,” Princess Olivia commanded.
Geralt was unable to reject his ‘daughter’s’ request. He went ahead and did as she told, not one bit revolted by the disgusting nature of the beast. He did this on an almost daily basis…
Olivia took out an alchemical container from the game’s ‘inventory bar.’ That is right; the system had an ‘inventory bar.’ It was as convenient as those ‘spatial storage rings’ [3] you find in xianxia. She started collecting the blue-colored foglet’s mutagen.
She found Geralt’s obedience to be pleasing to her eyes, and made sure that he accepted her rewards.
The white wolf revealed an uncharacteristically affectionate smile. He rejected her offer and said. “I am not that kind of witcher who only cares about money. You killed this monster, and I did not save you as well. I cannot claim this credit. Furthermore, your grandmother must be Queen Calanthe. If she saw me, she would be outraged.”
Queen Calanthe had initially commissioned Geralt to kill off Duny (Emhyr), but Geralt had instead broken Duny’s curse. Pavetta and Duny ended up getting married. It had utterly derailed Queen Calanthe’s plans. She would naturally bear grudges against Geralt.
“No, I want you to claim the credit. Then, after you receive the money, how about splitting it half with me?” Olivia was actually short of money. She wanted to get some money out of her grandmother, if possible.
Geralt was shocked, yet again. What happened to Cirilla? She’s trying to swindle grandmother of money! How could she be so two-faced?
“I, Geralt of Rivia, would never be part of this!” Geralt was upright and righteous, and that’s exactly why she found him cute.
Olivia combed her long silver hair back angrily and then kicked Geralt in the foot as she sulked. She used her pretty, emerald eyes to gaze deep into the yellow, feline eyes of the white wolf and bared her teeth. She said, “I, Olivia, farm gold!”
“Err… Olivia? You are not Cirilla?” Geralt had almost died from this loli’s cuteness. He sighed with sorrow. It would have been quite nice to have a daughter like her. In the end, she was not Cirilla!
Translation note:
[1] “Oren” (奥伦币) is the official unit of currency in Temeria and the kingdom’s vassal states and territories. It is variously referred to as money, gold or orens and is the only currency used in The Witcher (PC).
[2] “Law of Surprise” (意外律) is a custom as old as humanity itself. The Law dictates that a man saved by another is expected to offer to his savior a boon whose nature is unknown to one or both parties. In most cases, the boon takes the form of the saved man’s firstborn child, conceived or born without the father’s knowledge.
[3] “Space rings” (空间戒指) are rings that are used to store items in fantasy novels.