Ведьмак: Кровь эльфов

           ArewetosaytoGedymdeithandEnidFindabairthatyouadviseustostandidlyby,towatchanddonothing?Pretendingwecan’tseeanything?"

           Vilgefortzturnedhisheadtowardsher.Nowyou’regoingtochangetactics,thoughtTissaia.You’reaplayer,youcanhearwhichwaythedicerollonthetable.You’regoingtochangetactics.You’regoingtostrikeadifferentnote.

           Vilgefortzdidnotlowerhiseyesfromhers.

           "Youareright,"hesaidcurtly."Youareright,Tissaia.WarwithNilfgaardisonethingbutwemustnotlookonidlyatthemassacreofnon-humansanddonothing.Isuggestwecallaconvention,ageneralconventionofeveryoneuptoandincludingMastersoftheThirdDegree,includingthosewhohavebeensittingonroyalcouncilssinceSodden.Attheconventionwewillmakethemseereasonandorderthemtokeeptheirmonarchsincheck."

           "Isecondthisproposition,"saidTerranova."Letuscallaconventionandremindthemtowhomtheyowefirstloyalty.NotethatevensomemembersofourCouncilnowadvisekings.ThekingsareservedbyCarduin,PhilippaEilhart,Fercart,Radcliffe,Yennefer-"

           AtthelastnameVilgefortztwitchedinternally.ButTissaiadeVrieswasanArchmage.Tissaiasensedthethought,theimpulse

           leapingfromtheworkbenchandmagicalapparatustothetwovolumeslyingonthetable.Bothbookswereinvisible,envelopedinmagic.Themagicianfocusedherselfandpenetratedthescreen.