After finishing the main business, it was already deep into the night, the perfect time for big undertakings.
A refreshed Guilliman, with a flash, brought Syanna to the vicinity of Beauclair Palace.
Looking at this exquisite and magnificent palace, even with his current strength, it would be easy for him to break in during the day, but he actually didn't want to create too much bloodshed. After all, a mortal's life was only three points of soul power, and killing too many would greatly affect his reputation.
Years ago, Geralt merely killed a group of bandits in Blaviken and was called 'The Butcher of Blaviken' for many years.
This time, if the news of the Redania Royal Palace incident got out, he would probably have an even more terrifying infamous reputation, which would be widely spread throughout the world.
Of course, Guilliman didn't care about this; he hadn't reached the age where he wanted to leave his name in history. However, if his reputation was too bad, it would affect his future chances with women, and that was a big deal.
He patted Syanna's shapely bottom and asked casually,
"I'm not familiar with this palace. Where do you think your sister's bedchamber is now? Let's go find her right away."
Syanna's expression was somewhat complex. Looking at the palace where she lived as a child, she probably had many memories of both happy and painful childhood moments.
She shook her head, avoiding Guilliman's eyes, and asked in a low voice,
"Master, the book 'The World of Fairytales' you are looking for, I think it might be in the palace library."
"It will definitely take some time to find it."
"If we go to find my sister first and alarm the guards, will it affect your plan to find that magic book?"
Hearing Syanna's question, Guilliman glanced at her indifferently and asked in a somewhat teasing tone,
"It's been so long, and you still haven't figured out how to face your sister?"
"Don't worry about my plan; even if everyone in the entire palace combined their strength, they wouldn't be my match."
"The reason for acting at night is just to avoid creating too much slaughter."
"As for the location of that book, once we catch your sister, we'll definitely be able to ask her."
At this point, Guilliman said in a tempting tone,
"If you haven't figured out how to deal with your sister."
"How about this, we also capture her and throw her into a foreign country where she knows no one? How does that sound?"
"Just like what happened to you back then."
Syanna bit her lip and didn't answer. Her feelings for her sister were very complicated. This was her only relative, a sister she grew up with, and also the person who kicked her while she was down at a critical moment.
Even in the original timeline, depending on the players' choices, there were several different endings.
The thing Syanna resented most about her sister Anna was probably always taking the blame for her when they were children, and while she was exiled, her sister enjoyed the treatment of a duchess and lived such a happy life.
What she hated was this kind of flaw: despite being twin sisters, their fates were vastly different.
After a few seconds, Syanna finally made a decision.
She looked at Guilliman and said,
"Master, your suggestion is excellent. Aren't we going north this time?"
"How about we take my sister with us to the North and keep her by my side."
"Let her also experience how difficult it is in this era to be an ordinary person without family protection."
Guilliman noncommittally grunted, feeling that this punishment seemed a bit too light compared to the realities of the past.
Was it because Syanna's fate was no longer in her own hands that she had softened?
But it didn't matter; he had no grudge against this Duchess of Toussaint, and there was no need to necessarily make her miserable.
It just so happened that after kidnapping her, he could use her as a bargaining chip to plan other things.
For example, capturing the sorceress Fringilla Vigo, or gaining the sorceress's help.
After all, once he obtained 'The World of Fairytales,' if there wasn't a sorceress who understood that aspect to provide support for its repair and maintenance, the value of that magic book would be greatly diminished.
After making a decision, Guilliman wrapped his arm around Syanna's slender waist and instantly flashed into Beauclair Palace.
They first went to the palace where Duchess Anna lived as a child, but didn't find her. Then they went to the largest palace in the royal complex, but still didn't find Duchess Anna.
Seeing this, Guilliman couldn't help but mutter to himself, wondering if he had overdone his show of power.
If he was so unlucky tonight that Duchess Anna wasn't in the palace, and he had just made so many confident boasts, it would be a bit embarrassing.
Syanna was very clever and knew how to give her master an out. After all, as a female slave, if her master was in a furious mood, she would be the one to suffer later.
"Master, perhaps my sister is not in the palace tonight. How about I gather some information tomorrow and we come back for her tomorrow night?"
Syanna's business was doing very well now, and she also had access to many nobles. If she were to gather information, she should get results quickly.
However, Guilliman wasn't prepared to waste another day. Originally, he intended to be low-key in apprehending the person just to reduce trouble. Since that was the case, he didn't need to be so low-key.
He picked up the Nightingale mask that concealed his face and put it on, then had Syanna also cover her face with a scarf.
Afterward, he directly walked into the most luxurious palace, successively captured several servants, and directly used the Axii Sign to hypnotize them, asking them about the Duchess's whereabouts.
With his current magical prowess, the Axii Sign was almost equivalent to a seasoned sorcerer's mind control magic; ordinary people simply couldn't resist it.
After questioning several people, he finally learned that Duchess Anna had secretly slipped out of the palace again tonight to attend someone else's banquet.
It must be said that Beauclair City was truly too safe, and Toussaint had been peaceful for too long.
As the Duchess, Anna had no sense of precaution whatsoever, often secretly slipping out of the palace to attend parties hosted by others.
If this were in the North, full of various conspiracies, assassinations, and betrayals, she might have been captured and sold for a good price long ago.
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