As mentioned before, Olivia and Cirilla's father, Emhyr, was comparable to "Murong Fu." His obsession with regaining his kingdom was too strong. He and Vilgefortz had been plotting to return to Nilfgaardian.
However, it was impossible to leave under the watchful eyes of the "Lioness of Cintra," Queen Calanthe. It was not easy to be a prince's son-in-law these days.
Thus, Vilgefortz and Emhyr hatched a plan. They planned to create a shipwreck. Pavetta, Cirilla, and Emhyr would pretend to die in the sinking ship. In reality, Vilgefortz would be the one to ensure their safety.
Originally, Vilgefortz did not even consider Olivia, who was dispensable. After all, one more person meant one more risk. Although he was powerful, the lower the risk, the better. He never thought that Olivia was worth his time. However, since his secretary, Lydia, liked the little girl so much, he would bring her along. At least, it would ensure the loyalty of his men.
When Olivia was four and Cirilla was five, Emhyr, who was still disguised as "Donnie," finally found the perfect opportunity to carry out his plan.
At this time, the family of four had arrived at the Skellige Isles. After all, Queen Calanthe's second husband, Eist, was the brother of King Bran. Emhyr's family had come to the isles to visit relatives. Commoners would visit relatives during the holidays. Of course, nobles like them would do the same.
However, King Bran was old. His nephew, Crach Qite, had slowly taken over the rule of the Skellige Isles. Crach was the one who was responsible for receiving Emhyr's family.
Back then, the young Crach was led by his uncle, Eist, to participate in Pavetta's matrimonial assembly. There, he met Geralt and Downey, but he didn't know that Downey's true identity was Emhyr.
Crach and Geralt had a good relationship, but he did not like Donnie.
From Crach's appearance, one could tell that he was a very forthright man. He had red hair, a strong body, and was very good at fighting. Otherwise, he wouldn't have the title of Sea Boar, and he wouldn't have been chosen by the old King Bran to nurture him. Without a doubt, a rough man like him would think that the shrewd and calculating Donnie (Emhyr) was not a good person.
Crach had always thought that Pavetta's marriage to Donnie was not a good thing. However, he still welcomed Donnie's family with all his heart. Other than Donnie, Cirilla and Olivia were also good people.
Therefore, Crach allowed his two children, Hjalmar and Keris, to play with Cirilla and Olivia.
Hjalmar was the oldest among them and was a male. Keris was his younger sister and was slightly older than Cirilla.
Crach and Emhyr were not happy with each other. He felt that the nobles of Skellige Isles were all barbarians who did not know any manners. They were nothing like Nilfgaardian, the only empire in the south that he used to live in. Nilfgaardian was very developed in all aspects, and the quality of life was very good. It was much better than the miserable Skellige Isles …
Therefore, Emhyr, who was good at calculating, decided to create a shipwreck and fake his death to trick Crach.
Emhyr deliberately left behind some plausible evidence to show that the family had the consent of Crage, the seasoned Wild Boar of the Sea, to sail. In fact, Crage did not approve of their going out to sea at this time of year.
The cunning Emhyr agreed on the surface and decided to set sail that night. He could not wait to return to Nilfgaardian. With the loyalty of "Lord Vilgefortz," he had nothing to fear. He felt that returning to Nilfgaardian would be a piece of cake.
However, after plotting for so long, Emhyr and Vilgefortz still met with a mishap. They had missed one person. That person was Princess Pavetta.
Sometimes, the more "pretty" a woman was, the more trouble she would cause. Pavetta's intuition told her husband that something was wrong. She even forced herself to set sail at this time of the year …
Pavetta did not fulfill her duties as a mother. Before the ship set sail, she secretly transported Cirilla and Olivia away and left them in Skellige Isles.
As a result, when the ship gradually sailed to the original "shipwreck" location, Emhyr realized that his two daughters were not on board!
As the saying goes, even a wise man makes mistakes. He had been scheming too much and kept a low profile for too long. The moment he set sail, he could not wait to drink with Vilgefortz. They reminisced about the past and the future, as if he had already succeeded in restoring his country and was in control of it all.
In the end, Pavetta actually appeared in front of him at the critical moment and questioned what he wanted to do. Then, the two of them had a fierce argument. Once women quarreled, who would reason with them? All kinds of reasons were better than one sentence: Do you not love me anymore?
However, Emhyr had never loved Pavetta. The only thing in his eyes was the throne of Nilfgaardian. He only wanted to reclaim the throne that belonged to him.
Emhyr did not want to kill Pavetta. However, when Vilgefortz found out that Cirilla was not on board, he was furious …
The ship finally reached Sedna Abyss. It was a whirlpool in the middle of the ocean. Without hesitation, Vilgefortz cast a magic storm. The monstrous seawater turned into a huge wave and rushed towards the ship!
The shipwreck happened. Vilgefortz opened a portal and left with Emhyr. Pavetta drowned in the sea.
Emhyr was the only survivor.
His plan succeeded. "Downey" died in the abyss. Emhyr returned to his homeland and led a rebellion against the usurper.
With Vilgefortz's help, the coup succeeded. He stepped over the usurper's corpse and ascended to the throne. He also avenged his father's death.
"When my Pavetta died, the sky wept for her. I will not let the sky weep for me."
As soon as Emhyr ascended to the throne, many covetous people still lurked around his throne. After a period of cruel political struggle, the final outcome of these opponents was the same: death.
Emhyr dug out the tombstones from the graves of all his political enemies and paved the floor of the ballroom. From then on, he earned the name "The White Flame Dancing on the Graves of His Enemies", or "Emhyr the Gravedigger" for short.
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