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| \n “Size s\u00f6yl\u00fcyorum, oradan \u00e7\u0131kaca\u011f\u0131 yok!\u2019\u2019 diye ilan etti y\u00fcz\u00fc sivilceli adam. Durumu nihayetine kavu\u015fturmu\u015f\u00e7as\u0131na ba\u015f\u0131n\u0131 sall\u0131yordu. “\u0130\u00e7eri gireli bir saatten fazla oldu. \u0130\u015fi bitmi\u015ftir.”<\/span><\/p>\n Kasaba halk\u0131, harabe y\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131n\u0131n aras\u0131nda bir araya gelmi\u015f, t\u00fcnelin giri\u015fi olan a\u00e7\u0131k karanl\u0131k deli\u011fi s\u00fck\u00fbnetle izliyordu. Sar\u0131 \u00f6nl\u00fck giyen \u015fi\u015fman bir adam a\u011f\u0131rl\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 bir aya\u011f\u0131ndan \u00f6b\u00fcr\u00fcne verdi ve bo\u011faz\u0131n\u0131 temizleyip k\u0131r\u0131\u015fm\u0131\u015f kasketini ba\u015f\u0131ndan \u00e7\u0131kard\u0131. “Biraz daha beklemek zorunday\u0131z,” dedi seyrek ka\u015flar\u0131ndaki teri silerek.<\/span><\/p>\n “Niye bekliyoruz?” diye s\u00f6ylendi sivilceli. “Bu ma\u011faralarda bir Basilikos gizleniyor yoksa unuttun mu, kaymakam? Oraya kim girerse sonu gelmi\u015f demektir. Orada \u015fimdiye kadar ka\u00e7 ki\u015finin \u00f6ld\u00fc\u011f\u00fcn\u00fc hat\u0131rlam\u0131yor musun? Neyi bekliyoruz?”<\/span><\/p>\n “Anla\u015fma buydu de\u011fil mi?” diye m\u0131r\u0131ldand\u0131 \u015fi\u015fman adam kendinden emin olamayarak.<\/span><\/p>\n “O anla\u015fmay\u0131 ya\u015fayan bir adamla yapm\u0131\u015ft\u0131n,” dedi sivilcelinin arkada\u015f\u0131, \u00fcst\u00fcnde deriden kasap \u00f6nl\u00fc\u011f\u00fc olan dev biriydi. “O \u015fimdi \u00f6ld\u00fc, g\u00f6kte parlayan g\u00fcne\u015f kadar a\u00e7\u0131k bu. Ba\u015f\u0131ndan beri, ayn\u0131 ondan \u00f6ncekiler gibi \u00f6l\u00fcm\u00fcne do\u011fru y\u00fcr\u00fcd\u00fc\u011f\u00fc belliydi. Yan\u0131na bir ayna dahi almad\u0131, sadece bir k\u0131l\u0131\u00e7… Herkes bir Basilikos \u00f6ld\u00fcrmek i\u00e7in aynaya ihtiya\u00e7 oldu\u011funu bilir.”<\/span><\/p>\n “En az\u0131ndan param\u0131z bize kald\u0131,” diye ekledi sivilceli. “Basilikos\u2019u \u00f6ld\u00fcrmesi i\u00e7in para \u00f6denecek kimse kalmad\u0131. Sen eve gitsen de olur. B\u00fcy\u00fcc\u00fcn\u00fcn at\u0131n\u0131n ve e\u015fyalar\u0131n\u0131n. bo\u015fa gitmeleri yaz\u0131k olurdu.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Evet,” dedi kasap. “Gayet g\u00fczel ihtiyar bir k\u0131srak bu ve eyer \u00e7antalar\u0131 da doluymu\u015f. Hadi bir bakal\u0131m.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Ne yap\u0131yorsunuz?”<\/span><\/p>\n “Kes sesini kaymakam. E\u011fer surat\u0131na yumruk yemeyi istemiyorsan i\u015fimize kar\u0131\u015fma,” diye tehdit etti sivilceli adam.<\/span><\/p>\n “G\u00fczel ihtiyar bir k\u0131srak,” diye tekrarlad\u0131 kasap.<\/span><\/p>\n “At\u0131 b\u0131rak, hayat\u0131m.”<\/span><\/p>\n Kasap, toplanm\u0131\u015f kalabal\u0131\u011f\u0131n hemen arkas\u0131ndaki y\u0131k\u0131lm\u0131\u015f duvar\u0131n yan\u0131nda ans\u0131z\u0131n beliren yabanc\u0131ya do\u011fru yava\u015f\u00e7a d\u00f6nd\u00fc. Adam\u0131n kabarm\u0131\u015f, k\u0131v\u0131rc\u0131k, kahverengi sa\u00e7lar\u0131 vard\u0131. Koyu kestane rengi tunik \u00fczerine \u015fi\u015fkin pamuklu bir ceket ve uzun binici \u00e7izmeleri giymi\u015fti. Silahs\u0131zd\u0131.<\/span><\/p>\n “Attan uzakla\u015f\u0131n,” diye tekrar etti tehlikeli bir g\u00fcl\u00fcmsemeyle. “Bakal\u0131m burada nelerimiz varm\u0131\u015f? Bir ba\u015fkas\u0131na ait bir at ve eyer \u00e7antalar\u0131… Buna ra\u011fmen onlara a\u00e7g\u00f6zl\u00fcl\u00fckle bak\u0131p pen\u00e7elerinizle t\u0131rnakl\u0131yorsunuz. Bu onurlu bir \u015fey mi?”<\/span><\/p>\n Sivilceli yava\u015f\u00e7a paltosunun i\u00e7ine bir elini soktu ve yan\u0131ndaki kasaba bir bak\u0131\u015f att\u0131. Kasap, kalabal\u0131\u011fa do\u011fru ba\u015f\u0131yla bir i\u015faret verince iki tane heybetli, \u00e7ok k\u0131sa sa\u00e7l\u0131 gen\u00e7 adam \u00f6ne \u00e7\u0131kt\u0131. Mezbahada hayvanlar\u0131 bay\u0131ltmak i\u00e7in kullan\u0131lanlara benzeyen a\u011f\u0131r sopalardan ta\u015f\u0131yorlard\u0131.<\/span><\/p>\n “Sen kim oluyorsun da,” diye emretti sivilceli adam, eli h\u00e2l\u00e2 paltosunun i\u00e7indeydi. “Bize neyin onurlu neyin onursuz oldu\u011funu s\u00f6yleyebilece\u011fini san\u0131yorsun?”<\/span><\/p>\n “Oras\u0131 seni ilgilendirmez can\u0131m.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Silah\u0131n yok.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Bu do\u011fru.” Yabanc\u0131n\u0131n tebess\u00fcm\u00fc biraz daha zehirlendi. “Ben silah ta\u015f\u0131mam.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Bu hi\u00e7 iyi de\u011fil.” Sivilceli paltosundan uzun bir b\u0131\u00e7ak \u00e7\u0131kard\u0131. “Silahs\u0131z olman senin i\u00e7in k\u00f6t\u00fc oldu.”<\/span><\/p>\n Kasap da uzun avc\u0131 b\u0131\u00e7a\u011f\u0131n\u0131 \u00e7ekti. Di\u011fer iki adam sopalar\u0131n\u0131 sallayarak yakla\u015ft\u0131.<\/span><\/p>\n “Ben silah ta\u015f\u0131mam,” diye yan\u0131tlad\u0131 yabanc\u0131 hi\u00e7 k\u0131p\u0131rdamadan. “Ama ben daima silahl\u0131y\u0131md\u0131r.”<\/span><\/p>\n Harabelerin arkas\u0131ndan iki gen\u00e7 kad\u0131n kendilerinden emin \u015fekilde, kayg\u0131s\u0131zca \u00f6ne \u00e7\u0131kt\u0131lar. Kalabal\u0131k \u00e7abucak ikiye ayr\u0131ld\u0131, geri \u00e7ekildi sonra azalmaya ba\u015flad\u0131.<\/span><\/p>\n K\u0131zlar di\u015flerini g\u00f6stererek g\u00fcl\u00fcmsedi ve g\u00f6zlerini k\u0131rp\u0131\u015ft\u0131rd\u0131lar. G\u00f6zlerinin kenarlar\u0131ndan kulaklar\u0131n\u0131n u\u00e7lar\u0131na kadar mavi \u00e7izgili d\u00f6vmeleri vard\u0131. Va\u015fak derisi, g\u00fc\u00e7l\u00fc kaslar\u0131n\u0131 uyluklar\u0131ndan kal\u00e7alar\u0131na kadar \u00f6rt\u00fcyordu ve \u00e7\u0131plak kollar\u0131 zincir z\u0131rhl\u0131 eldivenleriyle son buluyordu. Arkadaki zincir z\u0131rhl\u0131 omuzlar\u0131n\u0131n \u00fcst\u00fcnden ikisinin de k\u0131l\u0131\u00e7lar\u0131n\u0131n kabzalar\u0131 uzanm\u0131\u015ft\u0131.<\/span><\/p>\n Sivilceli tek dizinin \u00fcst\u00fcne \u00e7\u00f6kerek yava\u015f yava\u015f b\u0131\u00e7a\u011f\u0131n\u0131 yere koydu.<\/span><\/p>\n Harabelerin i\u00e7indeki delikten ta\u015flar\u0131n yuvarlanmas\u0131 ve ezilmesi duyuldu. Neden sonra karanl\u0131ktan, duvar\u0131n keskin k\u00f6\u015fesini kavrayan iki el ortaya \u00e7\u0131kt\u0131, ellerin ard\u0131ndan beyaz bir kafa, kiremit tozuyla kapl\u0131 sa\u00e7lar, solgun bir surat ve en sonunda, tepede bir k\u0131l\u0131c\u0131n kabzas\u0131… Kalabal\u0131ktan u\u011fultular y\u00fckseldi.<\/span><\/p>\n Kaymakta\u015f\u0131 sa\u00e7l\u0131 adam do\u011fruldu ve delikten tuhaf bir \u015fey \u00e7\u0131kard\u0131; toz ve kana bulanm\u0131\u015f k\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck garip bir bedendi. Uzun kertenkele kuyru\u011fundan tuttu\u011fu canavar\u0131 tek kelime etmeksizin kaymakam\u0131n ayaklar\u0131n\u0131n dibine att\u0131. Adam geriye s\u0131\u00e7ray\u0131p k\u0131r\u0131k duvar\u0131n bir par\u00e7as\u0131na tak\u0131ld\u0131, ku\u015f gibi e\u011fri gagadan, \u00f6r\u00fcmcek a\u011f\u0131 misali hilal kanatlardan ve pullu ayaklardaki orak gibi pen\u00e7elerden g\u00f6zlerini alam\u0131yordu. Kesilmi\u015f bo\u011faz\u0131 \u00f6nceden k\u0131z\u0131l iken \u015fimdi kirli k\u0131rm\u0131z\u0131 kahverengiydi. \u00c7\u00f6k\u00fck g\u00f6zleri camdan farks\u0131zd\u0131.<\/span><\/p>\n “\u0130\u015fte Basilikos,” dedi beyaz sa\u00e7l\u0131 adam pantolonundaki tozu silkelerken. “Anla\u015ft\u0131\u011f\u0131m\u0131z gibi iki y\u00fcz lintar, iyilerinden olsun, fazla y\u0131pranm\u0131\u015f olmas\u0131n. Onlar\u0131 kontrol edece\u011fim, sizi uyar\u0131yorum.”<\/span><\/p>\n Kaymakam titreyen elleriyle b\u00fcy\u00fck bir c\u00fczdan \u00e7\u0131kard\u0131. Ak sa\u00e7l\u0131 adam kasabal\u0131ya g\u00f6z gezdirdi, bak\u0131\u015flar\u0131 sivilceli adamla aya\u011f\u0131n\u0131n kenar\u0131ndaki b\u0131\u00e7akta duraksad\u0131. Kahverengi g\u00f6mlekli adamla va\u015fak derisi giymi\u015f gen\u00e7 kad\u0131nlar\u0131 da fark etti.<\/span><\/p>\n “Hep ayn\u0131 \u015fey,” dedi kaymakam\u0131n titrek ellerinden c\u00fczdan\u0131 ald\u0131\u011f\u0131nda. “Az\u0131c\u0131k para i\u00e7in kellemi tehlikeye at\u0131yorum ve bu s\u0131rada beni soymaya \u00e7al\u0131\u015f\u0131yorsunuz. Siz insanlar hi\u00e7 de\u011fi\u015fmeyeceksiniz, hepinizin can\u0131 cehenneme!”<\/span><\/p>\n “\u00c7antalar\u0131na dokunmad\u0131k,” diye m\u0131r\u0131ldand\u0131 kasap geriye \u00e7ekilerek. Sopal\u0131 adamlar kendilerini \u00e7oktan kalabal\u0131\u011f\u0131n i\u00e7inde gizlemi\u015fti. “E\u015fyalar\u0131n\u0131z ellenmedi efendim.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Bunu duydu\u011fuma sevindim,” diye g\u00fcl\u00fcmsedi beyaz sa\u00e7l\u0131 adam. Onun solgun \u00e7ehresindeki a\u00e7\u0131k bir yara misali okunan tebess\u00fcm\u00fcn\u00fc g\u00f6r\u00fcnce kalabal\u0131k da\u011f\u0131lmaya ba\u015flad\u0131. “\u0130\u015fte bu sebeple dostum, kayg\u0131lanacak bir \u015feyin yok. Huzurla gidin ama \u00e7abuk gidin.”<\/span><\/p>\n Geri \u00e7ekilen sivilceli ko\u015fmak \u00fczereydi. Beti benzi atm\u0131\u015f, surat\u0131ndaki noktalar belirginle\u015fmi\u015f onu daha da \u00e7irkin g\u00f6steriyordu.<\/span><\/p>\n “Hey! Bir dakika!” diye ba\u011f\u0131rd\u0131 kahverengi tunikli adam. “Bir \u015feyi unuttun.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Nedir… Efendim?”<\/span><\/p>\n “Bana b\u0131\u00e7ak \u00e7ekmi\u015ftin.”<\/span><\/p>\n Bacaklar\u0131n\u0131 iki yana ay\u0131rm\u0131\u015f bekleyen gen\u00e7 kad\u0131nlardan uzun boylusu kal\u00e7as\u0131n\u0131n \u00fcst\u00fcnde d\u00f6nd\u00fc. K\u0131l\u0131c\u0131, g\u00f6z\u00fcn g\u00f6rebilece\u011finden daha h\u0131zl\u0131 \u00e7ekilip havay\u0131 kesmi\u015fti. Sivilceli adam\u0131n kafas\u0131 yukar\u0131ya u\u00e7up havada bir e\u011fri \u00e7izerek a\u00e7\u0131k delikten kayboldu. V\u00fccudu kat\u0131 ve a\u011f\u0131r bir bi\u00e7imde, yeni kesilmi\u015f bir a\u011fa\u00e7 misali k\u0131r\u0131k ta\u015f y\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131n i\u00e7ine yuvarland\u0131. Kalabal\u0131ktan \u00e7\u0131\u011fl\u0131klar y\u00fckseldi. Di\u011fer k\u0131z eli kabzas\u0131nda \u00e7evik bir hareketle d\u00f6nerek arkas\u0131n\u0131 kollad\u0131. Bu gereksizdi – kalabal\u0131k, harabelerin aras\u0131nda yalpalayarak bacaklar\u0131 el verdi\u011fince s\u00fcratle kasabaya do\u011fru ko\u015fturdular. Kalabal\u0131\u011f\u0131n ba\u015f\u0131nda kaymakam vard\u0131 – kasaptan biraz \u00f6ndeydi.<\/span><\/p>\n “G\u00fczel bir hamleydi,” diye yorum yapt\u0131 ak sa\u00e7l\u0131 adam fersizce, kara eldivenli eliyle g\u00f6zlerini g\u00fcne\u015ften koruyordu. “Zerrikanl\u0131\u2019n\u0131n k\u0131l\u0131c\u0131ndan g\u00fczel bir hamle. \u00d6zg\u00fcr sava\u015f\u00e7\u0131 kad\u0131nlar\u0131n mahareti ve h\u00fcsn\u00fc kar\u015f\u0131s\u0131nda sayg\u0131yla e\u011filiyorum. Ben Riviyal\u0131 Geralt.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Ve ben…” Gizemli adam kahverengi tuni\u011findeki solgun armas\u0131n\u0131 g\u00f6sterdi; \u00fc\u00e7 kara ku\u015f bir alt\u0131n tarlas\u0131na dizilmi\u015f \u015fekilde resmedilmi\u015fti. “Ad\u0131m Borsch, ayr\u0131ca \u00dc\u00e7l\u00fc Karga diye bilinirim. Bunlar benim korumalar\u0131m Tea ve Vea. Yani ben onlara \u00f6yle sesleniyorum \u00e7\u00fcnk\u00fc ger\u00e7ek isimleri dili yoruyor. \u0130kisi de az evvel de tahmin etti\u011fin gibi Zerikanl\u0131’d\u0131r.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Onlar\u0131n sayesinde ya da \u00f6yle g\u00f6r\u00fcn\u00fcyor, at\u0131m ve e\u015fyalar\u0131m h\u00e2l\u00e2 benim. Size minnettarl\u0131\u011f\u0131m\u0131 sunuyorum sava\u015f\u00e7\u0131lar ve size de asil lord.”<\/span><\/p>\n “\u00dc\u00e7l\u00fc Karga. Ben centilmen falan de\u011filim. Seni bu b\u00f6lgede tutan bir \u015fey var m\u0131 Riviyal\u0131 Geralt?”<\/span><\/p>\n “Hi\u00e7bir \u015fey yok.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Harika. O zaman sana bir teklifim var. Buradan fazla uzak olmayan bir yerde nehir kap\u0131s\u0131n\u0131n kesi\u015fen yollar\u0131nda Dalg\u0131n Ejderha diye bir han var. B\u00fct\u00fcn bu b\u00f6lgede yemekte \u00fcst\u00fcne yok. \u015eu an ak\u015fam yeme\u011fi ve uyku ama\u00e7l\u0131 oraya gidiyorum. Bana kat\u0131l\u0131rsan \u00e7ok gurur duyar\u0131m.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Borsch,” diye cevap verdi Geralt. Beyaz ba\u015f\u0131, at\u0131ndan yabanc\u0131n\u0131n parlak g\u00f6zlerine d\u00f6nd\u00fc. “Aram\u0131zda bir yanl\u0131\u015f anla\u015f\u0131lma olmas\u0131n diye s\u00f6yl\u00fcyorum. Ben bir ba\u011f\u0131c\u0131y\u0131m.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Ayn\u0131 d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnd\u00fc\u011f\u00fcm gibi. Ama sanki c\u00fczzaml\u0131ym\u0131\u015fs\u0131n gibi s\u00f6yledin.”<\/span><\/p>\n “\u00d6yleleri var ki,” diye yan\u0131tlad\u0131 Geralt serinkanl\u0131l\u0131kla. “C\u00fczzaml\u0131y\u0131 ba\u011f\u0131c\u0131ya tercih eder.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Fakat ba\u015fkalar\u0131 da var ki,” dedi \u00dc\u00e7l\u00fc Karga bir tebess\u00fcmle. “Gen\u00e7 kad\u0131n yerine koyunlar\u0131 tercih ederler. En nihayetinde onlara sadece ac\u0131r\u0131m. Teklifim h\u00e2l\u00e2 ge\u00e7erlidir.”<\/span><\/p>\n Geralt bir eldivenini \u00e7\u0131kard\u0131 ve yabanc\u0131n\u0131n uzatt\u0131\u011f\u0131 elini s\u0131kt\u0131.<\/span><\/p>\n “Kabul ediyorum. Tan\u0131\u015ft\u0131\u011f\u0131m\u0131za memnun oldum.”<\/span><\/p>\n “Gidelim o zaman, a\u00e7l\u0131ktan \u00f6l\u00fcyorum.”<\/span><\/p>\n \u00ab Giri\u015f<\/a><\/strong> – B\u00f6l\u00fcm 2<\/strong><\/a> \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n B\u00f6l\u00fcmler<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Giri\u015f<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n B\u00f6l\u00fcm I<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n B\u00f6l\u00fcm II<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n B\u00f6l\u00fcm III<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n B\u00f6l\u00fcm IV<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n B\u00f6l\u00fcm V<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n B\u00f6l\u00fcm VI<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n |