Summary

Geralt talked to Iola, telling her how he became a witcher. He told her he did not know his real parents or care if they were alive. He described his first noble act as a witcher, saving a 13 year old girl from being raped by a monster. He expressed regret over not keeping to his principles in Blaviken when he thought he was choosing the “lesser evil”. He told her he would never go back to Cintra and that he did not understand what had tempted him to behave foolishly there.

Geralt was getting ready for a banquet he had been invited to in Cintra. He asked the castellan, Hexo, why the queen wanted him there. Haxo told him it was because there was a monster frightening the people in the castle. The banquet was for Princess Pavetta’s 15th birthday, where suitors would...