"Oh, Professor Harold!"

"Student Geralt. As you said, when I climbed the hill, I found a suspicious vampire. He was a little farther from the location you mentioned, though."

"My apologies. I was checking too many prophecies at once, so there might have been some slight discrepancies."

"It's fine. In any case, I found him and killed him. I used Serista's blessed sword to cut him down, so I doubt he'll be getting back up."

The unexpected voice belonged to Harold, who was discussing the vampire with Geralt. In his arms, cradled like a princess, was someone familiar—someone I'd seen …