When dawn breaks, Geralt enters the city to find the sorceress. There is one though, who continues to work her magic within the city limits and generally flouts the law: the sorceress Yennefer of Vengerberg, residing in the sanctuary provided by the Novigradian merchant-ambassador, Beau Berrant.
They inform him that there are heavy duties and penalties for spellcasting within the city, and the mages are boycotting Rinde in return. Waiting for the dawn to break, Geralt makes the acquaintance of two elves Chireadan and his cousin, Errdil and a half-elf knight, Vratimir. Having no other option, the witcher agrees. The guard offers them the gatehouse until morning, pointing out that Dandelion will fare better there than out of doors.
It seems his throat and larynx have been seriously affected by the djinn and he needs help desperately.Īfter a day's ride, they arrive at the gates of Rinde, but are told that no one may pass through the gates between dusk and dawn without a letter of safe conduct from the king or proof of nobility. The genie releases the bard and disappears across the river, but Dandelion is far from well. The witcher seizes the amphora seal which has fallen to the ground and shouts out an exorcism. Geralt rushes to his friend's rescue, and after a seemingly fruitless fight, decides to use some folk knowledge he had always considered to be nonsense. The genie does not fulfil even the first one of the bard's wishes (that his rival die of apoplexy), opting instead to strangle the bard. Geralt dives for cover, but Dandelion feels he knows exactly what is happening and holds his ground, beginning to recite his list of three wishes. During a struggle between the two the vase falls to the ground and a large cloud of red mist escapes-a genie (or djinn, more accurately). Dandelion, in a fit of glee, and ignoring Geralt's explicit warnings, tries to open the vase. One morning, while trying to catch fish for breakfast, Dandelion and Geralt instead haul up an ancient, sealed amphora.
This story describes the circumstances of Geralt and Yennefer's first meeting.
" The Last Wish" (Polish: Ostatnie życzenie) is a short story written by Andrzej Sapkowski and is the seventh and final story in The Last Wish.
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