Vincent walked outside of the castle as he could use some fresh air. He walked toward one of the walls from which he could see the wilderness when he closes his eyes and hears someone approaching quietly.
"Ciri, I know it is you," says Vincent as he didn't turn around when he feels someone beside him leaning against the wall.
"I used this wall when I trained my balance against the dummy over there," says Ciri as Vincent opened his eyes.
Ciri pointed at the training dummy that was hanging over the wall. Vincent looks at it before giving it a slight push.
"It reminds me of the dummies my first children used. Just that they weren't hanging around and didn't move like that," says Vincent as he felt nostalgic in Ciri's eyes.
"How were your first children?" asks Ciri as Vincent enjoyed the view again.
"You met Lucia in Highwind City. She seems lifeless now but she was once full of life. Then we have Sofie, she was the brain of the four. Hroar was pure strength, while Runa was the best in two things. One was magic and the other was quick-hands," says Vincent as he told Ciri how he gave his best to raise them even if they didn't share a drop of blood with him.
"So you are for them what Geralt is to me," says Ciri as Vincent partly nods.
"You could say so if you want to but I think I did a better job in raising my kids. I raised over fifty children and they all turned into great people," says Vincent as he was proud of every one of his children.
"So they all were great warriors like you," says Ciri making Vincent shake his head.
"No, not all of them became warriors. Some became leaders while others mages or researchers. To be someone great you don't need to be a hero. You need to follow your own path without anyone telling you what or who you need to be," says Vincent as he turned to Ciri.
"I am not really a great person. I always followed the instructions of someone else without knowing it and later I will pay the price for it. At least my children didn't follow in my footsteps," says Vincent as he looked back at the landscape.
"You judge yourself too hard. Wasn't it you that found me first and stabilized me by asking for help from a person that wants to see you more dead than alive," says Ciri as Vincent sighs and puts his hand on her shoulder.
He could see that something was about to happen as he sees everyone enter the keep. Ciri sees that Vincent was looking at the others and sits down making Vincent look at her again.
"So why are they going into the keep?" asks Vincent as Ciri sighs and Vincent sits down as well.
"They are going to plan for the siege that soon will happen," says Ciri as Vincent smiles at her before standing up.
"We should join them then. I am known for the battles I have won. I could give them some tips," says Vincent as he helped Ciri up.
They joined the others as they were holding the meeting. Vincent was listening to everything and thought it was a good plan to lure them inside the courtyard of Kaer Morhen after weakening them from outside.
They had more options since Kaer Morhen was repaired making it possible to arm everyone with a silver sword. Vincent refused to wield as Eskel was about to give him the sword.
"You will need the sword once on the battlefield," says Eskel as Vincent shakes his head.
"I will be overflying the enemy and burn them down holding their number smaller. They won't even know what hit them," says Vincent as Eskel, as well as the others that didn't know who he was, thought that Vincent was bragging about his strength.
"Just don't get yourself killed," says another witcher as he looked annoyed at him.
"Lambert!" shouts Vesemir as Lambert rolled his eyes since he thought that Vincent was a liability for this battle.
"Boy, I fought in more wars than any of you here. I can hold myself trust me. If not ask Vesemir, he knows what I am capable of," says Vincent as he sat down ignoring the chit-chat the people were having while a Sorceress was quite stiff because she met Vincent before.
"I never thought you would be here to Witch," says Vincent as he forgot her name because they only met once.
"I was asked to help and Geralt helped me as well with this we pay the favor back," says Keira as she didn't want to give her name to Vincent again.
"Where is the rest of your group?" asks Keira as Vincent looked at Geralt who was explaining the plan.
"They are in Vengenberg helping the current regent with their wisdom," says Vincent as Keira looked at Vincent.
Geralt finished talking about his plan. Vincent found it good but lacking compared to his battle plans. It was almost as they were afraid of the Wild Hunt and they only wanted to survive the storm that was coming.
"We could call for reinforcements," says Vincent as everyone looked at Vincent.
"Vengenberg is too far away. Before they arrive here the fight will be over," says Geralt as Vincent shakes his head.
"I don't mean from Aedirn but from somewhere else," says Vincent as he opened his pouch and took out the mirror they used to get into this world in the first place.
"Are you going to bring them over?" asks Ciri as Vincent nods.
"Bring who over?" asks Geralt as Vincent smiles at them.
"My family," says Vincent as he looked at Avallac'h who understood what Vincent wanted to do.
"How may two or three people more help us?" asks a man with red-brownish hair as Ciri shakes her head.
"It isn't just one or two people, Hjalmar. Vincent is bringing enough firepower to not survive but win this fight," says Ciri excited as she was about to meet everyone again.
Avallac'h chanted the spell and the mirror opened the way for him. He entered the mirror and he found himself in his bedroom. The others weren't there so he walked out of the bedroom finding them eating with the orphans Vincent took in.
"You are back," says Mina as she hugged her husband giving him some kisses before the others joined.
Vincent gave the children a hug and petted their heads while looking at Mina as he says, "Group everyone. We have a battle to win for Ciri."
"They will be excited to hear that," says Mina as she leaves the house and the bell beside the house was sounded by her.
Everyone that was a fighter was present even Lucia was there as Vincent drank the potion that would dissolve his transformation. He walked out of the house in his real form and looked at his children and their partners as well as their children.
"I have gathered you today because our friend, Ciri, needs our help to push back the Wild Hunt once again. I won't lie to you, you could die in that battle but I will try to bring everyone back alive," says Vincent as his children knew that once their father enters the battlefield he would become a beast and not a caring father.
"We all know Ciri and we trained with her. And the Wild Hunt did enter our world once and attacked us. It's only fair that we return the favor and attack them in return," says Naosane as everyone seemed to agree with that.
"Then let us go and get our revenge and help Ciri out," says Vincent as he took the lead taking everyone through the house.
He stopped beside Anra who already knew what would happen after Vincent helped Ciri complete her destiny.
"I will stay here and look after the children. Also, be careful out there and don't get crazy until I get you," says Anra before kissing Vincent.
"I thought you are still angry with me," says Vincent happy that Anra kissed him.
"You accepted your punishment for what you did. Why should I still be angry with you," says Anra as the group was going through the mirror until it was Vincent's turn.
"I will return as fast as you get me," says Vincent with a smile as he passed through the mirror in his real form.
"Where is Vincent?" asks Hjalmar as Vincent walked forward in his real appearance while his children make way for him.
"I am here," says Vincent as everyone that hadn't seen his real appearance before either fell over, stood up ready to draw their weapon, or was too scared to do anything.
"Let me present myself again," says Vincent as he stood at the table and continues, "I am Vincent Highwind, former Emperor of the Highwind Empire. Those are my children. They all were once Kings, Queen, or General."
"Or Emperors," says Orug pointing out that Naosane was also there.
"Right," says Vincent as the people couldn't believe what they were seeing.
Vincent's children are from different races as his own making one of them say, "How can you father so many children? They are of different races."
"That's because I had many wives. Even now three are in Vengenberg while two are here with us let me present you my wives, Mina and Mako," says Vincent as they saw that Mina was an Elf while Mako resembled Vincent just with light white scales.
"On Nirn the children take after their mother. That's why my children are from different races is because I had a wife from every race living on Nirn," says Vincent explaining why they all looked different.
"But we should discuss the battle plan again before we talk about the Empire. I can see that some people want to ask me about it," says Vincent as many curious eyes landed on him.
"With this many people we should be able to push them back without much effort if we all work together," says Geralt as Ciri hugged the big Orc in front of everyone surprising them once again.