Where does Side Effects fit in The Witcher?

While still enjoying the inn, the patrons, after listening to Dandelion singing his first ballad, wish to hear another story. This tale, set one year after Geralt tamed the striga the first time, starts in a rather unoriginal way — in (Vizima's) prison. The twist is that, this time, Geralt is the person visiting someone, not the one behind bars. So who is the unfortunate fellow? It is Dandelion of course, Geralt's old pal, and once again he has gotten himself into trouble. Because Geralt is his friend, the task of getting the bard off the hook falls to the witcher, once again ("... I promise Geralt, that's the last time, or almost the last time, really!").