The 3rd.
Well if you break up with her in TW2, having Triss say (in TW3) that you broke up with her six months ago makes perfect sense. If you chose to remain in a relationship with her, rescue her then travel South to Nilfgaard to search for Yennefer then it doesn't. It's an inconsistency in the story.
Vesemir is perfect in the prologue, it's mainly necessary in order to put the player in the right mood at Kaer Morhen and how Geralt feels. Even him disturb you?
Not when viewed as part of a Trilogy. Here's the mistake a lot of you are making. You're looking at The Witcher 3's story as a stand alone story. It's not, it's a continuation and conclusion of a story that began in the first game. Vesemir did not feature in the previous game and if he was on the path, could be practically anywhere in the Northern Realms. If you play TW2 like I did, Letho tells you were to look for Yennefer - Nilfgaard, specifically the capital city, in other words, you're heading away from the Northern Kingdoms. When viewed in that context it makes sense that Triss would be the one Geralt had been on the road with for the last six months.
Remember, TW3 is set six months after TW2 and further remember that he explicitly says to Vesemir, "You know, we've been on the road six months now". Those two facts are a contradiction that is irreconcilable. There's a further contradiction in the codex which says "In the spring of 1272, when our story begins, Vesemir had joined Geralt on his search for Yennefer, trekking with him through a war-ravaged Temeria". When you arrive at Loc Muinne in TW2, it's Winter 1271.
Between the events of that ending and the beginning of the third game, Geralt has to have travelled to Nilfgaard to find Yennefer is no longer there and is travelling North at a break neck pace. There simply is not enough time to have found Vesemir and done that. It's a huge plot hole, unless they are suggesting he just so happens to run in to him around Loc Muinne in which case would make it the single most contrived set of circumstances in any writing since the dawn of time.
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