Gidefur blinked at the faint sounds reaching his ears.

Out of nowhere, he remembered an old, pointless conversation he’d once had with a knight under his former Duke.

- “But what happens if someone is hit with a petrification curse and left like that for a long time?”

- “You’re talking nonsense. Who’d let that happen?”

- “Still, you never know in this world, Sir Gidefur.”

- “If someone were hit by such a curse, they’d likely be killed before they could be left alone like that. So it’s pointless to think about.”

- “But since the body would be …