In a world frozen in time, everything was silent.

Maybe that’s why—

My ragged breathing and Kon’s endless bitching felt even louder.

[It’s already been over six hours!! Six hours!! We passed 315 mares during that time, and 89 of them were pure! Do you have any idea what it’s like to helplessly pass by perfectly breedable mares just because I don’t have a body?!]

“It hasn’t been six hours. It only feels that way to us. Not even a second has passed in the real world.”

[Do you hear yourself? I’m exhausted! How long are we going to keep wandering around aimlessly, waiting for some hunchback with bony limbs to magically show up?!]

I didn’t even feel annoyed at Kon’s complaints anymore.