Chapter 56: In the study (2)
"What?!"
This time it wasn't only Hex who made his turbulent emotions known.
Even men like Adgar and Orvyn, who rarely looked flustered, were staring wide-eyed at the baron.
'I thought the southern tower stored valuables and equipment?' Hex tried to recollect the things he had been told the one time he had visited the tower.
'I didn't see it on the ground floor. Is it maybe somewhere to the top?'
According to Wallen the floors above stored things of higher grade. The Witch, being a Sinner, could perhaps be considered a high-stage good?
"Is...her body there?" He asked carefully. He still remembered Ivran saying the baron's wife died because of the witch.
'It must have scarred him greatly. Even now, the mere thought of the Witch seems to make him lose his calmness.'
"The tower is her tomb," the baron said, seemingly back to his usual self. Only Hex, who sat close to him, noticed the coldness he was radiating.
"But," the baron continued, "when a person reaches a high stage in their cultivation, having a complete body or soul doesn't matter. With but a fragment of either a person could be revived."
It was unknown whether the baron didn't realize or chose to ignore the effect his words had on the team.