"Your current condition is the result of merging with Soroya's Petrification Domain. In essence, it isn't death, but an abnormal transformation of the flesh."
The man's soul remained silent in response to Linsey's assessment.
He could understand the meaning behind the young man's words—Linsey wanted to free him from his petrified state, perhaps even return him to the Real World.
But he had slept in the Sea of Wandering for tens of thousands of years.
He had long since accepted his fate and ending.
The things he occasionally witnessed as a soul had also convinced him that he could no longer leave.
"..."
"Friend, I am deeply grateful for your kindness."
The man's soul wanted to politely decline, but Linsey cut him off directly:
"Listen, I have a potion."
"No matter whether you've been slashed by blades, chopped by axes, suffered damage to your appearance, or even lost limbs, as long as it's a physical problem, drinking it will fix everything."
"It's useless." The man's soul continued shaking his head. "Even if such a miraculous potion exists, my body cannot use it. After all, you can't make a stone statue open its mouth..."
"Pfft—"
Before the man's soul could finish speaking, a clear laugh from nearby drew his attention.
He turned his head.
The girl who had awakened him stood nearby, covering her mouth as she giggled, as though she had just heard something incredibly amusing.
Then—
Glug, glug—
The man's soul snapped his head around.
The next second, he witnessed something miraculous.
Before the stone statue his body had become, Linsey took out a bottle of potion and simply held it forward.
``` Potion: Flesh Reconstitution Potion
After drinking this potion, diseases and negative effects in the drinker's body will be immediately removed. Damaged limbs will be reconstituted, restoring