Gawain walked down a long corridor, with wide windows on one side. A barrier condensed from magic served as the glass on these windows, allowing those in the corridor to see the scene outside—he and Amber paused at the window and looked into the room, where they saw Duchess Victoria Wilder, dressed in a snow-white gown, and the elderly man across from her, wearing a black short robe and a black soft hat.
They were conversing inside the room, with no sound reaching the corridor, but it was clear that the elder appeared a bit nervous, constantly asking Victoria something, while the Duchess on the other side answered patiently. The ruler of the northern parts of the Dark Mountain Range, who seldom shows emotional variation, even had a faint smile on her face.
Amber was surprisingly startled by this sight and exclaimed in a low voice, "Hey, hey, look, that ice-cold face's paralysis is cured!!"
