"Where is it? Where is it?" Lanssangx heard Yu Jin's words and instantly transformed into a white flash, appearing from a distance.
"Cough, cough, cough! Calm down, it's just looking at a hand, is there any need to be so excited?" Yu Jin waved his hand to fan away the dust Lanssangx had kicked up, then said to the wide-eyed Lanssangx.
"That's different! Everyone has never seen what the King looks like!" Lanssangx hugged her camera, staring intently at Yu Jin.
In Lanssangx's impression, Yu Jin had always worn that old set of knight's plate armor. His body was firmly covered by this armor, revealing no distinctive features of Yu Jin himself.
Although this time Yu Jin himself said he was only revealing his arm guard, Lanssangx's curiosity did not diminish in the slightest.
What kind of body could possibly bear such power? Lanssangx was already impatient.
"If it's convenient, may I also take a look?" Lisa and the others also walked into the large pit, following Lanssangx to the bottom.
"Something that surpasses gold, I'd like to see it in advance." Albedo's gaze was no less intense than Lanssangx's. To some extent, he always showed great enthusiasm for things he was curious about.
"And us!" Paimon flew up diligently behind Lisa, waving his small hand.
"Senior, you wear this armor every day, I've been curious for a long time." Lumine walked around Lisa and came to Yu Jin's side, saying. Her eyes also revealed immense curiosity.
Yu Jin's side suddenly became lively. Seeing this, Yu Jin scratched his head, then said helplessly, "You can look, but don't think there's anything magical about my body. I'm very ordinary."
"Mm-hmm-hmm!" × 5
Everyone quickly nodded, but they didn't believe a word Yu Jin said. Ordinary? If Yu Jin was ordinary, then what were they? Trash?
"Lanssangx, get ready." Yu Jin saw them nod and said to Lanssangx.
"Already ready!" Lanssangx raised the camera in her hand, then she said with a slightly mischievous tone, "By the way, King, tell me why you want me to take a picture?"
If Yu Jin hadn't explicitly asked, Lanssangx would never have brought a camera. Yu Jin wanted to document his arm, and he even entrusted her with it. Could it be… "Heh, thinking too much." Yu Jin saw Lanssangx's imaginative expression and knew what she was thinking.
"One reason is that Melina and the others have wanted to see what I look like for a long time. I still can't show them my face, but my hand, that should be fine."
"The deeper reason is the Fire Keeper. When we go back, give her the photo. Tell her I know what she's thinking, that I'm doing well now, and she doesn't need to worry."
Yu Jin spoke with a serious and proper tone, showing no embarrassment or shame, and Lanssangx's excited expression immediately dimmed.
Alright, the King was still the King she knew. Purely fulfilling others' wishes, without any other emotions.
"Sigh~" Thinking of this, Lanssangx couldn't help but feel sad for older single women like Melina; they were definitely destined to never marry.
"Fire Keeper, Melina… are they your friends?" Lumine heard the conversation between Lanssangx and Yu Jin, then leaned closer to Lanssangx and asked.
This was the first time Lumine had heard Yu Jin and Lanssangx discuss others from The Lands Between, so she was naturally curious.
"More than just friends!" Lanssangx raised her eyebrows and whistled.
"Just friends." Yu Jin nodded, then said helplessly, "I've already clearly rejected them, but unfortunately, it doesn't work."
"Is… is that so?" Lumine was stunned when she heard Lanssangx's words. To be able to openly discuss her private matters like this, she truly was worthy of being a senior!
"Hahaha, that won't do, little silly." Lisa heard their conversation and immediately burst into laughter.
"I don't have such worldly desires." Yu Jin crossed his arms, making an 'X' gesture to signify refusal.
However, Yu Jin only gestured for a moment before lowering his arms, because he saw the withered Golden Tree Sapling.
Although the Skyfrost Nail had been burned down, the severe cold accumulated on the mountaintop was not so easily dispelled.
So the summit of Dragonspine was still very cold, but without the strong winds and thick snow, the intensity of the cold was not as fierce as before.
But it was still very cold, and the Golden Tree Sapling was almost frozen and wilted.
He said to everyone, "Alright, alright, let's get down to business! Can't you see Xiao Huang is almost freezing to death?"
So Yu Jin removed his arm guard under everyone's expectant gazes.
Then a blurry black shadow appeared before everyone's eyes—that was Yu Jin's arm after he removed his arm guard.
"Hey! Yu Jin, if you don't want us to see, you don't have to fool us like this!" Paimon looked at the black shadow on Yu Jin's left forearm, his eyes immediately turning into dead fish eyes.
What could anyone see from a black shadow?!
"Why the hurry? There's some stuff on my hand, doesn't it take time to clean it?" Yu Jin immediately retorted.
Yu Jin's arm appeared as a blurry black shadow to others, but it was not so in his own eyes.
Familiar spots, familiar faces, familiar flames… they collectively formed this ugly arm.
This arm seemed to have no main body; it looked as if a Burning lump of mud had been forcibly kneaded into the shape of an arm.
But how could that be? Even an ordinary arm has bones supporting its form, and Yu Jin's was even more so.
Under Yu Jin's gaze, the rotten mud that had covered his arm for a long time began to actively retract, revealing his own arm, which had been buried beneath for a long time.
The arm was very thin, similar to the wet humanoid inside him back then. It was also just a layer of skin over bone; it was hard to say whether there was any flesh on it.
However, the wet humanoid's skin was pale, as if it had been soaked in deep water for a long time; Yu Jin's skin was reddish, like a human's.
In fact, Yu Jin was originally human. He only turned into this ghostly appearance during endless battles.
Now that it had stopped, he could catch his breath, and naturally, he would return to his former appearance.
Yu Jin closed his eyes. He began to perceive from his arm; there was no Burning of flames there, no countless human roars, only the surging of water.
Blood, the very thing that had always stained Yu Jin, finally flowed within his own body.
His consciousness moved in the opposite direction of the flowing blood, eventually reaching Yu Jin's chest. The familiar sound of Burning rang out again, and Yu Jin withdrew his consciousness.
He touched his chest with his hand; his fingers, slender and weak like withered branches, scraped against the breastplate, making a very harsh sound.
The breastplate was still warm as before, unchanged. But Yu Jin smiled; one day, there would be a beating sound here too.
The blurry light and shadow on his arm disappeared, and the true appearance of Yu Jin's arm was revealed before everyone's eyes.
Looking at Yu Jin's arm, which resembled a dried corpse, everyone fell silent. They had not expected Yu Jin's body, hidden beneath the armor, to be in such a state.
Thin, shriveled, looking like it could break at any moment.
"Yu Jin…" Paimon saw Yu Jin's emaciated appearance and didn't know what to say.
However, he quickly thought of a good way to make Yu Jin normal again. Paimon turned around and said to Lumine, who was still in shock:
"Lumine, we've saved up a lot of Mora, right? Let's take it out and treat Yu Jin to a big meal! He looks so thin, he must not have eaten much!"
As he spoke, Paimon even rubbed his hands. Although Yu Jin was the main character, it wouldn't hurt if he ate a little too, right?
"Hahaha! Then thank you, Paimon!" Yu Jin heard Paimon's words and stroked Paimon's head with his dry palm.
Then, he shook his head and said, "But it's not necessary. I'm just getting back what was originally mine; there's no need for such trouble."
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