The moment I stepped fully into the laboratory, Liora's gaze immediately dropped to my right arm, and for a second, she simply stared in absolute disbelief. Then her lips began to tremble as her eyes raked over the flawless skin, searching for the faint scars, the damaged flesh, and the brutal evidence of the system's punishment that had nearly completely destroyed my hand hours before.
The skin was entirely pristine once more, as though the terrifying injury had never existed at all, and Liora looked as if she wanted to weep right there on the stone floor. "Your Highness..." she whispered, her voice cracking slightly under the weight of her sudden emotion.
