"..."
"Welcome back! I'm completely alive. Ignore the new appearance."
As Anastasia entered Dante's cell, the first thing she saw was him without his former mask.
Instead… his face was skinned completely by a mana barrier, made to manifest under his skin to chop it off every time it regenerates.
The artifact that caused all that was a small gem that was resting on his forehead as if it was glued.
Anastasia stared at that sight with a horrified face, getting reminded by some memories that she wanted to bury deep into the back of her mind.
"That's… too much." She murmured under her breath, wondering how the other anomalies were treated.
Were they treated the same, or were they simply upset at Dante and decided to do that to him?
It was obvious that the barrier artifact was more costly than the previous mask. It was made to cause more continuous pain.
And considering that he had broken his collar the previous day… that timing couldn't be a coincidence.
