Bab 87: Two conditions (part 1)

One hour later. 

Aito opened his eyes to his body still soaked in his bathtub. Although the two recovery beads' healing effect was still active, his injuries were more or less healed. 

Most of his blisters have disappeared. His spots of swollen red skin were now almost back to normal, albeit with one detail.

His skin, having been in contact with water for too long, was akin to an old man's. A common phenomenon happening if one stayed several minutes in the water. 

It'd go away in less than an hour for him, anyway. 

He'd leave weird skin issue anxiousness aside; it was truly a pointless topic to think about. Only those trying to blend in with the masses and try to please others by following the common standards of beauty would do that. 

Useless to him. He cared little about what others thought of his appearance, at least his current self did.