Chapter 43 Different Sense of Time

Gwyneth stared at the hideous scar in the mirror, lost in thought. It had been ages since she had taken a close look at it. The scar ran horizontally across her abdomen, starting from the front and stretching toward her side, even reaching further toward her back.

Gwyneth pursed her lips and delicately traced her fingertips along the scar. It no longer elicited any pain, but the fact that she had been young when her skin was burned meant that the nerves beneath the scar had suffered damage. As a result, whenever her scar was touched, she would experience a peculiar sensation—a constant reminder that her nerves had not yet fully recovered.

Gwyneth vividly remembered the moments of her treatment back then, when she was in a semi-conscious state, hearing the elderly doctor with graying hair speak slowly. 'It will likely take many years for the texture of her skin and the nerves inside to fully heal,' he had said.

Just a little over a decade had passed since then, so it made sense that