Chapter 259 - False God (3)
People say that when you’re young, even seeing someone again after a short while can make them seem completely different.
But the face reflected on the water’s surface wasn’t something that could be dismissed with ‘you’ve changed a little.’
Because I had changed a lot. For one, I was taller, and even my face had become somewhat more mature and imposing.
It felt as though at least several years had passed.
"And here you are getting shocked over aging a mere few years.”
As if dumbfounded, Nightchaser grabbed both of her cheeks and stretched them.
Her cheeks extended smoothly like a human’s at first, but after a certain point they stretched far beyond what skin should possibly allow. It was practically like she was made of clay.
"You think you’re truly human just because you were in human form? Now that you can create things, life and death alike are under your will. So why fear the passage of time?”
"...That’s not what I meant.”