Yurika, dressed in a long black gown, seemed ethereal amid the frosty white mist.
With her back to everyone, she gazed quietly at the transparent ice coffin.
"Lady Yurika." The two lowered their heads and bowed to Yurika.
Angel remembered Leon saying not long ago that Yurika had not visited Jon for a very long time. Yet she was truly standing here now. Why? Was it because she knew he was coming?
Yurika did not turn around and continued staring at the ice coffin. Only after quite a while did she say faintly, "Come in."
Angel stepped into the ice chamber, suppressing the turmoil in his heart. He decided to ignore Yurika for the moment and focus all his attention on the ice coffin.
When Angel clearly saw Jon inside the ice coffin, horror flashed through his eyes.
Leon had not lied to him. Jon's condition was so terrible that no examination was even needed to see it.
When he had left home four years ago, Jon's body had already been skin and bones, but he had at least still looked human. Now, Jon was practically a skeleton draped in a thin layer of skin.
No one who saw the ice coffin could possibly believe that there was a living person inside.
A tube was connected to Jon's heart, leading to a two-necked bottle nearby. There were two layers of liquid inside it: black liquid below and green liquid above. The black liquid accounted for eighty percent, while the green liquid made up only twenty percent.
"This is Life-Nourishing Water. Once all the green Life-Giving Liquid turns into black Withering Liquid, the person in the ice coffin will die completely." Yurika was the one who spoke, and she seemed to be explaining this specifically for Angel.
Angel abruptly raised his