A small amount of lip balm was pushed out and pressed against the smooth, fair skin of her abdomen, leaving behind a faint but clearly visible trace as it moved.
Shizuku stood before Jing Yang by the bed, biting the hem of her lifted sweater as she waited for him to finish drawing on the skin of her waist and abdomen.
It was around noon. Outside the hotel window came the bustling noise of traffic, rolling in with the sweltering heat.
After Jing Yang finished drawing, he gathered a ball of Aura in his hand and pressed it onto the blurry pentagram pattern on Shizuku's abdomen. The complete pattern was covered by Jing Yang's Aura, immediately triggering his Manipulator ability, Song of the Earth, and instantly leaving a rose gold Pentagram Mark on Shizuku's skin.
Shizuku quickly felt a slight change in her Aura as well.
The mark Jing Yang had placed on her waist and abdomen seemed like a central hub, completely blending a small amount of Jing Yang's Aura into her own. The energy throughout her body also began moving uncontrollably because of it... She could clearly sense some of her lingering wounds healing faster. Even her Aura itself seemed to recover more quickly than usual.
"But why did you say to draw it here?" Jing Yang suddenly asked.
"What?" Shizuku came back to herself and lowered her head to touch the rose gold Star Mark on her waist and abdomen. "Is it not good here?"
"I told you, didn't I? If the Star Mark gets damaged, it vanishes immediately." Jing Yang raised one finger. "Even a minor scrape, or a few cuts from a sharp weapon—so long as the integrity of the Star Mark itself is damaged, it'll be removed directly."
He pointed at Shizuku's fair, supple