Remove the hair tie and strip off the clothes.
Yi Chen's entire body was wrapped only in a scarf (Little Grape Limited Edition), covering his neck, mouth, and nose, as he lowered himself into the bathtub.
Principal Deslin remained draped over the edge of the bathtub in the same position. One of her hands rested at the bottom of the tub, slowly releasing Star Fragments through her skin, preparing to bring the bathwater to an extreme concentration. This was her "equivalent exchange" for the massage.
Of course,
this was merely the equivalent exchange as Deslin saw it.
These Star Fragments from the Old World were worth more than anyone could imagine. If enough could be collected and kneaded into Star Fragments, they could even fetch a good price from the Duke.
While the concentration had yet to reach the required level, Yi Chen had no qualms about striking up another conversation with the Principal, continuing the topic from earlier.
Several keywords—Stars Fall, the Stargazers, and Platinum Blood—had piqued Yi Chen's interest. There was a high chance he would come into contact with these things in the future.
However, there was one other matter that interested Yi Chen even more.
"Principal... what is your illness?"
"An astrological Mutant—Astrology Hyperchylomicranemia. It's a semi-hereditary pathological Mutant. I have to thank my pathetic and pitiful family for that. I was born with familial hyperchylomicranemia. Simply put, my blood is white.
"Later, when I went to the Old World and came into contact with the Stargazers, they unexpectedly acknowledged me because of this hereditary disease. They even treated me as a 'kindred spirit from the other side of the world.' From among the remains of the Stargazers, I obtained a perfectly matching relic, broke through, and acquired this exclusive illness."
As she spoke, Deslin lightly