Chapter 352:

Xu Xi and Sylvia first met during the second year of the simulation.

Pitiful, lonely, silent, and yet strong.

With a broken face and a body turned undead, Sylvia was always driven away in fear no matter where she went.

No one believed her words.

Even fewer showed her any kindness.

Because of this, Sylvia could only hide herself in armor, pretending to be a hero to earn even a little trust.

After meeting Xu Xi, she once asked him a question—

Could her undead body be healed? Could those hollow bones once again become a human form?

“Sorry… I can’t do that.”

That was Xu Xi’s answer at the time—apologetic, but honest.

But now, having ascended as a Four-Ring Sorcerer, and after gathering enough information, Xu Xi finally mastered the Four-Ring spell: Flesh Regeneration.

Its creator originally designed it as a spell to heal injuries.

But through extensive experimentation, it was confirmed that Flesh Regeneration had a miraculous effect—even restoring flesh to lifeless skeletons.

“Master Sorcerer… I… I… I really can?”

“Of course you can, Sylvia. But this isn’t a permanent treatment. It has a time limit.”

“Time limit?”

“Yes. It lasts for about an hour.”

Was she disappointed? No.

Sylvia stood frozen, her eyes blinking with nothing but joy and gratitude.

Before meeting Xu Xi, she had no one to talk to.

Afraid her secret would be discovered, she fled every village she saved without saying a word.

Terrified of that silent loneliness, she lived in a world of her own, with only the sound of a leaky roof to accompany her.

Those days were too bleak.

Too painful to forget.

Now, that pain finally had a chance to heal. Xu Xi was about to help the hero reclaim her humanity.

“Master Sorcerer… what… what should I do?”

“Should I take off my armor? And the cloth on my head…”

The undead girl looked completely lost.

Despite the years shaping her maturity, at this moment she seemed like a child, unsure of what to do.

“No need to rush, Sylvia.”

The simulated sunlight streamed in like golden threads, gently filling the room and casting a warm glow on everything it touched.

Xu Xi chuckled softly and removed the cloth from her head.

“Master Sorcerer, the armor…”

Sylvia spoke up instinctively, thinking Xu Xi had forgotten that step.

But Xu Xi shook his head.

“Sylvia, for this experiment, you don’t need to remove your armor.”

“Eh? But before… it was always required…”

Her voice grew smaller and smaller.

Her frozen mind finally started working again. As realization struck, Sylvia understood what a foolish thing she’d just said.

This experiment…

Was meant to restore her body.

A complete body. A living body. A sound body.

If she took off her armor…

Sylvia didn’t dare imagine any further.

She hugged her head, curled up, and crouched down—falling into the same posture she used when she was scared of the dark.

Beside her, Xu Xi prepared the extraordinary materials needed to activate the spell.

[Sylvia’s wish has always been to regain a normal body]

[The changes in the world, the extinction of humankind—so many things had happened that she had long forgotten that desire]

[But you still remembered]

[After ascending to Four-Ring Sorcerer, you began studying the Flesh Regeneration spell]

[At last, you mastered it and used it on the hero]

The white bones trembled.

Flesh began to grow.

The moment Xu Xi cast the spell, a vast amount of life force was extracted from the materials and transferred into Sylvia, blooming into crimson buds of fresh flesh.

It was an astonishing display of precision and order, a miraculous act of creation.

From the organs to every part of the body, nothing was left untouched.

Xu Xi couldn’t see inside the armor, so he didn’t know how much of her body had regenerated—

But he could see that the broken face was becoming whole.

Delicate features.

Elegant long hair.

Emerald green eyes.

Under the morning light, her platinum-blonde hair shimmered with ripples of brilliance, like the first rays of dawn—radiant and vivid.

It draped over her shoulders, where soft white met pale gold, reflecting each other in a beautiful harmony.

Her eyes, once dim, now glowed like green gems shimmering over water.

She stood still, dazed and silent.

This had once been the proudest jewel of the Crowfield family.

Broken countless times, pieced back together again and again—

Only now did it finally return to its complete form.

“Master Sorcerer…”

She reached up to touch her face.

That was the sensation of real, unbroken skin. Her voice trembled.

It was not simulated by soul flame—

It was Sylvia Crowfield’s true voice.

Clear, soft, and beautiful.

“Thank… you…”

Tears glimmered like faint stars in her eyes, quickly welling up and pouring out.

It should’ve been the happiest moment.

But the hero could no longer hold it in.

Silent tears streamed down her cheeks, glistening in the sunlight, radiant but sorrowful.

She didn’t want to cry out loud.

She didn’t want to trouble Xu Xi.

She pressed her hands over her mouth and nose, trying to stifle the sound—

But it was no use.

The tears poured through her fingers as she showed Xu Xi a look of helplessness and sorrow.

A face only Xu Xi could see.

A face that belonged solely to the hero.

Crying quietly, sadly, unable to hide it.

All the pain—

in that moment—turned into a muffled cry.

“Sylvia.”

Xu Xi saw the sorrow in her eyes and gently wiped the tears from her cheek with his hand.

He didn’t say, “You don’t need to thank me.”

He didn’t try to offer a long speech of comfort.

He simply stroked her head with a gentle touch.

“It’s been hard on you all this time, hasn’t it?”

The ripples in her eyes stilled—

Then burst like a flood.

Those eyes…

finally became bright, flawless emeralds once more.

[You successfully restored the hero’s body]

[The joy and sorrow of that moment could move anyone to tears]

[You waited patiently]

[Only after her emotions settled did you leave the room to give her space to change]

[In the past, afraid of her undead appearance and hated by others, the girl wore armor every day]

[But now, with her body restored, she could finally wear normal clothes again—finally show her human side]

Among the clothes prepared in advance, Sylvia chose a long dress.

Delicate, soft fabric with an iris-patterned collar, dotted with pale green flower buds across a white skirt.

A very elegant and tasteful outfit.

“Master Sorcerer…”

Her pale fingers gently pushed open a crack in the door. Sylvia peeked out and looked in Xu Xi’s direction.

“Do I look good… like this?”

The hero was worried.

Worried that her appearance wasn’t beautiful enough—

That the clothes she chose weren’t suitable.

She cared about Xu Xi’s opinion.

She wanted to hear his response.

“You look even better than I imagined,” Xu Xi said with a smile, gazing at the girl bathed in sunlight.