Dahlia, now a stream of water, enveloped the "Gikon," and then the water flowed into the Gikon's facial features.
About ten seconds later, the Gikon lying on the ground suddenly opened its eyes, then sat up amidst everyone's astonished gazes.
"Ah... I... this is...?" Dahlia touched her face, exclaimed involuntarily, and then realized she could not only control her body but also speak again.
"Get up and walk a few steps?" Kanna helped Dahlia up and said in an encouraging tone.
While the other two watched in stunned silence, Dahlia slowly took her first step, then her second... In a short while, she had completely mastered the body and even started to jog.
"Don't tell me you're wearing one of these too!" Nian grabbed Kanna's horn, gritting her teeth.
"Of course not! Dahlia, come here!" Kanna waved, beckoning the happily bouncing Dahlia, who had regained her human form, over. Then, in front of Kaltsit and Nian, she made a gesture with her finger, and Dahlia's hand was directly cut open. Only then did they see that beneath the outer skin, although there was a skeleton, there was no blood or other components that a "human" should have.
Dahlia, who had a cut on her hand, felt no pain, and the cut quickly closed up again in front of everyone, returning to its previous state.
"Dahlia's is really just a skin suit. I'm a human, okay? Although my cells have a tiny, tiny difference from normal humans, I'm still flesh and blood!"
Kanna was very indignant at Nian's suspicion.
"Phew! You scared me..." Nian slumped onto the nearby sofa. Although following Kanna often brought various unprecedented surprises, too much surprise turned into fright.
Time passed imperceptibly as they chatted. Soon, it was time for Ifrit to wake up. The group gathered around Ifrit. Firstly, they hoped she would see them when she woke up. Secondly, if Ifrit had any problems upon waking, they would be ready to help.
"Uh..." With a low moan, Ifrit slowly opened her eyes, but upon seeing Dahlia sitting on her, she closed her eyes again and went back to sleep.
"Why am I still dreaming...? Strange, why would I dream of Dahlia...?"
Ifrit, with her eyes closed, mumbled to herself, trying to "wake up" this way.
But before she could "awaken," she felt her cheek being pulled outwards. She opened her eyes and found it was Dahlia... "Am I still dreaming? Why does this dream feel so clear...?" Upon seeing Dahlia, Ifrit instinctively thought she was still dreaming, but the sensation of her face being pulled was very real.
"You're not dreaming! Welcome back, Ifrit!" Kanna's voice came from the side.
Hearing Kanna's words, Ifrit's eyes suddenly widened, and she sat up. "It's not a dream... but..."
She pointed at Dahlia incredulously.
"You're not mistaken, it's Dahlia... I made a little toy so she can appear before everyone in her old form."
Ifrit hugged Dahlia tightly after hearing this.
"It's real, I can feel Dahlia's body... Uh..." She had wanted to say she could feel the other's heartbeat, but found there was none. The most terrifying thing was that for so long, she realized she hadn't taken a single breath, and putting her hand on her chest, she couldn't feel her own heartbeat either.
"What happened to me?"
Ifrit recalled the situation before she lost consciousness. Saria and the others had gone out to help, and she was sitting bored in the house. Then a child ran in from outside in a panic. She greeted him. He said he was being chased by bad people, and now that the bad people were gone, he wanted to go home. Wanting to do something for everyone, she voluntarily took him to a family's house.
Soon after she returned, the child ran over again, holding a cup of "drink." He said it was a special blend from Gran Faro, brought from home to thank her.
She then drank it. After drinking, she felt something was wrong. Then the child pointed at her and cursed her with very unpleasant words, saying things like "Continental worm, return to the embrace of the sea."
Then she saw Saria... Ifrit remembered everything before she lost consciousness. She immediately looked at Saria beside her and saw her looking back with a complex gaze.
"Saria... I'm sorry... I shouldn't have disobeyed you..." At this moment, Ifrit also knew that the child she had "saved" must be related to the Abyssal Cultists who were hostile to her group and the local people.
"No, it's my fault. We always protected you in the laboratory; you never experienced the dangers of the outside world..." Looking at Ifrit, Saria calmed her complex emotions and reached out to stroke her hair.
"Alright... Ifrit, how are you feeling now?" Unable to bear such a touching father-daughter moment, Kanna clapped her hands to gather everyone's attention.
"I feel... never better... No... I... I'm not Infected anymore..." Ifrit smiled and patted her chest, indicating she was in great health, but then she suddenly looked at her arm. The familiar crystalline growths on her skin had vanished without a trace, leaving only pure white skin.
She immediately looked at her waist and legs, where many terrifying crystalline growths had also disappeared... Ifrit looked at her hands, feeling the body free from oripathy, free from pain, and for a moment, she was at a loss... Kanna took her hand and told her everything that had happened after she lost consciousness... As a child, Ifrit quickly accepted everything Kanna told her. She nodded, "I saw the Ragnaros you mentioned in my dream..."
Ifrit said that while she was unconscious, she arrived in a world everywhere burning with flames. At first, seeing those creatures covered in flames, she was a little worried, but she didn't expect them to not harm her when they approached, and she felt no pain from the fire on them.
Soon after, she was discovered by a giant stone man. The stone man introduced himself as Raolith, a lord of the Firelands.
The stone man called Ifrit the Newborn Fire and led her into a huge castle, where she met the giant flame creature Kanna called Ragnaros. Before she woke up, it taught her a lot about fire.
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