Chapter 4.2 - [A Starry Night For Me] (1/2)

Chapter 4 – [A Starry Night For Me]

I was in disbelief.

‘Was the pink liquid we drank really the same? Was it because the rat was already sick with something? Am I immune to it?’

So many questions flew through my head as I tried to understand the differences between our situations.

I stared at the professor, stupefied.

He just looked at me indifferently in return.

“Most of the animals I tested died after taking the medicine. But interestingly, humans reacted to it differently. After some more studying, I realized that the drug might’ve reacted with the unique human energy, resulting in an unexpected change.”

“……an unexpected change?” I asked, looking at him obliviously.

He sighed, looking frustrated and confused.

“Did you run out of the lab and check the mirror that day?”

“Um . . . I don’t remember?”

And I really didn’t remember. Everything from that day was just blurry.

Thinking about it, when I was waiting in the lab for an interview, I thought I had looked younger.

I forgot because of the sudden events, but the reason I rushed out of the lab was to check myself in the mirror.

He brought the desk mirror that was on his desk and held it out to me.

“This is what you look like.”

Lifting the mirror with trepidation, I slowly looked at my reflection.

“Ah!”

I couldn’t believe it.

‘How could this happen, even though they say I took the experimental medication?’

But looking at the image in the mirror, I couldn’t deny what was happening to me. What I saw in the reflection was not a lie at all.

I quickly put down the hand mirror and walked up to a full-body mirror inside the office.

I was suspicious that the hand mirror he gave me might’ve been tainted or tampered with.

However, when I looked at the full-length mirror, I could see that I really did look younger than what I looked like before.

It wasn’t just my face. All the marks of old age had all disappeared from my body. The dress I was wearing now hung loosely around my body.

I thought it might’ve been an illusion until I looked in the mirror, but I could only say that I was flabbergasted.

“Do you see it now?” He asked, coming up from behind me.

My reflection in the full-length mirror matched the reflection from the hand mirror.

The mirror really wasn’t tampered with at all.

“How did this happen?”

I examined my new appearance with my own eyes in the mirror and touched it with my hands, but I still couldn’t believe it. I never imagined this kind of phenomenon would happen in real life.

“I’m surprised that my hypothesis was actually true. Looking at you, I feel as if I’m appreciating my work right in front of my eyes.”