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Chapter 589 - The Descent of Shatterstar

"Oh…"

Yaya, usually so gentle and obedient, seemed strangely reluctant to part with the fruit.

Ethan chuckled. He hadn't expected the little girl to guard her treasures so fiercely.

"What is this?" Celeste asked as she examined the red fruit Yaya had passed to her. It looked exactly like a peach—not the kind of fruit some mistook it for, but a true peach, the kind that grew heavy on trees and could be dried into sweet apricots.

"A Youth-Preserving Fruit," Ethan said with a grin. "Legend claims it can heal any scars on the face and restore your appearance to that of an eighteen-year-old. Even if you're seventy or eighty, you'll look as young as you did at eighteen."

"Really?" Celeste blinked in disbelief. "There's actually something that miraculous?"

Every woman, no matter how much she might pretend otherwise, cared about her appearance. Celeste had always borne her scars with a kind of quiet defiance, but this—this was different.

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