Forsaken Land?

After staying silent for a moment, the old man spoke, "Young master, I don't why, but little Rou started aging backwards when she was sixteen years old. It's been almost four years since then. She is in reality 20 years old now, but looks to be only twelve.

Seeing Max's eyes widened in surprise, the old smiled wryly, and added, "I don't know why it's happening. I'm worried she will continue to age backwards until she…" His voice broke, and he couldn't finish his sentence.

Then with a painful look on his face, he continued, "This isn't the only thing that pains me. What pains me even more is that even though she is getting younger, her intelligence isn't regressing with her body, but is developing with her age. I wish her intelligence would also regress because if it did, her mind would also become childlike and she wouldn't have to suffer with the knowledge of her eventual fate."