Repaying the Favor 2

"And what if his face becomes someone else?" Klaus inquired.

"We'll see whose face he aspires to have. For instance, if it were Lucien, his teacher's face, don't think he'll have a chance to use this body either," Daniel replied before retrieving his smartphone from his pocket with his left hand. He glanced at the picture of Lucien that Maria had obtained for him.

The blue light emitted by the magic array on the homunculus's body grew brighter as time passed. Gradually, it subsided, and the faceless homunculus began to undergo a transformation. First, the facial features and contours began to take shape, followed by the appearance of eyes, nose, and mouth. As the features solidified, Daniel slowly lowered the gun aimed at the homunculus's head. His eyes widened in shock as the face that emerged was one he knew all too well.

It was his own face, but the face of his current self, not the person he was ten years ago.