CH61 The Wait and Return
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"Father, it's been three days past the agreed time. Are we just going to keep waiting? Let me go in and find him!"
Zora stood before Merlin, clearly disgruntled and anxious.
The twenty days agreed upon for Alex's return had already passed, yet the old man didn't seem the least bit concerned about his True Disciple.
"My instructions were for him to spend at least twenty days," Merlin replied calmly. "Not to return on the twentieth day. He only needs to be back before the thirtieth."
He opened his eyes—previously closed in meditation to maintain the portal—and glanced at Zora from the corner of his gaze.
"He's not a child. There's no need to be so worried. Besides, he's merely inside a Subspace with a strength cap at early Class 3. What will you do when he enters a real Plane in the future? Panic more than this?"
"He's not even fifteen yet. Of course he's still a child! How can I not worry? And how can you not?"
