Hurrying Back

Champa shot Vados a look, as if asking why she had hit him.

"Can't you see something's wrong with Gran?" Vados said telepathically.

"Wha—"

Champa's face went pale, but just as he opened his mouth, he clapped a hand over it.

He studied Gran closely.

Gran's eyes were open and perfectly clear. There was no emotion in them. Something was definitely strange about his state.

"What's going on with him?" Champa asked telepathically, his voice full of urgency.

"Well..."

Vados told him what had just happened.

When he had heard everything, Champa shuddered. He pointed at Gran and asked telepathically, "Y-you mean he's comprehending the Third Layer State of Mind right now?"

"If I'm not mistaken, yes."

Vados was shaken too.

She had never seen Gran like this before. Did he enter this state every time he tried to comprehend something?

With Gran's sudden change, none of the three felt like eating anymore. They waited for him to wake up.

One day passed.

Two days passed.

Three days passed.

Then the seventh day passed. It was Gran's thirtieth day in Universe 6.

Under his original plan, he was supposed to return to Universe 7 today, but he still had not woken up.

"Think Gran will reach the Third Layer State of Mind the moment he wakes up?" Champa asked from the tea table by the distant lakeshore, watching him.

"I don't know. I only gave him a few pointers on the details of the Third Layer State of Mind, and then he ended up like this." Anticipation shone in Vados's eyes.

Gran was her disciple now. She would be delighted if her guidance helped him break through.

"Either way, entering this state should be a good thing for Gran."

Vados suddenly shook her head. "But I remember Gran saying