Edward looked at Akasha and hesitated. He was not hesitating over whether to take her away, but whether he should try to do something before falling asleep to prevent the future tragedy of her parents' and grandfather's deaths-he did, after all, know these siblings.
Just as he was thinking this, the door suddenly opened. An old man with a full head of white hair and a short white beard, dressed in a black suit, appeared in the doorway. He was the siblings' grandfather, Marquis Ponk.
The Marquis smiled as soon as he saw Edward. "Oh, I was wondering who would come specifically to visit these two children. So it was you, Your Excellency."
Akasha's expression changed, and she cried out, "Ah! I'm done for..."
"Grandfather, I wasn't the one who invited him! I told him over and over that I would never leave home. Rallard can vouch for me!"
Rallard: "..."
Edward gave her a speechless glance, then flicked a finger against her fair forehead, raising a large, bright red bump. He then said to the Marquis, "I happened to be passing by, so I stopped in to see them. I'm leaving now."
With that, he opened an Illusory Door leading straight to his home in Trier and made to leave.
A flicker of surprise passed through Marquis Ponk's eyes. Of course, he could tell that Edward had not opened a Traveler's Door, but used an ability only a Sequence 2 Planeswalker possessed.
In other words, in just a few short months, this Spirit Mage who had originally only been Sequence 4 had advanced repeatedly, becoming a Planeswalker whose strength far surpassed his own!
Good thing I didn't send word to the Duke just now. If a fight really broke out, we'd probably be in trouble!
Still, after a moment's