After taking their seats, Jude looked at the two of them with curiosity and asked, "Pardon my presumption, but might I ask how old you two are?"
Faced with this question, Alan and Laxus were already accustomed to it. Alan calmly replied, "I'll be 15 when we get back to Magnolia, and Laxus is 14."
Hearing Alan's answer, both Jude and Layla were somewhat astonished. The moment they first laid eyes on Alan and Laxus, they had assumed the two were already adults. Standing 1.9 meters tall, weighing 180 pounds, and with a body fat percentage not exceeding 12, Alan looked to anyone like a fully grown, brawny man at first glance. Laxus, right beside him, was not far behind; under Alan's influence, he now stood 1.8 meters tall and weighed 160 pounds. Even so, this was the result of careful control by Alan and Laxus, as excessive weight would have hindered their subsequent growth.
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