Following his teacher through the woods for a bit, weaving past the tangled and overgrown thicket, we arrived at the clearing where Alice and I used to have our special training.
"What on earth is this about, Teacher? Why walk this far? Alice is all alone at home, and as a good, responsible father, I'm really worried."
"Stop talking nonsense, you don't need to worry about your junior sister. Although I, this old man, am a bit up in years, I've been a teacher my whole life—don't you think I'd foresee something like this? Rest easy, I've already set up a barrier around your house, what could possibly happen?" Magellan pulled his coat tighter around himself. The autumn wind in the forest was fierce, and now that late autumn had arrived, the wind felt extraordinarily cold.
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