Bab 136: Back, again.

[Would you like to leave the Primordial Expanse?]

Alex didn't even give it much thought as he answered yes to this prompt.

He hadn't even checked Count Desmond's body for any spatial treasures or any other valuable items, but he couldn't really care about any of that right now.

All he wanted to do was leave.

***

Planet Hortus.

A huge, black swirling vortex opened up in the same spot Alex and Mira had departed just a few months beforehand.

Soon after, a figure appeared from the other side.

It was Alex.

Several seconds of silence passed.

Alex just kept looking up, into the void of the deep night sky with emotionless eyes.

There were no tears, there was no emotion at all. Most of all, there was no hope.

"I'm sorry." Alex said with a restrained voice as his gaze continued to linger up above him.