In a modest living room, far removed from the chaos of the gate, a young boy sat in front of a television. His attention was caught by the sudden shift in programming from his cartoons to an emergency broadcast.
"Uncle Ethan's on TV!"
Adonis' voice rang out with excitement.
At the table behind him, conversation halted immediately.
Mark turned his head sharply, his expression shifting from confusion to concern as he stood and approached the screen.
For a moment, his worst assumption surfaced.
"Did he… get locked up again?" he muttered.
The way he was escorted out after what he had done the night prior, he had come to the same conclusion that Ethan had initially.
But then he read the headline, his eyes widening as he did.
"An A Rank gate…"
His gaze lingered on Ethan's name.
"...And he's a C Rank now?"
