Merlin didn't know why he was roped into helping his student out with the farm and the kitchen renovations. He grumbled all night but Zero continued to ignore them. Merlin felt wronged. With Truen, he was scolded by Freya for putting too many unrealistic expectations on his student. Why was it that Zero took his 'unrealistic expectations' with so much ease? Were they perhaps not unrealistic after all?
A crack in the air space made Merlin drop his work. The sudden movement startled Zero beside him.
"What's wrong?"
Merlin growled. "Somebody's infiltrating Arabesque through the air space instead of the portal..."
That surprised Zero. Who would have thought that there were other means of transportation coming to the City of Night? Merlin seemed very confident in his security as well. The portal was the only way Zero was taught to access the sub-plane. Was there actually other ways?