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Chapter 52

The visit.

She walked briskly to her study, determined to find a solution. As she sat at her desk, she rifled through books and scrolls, searching for any mention of portals and how to close them. She read for hours, her eyes growing heavy, until she finally stumbled upon a passage that caught her attention.

“...to close a portal, one must find the key that opened it and use it to seal it shut.”

Nathan walked straight to his study room, a sense of urgency in his steps. The guards, always alert, followed closely behind. As he entered the room, he quickly made his way to his desk, ignoring the piles of papers and books scattered on its surface. He held a book tightly, its pages worn and its cover tattered. He had been studying it for weeks, searching for answers to the strange occurrences that had been happening in their kingdom.

With a deep sigh, Nathan dusted off the chair and sat down, his eyes scanning the pages of the book. He was deep in concentration, oblivious to