Chapter 468

Cradled in Frederick's arms with nothing to do, Jane grew restless. She snapped off a small twig from a nearby branch and began doodling on the ground absentmindedly. Propping her chin in one hand, she turned her curious gaze upward. "Brother Frederick, how did you figure out I'd traveled back in time? And how did you manage to follow me here?" Frederick tightened his embrace around her, his voice laced with playful accusation. "I retraced every step you'd ever taken until I finally discovered your laboratory." "So that's how you found my blueprints?" Jane recalled him mentioning this when he first reappeared, though their conversation had been interrupted before she could press for details. She distinctly remembered burning all critical schematics before entering the time machine. The remaining fragments were scattered and incomplete. For Frederick to reconstruct an identical time machine from those remnants in such a short time was nothing short of extraordinary. Then again, Frederic