Noel didn't rush the final preparations.
One of the teleportation circles remained secured inside a reinforced chamber within his mansion, embedded into stone and layered with restriction seals that only responded to approved mana signatures. The second platform rested inside his dimensional pouch, compact for transport but inert until deployed and anchored properly.
He stood alone in the activation room for a brief moment before leaving, verifying once more that the inner lattice was stable and the anchor core dormant. Everything responded as expected.
That was enough.
"Spatial Shift."
The air folded cleanly around him.
When space reopened, the temperature changed immediately.
