Oh um you could have just not done that! Author-nim should have just made them the same ag...

I know the appeal is like “wow he’s older” but you could have aged them up like a decade each or something

you misunderstood the time loop thing. he didn't raise alois for his entire childhood, just took care of him for a bit until he was old enough to be sent off. him coming back to theo was of his own accord as an adult.