that's the mirror's technical age since being made but it has been hinted that verite himself MIGHT actually be a human soul sealed within the mirror itself, as he performs in ways other magical items can't like the fact that he has free will and is able to freely comunicate and have fluent conversations
and judging from his demeanor he must certainly does not present as a child
at all, had he not shrunk to keep sevelian from losing he'd still be viewed as an adult
I feel like there could still be a possibility that’s he’s a child In the pass chapters they mentioned the prince going missing in the fairy kingdom and I immediately thought of verite. So even if he is a soul sealed in the mirror there are still chances he could be a child or at least not an adult yk.
I don't know how to feel about the possibility of blanche and verite becoming a thing?
like he has taken a child's appearance now sure but he was still an adult for like 3/4 of the story so far and I'm pretty sure he's still mentally an adult as well