SWNAMSWAS – CH 45

“Hurry—!”

“What’s going on all of a sudden—”

“Just now, over there—”

Perhaps because a problem had arisen elsewhere as well, the knights’ voices were growing more distant.

Meanwhile, the culprit’s footsteps grew faster.

He was skillfully weaving through the alleys, making his escape.

‘Oh, this can’t happen……!’

I found myself gnawing at my lip.

At this rate, I might lose the culprit. No, the culprit aside—what about the child in that sack?

Was I supposed to just watch them be kidnapped?

My deliberation was short.

‘Now!’

I leaped down from the wall where I had been hiding.

And then I kicked away the arms holding the sack.

Thwack—!

With a precise impact, the culprit dropped the sack.

Not missing that moment, I quickly pulled it into my arms and set it safely on the ground.

Through the gap where the sack had opened, I could see the face of…