A short shadow shot out of the wavering field of reeds. Seol Jihu looked up as he pulled his arm back instinctively.

‘Uek!’

He was about to throw the spear when he suddenly furrowed his brows.

It was because the glaring sun shone down on his eyes as if it had been waiting for this moment.

And because the speed of the mysterious shadow far surpassed his imagination, he couldn’t see it properly.

Something black brushed past his field of sight. That was the only information he could gather at that moment.

In the next moment, Marcel Ghionea chased the target with narrowed eyes and prepared himself to pull the trigger.

However, Teresa’s eyes simultaneously widened.

“Wait!”

Along with a high-pitched scream, Teresa quickly extended her arm out.

Drrk!

“Ah!”

Marcel Ghionea muttered in a fluster after firing about four bolts. Because Teresa had suddenly pushed him, his balance was shaken and his aim was ruined. The bolts all flew off their intended mark.

“You—!”

Marcel Ghionea grit his teeth and looked back at Teresa. It was then.

“Ueh!?”

A child-like voice suddenly rang out from above.

The figure crossing through the air flailed before falling down. Although the crossbow bolts had missed their target, they had formed a fire net that blocked the shadow’s movements.

The target attempted to change its course in a startle but had failed and fallen instead.

Just as Seol Jihu, who was looking at Teresa in surprise, moved his gaze in the direction of the voice—

“Uuu… wuuuu….”

“?”

He doubted his eyes, furrowing his brows strongly and staring at the sobbing thing that just fell on its face.

First, it seemed to be about 30~40 centimeters tall. Judging by its cute little hands and its tiny feet, it was a child without a doubt.

The problem was this.

“What the heck?”

Chohong blurted out as if she lost interest, then walked up.

“Miss Chohong! Wait! Don’t just walk up…!”

Teresa stopped Chohong, but Chohong continued walking. The groaning child must have felt her presence as it looked back in a startle.

“H-Human! Here too…!”

Despair filled the child’s small beaded eyes.

“No, no…!”

The child flailed around, trying to...