KWAAANG—!
"Ugh—!"
I twisted my body just in time, the violent surge of aura slicing past where my head had been a split second earlier. The shockwave still grazed my shoulder, sending a sharp jolt through my arm.
So he's realized it now.
The moment Signut understood that I could avoid his attacks, his strategy changed completely. No pauses. No probing. Just relentless pressure—one aura strike after another, fired with killing intent.
"You—!" he roared. "What exactly are you?!"
His eyes were locked onto me. Only me.
Not Anna, who was still in my arms.
Not the fact that he was an Imperial Knight sworn to protect her.
Just me.
No—especially me.
What kind of knight ignores the princess's safety to obsess over a single student?
"Focus on your job, damn it…!" I muttered under my breath as another blast screamed past us, pulverizing the stone wall behind into dust.
I grit my teeth and kept moving.
"We're almost there!" I shouted. "It should be in there!"
