Chapter 58
Walking ahead of Jacob was a young child and her mother. The child, perhaps around five years old, held tightly onto her mother’s hand, walking diligently with her short legs.
She didn’t whine about her legs hurting. Instead, she walked with determination.
The woman smiled softly at her child. But just as she turned to check if the child was keeping up, she caught a glimpse of something flying toward them at high speed.
Something about the size of an adult woman’s fist— thud.
The woman turned her head to see what it was, but she couldn’t. There was something blocking her sight— a large hand.
She could only blink blankly.
Gripping her child’s hand more tightly, she slowly turned her gaze upward to see the owner of the hand.
"Are you all right?"
"Y-Yes..."
Her response was drawn out. She was momentarily dazed after seeing his face. But only for a moment. Unable to figure out where to focus her gaze on such a strikingly handsome man, she instead looked down—toward his hand.
The very same hand that had stopped right in front of her eyes.
In that hand was a large stone. The very same size as the one she had glimpsed earlier—the size of a woman’s fist.