Instantly Adeline looked back and sure enough, as she had felt before, the man who previously helped Adeline was now pointing at a branch of a tree that had been sharpened towards Adeline's neck.
Adeline would be lying if she said that at this moment she wasn't surprised, even Adeline couldn't react to anything when she saw the man pointing at her like that. Adeline just froze in place with perfectly round eyes.
"W-w-wa-wait! I-I didn't mean to harm you!" Adeline said haltingly while raising her hand, a sign that she didn't have anything that could harm the man.
"How do you know this place?" replied the man in a low voice that sounded dangerous. Seeing that Adeline didn't answer him, the man continued, "Quickly answer my question!"
"Ahh! Yes, have you forgotten about me? I was the
