——He ultimately failed to push open the study door.
For at the very moment Viscount Dorgoruki uttered these words,
a sinister, disarticulated demonic arm made of pure shadow suddenly stretched out from the shadow cast in front of the study.
It seemed slow but acted fast, quickly emerging from the ground and grabbing Viscount's face — as this demonic hand violently pushed the Viscount backward, away from Annan, it also slammed him harshly against the wall on the other side of the corridor!
By chance, the other side was a stone wall held together with cobblestones. Struck in the back by the slick stones, the Viscount almost lost his breath and convulsed subconsciously as he was pinned against the wall by the disarticulated shadow hand.
"...You'd better explain yourself first, Your Excellency the Viscount,"
said a very light and deep whisper, sounding from behind Annan as if he had just woken up.
Zorgen's eyes were now fully open.
