Once we had the dark sorcerer bound at the wrists and gagged to prevent him from pulling any tricks, Karon arrived with the rest of the unit.

The soldiers took one look at the beaten, groaning dark sorcerer sprawled on the wooden floor and the suspicious passage leading underground, and their eyes widened in shock.

“Salvia, excellent work.”

Winter inspected the unconscious sorcerer as he spoke to me.

“You kept your cool and made the right call.”

“Thank you.”

But even as I responded, my eyes were on Karon.

The dark sorcerer. The children he had exploited. Seeing them here, right in front of him, might bring back bad memories.

“Karon.”

“Yes?”

As expected, he couldn’t take his eyes off the ragged-looking children. I quickly nudged Aquila’s arm, signaling him before calling Karon over.

“Wow! You did a great job bringing the rest of the unit! You really worked hard to gather everyone! That’s seriously amazing!”

I started clapping, and Aquila reflexively followed suit. Karon’s expression immediately brightened.

…He’s so easy to read.

With that, the dark sorcerer situation was pretty much wrapped up. Except for one lingering issue.

“What about the children still bound by magic?”

“The higher-ups will send specialists to take care of that once we turn in the sorcerer.”

That was the official response. But knowing how slow the upper ranks worked, I wasn’t exactly reassured.

That was when Sanchez, who had been watching the dark sorcerer from a short distance, spoke up.

“These kinds of spells usually have a medium. If we destroy it, the contract should break.”@@novelbin@@

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