Chapter 17. Escaped Academione

He took a quick look through the slightly open door and made sure that the people outside were busy with their own business. Isaac hurried over to one of the beds and opened the pillowcase, which he quickly folded. Isaac slipped through the door and ran quickly to the back of the house, hiding his body in the shadows of the dark walls.

Throughout the day, Isaac wandered around the Twin Falls fort, looking as if security was tight, but it wasn't. There were many gaps where someone could easily get in or slip out. One of them was at the north end of Twin Falls, where there were tall trees that backed up to the fort's fence.

Isaac ran silently through the garden and reached the north end of the fence. He circled the tree and stuffed some of the apples he had been hiding there since the previous afternoon into his pillowcase.

He quickly climbed up the tree without difficulty, then clambered up the branches. The distance to the ground was about 14 to 15 meters from the