-Bang, bang, bang.

On a stormy late night, the sound of loud knocking echoed at the edge of the quiet village of Hamel.

-Bang, bang, bang.

It was a time when no one should be awake. At 3 a.m., everyone should have been in bed.

-Bang! Bang..! Bang...!

"Is no one there?!"

Yet the man kept pounding on the door, desperately braving the storm.

-...

With no response, he gritted his teeth in frustration.

The man looked frantic. Even though the rain was pouring down on him with no umbrella, he repeatedly glanced back, worried that the person he carried …