"Master… Lawrence?" Kat coughed violently as she regained consciousness."Yeah," Frank replied as he tousled her hair, his gaze at once scolding, exasperated, and pained."Hahaha… I knew it! You're the only one I know who could leap off a helicopter…"Frank scowled as Kat could joke even in this situation."You brat!" he snapped, though not without worry. "You'd be dead if I were a moment too late!"Kat shrugged. "I really can't worry about that right now… They're ready to demolish the cottage, and I can't just do nothing. It was my parents' home…"Frank sighed exasperatedly, seeing the stubborn determination in Kat's eyes."I'll teach you other techniques later," he said shortly as he put her down.Kat coughed. "Have you finally grown a conscience, Master Lawrence?""No, I just don't want to clean up your mess every time!" Frank tapped her on the head, sending several bursts of pure vigor into her acupoints and rapidly invigorating her oxygen-deprived lungs.Within seconds,
"Hehe… The cottage is going to be their love nest! It's not up to the Lionhearts to demolish it!"Frank frowned as Kat's neighbors' gossiping went way worse, and he turned to find Kat giggling as she wrapped her hands around his arm, seemingly enjoying the misunderstanding.Screech—!A red sports car came bounding down the road, and a youth in red glasses leapt off as soon as it came to a screeching halt.He bowed at Sil. "Mr. Lionheart, they have come to an agreement, but you still need to oversee the meeting…"That was all Frank heard as his ears pricked up and listened.Sil held up a hand just then and stopped the youth from continuing, and he nodded in understanding.With another glance at Frank, he warily got in the red sports car and sped off, leaving the youth in charge.Frank did not stop Sil from leaving, since he could hear that Sil ordered the youth to retreat with their thugs.Moreover, he also heard something else in their exchange. "'Letting on too much'…?"Fr
"Master Lawrence, your lady friends are really each more beautiful than the next!"Kat was exclaiming in disbelief. "Your luck with women is extraordinary!"Frank rubbed his nose and sighed exasperatedly. "Another word from you and I'm selling you off to slavery.""Bleh." Kat poked out her tongue, shaking in fear.On the other hand, Juno was beaming from Kat's praise and came over to pat her head. "You're adorable too, Kat. So, how have you been? Have things been pleasant with Kelly Handel on set?""Pleasant?! That woman is—"Kat was ready to rant her guts out like a broken dam, only to suddenly realize what she was doing and gape at Juno. "Wait, you know me? And that I…""That's enough. We're not here to chit chat."Frank stopped her, and turned towards Juno with a serious look. "I have a question. Sil Lionheart, vice-chief of Volsung Sect's Caudal Hall had brought a gang with him to demolish a suburban village. Are you aware of that?""I am." Juno nodded calmly."What do th
At the same time, Kat ran out onto the street and hailed a cab.Before she got in, she did not forget to turn toward Frank and stick her tongue out at him before leaving.Frank was left frowning, while Juno hid a smile behind her palm. "She's more interesting than I thought.""Urgh…" Frank sighed lengthily, speechless.Thanks to his exchange with Juno, he had come to realize that Sil and his group did not go to Kat's village to demolish it, but to gather information instead.Naturally, they wanted the spiritron vein, having somehow learned that it was around that location.What they did not expect, however, was that the spiritron vein was no object this time, but a person.In other words, Kat was the one they were looking for.Everything made sense now, especially why Kat's blood was so effective as a catalyst for pill refinement, allowing him to cook even Jade Marrow Pills.She was a walking spiritron vein, and she was not even aware of that!Frank did not want her to get fa
"Who is it?"Frank frowned, instinctively distancing himself from Juno, only for her to press herself on him relentlessly."Now, now. This man is quite amazing… I'm worried you can't do it, husband." Juno smiled, her eyes narrowing.She looked just like one of the vixens in folklore, born charming and able to send any man into a frenzy.However, Frank remained perfectly calm as he repeated, "Who is it?"Juno paused for a moment as Frank was not falling for her tricks, surprised that Frank was so determined.Hence, she leaned in, her red lips parting as she smiled and breathed into his ear, "Silverbell, chief of the Martial Alliance.""What?!"Frank's face fell right then, and he leveled a cold—even murderous—glare at Juno, ready to attack even as he rasped, "Do you want to die?""Oh, come on. I was just yanking your chains." Juno giggled to play it off, knowing right then that she had pushed one of Frank's buttons from the way he threatened her."Then who is it?" Frank growle
This was a production crew for a major film, and it was not possible for unauthorized personnel like Frank to simply enter.After some thought, he looked up with a smile. "I'm Noel York's friend. I've come to visit her."The three security guards stopping Frank stared blankly at him for a moment before bursting into laughter.They were laughing so loud even the pedestrians nearby were turning to look at them in confusion."Hey, hey, hey, get a load of this."One of the security guards was pointing at Frank's face with his baton even as he kept laughing. "This dumbass says he's Noel's friend, and he wants to meet her on set!""Hahaha! Do you even know how important Ms. York is? Who do you think you are, trying to get cozy with her?""Use a better excuse, like you're a scout or something.""Yeah, that would at least be more believable."The pedestrians were laughing from the security guards' mocking too—Noel York was the best actress in Draconia, and that brat claimed he knew he
Roman never once looked in the direction of his fangirls, waved, or smiled at them.In fact, he was scowling and clearly grumpy, even as the fangirls kept screaming."Oh, he just looked at me! He did!""Shut up! He was looking at me!""Say that again, I double dare you!"The scene collapsed into pandemonium, and some of the fangirls were even tussling because of that.Frank stood in the distance, shocked.If Kat became a star someday, with fanboys chanting like that…He felt a chill down his spine and decided once again to kill the idea in its crib.Getting to a quiet place, he called Noel."Hello."Noel's voice was languid, seemingly having just gotten out of bed. "Where are you, Ms. York?""Me?"Noel was at a loss but soon came to her senses and giggled. "I'm in Riverton.""What? Aren't you in Morhen for filming?""Oh. I finished my parts last night, so I left. Kat has some parts left, but she'll be done in the afternoon.""Oh."Frank nodded and chuckled. "I'd like t
"Well…" Alfred Moran, the director, could only murmur awkwardly.Jeff Bale, the bald scriptwriter, strode up with an apologetic smile. "Actually, Ms. York rejected the parts. And she's one of the sponsors for the production, so we can't just force her."Yeah, Mr. Xinder," Alfred reasoned. "Just calm down, and get ready for your part today.""Fuck off!"Roman refused to hear a word of it, however and flung the script an assistant brought him straight at Alfred's face. "I wouldn't have taken this role if Noel wasn't involved! And now you're telling me that we don't have intimate scenes?! What am I even doing here?!"Frank narrowed his eyes at Roman's outburst, his impression of the man hitting rock-bottom instantly.However, Roman just happened to be seeing red and needed more people to vent.As the production crew was busy with their respective tasks and kept their heads down so that they did not get caught, only Frank was staring his way.Roman abruptly realized that Frank was