Seeing that there was no one else around, Jean calmly walked up to greet Frank. "I'm surprised… You've really kept your cards close to your chest!"She had been there with Winter when Frank was personally training her in traditional Draconian medicine, so she and Frank were quite close too. And while she was not as accomplished as Winter, she was a capable assistant to her."What's that supposed to mean?" Frank raised a brow, perplexed.Jean was glancing at Winter just then, rolling her eyes at her bestie who was smiling stupidly as she leaned into Frank's chest."I'm talking about your family connections, of course," she said with a snort. "I mean, Governor Quill's grandson? Tut, tut… You'd be strutting in Riverton if you had told everyone back then, and there certainly wouldn't be so many problems."Frank chuckled at her words, shaking his head. "I just found out myself, and…"He then paused, glancing coldly at the stairs where Cara fled. "I wouldn't stoop to taking up such tit
Winter's jaw could not close for a long while, as she had no idea what to say."F-Frank…?"As she came to her senses, she asked in agitation, "Are you really Governor Quill's grandson?!""Yeah." Frank nodded.However, Winter clearly did not notice the troubled look in his eyes and hung her head as she murmured to herself, "Great… I knew you were special and would succeed one day… And prove yourself…"Frank chuckled when he saw that Winter was more thrilled than he was.Patting her head, he reminded her, "Relying on family and connections isn't really succeeding, kiddo.""Then… what is?"Winter drew a blank but soon grinned in delight and shook her head repeatedly. "Doesn't matter now. No one would dare mess with you, Frank! You're Governor Quill's grandson, gosh…""Shush…"Seeing that Winter was more excited than he was, Frank put a finger on his lips before sighing. "Don't get too excited. I'm not going to announce it anyway.""What?"Both Jean and Winter were stunned by w
Jean simply shrugged at Winter's question. "I'm fine either way.""Actually… Let's not do that." Frank smiled, remembering Governor Quill's horrific presence just then.Given Winter's meek nature, she would faint at the sight of Governor Quill.In fact, it would be fine if she just fainted—Frank would have trouble forgiving himself if something worse were to happen, and Governor Quill would most probably feel the same too."Something like this… should be planned ahead," he said vaguely."Umph!"Just as Winter tilted her head aside in confusion, Megan Quill grunted audibly in pain, drawing the trio's attention.Jean scowled and muttered, "Guess Dr. Georg has just done his thing.""Yeah." Frank agreed."Urgh… How did things turn out like this?"Winter remained too kind for her own good, feeling concern for the patient despite being slapped for her troubles. "Frank, can't you do anything about the parasite?""I can," Frank replied without hesitation and recounted how Megan was
Saul carried an air of permanent superiority, but Frank did not flinch.In fact, he remained calm despite Saul's glare, even chuckling. "So you're Grandfather's eldest son, and everything you say goes here in Quill Manor?""How dare you!" Alba snapped furiously, hearing the tone Frank was taking up against his eldest brother. "Watch yourself, brat! That's my eldest brother Saul you're talking to! He's the acting head of the family, so if you speak rudely again, he will tear your mouth right off!"Just look at him, Saul! I told you that he's a real prick, speaking with such impudence!"Cara York leapt forward, quickly adding fuel to the fire and pointing at her bruised cheek. "See?! He even hit me in our house! What are you waiting for?! Scum like him should be arrested and executed!""Are you telling me what to do?" Saul suddenly asked icily.The whole room turned silent right then.Still, Cara was ready to speak again, but she flinched when she saw Saul's impassive glare fixed
Not even Saul could have anticipated that his ambition might be threatened by some nephew who appeared out of nowhere.And being the eldest son, he had to watch as his own father showered said nephew with praise, even suggesting that he would let the kid inherit his office.At that point, Saul was not going to take this lying down.That was why he and the younger generation of the family were all busy sending out their people to find out more about Frank over the last few days.It was therefore shocking that Frank came on his own, even striking Cara in public.That was certainly the perfect excuse for Saul to eliminate Frank as a threat, but Frank's words had now caught him off guard."Brat…"Saul frowned, wondering the same thing Jean and Winter did.Was Frank really not interested in the Quill family's wealth and influence?Was that even possible, refusing to become the governor of the entire east coast?!While various expressions alternated over Saul's face, he had lived l
All Frank thought of Governor Quill was that he had a troubled life plagued with troubles he could not express much and was hence forced to live in solitude.In fact, that would be his opinion of Governor Quill, even if the man was not his grandfather—he had always respected his elders.Nonetheless, Saul's cold expression did not ease despite hearing what Frank said—if anything, he looked even more vicious. "You brat!" he snapped. "Do you really think that someone who has lived as long as I have won't be able to tell that you're being passive-aggressive?!""What?"Passive-aggressive?While Frank was left utterly confused, Saul thought he was just faking it and chuckled coolly."Fine, I'll spell it out for you!"Saul spoke confidently, even as Alba and Cara looked on in confusion. "You're just worried that our family would pressure and stop you from taking the governor's office. That's why you're trying to look soft and mislead us, so that we'll let our guard down! In reality…
"That's right!" Cara kept hollering, her brows furrowing as she remembered something else. "Don't you ever come back once you step out of our gates! Don't ever contact the governor either, or tell the public that you're one of us! Understand that we don't welcome bastards like you!"While Frank's visage turned icy from the Quills' taunting and insults, even Winter had had enough.Tugging on Frank's arm, she pleaded, "Let's go, Frank…"She was deeply afraid Frank would do something he could not turn back from.Beside them, Jean was scowling silently in frustration too."Sir."The soldiers who escorted Frank earlier left Saul's side as well, extending a hand and gesturing the way."Sir? Who are you calling sir?"Cara smirked, pursing her lips. "He's just some daydreaming beggar trying to suck up to the Quills! Just get out already!""Didn't you hear?!" Alba chimed in. "Get out!"Frank had enough of the duo's combined taunting just then and wheeled on them as he flashed a taunti
"Bleurgh…"Cara quickly turned, leaning on the wall as she puked her guts out.On the other hand, Alba leapt forward in a frenzy, seizing a stunned Dr. Georg by the collar as he stood beside Megan's bed."What the hell is happening to my daughter?!" he bellowed. "Explain!""I… I…"The young doctor panicked, stammering repeatedly but unable to finish his sentence.Alba's maniacal glare only terrified him further, leaving him trembling and dropping the tweezers he was holding."You promised!" Alba bellowed. "You said you'd save my daughter! Then what the hell is this?! What's with all these bugs… Wait!"It was only then that Alba remembered how the young doctors with Frank kept yelling that it was a parasite, not allergies.They had even kept warning them not to use the anti-allergy serum…Trembling as he turned, Alba had never felt so much regret as he watched the bugs crawling all over his daughter's skin.Meanwhile, Cara was finally done emptying her stomach after throwing