Soon, aside from the brocade mites that managed to crawl out of the bathtub, the rest were all detaching from Megan's body.Suddenly, Megan groaned and slowly opened her eyes, and she immediately saw Frank standing beside her, impassive.As her memories flooded back to her, her gaze at Frank turned from shock to rage instantly, "You?! What are you, Frank Lawrence?!"Before she could unleash a full-blown outburst at Frank, however, she suddenly felt a tickle.Looking down, she found herself immersed in a pool of unknown green liquid, with many disgusting mites floating on the surface."Argh!!!" She shrieked as she scrambled to crawl out of the bathtub, but even as she did, she accidentally gulped a mouthful of the green liquid, along with one of the dead mites.Collapsing on her knees right then, she vomited so violently that she was soon puking bile.Even as Megan wondered if she would puke her guts out and die, she found herself staring at a pair of feet.She looked up to se
Megan gaped in shock at Frank as he told her everything—to think that someone as despicable as him existed!Before she could curse him with the vilest expletives, Frank stopped her again with a look of annoyance. "I'm not interested in your body, Ms. Quill. I've seen better, so don't give yourself too much credit…"He even gave Megan a pointed stare at the parts she did her damndest to cover, and Megan somehow sensed a hint of contempt."W-What?!"She was left at a loss and felt a hint of anger she could not quite understand. "What's that look for? Is he mocking me… No, is he mocking my body figure?!""Also…"Frank spoke again, interrupting her thoughts. "As a healer, it is nothing shameful to see a patient's naked body. I might even say…"Pausing to breathe a long sigh, he then finished, "If you had listened to me before, this wouldn't have happened at all."Megan did a double take, only remembering then how Frank had warned her to cup her face and stop hollering.She refused
Suddenly, Megan chuckled coolly. "Oh, I get it… You must've been trying to cop a feel, so Uncle Saul wanted to punish you!""I'm not interested in you."Frank looked up impassively as he coolly repeated himself before sighing quietly. "There are things you're better off not knowing."Megan frowned, muttering under her breath, "You don't have to keep saying you're not interested…"Frank looked up, staring at her in confusion, leaving her cringing guiltily just then."Done!"Five minutes later, Frank pulled out all the acupoint needles from Megan and started to turn and leave. "I've also left you with two Ichor Pills. And since your family wouldn't be short on supplements, just remember to take those as well. You'll be fine once you take your time to recover."Seeing that Frank was about to leave, Megan opened her mouth to speak but ultimately gave up.Covering her mouth under her blanket, she murmured softly, "Thank you…"Frank waved her off, gesturing that it was unnecessary.
Every member of the Quill family looked on in amusement.After all, they believed that whenever Governor Quill was furious, whoever stood out would be the first to get it.Frank, however, did not know that tradition.Not only was he standing out fearlessly, but he was even heading straight to the governor's helicopter, staring fixedly at the old man as he alighted with a furious glare."Frank?!"Governor Quill's breath seemed to have caught in his lungs.However, his rage did not subside—if anything, he appeared angrier as he bellowed, "I told you to leave this manor! Did you really just ignore my orders?!"Despite Governor Quill's parent-like lecturing, Frank remained fearless as he bowed his head in greeting. "Grandfather, I've merely come to stop you from doing something you might regret.""Something I might regret…"Governor Quill was actually left musing to himself, unable to argue.His fury subsided as well, and the tension in the air quickly eased.Some members of the
There was clear disappointment in Governor Quill's eyes as he watched his fiftyish son stammer, unable to finish a coherent sentence.Unbeknownst to him, Saul was merely afraid to face him because of his own misdeeds."Grandfather."Nonetheless, even as silence ensued, a voice that was clearly hiding panic spoke from behind Gero.It was none other than Rex himself.Cara was almost petrified at the sight of her son standing out at this delicate moment. "Are you crazy, Rex?! What are you doing?!"It was clear that the governor was very furious at the moment and basically interrogating Saul as if his crime was proven.Would her son not be presenting himself in the governor's crosshairs if he spoke up now?!And unsurprisingly, Cara saw Governor Quill glaring coldly at her son, his eyes judgmental and devoid of the warmth he afforded Frank. "Rex, was it? Gero's son? Do you understand what you're doing?"The pressure from Governor Quill's glare left Rex nervous, and he actually thou
While Rex's accusation of Frank was a little bizarre, Rex wheeled on him and smirked."Hah! You're still refusing to admit it?! It's obvious you're trying to drive a wedge between us, since Grandfather is asking about our soldiers!"Then turning toward Governor Quill and bowing his head politely, he said, "Grandfather, since Frank claims that we've been abusing the families of your fallen comrades, why don't you ask them? They are standing right there, and they wouldn't lie to you, would they?"At Rex's words, the rest of the Quill family realized with a start the reason why he had the audacity to stand out and accuse Frank for lying—he had a strong hand to play!After all, Eric Holt's resistance was short-lived, completely stifled by Rex's hand just earlier, and those soldiers would never dare come forward now to accuse the Quill family of abusing them.And with Rex holding their families hostages, things would simply carry on as usual, with those soldiers faking smiles and telli
Hence, in no time at all and without any words traded between them, the Quill family had come to a mutual understanding—Frank was their common enemy.And sensing that something strange was going on, Governor Quill frowned as he pointed at one of the soldiers and barked, "Tim Cox! Be honest—has my family been abusing you and your comrades?! I have said before that you are all equal in standing with them, so why are all of you serving as their security guards?!"Tim was ready to answer.Though the scene of his dear comrade Eric dying with his eyes wide on the floor kept appearing in his mind, he also remembered his sister.Hence, after musing irresolutely to himself for a long while, he eventually looked up with a smile. "That never happened, sir. Your family has been most gracious to us… As for serving as security guards, we have been doing so voluntarily."After receiving so much from your family, it really hurts our conscience not to give something back.""What…?" Even as Fran
"He's the one who poisoned Megan, so that he has an excuse to meddle in family matters!""Exactly! When we fought back, he poisoned and killed Megan! He's as strong as he's crazily ambitious, sir! You have to be careful of him!""That's right! We're facing a crisis now!"Meanwhile, Frank stood alone in the middle of the crowd as the Quill family slandered him in every way.He certainly noticed that even Governor Quill was looking at him coldly, even showing signs of distrust now. "Frank, what do you have to say against these accusations?"Before this, Governor Quill did not hide his favoritism for Frank, partly because of his mother, even suggesting out loud that Frank could succeed him as the governor.In fact, Frank's attitude and bearing was to his satisfaction—if not thrill—ever since they met in Bralog.However, with his entire family unanimously accusing Frank, Governor Quill could not simply look the other way, no matter how strongly he felt about Frank.Poisoning his co