Mission To Remarry

“You're Old Mr. Lomax?” Roxanne finally snapped out of her shock and compared the person in front of her with the picture taken in his younger days.

Peregrine nodded and asked caringly, “How's your body doing?”

Respectfully, she sat with a straightened back. “Thank you for asking. My body's doing fine right now. I'm sorry for greeting you in such an impertinent manner.”

Then she tried to leave the bed.

In response, Peregrine waved his hand. “It's fine. You're a patient. There's no need for you to mind your etiquette.”

He turned to Lucian. “How did Ms. Jarvis wake up? Did an expert create the antidote?”

the bed, Lucian replied in a deep voice, “I successfully took some from Jack. However, the dosage I obtained wasn't enough to expel all traces of poison in her body. I'm afraid your

“Of

treat Roxanne. It was why he came, after all.

already figured out some of the poison's composition. Is that true?” inquired Lucian somewhat impatiently.

was made of, it would be easy to synthesize an

informed the two of his analysis.

only guess that the medicinal herbs Peregrine

to Peregrine, a look of awe settled in her eyes.

with admiration, “You really do live up to your title as Merania's King of Medicine! While these medicinal herbs aren't particularly rare, people seldom use them because they are often ignored. I think

those herbs, she would've forgotten that some of them even existed.

“Don't celebrate yet. This is only one part of the solution. If we want to develop the antidote,

are. Staring at Roxanne with anticipation, he said, “I recall