The Girlboss Begs For Remarriage

"Such a shame."

Mobius sneered under the moon's glow, wiping the blood off his lips.

Then, searching and taking the spiritron vein from Mr. Shrode's body, he nodded in satisfaction. "Along with the Bloodcrane Spiritbloom that Huub Droitner mentioned, my master will transcend mortality." "Guh..."

Mr. Shrode was glaring from the floor even as he watched the spiritron vein being taken away. He raised a shaking hand to snatch it from Mobius' grasp...

That was when it happened.

-

Feeling a numbing sensation in his neck, Mr. Shrode strained himself to lower his gaze and found a swarm of black bugs crawling out of his chest.

It was a harrowing sight, and when Mr. Shrode saw it, he realized that they had entered his body when he drank Mobius' wine.

"Guh..."

could only watch helplessly

minutes, nothing was left of the living, breathing person on

Early next morning...

Lionhearts were the ones who

Frank was shocked.

Silverbell after breakfast, when she told him that she came because the Lionhearts had tipped

the Martial Alliance and had considerable influence. As such, a tip from them had to be taken seriously, even sending out

neutral toward the Lionhearts, Frank considered them his mortal

the Lionhearts were aware of Frank's connection with Silverbell as well. That in turn made Frank

eliminate him and

why he and Silverbell must stay

You've really come,

as Frank and Silverbell were having breakfast, a smiling blond foreign businessman