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.

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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..."

Shrode could not speak as his throat was chewed through. He could only watch helplessly

was left of the living, breathing person on the floor-not

Early next morning...

were the ones

Frank was shocked.

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

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

the Lionhearts, Frank considered them his mortal

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

eliminate him and

fit the Lionhearts' style, which was why he and Silverbell must stay on their toes from

You've really come, Mr.

breakfast, a smiling blond foreign businessman approached