Blood gushed as Geon's head landed on his desk, his eyes wide in a peaceless death!

"What?! He's dead?!"

Frank's heart skipped a beat at the sight, not quite believing what he was seeing.

After all, he had seen many guards in the residence on the way in, with many of them being elite forces under Hans Schnee's command.

So how was Geon killed, and it had to be now of all times?

Frank turned back toward the body and saw the handle of an exquisitely crafted dagger sticking out of the back.

And it was a dagger he was very familiar with.

"Stanley!" he exclaimed as he realized with a start, as he took the dagger given to him by Stanley Durban as a token.

They were identical!

did this happen?! Was Stanley

puzzle pieces were incomplete he only had a hunch Stanley was involved, but not how

frame him? Could

aligned himself with the Lionhearts too... Unless they had sent Stanley to kill

walked up, touching and inspecting Geon's

and slowly, leading to jagged gaps. Before Frank shook the body, there was just a small piece of skin holding head to neck. Frank then looked around and found some ash beneath

eyes. narrowed. "Drifter's Sweet. Common

of knocking out

then rose to his feet and pieced together what

have knocked out Geon with the Drifter's Sweet and then cut off his head before stabbing the dagger on his back.

would have killed him after decapitating him... so why plunge

"Could they be out

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