"Quit being so pessimistic, or I'd really be discouraged."

Frank snorted but stood up. "Come on already. I have nothing else to do anyway!"

"You're the best brat ever!"

Sylvie strode up and pecked him on the cheek, smiling cheerfully and unabashedly. "I have a huge reward waiting after we're done."

Frank smiled but said nothing, since he knew very well what it was.

Nonetheless, they were in Shanton two hours later, passing the police line and arriving at the dig site soon enough.

The dig team had been waiting for a while, their scowls quickly fading as they appeared hopeful to see Frank.

Someone exclaimed, "Mr. Frankton's here! This is as good as done, just watch!"

Another person promptly snapped, "Are you serious?! Do you think he can keep the hypogeum intact while the load-bearing structures are being set up?"

youth named Ernest Lane, the son of

any work, only to be scared shitless when he heard that the hypogeum needed new

good laugh from that, which left him

be... only for it to turn out to be some ordinary civilian, and hardly anyone

and we just might let you stay here. Insult my kid again, and

were not local on top of that. As they were not that knowledgeable, they had

bent some rules, which had led to the

left him deflated, he did not

we'll

"Okay!"

own mind about things, Frank was more knowledgeable, so Sylvie was happy to

into the hypogeum, a

stench of rotting

this place should be airtight," Sylvie murmured in confusion. "How could anyone

not appear

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