"Nasty, you say?"

Jada smiled in wry amusement. "My master is even more so. Now talk!" Aina spilled the beans right then, since she had no stake in this anyway.

The next morning, Frank arrived with the artifacts at a village called Zurtborg.

He stood before a millstone that had not seen use for a while, straightening his clothes and putting down several suitcases while waiting quietly for Elizabeth's arrival.

He did not assume Aina's appearance simply because Aina did not want trouble with Elizabeth, which was why she used a go-between.

That spared Frank the need to disguise himself as a woman, as he assumed the appearance of Elizabeth's assistant.

However, while he was waiting, a man and a woman came bounding down the road, with the man smacking the woman repeatedly with a shovel as he chased her down.

Even though the woman was crying for help, the villagers in sight simply rubbernecked.

Frank smirked, but he knew he could not fault the villagers for being callous. They were refraining from meddling in another family's matter, not to mention that they might get caught in a misunderstanding and even get chased out of the village.

to Frank, however, as he did not live here, and intervening was really

did not hesitate to stride up, stopping the man and snapping coolly, "Pick on someone your own size. Do you feel like a man, beating up

man snorted. "What's it to you?! This is my family's

"In this day and age? What, is she your slave

sent the man

a mouthful of blood, he glared

just as Frank had predicted, he was no tough nut and fled as soon as he saw that he had no chance

only for her face

not be that intimidating since he was

each their own-they could do anything

the man returned ten minutes later, with several other men who looked like him, carrying shovels and

Frank. "You brat! You like meddling, huh?! I'll make this

Frank snorted. "I'm busy here, so let's just make

and he bellowed, "What's that supposed to

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