The Girlboss Begs For Remarriage

Frank chuckled. "He's nothing special. There are plenty of people whose existence is condemnable."

Alda smiled, nodding. "If you say so. I'm sure you'll wipe them out one day."

Frank smiled but said nothing.

The next day, Frank and Faust met up with Zark.

After shaking hands, Zark led Frank to a large mansion in the outskirts of Cronde.

"I'm really surprised you came," Zark admitted. "You're really too nice."

Frank chuckled. "Now that would rub me the wrong way. We had an agreement- how could I go back on my word?"

Zark smiled and nodded.

The trio then strode through the front hall to the back garden, where the rich and powerful were socializing.

Zark was going to lead Frank straight toward them, but Frank shook his head. "Forget it. They'd start fighting if they knew I'm here, and that would be a mood killer."

he nodded. He had Faust sit down with Frank in a quiet corner

to a young but stout fellow from the crowd,

did not

Skyhigh Sect's chief. He's famous and often

but said nothing-not because he was nice, but because it was

would just challenge him

crowd's fawning when he heard someone muttering under his breath,

and saw that the man who said that was shorter and skinnier, only in his

asked, "What's your name? Who

youth sneered. "I'm Haran of the Cumur

of the

out for a moment-he had heard of them himself, as they were a major clan in Shagan. They were just next to the Costners in influence and had famously purged a sect whose

and was the only youth who had

you've heard

folded his arms before his chest proudly. "I won't make things hard for you just address me with seniority,

was not about