The Girlboss Begs for Remarriage by Chu

Frank sneered. "Ms. Lionheart, don't you think you're being overconfident? Also, word of advice—take a closer look at what you're holding. Does it really have a hundred years' worth of medicinal value?"

"What?" Sif did a double take but did not check her Hyperion Root as she retorted, "This is a Hyperion Root—there's no faking it. The roots are intertwined, a crystalline yellow and carries a fresh scent. How could it not be a hundred years old?"

"That's not quite right." Frank shook his head and smiled. "Ms. Lionheart, the Hyperion Root grows one tertiary root every ten years, so why don't you start counting if it's the right number?"

Frank's words finally built doubt in Sif at that—if memory serves, it should be ten.

"One, two, three..." She started counting, her face soon falling once she stopped at nine.

the Hyperion Root only had nine tertiary roots. And she was

the age?! I'll kill you if I find out you're lying!" Sif snapped at Frank, but her expression was clearly uncomfortable and her

the boy from Hundred Bane

here!" Sif snapped at Tavis Holt right then, summoning him over. "The Hyperion Root—does

Frank before giving the Hyperion Root his full attention. and

he did not bid for it, or his mentor would have his head for it. The Hyperion Root

Hyperion Root was harvested too early. Each Hyperion Root is a secondary root, and it must have ten tertiary roots for a hundred

root. "There. Another tertiary root would be growing out of that bulge—it still needs another ten