The Girlboss Begs for Remarriage by Chu

"Such a shame."

Mobius sneered under the moon's glow, wiping the blood off his lips.

Then, searching and taking the spiritron vein from Mr. Shrode's body, he nodded in satisfaction. "Along with the Bloodcrane Spiritbloom that Huub Droitner mentioned, my master will transcend mortality." "Guh..."

Mr. Shrode was glaring from the floor even as he watched the spiritron vein being taken away. He raised a shaking hand to snatch it from Mobius' grasp...

That was when it happened.

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Feeling a numbing sensation in his neck, Mr. Shrode strained himself to lower his gaze and found a swarm of black bugs crawling out of his chest.

It was a harrowing sight, and when Mr. Shrode saw it, he realized that they had entered his body when he drank Mobius' wine.

"Guh..."

could only watch helplessly as more of those bugs crawled out of his body,

the living, breathing person

Early next morning...

the ones

Frank was shocked.

she told him that she came because the Lionhearts had tipped

a member of the Martial Alliance and had considerable influence. As such, a tip from them had to be taken seriously, even sending out their chief to

the

with Silverbell as well. That in turn made Frank

him

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fit the Lionhearts' style, which was why he and Silverbell must stay on their toes from here on

really come,

and Silverbell were having breakfast, a

who he was but asked nonetheless, "And