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On the other hand, Winter was unusually protective despite her usual delicate mannerisms, shielding
Frank as she snapped, "F-Frank is a very busy man."
Her classmates were certainly dissatisfied.
"That's sly, Winter!"
"Yeah, aren't you just keeping him to yourself?"
"It's alright, Winter."
Frank patted her head and smiled—he never received formal education himself and was therefore not
averse to the students' eagerness to learn. "If you're all interested, I'll try to make time for a lecture
every month."
"Once a month...?"
The students were all disappointed, though something was better than nothing.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtWinter blushed even as she braced herself against the other girls' pointed looks. "That's plenty! Frank
is very busy!"
Frank made a solemn face just then. "Alright, class dismissed."
As the students all thanked him earnestly for his lesson, he was once again reminded of his junior
apprentices who always fooled around.
The thought left him clenching his fist.
As he strode out the lecture hall, Bravo Lambert hurried to him.
He had been waiting for over two hours and littered the floor with cigarette butts.
Seeing Frank frowned at the mess, he paused before wheeling on one of his boys and smacking him
on the head. "We're at a school! Why were you smoking? Clean that up right now!"
The man appeared wounded. "But that's your mess."
"Oh, the cheek! Get a broom right now!"
"Okay."
The man had to give in and left to get a broom.
Frank finally spoke at that. "So? What did you need me for?"
However, Bravo frowned at the students around them. "Why don't we talk someplace else? This really
isn't the place to talk about it."
"Sure." Frank nodded and left Winter with Jean. "I have something to attend to, so I have to go. Mona
should be taking a stroll somewhere on campus, so remember to bring her home."
"Okay." Winter nodded despite being reluctant to see him go.
With that done, Frank got into Bravo's car, and they headed to a secluded private room in a dimly lit
bar.
Bravo then said, "Mr. Lawrence, when you saved my boss Kurt Stinson... You said he was poisoned
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmwith Stellar Wormwood, didn't you?"
Frank nodded, remembering what went down at Flora Hall. "Yeah. So? Did you find the poisoner?"
"We couldn't single out anyone," Bravo admitted. "But we've been looking into the herb trade lately and
finally traced it to the Salazars of Sunny City."
"The Salazars?" Frank paused, suddenly reminded of the martial elite who served Donald Salazar.
The man, Jaud White, was from a hidden sect in the South Sea.
Jaud had poisoned Vicky with Snowshade later on as well, but the Salazars had since suffered a vital
blow.
With even Sage Lake Sect denying them support, they were on their best behavior recently especially
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