"Well, I'm relieved with your assurance, Mr. Turnbull.”

Aesop bowed his head at Glen before turning and beckoning at theprocession. "Wrap it up—we're heading back now. We're coming backnext week!"

"Yes, sir." Everyone answered at once.

It was clear that Aesop held authority too—at his orders, even Sif andTitus kept quiet despite having something to say.

All they could do was to grumpily return to their cars and head home.Along the way, Titus was resting his eyes at the backseat, whereas Sifwas ranting relentlessly, telling Aesop everything about her beef withFrank.

"Hmph." Aesop snorted. "I'm surprised that the whippersnapper had itin him."

Musing to himself for a moment, he then glanced between Titus andSif. "Neither of you leaked our grand scheme, have you?"

"No way." Sif shook her head. “No more than a handful of us are awareof it. No one would catch on. And there's no way that mad witch wouldtell the Turnbulls a thing."

"Well then, I'm relieved."

Aesop nodded, rubbing his chin. "Still, Glen's reaction today is worthlooking into. There's no reason for him to get tough against us, refusingto proceed with the wedding even if it meant war against us. Someonemust be messing around.”

"It must be Frank Lawrence!"

Sif snapped angrily, folding her arms before her chest. "He's as cunningas he is hard to read. We can't rest easy as long as he exists!"

“In that case, we'll have to send someone to deal with him."

Aesop nodded before turning to Titus. "Well, you've been quiet for awhile. What do you think about any of this?"

"Eliminating Frank is a must,” Titus growled coolly as he opened hiseyes, his demeanor a lot less casual than earlier. "We'd have to spenda fortune too—this job would take at least five Volsung Sect elders.”"Five?" Sif gaped in disbelief. "Dear brother, don't you think you'rebeing paranoid?”

After all, there was the mandatory rule that every Volsung Sect eldermust be at least mid-Ascendant rank. To send five such individualsagainst some whippersnapper was overkill, to say the least."Paranoid? Not at all,” Titus retorted quietly nonetheless. "If anything, Ithink that's not enough. There's just no way to read Frank Lawrence...but I suspect that he is Donn Lawrence, exile of Mystic Sky Sect.""What?!" Everyone gasped at Titus’ words.

If Frank really was Donn, then he bore a blood grudge against theLionhearts. Their close allies, Volsung Sect, was one of the factionswho profited the most from the fall of Mystic Sky Sect three years ago.Nonetheless, Sif assured Titus, "Don't worry. I'll bring my men andpersonally capture him!"

"No," Titus shook his head. “You should be more prudent andmerciless. He must be killed on the spot.”

"What?" Sif was left taken aback. "But back at Turnbull House, you said"That's for anyone who's listening." Aesop chuckled, glancing proudly atTitus. “The first thing one must learn as a successor of the Lionhearts isto hide your real self. Titus has already grasped that lesson, while youneed to work on that, Sif!"

"Yeah," Sif replied, lowering her head at Aesop's lecture.

Titus turned toward her impassively. “Is Ehud coming back soon?""Yeah." Sif nodded. "In a week."

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