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    "He''s the one who poisoned Megan, so that he has an excuse to meddle in family matters!"


    "Exactly! When we fought back, he poisoned and killed Megan! He''s as strong as he''s crazily ambitious, sir! You have to be careful of him!"


    "That''s right! We''re facing a crisis now!"


    Meanwhile, Frank stood alone in the middle of the crowd as the Quill family ndered him in every way.


    He certainly noticed that even Governor Quill was looking at him coldly, even showing signs of distrust now. "Frank, what do you have to say against these usations?"


    Before this, Governor Quill did not hide his favoritism for Frank, partly because of his mother, even suggesting out loud that Frank could seed him as the governor.


    In fact, Frank''s attitude and bearing was to his satisfaction-if not thrill-ever since they met in Bralog.


    However, with his entire family unanimously using Frank, Governor Quill could not simply look the other way, no matter how strongly he felt about Frank.


    Poisoning his cousin, lusting after the governor position, assaulting and insulting his elders, and even trying to entice the families of his fallenrades to turn against his family...


    Even if there was some nder involved, there was no way his entire family could be lying, could they?


    Nevertheless, if Frank was guilty of any of the usations, Governor Quill thought it would drive a wedge between them anyway.


    If the progeny he trusted and thought so highly of was such a deceitful schemer... the thought alone sickened Governor Quill, if he was not already livid from being deceived.


    To his shock, however, Frank did not argue or fly into a rage.


    "There''s something you didn''t ount for..."


    Instead, he was calmly smiling as he turned toward Saul as hey on the stretcher. "I''ve actually cured Megan-she''s safe now, so you could just ask her if I poisoned her."


    "What?!"


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    Alba and his wife were the first to react, staring at Frank in disbelief.


    Alba even wobbled toward Frank, asking with a quivering voice, "Nephew... I mean, Frank, did you really save Megan? She''s really..."


    Frank shrugged and smiled. "Why don''t you go take a look?"


    "Let''s go! Hurry up..."


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    Seeing how confident Frank was, Alba did not drag his feet. With his wife''s help, they ran towards Megan''s half-copsed mansion, stumbling along the way.


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    Governor Quill then turned to the rest of his family. "Since Frank ims that he has cured Megan, why not let here forward and tell the truth? I''m sure she''d know better than anyone else if Frank had really poisoned her."


    Frank nodded in turn, clearly agreeing to let Megan tell the truth.


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    Frowning, Saul certainly felt his doubts gnawing inside even as he stared at Frank''s confident visage.


    Megan had been injected with a deadly poison—in fact, Saul did it himself.


    So how could she be alive?! She had to have died right then!


    Could the brat just be bluffing, to try to buy time?


    Nearby, Rex was caught off guard as well, his cheek clenching tensely. "He actually cured Megan...?"