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    While Frank was being confined at ckwater, Huub Droitner was glowering as he paced around in his hotel room.


    He would shoot an asional but vicious re at his goon who was kneeling nearby before eventually bellowing, "Ipetent fools!"


    Even as the goon flinched, Huub ranted, "All I told you is to find an herb for me, but none of you could find it?! What''s the point of me keeping any of you around?! You''re all useless!"


    The goon was certainly wounded by Huub''s me too. "But, sir-the herb is really rare! We asked everyone we could ask across Zamri and Bralog, but no one knew about it! There''s no way we would know! And if no one knows, we don''t even know where to start!"


    Huub might have promised Helen that he would bring her a Bloodcrane Spiritbloom, but in reality, he did not know what it was.


    In fact, he had never heard that name before he was just trying to look good, snapping back at Frank and pretending that he knew to impress Helen. As such, when Helen urged him to bring it to her, he promised that a courier was on his way, while sending out all his people to find one at the same time.


    In his mind, with the extensivework of Droitner Inc., getting a mere herb could not be easier-it was all just a matter of time.


    If he had to, he could just say that his people were dyed due to unforeseen circumstances, shifting the me in its entirety.


    And since Helen needed the Bloodcrane Spiritbloom so urgently, she would not mind a small dy.


    With that, Huub would have Helen''s


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    disappear so that he could im Helen, along with other goodies from Lanecorp.


    After all, Lanecorp had changed now-even Droitner Inc. had heard about their sudden growth all the way in Bralog.


    And with Noel York, the best actress of Draconia joining their ranks, Lanecorp''s reputation was now heard far and wide. Still, Huub calmed down a little after hearing his goon''sints.


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    Rubbing his chin, he frowned and murmured to himself, "Could it really be that rare? So many people not knowing about an herb... Well, that''s a first."


    "Mr. Droitner, Mr. Droitner-!"


    Another goon charged into the hotel room just then, at once thrilled and delighted. "I''ve found it!" "Really?!"


    Huub appeared delighted despite the second goon''sck of manners, while shooting a re at the first goon who imed it could not be found. See? What was that about everyone not knowing about a single herb? What did he have to say now that his colleague had found one?


    The first goon was as shocked as he was dejected, because he was not lying-he had sent a lot of people to go looking, and the reports he received were all the same: no one had even heard about it.