The Gall of that Sly Man.

Hannah blinked as she furiously removed a hand from around her neck and waist and sat up holding her head. The tranquilizer's effect had finally worn out but the headache because of that was utterly bad. She turned her head to scowl down at Lloyd, who was sleeping quite soundly still clinging on to her leg with his legs. Hannah gritted her as a few of her forehead veins swelled up cause of the anger.

'The gall of this sly man to sleep like a baby in front of me after doing all that' was what her chilling scowl apparently meant.

Lloyd, who had been awake since earlier actually, did not dare open his eyes but could still feel the stare filled with annoyance falling at his face.

He knew very well that he was too much yesterday, but he could not deny that he wanted to do it again if he ever got the chance.

They had been continuing this silent war of stare and evasion when there was a knock at the door.

"It's Raymond, my Lord," Raymond's gentle yet terrified voice said from behind the door. "There is something I would like to tell you."

Hannah was going speak back to Raymond about how his lord was still pursuing his beauty sleep, when Lloyd pressed his hand on her mouth, and responded, "I'll come in a moment, Ray."

Removing his hand and gently pecking on her lips as he quickly ran his hands up her into her shirt, Lloyd smirked and whispered, "You didn't forget what you did to me yesterday, did you, Ilea?"

Doing such a deed and leaving Hannah somewhat shocked and confused at the same time, he ran of to the door and closed it behind him.

Now, having successfully escaped Hannah, he looked at Raymond's face, which was to his surprise, quite pale.

"What is the matter, Raymond?" Lloyd asked as he walked towards his study along with Raymond.

"It's Frank, my Lord," Raymond said as they turned around. "He is not speaking or eating anything. He doesn't even let go of the young Lady's hand and if we try to separate them, he starts throwing a tantrum and throw the servants around with some mysterious power."

"Not even you, Raymond?" Lloyd asked.

"No, my Lord. Not even me, it is as if he has forgotten everything about before he fell into the lake." (Raymond answered)

"What did the doctors say?" (Lloyd)

"They said that nothing was wrong with him, they even said that he was doing better than the young lady herself. It seemed more of a mental problem." (Raymond)

"It would have been weirder if he were to stay alright after that kind of experience. If what Nova told us about Julia experiencing Frank's death along with him, I can only imagine the pain that child must've gone through in that lake. You knew about Frank's reaction to water, right? That was why you were so worried."

"Yes, I apologize for hiding it from you, my Lord. I just thought people might find Frank strange of they knew about it."

"I can understand, Raymond. I am the same when it comes to Julia. But Frank, that child is something a bit more. Two mana cores, as Nova said. And Nova doesn't lie in that sort of thing. What did Julia tell you about what happened last night?"

(Raymond sighed.)

"Count Sebastian wasn't lying. It was indeed Frank who attacked him first. The young lady said that he looked at Count Sebastian with absolute hate as if he had seen a monster, even his eyes turned black."

"Hmm, so we can't exactly blame Nova for this. Let us call a priest to investigate Frank's condition first and then ask him about these things when he recovers enough."

Raymond nodded. They reached the study, Lloyd turned towards Raymond and said, "Tell the governess that there would be no classes today, explain her the situation and let the children rest for today."

"Didn't you just come from her room, my Lord," Raymond asked with his traumatizing smile as it seemed to him odd that Lloyd was coming out from the governess' room in the first place.

"She might not like to see me right now, as I've been bothering her the entire night, so it's better if you tell her," Lloyd said while giving his signature, all-know smile.

As much as it shocked Raymond, so it did the maid walking by with some laundry, who rushed off the hallway after blushing on what she just heard.

"My Lord, wha…. What do you…?" Raymond was in the middle of asking when Lloyd shut the door on his face and disappeared in his study,

Shocked as well as sad, Raymond just trudged away after a while to the governess and then to call a priest and check up on the children.