Chapter 559

Jane stood with her tiny arms crossed, her adorable face set in an uncharacteristically serious expression as she regarded the three elderly men before her. "Grandpa Kevin, Grandpa Benedict, Grandpa Francis," she said in her sweet but firm voice, "I may have studied a bit of medicine, but I'm not talented in it. I definitely wouldn't make a good apprentice for any of you." Grandpa Kevin sat up straighter, his bushy eyebrows lifting. "Now hold on, little one," he chuckled. "We never said anything about you becoming our apprentice. It's just that... well, we three old fellows aren't as spry as we used to be." He gestured to his stiff limbs with a dramatic sigh. "Climbing mountains to gather herbs isn't what it used to be. Surely you wouldn't want your dear grandpas to risk breaking our old bones out there, would you?" Jane: "......" She wanted to say she absolutely would be fine with that, but the sight of three pairs of pitiful, puppy-puppy eyes staring at her melted her resolve. "...I