Count of Wizards

"Mr. Connor, please come in, the master told you to go to his study and wait for him!" Before Connor could open his mouth, the old man dressed as a butler was the first to speak:

"Master?" Connor froze for a moment. In his memory, his mentor Reyes had always been a loner, living here alone. When did an extra housekeeper come out?

Seemingly seeing Connor's question, the old housekeeper smiled and explained: "My name is Victor, and I am the professor's housekeeper. I just came here from the professor's hometown a few days ago. Mr. Connor called me Old Victor will do!"

"So that's it, I have the housekeeper Victor!" Connor nodded politely, and immediately walked to Reyes' study on the second floor of the villa.

Connor is no stranger to Reyes' study room. In his memory, Reyes often guides his studies in the study room.

The door of the study room was opened, and standing on the gorgeous and delicate carpet, Connor could smell a faint scent, envy flashed in his eyes, and Connor focused his gaze on the three large wooden bookshelves and desks in the room superior.

The surface of the desk and bookshelf wood has a very beautiful golden texture in the shape of a tabby, which is a unique symbol and characteristic of the precious and unusual wood tabby wood. The tabby wood was not planted in the Kaman Empire, only in the empire colonies on the New World. A small amount of planting is not counted except for the small amount of planting. This kind of tiger spot wood needs a full hundred years to mature before it can be used as furniture.

Tiger wood is expensive not only because its texture is very beautiful and pleasing to the eye, but also because tiger wood emits a unique fragrance. effect.

In the current market in Loen, the price of one cubic meter of tiger-spotted wood is only more than 500 gold pounds. Even so, there is no market for it. As long as the tiger-spotted wood enters the market, it will be bought within an hour. As for the three large bookshelves and desks in Professor Reyes' room, according to Connor's estimate, the starting price is at least five thousand pounds...

Sitting on the sofa in the study, Connor, who had nothing to do, casually browsed the furnishings in the room. The slightly yellowed books on the bookshelf were illuminated by the orange light of the gas lamp in the study, making the whole room very impressive. On the desk, there was a bottle of bright red wine without a label and a book of notes spread out.

Connor looked at the notebook with great interest. In his impression, his tutor, Professor Reyes, seemed to have the habit of taking notes.

The paper of the note is rough and mixed with some small black spots. At first glance, it is cheap and inferior paper. Observing this, Connor is more and more interested in this open note. Professor Reyes is a A person who pays great attention to the quality of life, the paper he uses is smooth and white special high-grade paper of one penny a piece. Professor Reyes will never use such inferior paper!

Obviously, various clues indicate that the notebook on Professor Reyes' desk is not Professor Reyes' own.

Whose notebook would it be?

A look of hesitation flashed in Connor's eyes, he was struggling in his heart, should he stand up from the sofa and read the contents of that notebook! Maybe that notebook will have the background of his mysterious and powerful mentor.

Glancing at the closed door, Connor made a choice, got up quickly, and approached the desk.

It can be seen that the text on the note is the Kaman script commonly used in the Kaman Empire, but the handwriting is very scribbled, and the writing of the text can be described as ugly, which further supports Connor's judgment that he has the empire's famous Professor Reyes, who holds a Ph.D. degree from Renfrew University, an institution of higher learning, would never have written such a text.

"On July 13th, Sir Mountbatten had a tryst with his lover Eva at the Leganes Hotel, 119 Narcissus Street."

"On September 21st, Mrs. Anneck, the wife of the wealthy businessman Wilbecca, secretly lent her brother five hundred gold pounds to pay off the gambling debt."

"On November 8th, Mr. Neres, the tax commissioner of the city government, accepted that Garley, a lumber merchant, bribed fifty gold pounds to help him evade taxes."

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"Fuck, this is all someone else's trick?" Connor secretly exclaimed in his heart after barely reading the contents of the note:

Looking at the scribbled handwriting on the notes, Connor vaguely felt a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, but his classmates, friends, family... and so on didn't have such terrible fonts.

"Valverde!" The name of a dead person suddenly appeared in Connor's mind!

"That's right, it's Valverde's handwriting!" Realizing this, Connor's face darkened in an instant. Now on Professor Reyes' desk, the handwriting of this notebook is the same as Valverde's handwriting. The handwriting of his investigative report on Rebecca is completely consistent! For this point, Connor can confirm it without using the auxiliary chip!

"Why did Valverde's notes appear on Reyes' desk? Are there any things of your own in Valverde's notes?"

These two questions were like two heavy mountains, and Connor was a little out of breath, but before Connor could think about it, there was a sound of footsteps outside the study.

"Push! Pedal! Pedal!..."

Hearing the footsteps, Connor quickly retreated to the sofa without thinking.

"clatter!"

With a muffled sound, the door of the study was opened, and a middle-aged man with an extraordinary bearing walked in.

"Teacher!" Although he was full of doubts, when he saw Professor Reyes, Connor could only pretend that nothing happened, and stood up respectfully to say hello.

After taking a look at Connor, Reyes showed a meaningful smile on his face. He patted Connor on the shoulder and said, "It's only been a few days, Connor, you have given me a surprise. You really deserve to be me. The most valued student!"

"Surprise? What surprise?" Although he didn't know what the surprise Reyes said he had given him, Connor still pretended to be grateful on the surface, and said respectfully: "You can get the mentor. It is Connor's honor to value it!"

Nodding in satisfaction, Reyes walked back behind the desk. He pondered for a while, closed the open notes on the desk, and handed it to Connor with a smile, "This thing is Connor, you become a junior Apprentice, a gift that officially entered the wizarding world, right?"