After a while, Connor finally calmed himself down from the ecstasy brought about by the Darkness Origin Stone. He placed the Darkness Origin Stone back into the small box and placed it properly into his spatial ring. After doing all this, Connor shifted his gaze to the folded letter in the wooden box.
The Darkness Origin Stone was the compensation given to him by the mysterious organization. Then, the folded letter placed together with the Darkness Origin Stone should contain information about the employer who hired the mysterious organization to kill him, right?
At this thought, Connor couldn't help but squint his eyes. A cold glint flashed in his eyes as he picked up the letter and scrutinized its contents.
The letter wasn't small. It was about the size of an ordinary page, but the content was very little. There were only a few words.
Name unknown. Wealthy Loen merchant. Every time he appears, he uses a cane.
“SHIT!” Upon seeing the so-called "employer's information", even Connor, who usually didn't show his emotions, couldn't help but curse softly. Although Reyes had told him that the mysterious organization would tell him about the "employer's information", Connor knew that the information would be very perfunctory. After all, the person who could hire two Enchanted Knights to assassinate him was either a high-level Magus or someone with great power in the secular world. The mysterious organization that experimented with Enchanted Knights wouldn't easily tell him the information about such a valuable person and allow him to seek revenge!
Even if they had no choice but to tell him the information due to the pressure from the secret society and Reyes, they would deliberately make the information vague so that he wouldn't have a clear target! Although Connor had expected this, he didn't expect the mysterious organization to be so thorough. The name unknown was simply nonsense. As for the wealthy Loen merchant, although the cane seemed useful, it was just like the first sentence. It was all nonsense!
Loen was the commercial center of the Empire's West Coast and the entire Kaman Empire's western region. It was also the bridgehead of trade between the Kaman Empire and the East Hoy Continent. The entire Kaman Empire's economy was second only to the Imperial Capital, Bernabeu. In the East District, where Connor lived, there were wealthy merchants everywhere. As for the cane, it was even more common. In the Kaman Empire, the cane was not only a practical tool, but also a tool to display one's prestige. It was rather popular among the middle-aged and elderly. Anyone with a bit of status would get themselves a cane. It could be said that seven out of ten wealthy Loen merchants used a cane.
A small flame appeared on the tip of his finger. Connor sneered and burned the letter to ashes without hesitation. According to the information given by the mysterious organization, searching for the information was no different from searching for a needle in a haystack. It was completely meaningless.
Thinking of the Darkness Source Stone in the space ring, Connor, who was disgusted by the mysterious organization, felt a little better! Connor was naturally very satisfied with the Dark Source Stone, a treasure that could greatly shorten his time. Therefore, he was too lazy to fuss over the employer's information. Anyway, even if he fuss over it, based on Reye's attitude towards him, there was an 80% chance that the matter would be resolved peacefully.
What was the most important thing now? Of course, it was to comprehend the law of the Darkness Source Stone and break through to become an advanced Apprentice Wizard as soon as possible. Originally, without the Darkness Source Stone, Connor planned to find some time to go to Loen's West District's Apartment No. 91 in the next few days to see if he could contact the assassin organization, Kagliari. However, before breaking through to become an advanced Apprentice Wizard, no matter how good his relationship with George was, George's matter had to be delayed. Not only did George's matter have to be delayed, Marguerite's matter, the magic stone mine, the alchemy puppet, and many other things had to be delayed!
In short, everything had to wait until he became an advanced Apprentice Wizard. In this world, one's own strength was the only thing that could be relied on!
However, before that, Connor still had something important to do …
Leaning on the desk, Connor took out a fountain pen from his pocket and started writing on a piece of paper. After a while, Connor stopped writing. Looking at the things that he had written, Connor gently blew on the ink that had yet to dry on the paper. He nodded with satisfaction and folded the paper neatly and put it into the envelope that he had prepared beforehand.
As usual, Connor put on his windbreaker and round top hat and stepped out of the apartment once again.
Taking a public carriage to the Loen Post Office, Connor did not choose the special passage that was specially used by nobles and rich merchants. Instead, he quietly queued up behind the long line at the ordinary window.
After queuing for nearly half an hour, it was finally Connor's turn to go to the window to do his business. Under the impatient gaze of the post office clerk, Connor casually asked, "How much does it cost to send a letter to Carmen Street in the North District?"
"Other than the South District of Loen, items that are less than a kilogram are all ten pence!" The rather good-looking clerk lazily said.
"Mail this letter to the seventh mailbox of Apartment 31, Carmen Street!" Connor nodded and handed the letter over. At the same time, he took out his wallet and wanted to pay for the change. However, Connor seemed to have encountered an unexpected small problem at this stage.
Connor awkwardly discovered that among the dozens of notes in his wallet, the smallest was a ten pound note. Not to mention a penny, he did not even have a shilling. Thus, the helpless Connor could only casually take out a ten pound note and hand it over under the dumbfounded eyes of the clerk.
"Sir, don't you have any change?" Reaching out to the window to receive the ten pound note from Connor, the clerk recovered from her shock. With ten pounds in hand, her tone towards Connor couldn't help but change from her initial laziness and impatience to one of respect and politeness. Her form of address also changed to "Sir."
In the Carmen Empire's currency system, one gold pound was equivalent to twenty shillings, and one shilling was equivalent to twelve pence. This also meant that the ten pounds Connor handed over was equivalent to 3,600 pence. According to the uniform regulations of Loen's municipal government, the clerk of the Loen Post Office was a civil servant of the lowest level. Her annual salary, bonuses, and commission might not even be as much as the note Connor handed over!
"I was in a rush and forgot to bring change!" Connor said with an apologetic tone. He had long stopped minding the clerk's change in attitude. If he were pursuing such things, he would've taken the special passage instead of lining up here.
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