"Hey, mister, do you have any spare change? I want to take the public carriage, but I only have cash on hand. Can you exchange it with me? " Just as Connor was about to leave Lander Street and head to his safe house in the northern district, a fashionably dressed woman with heavy makeup suddenly approached Connor and asked, "What are you doing?"
Hearing the woman's inquiry, Connor, who was about to avoid the limelight, subconsciously became vigilant. Then, he secretly sized up the woman who greeted him in front of him. This woman was about 20 years old. She was quite beautiful. In addition, she was dressed boldly. At first glance, she looked like some kind of special worker. Many sanctimonious men on the road were peeping at her.
There was nothing wrong with this woman. Connor thought that this was just an ordinary repayment and didn't say anything. He waved his hand at the woman to indicate that he didn't have any spare change. Then, he prepared to leave. But to his surprise, just as he took a step forward, the woman with heavy makeup approached him again. Her tone carried a hint of coquettishness. "Mister, please help me. I really don't have any spare change in my wallet. How about this? I'll give you a shilling and you can give me ten pence.
Is that okay? "The woman's repeated pestering annoyed Connor. Just as he was about to withdraw his hand from the woman's grasp, he froze for a moment. He noticed that the woman was secretly giving him a look. Connor immediately narrowed his eyes. He hesitated for a moment before withdrawing his hand from the woman's grasp. Then, he took out ten pence from his wallet and handed it to the woman. Then, he coldly said," One shilling! "
After receiving the ten coins from Connor and achieving her goal, the woman who was acting coquettishly with Connor immediately showed a look of disdain. She took out a crumpled one shilling note from her wallet and threw it into Connor's arms. Then, she turned around and walked directly to the public carriage stop across the street. After taking a few steps, she seemed to be unable to vent her anger. She spat on the ground fiercely to show her disdain for Connor.
Connor didn't seem to care about the woman's disdain at all. He put away the crumpled one shilling note properly and revealed a money-grubbing smile on his face. He then continued walking along the road ahead.
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Two hours later, Connor looked at the building in front of him that he had been to several times before. He raised his eyebrows and secretly entered the safe house that belonged to the Loen Church of the Storm.
Although he found it hard to believe, Connor couldn't help but suspect that the woman with heavy makeup two hours ago, who seemed to be a special worker, seemed to be someone he was very familiar with.
Just when Connor was about to refuse the woman's request to exchange money, the meaningful look in her eyes made him change his mind. After receiving the one shilling note from the woman, Connor found a random cafe and studied the note in the cafe. As Connor expected, the one shilling note was indeed mysterious. An address was written on the note in Byzantine using a special method. This address was where Connor was now, the Church of the Storm's safe house that Marguerite had brought him to several times. It was obvious that the woman just now was related to Marguerite. Perhaps she was …
After discovering this trick, Connor, who was in the cafe, spent half an hour thinking about it. After thinking about it, he decided to trust Marguerite this time.
Although he decided to trust Marguerite, Connor, who had entered the safe house, still carefully checked the safe house from the inside out for safety reasons. After Connor finished all of this and confirmed that there was no problem with the safe house itself, a slight energy fluctuation appeared in the safe house again. Someone had triggered the restriction of the safe house and wanted to enter the safe house.
Seeing Marguerite's graceful figure walking in through the door of the safe house, Connor secretly heaved a sigh of relief and went up to greet her. He was originally a little worried that this was a trap for him.
"What's going on now?" Walking in front of Marguerite, Connor, who had no interest in chatting with Marguerite, directly asked Marguerite in a deep voice.
Rolling her eyes at Connor, Marguerite walked into the inner hall of the safe house, then said to Connor snappily, "Don't tell me that Connor didn't think about the reason why I asked you to kill Mariano when you killed him!"
"But Marguerite, you didn't tell me that killing him would cause so much trouble!" Connor, who had followed Marguerite into the inner hall, said word by word to Marguerite, "But Marguerite, you didn't tell me that killing him would cause so much trouble!"
"Well, Connor, you're right. This is indeed a big trouble, but this big trouble is not your big trouble, nor is it my big trouble, but someone else's big trouble!" Winking at Connor, Marguerite said with a smile that seemed to have a deeper meaning.
"What do you mean?" Connor asked with a frown. Although from Marguerite's attitude and words, this matter didn't seem to involve him and Marguerite, Connor still wanted to know what was going on and what Marguerite was planning!
"The assassins from the Skull Association are just a cover. In fact, it was Edward who wanted to kill me. He was the one who sent Mariano to kill me, so I had to make the first move and kill Mariano. In order to clear my name, I asked you, Connor, to do it for me. After that, I shifted the blame to someone else. That's what happened. Do you understand, Connor?" Marguerite said indifferently. Although her tone was flat, a hint of pride appeared on her charming face. She was obviously very satisfied with her plan.
Hearing Marguerite's words without missing a word, Connor looked deeply at his collaborator in front of him, then raised two fingers and said, "Two questions!"
Marguerite nodded with a smile and pointed at Connor, hinting for Connor to speak.
"First, why didn't you tell me the reason behind your plan from the start? If it was just that, you should know that I wouldn't refuse your request to protect you. After all, I've already done this for you," Connor said as he stared at Marguerite.
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