After leaving a note for the fat uncle he found at Reynolds' pharmacy, Connor was confident that he wouldn't be discovered by the fat uncle. However, just in case, Connor still circled around the outskirts of Loen after leaving Pasalle Avenue. After confirming that there was no tail behind him, he quietly returned to his apartment at 16 Rand Street in the Loen East District.
However, what shocked Connor was that he saw a very unexpected person at the entrance of his apartment.
"Young Master Connor!" Upon seeing Connor's return, a tall and thin old man with white hair and beard stood in front of the door of Ferguson's apartment. He was dressed in a solemn blue robe, and he shouted at Connor with an excited expression.
"Butler Martinez?" Looking at the old man in front of him, Connor was stunned for a while. Then, he recalled the old man's identity from his memory. Although he was very surprised by the old man's arrival, Connor hurriedly opened the door of the apartment and welcomed the old man inside.
That's right! The old man who came out of nowhere was Butler Martinez, who had taught Connor Ferguson the Knight's Breathing Technique on behalf of the old Count Ferguson when Connor was young. The old butler had served the Ferguson family for decades. Dating back to the generation of Connor Ferguson's grandfather, Martinez had been the head butler of the Ferguson family. He had dedicated his life to the Ferguson family. Therefore, he had always been deeply trusted by the two heads of the Ferguson family. As a fallen hereditary count family, the reason why the Ferguson family hadn't completely declined was largely due to the old butler's efforts to support them.
Connor took out a glass of water from the kitchen and handed it to Butler Martinez. He then asked the old butler of the Ferguson family with a frown, "Butler Martinez, how is father's health?"
Connor still vaguely remembered that the last time Butler Martinez had sent him a letter, he had hinted that Old Ferguson's health wasn't very good, and he had asked Connor to return to Flosinone City where the family was located as soon as possible to inherit the family. In fact, Connor was now wondering if Butler Martinez had come this time because of Old Ferguson's health. He was afraid that … However, in order not to leak the news and to be safe, Butler Martinez, who was almost ninety years old, had come all the way to Loen to look for him in person!
"Thank you, young master!" When the old steward sitting on the sofa heard Connor asking about old Ferguson's physical condition, he seemed to think that Connor was filial. A gleam of approval appeared in his old eyes. The old steward took the glass of water handed over by Connor with both hands and poured a glass of water for Connor to thank him. Then, he took a sip of water and introduced Ferguson to Connor.
"Young master Connor, the old master's health wasn't very good at first. I've found many doctors for him, but the results were not very good. Therefore, the old master and I both hope that you can finish your studies at Green University as soon as possible and return to Flosinone City to inherit the family and revitalize the family!" Just when Connor was waiting attentively for the "but" that Butler Martinez was about to say, Butler Martinez suddenly paused. There was a touch of unconcealable joy on his old face. He then looked at Connor and said excitedly, "Three months ago, the Royal Family of the Empire of the United States of America.
"But three months ago, the imperial family sympathized with the Ferguson family. After learning of the old master's condition, they specially arranged for Academician Marotta from the Royal Medical College to treat the old master. After Academician Marotta gave the old master a few bottles of medicine, the old master's current condition improved a lot!"
Sensing the excitement in Butler Martinez's words, Connor secretly breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what the reason was, the improvement of the old master's health was definitely something worth celebrating for Connor. As long as the old master was alive, the mess of the Ferguson Family would naturally not fall into Connor's hands.
Hearing that it was not the old master's health problem, Connor became very curious about the reason why Butler Martinez had come all the way to Loen to find him. After pondering for a while, Connor chose his words carefully and asked Butler Martinez tentatively, "Old butler, since my father's health is fine, why did you come to Loen this time?"
Hearing Connor's question, Butler Martinez's face became serious. He then looked left and right in the apartment. Seeing the old butler's behavior, Connor immediately understood what the old butler meant. He immediately said in a deep voice, "Old butler, I'm very safe here. You can say whatever you want to say!"
Hearing Connor's words, Butler Martinez nodded. He then carefully took out a handkerchief that was folded with several layers from his arms.
As the handkerchief was taken out, Connor, who sensed something, focused all his attention on the handkerchief that the old butler took out. The old butler did not notice the change in Connor's eyes. He still very carefully unfolded the handkerchief.
After a few seconds, the old butler, who had completely unfolded the handkerchief, showed a dim ruby ring in the middle of the handkerchief to Connor and said, "Young master, this is the family treasure passed down by the ancestors of the Ferguson family. I'm here this time on the old master's order to give this ring to you!"
Looking at the ruby ring in front of him, which was treated like a treasure by the old butler, Connor did not show anything on the surface, but he could not help but laugh in his heart. The old butler was so serious about this matter that Connor thought it would be some kind of treasure. Now it seemed that he was really disappointed. This ruby ring was actually a space ring. In terms of craftsmanship and quality, it belonged to the kind of space ring that was very inferior. Connor could already make a space ring like this when he was still an intermediate wizard apprentice a few years ago.
In addition, from a maintenance point of view, the dim ruby ring basically determined that this space ring had not been maintained for at least one or two hundred years. It had not been maintained for such a long time, and with such poor craftsmanship and quality, if this space ring could still be opened, it would definitely be a blessing from the Goddess of Luck!
Although Connor was somewhat disdainful of this space ring, he would never express his true feelings on the surface. He took the handkerchief with the ruby ring in it from Butler Martinez's hand very solemnly, and then made a gesture of putting it into his pocket.
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