Standing at the street stop, Connor, who was wrapped in a windbreaker, basked in the cold January wind of Loen City for twenty minutes before the rumbling public carriage finally stopped in front of him.
"To Green University!" Connor handed the coachman a five-penny bill.
"We're stopping at the east gate of Green University," the honest coachman kindly reminded after receiving the bill.
"Understood!" Connor nodded and sat on an empty seat in the carriage.
The carriage moved forward slowly. After about fifteen minutes, the carriage slowly stopped again in front of a new stop. A girl in a red dress was about to get on.
The girl's slightly curled blonde hair naturally fell on her back. Her exquisite facial features were beautifully set on her fair and clear face. The faint smile at the corner of her mouth gave people a feeling of being bathed in the spring breeze.
Looking at the girl who was about to get on the carriage, Connor's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of a pinhole, but he instantly returned to normal. He stood up with a bright smile on his face and said gently, "Hi! Miss Rebecca, I didn't expect to meet you here again! "
That's right! The girl who appeared at this time gave off an incomparably beautiful feeling. She was the main suspect that Connor thought had cursed him to death — Miss Rebecca, the illegitimate daughter of the great businessman Fabinho!
Hearing someone greet her, the beautiful Rebecca looked over. However, when she realized that the tall and handsome young man who appeared in her sight was Connor Ferguson, her delicate body trembled slightly. Her big ruby-like eyes were filled with disbelief, and the spring breeze-like smile on her face froze.
"Is this the legendary feeling of seeing a ghost?" Although he mocked himself in his heart, Connor still acted very gentlemanly. He bowed slightly and extended his hand, inviting Rebecca to sit on the empty seat next to him.
This Miss Rebecca didn't seem to be an ordinary beauty. After her body trembled abnormally, she calmed down. The disbelief in her eyes was instantly covered up. Her smile disappeared, and she seemed to have become quite calm. She hesitated for a moment, but accepted Connor's invitation and sat beside him.
"Miss Rebecca, do you know? After that wonderful night, my mind was filled with your beautiful image! " In order to express his excitement of meeting his sweetheart without alerting the enemy, Connor suppressed the goosebumps all over his body and whispered in the softest words he thought were possible.
After saying that, Connor clumsily extended his right hand and gently grasped the fair and tender hand of the girl beside him in order to put on a better performance.
"Pa!"
As soon as Connor grabbed her hand, Rebecca pulled her little hand out of Connor's big hand as if it was a conditioned reflex.
"Mr. Ferguson, please behave yourself!" Rebecca said coldly.
Feeling the coldness in the words of the beautiful girl beside him, Connor, who was becoming more and more like a drama, was struck dumb. Then he said in a low voice like a deflated rubber ball, "That night, you weren't like this …"
A trace of undisguised disdain flashed through Rebecca's eyes. She ignored the noble in front of her, who had been deeply hurt by her. She stood up and sat on the other side of the carriage.
Half an hour later, the public carriage stopped at the bus stop at the east gate of Green University. Rebecca and Connor got off the carriage one after another. However, compared to the calmness on Rebecca's face, Connor behind her was like a defeated rooster. His head was deeply lowered, as if he still hadn't recovered from the rejection of his goddess.
Rebecca, who was wearing a red dress, didn't even look at Connor. She stroked her blonde hair and walked towards the classical-style teaching building of Green University in her exquisite high heels.
"Da, da, da, da!"
Hearing the sound of Rebecca's high heels getting further and further away, Connor Ferguson slowly raised his head. Looking at the blurry red figure in his field of vision, a faint smile appeared on his handsome face.
Connor thought that Rebecca's first reaction when she saw him in the carriage was so obvious that the words "How is this person still alive?" were all that was missing from her pretty face!
"I hope my performance can make her think that she's just lucky to have survived."
Connor was now looking forward to the detective report about Rebecca that the famous detective, Mr. Valverde, would give him in a few days. He didn't dare to act rashly since he couldn't figure out Rebecca's background and wanted to strike first to gain the upper hand.
"I'll put Rebecca's matter aside for the time being. I have to focus on Professor Reyes now." Thinking of the main purpose of his trip, Connor went to the commercial street of Green University. He spent a few shillings and bought some delicious pastries before he walked towards the villa where Professor Reyes lived.
Although this world didn't have the habit of giving gifts when visiting people, Connor, who used to live in the Great Celestial Empire, still valued the ways of the world. Moreover, the person he was going to visit this time, Professor Reyes, was so important to him.
Before he walked into the door of the quaint two-story villa with countless plants on the outer wall, Connor saw a tall and muscular middle-aged man in a white robe with white hair at his temples. He was carefully tending to the tulips in the garden in front of the villa.
As if he heard Connor's footsteps, the tall and muscular middle-aged man slowly raised his head. When he saw Connor, a smile appeared on his well-maintained face.
"We haven't seen each other for a week, right, Connor?"
"Yes, teacher. The last time we met was last Wednesday!" Connor took a deep breath secretly and bowed slightly to Professor Reyes in front of him to show his respect.
Following Professor Reyes into his villa, Connor sat on the sofa cautiously just like he had done before.
"Connor, why did you bring a gift today? This isn't your style!" Professor Reyes glanced at the delicately packaged pastry box that Connor placed on the guest table and said in surprise, "That's right.
"I tasted these pastry by chance today in the commercial street. I thought they tasted good, so I wanted to buy some for you to try." Connor touched his head and smiled.
Professor Reyes looked at Connor's sincere face and nodded with satisfaction. He smiled and said, "It's rare for you to have such intentions!"
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