In the past, even though they had a common enemy, Professor Reyes, Connor had never agreed to cooperate with Isabella's faction. They were even on opposing sides. The most fundamental reason was that Connor wanted to pursue equal treatment in cooperation. He didn't want to become a henchman of Wang Jue's faction and be ordered around by them.
On the other hand, Wang Jue's faction thought that Connor wasn't important enough to be treated as an equal. However, now that Varga had become an official wizard, the situation had changed to a great extent. If Connor, a level-1 wizard, wasn't important enough, then what if Varga, a level-1 wizard, joined the fray?
Most importantly, Valga was an extremely rare Potioneering Master among official Magi. How many large dark Magi organisations wanted to recruit or nurture an official Magus level Potioneering Master, but were unable to succeed?
Connor believed that with Varga's existence, as long as Wang Jue's faction wasn't stupid, they would definitely change their mind and sit down at the table to discuss cooperating with him to fight against Reyes.
When the time came, as long as they reached an agreement with Wang Jue's faction, with Wang Jue's faction restricting them, it would be difficult for Reyes to deal with Connor.
Connor, who was in an incomparably good mood, drove the carriage with Varga and soon arrived at the Hoffenheim neighborhood where Ferguson's Mansion was located. However, even before they arrived at the mansion, Connor's powerful spiritual force could already feel the solemn prayers of the pastor in the mansion. He could also feel the knight portrait of Old Ferguson placed in the main hall of the mansion, as well as all kinds of white decorations.
Connor stared blankly for a moment when he realized this, but he quickly reacted. Could it be that old Ferguson had already passed away before he and Valga arrived?
The monitoring equipment that Connor had set up in Ferguson's Mansion had stopped working half a month ago when Connor went to the Bluestone Auction. Connor was busy helping Varga break through, so he didn't change the energy source of the monitoring equipment. As a result, Connor couldn't get any news about Old Ferguson. He could only estimate that Old Ferguson was likely to pass away in a few days based on the previous news.
That was why Connor brought Varga, who had just stabilized his status as an official wizard, back to the Ferguson Family to see Old Ferguson for the last time. However, it seemed that Connor was still one step too late.
Varga, who was smart, didn't have such a wide range of spiritual force as Connor, could sense what was happening in Ferguson's Mansion. However, when she saw Connor driving the carriage, the smile on her face disappeared and she looked a little sad. She immediately understood what had happened in Ferguson's Mansion. She immediately put away the sadness in her heart and gently stroked Connor's back to comfort him.
Although he didn't have much affection for Old Ferguson, after all, blood was thicker than water. After being in this world for so long, Connor had gradually accepted and accepted his current identity. Although he had predicted Old Ferguson's death and was mentally prepared, when the moment really came, he still couldn't help but feel sad.
After using his spiritual force to detect the location of Old Ferguson's resting place, Connor adjusted his state of mind and raised his head to meet Varga's concerned gaze. He forced a smile and said to Varga, "Let's come back to Ferguson's Mansion another day. Let's go and pay our respects to Old Ferguson now."
Although Varga really wanted to go to Ferguson's Mansion with Connor to confirm his status, she naturally couldn't say anything when she heard that Connor wanted to immediately pay his respects to his deceased father. She could only nod in agreement.
Seeing that Varga had agreed, Connor immediately turned the carriage around and drove towards Ferguson's Mansion outside of Flosinone. The Ferguson Family's burial ground was in Ferguson's Mansion. Every generation of core members of the Ferguson Family would rest there after they passed away. The Ferguson Family would pay tribute to them during festivals. As the current head of the Ferguson Family, Count Ferguson was naturally buried there after his death, along with all the ancestors of the Ferguson Family.
The reason why Connor chose to pay his respects to Old Ferguson at this time was not only because of the grief in his heart, but also because he still hadn't figured out how to deal with the Ferguson Family's elders who had ulterior motives, as well as his third uncle Jack Ferguson's family!
If it was before Old Ferguson's death, they would've more or less restrained themselves when Connor returned to the family out of respect for Old Ferguson. But now that Old Ferguson was dead and Connor brought Varga back, Connor was certain that they would reveal their true intentions. In order to divide the family's power, they would definitely try to force him, the rightful successor of the Ferguson Family, to abdicate his position!
Apart from that, Connor hadn't forgotten that his third uncle Jack Ferguson and third aunt Eugenia wanted to replace him. They had spent ten thousand guineas to hire a group of assassins to get rid of him in order to seize the position of the head of the Ferguson Family. Even though Connor hadn't shown up in the Ferguson Family, their plan never had the chance to be carried out.
Connor naturally wasn't afraid of the elders and Jack Ferguson's family trying to force him to abdicate his position. He couldn't hand over the position of the head of the family and let someone else become the new Earl Ferguson. He also couldn't be a coward and become a puppet controlled by the elders of the family. He would be placed in front of the stage as the head of the Ferguson Family in name, but in reality, he had no power at all!
If the power of the family continued to be controlled by a bunch of old men who did nothing, then the already desolate Ferguson family would be completely annihilated in a short period of time and disappear into the long river of history. This was something that Connor absolutely could not accept. He wanted to be a strong man and lead the Ferguson family to complete revitalization. He wanted to restore the reputation of the Ferguson family to its former glory and even reach new heights!
Connor's only regret was that the elders of the Ferguson Family and his third uncle Jack Ferguson's family weren't his enemies. Otherwise, Connor could've mercilessly killed them all. But these elders and Jack Ferguson's family were still his relatives in name, so Connor couldn't kill them all. And now that Old Ferguson had just left, if he went on a killing spree, it wouldn't be something that Old Ferguson, whose corpse hadn't yet turned cold, would want to see.
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