At this time, this old man was holding a thick academic book titled "The Role and Practice of Roberto Sorano's Law in Chemistry" and reading it attentively.
After locking on to his target, Connor did not directly walk over to meet him. Instead, he casually took another book from the bookshelf and sat down on a chair against the wall about fifteen meters away from the white-haired old man. He pretended to flip through the book while transmitting his voice to the white-haired old man, "I didn't expect that Firo, a Blood Witchcraft Wizard, would be so interested in chemistry books!"
Hearing Connor's transmission, the white-haired old man, "Firo", replied faintly while pretending to continue reading the book in his hand, "When I first became a Wizard, I was very interested in alchemy. I also had a dream to become an alchemist and personally refine a magic item that was suitable for my training."
"But regrettably, although I had a dream, I didn't have the talent for it. I had to study the simplest method of extracting metal particles from metal ores for a year before I barely managed to learn it. Thus, I retreated in the face of difficulties. But my heart for alchemy has never changed."
After answering Connor's question simply, Firo turned the academic book in his hand to a new page, then turned to Connor Ferguson and transmitted his voice, "How was your chat with Cristante?"
"Not bad, not bad. He asked Dezerby, who was in charge of monitoring our family mansion, to follow me to find the ruins!" Connor, who was pretending to read, replied Firo via voice transmission.
One of the important reasons Connor used a trick to transfer Dezerby away from Ferguson Mansion was that he wanted to come here to meet Firo. In the valley near Iprua City, Connor and Firo took advantage of the fact that Vander Beck's Sea of Consciousness was injured and did not know about the surrounding situation to have a secret talk. Thus, they agreed to meet today. It was because of this that Firo asked to meet with Cristante today.
After Connor's voice fell, Firo suddenly transmitted his voice to Connor, "Connor, do you know something?"
Hearing Firo's question, Connor neither confirmed nor denied it. After pondering for a few seconds, he asked, "Firo, what are you referring to?"
"Cristante!"
This time, Firo did not beat around the bush and gave the answer directly through voice transmission.
Seeing that Firo was so direct, Firo replied, "If you're referring to the fact that Cristante is Blake's intelligence director, then I do know about it."
After Connor's voice fell, Firo did not reply for a long time. After a minute, he said faintly through voice transmission, "I only learned about this secret after I became Blake's informant, but you already know about it now. Connor, you're more well-informed than I thought!"
Hearing Firo's words, Connor's eyes lit up. In order not to arouse Firo's suspicion, Connor explained casually, "No matter what, I've been in the Secret Society for many years, so I'm quite well-informed."
Firo did not say anything about Connor's explanation. He thought about his words carefully, then transmitted his voice to Connor again, "I might have a small problem on my side. Cristante transferred Van der Beek away from me in the name of letting him recuperate. He said that he would arrange a new partner for him."
"Van der Beek's mind power is not weak, so my Mind Storm shouldn't have hurt him too much," Connor said with a slight frown when he heard Firo's news.
"You're right. Van der Beek was in great pain at the time, but after taking a bottle of potion and resting for a few days, he's back to normal. Cristante transferring him away from my place in the name of recuperating is just an excuse!" Firo, who was disguised as a white-haired old man, narrowed his eyes and sent a voice transmission to Connor.
Hearing Firo's words, Connor seemed to have realized something. He asked again, "Do you know who Cristante's new partner is?"
"If I'm not mistaken, it should be a genius wizard from the Church of the Storm called Milik!" Firo said without hesitation.
Firo continued to explain, "As far as I know, the Church of the Storm only has four official wizards in Flosinone: Cristante, Dezerby, Milik, and Van der Beek. Van der Beek was transferred away from me, and Cristante is the intelligence director of Blake's Organization. He has to oversee the overall situation, so he can't monitor me personally. My new partner can only be either Milik or Dezerby."
"Compared to Milik, who is also a genius wizard like Van der Beek, I originally suspected that my new partner would be Dezerby, the wily old fox. However, since Dezerby has been assigned to Connor's side to monitor your movements, then it's obvious that the new partner in charge of monitoring me is most likely Milik!"
Hearing Firo's analysis, Connor nodded inwardly. He then asked, "Firo, changing your partner to Milik, won't it affect the plan in any way?"
"It's hard to say. I have a premonition that Cristante, the intelligence director, might know something. He changed my partner from Van der Beek to Milik in order to prevent something from happening!"
"Although Milik is young, from the various rumours about him in the Church of the Storm, I feel that this person is a ruthless character!"
"My friend in the Lighthouse of Darkness once mentioned this Milik to me. He said that two years ago, he carried out an operation against the Lighthouse of Darkness in Endejas Castle. During the operation, not only did Milik successfully complete the mission, he also killed an elder official Magus from the Lighthouse of Darkness. He even fled back to the headquarters of the Church of the Storm in the capital, Bernabeu, under the pursuit of three official Magi from the Lighthouse of Darkness!" Firo calmly explained.
Although Firo's narration was neither hurried nor slow, and there were no fluctuations, the attentive Connor could still hear some fear in his tone. This gave Connor a bad premonition. Connor directly sought confirmation from Firo.
"Firo, the last time we met, I had a question I wanted to ask you. Unfortunately, the meeting was too rushed. I didn't have time to ask before Van der Beek recovered his senses."
"So now, Firo, take this opportunity to give me a reply. When you became Blake's informant, did the Church of the Storm do anything to you?" Although Connor was still looking at the book in his hand, the corner of his eye was sizing up Firo, who was disguised as a white-haired old man.
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