Wizard Earl

Chapter 617 Inviting the Enemy into the Trap

Seeing the gold pound tip placed in her hand by the middle-aged man, the young and beautiful nurse's eyes lit up with surprise. Although their wages in this hospital were not low, far exceeding the average wage of the working class in Ruen.

However, a one-gold-pound tip was still quite rare. But working in a private hospital, a place teeming with aristocrats and wealthy businessmen, she was somewhat worldly-wise. While surprised, the nurse wasn't overwhelmed. After a slight moment of delight, she whispered to Connor:

"I'm sorry, sir! Vice President Angelina left work two hours ago. Our current attending physicians are Dr. Danmir and Dr. Lewis, both members of the Imperial Medical Association. Dr. Lewis is a specialist in orthopedics with over ten years of experience in orthopedic surgery. I'm confident he can resolve your leg problem and restore your health!"

When the nurse unconsciously mentioned that Varga had left the hospital two hours earlier, a fleeting look of doubt flashed across Connor's eyes. The nurse's unconscious words seemed to confirm what Connor had just thought.

Varga left the hospital two hours ago, which coincides with the time she came to the safe house to meet him. This means that Varga most likely had an accident on her way to the safe house, which further reduces the possibility that Old Victor was behind Varga's accident. After all, if Old Victor wanted to harm Varga, he would never have let her leave the hospital. Varga is, after all, a high-level wizard apprentice, not someone Old Victor can do whatever he wants with. If he attacked Varga outside the hospital, even if she couldn't win, she could still run away!

Although he already had an answer in his mind, Connor decided to verify it again, just to be on the safe side. He raised his voice, seemingly somewhat dissatisfied, and said to the nurse in front of him, "How is that possible? I clearly agreed with Angelina on this time!"

Seeing the generous middle-aged man's displeased expression, the nurse felt a headache coming on. However, her excellent hospital training gave her a plan. She continued, "Sir, Ms. Joanna, the assistant who arranges Vice President Angelina's appointments, is still in the hospital. I'll go get her right now. What do you think?"

"Okay! Go and fetch her!" Connor nodded and said casually. After all, the nurse in front of him was just a receptionist and knew only limited things, while Varga's assistant should know more!

"Please wait a moment, sir!" After receiving Connor's permission, the nurse bowed slightly to Connor and then jogged towards the second floor of the hospital. When the nurse returned a few minutes later, she was accompanied by a tall, white girl with gold-rimmed glasses.

"Hello sir, I'm Joanna, the assistant to Vice President Angelina. May I ask who you are...?" Joanna carefully sized up the middle-aged gentleman in front of her, who looked quite distinguished, and introduced herself with some doubt. If she remembered correctly, it seemed that all the patients who came to see Vice President Angelina today were women, not men. Moreover, it seemed that Vice President Angelina had never treated leg ailments before!

At Dr. Ivanka's private hospital, leg and arm ailments are mostly handled by Dr. Lewis, who is an expert in this field!

"My name is Simone!" Connor made up a name for himself, then continued his fabrication, "I met Angelina a few days ago, and we arranged to have her check my leg today!"

"Excuse me, sir, could you wait a moment while I check Vice President Angelina's appointment schedule for today?" Although she had already confirmed that her boss's appointments did not include this middle-aged man, Joanna still took out her notebook and began searching to see if there were any other appointments for someone named Simone. Although her boss, Angelina, rarely had male patients, she did have some.

After checking several times, Joanna's eyes showed a hint of doubt. She confirmed that in the week before and the week before today, there were no male patients in Varga's appointments, let alone one named Simone!

Having confirmed this, Joanna closed her notebook and continued speaking to Connor, "Mr. Simone, it's like this: Vice President Angelina has already left the hospital and gone home. Would you like to wait in her office for a while, and I'll go and tell her to come back?"

Seeing that Joanna was going to go into the hospital office by herself, a fleeting glint of shrewdness flashed in Connor's eyes. Then, without any hesitation, he said with feigned regret, "Never mind! Since Angelina is resting, let's not bother her any longer. My leg is an old problem, no rush, I'll come in a few days!"

After saying that, Connor ignored Joanna and turned to walk out of the hospital. Watching Connor's departing figure, the tall white girl Joanna pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses and then turned to walk back into the hospital. At that moment, no one in the hospital lobby noticed that in the instant Joanna turned around, she secretly gave a wink to the cleaning uncle who was mopping the hospital lobby.

After receiving a signal from Joanna, the cleaning man immediately and discreetly finished cleaning the hospital lobby, picked up his mop, and left.

"These guys are really vigilant. No wonder they've remained so steadfast in Rune after all these years..." Sitting in the moving taxi, looking through the curtains at the strong young man who had become a red-haired boy on the street not far away, Connor sighed inwardly.

That Joanna who just claimed to be Varga's assistant is quite something!

He had been lying to her, and not only did she not expose him, she even insisted that he go to the hospital office. Wasn't she trying to trap him? If he went into the hospital with her, he probably wouldn't be able to wait for Varga at all; instead, he might be met with a wizard from the secret society.

(End of this chapter)