Wizard Earl

Chapter 713 The Helpless Truth

After pondering for a while without coming up with anything, Connor shook his head. Right now, he only knew the place name "Anduin Genoa," and nothing else. It was too difficult to figure out what Martina was going to say. However, since he had already planned to return to the Ferguson family in Frosinone, and the Navas Forest was only a hundred miles away from Frosinone, he could go there at any time after returning to Frosinone to investigate and look for new clues.

Connor snapped out of his reverie and turned back to Margaret, asking, "Besides this, did Martina say anything else to you?"

"That's all. That's all Margaret told me, and I also made the oath of the Eye of Arbitration with her. So after she finished speaking, I watched her find a fisherman in the fishing village of Alavés, and under the cover of night, she set sail towards the new continent of Hoy!" Margaret shook her head and said.

Seeing this, Connor thought for a moment, nodded slightly, and then looked at Margaret and asked, "Margaret, do you remember what you told me about Stefano Ferguson a few years ago?"

"Yes, I remember. What's wrong?" Hearing Connor suddenly bring up this incident from several years ago, Margaret nodded and replied under Connor's gaze:

"You once told me that Stefano Ferguson was an ancestor of our Ferguson family, and that she was my great-aunt. You even showed me footage of Politano being rescued by old Victor from the church's secret prison in Kaiserslauternburg, and the first half of Politano's interrogation by the church..." Connor paused here, looking very solemnly at Margaret. Then, under Margaret's surprised gaze, he said in a deep voice, word by word, "Margaret, can you show me the second half of Politano's interrogation by the church now?"

"Connor, why are you suddenly asking this?" Margaret didn't hide her surprise at Connor's sudden question, and asked him in return with some unexpectedness:

Holding Margaret's slightly cold hand, Connor said very seriously, "Margaret, this matter is very important to me, extremely important! If possible, I hope you can tell me everything you know about this!"

Upon hearing Connor's words, Margaret, under Connor's gaze, displayed a seemingly embarrassed expression on her beautiful face. She hesitated for a moment, then sighed softly, as if she had made up her mind. She then took out a recording bead from her spatial ring.

Margaret cast a spell on the Image Recalling Bead, which immediately released a light screen. On the light screen appeared a gaunt old man with a listless expression, covered in wounds, and with chains on his arms and legs, seemingly being interrogated.

Seeing the image Margaret had shown him years ago on the screen, Connor's eyes narrowed. If Reyes really was Stefano Ferguson's illegitimate son born out of wedlock, then his relationship with Politano was that of uncle and nephew. If that were the case, then old Victor's breaking into the Storm Church's secret prison in Kaiserslauternburg to rescue Politano would seem to make sense!

However, during the fight with old Victor that day, old Victor scoffed at the claim that Reyes was Stefano Ferguson's illegitimate son, deeming it a complete lie. Old Victor even said he knew about Reyes's background and could tell Connor the truth if he defeated him. Tragically, before Connor could kill old Victor, he was killed by Margaret…

In short, Connor couldn't fully believe either Martina's account or old Victor's denial, so he now needed Margaret's video to provide him with answers.

"Connor, the entire recording is here. Take a look for yourself!" Margaret said, pointing to the light screen emitted by the recording bead, her expression still slightly embarrassed.

Because Connor was completely focused on Politano's interrogation on the screen, he didn't notice the embarrassment on Margaret's pretty face. He simply nodded slightly to indicate that he had heard.

At Margaret's initiation, Politano on the light screen began to narrate:

"My name is Politano. I have been practicing meditation for three years. The method I learned came from a book that my grandmother, Stefano Ferguson, brought with her from the Ferguson family as part of her dowry..."

Politano's aged voice slowly spoke from the light screen. However, to Connor's surprise, Politano repeated what he had just said for quite some time without making any changes. Seeing this sudden and unbelievable event, Connor, who was prepared, was stunned. After a few seconds, he frowned and cast a questioning look at Margaret, who was standing awkwardly to the side.

Sensing Connor's questioning gaze, Margaret said apologetically in a low voice, "I'm sorry, Connor, I lied to you that time. That day, after old Victor led his men into the church's secret prison in Kaiserslauternburg, while rescuing Politano from the prison, they also destroyed all the video recordings of Politano's interrogation and killed both church arbitrators responsible for interrogating Politano!"

"Connor, the video you are seeing now is the only clip that the church's alchemists managed to salvage using technical means. As for the rest of the interrogation videos, they have been completely destroyed and cannot be recovered!"

"My purpose in showing you this video back then wasn't pure, Connor. I knew you were a member of the Secret Society. Although I didn't know your mentor was a professor in the Secret Society, I guessed that your identity in the Secret Society was unusual. So I showed you this video because I wanted to trick you into giving me information about the Secret Society! I'm very sorry!" After saying that, Margaret stood aside like a little girl who had done something wrong, looking at Connor expectantly.

Connor shook his head with a wry smile at Margaret's apology, then waved his hand at her and said, "It's alright! This video is just a reference for me in the end; it can't really decide anything. You don't need to blame yourself like this!"

(End of this chapter)