Wizard Earl

Chapter 750 The Ferguson Family's Old History

Looking at the dozen or so names and their descriptions recorded in Varga's notes, Connor's eyes flashed with surprise. He had just told Varga yesterday that he wanted to hire detectives to investigate the Ferguson family, and now Varga had given him a list of these detectives. Varga's actions seemed to be incredibly efficient!

Seemingly noticing Connor's surprise, Varga smiled slightly at him and, without waiting for him to ask, asked, "Connor, do you know the Fulham Detective Agency?"

Upon hearing Varga mention the name "Fulham Detective Agency," Connor seemed to recall something, and his gaze towards Varga became somewhat strange. Connor Ferguson had lived in Frosinone during his youth, but he knew relatively little about detective agencies. However, the name Fulham Detective Agency was a household name for him!

When Connor Ferguson was thirteen, his uncle, Warren Ferguson, the younger brother of the elder Ferguson, took a mistress. Normally, this wouldn't be a big deal for nobles; everyone would turn a blind eye. Some noble couples even had lovers, each doing their own thing without interfering with the others. However, the problem was that the mistress Warren Ferguson took in gave birth to an illegitimate child, and Warren Ferguson liked this illegitimate child very much. He even secretly transferred some of his private property to give to the child.

This matter came to the attention of Warren Ferguson's legal wife, Kelly Fabian, who was also Connor's aunt and came from the noble Fabian family. In fact, Kelly Fabian had known for a long time that Warren Ferguson had a mistress and an illegitimate child, but he just didn't mention it.

However, Warren Ferguson's secret transfer of assets to his illegitimate son crossed Kelly Fabian's line, because she and Warren Ferguson also had an only son, Kevin Ferguson. According to the Imperial Succession Act, the inheritance rights of illegitimate children are not protected by law, and Warren Ferguson's property and title should be inherited by Kevin Ferguson.

Now, Warren Ferguson's secret transfer of assets to his illegitimate son is undoubtedly harming the interests of Kevin Ferguson, his son with Kelly Fabian. Therefore, Kelly Fabian, as the mother, disagrees. However, Kelly Fabian is from an aristocratic family and has seen the world. She did not act like a shrew and block her mistress's door and beat her up!

Kelly Fabian hired a detective agency to thoroughly investigate Warren Ferguson's transfer of assets to his illegitimate son and his tax evasion. Then, at a Ferguson family meeting, she suddenly launched an attack, handing over all the evidence to Connor's father, the patriarch of the Ferguson family, Sir Alex Ferguson. She threatened that if Sir Alex Ferguson did not handle the matter properly, she would expose everything, even if it meant betraying her own family. According to the evidence she had of Warren Ferguson's tax evasion, even if he paid someone to smooth things over, Warren Ferguson would still have to serve at least a few years in prison.

Originally, this matter was a private family affair for Warren Ferguson. However, because publicizing it would damage the already tarnished reputation of the Ferguson family, Connor's father, the elder Ferguson, had no choice but to act decisively. Using his authority as the head of the Ferguson family, he forcibly ordered Warren Ferguson to reclaim the assets transferred to his illegitimate son and to publish a will in the newspaper to inform everyone that after his death, all his assets would be inherited by his only son with Kelly Fabian, Kevin Ferguson. Only then was the matter considered closed.

The key to this matter, the detective agency that helped Connor's aunt Kelly Fabian obtain evidence, was the Fulham Detective Agency, which Varga just mentioned and which was touted as the largest detective agency in Frosinone. Therefore, this agency had a profound impact on Connor Ferguson at the time, instilling in him a deep fear of the common practice among the aristocracy of having mistresses…

"Today I went undercover to a place in Frosinone called the Fulham Detective Agency, which is supposedly the biggest detective agency in Frosinone!" Although she didn't understand why Connor had such a strange expression when she mentioned the Fulham Detective Agency, Varga continued:

Connor glanced at Varga, his mind involuntarily conjuring up images of Margaret. Feeling a little guilty, he looked at Varga again and asked, "Varga, where are you going and what are you doing?"

"Connor, weren't you going to hire a detective to investigate your Ferguson family? I went there pretending to investigate my husband's affair, and that's how I got one of the detectives to come forward. Then I just searched his soul and found all this information!" Varga said to Connor with a hint of smugness.

Upon hearing Varga mention investigating her husband's infidelity, Connor felt extremely embarrassed. Varga, however, seemed oblivious to Connor's embarrassment. Instead, she assumed Connor was worried that her soul-searching had revealed her whereabouts. So, to dispel Connor's doubts, she carefully explained:

"Connor, don't worry. Although I'm not a psychic wizard like you, I gave that detective a special potion before performing the soul search. So my soul search didn't cause him any death or obvious damage. He won't remember my existence; he'll just feel like he caught a cold!"

"Yes! I trust you to handle things, Varga!" Seeing that Varga hadn't noticed anything amiss, Connor quickly composed himself and nodded to Varga, saying:

"Then take a good look at these detective files. I'm going to brew some potions tonight, so you'll have to rest by yourself!" Varga gently kissed Connor's forehead and chuckled as she instructed him.

Connor shrugged and said, "I plan to infiltrate our family's territory in three days, so I need to work hard to finish forging the eavesdropping equipment tonight!"

After exchanging a few more intimate words, Varga headed towards the next room to prepare for brewing potions. However, as she reached the door, she seemed to remember something and stopped, hesitating...

(End of this chapter)