Wizard Earl

Isabella smiled slightly at Connor's threat, smoothed a stray strand of hair from her forehead, and said calmly to Connor, "Connor Ferguson, do you think I'll slink away with my tail between my legs after a two-hour carriage ride and hundreds of miles just because of your threat?"

"Connor Ferguson, if you'd like, I wouldn't mind talking to you here, but I imagine you've hidden yourself in a place like this because you don't want to be discovered!" Isabella said slowly, glancing around at the surroundings.

"Are you threatening me?" Sensing the threat in Isabella's words, Connor's eyes flashed coldly as he said in a chilling tone:

Isabella glanced at Connor, who seemed to harbor a lot of hostility towards her, so she didn't say anything to provoke him. Instead, she squeezed through the crack in the door into the yard and met Varga's gaze.

Seeing that Isabella dared to ignore him and force her way into his yard, Connor was instantly enraged and prepared to forcibly drive Isabella out. However, to his utter surprise, Varga, who was staring at Isabella, suddenly asked Connor, "Who is she?"

Although Varga's question was only three words long and her tone was devoid of emotion, Connor, who knew Varga's personality well, could clearly sense the overwhelming jealousy contained in those three words... This immediately gave Connor a terrible headache. He knew that Varga must have misunderstood and thought that he and Isabella were having an affair!

"You must be the genius apothecary Varga, right? My name is Isabella. You should have heard of me in the Secret Society, right?" Isabella raised an eyebrow and introduced herself to Varga before Connor could even open his mouth.

"Connor Ferguson, who is she?"

Although Isabella had introduced herself, Varga didn't take it seriously, continuing to stare at Isabella while emotionlessly asking Connor:

"Isabella, the one from the royal faction!"

Sensing that Varga was on the verge of exploding, Connor quickly spoke up:

Seemingly sensing the unusual tone in Varga's words, Isabella looked Varga over with interest, then chuckled and said, "Miss Varga, I know about your relationship with Connor. Don't worry, Mr. Connor is indeed very outstanding, but he's too cunning and not my type. So you may have misunderstood!"

Upon hearing Isabella's words, Varga gave her a deep look, then said softly, "Whoever likes it can have it; I don't want it!"

After saying that, Varga ignored Connor and Isabella and went straight back to her room, closing the door behind her.

"It seems Mr. Connor, you're having some relationship troubles?" Isabella teased Connor after Varga returned to her room.

Sensing the teasing tone in Isabella's words, Connor wished he could immediately kick her out of the yard. However, knowing Varga's personality well, Connor knew that if he really kicked Isabella out of the yard at this moment, Varga, who no longer trusted him much, would definitely think he was guilty, which would be really bad.

So, having no other choice, Connor glared fiercely at the innocent-looking Isabella, then closed the door. To prove his innocence, he walked towards Varga's room. Varga, inside, transmitted her voice, "Varga, I know you might not believe me, but I don't know why she came here. She wants to talk to me about something later. If you agree, Varga, I'd like to speak with her in front of you!"

At this moment, Varga, who wished she could tear Connor to pieces, heard Connor say this and immediately had an idea. She wanted to take Connor's advice, but since she had just made a harsh statement, she was caught in a dilemma.

Although Varga didn't express her opinion, it was clear that her lack of objection meant she tacitly agreed to her suggestion. Without hesitation, she turned to Isabella, who was standing in the courtyard, and asked in a deep voice, "Speak, what brings you here?"

Hearing that Connor seemed to want to talk to her in the yard, Isabella frowned slightly and did not answer Connor's question.

Seeing that Isabella remained silent, Connor spoke again, "Isabella, get this straight, you're the one who came to me, not the other way around. I'm only giving you this one chance. Say what you have to say here, or you can leave!"

"Alright, let's talk here then!"

Realizing Connor's resolute attitude, Isabella sighed helplessly, then took out a crystal ball from her spatial ring and showed it to Connor, saying, "Connor, I've come to see you because of this crystal ball. This crystal ball contains a spell called Alberto's Ice Energy Technique. However, besides recording that technique, this crystal ball also contains many useless things, so I need your help to retrieve this technique from this crystal ball!"

Hearing Isabella's description and glancing at the crystal ball she was showing him, Connor immediately understood what was going on. Looking at Isabella with a half-smile, he said, "You've done a soul search and then extracted the memories into this crystal ball?"

Knowing she couldn't hide the truth from Connor, Isabella didn't conceal it any longer and nodded, saying, "That's right!"

"Your royal faction has quite a few wizards skilled in using mental power, so why are you coming to me for something like this?" Connor said with a cold smile, looking at Isabella's expression.

As if she had anticipated Connor's question, Isabella didn't hesitate and said directly, "Connor, you're right. Our royal faction does have several wizards with strong mental power who can accomplish this. However, the reason we're looking for you is for two reasons!"

"The first reason is that this Alberto Ice Energy Technique is very important to me, and I want to get it as soon as possible!"

"Secondly, this crystal ball was made by Master Adolf, who is not an alchemist. Therefore, he managed to extract the memories from the crystal ball, but they are very faint. The memories in the crystal ball can only last for a week at most before dissipating again. A week is too short. Even if we can find a wizard who can extract the techniques from the crystal ball in such a short time, he will not have time to extract the techniques from it!"