Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir

Chapter 35: Meeting Again

The next couple weeks were spent looking up what Johnny was supposed to do as the heir and trying to come up with a way to complete the quest. The former wasn't actually that hard. His parents didn't exactly ban him, so the servants had no reason to keep him from studying. For the latter, he was still gathering up ideas and coming up with plans on how to deal with them.

"Young master, I apologize for disturbing you, but the ladies from the Martin and Wright families want to meet with you," the servant said.

Johnny dropped the meatball he was about to eat back onto the pasta. He must have misheard. He swore the servant had just said that those two women from before were waiting for him. It was a good thing his parents were there or who knew what their reaction would be. The servant would likely be kicked out for saying anything.

"Prepare a room. Keep them occupied until I'm ready," Johnny said.

While he might not know the full details behind their visit, he was certain it had to do wit