Originally, according to Benjamin's expectations, this thing would last for fifteen minutes. But he soon discovered that he had underestimated the enthusiasm and intellectual curiosity of his "students."
"Teacher, how do you know these things?"
"Teacher Benjamin, where do magical elements come from? Do they make up this world? Or are they just a special existence that is free from all matter?"
"Teacher, I didn't take all the notes. Can you explain it again?"
"Teacher Benjamin, do you know intermediate magic? Can you show us how to use it?"
"teacher… "
Benjamin’s head was almost pounding.
At the beginning, although he was not used to the title "teacher", he felt pretty good about it. However, this pretty good feeling only lasted fifteen minutes. In the blink of an eye, the word "teacher" became a curse for him. As soon as he heard it, he had a headache reflexively.
These people are really capable of asking questions.
Of course, if the questions they asked were easier to answer, Benjamin wouldn't be so distressed. The key is that he actually doesn't know the answers to many questions himself, and it's extremely stressful to be asked like this again.
To put it bluntly, he is just a half-baked "teacher". He hasn't learned everything yet, so how can he deal with so many problems
"Um... I hope everyone will stop calling me 'teacher' and just call me Benjamin." In the end, he could only say helplessly, "I haven't been a mage for long, and I still have many things within me. Explore slowly. The things I share with you today are actually just what I saw in some books. I also hope that everyone can use it to improve their magic level, and finally escape from the Kingdom of Hori together."
Fortunately, after he said this, everyone's enthusiasm for asking questions finally subsided, and they no longer called him a teacher.
After confirming again that everyone had learned how to meditate, Benjamin’s class was finally concluded successfully.
Everyone put away their paper, pens and small stools, bowed gratefully to Benjamin, and then dispersed. Judging from their excited and eager looks, they will probably start practicing as soon as they get home.
Benjamin felt flattered, but also inexplicably touched.
I did something meaningful again.
Regardless of the impact this move will have on future generations, just looking at the more than twenty people in front of him, Benjamin felt that in more than half an hour, he might have completely changed their lives.
Without Benjamin's presence, some of these people might have died under the raids of the church, or some might have remained anonymous, like ordinary people, living the lives of ordinary blacksmiths or tavern owners. But from today on, they will continue on the path of magic. They may die on the way, or they may achieve a completely different life.
Benjamin couldn't predict whether his actions would help them or harm them.
But he didn't feel any regret at all.
Who knows what will happen in the future, but at least the longing and expectation in their eyes when they left were real.
In this way, Benjamin also left this "secret base" that only belonged to the mage.
He returned to the tavern opened by Augustine.
Although he still remembered the matter of stealing the cross, he had no clue. Therefore, he had to put this matter aside and pick up his meditation lessons again.
—He also hoped that he could strengthen the other two runes a little more before the rune water condensed again.
In this way, he probably meditated all morning. However, around two o'clock in the afternoon, the bartender of the tavern suddenly ran over and called him up in a panic.
"Little brother, do you know where our boss is?"
Augustine
Benjamin frowned and thought for a while, then finally shook his head.
"I don't know. What, what happened?"
If he guessed correctly, Augustine should have just finished listening to the class. Like everyone else, he hid somewhere and was addicted to meditation, unable to extricate himself.
"What...what should we do? There is a conflict in the tavern, and a fight is about to begin. We don't know what to do?"
Hearing this, Benjamin frowned.
Although he didn't want to waste his meditation time, Augustine took him in anyway. Besides, seeing the bewildered look on the bartender's face, Benjamin couldn't help but drive him away with a cold face.
"Then let me go and see with you." So, he said.
If someone is really making trouble, even though he can't use magic, he still has a gun in his hand, so it's easy to scare the crowd.
Just like that, they set off and entered the tavern from the backyard in a few steps.
The atmosphere in the tavern is indeed a bit subtle. Most people were sitting in their respective seats, looking like they were watching a good show. But somewhere near the door, there were two tables of people at war with each other, as if they were about to start a fight.
The people at the table were four strong men dressed as hunters, looking fierce. The people at the other table were two men wrapped in robes, with long swords at their waists, a bit mysterious.
"If you say that again, I will cut your hands into pulp." A mysterious man wrapped in a robe said coldly.
"Here you go, you bastard of a bitch." A hunter at another table scolded, "Go back to the meeting and lick the feet of your blind queen, you are not welcome here!"
Seeing this, Benjamin couldn't help but have a headache.
National conflicts are difficult to resolve.
As a border city, this kind of thing should not be uncommon in Crewe Town. After all, just past the Crusad Gate is Icol, and many people from Icol will also come here. Although the relationship between the two countries is not good, it is much better than the situation before the war, so the exchanges of personnel are also normal.
According to the hunter, these two mysterious men should come from the country ruled by the queen - Ikol.
To be honest, he usually doesn't care about this kind of thing. He has no sense of belonging to the Hori Kingdom, and has zero impression of other countries. He is in a completely neutral position, and naturally he will not want to interfere.
However, Orion's words were indeed too unpleasant to hear. And once they fight, the tables, chairs, plates, cups and other things in the tavern will suffer.
He couldn't let that happen.
Therefore, before the two mysterious men could draw out their long swords, Benjamin took out his pistol, turned off the safety, and suddenly shot at the foul-talking hunter.
boom!
Everyone in the tavern was frightened, including the bartender who was following Benjamin. Because he was so close, the loud gunshots scared him so much that his calves trembled and he almost fell to the ground.
As for the hunter who was targeted...
In just a short moment, the bullet grazed his waist. It didn't hurt anyone, but it happened to break his waistband. The belt came apart in the blink of an eye, and Orion's pants fell down with a swipe.
Orion was stunned.
Soon, after the surrounding people recovered from the shock, they suddenly became silent again. They first looked at Benjamin, and then turned to look at a more "exciting" place.
Being the focus of everyone's attention, Orion didn't realize what happened. But out of instinct, he still reached out and covered his lower body in panic.
However, the speed of his reaching out was slow, and someone had already seen it clearly, and then they showed expressions of surprise or disappointment, and subconsciously laughed.
“…”
The scene was very embarrassing.
Orion blushed with embarrassment and looked at Benjamin who fired the gun with an angry expression.
"If you want to fight, go out and fight. Don't show off your power here." Benjamin blew the smoke from the muzzle of the gun, shook his head, and said impatiently.