A few days later.
The capital of Freeden, Sheidi City.
On a sunny noon, Benjamin raised his head and walked slowly through the gate of the city.
In the past few days, he has dealt with a lot of chores, dealing with other visitors, and helping the landlady with the production of magic props. Regarding the magic props, he has a plan, but he will put it aside for now and talk about it later. .
In the busyness, time flew by quickly, and soon it was time for the king's dinner.
Benjamin did not dare to be vague about the king's banquet. He was even a little ahead of schedule, packed up the gifts and decent clothes he bought with nearly a thousand gold coins, and set off in a hurry.
The dinner was held in Snowy City, hundreds of kilometers away from Riley City. Benjamin had to fly all the way to get here on time.
Xuedi City, when the empire was divided, was already one of the largest cities in the empire. At that time, most of the supporters of the second prince gathered here. Therefore, after Ikol became independent, the second prince came to this city and established the country of Freeden, making it their capital.
Entering this city, Benjamin had to admit that the planning here was much more reasonable than that of Riley City.
There are no remote building cracks or strange alleys leading to nowhere. The street is wide and open, paved with a large piece of relatively clean light-colored stone slabs, extending straight into the distance.
When Benjamin walks on the road, he can feel the pride of the residents here that "I live in the capital."
Before the empire split, Xuedi City was well-known as an economically developed city. Benjamin could feel that there were obviously more merchants here than in Riley City. However, probably for public security reasons, after walking for a while, he couldn't even see anyone who looked like a mercenary.
This surprised Benjamin.
The dinner naturally started in the evening, and it was still only noon. Therefore, he did not report to the palace, but prepared to walk around the city for a while.
He had prepared the map before, so the system was still doing its job of navigation.
"... Turn left ahead, which is the stronghold of the Freemasonry in Snow City. It is also said to be the headquarters of the entire Freemasonry. If you are interested, you can go and have a look." As he walked, the system was like a tour guide. It was very Come on, just say that.
Benjamin raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
Headquarters
Although I don't like the style of this organization very much, but... I still want to go and have a look.
After turning left, Benjamin soon came to this rather spectacular city library-like building.
"Hello, do you need anything?"
He was about to walk in, but was stopped by an ordinary butler-like person at the door. Moreover, as the other party spoke, he walked up to Benjamin, and there was even a bit of unwelcomeness in his tone.
"What's wrong? I'm a mage, so I can't come to visit the headquarters of the Masters and Freemasons?" Benjamin answered calmly with his hands behind his back.
"Are you a mage?" Suddenly, the man showed a puzzled expression, and took out a crystal ball-like thing from the table next to him, and took a photo of it at Benjamin.
Benjamin frowned.
What does it mean
Soon, the man put down the crystal ball and said impatiently to Benjamin: "Sir, please stop playing pranks. Under normal circumstances, no one who is not a magician is allowed to enter here."
What the hell
That crystal ball is a tool that can identify mages
Benjamin felt a little confused. Therefore, he suddenly stretched out his hand and recited a spell. Then, a piece of broken ice appeared in his hand, changing its shape as he pleased.
"Is this enough to prove my identity?" He really couldn't put a good face on it.
"How...how could this happen?" The man had an unbelievable expression on his face. He took out the crystal ball again and shone it at Benjamin. The more he played with it, the weirder the expression on his face became.
Benjamin also took the opportunity to observe the crystal ball.
A faint wave of magic power emanates from it... Yes, it is a magic prop. As for its function, Benjamin guessed that it should be able to identify whether a person is a mage.
However, no one knows why it failed to identify Benjamin.
"What happened? Why do I feel the fluctuation of magic here?" Suddenly, an old voice came from the door.
The two turned their heads. I saw a gray-haired mage wearing a robe, a big black hat on his head, opened the door, and slowly walked out.
Through the opponent's mental power and the changes in the elements around him, Benjamin could probably feel that the level of this mage should be very high.
The gatekeeper also turned around and bowed to the old mage. The crystal ball in his hand suddenly lit up after facing the old mage.
"Master Mage, this... I don't know what's going on. The crystal ball doesn't react to him at all, but he can release magic. I don't know if I should let him in."
The old mage smiled, looked at Benjamin, and said, "It's okay, maybe the crystal ball is malfunctioning. Come in with me."
Benjamin nodded when he heard this, ignored the farce at the door, and followed the old mage in.
The doorkeeper watched them walk in, then looked at the crystal ball in his hand, and couldn't help but take out a handkerchief and wipe the sweat from his forehead.
In this way, Benjamin entered the headquarters of the Master Freemasonry.
Behind the door is a front hall with white walls and red carpet, which is quite elegantly decorated. There are a few mage-like people coming and going here, but overall, it's a relatively quiet place.
"I'm sorry about what happened just now." After walking in, the old mage turned around and smiled at Benjamin, "Hello, my name is Aldrich. Your face looks strange. Are you a new mage?"
Benjamin smiled and said, "It's okay, I don't mind. My name is Benjamin, I'm a mage from Riley City. Nice to meet you."
"Riley City..." Aldrich showed a thoughtful expression, nodded, and then said, "I wonder if you need anything when you come to the Master Freemasonry?"
Judging from the other party's behavior, Benjamin felt that he might have been recognized.
Is that sect incident also spread here
However, he didn't pay much attention and replied: "Actually, it's nothing. I just heard that this is the headquarters of the Masters and Freemasons, so I came to pay my respects and see if there are any books I need."
"Are you looking for a book? Then you have come to the right place." Aldrich patted Benjamin on the shoulder and said with a smile, "What kind of book are you looking for? After all, we were the first to be rude. When you borrowed it, We can give you a discount.”
Benjamin didn't find it strange. The Masters and Freemasons were like this. They felt that borrowing and selling books was their only source of income.
He thought of the crystal ball at the door just now, and suddenly said, "I'm looking for a book on magic props."
Suddenly, Aldrich looked surprised.
"Why do you think we still have books on this here?"
Benjamin replied: "Because you all started using magic items to identify whether others are mages."
"Interesting young man." After hearing this, Aldrich smiled and suddenly changed the topic and said, "How about it? Are you interested in joining our Master Freemasonry?"
… What
Benjamin didn’t know why the other party said this, but he shook his head without hesitation.
"What? The Mage Freemasonry is not something that others can just join if they want to." Aldrich narrowed his eyes slightly, his gray beard twitching, "At least, for the time being, we can't do anything like the book about magic props you are requesting now. It’s not open to the outside world yet.”
"Really?" Benjamin shrugged and said indifferently, "Forget it, let me see if there is anything else."
It's just a book about magic props. Besides, if you don't even know the title of the book, who knows how practical the contents are? What if it's useless
Forget it if he can't see it, he's not that obsessed yet.
Hearing this, Aldrich said nothing more. He smiled, turned around, took Benjamin to the front desk, and introduced him to other books here.
After this introduction, Benjamin discovered that the headquarters was indeed different from the branch. The collection of books here is not comparable to that in Riley City. Benjamin saw many books related to magic theory, and even some books on potion guidance theory.
Originally, he was just walking around casually, but he didn't expect that he might actually gain a lot.
"Can I borrow these books?" he said after selecting a few that he was more interested in.
"Your Excellency is very good at choosing." Aldrich took a look at it twice and said with a smile, "These books are not loanable, you can only read them here. But if you are not a member of the Freemasonry, even if you pay the fee , you can only watch it for an hour at most.”
When Benjamin heard this, he was not disappointed, but instead showed a satisfied smile.
"One hour is enough."
One book is "Psychic Power Exploration", one is "Element Research", one is "Possibility of Storing Elements", and one is "Magic Potions Advanced". As long as the system records them, he will make a lot of money from his unintentional trip here.