As the time progressed into night, the palace in Xuedi City also gradually lit up with lights.
"...Aren't you here yet?"
There is a small garden at the back of the palace. At this moment, Benjamin is standing in the garden, leaning against a big tree, patiently waiting for the king's people to pick him up.
He said he wanted to see the king, but this was not an easy task. The situation was special. If he walked up to the door and said that he was the mage Benjamin and wanted to see him for something, it would be strange if Aldrich didn't kill him!
He must convey the message to the king quietly, avoiding the eyes and ears of his enemies.
Fortunately, in order to deal with this situation, the king also left him a secret contact method-if Benjamin wanted to meet privately, he would leave a special mark on the street in front of the palace before four o'clock that afternoon. Guards would pass through the streets every day, and if they saw the mark, they would try to get Benjamin in.
What Benjamin had to do was sneak into the garden behind the palace and wait patiently.
Although he doesn't have the talent for sneaking, doing this is still much easier than sneaking into the palace. At this moment, he had already left a mark and entered the forest unnoticed, hiding behind the agreed tree.
However, the waiting time is indeed a bit long.
As time goes by, the sun sets. The originally hazy and dark forest gradually turned into a completely dark world.
Benjamin felt a little nervous.
He didn't know when the king's cronies would arrive. In fact, in his heart, some more bad premonitions were gradually brewing.
There is no doubt that the night attack on the palace was a conspiracy of the Master Freemasons against the king. Because of Benjamin's presence at that time, Aldrich did not get the opportunity to personally protect the king. However, so much time has passed, and Benjamin has no idea what is going on in the palace now.
If they don't succeed once, will the Masters and Freemasons just give up
Benjamin doesn't know either, but if the situation in the palace changes, then staying here will be tantamount to throwing himself into a trap, which is extremely dangerous.
However, he did not back down.
No matter how dangerous it was, he had to try, otherwise he would only die an ugly death.
He didn't want to be haunted by killers sent by the Masters and Freemasons in half a month, and the last one was accidentally eaten alive by them; he also didn't want to be like a man in a wheelchair, hiding in a deserted corner and trembling for the rest of his life. The church has stretched its hand too far, and he is petty-minded. He really doesn't like the way those magicians are here to do whatever they want.
Somehow, he had reached this point and learned about the church's conspiracy, as if the steering wheel of history had once again been placed in his hands. He could do something, maybe it wouldn't really change everything, but no matter what, he didn't want to let the power of choice slip away from his hands because of fear.
—Someone has to step up and do something.
Benjamin felt like he was the one.
"...Is it Master Benjamin?"
Finally, when he was about to become impatient, a very low voice came from behind in the garden late at night, ending his long wait.
Through the water element induction method, Benjamin had already sensed the other party.
It was the servant who entertained him last time.
"It's me." Benjamin turned around and replied in the darkness.
Hearing this, the servant came over, touched Benjamin's arm, and said: "Master Benjamin, please come with me. I will take you into the palace."
When Benjamin heard this, he didn’t ask any more questions and nodded in agreement: “Okay.”
Under the leadership of his servant, he did not come to the main entrance of the palace, but instead came to a utility room on the edge of the garden. They entered the room, closed the door, and the servant took out another set of servant clothes.
"Master Benjamin, please forgive me. Only by pretending to be a servant can you secretly sneak into the palace under the eyes of others." The servant said.
"No problem." Benjamin nodded in agreement.
Disguise has become his usual tactic, so he naturally has nothing to object to.
However, you need to dress up as a servant to see the king. From another perspective, this shows that the Masters and Freemasons have many spies. The king does not know how many of his own people are in the palace, so he takes this trick, right
Thinking of this, Benjamin sighed secretly in his heart.
The situation is not optimistic...
A few minutes later, he changed his clothes, sorted out the details himself, and took a look in the mirror. It was perfect. Even Aldrich couldn't recognize him standing in front of him.
The servant looked at Benjamin with a surprised expression and nodded.
"This will definitely not be seen." He reopened the door, turned his head, and whispered, "Sir, you come with me."
Benjamin also nodded and followed.
In this way, under the leadership of the servant, Benjamin came to the front of the palace, passed through the sight of many guards, and finally entered the gate. Along the way, they all lowered their heads and remained silent, and the guards they encountered did not cause any trouble for them and let them go readily.
Finally, he entered this solemn palace again.
"Your Highness Princess, don't run so fast..."
As soon as they passed through a corridor, they heard a somewhat familiar voice coming from the distance at the other end of the corridor.
Benjamin turned around in surprise.
However, when he looked over, the source of the sound seemed to have turned into another corridor and ran away quickly. So Benjamin looked at nothing.
He frowned.
That voice…
Is it the maid who takes care of the princess
"Your Majesty, Princess, has become more and more naughty recently." When the servant walking in front saw this, he couldn't help but sighed in a low voice, and then immediately urged, "Come with me quickly, Your Majesty is still waiting in front! "
Benjamin nodded when he heard this.
He followed the servant and walked on.
Passing through corridors one after another, Benjamin finally followed the servant and came to a door. The servant stopped here and motioned to Benjamin with his eyes. Suddenly, Benjamin also understood that this was it.
The king was waiting for him in this room.
So, he walked over, took the handle, and turned it gently.
The door opened.
"Come in quickly, keep your voice down, he will be watching for us outside." The king's voice came from the room, and Benjamin breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.
…Fortunately, he’s not dead.
With this thought in mind, he pushed the door open and walked into the room. This seems to be a guest room, very similar to the place where he stayed last time. It has a big bed, window closet... all the necessary furniture is available, the place is spacious and beautifully decorated.
The king was standing by the window at the moment, looking at him solemnly.
"See Your Majesty." Benjamin walked over quickly and saluted.
"Okay, tell me what you have to say." The king nodded, and it was clear from his expression that he had a lot of troubles, "You suddenly came here at this time, what happened to Master Benjamin?"
When Benjamin heard this, he looked behind him again. He made sure that the door was closed tightly before stepping forward and speaking in a very serious voice that only the king and he could hear:
"Your Majesty, I just received news that the person behind the Master Freemasonry is the church of the Kingdom of Hori."
He didn't intend to hide anything, and made his purpose clear as soon as he opened his mouth.
The king couldn't help but be shocked after hearing this. He took a few steps back, leaned against the wall, took a deep breath, and clenched his fists involuntarily.
His reaction time was relatively short. Soon, he raised his head and stared at Benjamin and asked, "What evidence do you have?"
Benjamin didn't hesitate. He nodded with great certainty, and immediately spoke, telling the king one after another what he had peeped at the Masters and Freemasons today.
And every time he said something, the king's face became a little ugly.
Finally, Benjamin finished his statement.
Because it is detailed enough, his words are very convincing. Although there is no definite evidence, as long as the king is willing, he will immediately conduct a surprise inspection of the Master Freemasonry, which will definitely confirm his words one by one.
And looking at the king's face, he seemed to have completely believed this.
“…it’s the church again.”
He shook his head, and in addition to anger and hatred, his tone seemed to be a little helpless.
Seeing this, Benjamin asked again: "Then... Your Majesty, what should we do now?"
The king sighed, remained silent for a moment, and said, "You should go back first, and be careful not to let others discover it. This is indeed very important news, and I want to think about it carefully."
Benjamin was in a daze when he heard this.
"I... just go back like this?"
The king patted him on the shoulder and said, "Yes, you can't help me much if you stay here."
However, Benjamin took a few steps back, looking a little embarrassed.
"Your Majesty the King, do you really not want me to stay?" He raised his head, his tone suddenly became a little strange, frivolous, but also had a subtle irony, "Isn't this bad? Master Aldrich is still hiding in Should I also say hello to him outside the window?"