"Of course."
Upon hearing this, General Stewart came up and patted Benjamin on the shoulder with great enthusiasm, and said with a smile: "I heard about your feats in Carites a week ago. A magic academy, this is really exciting. information!"
“…”
Benjamin was really not used to this excessive "friendliness".
He still remembered the last time they met, the general was sitting on the throne, praising himself arrogantly, and inviting Benjamin to join them in a slightly threatening tone. Now, this attitude is bordering on sycophancy.
What caused this change
Forget it... No matter what it is, Benjamin doesn't want to get involved, just do his own thing.
Thinking of this, he said: "In that case, you won't object to us carrying out normal publicity and enrollment activities in Freden, right?"
"That's it." The general finally became a little subtle, "Then... what will the mages who graduate from your academy do in the future?"
Benjamin smiled: "You can rest assured that this general will not be used to threaten Frieden's rule. Although we are in Carites, our location is basically on the border. We will never participate in any political disputes, let alone threaten Go to Freeden. After the mages graduate, it is up to them to choose their own future path."
"The Carites side has no problem with this?"
"No."
The general turned his head, exchanged a look with the Prime Minister, and smiled at Benjamin again: "In that case, what reason do we have to object? Just go ahead and cultivate more mages for this world, which is also a good thing. .”
Benjamin looked at the two of them again and found nothing strange, so he nodded.
Although the attitude is a bit subtle, but... there may not be a conspiracy, right
He couldn't think of any reason the general had against the Magic Academy.
"In that case, I brought a document over and asked Her Highness the Princess to read it." Therefore, he took out the prepared treaty from his bag and handed it to the other party, "If you all have no objections to the future activities of the Magic Academy, Please ask Her Royal Highness the Princess and the General to sign on it."
The general took the treaty, read it for a while, and then handed it to the prime minister for inspection. He turned his head and said: "Let him see it, we will sign it if there is no problem. Master Benjamin, after finally returning to Xuedi City, Her Royal Highness the Princess asked us to entertain you well. The palace is already prepared. After the banquet, will we have a meal together later?"
Benjamin thought for a while and had no objection.
It is also appropriate to socialize.
In this way, the Prime Minister took the treaty and carefully proofread it to see if there were any problems, while the General led a group of them to the restaurant of the palace. Along the way, Benjamin used the water element induction method to scan the area around the palace and found nothing suspicious, so he just let it be.
"Master Benjamin, long time no see." On the way, Mikel came over and greeted Benjamin awkwardly.
"Long time no see." Benjamin smiled upon seeing this and asked, "Where is Knight Lance? After that incident, didn't he return to the palace as his knight captain? Why didn't I see him?"
If the general wants to get close to him, he shouldn't just bring in Mikel, an acquaintance, right
"Lance... he is no longer a knight captain." Mikel shook his head and said, "He contradicted General Stewart a few times, but was demoted. Now he is just an ordinary knight."
"Tell him for me that if he doesn't want to stay in Freeden anymore, he can go to Carites and seek refuge with me."
"OK… "
The voice of this conversation between them was relatively low. The general was walking in front and happened to be talking to his grandson, so he probably didn't hear it.
Seeing this, Benjamin lowered his voice again and asked: "Looking at our past friendship, tell me, what does the general mean?"
"I… "
Just as Mikel was about to say something, the voices behind him were interrupted by them.
"Master Benjamin, what are you talking about to Mr. Mikel? I'm also very interested. I wonder if you can tell me too?" The president of the Mages Guild named Steve came up and said with a smile.
His voice was not quiet, and the general heard it. He turned around and looked at Benjamin curiously.
trouble…
Benjamin replied without changing his expression: "Nothing, I just asked him if there are any famous magicians in Xuedi City. I have to visit them in the next few days."
"I am the current president of the Mages Guild. If you have these questions, just ask me." Master Steve smiled, "I wonder what your purpose is in visiting mages more?"
"The Academy of Magic welcomes more mages to join."
"Isn't that necessary?" The other party suddenly shook his head and said, "You are the famous Master Benjamin, and you will be respected wherever you go. But our Mage Guild is also here, so don't directly recruit people from our guild."
"That's not what I meant. What's more, there is no conflict between the Mages Guild and the Magic Academy. After screening, we also welcome members of the Mages Guild to study in our academy."
"Really? But why do I feel bad..."
The smell of gunpowder began to spread in the corridors of the palace.
Stewart hurriedly came over, patted Master Steve's shoulder hard, then smiled apologetically at Benjamin: "Master Benjamin, that's not what he meant, please don't mind."
Steve fell silent, and Benjamin glanced at the general and said nothing more.
This president is hostile to me...
If the general was overly enthusiastic and flattering, then there was always a sour taste of dissatisfaction in the president's words. Is it because I almost took his position? It's also strange enough.
At that moment, Benjamin suddenly felt that their enrollment in Freden might not go so smoothly.
During the dinner that followed, the whole scene was in a weird atmosphere. The general had been trying his best to establish a relationship with him, and even held his grandson's hand to ask Benjamin to be his teacher, so hard that everyone around him felt embarrassed. The others were silent most of the time, echoing the general from time to time, very stiffly.
It made Benjamin regret attending this dinner.
Fortunately, after the dinner, the Prime Minister came over with the treaty, and the General and Princess signed it without ceremony. Seeing this, Benjamin put away the treaty, and the purpose of the trip was successfully achieved.
He refused the offer to stay at the palace and left the palace in a hurry.
"Master Benjamin, in order to prevent you from being tired from traveling, this is the carriage that our Prime Minister has prepared for you, specifically to take you to the hotel." On the street in front of the palace, Benjamin suddenly met a man driving the carriage up.
He raised an eyebrow.
"Of course I can't refuse the Prime Minister's kindness."
He slowly walked onto the carriage, and sure enough, just like last time, there was a letter on the seat of the carriage.