Under the dark night, two to three hundred people had gathered nearby. There was a lot of commotion in the store, almost alarming the entire town of Hank, and more people were coming over curiously.
At the same time, the people around looked at those mages with somewhat unkind looks.
Obviously, the old man is from the town, and they are outside mages, so the local people have an extra reason to take sides. In addition, they really couldn't provide evidence that the old man was selling contraband, so the onlookers were even less likely to side with them.
Which side the people stand on actually doesn't decide anything, but... the Mages Guild still has to worry about its reputation. Although it is true that they often exploit free mages, no one would ever do anything to civilians.
-This is the Queen's order.
"Did you see it? If you can't produce any evidence, you are just using your power for personal gain. If this matter gets out, I wonder how you will explain it to Her Majesty the Queen!" Benjamin shouted while the iron was hot, striking the iron hot.
The faces of several mages looked ugly, as if they had stepped on dog poop.
"You... just wait, we will go back now to get the evidence. We will come back in a few days and seal up this shabby shop of yours!"
The two sides were in a stalemate for a moment, and finally, several mages exchanged looks and said these words.
After saying that, they glared at Benjamin and the old man, then turned around together, exerted a strong momentum, and squeezed out from the crowd of onlookers.
As they walked, they soared into the sky, using their fastest speed, and disappeared before everyone's eyes, almost as if they were escaping from the disaster scene.
Everyone looked in the direction they were leaving, and there was silence for a moment.
Benjamin shook his head.
Before escaping, you have to say a lot of harsh words first. These mages really want to save face.
But...whatever, the matter has been resolved smoothly. There was no evidence at all. Seeing that they could not defeat Benjamin, these people just found an excuse to leave and would not come back again. And they will definitely not publicize such a shameful thing after they return. Therefore, Benjamin did not have to worry about arousing suspicion on the Queen's side.
He turned around, looked at the old man, and showed a slightly satisfied smile.
"My words have come true. I hope you will do what you say."
The old man looked at Benjamin, his face was indeed quite unhappy. However, he did not regret it after all. He snorted dissatisfiedly and said as he walked into the store: "Go to sleep, we will leave tomorrow."
Benjamin also knew that the old man might be in a very unhappy mood at the moment, so he didn't say anything more and just nodded.
"Can."
Just like that, the noisy night returned to calm. Seeing that there was no excitement to see, the people gathered around left one after another. Benjamin had nothing to do, so he returned to the hotel and had a good night's sleep.
Early the next morning, he walked into the old man's shop.
The door of the store was unlocked, and the goods on the shelves were cleared. The clerk hurriedly sorted through boxes after boxes of materials. Walking through the store to the back, Benjamin knocked lightly.
"Ready to go?"
With a creak, the door was opened from the inside.
"Let's go." The old man walked out of the room slowly, wearing a robe and holding the cat in his arms. He looked at Benjamin expressionlessly and walked out.
Benjamin frowned and couldn't help but ask: "Where is your luggage?"
"You help me carry that box in the room." The old man's voice still had a hint of displeasure, "I'm so old, do you expect me to carry it myself?"
“…”
Benjamin felt a little helpless.
However, he did trick the other party once, and it is normal for the other party to be dissatisfied. Thinking of this, he didn't say anything, summoned water vapor to hold the big box in the room, and followed the old man outside.
After leaving Hank Town, they flew into the air and headed towards Carrites. But for Benjamin, the old man's flying speed was really slow. So after a while, he used water vapor to support the two of them and started to move forward quickly.
"We will work together to crack the Queen's potion in the future. I hope you won't be angry because of what happened yesterday." Flying in the air, Benjamin turned his head, looked at the silent old man, and said suddenly.
Seeing the old man's appearance, he was a little worried that the other party would be passive and slow down in work.
"If you lose, you lose. I will never go back on what I promised." The old man shook his head and replied with a straight face without even looking at Benjamin.
When Benjamin heard this, he nodded and said, "Please believe that I have never wanted to harm you or your shop, and that kind of situation is beyond my control."
"Do you think I'm stupid? You brought those people from the Mages Guild here." The old man finally couldn't help it, and there was a bit of sarcasm in his tone. "It's my fault that I didn't expect that you can actually command the Mages Guild." people."
"How can I command them? The Queen is still looking for me across the country. If they had recognized me and turned around, an army of several thousand mages would have rushed over."
The old man turned his head: "Are you trying to say that the fact that people from the Mages Guild are coming has nothing to do with you?"
Benjamin scratched his head, laughed awkwardly, and said, "That's not true... They will come mainly because of the president of the Mages Guild. Regarding the queen's potion and the formula for the potion, these are all things that will He gave it to me. Unlike others in the Mages Guild, he has always hoped that the mages could be freed from the Queen's control."
"President..." The old man finally showed an unexpected expression, "Is that old guy Black?"
When Benjamin heard this, his heart moved.
"Have you known each other before?"
Suddenly, the old man's expression turned even worse and he replied: "I don't know him."
“…”
Benjamin was speechless for a moment.
Let's pretend to be a little bit more like him. If it's so obvious, I'm afraid the old man and the president not only knew each other, but also had some grudges. However, what made him feel a little strange was that the president's behavior was normal and he didn't show any special expression when he mentioned the old man.
… Is there something fishy in this
"Could it be that the president is the reason why you hate the Mages Guild so much? Do you have a grudge against him?" Benjamin couldn't help but ask.
The old man said nothing.
"Senior, we will have to cooperate in the future. No one will be happy if we look bad all day long." Benjamin advised again. There was nothing he could do. The old man's attitude really worried him. Even if he was forced to do something, he had to be more positive.
After a moment of silence, the old man finally spoke.
"... That guy, he and I were a teacher before."
Benjamin was stunned.
He thought it was just some grudges, but he didn't expect that the relationship between the two was so deep
"Then what's going on with you now? Why haven't you contacted each other? We are all students of the same teacher. You could have asked him for help when you were in trouble before. It will definitely be much better than your current situation."
The old man snorted coldly and said impatiently: "There's so much nonsense. If you have this strength, can't you go faster?"
“…”
Benjamin shook his head helplessly.
Forget it, it's none of his business what connection the two have. It was enough for the old man to follow him to Carites to study potions and teach his potion mages.
In the sky of Icol, Benjamin and the old man were wrapped in the surging water vapor, flying towards the east like a meteor.