Hearing this, Michelle frowned and said, "Today's matter has made such a big fuss. Do you still want to return to the Riise family and be your noble young master? Impossible."
Benjamin asked: "Why is it impossible?"
Michelle stopped and looked around. Seeing that this place was already remote enough that almost no one would pass by, she turned around and said to Benjamin:
"If a whole team of purgers is dead, the church will never give up. Even if the church and the nobles have an agreement not to interrogate the nobles, the church people will definitely try their best to find you and read your memory. You are already a mage. , the church’s method of reading memories will no longer work for you, and once the method fails, they will discover your identity as a mage.”
… What did you say
After hearing this, Benjamin felt that his world view had been subverted.
Not to mention the agreement between the church and the nobles, the church cannot read the mage's memory. If the church really has no way of reading the mage's memory, then how did Benjamin's first two readings happen? Funny
But hearing Michelle’s solemn tone, Benjamin felt that what she said was true.
So... what's going on
"I think she is right." However, the system suddenly jumped out and said, "The first time your memory was read, the original memory of this body was read out, and the second time you read it Memory, I submitted the forged memory. Your real memory has not actually been read, so that method is indeed ineffective for mages."
Benjamin was stunned.
Thinking about it carefully, it seems that this is really the case...
After thinking about this, he suddenly felt that many things before made sense. No wonder the bishop had no doubts about him at all. In fact, being able to have his memory read by the bishop was already proof of his innocence.
Not to mention the agreement between the church and the nobles. Recalling the previous two memory readings, the church's actions were all sneaky, and they happened to bully Benjamin because he was young and didn't know about the agreement.
Thinking of this, Benjamin's favorability towards the church dropped by 1 again.
These people are quite insidious.
but…
In this case, his whitewash plan was not affected in any way.
"I can fake my memory and let them read it. They will think that the memory reading is successful and they will not find out that I am a mage." Thinking of this, Benjamin said to Michelle, "In fact, I have been taught to read it. I’ve gone through my memory twice, but look, aren’t I still alive and well?”
At this moment, Michelle finally showed a surprised expression.
For people in this world, forging memories is indeed a big deal, especially if it allows the church to regard the failure of the method as a success.
As a golden finger, the system has a sense of existence.
"So that's it." Michelle's receptive ability is quite strong. She thought for a while, approved Benjamin's words, and then said, "Then we can definitely take advantage of this. The church is extremely confident in the means of reading memories. As long as you forge a memory that people from the Silent Academy suddenly appeared, killed all the purgers, and then kidnapped you, you can blame all of this on them."
"Silent Academy?"
Now, it was Benjamin's turn to be surprised.
Why did it suddenly get involved with the Silent Academy again
After thinking about it, Benjamin felt that although this proposal was not a big problem, it was also unnecessary.
No matter who the blame is placed on, the final result will be the same. It is impossible for the church to really wipe out the Silent Academy because of this incident - they would have been wiped out long ago, why would they wait until now
"Yes, the Silent Academy. They are the only mage organization in the kingdom. They have been hiding in the mountains to the west." However, Michelle seemed to think that Benjamin did not know what the Silent Academy was, and explained, "Before In the letter I asked you to hand over to the church, I wrote the detailed location of the Silence Academy with special ink on the back of the letter paper. People from the church should have discovered it. As long as we blame the Silence Academy for today's events, the church will definitely There will be a war with them."
The amount of information in Michelle's words was so great that Benjamin was stunned.
"That letter... you are talking about the letter that you specifically asked me to give to the church, and it said, 'Meet me at the prison site in five days'?" He was a little confused, and couldn't help asking another question to confirm that he That’s right.
On the back of the letter, is the detailed location of the Silent Academy written
Michelle nodded and said: "Normally it is not visible, but as long as it is heated a little, those words will emerge by themselves. These little tricks are obvious, and the bishop will definitely find it."
Benjamin was stunned.
Damn it, he didn't notice.
Moreover, this move is too deep!
The world of these people is too complicated. Who could have imagined that Michelle’s real purpose in writing that letter was to use Benjamin to convey the message of the Silent Academy to the church
But even so…
What is the significance of this move
This involves another point in what Michelle just said that made Benjamin feel that there was too much information.
"Why did you give the address of Silence College to the church and let the church go to war against Silence College? Do you... have any grudge against them?" Benjamin asked.
We are all mages. Why can't we sit down and talk about the misunderstanding? Why do we have to be so cruel
Michelle was really good at killing people with a borrowed knife.
You have to be careful not to offend Michelle in any way, otherwise you won’t know how you died...
"It's hard to say there's any enmity, it's just a rift at most. Besides, even if the church uses the specific location of Silence Academy, that place is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Since those people have been operating in the mountains for so long, it will be difficult for the church to hit them hard. "However, she replied like this.
Benjamin was even more puzzled.
"Then why on earth are you doing this?"
Michelle shook her head and said with a hint of sarcasm: "Because those guys are just a bunch of old diehards. They still think of themselves as magicians from ancient times, and they just want to hide in the mountains and worship their Cain and magic gods. They have been comfortable for so long that they have long forgotten what kind of massacre the church has carried out against mages, and they do not think that this kind of thing will happen again."
Hearing this, Benjamin was thoughtful. Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something and raised his eyebrows.
"you mean… "
"I want the church to attack the Silent Academy and wake up those old stubborns." Michelle continued, "If the mages want to stand up and restore their former glory, those old stubborns must first stand up and contend with the church. In any case, they are the only mage organization in the kingdom, and only they can generate such appeal."
Having said this, Michelle paused, emphasized her tone, and summarized the entire reason:
"They are unwilling to come forward, so I will use the church to force them to come forward."
Benjamin finally understood what Michelle wanted to do.
This woman is ambitious.
The church will never allow a mage to walk in the sun, so, in other words, her goal is to overthrow the rule of the church. This is not an easy thing to do.
Benjamin couldn't help but think of the words she and Anne had said about "building a kingdom of mages" at the very beginning when they were "deeply in love with each other as sisters". Although they had already begun to plot against each other at that time, these words were all sincere.
He is really ideal and ambitious.
For this goal, Michelle has done so many things and schemed against so many people. Benjamin felt a little scared, but also a little admired.
Thinking of this, Benjamin couldn't help but ask again: "By the way, so... are you really a paladin?"
This problem has actually troubled him for a long time.
The mage who played tricks on the church and made even the bishops fearful was actually a paladin under the church? This struck Benjamin as ironic and ridiculous.
How stupid are church people? Can a mage sneak in and get into the position of a paladin
In fact, he had always wanted to ask this question, but before, they were busy dealing with the purges. After dealing with the purgers, changes came one after another. Therefore, Benjamin only now found the opportunity to ask this question.
"The inside of the church is not what you imagine. There are tens of thousands of paladins in the kingdom, and they cannot be restrained like a monolith." Michelle said, "When each knight becomes a paladin, he will be read by the church. Retrieve the memory once. After that, unless the Paladin is involved in important events during the mission, the church will not read his memory again, and other supervision is not strict. Therefore, I can always hide my identity and hide in the Holy Palace. In the ranks of knights.”
Will the memory only be read once at the beginning? No wonder…
Benjamin nodded thoughtfully.
He thought that the Paladin often had to go back to the church and submit mission reports by reading the memory!
It seems that he still thinks too much about the church.
It is true that the larger the system, the more difficult it is to manage. Although the church has dominated the kingdom for so many years, it still has enemies and is still expanding outwards. It is not difficult to understand that there is some laxity within the church.
However, if every Paladin's memory is read at the beginning...
Benjamin looked at Michelle suspiciously.
Michelle seemed to understand what Benjamin meant, nodded, and said, "Yes, I became a mage after becoming a paladin."