Benjamin's expression did not change. He glanced at the officials around him, thought for a while, and said, "If your Excellency can understand, that would be great. I wonder if your Excellency can help me persuade your colleagues?"
Although this senior consultant seemed to be here to speak for him, in fact, Benjamin could feel the division of labor between the good and the bad. These people sang in harmony, as if they wanted to cooperate and push him away.
Therefore, he put the problem to the other party instead.
Spencer smiled and said: "This is what I have been trying to do."
"Then, sir, you must be very supportive of our move to establish a branch in Carites, right?" Benjamin also smiled and said, "Actually, we are just here to do business and collect some tuition fees, so we don't have to go to such a big deal. If sir, With a nod of approval, Your Majesty has no objections, then we can get started."
"this… "
As a result, the senior consultant was forced to show a bit of embarrassment.
"Forget it, let's stop here for today." The king shook his head and finally said, "Your Majesty the Messenger has traveled thousands of miles to come to Glori. We will honor you as your welcome. Tonight, we will hold a ceremony in the palace. All the ministers will also attend the banquet. I am afraid that only in the relaxed and happy atmosphere of the banquet can these old stubborns listen to what you say."
Benjamin frowned when he heard this. However, he seemed to have thought of something, and in the end he did not object.
"I look forward to your Majesty's kindness."
Then, he turned and left. The senior adviser seemed to want to stop him and let him rest in the guest room of the palace. But Benjamin acted as if he didn't hear anything, and walked out of the palace without looking back.
And in my heart...
"Has the king been transferred?" he asked in an unusually heavy tone.
"Probably... no." The system replied, "I didn't say he was transferred before, but it just felt a little weird. He is still the same as before, and all the physical characteristics match."
"So what happened? Is the church really making a comeback?"
"You ask me, who should I ask?"
Benjamin shook his head helplessly.
At this moment, his mood was actually quite heavy. The king is not a reliable king, and he knows it in his heart, but after all, they are far away. Benjamin feels that even if the church wants to do something, it should start with Icol, not the king.
But... the current situation is indeed very much like the return of some kind of force, secretly controlling Carites, and trying to cause another bloody storm in this country that has finally calmed down.
Besides the church, Benjamin could not think of any other candidate.
He couldn't help but think of Grant.
The church was used to playing tricks and intrigues, but he knew what was going on. But just after such a change of ownership, Grant had just taken the position of pope, killed his father with his own hands, and then, without any hindrance, he could command the priests like the former leader of the church and start to disrupt the world
Benjamin sighed.
As he walked outside, he used the water element to spy on the scene inside the palace. However, he never found any clues. There was no cross hidden in the king's bedroom, and there were no letters from the church in the secret rooms beneath the palace. Among the servants coming and going in the corridor, there was no one with abnormal mental power.
Benjamin still did not relax his vigilance.
The church understands his methods and has suffered so many defeats at his hands, so it will definitely be more careful in doing things. If they really resurrected, there probably wouldn't be any clues left in the palace.
He can only rely on his own intuition, or systematic intuition, to judge the situation at hand - it's really unreliable when you think about it!
But... fortunately, he has strength, so he doesn't have to be afraid.
Just wait and see. If there were more signs, he wouldn't mind sneaking into the palace tonight and kidnapping the king.
In this way, after wandering around in the Glory, Benjamin did not settle down anywhere in the end. Instead, he randomly found a restaurant, ordered the cheapest cake there, took out the dry food he had brought, and went to the shop owner’s restaurant. I sat there from noon to night under the glare.
At night, the streets of Glory were as quiet as the deep sea, with only a few people walking by occasionally.
Benjamin returned to the palace.
"Mr. Messenger, you are finally here! I thought you went back to the academy in anger." Spencer still stood at the door and greeted Benjamin warmly.
Benjamin always felt that there was something in the other person's words. Therefore, he refused Spencer's friendly request for a hug and walked directly into the palace.
Unlike the streets outside, the palace is very lively now. Just in the corridor, you can hear the faint sound of music. The servants inside and outside were so busy that they didn't even turn their eyes, and some of them almost bumped into Benjamin.
"Please forgive me. After His Majesty returns to the throne, he does not want to be too extravagant and wasteful, so the manpower in the palace is sometimes a little tight." Spencer said with a smile.
"Haha." Benjamin said casually, "As a consultant, your Excellency knows all the chores in the palace. It's really admirable."
Finally, Spencer was so stunned by his words that he couldn't speak for a while, and Benjamin also got a moment of peace.
Because there are no mages here, he can conduct induction without restraint. However, what came into view was still a normal banquet scene. The restaurant was decorated with flowers, a whole band was playing in the corner, young and beautiful stage girls were dancing on the stage, the officials were holding wine glasses with blushes and talking to each other with smiles on their faces... There was really nothing wrong.
As soon as Benjamin entered the main banquet hall, he was surrounded by a group of people, smelling of alcohol, wanting to greet him.
He could only force a smile and barely cope with these officials who had a bad look with him during the day.
"Advisor, where has your majesty gone?" Looking left and right, Benjamin did not find the king. Therefore, he could only turn his head and ask Spencer.
"Today's dance troupe is from out of town. Your Majesty... of course invited one of the ladies to enjoy the starry sky with her in the garden tonight."
“…”
For some reason, Benjamin felt that this was something a real king would do.
"Mr. Messenger, since you're at the banquet, why don't you relax a little? You don't want other people to think that mages are all gloomy-faced freaks, right?" Spencer picked up a glass of wine from the plate of a passing waiter. , handed it to Benjamin and said so.
Benjamin frowned.
However, he still took the wine glass, inspected it, and prepared to drink it in one gulp.
"Don't drink it, there's something wrong with this wine!" However, the system suddenly appeared at this moment and reminded loudly.