The royal reception is still going on at Rose's Restaurant in Havenright's Uptown district.
The forced chat between Benjamin and the red-haired girl had not yet reached fifteen minutes.
"His Majesty the Pope?" After hearing what the girl said, Benjamin was a little surprised. After thinking about it, he asked again, "Are you sure? How could an assassin kill His Majesty the Pope?"
The girl nodded unusually solemnly and said, "It's absolutely true. This is what my aunt's brother-in-law's nephew's ex-girlfriend told me. Her father is a priest in the church, and she also overheard her father What you said is definitely not wrong.”
“…”
It took Benjamin a while to sort out this intricate relationship.
Although it felt weird, seeing the enthusiasm on the girl's face when she spoke, he decided to believe this big revelation from the gossip guru.
pope…
Benjamin didn’t know much about the Pope either. All he knew was that the Pope was the supreme leader of the church. The current pope is the sixth pope and has been in office for forty-five years. And so far, the pope has not appeared for eight full years, and now the work of the church is entirely presided over by the bishop.
As for the reason why the Pope has not shown up for eight years, the church said this: His Majesty the Pope is communicating with God’s will, trying to get God to cancel the punishment on this continent and appear again.
The most faithful believers naturally believe in this, but as time goes by, ordinary people's trust in the church has also declined. There are also some rumors among the people that the Pope is actually dead and that the bishop concealed the Pope's death in order to control the church.
Of course, not many people believe this rumor, and no one dares to discuss it loudly. Once heard by people in the church, the person who said this will be arrested in the name of blasphemy against the pope and thrown into the purification center, and will never be released.
The above is all Benjamin knew about the Pope. When the girl said the word "Pope", he also asked the system, but the system could not give any more information.
Therefore, after confirming the news, Benjamin fell into deep thought.
I didn’t expect that…
The great movement of the church is not because of the mages, but because of the pope.
No wonder the church even withdrew the paladins who protected him. If this assassin really endangered the Pope, or saw some secrets of the church, the church would definitely put aside everything at hand and prioritize the search for this assassin.
After thinking about it, he asked in reality: "But, so much time has passed, and the church is still recruiting paladins. What do you mean, the assassin has not been caught yet?"
The girl raised her eyebrows, showing an unfathomable expression, and nodded meaningfully.
“…”
Just nod. Sister, you are acting too much. Why are you showing such an expression? You are not an undercover agent from another country, planning some big conspiracy to subvert the church.
At this moment, Benjamin found with some helplessness that the red-haired girl seemed to be having a good time.
However, if the assassin really hasn't been caught yet...
This is actually good news for Benjamin. The church is busy dealing with mages and assassins from other countries, so its attention to him will be greatly reduced. After today, Claude's confinement will end, and Benjamin will be able to move around completely freely.
No matter what you do in the future, it will be much more convenient.
Leaving aside everything else, as for Anne's possible relics, Benjamin can definitely find them by himself, and there is no need to hide them.
As long as he is a little more careful, he doesn't have to worry about the mage's identity being exposed.
As for the existence of the assassin and the Pope, although Benjamin was also very curious, he knew that it would be difficult for him to learn more about the inside story. For example, what on earth was the Pope doing and what did the assassin do to arouse the anger of the church? Benjamin could only bury these questions deep in his heart.
It would be better for him to stay away.
Just as Benjamin was thinking about what could be used in this news, suddenly, the girl excitedly grabbed his arm and shook it vigorously, interrupting his train of thought.
"Hey, hey, look, that... that's not..."
Benjamin frowned and glanced at the girl, then looked in the direction the girl pointed.
What happened again
At the edge of the reception hall, two aristocratic men aged 17 or 18 who looked a little pretentious were surrounding an aristocratic woman who looked a little dazed by the wall.
"How about it? Do you want to accompany us to dance on the second floor?" One of the noble men shook his hair and asked coolly.
"I don't want it. Your dancing is too bad and it will hurt my feet." The noblewoman replied.
“…”
People around him were laughing.
Benjamin was a little speechless. Isn't this just a failed attempt to seduce girls? What catches your eyes. I don’t know why the red-haired girl is so excited. This energy would be wasted if she didn’t become a Hong Kong reporter.
The nobles present were all young, so there was nothing surprising about doing such a thing.
Benjamin shook his head helplessly.
The girl looked over there a few more times, and suddenly, she turned to look at Benjamin again, with a strange look on her face.
"Why do you seem so indifferent?"
Benjamin asked: "Why should I matter?"
The girl's eyes suddenly widened, and she said with some indignation: "Benjamin Reese, how could you do this? She is your ex-fiancée after all. Even if the engagement is terminated, you can't pretend that you don't know her, right?"
… What did you say
Benjamin was confused.
He felt like he had missed something else.
engagement? Ex-fiancée? What on earth is this man talking about? Why did he clearly recognize every word in her sentence, but couldn't understand them all when they were put together
Is that noble girl surrounded by the wall his ex-fiancée? What a joke.
However, after thinking about it, Benjamin also felt that something was wrong.
Looking at the girl's expression, she looked so serious. It really didn't look like she was joking, nor did she make a mistake. But if what she said is true...
So... has there really been such a thing as breaking off the engagement
"Ahem." Suddenly, the system pretended to clear its throat in his mind, and then said hesitantly, "Well... you seem to... indeed... just... really have such an ex-fiancée."
“…”
Sure enough, behind all problems, there must be systemic reasons.
Benjamin was speechless.
How many pitfalls did that simplified version of memory from the system leave for him
"You can't blame me. She is your ex-fiancée after all. After the engagement was broken off, you two basically stopped interacting with each other, so I didn't add her to the simplified version of the memory." The system explained nonchalantly.
Benjamin sighed inwardly.
What else could he say
Really, he will be killed by the system one day.
"She is the daughter of the Wood family. Her name is Elizabeth. Your engagement was made before you were born." As if to prevent Benjamin from being angry, the system immediately began to introduce the ex-fiancée, "The daughter of the Wood family and the Reese family. We have a good relationship, and you and she were conceived at the same time. During the pregnancy, your parents had high hopes for you, so they arranged a baby wedding for you."
Hearing this, Benjamin shook his head.
Ex-fiancée, let’s just say ex-fiancée, she already has the word “ex” attached to her, and things in the past don’t matter anymore.
He had long been accustomed to systematic intermittent convulsions and was too lazy to get angry.
"So, in the end, it's still like this. If you haven't been remarried once, you can't be considered a time traveler?" However, he couldn't help complaining in his heart, "Tell me, I made an appointment with her on which mountain in a few years. duel?"
He could only be thankful that the break-up of engagement happened before time travel, so he didn't have to experience it personally.
"What are you talking about? They didn't annul your engagement." However, the system replied in a strange tone, "It was you who did it in front of all your classmates in Sunday school class a few years ago. , threw the engagement ring out of the window, and announced loudly that you were going to break off the engagement with her."