"Long time no see." Elizabeth nodded and smiled, "You seem to be very busy recently. Not only did you intercept the fleet sent overseas by the church, but even the pagans on the island disappeared without a trace."
Benjamin shrugged.
"Well... I never said that I did all of this."
"Who else can do it besides you?" Elizabeth seemed to be feeling a little emotional, "This is the latest news from the Kingdom of Hori. The Pope was furious about this, and many people were implicated miserably and were demoted. There are two hundred priests.”
Hearing this, Benjamin felt a little surprised.
Such a big impact? It was just a failed crusade against an overseas sect. The church could obviously hide the matter and resolve it privately, but it insisted on doing it like this. Aren't they afraid that their prestige would be damaged
But... they insist on seeking death, so let them be.
Somehow, Benjamin felt that his days in the church were coming to an end.
"So...does the Wood family have any new plans?" Thinking of this, he asked.
"I have some plans, but before that, I have a few old friends I want to introduce." Elizabeth lowered her head and said slowly, "They have visited the academy before, but you seemed not to be there at the time, and left after being rejected. Kadmi, now settled in the village to the north."
Benjamin frowned: "Who are they? Can't we invite them to the academy?"
"No, they are from the Mage Heritage Association. Each of them is a very powerful elderly mage with a bad temper. I didn't see anyone when I came to visit before, so I left a little angry." At this point, Elizabeth paused inadvertently. After a pause, his tone suddenly became a little subtle, "And... there is one of them, I think you'd better meet him."
Benjamin didn't pay attention to the second part of the sentence, but fell into doubts, with a lot of question marks in his mind.
...Mage inheritance meeting? what is that
He asked the system in his mind, but the system said that it had never heard of this organization. It must be a ghost and a snake god that emerged from some corner, and it was not worth mentioning.
So, he had no choice but to ask this question to Elizabeth.
"Actually, I don't know much about the Mage Inheritance Association." Elizabeth said, "I heard... that it is a group of geniuses who have been inherited from thousands of years ago and have always been hidden from the world to protect and inherit magic. Knowledge is their responsibility. Because they have always kept a low profile, only a few people know about the existence of this organization."
As she spoke, she took out a letter, handed it to Benjamin, and said, "This is their letter of introduction, written by the president of the Mages Guild in Icol, so I think it should be credible."
Benjamin took the letter and read it roughly. It was indeed the chairman's handwriting and special ink pad, which was difficult to forge. As for the content of the letter, it is similar to what Elizabeth just introduced.
It's just... He's still thinking about the issue of the mage inheritance association.
"Thousands of years?" He couldn't help but sigh, "Isn't this almost as long as the history of magic?"
Elizabeth showed a helpless expression and said, "These questions... I think you should leave them to them."
Benjamin nodded when he heard this.
If it was really such an organization, then it was indeed necessary for him to meet with them. If possible, it would be best to invite them to join the academy so that the thousands of years of magical knowledge could become a treasure of the academy.
Just like that, Benjamin set off immediately and followed Elizabeth to the village to the north—it wasn't that far to begin with, and he didn't need to prepare anything. It only took a few dozen minutes to fly there.
"This is the room. Several elderly people are in it."
Finally, Elizabeth took him to the dark room of a tavern, pointed to the door, and said so.
Benjamin nodded. On the way here, he used water element sensing to ensure the safety of the surroundings. However, since the other party was a powerful mage, he might be noticed by prying into the room and arouse the other party's disgust, so he did not go into the room to explore.
He just knocked lightly on the door.
"who?"
An old and mean voice came from inside the door. I just don’t know why, but Benjamin feels a little familiar, and something feels weird.
"The dean of the Magic Academy is here to visit." He didn't think much and answered in a more humble tone.
"Well... come in."
With a click, the door lock opened from the inside, and Benjamin gently pushed open the door of the dark room and walked into the room with Elizabeth.
The room was not big, and the light was a bit dim, with only an oil lamp on the table illuminating it. Benjamin frowned when he first came in, but immediately, he cast his eyes on the three figures in the room.
Everyone was wearing a dark cloak, wrapped in the shadow of the hood, and their appearance could not be seen clearly. Benjamin immediately sensed keenly that two of them had very strong spiritual power, and a large number of elements surrounded them like satellites. Even if they were just sitting silently, there was an overwhelming aura.
As for the last one... Benjamin was a little strange. He couldn't sense any spiritual power from that person, nor any changes in elements, as if he was just an ordinary person who didn't know magic.
And the one who looked most like an ordinary person was the first among the three to speak:
"Today's young people have become a little more capable, but they have a lot of airs. We old people specially come to visit us, and they have to look down on us. Alas..."
Her voice was slow and bitter, even a little innocent. As she spoke, she turned down the hood of her cloak, revealing an old and noble face.
“…”
Benjamin was stunned.
For some reason, the atmosphere in the whole room seemed to be frozen. The three members of the Mage Heritage Association were a little puzzled when they saw this, and exchanged confused looks with each other. Elizabeth was the only one standing by the door, with a matter-of-fact expression on her face, not looking surprised at all.
The frozen silence lasted for about half a minute.
"Ahem... Mr. Dean, what's wrong with you?" The other cloaked man couldn't stand it any longer. He coughed dryly and finally called Benjamin back from his daze.
However, what they didn't know was that Benjamin was not in a daze for half a minute, but was madly communicating something with the system in his mind.
"Is it a coincidence? I... I must have read it correctly, right?"
"What do you want me to say about this? I compared it with the database and analyzed it. In terms of facial features and appearance, they are indeed exactly the same; and when it comes to personality, they are exactly the same. However, everything is possible. There may be two people in this world. How can I give you a 100% answer when people look exactly the same?”
"It doesn't have to be 100%, just give me a chance."
"Then... ninety-nine point ninety-nine percent, it's her."
Benjamin couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Just in time, a dry cough brought him back from his daze. He raised his head and looked at the old woman from the Mage Heritage Association. His heart was mixed with absurdity and disbelief, and at the same time, he was inexplicably nervous.
Actually... unexpectedly...
Even now he still couldn't believe it.
However, with a living person in front of him like this, he could only swallow a gulp of saliva, scratch the back of his head, throw away all the recruiting attitude at the beginning, and hesitantly said:
"...Grandma?"