Chapter 412: An Unexpected Position
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Hearing that, Benjamin’s heart moved; with composure he contemplated the smile on the Pri Minister’s face.
"Are you saying that you have used everything I’ve done so that you could gain power for yourself, and there are no other influences behind you?" He calmly asked.
"If you wish to understand it this way, sir, then so be it." The Pri Minister answered matter-of-factly. "The General is an ambitious person. When the crown is within his grasp, even a person who is used to taking orders would change their mind under this sort of temptation. You can be rest assured on this."
"Should I believe you? Or, is this another lie you’re concocting to use ."
The Pri Minister continued smiling: "Believe it or not, you have your eyes, sir, how about you follow to the Palace? The General has always wished to et you, you could then use your own eyes to judge."
Benjamin was silent.
Another fictitious invitation.
"...you an to say, our eting right now is unbeknownst to the General." Suddenly, he thought of sothing, and spoke.
"That’s spot on." The Pri Minister nodded his head, saying, "Take it as my apology to you, sir. I will keep this eting a secret. If you are not willing to see the General, sir, I will not reveal this in the least bit."
Benjamin could not help but sigh in his heart.
......this old fox.
After so thought, he asked back: "So what do you, Pri Minister sir, think? Do you wish for to see the General, or for to leave now?"
"Of course, to see the General." The Pri Minister, however, did not hesitate in answering, "Right now, the situation in Ferelden is very chaotic. In only a few days, there were upheavals happening in more than ten locations, only that they were all forcefully squashed. Even the City of Snow had a few incidents of bloodshed. The General needs the mages’ support to have control in his hands."
Hearing that, Benjamin was sowhat surprised.
Was he roping him in?
"Then... If I am not willing to support the General?" He asked probingly.
"If that’s the case, I suggest that you leave Ferelden as soon as possible, sir." The Pri Minister answered, "The General has his doubts, he will not allow an organization with considerable fighting power to stay within Ferelden. And surely, you will not be satisfied with hiding in the shadows, sir. One day, you will stand before the General in opposition. By then, the Church will definitely take the chance to make a coback."
Hearing thus far, Benjamin finally felt that sothing was not right.
"Pri Minister sir, you are already one of the General’s n. Why are you telling all these?"
The Pri Minister smiled, saying: "Because I look highly upon you, sir."
Benjamin was not swayed: "But the last ti we t, you chose to use and help the General."
"That is because... No offence, but I look more highly upon the General."
"..."
Benjamin was speechless.
This Pri Minister was neutral to the extre, leaving a way out for himself everywhere and offending no one.
"What do you an, sir?" Seeing that Benjamin had not replied, the Pri Minister asked again.
Benjamin laughed half-heartedly, answering: "Alright... I will et the general."
He was not planning to join them. Only, there were many issues troubling the General now, and he had not obtained the mages’ support. In the City of Snow now, if Benjamin wished to leave, the General did not have the power to detain him.
If that was the case, then why not et with him?
The Pri Minister had probably thought that Benjamin was willing to support them; his face lighted up in cheer, saying: "A wise decision, the General will definitely not mistreat you, sir."
Benjamin nodded, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
And so, he and the Pri Minister left the room at the sa ti and got on the carriage that the other party had prepared from early on, before riding towards the Palace. Ten minutes later, he smoothly entered the Palace.
The current Palace looked heavily guarded. Troop after troop of soldiers went to and fro, on patrol. It seed that they had been through many attacks; the soldiers looked exceptionally alert. It was only after seeing the Pri Minister in the carriage that they allowed them to pass.
Benjamin, on the other hand, had switched on his water elental sensing magic, checking freely— no priests, everything seed safe, the servants were hurrying here and there. Stuart was standing in the Royal Study, browsing through a book entitled ‘Origins of the Royalty’...
No one could detect his action, therefore, he let the System scan up all the docunts that could be sensed and save them into the database to be slowly analyzed.
After the Pri Minister had brought him into the Palace, they waited in the palace’s throne room. Not long after, General Stuart erged from the main doors. He calmly glanced at Benjamin and slowly sat down on the throne; his disposition was as different as the sky was from the earth, from when they had t last ti.
However, Benjamin did not feel that it was an act, but... A person’s complete change from the inside out.
"Mage Benjamin." No longer the crabby old man from last ti, Stuart revealed the smile of a superior, saying, "We et again. Indeed, you have not disappointed us."
Benjamin nodded, saying: "General, you have really surprised ."
His attitude was neither humble nor impertinent, but sohow it displeased Stuart.
"Mage Benjamin, everything is part of the plan. To chase the Church out, we were forced to play a few tricks." Stuart said slowly, "Moreover, it was not all of your achievents. It was successfully deceiving Bishop Victor that gave you the opportunity to attack."
"Is that so?" Benjamin smiled, "General Stuart, you are really impressive."
Although he was speaking in the Great Hall, but at the mont, his focus was placed on sensing the entire Palace.
To judge the other party’s intentions, it was not enough to observe his speech and expressions; he also needed to look at the things that the other party was hiding. The System had slowly organized the docunts— everything to do with the Church was clean, matters concerning other nations were also very clean. From the looks of all the docunts, Stuart was really all for himself only.
However, at the sa ti, the System had discovered so information concerning the mages.
Mages that possessed a certain level of power in the realm of Ferelden had their information all listed out. Their fighting ability, their personalities, possibility of being solicited... And Benjamin’s information himself was first in the list.
"Proficient in Water Elental Magic, excellent at disguises, fighting ability unknown, poses a great danger, might be involved in the Great Water Ball in Havenwright, has widespread fa and influence in Ferelden. If he cannot be of use to myself, a way must be co up with to destroy him!"
Seeing this, Benjamin laughed in his heart.
The Pri Minister had really not lied to him. Indeed, Stuart wanted to use his influence to pull the mages over as a solid backup force. Because of that, the investigation they did was more detailed now.
But, too bad, that the General did not know that while the Pri Minister was helping him, he had also sold him out behind his back.
"...Mage Benjamin, is Bishop Victor alive or dead now?"
While Benjamin was in the process of thinking, Stuart raised this question in a very concerned tone. Benjamin could only snap back to reality and reply smoothly: "The Bishop is dead by my hands."
"Really?"
Benjamin crossed his arms and said: "I have destroyed the body. If you do not believe , I can do nothing."
Finally, Stuart looked to be in great glee, and stood up from the throne, nodding his head excitedly. His mouth kept repeating: "Good... Good... Finally dead..."
It looked like there had been so conflict between him and the Bishop.
However, at that mont, Stuart suddenly turned his head and looked to Benjamin, revealing a smile.
"Since the kingdom split up, the realm of Ferelden had been without a Mage Guild for a long ti. Mage Benjamin, right now you have the greatest prestige in the circle of mages. I don’t suppose you would be interested in building a Mage Guild in Ferelden, and be the Master?"
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