A few days later. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Fredon's capital, Shelly City.

One sunny noon, Benjamin walked slowly past the gates of the city with his head up.

In the past few days, he has taken care of a lot of chores, dealing with other visitors, and helping the proprietress with the problem of making magic props - he has a plan for magic items, which he will put aside for now, and then talk about it.

In the midst of the busyness, time flew by, and soon it was time for the king's dinner.

The king's banquet, Benjamin did not dare to be ambiguous. He even went a little earlier, took the gifts and decent clothes he had bought with nearly a thousand gold coins, and set off in a hurry.

The venue of the dinner was Shelly City, hundreds of kilometers away from Riley City, and Benjamin relied on a flight all the way to get here on time.

Shirdi City, at the time of the Empire's division, was already one of the largest cities within the Empire. At that time, most of the supporters of the second prince gathered here. Therefore, after Ikor became independent, the second prince came to the city and founded the country of Fredon as their capital.

Walking into this city, Benjamin also has to admit that it is much more reasonably planned than Riley City.

There are no cracks in the middle of nowhere, and no strange alleys that lead to them. The streets are wide and open, paved with a large area of relatively clean light stone slabs, which stretches straight into the distance.

Benjamin walks down the road and feels the pride of the people here who live in the capital.

Before the Empire was divided, Shelly City was known for its economic development. Benjamin could feel that there were significantly more merchants here than in Riley. However, probably for the sake of public security, after walking for a while, he couldn't even see a person who resembled a mercenary.

This surprised Benjamin.

Naturally, the dinner began in the evening, and it was still only noon, so he did not report to the palace, but prepared to walk around the city for a while.

He had prepared the map before, so the system could still do its job of navigating it dutifully.

“...... Turn left in front of you, and you will find the stronghold of the Mage Freemasonry in Shirdi City, and it is also said to be the headquarters of the entire Mage Freemasonry, so you can go there and see it if you are interested. "As he walked, the system acted like a tour guide, and soon, he said so.

Benjamin raised an eyebrow when he heard this.

HQ?

Although I don't like the style of this organization very much, I ...... Let's go check it out.

After turning left, Benjamin soon came to this rather spectacular, city library-like building.

"Hello, do you need anything?"

He just wanted to walk in, but was stopped by an ordinary person who looked like a butler at the door. Moreover, as the other party spoke, he walked up to Benjamin, and there was even a hint of unwelcome in his tone.

"What's the matter? I'm a mage, can't I come to visit the headquarters of the Mage Freemasonry?" replied Benjamin calmly with his hands behind his back.

"You're a mage?" Suddenly, the man looked puzzled, pulled out a crystal ball-like object from the table next to him, and took a picture of Benjamin.

Benjamin frowned.

What does that mean?

Soon, the man put down the crystal ball and said impatiently to Benjamin, "Sir, please don't play pranks. Under normal circumstances, no non-divisional personnel are allowed to enter. ”

What the heck?

That crystal ball is a tool that can discern mages?

Benjamin felt a little baffled. So he suddenly stretched out his hand and recited a mantra. Then, a piece of crushed ice appeared in his hand, changing shape as he pleased.

"Is this enough to prove my identity?" he really couldn't give a good face.

"This ...... How could it be?" the man looked incredulous, took out the crystal ball again, and took a picture of Benjamin, and the more he fiddled, the stranger the expression on his face became.

Benjamin also took the opportunity to observe the crystal ball.

A faint wave of magic emanated from it...... That's right, it's a magic prop. As for its function, Benjamin guesses, it should be able to identify whether one is a mage or not.

But why it didn't identify Benjamin, no one knows.

"What's going on?Why do I feel the fluctuations of the magic cast here?" Suddenly, an old voice came from inside the door.

The two turned their heads. I saw a mage wearing a magic robe, a big black hat on his head, and gray hair open the door and slowly walked out of it.

Through the other party's mental power and the elemental movements around him, Benjamin could probably feel that the level of this mage should be very high.

The gatekeeper also turned around and bowed to the old mage. And the crystal ball in his hand, after facing the old mage, lit up with a bang.

"Master Mage, this ...... I don't know how, the crystal ball doesn't react to him at all, but he can unleash magic. I don't know if I should let him in or not. ”

The old mage smiled, looked at Benjamin, and said, "It's okay, maybe the crystal ball is malfunctioning." Come in with me. ”

When Benjamin heard this, he also nodded, ignored the farce at the door, and followed the old mage inside.

The man who watched the door walk in, looked at the crystal ball in his hand, and couldn't help but take out a handkerchief and wipe the sweat from his forehead.

In this way, Benjamin entered the headquarters of the Mage Freemasonry.

Behind the door is a vestibule, with white walls and red carpets, which is quite elegantly decorated. There were a few mage-like people coming and going, but overall, it was a relatively quiet place.

"I'm sorry about what just happened. After walking through the door, the old mage turned around and smiled at Benjamin, "Hello, my name is Aldrich. Your face looks unfamiliar, is it a new mage?"

Benjamin smiled and said, "It's okay, I don't mind. My name is Benjamin, and I'm a mage from Riley City, and it's a pleasure to meet you. ”

"Riley City...... Aldridge showed a thoughtful expression, nodded, and then said, "I don't know if you have anything to do when you come to the Mage Freemasonry?"

Looking at the other party's performance, Benjamin felt that he might have been recognized.

Is that sectarian incident also circulating here?

However, he didn't pay much attention to it, and replied, "Actually, it's nothing, but I heard that this is the headquarters of the Mage Freemasonry, so I came to pay a look and see if there are any books I need." ”

"Looking for a book? Then you've come to the right place. Aldrich patted Benjamin on the shoulder and said with a smile, "What kind of book do you want to find? After all, we are rude first, and we can give you a discount when you borrow it." ”

Benjamin didn't think it was strange that the Mage Freemasons were like that, and they felt that borrowing and selling books was their only source of income.

He thought of the crystal ball at the door just now, and suddenly spoke, "I want to find a book on magic items." ”

Suddenly, Aldrich showed a look of surprise.

"Why do you think we have a book on this here?"

Benjamin replied, "Because you're all starting to use magic items to identify whether someone is a mage or not." ”

"Interesting young man. Hearing this, Aldrich smiled, and suddenly changed his head, and said, "How is it? Are you interested in joining our Mage Freemasonry?"

...... What?

Benjamin didn't know why the other party said this, but he shook his head without hesitation.

"What? Mage Freemasonry is not something that anyone else can join if they want to. Aldridge's eyes narrowed slightly, his gray beard moving, "At least, like the book on magic items you asked for now, we are not open to the outside world for the time being. ”

"Really?" said Benjamin, shrugging his shoulders and not caring about it, "then forget it, I'll see what else there is." ”

It's just a book about magic items, and besides, I don't even know the title of the book, so who knows how practical the content is?

If you can't see it, forget it, he's not so attached to it yet.

Hearing this, Aldrich didn't say anything more. He smiled, turned around, took Benjamin with him, walked to the front desk, and introduced him to the other books here.

Under this introduction, Benjamin discovered that the headquarters was really different from the branch. The collection of books here is not at all comparable to that of Riley City. Benjamin had seen a lot of books on the theory of magic, and even some books on the theory of potions and the like.

Originally, he was just walking around, but he didn't expect that it was really possible to gain a lot.

"Can I borrow these books?" he said after picking a few of the books he was interested in.

"Your Excellency is very picky. Aldrich looked at it twice, smiled and said, "These books are not borrowed, you can only read them here." But non-division Freemasons, even if they paid for it, could only watch for an hour at most. ”

When Benjamin heard this, he was not disappointed, but showed a satisfied smile.

"An hour, that's enough. ”

One "Spiritual Exploration", one "Elemental Research", one "Possibility of Storing Elements", and one "Advanced Potions". As long as the system records them, and he accidentally comes here, it will be a big profit.