"This ......"

Benjamin's ridicule after sentence made Ax unable to speak for a while.

"What? aren't you going to explain why you kidnapped the students?" Benjamin shook his head when he saw this, and said, "Those mages of yours are locked up in the academy now, and I will never let them go unless you make things clear." ”

"It can't be said to be a kidnapping, I just want to ask them to come over and do me a favor......"

"What do you mean?"

Aix sighed and said in a low voice, "I don't know if Your Excellency knows what happened in the kingdom recently. However, after destroying the Silent Academy, the Church stepped up its efforts to hunt down the mages hiding among the people, and many nobles were implicated and burned at the stake. The days in the kingdom now...... It's not a good feeling. ”

Benjamin shrugged his shoulders when he heard this: "What does this have to do with kidnapping my students?"

Ax looked embarrassed and said, "This ...... I beg your pardon, I'm just confused for a moment. After all, with so many mages under my command, the church won't be able to hear from me at all. If I don't sacrifice something...... You get the idea. ”

Benjamin frowned. However, he immediately thought of what had happened in the theater and was shocked.

This guy ...... He wants to use his students as substitutes for those mages!

Realizing this, Benjamin took a deep breath and said, "Aix-Fur, you should understand that this is my territory. Even if you are the most powerful person in the kingdom of Hori, I can let you die in this little room, and no one outside will know about it. ”

"I understand ......"

Ax closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Suddenly, he took a fist-sized package from his pocket and placed it on the table in the dean's room.

Benjamin let out a cold snort.

"Lord Dean, this is the elemental crystallization of our Fur family's private collection. Seeing this, Aix hurriedly opened the package, revealing two shining stones, and said, "I only brought two today, but we have collected hundreds of crystals of this size. ”

When Benjamin heard this, he glanced lukewarmly at the crystals, but still did not speak.

Aix had no choice but to continue: "Lord Dean, as long as you are willing to help us, the elemental crystals we have collected over the years will be all yours!"

Speaking of this, he hesitated for a moment, as if he was not afraid enough, and then added: "In addition, in order to make amends for your sins, we are also willing to compensate you with five thousand gold coins!"

Benjamin touched his chin expressionlessly when he heard this.

"Twenty thousand gold coins. After a moment of silence, he suddenly spoke.

"This ......," said Aix, with a look of embarrassment, "even if we own a lot of property, the number of 20,000 is a bit too ......."

Benjamin interrupted him and said, "Twenty-five thousand gold coins." ”

"This ...... Well, I'll give you six thousand coins. ”

"Thirty thousand gold coins. ”

"Can't you be like this, after all, as the dean of an academy, don't you want to be a selfless example for your students......?

"Thirty-five thousand gold coins. ”

"You ......"

After a series of bargaining, in the end, Ax gritted his teeth, and the fat on his face trembled like jelly falling to the ground, and said: "At the beginning of the price, 20,000 gold coins, I can't get any more!"

Benjamin finally had a smile on his face.

"Deal. ”

Although the other party wanted to use the student as a substitute for the dead ghost to make him a little angry, Benjamin still decided to let him go because the other party came to intercede in such a low voice and was willing to give these compensations.

After all...... That's a ransom!

Benjamin's face was lukewarm, but he almost laughed out loud in his heart.

"In that case, can you release those mages first?" Ax asked cautiously when he heard this.

Benjamin nodded.

"Also...... Now that the situation in the Hori Kingdom is in place, I hope that the Dean can help us. Aix continued, "Actually, many of our nobles are secretly dissatisfied with the rule of the church, and some time ago, didn't the church also send people to attack your college?

Benjamin thought for a moment and said, "What do you want?"

In fact, although there were many gaps in the past, after all, they had the same interests, and they may not be unable to stand aside. One day, they will counterattack the kingdom of Hori, and if there are nobles from the kingdom who are in charge, it will be of great help to them.

He didn't think Ax was playing Infernal Affairs, either. The contradiction between the nobility and the church has always existed, and the Fur family has secretly raised so many mages. Ax couldn't go over to the church, and Benjamin was the only option for these nobles right now.

Therefore, he believes that Aix's words are still credible.

"Actually, I want to ask your students to come and go, not to use them as substitutes, but to help us divert the attention of the church, so that those priests will not have time to deal with us for a while. Ax replied, "Some time ago, a strange person infiltrated the church and involved a lot of the church's energy. But it didn't take long for that person to disappear, and the church couldn't find anyone, so it turned around and started dealing with us. ”

Benjamin nodded thoughtfully.

That strange man...... It's Miles, right?

Unexpectedly, he made such a big move in the territory of the Hori Kingdom, which indirectly affected the game between the nobles and the church. However, it's been so long, hasn't he come back yet?

Mysterious guy.

"The attention of the church is not so easy to divert. Looking back at him, Benjamin said slowly, "What can we do? We have a lot of things to do with ourselves, and unless we wait until one day when our mages can attack the kingdom of Hori in a big way, we won't be able to attract the attention of the church for a long time." ”

Aix smiled awkwardly and immediately said, "Of course we won't expect you to do this. In fact, we only need four months. In four months, you helped us draw the attention of the church elsewhere, and we were free to be less suppressed by the church as we are now. ”

Four months......

Benjamin fell into deep thought.

Truth be told, he's not at nothing right now. In a month's time, it's the Queen's birthday, and they're going to free Ikor from the mage, so there's so much time to do this and that. Of course, he wanted to gain the support of the nobles and lay the groundwork for the future attack on the Hori Kingdom, but it was a bit difficult to operate.

Unless......

As if thinking of something, Benjamin's heart moved.

He can put two things together.