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This...... Which one is it singing again?

"I'll go right over. The king was silent for a moment, then spoke, turning to leave the room. And Benjamin's talks with him, which had just been going well, came to an abrupt end.

Benjamin chuckled in his heart.

Although he did not understand what was going on, he suddenly had a premonition that the trust he had just gained from the king was likely to be withdrawn soon.

I'm tired......

Sure enough, shouldn't he have waded into this troubled water?

"Your Majesty, can I go and take a look?" Benjamin asked as he took a deep breath.

Now that they're all involved, he can't give up halfway. Besides, he also wanted to know what kind of rhetoric the Mage Freemasons would come up with.

The king turned his head, was silent for a moment, and nodded.

So Benjamin followed the king and left the room. After the king had changed his clothes again, they hurried to the council chamber. At the moment, there were no other officials in the chamber, only Aldrich.

- And, of course, a little girl in his arms.

Benjamin glanced at it from afar, but was relieved.

It was the little girl who knocked on his door to find the cat, and her limbs were still alive, and she didn't miss arms or legs. At this moment, her eyes were closed, her breathing was heaving, and she seemed to be asleep. It seems that whatever the purpose of the person who kidnapped her, at least he didn't hurt her.

When the king saw this, he also went up with some anxiety and took the little girl from Aldrich's hand.

She ...... No injuries, right?"

Aldrich smiled and said, "She's fine. At least, they hadn't had time to do anything to her by the time I found out. ”

"They?" the king frowned, and took the girl into the servant's arms, his expression serious again, "yes...... And what about the Assassins who took her, who have already been captured?"

Benjamin stood aside, and when he heard this, he also observed Aldrich's expression more closely.

"Your Majesty, they are now in prison, and you can interrogate them yourself. Aldrich said, suddenly sighing, and continued, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, this is all my negligence. I didn't expect such a traitor to emerge in the Mage Freemasonry. ”

The king's eyes changed slightly: "You mean ......"

Aldrich nodded heavily and said, "It was our Mage Freemasonry who planned the assassination. ”

The king was silent.

When Benjamin heard this, he also felt a little puzzled.

"It's a mage who has been in the club for more than three years, and he usually behaves normally, but as a result, he started planning this assassination three months ago. Aldrich continued, "He even hired a number of mercenaries, but they all came from strange backgrounds, most of them from Caritus. ”

"Carretus......" said the king, nodding with a deep groan, "you mean that my brother planned all this?"

"Not necessarily, it could be the blame. Aldrich replied, "They don't want to say anything." ”

The king fell silent again, and with a poker face, he couldn't tell what he was thinking.

As for Benjamin, he is still quite skeptical about Aldrich's explanation.

Thinking of what he saw at the headquarters, the bald mage who lectured should be the rebel mage in Aldrich's mouth. But...... The bald mages all took those mercenaries directly to the meeting, and Aldrich, as the president, didn't even notice it at all?

Intuition told Benjamin that Aldrich wasn't that dull.

Therefore, in his opinion, this rebellious mage's rhetoric was just an excuse to shirk responsibility. Aldridge just took someone out of his own club to be a scapegoat, let others take the blame, and then made himself look innocent and unaware. I'm afraid he also had a part in the assassination of the king.

To put it bluntly, Benjamin didn't trust the old president.

It's just that he still can't figure it out.

If all this is just a play directed and acted by Aldrich, then he took great pains to kidnap the princess, and within a few hours, he sent people back, what is the picture?

Do you have nothing to do when you're full?

Benjamin couldn't understand the situation anymore.

Thinking of the plot of the tanuki changing the prince in some court dramas and his own experience, his heart moved, and he couldn't help but set his eyes on the little girl in the servant's arms again.

That's right, it's the little girl I saw before, and she shouldn't have been dropped.

Then things get even weirder.

"Take the prisoners to the basement and I'm going to interrogate them. Before Benjamin could think clearly, the king made a decision, and said this to one of the guards beside him.

The guards were ordered to leave, and the king turned to Benjamin and Aldridge and nodded.

"Two, I'm going to be out of company for a while. ”

When Benjamin heard this, more bad premonitions surged in his heart.

Seriously, he would have liked to interrogate the prisoners himself, and he would have been able to ask a lot of interesting things. However, judging by the king's attitude, it seems that he does not like to be interrogated by outsiders. Aldridge was also on the side, and Benjamin might have aroused his suspicions if he had shown himself too attentively.

Therefore, he did not volunteer again.

In this way, the king departed with his guards, and the servants also departed with the sleeping princess in their arms. For a moment, the entire council chamber became empty, and only Benjamin and Aldridge were left.

The candlelight from the crystal chandelier was reflected on the ground, reflecting two somewhat silent shadows.

Suddenly, Aldrich turned his head, looked at Benjamin, and smiled.

"Master Benjamin, you've worked so hard for you. He was the first to speak, breaking the silence, "Thank you very much that you were just a guest, but you were disturbed by this kind of thing, and you have helped protect His Majesty the King for so long." ”

Benjamin listened to this, but felt strange in his heart.

Although the other party said it very sincerely, and there was no irony in his tone, it was wrong to listen to his ears.

Is he too careful? Aldrich shouldn't know about his whistleblowing, right?

"That's what I'm supposed to do. No matter how strange he felt in his heart, he still practiced the ability to act on the spot, "Your Majesty maintains the peace of this country, and I only hope to contribute my own strength." ”

"No, I mean, it's really rare for a mage to have that kind of thinking. Aldrich sighed and said, "Mages are mostly busy with their own magic, and few people care about the mundane world. We have the power to stand out, but we are obsessed with the power itself, and we don't think about the responsibilities that this power gives us. ”

"That's true. Benjamin nodded and replied.

And in his heart, he was already a little about to break out in a cold sweat.

What's the trouble, the other party suddenly sighed with him, what does this mean?

Benjamin panicked.