Just when Benjamin was a little hairy by those eyes, the owner of those eyes on the other side of the iron door suddenly spoke:

"Don't be silent, Jessica was just broken up by me, but she'll be back soon, I'll be here soon. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

It was a gentle woman's voice. Benjamin sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was.

"Who is this man?"

He asked mentally to the system.

"It's your mother. The system answers.

“......”

Under the "friendly" reminder of the system, Benjamin finally remembered that the owner of this voice was Mary-Claude's wife, the old lady's daughter-in-law, and Benjamin's biological mother, who had spoken once in the living room before.

His mother had separated the maid from the guards and secretly came to see him.

According to the introduction of the simplified version of the memory before the system, Mary was a good wife and mother, and her temper was notoriously good throughout the king's capital. Growing up, Benjamin had never seen her angry, nor had he seen anyone get along badly with her—except, of course, the old lady.

And even if the old lady didn't like Mary and often troubled Mary, Mary never really fought back, but did not say a word to bear all the vitriol of the old lady. It can be said that she can be regarded as a model daughter-in-law of this era.

When facing Benjamin, Mary did not become disappointed or indifferent because Benjamin was a waste material, she treated Benjamin and Grant equally and took care of them very well. This is already a rare thing, you know, even two children who are not about the same age, eccentricity is a common thing, let alone the situation in Benjamin's family.

Thinking of this, Benjamin no longer hesitated, and immediately spoke, pretending to be pitiful:

"Mother, you're finally here. ”

Although he didn't say anything to complain, just that sad tone and weak voice were enough to show how pitiful he was.

I hope it can inspire my mother's endless compassion.

"Yes, your father just left the house, so I had a chance to come here to find you. Come, you must be hungry, I asked the cook to make a few more pieces of bread, I brought it to you, you first pad your stomach and get through this while. Sure enough, Mary lived up to Benjamin's expectations, and as she spoke, she brought a small paper bag through the small opening in the door.

Benjamin was thrilled all at once. He took the paper bag and opened it tremblingly. I saw two pieces of soft and warm bread, lying quietly in them, a faint wheat fragrance mixed with the milky aroma.

Ah, it's food!

Benjamin burst into tears on the spot.

Only mothers are good in the world, and mothers are like treasures.

Although he wanted to nibble on the bread in his hand at once, he still resisted his hunger, looked at the blue eyes on the small mouth gratefully, and said, "Thank you, I'm dying of hunger." ”

Mary smiled at the door, and continued, "Don't be anxious, tomorrow your father's anger is a little lower, and I ask him to intercede, and he should let you out." Don't worry, your father won't let you stay here for too long. ”

When Benjamin heard this, he was reassured and relieved. If he is locked up here for too long, it will have a big impact on his plans to learn magic. Get out early so he can then get Jeremy to dig up Anne's relics for him.

He didn't want to stay in this place for too long. It's nice to take a break, but it's boring after a long time. Like at this moment, even if he has only been in and locked up for less than two hours, he is already starting to get tired of potatoes.

Stay a few more days, and his head will sprout, right?

"Alright, stay any longer, Jessica is coming back, I have to go. Be careful not to let them find out that someone has been here. Xiao Kou's eyes looked away for a moment, as if to observe the situation outside. Soon, Mary returned, and said to Benjamin.

"Okay, goodbye Mother. Benjamin replied, full of genuine gratitude.

"Goodbye, dear. ”

With a sound of shredded footsteps, Mary closed the small opening of the iron door and left the basement. And after seeing Mary leave, Benjamin immediately began to enjoy the bread in his hand.

The portion of bread was not small, but Benjamin was so hungry that no amount was too much. In a few moments, all that was left in his hands was empty paper bags and scattered crumbs. And he also touched his stomach comfortably and burped contentedly.

He crumpled the paper bag into a ball and hid it deep in the sea of potatoes to avoid being discovered.

Then, having eaten a full meal, he lazily lay in the pile of potatoes, closed his eyes, and sank into the depths of the world of consciousness.

He wasn't going to waste time sitting in the basement. Anyway, there is nothing to do, so it is better to study your consciousness space and the blue "triangle" character. Just because you don't have the guidance of others doesn't mean you can't be self-taught.

In fact, isn't the process of his comprehension of magic self-taught?

Of course, Benjamin also thought about practicing the only magic he had learned, water polo. In general novels, the easiest way to exercise special abilities is to use them repeatedly. However, his current location is so close to the cathedral, as Michelle said, the "cleansers" can sense a certain range of magic, and if they alarm the people of the church, they will still die.

He just wanted to practice magic, but he could only practice it in the space of consciousness.

He had used the water polo technique once in his consciousness space before, and Michelle standing next to him had no sense, so there should be no movement in the church several streets away.

Consciousness Space ...... It's a very wonderful existence indeed.

Although it is not known how Michelle and the others learned magic, their intuition tells Benjamin that they do not have a wonderful space such as a consciousness space, nor do they have a figurative magic symbol like the blue character. Their journey to becoming mages is likely to be very different from Benjamin's.

In the midst of a mistake, I seem to have embarked on an unusual path.

And this also makes Benjamin more curious about the space of consciousness. Therefore, at this moment, he was locked in the basement and could not do anything, and once again entered the space of consciousness.

In the vast space of consciousness, everything is still the same. Pitch black environment, light blue triangle characters...... The whole space seems to be fixed at the moment of its formation, and it has not changed in the slightest regardless of the passage of time.

It was Benjamin who had changed.

After learning the water elemental sensing technique when he met the Assassin, he could detect that he had become more sensitive to the water element. Therefore, the water element wandering in this space was also much clearer in his eyes. After thinking for a while, he left the space of consciousness again, returned to reality, and observed the water element in reality.

According to observations, the water element in his consciousness space is much richer than in reality.

Then, he returned to the space of consciousness again. After a pause, he suddenly turned his back to the blue character and ran wildly towards the boundless darkness of the consciousness space. With the blue light moving away behind him a little bit, he could clearly feel that the water element around him had decreased sharply, almost like a blue-black gradient dress.

Soon, there was nothing around them, and there was darkness everywhere that could not be reached.

Although this darkness did not disturb Benjamin, it had a strange intimacy.

He didn't stop running either. Although his speculation about the water element had been verified, he also had another curiosity: did this space of consciousness have a boundary? What would happen if he continued to run like this? What kind of secrets were hidden in this deep darkness?

It is human instinct to explore the unknown, whether it is to explore the vast space outwardly or to explore the deep heart inward. People always want to know what will be in places they have never been.

Therefore, he continued to run towards a darker place.

Then, he ran into a fool's errand.

"Damn, what the hell is this place?"

After an incredibly long marathon, Benjamin finally had to stop, hold his knees, gasp for air, and stare at the endless darkness ahead.

He originally thought that there was no physical exertion in the consciousness space. It's normal to think like this, physical strength is an actual thing, where does the mental strength come from? But what I didn't expect was that he was wrong.

He should have believed Marx's. Material is the foundation of the spirit, and when the spirit is consumed in large quantities or even overdrawn, it will also affect the consumption of the material.

In this boundless space of consciousness, he ran for an unknown amount of time, and crossed an unknown number of kilometers, but he could not see a single boundary. Nothing changed around him, only darkness, darkness, darkness......

Until he ran until his hands and feet were sore, and his limbs were numb, he could not see the slightest sign of approaching the end.

So, he had to stop, so tired that he almost collapsed.

"Human consciousness is inherently boundless, and if you want to find an end here, you're basically wasting your energy. The system popped up again, a mechanical voice without intonation echoing through the darkness.

"I'm just curious. Benjamin replied.

"You're just full and have nothing to do. The mechanical voice came out with some intonation that it shouldn't have.

"......" Benjamin couldn't think of a rebuttal.

He had indeed just eaten his fill, and he really didn't have much to do.

Eventually, Benjamin gave up on the idea of continuing to explore the space of consciousness. He returned to reality and re-entered the space of consciousness, and his position in the space of consciousness returned to the side of the blue character. The blue light shone, and the water element around him became full again.

The work he had been running for so long was in vain all of a sudden, and he was still a little heartbroken.

His attention soon shifted, though.

He is still a relatively optimistic person, and if one exploration fails, then move on to the next one:

He reached out and aimed his hand at the blue character, and once again chanted the spell of water polo. Accompanied by the vibration of the characters and the gathering of the water element, a water ball gathers in the palm of his hand. He didn't hesitate, his mind moved and the water balloon dispersed, and then, he recited the spell of the water balloon spell again......

Again and again, he repeatedly used the water polo technique in the space of consciousness. The pale blue ripples spread out layer by layer like ripples, attracting the water element, converging and dispersing like tides in this darkness.

Soon, he felt that the water element in his consciousness space was much thinner, but he did not stop using the water polo technique, but instead sped up his movements.

When he recited the water polo spell for the forty-fifth time, he noticed that there were no more water balls in his palms. Not only that, but with a sudden burst of headaches, he was suddenly pushed out of the space of consciousness.

For the first time, he involuntarily returned to reality.

Although there was a throbbing pain in his head, Benjamin at this moment could not hide the joy in his tone:

"I see!"

“...... What do you know?" there was a pause for a moment, and the system spoke reluctantly, "I don't really want to answer you, but I'd better reluctantly cooperate with you." ”

Benjamin paid no attention to the system's ridicule. He was immersed in the excitement of discovery and discovery, as happy as a child who learned to walk for the first time, and cheered as a student who failed his course for the third time when he saw a score of 61 points.

He cried out in his heart:

"The mage's cultivation method, I know!"