A Trap Within a Trap

Benjamin stopped hiding behind the rock. He walked out onto the middle of the mountain pass, looking straight at his opponent.

"...Andrew."

Andrew stood in front of him, opened his arms, and laughed saying: "Are you surprised?"

Considering his actions and attitude, it was as if he was a different person.

Benjamin was quiet for a moment, then shook his head and suddenly said: "I should have realised earlier, books on the creation of magical objects have already been collected by the church, if a mage were to learn about these things it would be difficult. Moreover, the communication pearls that you invented for the others, is similar to the church’s "God’s Eye"."

Now that he thought about it, Andrew disguising himself as a stuttering mage who was proficient in magical objects, hiding amongst the Mage Guild of the town of Crewe, was a work of genius.

Only... he refused to believe it. He was a mage, why would he side with the church?