The Change of Plan

An hour later, Benjamin and the two officials ended their meeting and, one after another, left the remote little village.

On the flight back to the City of Rayleigh, Benjamin had a heavy heart.

There were a lot of unexpected gains from this meeting. Only, there might be something that was a little too unexpected— General Stuart had already belonged to the Church from earlier on. This piece of news had really taken Benjamin by surprise.

Supposedly, not long from now, he was to carry out what had been agreed upon with the general, and hold the first public rebellion in the City of Rayleigh to attract the Church’s attention. After that, the general could then stand out and oppose the church. In the end, looking at everything now, this was all a trap set by the Church.

If Benjamin had really done so, the only person to suffer a crushing defeat would be him.