Benjamin could only leave helplessly.
He had actually seen this coming. This book of "Declaration of the Freedom of Magic" not only challenged the mages freemasonry that was in the control of the Church, it also affected those benefactor minority of the mages’ circle. Mage Vinci was the nation’s largest benefactor, it was natural for him to oppose.
The reason he brought the booklet along with him was to take advantage of the impending crisis for Mage Vinci to sacrifice a little — After all, he was the richest in Fereldan and if he did not oppose to the booklet, then there would be less opposition.
It was such a shame that he did not realize how the current situation could be dangerous for the mages of Fereldan.
But Benjamin was not disheartened by this.
What could he do? If there was opposition then let there be opposition. For those who were well advanced in their era, which of them would not face any form of difficulty?
