"Truly interesting..."
Looking at the glowing black Cube before her, the elderly woman seated in the chair could not help but sigh. Then she raised her head and looked at Workshop Chief Madok and Doctor Russell, who stood straight across the desk from her.
"This portable computing terminal seems even more interesting than I imagined... I understand why you have come. Now then, Workshop Chief Madok."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Upon hearing the elderly woman's voice, Workshop Chief Madok hurriedly straightened up. The elderly woman seated before him was none other than the twenty-sixth sovereign of the Liberl Kingdom, its current Queen, Alicia von Oseres.
"I am not particularly familiar with the development of Orbal Technology, so I would like to ask you... what do you think of this?"
"I am ashamed to say, Your Majesty."
Madoc solemnly lowered his head and stared at his shoes.
"We tested this portable computing terminal, and the conclusion was that its processing speed is... more than a hundred times faster than our computing terminals."
"Is that so?"
At this, even the composed elderly woman looked at Workshop Chief Madok in surprise.
"But as I recall, the computing terminal at the Zeiss Central Workshop should be the most advanced in the Liberl Kingdom..."
"That is indeed true, Your Majesty, but... this is on an entirely different level."
As he said this, Workshop Chief Madok felt somewhat bitter inside. The computing terminal at the Zeiss Central Workshop had been developed and manufactured through tremendous effort. It ranked among the finest not only in Liberl, but across the entire Semurian Continent. Yet even so, the computing terminal they had worked so hard to create was inferior to this black box no bigger than a briefcase...
"This portable computing terminal was not only manufactured using more advanced technology,