Dox froze for a moment, scratched at his temple, and muttered under his breath, "Did I write something like that? Why don't I remember?"
Gray Merchant smiled. "I remember that magazine was Light of the Southern Region, the third-to-last issue before Light of the Southern Region ceased publication."
Upon hearing Gray Merchant mention Light of the Southern Region, Dox suddenly understood. "Oh, I remember now!"
Dox turned to Wai. "Wasn't this my great work from when we were in Lorenbier, after we learned about Nagil?"
Wai looked at Dox with utter disdain. "...Speak for yourself. Don't drag me into it. All I knew was that you got very excited when you heard about Nagil. I had no idea you even wrote two lofty essays about it."
"And Light of the Southern Region, that magazine... heh."
Wai did not elaborate on the state of Light of the Southern Region, but the disgust on his face was entirely undisguised. It was clear just how much he disliked that magazine—so much that he could not even be bothered to speak of it.
Although Angel had never heard of the magazine Light of the Southern Region, he remembered Diablo complaining to him about the chaotic state of Sky Mechanical City's publishing houses. Diablo had once been responsible for registering publishers. According to him, during his tenure, publishers applied every day, and publishers went bankrupt every day.
Most went bankrupt because they thought too highly of themselves and offended certain transcendent beings. Yet most did not truly go under. They merely put on a show, changed their names, and returned to apply for registration as a new publishing house. That was why there were closures every day and applications every day.
To catch people's attention, the more inferior and empty a publisher was, the more