501 Shock

Inside the VIP lounge at the Train Station, the girls were still sitting together, listening to Landen's cloud-wrapped, fog-shrouded economic theories, while Fox Girl Fanil had already sprawled completely over the sofa and entered the second layer of dreams.

After Landen explained it several times, the girls finally gained a hazy understanding, but Sophia still asked, "My Lord? I feel like the Imperial Capital has been pretty good to our territory. Why does it sound, when you talk about it, like they still owe us a lot of money?"

"The two factions in the Imperial Capital, the Tower of Purity and the native Imperial Capital faction, have indeed both been very good to us," Landen said with a smile. "Look at Ben Kaul—even in the Imperial Capital, he counts as a genius Mage, yet he practically revolves around us. His Excellency Saranir drops by from time to time too. When they first came, it wasn't as if they said they wanted you all to make Magic Furnaces for free, right?"

The girls nodded. Ben Kaul had come over before the territory was even fully established, and had even guided every girl in magic. After Landen gained a firm foothold in Night-Kirin City, Ben had repeatedly helped him, Wendy, and the others draw all kinds of magic arrays and Magic Patterns, yet had never interfered in any of Landen's decisions regarding the territory. It could be said that he had completely stood in Landen's position to help him.

Saranir Silver Moon had indeed been sent over by Her Excellency Loya Hathaway, but he had come more to guide them and protect the girls' safety. After the Magic Furnaces could be mass-produced, apart from hugging Fanil every day, he had never shown any excessive desire for the Magic Furnaces.

"The Gallop Family