"As for the technology used to manufacture magic machine tools... I do indeed intend to transfer it."
At Xu Yi's words, Count Elwin and Count Marduf, who was eavesdropping nearby, both lit up.
"Then... President Xu, why don't we take this opportunity to discuss it properly?" Count Elwin immediately extended an invitation.
"Sure." Xu Yi smiled and readily agreed.
Neither man had deliberately lowered his voice. Not only had Count Marduf heard them from nearby, but President Cruz had heard them as well.
President Cruz gave Xu Yi a puzzled look, unable to understand why he had agreed so readily.
After all, when the Lampari Kingdom had wanted the Xinfei Merchant Guild to transfer its magic machine tool manufacturing technology, it had taken considerable effort to secure the guild's consent and arrange the actual transfer.
Afterward, it had taken several more years for the Lampari Kingdom to gain a basic grasp of the manufacturing technology. Only in the past two years had it successfully produced some relatively low-end machine tools.
Yet now, the Candel Empire had merely asked, and Xu Yi had agreed straightaway.
Wasn't he showing far too much favoritism?
Recalling the rumors he had deliberately brought up with Xu Yi earlier, President Cruz could not help feeling a trace of resentment.
Xu Yi was so generous to the Candel Empire, yet so demanding of the Lampari Kingdom, which had extremely close ties with him. It really was unreasonable.
But the thought only lingered briefly before President Cruz cast it aside.
He had known Xu Yi for more than ten years and understood him very well.
He knew perfectly well that Xu Yi was not someone who discarded old friends for new ones or courted the powerful. There was probably another reason behind his decision.
With that in mind,