At Vivian's words, Anise merely gave her a puzzled look without saying anything, but Xu Yi asked with curiosity and a hint of anticipation, "Why wouldn't it work? Vivian, did you spot a problem?"
Xu Yi really did have high hopes for Vivian. Ever since he had accidentally discovered her talent for designing the appearance and structure of machinery, he had sent her to Baron Rector Magic Academy to study drawing, hoping to develop that talent.
Now that she had actually raised an objection to the beautiful Magic Lamp Anise had drawn, Xu Yi was not surprised in the slightest. Instead, he was delighted.
"Well..." Vivian glanced at Anise. Seeing no displeasure on the face of this young woman with long ears, who looked very much like the elves in the stories, she hesitantly tapped the Magic Lamp in the drawing and pointed to its intricately decorated base. "With a base like this, there wouldn't be enough room to embed the entire magic array."
Xu Yi looked where Vivian was pointing. After a moment's consideration, he realized she was absolutely right.
Avita had come up with the Magic Lamp's overall structure herself. Since she had never studied exterior design, she had designed it solely around her own requirements, leaving many aspects insufficiently considered-or rather, she had no understanding of them at all.
The Magic Lamp's current shape was clearly something Avita had settled on after numerous trials, without leaving much room for changes to its appearance. The moment Anise altered it like this, problems arose.
The most important problem was that the original base had been just large enough to accommodate the magic array. After Anise's alterations, considerably less space remained on it, making it impossible to embed the same magic array.
In other words, this exterior design was a