December arrived.
The wind blowing down from the north grew even more biting. However energetic the young researchers at the Magic Research Institute usually were, this weather forced them to stay dutifully tucked away in their laboratories, working on their research instead of running outside to horse around whenever they had nothing to do.
Avita was not particularly healthy, so she felt the cold more keenly than most. At a time like this, she naturally shut every door and window in her laboratory tight, leaving no gap for even a breath of cold wind to slip through.
Feeling the warm air blowing from the Magic Air Conditioner, Avita rubbed her hands out of habit, and another trace of gratitude toward Xu Yi stirred in her heart.
If Xu Yi had not developed the Heating and Cooling Magic Air Conditioner and installed one or even two Magic Air Conditioners in every laboratory at the Magic Research Institute before winter arrived, Avita would probably have had to endure the cold indoors just as she had in previous years.
Although she could ward off the cold by lighting a fire in the fireplace, that made the indoor air unpleasant, and Avita had always hated doing it.
Of course, there was another solution that was more convenient and would not affect the air: setting up a large Flame Array.
However, setting up such an array cost at least a hundred gold coins, and its monthly upkeep exceeded thirty gold coins. No matter how generous Xu Yi was, he probably would not install one in every laboratory.
On second thought, though, Avita was no longer quite so sure.
From what she knew of Xu Yi, he was a president who valued his subordinates greatly.
Back in Anvilmar City, the incident involving Aleri had demonstrated that