"That's right. I don't have enough gold coins now. I can't even keep this Magic Tower running anymore." Faced with Xu Yi's blunt exposure of the truth, Great Mage Camilla did not look particularly hurt. She merely sighed softly and readily admitted the reality. "But Xu Yi, I don't like magic being tainted by the stench of money. That's my principle, and you needn't waste your effort trying to change my mind."
Xu Yi frowned slightly. "Great Mage, may I ask why you think... combining magic with money necessarily taints it with greed? To me, that's completely absurd. As I just said, money is innocent. How it's used depends entirely on the will of the person using it. You think combining magic with money is bad, but I think precisely the opposite. If they're combined properly, they can bring about some wonderful changes."
"Wonderful?" Great Mage Camilla snorted heavily. "Reducing someone with your considerable talent for magic to a vulgar merchant-is that what you call a wonderful change?"
Xu Yi's frown deepened. "Great Mage, your prejudice is far too strong. Perhaps mages traditionally enjoy far higher status than merchants on the Sains Continent. But in my opinion, the merchants here do far more good than the mages."
"Nonsense!" Great Mage Camilla slammed the table and rose angrily, pointing at Xu Yi as she berated him. "You dare say mages are inferior to those filthy merchants? What can those merchants do? All they do is shamelessly steal money from others. Their eyes and minds are filled with filthy gold coins, and they don't even care about their own honor! How dare you compare people like that to mages? Are you trying to insult me?"
"Then what do mages do, Great Mage?" Xu Yi asked with a cold laugh. "Keep researching more