"Don't look at me like that. I know what you're thinking."
Servini glanced at the smiling Xu Yi and couldn't help rolling her eyes at him.
"Relax. I didn't come here to ask why you ended your cooperation with the Magic Industry Administration. This isn't the first or second time you've done something nobody can understand. I'm used to it by now."
"Oh? Really?" Xu Yi sounded surprised. "If that isn't why you're here, then, my dear Princess Royal, what brought you all the way to the Stantin Duchy to see me?"
"Can't I come to see you on personal business instead of official business?" Servini asked irritably.
"Personal business?" Xu Yi was even more puzzled. "What personal business could you need me for?"
"It's about my fief, so you could call it personal business," Servini replied. "Didn't we agree last time that you would help me build a small industrial base there? It wasn't convenient while I was serving as Bunta City Mayor, but I've been out of office for almost six months now. There shouldn't be any problems anymore, so I came to ask when you intend to actually get started."
"Oh, that? Easy." Xu Yi nodded and said casually, "Our merchant guild is very experienced at setting up industrial production bases now. Your private fief isn't large, it doesn't have many residents, and it won't need many facilities. I think we can get it set up quite easily. But Servini, it would be best to choose a focus for this industrial base. Have you decided on one?"
"Yes, I've thought it through. My private fief doesn't have particularly abundant resources, so mineral processing and the like are out of the question. There really aren't many residents, either, which rules out machinery parts factories that require a large