"I thought they'd be a little bolder." Xu Yi smiled and shook his head. "I was prepared for them to ask for technology related to military magic machinery, but they never even mentioned it."
Kennard looked up and chuckled. "Mr. President, aren't you overthinking this? Forget transferring military magic machinery technology-even if you offered it for free, they wouldn't dare take it. What would they do with it? Start a rebellion? Don't forget, the Lampari Kingdom has only just been through a civil war. They're taking this sort of thing very seriously. If those merchants dared ask you for military magic machinery technology, I bet the Royal Palace Guards would haul them away tomorrow."
Xu Yi burst out laughing. "So I can only wait for Ser... Her Majesty the Queen to ask me herself?"
"More or less." Kennard considered it, then frowned slightly. "During the New Year, while I was still in Anvilmar City, the Military Department actually sent someone to approach me about this. Mr. President, has no one asked for your opinion?"
"Not yet. Even Ser... ahem, Her Majesty the Queen hasn't mentioned it to me." Xu Yi shook his head.
"That's strange. Her Majesty the Queen should have fully appreciated the power of military magic machinery during the civil war. How could she not be interested in the technology?" Kennard was puzzled.
"I'm certain they're interested. The only possible reason they haven't brought it up yet is that they aren't ready," Xu Yi said.
"Not ready? What do they need to prepare?" Kennard was even more puzzled.
Xu Yi smiled. There were plenty of preparations they needed to make.
First came the technical considerations.
A piece of military magic machinery might look like a single, self-contained object, but producing a finished one was no easy task. That