"I heard you met with the presidents of six merchant guilds that produce Magic Fans?"
"Yes."
"Then I'm guessing you also intend to pick out a few presidents of guilds that produce other household magic machinery and meet with them?"
"That's the plan."
"Do you really intend to take these guilds into other countries' markets with you?"
"That's what I've always done. You should know that very well."
"Mm."
Servini nodded gently, asked no more questions, and lowered her head to write something at the desk.
For a time, silence settled over the spacious room.
Xu Yi watched Servini writing intently at her desk and noticed that she was visibly thinner than when they had last met.
Her face had originally been rather round. Though she had never been an extraordinary beauty, the sight of her had always inspired a sense of warmth.
Now that she had lost some weight, her face had become more angular, but in terms of looks, she was a little prettier than before.
However, this somewhat diminished her naturally gentle, warm air. Combined with her expression of quiet authority, it made her seem far more imposing than before, and no longer quite so approachable.
This was hardly difficult to understand.
Anyone who had sat on the throne of the Lampari Kingdom for nearly two years would have acquired some of the dignity befitting a queen.
After a while, Servini stopped writing, picked up the finished sheet, and handed it to Xu Yi.
"What do you think?"
Xu Yi took it with some puzzlement and discovered that it was a royal decree.
In the decree, Servini, in her capacity as Her Majesty the Queen, instructed the Lampari Kingdom's Magic Industry Administration to provide greater support for technological research and development among the kingdom's magic industry guilds,