The three of them did not have to wait long.
A few minutes later, the thinner of the two security officers approached and handed Princess Caroline a small, finely crafted box made of plastic and metal.
"Your Highness, the president would like to speak with you."
Princess Caroline gave the plastic-and-metal box in the officer's hand a surprised look, then took it and frowned slightly. "Hello, President Xu. If you can talk to me through a Magic Communication Box, you must be somewhere nearby. Hurry over and help sort this out. Our two guests are getting impatient."
Marquis Southgate and Seymour both stared at Princess Caroline in bewilderment.
Why was she talking to a little box? Could this President Xu actually jump out of it?
A moment later, a strong male voice suddenly came from the little box. It was slightly deep and sounded quite composed.
"Hey, Caroline, you've got that wrong. I'm more than seventy kilometers away from you right now."
Princess Caroline was stunned. "More than seventy kilometers? How is that possible? Isn't the maximum range of your Magic Communication Boxes less than five thousand meters?"
A hearty laugh came from the little box.
"Haha, this is technology we've recently developed. It lets us extend the Magic Communication Box's range over very long distances. We can't cover the entire Stantin Duchy yet, but connecting my location to yours is no problem."
"That's amazing." Princess Caroline tilted her head and took another look at the Magic Communication Box held to her ear, murmuring to herself. Then she raised her voice slightly. "All right. I know your Xinfei Merchant Guild is always coming up with amazing things. But that isn't important right now. What matters is that you deal with this immediately."
The Magic Communication Box fell silent for a