Teresa slowly walked in, looking as timid and nervous as a frightened rabbit, just as she always did. She glanced at Xu Yi, hesitated, then asked softly, "Mr. President, do you... do you have time right now?"
"Hmm? What is it?" Xu Yi asked.
"If you... if you have time, could you please come to the Research and Development Center? Master Canby and the others... they're about to get into a fight."
"Huh?" Xu Yi had thought Teresa had suddenly come to see him alone for some other reason. He had never expected those to be the first words out of her mouth.
"Canby and the others are about to fight? With whom? Why?" Xu Yi asked, his face full of astonishment.
"With Master Donnorman, Master Potteru, and the others," Teresa answered, lowering her head. "They're arguing over the Mana Cannon, and none of them will back down, so it's getting very heated. When I left just now, they were almost coming to blows..."
"Those fellows really are..." Xu Yi shook his head helplessly.
Canby and the other dwarves worked diligently, had outstanding technical skills, never shied away from hardship, and were passionate about their research. They could be called perfect research staff, except for one bad habit they shared: the fiery temper typical of dwarves.
That fiery temper was manageable in everyday life, but differing opinions inevitably arose during research, and the resulting arguments could easily set it off.
Because of this, the dwarf engineers at the Xinfei Merchant Guild's Magic Machine Tool Research Center had argued quite often before, even getting into outright brawls.
They knew how to hold back, so they never caused any fatal injuries. They also forgot all about it as soon as the fight was over, getting along as well as ever without affecting