"Hadien..."
Xiluo sighed and patted the young man's shoulder with a little force, making him grimace for quite a while and deepening the strange feeling in his heart.
"You've done an excellent job of proving yourself to me! Now, let's talk again about the right path for you.
Hadien, don't you think you've been approaching this the wrong way?
Giving Magic-Powered Jet Vehicles to messengers? No, no, no...
That's wrong!
Hadien... have you ever tried walking from the easternmost end of the Royal Capital to the westernmost end? How long would it take?"
"Walking?"
"Yes, on foot."
"That... would take more than half a day at least..."
Hadien frowned, sounding somewhat uncertain.
He didn't understand why Xiluo was asking, but fortunately, Xiluo's strange grin had disappeared by then, which reassured him considerably.
"What about riding a horse?"
"Since it's inside the city, you'd have to watch out for pedestrians. You couldn't ride very fast, either, so it wouldn't be much faster than walking. Probably three or four hours."
Hadien gave it some thought before answering.
"What if you used your Magic-Powered Jet Vehicle?"
Xiluo asked again.
"Hmm? Since the Magic-Powered Jet Vehicle is smaller than a horse and easy to control, it would probably... only take... two hours..."
As Hadien finished speaking, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Lord Xiluo, do you mean the Magic-Powered Jet Vehicle I made should be used for traveling within cities?"
"Smart!" Xiluo praised him.
"But ordinary people don't have that many gold coins to buy a Magic-Powered Jet Vehicle. Rich people would just take carriages. Those are much more comfortable."
Hadien sounded hesitant.
"So that brings us to the problem.
You need to learn how to make Magic-Powered Jet Vehicles cheaper and more affordable."
"Cheaper and more affordable... that's... not really possible... The cost of