Volume 1 Chapter 87 (1/2)

Pained Wella

Xu Yi hesitated a bit before following them in.

The familiar man and woman had just been shown to a table by a waiter and were prepared to order their meal when Xu Yi appeared in front of them.

“Hey, Rem, Wella, why aren’t you two in Saltan City anymore?” Xu Yi raised his hand to wave at them.

Rem and Wella looked at Xu Yi who had suddenly appeared in a daze and after being frozen for a bit, Wella suddenly said with a sigh, “Banta City really is a small place, you can meet past acquaintances at any time. But Xu Yi, the person we don’t want to see the most right now is you.”

Rem’s expression was also quite awkward. His eyes kept avoiding Xu Yi like he didn’t dare look at Xu Yi.

“Oh? Why don’t you want to see me?” Xu Yi sat down in a nearby chair without any hesitation and curiously asked Wella, “I haven’t done anything wrong to you, right, Wella?”

“No, it’s the opposite. It’s us who have wronged you.” After a few months, Wella seemed to have lost that sharp aura from back in the Great Magician Camilla’s Magic Tower and she had become much more depressed. But her words were still quite straightforward, not dodging anything at all.

Xu Yi thought about it for a bit before saying with a faint smile, “I’ve heard that you and Rem were studying magic machines for Saltan City’s Leo Chamber of Commerce, so is it related to how you’ve wronged me?”

Wella gave a slight nod. When she wanted to speak, Rem reached out his hand to stop her.

“Wella, stop speaking. Could it be that you think we haven’t been embarrassed enough?” Rem’s expression was a bit pained.

Well looked at him and calmly said, “It is because it is embarrassing that we have to talk about it. Since we’ve bumped into Xu Yi, then it is better to just tell this matter to him. If we can’t obtain his forgiveness and help, we’ll shoulder our guilt for the rest of our lives. Are you willing to live like that?”

Rem’s raised hand became stiff and his expression kept changing before he finally let out a long sigh. His hand came down and he leaned back in his seat, closing his eyes without saying anything else.

Xu Yi felt this was strange. Based on the news he had heard, Rem and Wella had been treated very importantly after they followed Cimirot to the Leo Chamber of Commerce, why did the two of them suddenly show up back in Banta City looking like they were lost?

“Xu Yi, since you know we went to the Leo Chamber of Commerce, you should also know what we were doing at the Leo Chamber of Commerce, right?” Wella asked.

Xu Yi nodded, “I know the general situation. The Leo Chamber of Commerce should have had you study magic machines, right? I’ve looked at the Magic Fans the Leo Chamber of Commerce produced and it is the closest to the Frestech Brand Magic Fan that we produced. Moreover, there was even the second generation Variable Speed Magic Fan, it really surprised me. I thought that without the support of our Frestech Chamber of Commerce, it would be impossible for any other companies to make the second generation Magic Fan.”

Ren suddenly gave a soft sort, “That isn’t anything special, why can’t it be made?”

Xu Yi smiled, but he didn’t say anything. Wella furiously glared at Rem and said in a dark voice, “Rem, shut up! You think it isn’t embarrassing enough?”

The corners of Rem’s lips twitched before he tightly shut his mouth, preparing not to say anything else this time.

Wella looked back at Xu Yi and after pausing for a second, she continued, “We thought at first that the new Magic Fan wasn’t anything that hard and we even made the production magic machines, so making this Magic Fan was not a problem. Actually with our efforts, we helped the Leo Chamber of Commerce make the same Variable Speed Magic Fan and the Leo Chamber of Commerce rewarded me and Rem one hundred gold coins each, but……”

Before this, the situation had been very calm and Wella had no expression at all, but there was a deep look of pain that appeared on her face after saying this.

“Xu Yi, do you know about Saltan City’s Magic Fan and…...Magic Rice Cooker incidents?”

Xu Yi gave a slight nod. This matter had been reported on in the «Banta Times», so it could be seen that it had a large influence.

Wella’s look of pain became even deeper as she said with a self deprecating smile, “If it wasn’t for us not knowing the depths of heaven and earth, researching the Magic Fan and the Magic Rice Cooker, those matters wouldn’t have happened at all. Xu Yi, do you know, every night, the people who have been injured or died in Saltan City because of this matter appears in my dreams, it makes it very hard for me to sleep. They should be sleeping soundly in Saltan City, but because of the magic machines that I researched, they met this kind of accident. I…...I’ve wronged them.”

Xu Yi saw Wella’s face filled with pain and saw the same expression on Rem’s face, understanding what had happened.

It seemed like these two felt the responsibility for this matter laid on them, making them shoulder a profound sense of guilt.

But the strange thing was that Wella said that she had also wronged Xu Yi, what was that about?

“Xu Yi, do you know what the production magic machines of the Leo Chamber of Commerce is about?” Wella asked.