How to strike the right balance between work and family is a difficult question for a large number of sociologists around the world, and Steele certainly cannot get the answer so easily.
And for Evita and Akali, two people who don't even have their own small families, this is a non-existent problem.
Besides, the two of them are troubled by various research problems all day long, and they have no time to consider other issues.
The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has now made breakthrough progress in the Malo Empire, so Xu Yi attaches great importance to various tasks in the private domain of Marquis Southgaard.
As the technical core of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce, the Magic Research Institute naturally has to provide a lot of support in these tasks.
For example, a few days ago, Xu Yi expressed to Evita the need to set up a technical center on the private property of the Marquis of Southgaard to provide on-site services to the various factories established by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce there, as well as the processing plants of other chambers of commerce. Technical support.
During this time, Evita was responsible for allocating personnel information and making adjustments, so she was extremely busy.
Akali, on the other hand, leads the members of the magic resonance technology research team, running around to provide technical support for erecting magic signal towers and laying out magic communication networks, which is a bit busier than Evita.
The last time Evita saw Akali was half a month ago when Akali took the time to come back to mobilize support from her subordinates. At that time, Akali's skin color was obviously much darker. It was obvious that she had been working outdoors during this period. Sunburned all over.
However, Akali's spirit was very good, and she not only looked energetic as usual. His eyes even shone with a frightening light. Clearly extremely committed to his current job. And really enjoyed it.
Evita has been friends with Akali for many years, and this is the first time she has seen her so involved and excited about something, so naturally she is sincerely happy for her.
She and Akali were both children from ordinary families in the Lampali Kingdom. Although many people envied their talent as magicians, after embarking on the path of magicians, they discovered that just having talent was not enough. , but also need opportunities and more importantly, financial support.
The two came from ordinary backgrounds. The family does not have enough financial support for them to do expensive magic research, so being able to get them into Lampali Royal Academy is already their best effort.
Originally, both of them thought that it would be good to become a high-level magician of level five or above at most in this life, and they would just spend their lives as ordinary magicians.
But they didn't expect that their fate would change dramatically after meeting Xu Yi and Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Now, not only have their economic conditions improved significantly, but they are also engaged in jobs they like.
In particular, in order to continue to focus on the research of magic circle resonance technology, Akali even rejected Xu Yi's invitation to go to the Lampali Kingdom to serve as the director of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce R&D Center, which shows her love for the research she is currently engaged in.
Of course, Evita supports the choice of a good friend, and she also agrees with the bright future of the magic communication network described by Xu Yi on the Thane continent. She feels that the project Akali is researching can completely become her The choice to devote your life to it.
So when the news that Akali was arrested suddenly came. Evita was stunned for a full five minutes before she finally reacted. Found Xu Yi immediately.
"President, how is Akali doing now?"
Xu Yi took a deep breath, patted Evita's shoulder gently, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, there shouldn't be any problems now."
"But how did she get arrested?" Evita was so anxious that there was even a hint of crying in her voice. "She is already a seventh-level magician. How could she be caught so easily? The person who caught her must be very powerful, right? Is she in danger?"
Xu Yi groaned, his face as dark as water: "They're just some clowns, what's so great about them?" He paused, took another breath, looked at Evita, and continued in a slower voice: "Evita, you don't have to worry. , Akali will not be in danger. I will rescue her as soon as possible, you..."
"No, I want to go too!" Evita suddenly interrupted Xu Yi.
Xu Yi paused, frowned and looked at Evita, only to see her staring straight at him, her eyes fixed, her expression extremely firm, with no intention of backing down.
Xu Yi has known Evita for so many years and knows very well that although she looks very gentle on the outside, she is actually a girl who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside.
This was the first time in so many years that he saw her firm eyes and expression, and he naturally knew that she was determined.
After hesitating for a moment, Xu Yi nodded lightly: "Okay, you will lead the team yourself and mobilize all the magic airships that can be freed now. We will set off immediately."
An hour later, Captain Hart of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort team personally led two hundred carefully selected human guards, one hundred elf guards, one hundred dwarf guards, one hundred orc guards, a total of five hundred meters of guards to board respectively. Get on the magic airship.
A total of ten magic airships took off at the same time, instantly forming a dark cloud in the sky and casting a large shadow on the ground.
This is the first time that the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce has dispatched so many magic airships at the same time since it developed the magic airship, which immediately attracted the attention of many people.
However, the speed of the magic airship was extremely fast. After a short pause in mid-air, they all flew south at high speed and disappeared in the vast sky in the distance.
"President, can you tell me what happened? Why was Akali suddenly arrested? Who arrested her?"
Evita only received the news that Akali was captured and in danger, but she didn't know the specific situation. Taking advantage of waiting on the way after boarding the magic airship, she immediately asked Xu Yi.
Xu Yi smiled bitterly: "I was negligent..."
The whereabouts of Akali are now very clear, and she should be in the hands of Count Dole in the southern part of the Principality of Standing.
As for the reason, it is still related to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's promotion of the magic communication network in the principality.
When Dago Ompez reported to Xu Yi that they were secretly obstructed by local nobles when laying magic signal towers in the south of the principality, Xu Yi actually didn't take it too seriously.
After all, the nobles of the Principality of Standing had already been frightened and even suppressed by him. They were all like toothless tigers. No noble dared to really defy the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
After he asked Dago Ompez to take some guards to warn the nobles in the south last time, the subsequent laying of the magic communication network became very smooth, and all work went smoothly.
This time Akali led her men there because the magic signal tower in that area was basically completed, and she wanted to lead her research team to complete the final activation of the magic network.
But I didn't expect that such an accident would suddenly happen now.
Seeing that the magic network was about to be fully activated and the work was about to end, Count Dole, the most powerful local man, suddenly launched an attack and led his personal guards to surround the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's work site and arrested all the technicians and workers. , Akali is among them.
After listening to Xu Yi's explanation, Evita breathed a sigh of relief and felt a little relieved.
Since it is an action against the entire Xinfei Chamber of Commerce construction team, Akali personally should not be temporarily threatened.
Because Count Dole must be very clear that if this matter is to be resolved, of course he must directly negotiate with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Before the outcome of the negotiations came out, Count Dole obviously would not make any unnecessary moves.
"I think Akali must have been arrested because she was unwilling to abandon her men and run away on her own, right? Otherwise, with her current magical strength, she should have no problem escaping from the personal guard of a small noble. "Evita said.
However, Xu Yi frowned and shook his head slightly.
"No, according to the information returned from the inquiry, Akali and everyone else were arrested without any resistance."
Evita was suddenly stunned: "No way? How could there be someone in Count Dole's personal guard who can easily catch Akali? He is just an ordinary little noble."
Although Earl Dole is a count in name, he is only a count in the small country of the Principality of Standing after all. Not to mention compared to the counts in the Candela Empire or the Malo Empire, even compared to the Kingdom of Lampali and Ruhr It is also much worse than the Xun Kingdom.
It is quite good for such a real little noble to have some personal guards. But if you want to have a subordinate who is powerful enough to make Akali, a seventh-level magician, unable to resist, then It's simply impossible.
"I don't know. There is too little news coming back now, so I can only go and read it again." Xu Yi shook his head and sighed. Seeing Evita frowning, he smiled gratefully and comforted her: "No need. Worrying, Baron Dole doesn’t have the guts to really hurt Akali and the others. I think he just wants to use them to threaten me and negotiate with me.”
"Yes, I know." Evita nodded slightly, but her eyebrows furrowed tighter. "But President, I still don't understand. Doesn't Count Dole know that if he does this, he will completely offend our New Flying Chamber of Commerce? Hasn't he considered the consequences?"
"I don't believe he is so stupid." Xu Yi muttered. "But he did such a stupid thing, so the only explanation should be that he now has the confidence to do so. As for where this confidence comes from..."
Xu Yi snorted coldly, turned his gaze to the south, and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"No matter who gave you such confidence, but this time, I will definitely make you regret it." (To be continued...)