"Round table... meeting?"

Andrew was taken aback, "What is that?"

The product evaluation had already been passed, overcoming Gold's hurdle. Meanwhile, Andrew had begun to build confidence internally about his Water Magic products.

But things were not over yet.

The president's wife was still a problem!

"Hey, wasn't it said before that I would be given a chance, and if I seized it, everything would be easy?" Andrew felt a bit helpless, "Now, no matter how I look at it, this doesn't seem like 'everything will be easy' afterward."

When Andrew first met the president's wife, he saw her as a mother who appeared gentle on the surface but was internally dead, much like this great hall, situated almost at the highest point of this Flame Realm, gorgeously magnificent yet too vast, with an empty interior.

By now, Andrew's thoughts had changed somewhat: Underneath the gentle and kind exterior of the president's wife was indeed a lifeless heart, but deep within that lifeless heart was a long-accumulated, volcanic-like anger and madness!

"So her heart isn't really dead." Andrew thought to himself, "She is just close to, or perhaps already partially, being driven mad."

Out of nowhere, Andrew suddenly recalled the "Labor Reeducation Camp" he had established as an experiment before leaving the Wildfire Territory.

The original idea was: "If we can make people like Fleur, Cook, and Sally, those Earth Fire Professionals, deep down become people who love labor and value the lives of others, can they shed the outer shell of an Earth Fire Professional, like Desolate Beasts shedding their ugly shells, and become normal people again?"

Now, Andrew had an inexplicable and terrifying thought pop into his mind: "If Barbara's mother truly goes completely insane, succumbing to her inner violent anger, would she in turn become an Earth Fire Mage?"

Andrew was startled by his own thought.

This Flame Realm had never heard of a Warm Fire Mage falling to become an Earth Fire Mage since ancient times.

But somehow, that terrifying thought, once surfaced in his mind, couldn't be shaken off no matter what.

"... Is that kid's product really that good?"

The president's wife spoke again at this time, asking Gold, "So good that you must initiate a round table meeting?!"

She still didn't believe it! Staring coldly at Gold, she said, "You just mentioned the ratings for the four products, but you didn't say specifically why they're so good!"

Andrew's expression changed, he couldn't help but also look at Gold.

He indeed wanted to know: "Even though my products were given extremely high ratings, three S-Classes and a quasi-SSS-Class, but... specifically, why? How were such judgments made?"

To be honest, Andrew's true inner thought was: "Come on, don't be shy... praise me! Praise me to your heart's content!"

Up to now, the president's wife still suspected that Gold had colluded with the president to deliberately give Andrew extremely high ratings, and then use it as a basis to initiate a round table meeting.

Andrew had no idea what that round table meeting was, instead, he firmly believed: his products had genuinely impressed Gold!

"Madam, try it yourself, then you'll know."

Gold picked up the Magic Eye Drops from the four products and gave it a slight flick.

It was the only product among the four that the president's wife could still try. The Magic Facial Mask had been used by Gold, so it wouldn't be appropriate for the wife to use it again. The Snickers bar had been eaten by Gold, and there was no second piece available for now. The Lip Balm, for the same reason as the Magic Facial Mask, was also inconvenient for the wife to use.

A ball of Fighting Qi held the two bottles of Magic Eye Drops stably as they flew to the front of the president's wife.

The president's wife sneered, not lifting her hand to catch them, nor did she show any physical movement. The two bottles of Magic Eye Drops suddenly leapt away from Gold's control over the Fighting Qi. Then, under the president's wife's magic power control, they flew, opened, and poured in one motion!

The president's wife had watched Gold demonstrate the use of the eye drops earlier, and now she was imitating it: The green bottle for the left eye and the blue bottle for the right eye.

She acted with the thought of "personally proving that this so-called Magic Eye Drops aren't that great" by testing them.

The result, however, was—

As the eye drops dripped, even before she opened her eyes, her expression had already changed!

"This... this is—!"

"... Madam, you felt it, didn't you?" Gold spoke again at the right moment, a slight smile of admiration on his face, "When I used this Magic Eye Drops earlier, my reaction was almost the same as yours.

I, too, have had dry eye issues as a professional, and I believe you, madam, are the same. On this point, everyone in this world, whether professional or an ordinary person, is the same. Whether we are Warm Fire Professionals or Earth Fire Professionals from the Magic Guild.

And these Magic Eye Drops—not to mention their astonishingly quick effect of moisturizing and massaging the eyes. If it were just that, I would likely only give it an A-Class—I truly value how they come in two separate bottles!"

At this point, Gold turned and gave Andrew a deep glance, then continued to look back at the president's wife, "Two bottles, one targeting the left eye and one for the right eye, their effects are nearly identical but with subtle differences.

Madam, you're, of course, more aware of why this is: Because living in the eastern regions under Warm Fire Commerce Association, nearly everyone actually has the characteristic of left-right eye imbalance. The Magic Guild people have it too; only their left-right imbalance is just the opposite of ours.

If you truly want to say whose eyes are completely balanced, it would only be the residents of the Royal Court, Southern Retreat Land, and the Inner Sea Desert, located on the central axis dividing east and west, whose left and right eyes are essentially balanced.

This phenomenon began long ago, from when the proportion of Fire Elements in the air increased day by day!

Though the left-right eye imbalance isn't actually significant, for us as professionals, it's already shrunk to a negligible extent.

But Andrew noticed this! And he developed two bottles of Magic Eye Drops specifically targeting the left and right eyes!

This is why I have to give him an S-Class, rather than an A-Class!!"

Jin said this, and a flush of excitement unexpectedly appeared on his face.

He was truly moved by Andrew's product!

Although it's unclear how Andrew managed to create such magical eye drops that nourish the eyeballs, it can be guessed that before production, Andrew must have conducted thorough, in-depth observation of the people under Warm Fire Commerce Association's rule, and then created targeted products to meet their needs—

This really made Jin feel very impressive.

Andrew, hearing this from behind Jin, felt a bit embarrassed: "No need...to praise so highly, haha..."

Lips slightly pursed, Andrew was actually very touched, on his journey to Warm Fire City, earnestly doing market research, this intention was ultimately conveyed to users through his product. There is nothing more gratifying.

Deep within his heart, the last bit of worry that Jin might not genuinely endorse his product completely dissipated.

At the same time, it reinforced his resolve: earnestly conduct market research, and then earnestly utilize his Water Magic to create Water Magic products that bring positive change to the world, this approach is correct! From now on, he must practice and implement it more resolutely!

The president's wife then opened her eyes again.

Her originally hollow eyes, after being nourished and massaged by Andrew's magic eye drops, unexpectedly seemed less vacant!

They became more vibrant and more intimidating.

"I see."

She looked closely at the two bottles of eye drops before her, then glanced at Andrew, and finally directed her gaze at Jin, "So that's why you initiated the Round Table meeting."

This was her third time mentioning the "Round Table meeting" concept.

But this time, her tone was no longer one of skepticism, it carried a more threatening air!

Jin took a deep breath, straightened his back, and nodded, "Yes."

The president's wife said nothing more.

The atmosphere in the grand hall suddenly became extremely turbulent and oppressive at the same time.

After personally testing Andrew's magic eye drops, the president's wife finally confirmed: it wasn't an act by Jin, Andrew's product was truly excellent.

And this was just one of the S-Class rated products. What about the other two?

And the strangely named Snickers, whose rating was a near-SSS-Class?

The president's wife originally believed everything was under her control, even when Peter sent a video call invitation via "Heart Net," representing her husband to exert pressure on her, she didn't feel matters were beyond her grasp.

Now, however, she finally sensed that the development was somewhat beyond her initial expectations.

Her original plan was: If Andrew didn't pass Jin's review, there was no more to say, either take him out or capture him and lock him away. As for the farm spring, send people to the Wildfire Territory, they'll find it eventually.

And if Andrew passed the examination, proving he had other values besides the farm spring, it was fine too, just take him in straightforwardly.

That is, regardless of whether Andrew could pass the examination, in the president's wife's plan, she wouldn't lose.

This was the fundamental reason she agreed to meet Andrew!

"But...this boy presented four products at once, and all four received at least an S-Class rating!" The president's wife bit her silver tooth secretly at this moment, having to admit that "this is really something I had never anticipated in any way before!"

Respect amongst people is always based on strength.

Due to past events, the president's wife deliberately chose extremely tough methods to handle all matters, over the years, her heart has become somewhat twisted, her nature has twisted too. Yet, she used to be incredibly gentle, like her eldest daughter, that was her true nature.

Even though her nature has twisted, she is still human today.

Since she remains human, inevitably upon discovering—Andrew's value is unexpectedly so immense—she harbors an inevitable wavering toward the aggressive inclusion planned in her original scheme!

The key point is that the four products Andrew just provided are different from the farm spring.

The farm spring can be sought slowly in the Wildfire Territory and then seized.

The four products just now were created by Andrew, how to seize them? How to plunder?

Put a knife to Andrew's throat? But even if forced to produce the four products earlier, what if…this boy has other ideas?

Ultimately, the president's wife is also a supporter of the "Fire Creation Plan."

As long as she continues to support and value the Fire Creation Plan, she cannot ignore Andrew, this young lord from the Wildfire Territory who has provided four at least S-Class products, plus including the farm spring, that's five products!

"Alright, that's good too..."

The oppressive and turbulent atmosphere in the grand hall suddenly relaxed.

The president's wife nonchalantly said, "Perhaps we should just take Lord Andrew down for now. During dinner, let's slowly discuss subsequent cooperation.

The Round Table meeting is entirely unnecessary!

Although three S-Class and one near-SSS-Class product are indeed enough to initiate a meeting, considering that during the prior 'Double Fire Wars' Round Table meetings have been held more than once, this time...let it pass."

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