Many years later, the first visitors led by Falk from the Warm Fire Commerce Association who visited Wildfire Territory still find this experience incredible and fresh in their memory.

Not just the three people participating in the negotiations in the living room.

The members of the Crimson Knight Order outside the living room felt the same!

Despite the guests arriving at Wildfire Territory, exchanging pleasantries and niceties... if Havier's presence was ignored, it would seem like a peaceful scene.

But in reality, apart from Leia, even Falk had some skepticism about Wildfire Territory, deep down in his subconscious.

This was actually quite normal.

After all, they came from one of the most powerful forces in the Flame Realm, the Warm Fire Commerce Association.

And Warm Fire City, as the second largest city and the largest commercial city in the Flame Realm, has seen all sorts of magical things and fresh events.

No matter how much Barbara boasted about Wildfire Territory, they just didn't believe it!

This was only the attitude of the relatively moderate faction within the Warm Fire Commerce Association, led by the president.

What Andrew didn't know was that there was also a hardline faction within the Warm Fire Commerce Association, led by the president's wife, regarding how to handle Wildfire Territory and him.

That is: I don't care about your background, just take over and incorporate it!

That faction had no intention of addressing Andrew and the Wildfire Territory he led with an attitude of equal negotiation.

Andrew wondered why a person like Havier was sent to Wildfire Territory—

It was precisely because Havier was the favorite junior of the president's wife in the family.

He was effectively an inserted figure by the hardliners!

The message was clear: Fine, regarding the handling of Wildfire Territory, we hardliners can't surpass you moderates, so let's follow your approach first.

But we must also assign at least one person to accompany!

This was why Havier accompanied them here.

In short, while the Warm Fire Commerce Association expressed good intentions and sincerity towards Wildfire Territory, beneath this surface appearance, there were still undercurrents flowing, making it not as harmonious and successful in discussions and cooperation as it seemed!

Falk, as the representative of the president, representing the moderates in the negotiations, always had reservations about Wildfire Territory and Andrew!

Until...

Everyone drank the seemingly ordinary water from the wooden cup in front of them.

At this moment, Havier's previously disdainful, even prepared-to-slightly-taste-and-then-mock-Andrew face froze directly.

"This... this water..."

Havier stared blankly at the cup of water in front of him.

It was only then that his attention shifted from the cup onto the water inside the cup.

In comparison, Leia next to Barbara had a much smaller reaction.

Because she had no reaction at all.

She just drank the whole cup in one go!

The physical condition of Warm Fire Mages is generally better than Earth Fire Mages, and their demand for drinking water is less (Earth Fire Mages need to drink more water than ordinary people daily to maintain comfort, otherwise, they may suffer from headaches and eye problems).

As a Warm Fire Mage, Leia was also a lady (yes, regardless of what others thought, Leia considered herself a lady), initially taking small, reserved sips.

But soon, she started taking moderate gulps.

Finally, she raised her head and took big swallows, revealing a graceful white swan neck!

The knights outside the living room had almost the same reaction.

As the safety officers of the core team, the knights instinctively had reservations about the water provided by a lord in a stranger's territory.

In fact, if not for Barbara being somewhat considered one of the founders of Wildfire Territory and Falk secretly communicating that it was okay to drink, the knights wouldn't have drunk the water placed in front of them. This is the professional quality of the world-renowned Crimson Knight Order.

And when they got Falk's approval and genuinely sensed the touch of the water with their lips, tongues, mouths, esophagi, and stomachs, they, like Leia, unanimously went—

Gulp-gulp-gulp!

Before, if Andrew's gentle voice had, for a moment, slightly soothed the pain from the cruel battle, even the loss of comrades, for these knights.

Then this cup of water truly eased their tense emotions to a considerable extent.

Though they were in a stranger's territory deep in the desert, they suddenly felt... at home!

"Heavens, this... this water is so delicious!!"

Leia, who downed a big cup of water in one gulp, finally caught her breath and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Can... can I have another cup?"

She was probably the one among the guests who didn't consider herself an outsider at all, without complicated thoughts, simply wanting to visit a good friend in Wildfire Territory.

Soon, another cup of water was placed in front of Leia.

All drinking water in Wildfire Territory needed to be acquired through one's efforts, and this cup was no exception, essentially a gift from Barbara to Leia.

The first batch of water that was sent up had been allocated from the drinking water Andrew earned himself.

"Thank you, thank you!"

Leia sipped this cup, just as someone might savor a fine red wine.

Andrew gradually realized later that in the Flame Realm, top-quality drinking water was as valuable as top-quality wine, if not more so!

After finishing this time, a blush of excitement appeared on Leia's youthful face.

She excitedly looked at Falk: "Grandpa Falk, I feel this water is not inferior to the 'Celestial Mountain Water' I drank before, but it is different. I haven't tasted 'Spring Dew'; did you think it's comparable to 'Spring Dew'—huh?"

Leia suddenly froze.

Only to see Falk had only drunk half a cup by then, but did not continue.

The old man just held the cup in front of him, watching it with intense focus.

Moments later, two streams of tears flowed down the old man's wrinkled but still elegant face, filled with the flavor of time!

"Oh my..."

Andrew was dumbfounded for a moment, "Is he crying?!"

Falk previously remained unperturbed, giving an impression of being perfect in etiquette but ultimately holding something back.

It seemed that no external things could truly touch him.

Andrew noticed the change in Falk's eyes the moment he saw An Ya.

But even then, Falk quickly recovered his calm, far from being out of control!

Now, after drinking half a cup of water from the Lake of the Ocean, processed by Andrew's Water Magic, the old man shed tears directly!

"Indeed, it is different from both Celestial Mountain Water and Spring Dew."

Falk did not wipe the tears off his face but looked at Leia first and said, "The quality of this water is not inferior to Celestial Mountain Water and Spring Dew, yet entirely different. It's a third type of top-quality drinking water! I've never tasted anything like this before!"

Then he turned to Andrew, with a hint of urgency in his eyes, and asked slowly, "Could I ask, what's the subtle sweetness in this water?"

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