Cecil's primary Administrative Office, inside Aunt Heidi's office, the aunt and niece were staring at each other intently, while Kamel floated quietly beside them, as silent as a light bulb.
"Aunt... this is the entire budget request..." Rebecca sensed Aunt Heidi might not be in the best mood, but she still bravely handed over the plan and budget application form she had worked on all night, "Theoretically... as long as the lab doesn't explode for two months, you won't need to add funds in the first quarter..."
Aunt Heidi's eye twitched slightly: "Do you know that you've caused four explosions in six days, destroying eight amplifiers and two engine prototypes?"
Rebecca shrunk her neck a bit: "But didn't you say once... failure is the foundation of success, the Mage's research path is always accompanied by the cost of failure..."
