Andrew's eyes gradually lit up when he heard this.
An Ya frowned slightly, "What do you mean? Outside the territory? Uncle Ivan, do you mean for us to expand? This... this might go against our initial intention of establishing the Wildfire Territory to bring happiness to everyone, right?"
By the end, her tone had revealed a hint of dissatisfaction.
She thought Ivan meant: now that the territory has become strong, we should go and occupy other towns around the Inner Sea Desert.
"Ivan didn't mean that."
Andrew laughed, having understood Ivan's idea.
He then explained to An Ya in detail—
Simply put, it involved the question Andrew and Ivan had discussed once or twice about "what kind of existence the Wildfire Territory ultimately hopes to become."
Ivan is the only person other than Andrew who knows about and has personally visited the underground "Lake of the Ocean" beneath the Wildfire Territory.
