"No, Your Majesty. Not the furnace this time." Audrey's smile deepened just slightly, her eyes glinting as if amused by his surprise. "Today, I wished to speak of the surplus in steel production… and the growing stockpiles of pig iron."
Arthur raised a brow, his expression sharpening with curiosity.
"A surplus?" he asked, leaning forward a little. "What do you mean by that? I hadn't expected steel—and pig iron, no less—to reach surplus levels this soon."
Audrey inclined her head, her tone calm yet laced with quiet pride. "It is exactly as I've said, Your Majesty. We are producing more than we currently consume. Since the completion of two new blast furnaces here in Eldoria, and combined with the existing output of Iron Hearth, our production capacity has nearly doubled. Before, we were transporting solid pig iron from Iron Hearth to feed the mills, but now, Eldoria alone produces enough to meet demand… and still leaves us with excess."
