"...I understand," Aiwass took a deep breath, holding the small crow that had huddled itself into his embrace with both hands.
He lowered his head and playfully teased the crow's head with his index finger while casually saying, "You've given the people of Star Antimony a large number of orders. The alchemists, having never seen such a display before, thought a big business had come their way, and kept increasing the scale of taking in apprentices and expanding production.
"And the King of Star Antimony, 'Valentine VII', initially failed to realize the problem. He blindly increased the state's sponsorship of alchemists, training a large number of Transcendents into alchemists.
"—Soon, the alchemists were overwhelmed as the market quickly became saturated... or, should I say, your orders had already saturated it.