The Dragon Princess Who Traveled Through Another World

  Chapter 13 Profiteer

   That's a small bag of pearls.

  Charlie estimated that there were about two hundred seeds of different sizes.

  The largest one is as big as the nail cap of a big finger, while the small one is only as big as a grain of rice.

  Can you take out such a bag of pearls but you are so poor that you can’t even drink water?

  Charlie's light green eyes were full of coldness, but it was covered by the broken hair on his forehead, so that the naive young man in front of him couldn't see it.

   "How much can you exchange for such a bag of 'sea goods'?"

  The young man was very honest, scratched his head and answered honestly:

   "Such a bag can exchange a lot of food, enough to eat until the next business group comes over."

   It can be seen that the citizens here have never been educated. If the number exceeds 10, they may have to take off their shoes to continue, and if the number exceeds 20, they can "kill them".

  Charlie's question can only be answered in such a 'tactful' way.

  Patience, Charlie asked again: "So how often does the business group come?"

The young man said: "Ah, almost 3 months. This place is too remote. They have to pass through a large forest of monsters, and it is said that they have to climb a few mountains inhabited by giant dragons... Every time the boss of the business group will cry to me and tell me that they are on the way A lot of people died, ah, Dragon God, that's really scary."

  Charlie took a deep breath to suppress his anger.

   Such a bag of natural pearls that can be resold for 500 gold coins in the upper circles of the empire after a little management, is only exchanged for 3 months of rations? !

   Wouldn't conscience hurt, these profiteers!

It's useless to be angry, looking at the simple and honest young thin man in front of him, Charlie asked again in a very weak tone: "Ah, don't you think it's a shame to exchange such beautiful beads for such a small amount of food?" ?”

  The man was a little at a loss, but he still answered honestly: "These beads are not edible. We have marinated the shell meat from which they are produced. We think it is a good deal to exchange them for precious food."

   "In the past, when the lord in the castle was there, did you also trade with the merchant group at this price?"

   "Ah! When the old lord was here, we all went to farm in the forest. At that time, we didn't find that these beads could be exchanged for money, and we didn't need them. At that time, we had enough food to be self-sufficient."

  Charlie was completely powerless, "So, next time, when will those **** profiteers come?"

Hearing the question from the lord, who was half a head shorter than him, grinding his molars, the young man shrank his neck subconsciously, and replied falteringly: "It will be soon, it will be soon, it will be here in less than half a month." .Ah! Speaking of this..."

"My new lord, thank you very much! If it weren't for you, we might have exchanged some fresh water this time, so that there would be less food, and we would all be starving by then. We can't get enough of seashell meat. "

  …

   After a lot of tossing, Charlie had already missed lunch time when he returned to the castle.

  The territory was in ruins, and she barely solved the problem of drinking water in the village, but there were more follow-up problems that were more difficult to solve.

   First of all, what she needs to solve most now is the food problem.

  Food and clothing are the basic conditions for human survival.

  Second, it is the problem of Warcraft.

  While thinking, Charlie used a quill pen dipped in ink to write it on the precious parchment scroll.

   This is what the maid Anne sorted out in the castle this morning and it was still usable.

  There are too many things to do, and all of these require manpower and time.

   But at present, what she lacks most are these two.

  Abandoning the elderly, children and women in the village, there are only about 27 strong laborers left who can work.

   Exhale slowly.

  Warcraft in the forest and farming seem to be two problems, but they are inseparable.

  But it will take at least half a year for these two matters to be resolved.

   So before that, what did the people eat?

   Meat is easy to talk about. If you guard the sea, you will never starve to death. The key is that the villagers are all "war scum", so naturally there is no way to get more food in the resource-rich sea.

   But she is different. Even though she can't use arcane arts yet, she has the knowledge of modern science as a foundation. If she can make one of the people here starve to death after she comes, then she will lose!

   Rubbing between her eyebrows, she will go to the territory after lunch in a while, at least to get some food for the people in the territory today.

  Thinking about it this way, Charlie realized that it seemed that she hadn't received the reward for the mission that she set off suddenly in the morning.

  Thinking about what was on his mind, immediately, a golden font that was uneven up and down and looked very scattered appeared in front of his eyes.

  【Series of tasks to become a qualified lord: (1) Patrol your territory (completed)】

  【Task rewards are optional: officially become an arcane apprentice / two new Ion Stones (optional)】

   "Arcane Apprentice! I want to become an Arcane Apprentice! Damn it! If you dare to steal the boss's stone again! I'd rather chop my hands and break with you!"

  【Receive mission rewards—enter the classroom and become an official arcane apprentice. 】

  As the golden words appeared and dissipated, the three Ion Stones given to her by the red-robed Myramie and the white-robed Kapa earlier scrambled to break the bottom of the sheepskin pouch hanging from the waist and flew out.

  They exuded soft white, red, and purple lights, and they barely slowed down until they flew above Charlie's head.

   In a uniform and irregular manner, the satellites "danced" above Charlie's head.

   Among the three arcane stones of different colors, the white one's light became stronger, and at the same time, Charlie's eyes became empty and lifeless.

  An inexplicable picture appeared in front of her eyes.

  The background is the Bella village she just saw.

   Then the screen jumps.

  Under the night, from the unfamiliar forest, several wolves with silver fur and pretending to be calves came out slowly.

  The screen switches again.

  The village of Bella burst into flames one after another.

  Young children, three young children were dragged into the forest by wolves...

   At this point, Charlie's emerald eyes gradually regained clarity.

  She clutched her slightly swollen and aching head for a full ten seconds.

"what is this?"

   "Let me think about it, the white Ion Stone is from the divination system..."

   "Could it be that the scene just now will happen in the future?"

   "Bella Village will be attacked by that kind of silver-backed monster wolf, ah! What should I do?"

   "Well, I can use spells from the divination department, so can I use spells from other departments? Just like Mentor Myramie, a big ball of light, no matter how thick the door is, it can smash you into scum."

  Cough~ She definitely didn't mean to complain that the mentor broke the gate of her house, so that everyone could only make do with the half-blown castle gate.

Well…

  If I can use the language arcane, it means I can also use red, which represents the evocation arcane!

Hey!

  She is a girl who will do it immediately when she thinks about it. She used to always feel rushed.

  So, she didn't think much, just facing the open space in her room...

   Relevant knowledge automatically appeared in my mind.

  Fireball, the simplest technique that both arcanists and magicians will do.

   It's just that the Arcanist has to rely on the Ion Stone and the number of times to calculate the maximum number of releases per day.

  As long as the magician has magic power, he can rub fireballs infinitely.

   Let’s do a fireball first!

   Fortunately, the reason came back at the last moment.

Well! It doesn't look good facing my own house.

  Charlie went to the window, opened it, and raised his hand facing the outside.

   "Fireball—!"

  A small orange-red fireball flew towards the endless sea outside the window like a fired bomb.

  After about 20 meters, it fell into the sea with a parabola.

  As for Charlie, his eyes were dizzy after releasing the fireball, and his feet were weak, as if he was stepping on soft clouds.

   Staggering and spinning, she headed towards the window with a heavy head.

   Seeing that half of her was even sticking out of the window, at the critical moment, a white dress quickly piled up on her from the window.

  Shengsheng pushed Charlie back to the window, and then fished out the three Ion Stones that had lost their luster and plummeted in a straight line.

"Oh~ little guy, it's so worrying~ fortunately, I'm an arcanist of the prophecy department, if that old lunatic in Miami is looking after you alone, heh~ I'm going to search for you in the belly of the fish in a while The dead body is gone~hahaha~"

  Kappa in white robe stepped on a pair of magical eternal magic flying shoes, standing in the air.

  (end of this chapter)