After lunch with the master, the master was called away by a soldier. The soldier said Solz was looking for her.

Before the master left, she said I was free to move around, and still wanted to see me before dark. But this time I asked the master for some pocket money. In case the similar situation happened again, I wanted to buy some snackes but I didn’t have money and then I encountered a wretched man.

The master gave me the fourth-ranked ability, saying that this place was not as safe as the Imperial Capital. I could run far with the fourth-ranked ability a day, but I didn’t intend to escape this time. No matter how far I run, my master can locate my position.

When I walked to the marketplace in town, I found it much more depressed than the Imperial Capital.

Surrounded by low houses, the streets were full of dirty dust and mud stains, and people's clothing here was much more plain than in the Imperial Capital. If you want to make a comparison, Imperial Capital is a prosperous city and Kroni City is a dismal town in the countryside.

There are few people patronizing the various stores. The streets were deserted. Most of the people walking around are either old or young.

The sky covered with dark clouds made the streets lifeless, so I had no desire to move around.

I walked towards a small stall selling pancakes. The pancakes on the cart, were similar to the pancakes on the earth, yellow-brown round cake, but there was no heat coming out. It seemed that the pancakes were cold.

The old man with white hair behind the cart stared blankly at the pancakes on the pan, the brown apron hanging in front of him, and a thin layer of grease had been stained on most of the apron.

Only then did the old man look up and see me, his eyes twinkled suddenly.

"Guest, do you want to buy pancakes?"

I nodded my head and asked, "How much for one?"

"Two for one copper coin, five for two copper coins, nine for three copper coins. If you buy more, I’ll send you more for free."

Looking at the old man, my mouth twitched a little. I thought it was too cheap to buy them.

I touched the pocket in my arm sleeve and took out only silver coins. I looked up at the old man at a loss, but the old man was getting more and more excited, begging me to buy it quickly.

"Two pancakes."

I just finished my lunch not long ago, so I couldn’t eat so many things.

The old man felt a little depressed after hearing that I would only buy two. I reached out and handed out a silver coin, in fact, I didn't know the currency system of this world. When I saw how pathetic the old man was, I said to him directly, "Don't give me the change."

The old man became happier suddenly, which made me feel a little funny.

I sighed, "I want to ask a few questions."

"Just say it."

If the old man had a tail, I think it might shake out the hurricane. Why did I felt that this old man was a bit of a bully to the young depending on his old age?

"Why are there so few young people on the street?"

"Alas, all the young people have gone to join the army, because the war is about to start. I guest you are from other cities, right? In a short time, there will be a war against the city of Lahs, which was occupied some time ago."

The old man said it with a bit seriousness, and I nodded.

"Even if there is going to be a war, there is no need to conscript most of the young people to join the war, right?"

Sure enough, the old man showed a puzzled look, "Young men must fight in every was as possible as they can. Don’t you know it?"

Of course, I didn’t know it. I am not a person from this world. It is normal for me to be lack of common sense. I did not directly answer his doubt, but asked another question.

"Are we very powerful in the Demon Kingdom? Are we still afraid of not having enough soldiers?"

"This is the order of the Demon King. Every healthy person who reaches a certain age has to serve in the military, learn to fight, and join the army when war breaks out. I came this way, but I can not understand why the Devil King want to do so. It is clear that we are so powerful that we must defeat many humans. Even if there are fewer soldiers in our Demon Kingdom, we still defeat them successfully."

"I got it."

I nodded. The demons are physically stronger than humans, which the demons are proud of. According to the history books I read, the demons were defeated by humans in many wars just because they were too arrogant. I think the master is aware that even if the opponents are weak, you cannot underestimate them. After all, a little carelessness will lead to great disaster, which is known to all on Earth.

"Then why are the stores on the street so depressed?"

"Most of the things we harvested were handed over to the superior. The taxes are too much. So there are no good things left to sell."

The old man looked helpless and sighed deeply again, "Dear lady, you come from a noble family. You may not understand our ordinary people."

I nodded again and left the pancake stand.