Grain store.

"Boss Mike, I want a bag of grain, the cheapest kind."

Esmeralda seems to come here often to buy things, and she is familiar with the way, and as soon as she enters the door, she shouts at the counter.

"It's coming!"

Soon, a middle-aged man who was black and charcoal-like walked out, and he grinned, showing two rows of big white teeth above and below, looking very kind.

"Hello, Miss Ace, I'm here to buy food again." Mike smiled.

At this time, Aslan somehow saw this kind smile on Mike's face, and felt cold, feeling like he was being targeted by an old fox.

This old guy isn't a good thing at first glance!

Since the big fat cat often shows the same smile before making it bad, he is extremely sensitive and alert to this similar smile.

"Hey, Ace be careful, I think this old guy wants to trick people!" Aslan tugged at Esmeralda's sleeve and reminded him.

"It's okay, Boss Mike is an old acquaintance, and he won't cheat people." Esmeralda smiled calmly.

Old acquaintances?

Haven't you heard of killing?!

Aslan shook his head helplessly, and quietly stayed by the side to watch the girl talking to Mike, feeling that a little white rabbit had fallen into the mouth of the big bad wolf, don't you pit anyone?!

"Okay, let's just ask for this bag."

Esmeralda picked for a while, and finally chose a half-human-high bag of grain, she took a gold coin from her pocket and handed it to Boss Mack.

"Boss Mike, the price shouldn't have changed...... Giving you money! ”

"Huh."

Mike smiled faintly, did not reach out to take the money, but looked at the girl calmly, and those dark eyes gradually revealed a bright light.

"Miss Ace, you know what? Two days ago, the news came that the north had lost another battle......" He glanced at Esmeralda meaningfully.

"What? Defeated! ”

Hearing this, Esmeralda's eyes suddenly dimmed, she folded her hands in prayer, pursed her lips and said, "May the goddess of the lake bless mankind, and let the heroic spirits who died in battle rest in heaven and live in eternal bliss!" ”

"Hehe......"

Mike smiled quietly and continued: "I heard that in this defeat, the knights guarding the northern border lost most of them, and the casualties were extremely heavy, and the battle line that was finally pushed out retreated seven hundred miles, and was defeated again within the 'Endless God Domain', which can be said to be a rout on the whole front. ”

"How so?!"

A hint of gloom appeared on Esmeralda's delicate face, and she couldn't help but clench her little hands, worrying to herself: "There will be many knights sacrificed, and mankind will be in crisis again......

"Northern Frontier, Endless God Domain?"

Aslan read these unfamiliar words, quietly glanced at Mike, and found that the smile on the latter's face was still the same, and he did not have any loss because of the defeat at the front.

Obviously, he suddenly mentioned the news of the defeat in the north to the girl, not out of concern for the safety of the country, but for other purposes.

In the next sentence, Mike immediately said his true purpose very naturally: "The battle situation ahead is so dangerous now, the demon may break through the northern barrier at any time and enter the hinterland of the human race, so the price of this food ...... Naturally, it will go up a bit bit compared to before. ”

After going around for most of the day, Mike finally pulled out what he thought: The price of food has risen!

"Oh."

Esmeralda frowned, hesitated for a while, and said: "In this way, the price increase is also excusable, Boss Mike, you say, how much does this bag of grain cost?" ”

"Ten gold coins!" Boss Mike smiled calmly.

"What! Ten gold coins?!! ”

Esmeralda couldn't help but exclaim when she heard this, and even Andy, the little goat behind her, jumped up in fright, fell on all fours, and stuck out her tongue nervously, looking cute and cute.

Under normal circumstances, the price of a bag of the inferior rye is already extremely expensive, and ordinary people can't even afford to eat the worst rye.

But now, with the defeat of the north, the price of grain has soared tenfold, ten gold coins a bag, which is too expensive!

"Boss Mike, the price of food is too high!"

Esmeralda showed a rare serious expression, stared at Mike tightly, and said angrily: "Aren't you making a fortune!" ”

"Haha, Miss Ace, I'm a businessman, I only talk about trading, I don't care if the country is in trouble or not, the current situation is tense, food is at this price, and many shops can't buy it even if you have money."

McPie didn't smile, and bit the price, which was ten gold coins a bag, and he didn't intend to make any concessions to Esmeralda, an old customer.

Damn it!

Esmeralda was really angry, who could afford such an expensive price, even if Mrs. Mary took out all her savings, it was estimated that it would not be enough to buy this bag of food.

Mike, a black businessman, took advantage of the national crisis to raise prices, so that it would be difficult for them to continue to live, let alone maintain the bakery's business!

What should I do now?!

Esmeralda was so anxious that she stomped her foot.

At this moment, a lazy voice suddenly sounded.

"Food is the price, but your food is not worth the price!!"

Hearing this, everyone immediately pricked up their ears and looked at the source of the sound, and an ordinary-looking emaciated figure gradually came into view.

"What did you say?!" Mike couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

"Aslan?!" Esmeralda was also stunned, looking at Aslan with some confusion, not knowing what he wanted to do.

Aslan walked over calmly, bent down slightly, stretched out his hand towards the bag of grain selected by Esmeralda, grabbed a handful of small rye, leaned in front of him and took a closer look, and then a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, stared up at Mike's eyes, and said seriously:

"Because this is not food at all!"

Not food?

Esmeralda was stunned for a moment, then took out a handful of grain from the bag, put it in the palm of her hand and carefully observed it for a while, looked at Aslan with some doubts, and said, "That's right, Aslan, this is food." ”

"Humph!" Mike snorted coldly, stared at Aslan with an unkind face, and said, "Boy, you are slandering my reputation as a businessman!" ”

"I have sold a fake in this grain store for so many years, the absolute reputation is the first, Tong Su is not bullied, and there is a good reputation around, and now you actually say in front of me that I am not selling food, hehe... It's ridiculous. ”

Mike coldly threatened: "Looking at the face of you as a new guest, I will give you a chance to apologize, otherwise I don't guarantee that you will be able to walk out of this door safe and sound!" ”

"Aslan, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand!!" Esmeralda noticed that there were four or five people around looking at her with unkind faces, and hurriedly pulled Aslan's sleeve, and said in a low voice, "Apologize quickly." ”

"Ace, don't worry."

Aslan smiled at Esmeralda, then looked at Mike without changing his face, and said calmly: "Your grain store has not sold a single fake product for so many years, not because you are honest in business, but because your methods of fraud are too clever!" ”

He smiled and stared at Mike's calm face, slowly raised a handful of rye in his palm, and said, "You have mixed the seeds of the Moro Flower in this...... Isn't it?! ”

As soon as the words fell, Mike's face suddenly changed!