You, a dragon, are farming in hell

Grace took a few more sips. As a mage, she could sense the Soothing Liquid transforming into pure energy, repairing her damaged mental strength.

As for the changes in her soul... she couldn't feel them, nor could she see them.

After drinking a bottle of soothing liquid, Grace raised her right hand above her head, and instantly, a fireball the size of a millstone appeared above her right hand.

Then she clenched her right hand, and the fireball, as large as a millstone, vanished into thin air.

"Your Highness, from now on I am a member of your caravan."

Grace placed her right hand on her chest and bowed to Sophia.

"Me too, I can leave the North with a caravan at any time and travel to various parts of the kingdom."

Aston also responded with a smile.

"By the way, Your Highness, what is the name of our caravan?"

"The Thunder Lord's caravan."

“…” Grace was speechless. The caravan was named 'Lord of Thunder'. “Then who is the leader of the caravan?”

“Emily.” Sophia pulled the head maid Emily to her side. “This is Emily, the leader of the caravan. Dalton, Aston, Grace, I hope the three of you can help protect Emily.”

If you feel that Emily's decision-making is problematic in any matter, you can speak frankly with her.

"Your Highness, rest assured, the three of us will certainly not let you down."

Dalton, Aston, and Grace bowed simultaneously with their hands on their chests.

What do our caravans mainly sell?

"Currently, we only sell Vitality Drinks and Soul-Soothing Elixir. Then we use the money from selling these items to buy local specialties, grains, vegetable seeds, fruit seeds, and other items from all over the kingdom."

Aston and Grace exchanged a glance upon hearing Sophia's words. They hadn't expected that their prince would actually sell these two "divine items."

Dalton, who was standing to the side, looked hesitant to speak. After thinking for a moment, he finally voiced his concerns, "Your Highness, selling this high-quality 'Water of Life' on a large scale could put the caravan in an extremely dangerous situation."

Some powerful individuals might take the risk and attack caravans. Even nobles and lords from various regions might harbor designs on our caravans.

“That’s true,” Aston agreed, having thought of it as well.

Grace had thought of that too.

If those powerful individuals nearing the end of their lifespan knew that the caravan was selling such a divine item that could prolong life, they would certainly stop at nothing to seize it.

"No...this can't happen, can it? They dare to rob the caravan of the Third Princess of the Kingdom of Roland?"

Sophia thought... no matter how ruthless those bandits were, they couldn't possibly be this ruthless, could they?

If they rob her caravan, aren't they afraid she'll send a large army to punish them?

“They are too audacious, Your Highness. Aston and I alone cannot deter the kingdom’s powerful figures.”

"Why are those merchant guilds that sell the Water of Life from the Elf Kingdom unaffected?"

"Because that is not the real water of life at all, and it cannot compare with the water of life that Your Highness sells."

If Your Highness also dilutes the Water of Life, then there won't be much of a problem.

"Huh?" Sophia looked troubled. "Isn't that a bad idea? The life-giving water I'm selling is already scraps that Lord Distin used. If I dilute it further... wouldn't that make me a profiteer?"

"How about I adjust the price of Life Essence back to its original price?"

"The original price?" Grace asked curiously. "What was the price Your Highness set before?"

Sofia held up one finger.

"A thousand gold coins?" Grace frowned. "That's too low..."

"It's not a thousand gold coins, it's one gold coin. This is the price that His Highness set beforehand."

A bottle of vital energy the size of a thumb is priced at one gold coin.

The moment Anna finished speaking, the entire garden fell silent.

Aston, Dalton, Grace, and even Lyra, who had just recovered, stared at Sophia with incredulous eyes...

Chapter 54 Where did her soul go?

Sophia, whose hair was half green and half white, felt a little uncomfortable under the gazes of the others.

Grace, Aston, and Dalton looked at her strangely. It wasn't admiration, nor was it disdain or contempt; it was a look she couldn't quite describe.

Is it really that cheap to extract juice from the tree roots that Lord Destin the dragon used to cultivate seeds, put it in a thumb-sized bottle, and sell it for one gold coin?

"Why...why are you looking at me like that? I'm a princess, I've never done business before. If you think there's a problem with the price...you can...you can say so, don't look at me like that."

Sofia realized there might be a problem with her pricing, and she gave a dry laugh, trying to break the eerie atmosphere in the garden.

"Your Highness, do you know the price of the 'Water of Life' sold in the Elven Royal Court in the kingdom's market?"

Grace thought that Princess Sophia in front of her looked exactly like the simple-minded eldest son of some landlords.

Even if the life-giving energy drink that Sophia sells is made from scraps that Lord Destin of Thunder didn't want, it shouldn't be priced at one gold coin, right?

"How much...?"

"The cheapest one costs five hundred gold coins."

"So expensive?" Sophia was shocked. The Water of Life, worth five hundred gold coins, should contain a very rich amount of life energy. "Are their bottles very big?"

“Heh.” Grace scoffed, “It is very large, but it is 99.9% water, with only a few drops of the water of life.”

"???"

Sofia's face showed disbelief. How could a person be so heartless?

"Your Highness, could you please show us the Vitality Drink that you're planning to have the caravan sell?"

"Ok, Ok."

Without Sophia needing to speak, Emily took out a small glass bottle, about the size of a thumb, from her spatial ring and handed it to Grace.

Grace took the thumb-sized glass bottle, unscrewed the cap, and felt the life energy contained in the life essence inside.

The life essence contained in this bottle was indeed not as rich and pure as the one she had drunk before.

Even so, it is still more than a hundred times better than the life-giving water available in the kingdom's markets.

Setting the price at one gold coin is simply a joke.

This tiny bottle, priced at 500 gold coins, is sure to be snapped up.

"Your Highness, if a bottle of this quality life essence is priced at five hundred gold coins, the caravan should not be attacked by powerful individuals, because most powerful individuals can accept this price."

Even nobles could accept it, and given the caravan's royal background in the Kingdom of Roland, those people would think carefully before attacking the caravan, considering whether it was worth offending royalty for five hundred gold coins.

Grace returned the thumb-sized glass bottle to Emily.

"Then let Emily decide on the pricing. You guys discuss it and see how many gold coins would be appropriate to sell one bottle for."

This quality should ideally not cost more than 1000 gold coins. As for the Soul-Soothing Elixir... the price can exceed 1000 gold coins.

Sophia didn't want to be a heartless businesswoman, but she also wanted to earn some money for Distin.

She intends to give one portion of the proceeds from the sale to the dragon, Destin.

Dragons love gold and silver jewelry.

I imagine Destin would like it too.

"Your Highness, I have a suggestion. It would be best if the Northern Territory and the caravans could have a teleportation array that allows them to exchange goods and money."

In this way, if the caravan encounters danger, it can quickly send the life essence, money, and goods back to the Northern Territory.

Aston thought of the Fairy Tale Mercenary Group, which sometimes sets up a teleportation array at its base and on an item carried by its squad leader to avoid major losses.

He felt that the North and caravans could do the same.

"Your suggestion is great!" Sophia exclaimed with delight, but then she suddenly looked dejected. "But I don't know how to design and set up such a teleportation array."

"I think Your Highness could consult Lord Destin, the Lord of Thunder. Lord Destin should have quite a few teleportation arrays of this level."

Dalton laughed.

"Wouldn't that be inconvenient? I don't want to keep troubling Lord Distin."

"If Your Highness doesn't want to trouble Lord Distin, then let's think of a solution."

Grace laughed, saying that at worst she could use her old connections to see if she could buy a teleportation array from the Fairy Tale Mercenary Group or the Mage Association.

Sophia nodded to Grace.

"Your Highness, please continue with your work. The four of us will go and familiarize ourselves with the area first."

"Okay." Sophia responded, then said to Emily, "Find a teacher for Lyra and have her teach her to read. Also, find a mage to see if Lyra has the aptitude for learning magic."

"Yes."

Dalton gave Sophia a grateful look.

Aston, Grace, Dalton, Emily, and Lyra left the garden.

Before leaving the garden, Grace told Sophia something: she suspected there was a high-level monster or magical beast in Twin Moon City.

She added that she and Aston had been investigating for the past few days, but to no avail.

She told Sophia to keep an eye on it, or to send someone to investigate.

"Anna, have you noticed?"

After watching Grace and the others leave, Sophia asked Anna if she felt anything.

Anna shook her head: "I didn't sense any monsters or magical beasts."

"Was that Grace's imagination?"

“Not necessarily.” Anna said solemnly, “Grace was once a member of the Fairy Tale Mercenary Group, so her perception of monsters or magical beasts is definitely far superior to mine.”

Although I am a knight, I have little practical combat experience and have never encountered high-level monsters.

Sofia nodded, agreeing with Anna's point.

"Then have people increase patrols at night, and also inform the church about this."

"Yes."

Sofia went to the rocking chair, lay down, and closed her eyes to pretend to sleep.

Anna didn't disturb Sophia; she stood aside, protecting her.

High-level monsters...

It seems we need to thoroughly investigate Twin Moon City.

In case a high-level monster or beast suddenly appears in the castle and injures His Highness.

In the afternoon, I will inform the church clergy and ask them to assist in the investigation.

Crescent Moon Church.

The clergy of this church enjoy practicing at night, believing that the moonlight at night is the moon goddess purifying impurities.

Bathing in the moonlight can purify their bodies and souls.

At 3 p.m., Anna led a group of people to the Crescent Church.

Sophia stayed in the castle and had the kitchen staff prepare meat; she needed to bring some meat for the Nightmare Beast tonight.

Bring some fruit for Lord Distin.

At 10 p.m., Sofia fell into a deep sleep while lying in bed.

Seeing that Sophia was asleep, Anna got up and left the bedroom to go to the bathroom.

No sooner had she left than a palm-sized, grayish-black bat silently appeared on the balcony railing.

The gray-black bat stared at Sophia on the bed for a while, a look of doubt appearing in its dark red eyes.

Why can't it see the human girl's soul?

Where did that human girl's sweet, delicious, and somewhat solidified soul go?

Chapter 55 The Vertical Pupil in Grace's Mind