. "The cafeteria is full of radishes and potatoes every day. I really want to make my face green. It's still comfortable to eat meat!"

This is what Kalsas thought immediately after enjoying the high-end dinner provided by the CEO.

"After eating, you should go to the store street to stroll around, but unfortunately no one paid the bill!"

This is her second feeling when she touched her deflated purse after smelling the scent of dessert on the street.

After swallowing a meal that was enough to support the ogre with an amazing speed and even more amazing appetite, the female professor still touched her protruding belly with unsatisfactory eyes, and her eyes glanced at the candy shops on both sides of the street from time to time. However, the astronomical figures on the price tag that scared the greedy child to death made her make a wise decision.

"Sweet food is the enemy of women's figure. From now on, I have made up my mind to work hard to lose weight, so I can't eat high-calorie food anymore!"

Of course, Ganmerel and Ilminster, who were standing next to her, definitely didn't believe such nonsense. They were staring at Kalsas' petite figure in a daze, wondering how she stuffed so many things into her stomach.

Today, Professor Kalsas was like a starving ghost reincarnated. He instantly entered a state of madness under the stimulation of the aroma of barbecue. He swallowed fifteen pounds of various food in a quarter of an hour. It goes without saying that he was ugly in his eating habits, and he always stretched his hands across the boundaries. Even though the great sage Ilminster was so well-educated by Kalsas' shameless behavior of constantly squeezing the dead piece from his plate, he almost used magic to perform a legendary food battle on the table. It seems that hunger is really a special medicine to eliminate all manners and demeanor!

For this supper that is worthy of being called super luxurious by current standards, poor Garthier had to pay the servant a surprisingly high price of 960 yuan, almost equivalent to his entire income in a month. What's worse was that he paid the bill but didn't eat a bite of it - even the cup of black tea that Garthier asked for herself was choked because Karthari was eating too fast when he was served. She choked in one breath.

Kalsas originally wanted to have a few more desserts, but Garmelier smiled bitterly and shook his purse, which was empty. The female professor who was not planning to take the carriage to pay the bill immediately made a decision to retreat. After leaving the hotel, Kalsas asked the coachman to drive the car back first, and he followed Garmelier and Ilminster, intending to stroll around the commercial area to help digestion.

The daylight in the imperial capital in winter is short. When the three of them walked out of the hotel, the sky was already dim. A gust of cold wind blew from the frozen sea, which made the three who were drowsy and drowsy by the heating feel much lighter.

The Shadow Sea was not formed naturally. In the long past, it was called the "Thirst Sands" and was a saline-alkali area in the middle of the desert that was extremely lacking in moisture. With the return of the Shadow City, the great archangelist who escaped back to the material world used some powerful magic at great cost to create a lake that stretched for thousands of miles in the most barren land on the Feren continent, and then began a long and arduous desert management project with this center. Although the area around the Shadow Sea is still relatively dry, it has completely become a vibrant prairie, no longer the tragic scene of thousands of miles of yellow sand in the past.

The most prosperous streets of the imperial capital spread along the sea of ​​shadows. On one side of the road is the narrow lakeside park, and on the other side are the highest-end shops in the city. It is already the time when the lights are first on the ground. Not only are the magic street lights erected on both sides of the street turned on to the maximum brightness, but all the shops are also hung with colorful magical eternal lights, which brightly illuminated the entire shopping street. As magicians from all over the country pour in in large quantities to escape famine, the magic lamps in the imperial capital have become increasingly cheap, and have reached a point that is more cost-effective than lighting oil lamps.

Under the cold dark night, the bright lights make people feel a dreamy feeling, but they still cannot hide the cold and bleak reality of the war years. Although most shops are still open, the goods available are very limited, with empty shelves everywhere. Everything that is related to food, such as candy, wine and even candles and lamps, is marked with incredible sky-high prices, while magical items are so cheap that they seem to be given away for free. The only lively place is pawn shops. Although the price of pawns is terrible, people still line up long queues in front of the door.

A few worn-out magicians were walking around the doors of various stores, with wooden boards hanging around their necks saying "Just ask for food, accommodation, no wages" to find a job, but no one came to take care of them, and were driven away by the guard or clerk with a broom. The patrol guards were holding various powerful ones.

The weapon, stare at them with the look of looking at thieves. The coldness of war

Although it is just nightfall, which is the peak of nightlife, there are very few people on the road and there are no carriages. Even if a few night walkers pass by them occasionally, they lower their heads and never talk to each other. The salesperson in the store is also numb to the reality of depression. None of them is willing to come out to attract customers in the cold wind, making the three of them feel as if they are walking alone in an empty city.

"The first time we met, it seemed to be on this beach!" Standing under the bright street lights and looking at the dark lake in front of us, Ilmist said to Ganmeer with emotion, "At that time, there was no people here, remote and barbaric, only wild wolves and poisonous snakes appeared. You seemed to live in a small nearby village. It has only been less than a hundred years, and it has changed so much!" He turned around and looked at the bright city, and couldn't help but feel emotion.

"I was reckless at that time. When I heard that the famous Shadow Valley Daxian was camping here, I wanted to take you as my teacher with a passionate mind." Ganmeir touched his head embarrassedly and smiled, "I didn't expect you would really accept me."

"Because you were the first to learn magic, but not to learn magic." Ilminster smiled kindly and patted Ganmelier on the shoulder. "I was really shocked when you said you wanted to learn the history and laws of various countries from me. Others asked me for magic and war, only you are extraordinary."

"Because I know I'm not that material." Ganmeir looked at the frozen lake, as if he recalled his youth. "I also attended the magic academy in the city. I spent a lot of money at home, but I only learned a few level zero magic that even bar waiters could do. From then on, I completely gave up on magic in the path of magic, thinking of being an official or studying. In short, I have to be worthy of the pains that my family has put in for me. Unfortunately, it's too late..." He lowered his head, "A hundred years have passed, and they have become dust and can no longer see what I am now."

"Do you think you did a good job?" Karthas was originally listening silently, but at this time he couldn't help but insert it. "Since I returned to this world, the empire has been the world's number one power, and its territory and population far exceed my age, but what about now?" She pointed to the depressed shops around, "There are famines, turmoil, wars, terrorist attacks everywhere. The country has reached the brink of collapse. It's only been one year! Such a huge country has become like this in a year. Even Ferin Demon Kyu didn't destroy the First Empire so quickly!"

"Big and big things are also great difficulties!" Ganmeir shook his head helplessly, "I am nominally the highest leader of the world's most powerful country, and I am incredible, but what about it?" He spread his hands, "At most, I can only be considered a maintenance president! All I can do is patch the broken house of the Naserel Empire, which is leaking from all sides, so that the house will not fall apart, but there is no way for termites eating the house. Take the war and famine in front of you as an example. If the empire was still the size of two hundred years ago, the situation would not have reached this point."

"Why?"

"Before the large number of dominions joined, the empire's territory and population were less than half of its current population, but in terms of stability and cohesion, it was much higher than it is now," explained Gamelier.

"At that time, there were only a few forces that really had a say in the imperial political arena: His Majesty Ailaszhuo, who mastered the original Silver Moon Federation, indirectly affected the entire Northland; His Majesty Ailu, who had outstanding prestige in the dark area, and affected all places where the sun could not shine; The Great Arcanist who escaped from the disaster of the demise of the First Empire of Naserel; In addition to the Ogma Church, the God of Knowledge in Candle Castle, occasionally interjected a few words, and participated in it under normal circumstances.

These are the people in the country's politics. The colonies of the New World have always been a mess, and they have never made any sounds. The great arcane is not a very united force. Therefore, as long as the two Majesties, Elaszhu and Kuilu, can reach a consensus, all kinds of policies can basically be implemented, and there will be no chaos in the country." He sighed and stared at the night sky dyed with crimson by the ***, as if he was recalling that prosperous and stable era.

"But it's not possible now. Do you know how foreign kings evaluate our country?" Gan Melier showed a sarcastic smile on his face and recited the famous saying in a strange tone, "The so-called second empire of Naserier is actually neither Naserier nor second, nor empire!"
Chapter completed!