The time Jasmine had spent away had not been short, and since there was no longer any feasible way to go to the sea to boil salt because of the menacing threat posed by the pack of wolves, she immediately decided to return to her territory as soon as possible. She still remembered clearly that the food supplies within the castle were not plentiful; for every single meal, everyone had to eat sparingly and ration their portions, and there was a whole crowd of hungry people with expectant eyes waiting for her to return home.
However, her gold coins had not yet been completely spent. It had only taken one day when she first arrived in Ankera Town to conduct some preliminary shopping. She did not know if the farm tools she had ordered to be made were finished yet, nor did she know how the Dwarf brothers, who were apprenticing at the smithy, were progressing with their study of forging techniques.
