Accidental Eavesdropping

Ning was surprised to hear about the war taking away the sugar. "Are the sugarcane fields destroyed or are the sugars sent off to the battlefield instead?" he asked.

"Uhh, I'm not sure entirely, actually," the woman said. "I think it's a mix of both. The fields have been replaced with some other crop to keep the army fed while what grows directly goes to them."

"We are lucky someone even managed to make corn sweet," the woman said.

Ning nodded and the maid went on her way.

"Are you that surprised about sugar not being available?" Shara asked. "I didn't think that was an issue."

"No, that's not the issue," Ning said. "I'm more so surprised about the war. In the duchy, we couldn't really feel any effects of the war. But here, the reverberations from the war are quite clear to everyone."

"It is a thing of great luck that this country hasn't started facing famine yet. But if the war continues going on like this, I fear that will be the case."