Chapter 108
Chapter 108
The past I spent at the orphanage resurfaced.
Back then, I used to look up at the upper district through the tangled mess of dirty wires. I believed that if I tried hard enough, I could get there. The Empire promoted and taught that idea.
Then, during the selection test, I was deemed fit for the Imperial Guard. I clenched my fists and let out a silent scream.
The results of my efforts had finally come. I could escape this cesspool. I no longer had to tremble in fear of dying at someone’s whim.
‘But it’s the same here.’
The upper district and noble society were no different. The only difference was better clothing and finer food.
...We were all slaves to someone.
There were only miserable slaves and slaves who were slightly better off.
Even those noble families who once flaunted their power crumbled overnight.
More than a hundred Imperial Guards were gathered here. It was a considerable number.
The official full strength of the Imperial Guard was a thousand. But in reality, the number was always lower. At most, eight or nine hundred; in times of manpower shortage, five to six hundred.