Chapter 245
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Zestpol was a city directly hit by the Imperial Citizens Act.
It had the highest proportion of non-Aran residents: people of mixed heritage, foreigners, Izenheim, Yedlem, and more. Many of them held senior or professional positions.
Their knowledge and talent had been a major pillar supporting Zestpol, yet the Empire now intended to drive them out.
Zestpol's citizens fiercely resisted the prospect of suddenly losing neighbors, colleagues, friends, and lovers from their workplaces. The heat of that resistance had yet to fade, though Joshua's family belonged to a relatively moderate faction.
Joshua himself might not have.
But his family certainly did.
"......"
In the silence of the interrogation room, Julian read the statement with his eyes while listening to Joshua's breathing.