Before we descended down to the lowest level, Weis ordered some Umbra Squad members to free the slaves imprisoned on the 2nd level and escort them outside.
The slaves were pitiable. None of them had any clothes, even the children. The only thing on their bodies was a slave collar. They didn't look malnourished, but they were full of lesions and injuries. It was as if they were treated like cattle, not human beings.
The sight of these slaves just reminded me of how lucky I am. If I wasn't bought by Duke Montampes, I wonder how my life would've been.
I shook away my thoughts of a dreadful potential path my life could've gone through. There was nothing to be gained by daydreaming of how worse everything could've been. The only thing I could do was be thankful that fate was kind to me that day.