Chapter 17

The New Flower Festival finally ended when it was already evening. From what I counted, about 100 new soldiers inherited the power and position of their fathers at this festival. However, I was a bit disappointed to have watched the festival until the end. How could I not be disappointed? What I was looking for was not there.

"Let's go back, Neville," I said, turning around and starting to walk away.

"I've been wanting to do that for a while." Neville seemed to be holding something back from coming out of his mouth as he started walking behind me. "They're all crazy. Do they even understand what parental love and the like are?"

Glancing at Neville for a moment, I exhaled deeply. "Does that seem strange to you? With a system like this, it's natural for them to become like that. On the contrary, I feel that we are the strange and abnormal ones here."

"I'm normal and not strange!"