As he walked down the streets of the outer city, his unfamiliarity with the area was obvious, and he could feel countless gazes on him.
What puzzled him, however, was that mixed within those gazes were traces of ill intent.
What confused him even more was that when he turned to identify the sources, he found that almost all of them came from children or people around his age.
From the children, the emotions he sensed were a strange mixture of hatred, longing, and awe.
From the older ones, however, the feelings were much darker—hatred, greed, envy, jealousy, and a general sense of resentment.
All of this left Michael confused. He couldn't recall offending anyone since arriving in the Land of Origin—aside from a particular monster that seemed obsessed with wrapping its tentacles around him.
What Michael didn't know—or perhaps hadn't fully grasped, despite his past life—was the reality of a world where nobles and commoners existed.