"Rejected? Why?"
Not every city had a Plane Gate leading to the Brother World, but with letters of introduction from the local City Lord and Knight Captain, Lu PingAn easily became a local who was "eager to better himself."
"Is this really okay?"
When Lu PingAn received the letter of introduction, even he was dumbfounded. Wasn't your grassroots organization a little too unreliable?
"Wait, I just said, 'I've lived here for sixteen years and want to go out and see the world,' and you actually believed me?!"
Even more outrageous, Lu PingAn had written the letter of introduction himself. The City Lord had even handed him the seal to stamp it.
".Even the City Lord could barely read."
The clerk handling documents had happened to take the day off, so the City Lord had immediately smiled and told Lu PingAn to write the letter himself. Were they really not afraid something could go wrong?
This world was still a "feudal society." It wasn't as if there was no household registration system, but considering the astonishing illiteracy rate, it was probably little more than decoration.
At times like this, if someone wanted to transfer their household registration or something similar, letters of introduction from local gentry and famous scholars were standard. This had also been common during certain periods in the Eastern Kingdom, serving as a substitute before the household registration system had matured.
But this system was obviously riddled with problems. Impersonation was far too easy, and forgery was even more... Well, considering the astonishing literacy rate, people capable of forging documents probably had no need to forge anything. They could easily bluff their way into getting a new letter of introduction.
With most people bound to the land, leaving one's "home" itself proved a certain desire and ambition, along