A Curious Tale from the Abundance Kingdom

This was the Abundance Kingdom. Though it was called abundant, that was merely a beautiful long-cherished wish of the Abundance royal family. More than three-quarters of the Abundance Kingdom's territory was desert, where the sun blazed and temperatures soared. Building an ideal land of abundance amid the desert was no simple task.

On this day, at the northeastern border of the Abundance Kingdom.

The vicious sun scorched the oasis town. Not even the residents who had lived here for generations dared expose themselves beneath the noonday sunlight... except for the refugees.

The northeast of the Abundance Kingdom bordered the Eternal Night Kingdom.

Now that upheaval had struck the Eternal Night Kingdom, several massive cities with populations exceeding a million had fallen, creating countless refugees. The nation's regime had nearly collapsed in a short span of time, and the refugees had all been displaced, with no homes to return to.

The refugees in the heart of the country were the most pitiful. Without transportation, they might never escape the Eternal Night Kingdom for the rest of their lives.

The refugees at the border were slightly better off. They could cross the border and seek a way to survive in another country.

Arthur and Merlin were refugees who had fled from the Eternal Night Kingdom to the Abundance Kingdom. They had been friends since childhood and had always been close—not brothers, yet closer than brothers.

They had stayed in this oasis town for a month, but two hours ago, they had been fired by the owner of a bar. The reason was... Merlin, being blind, had accidentally knocked over a barrel of liquor.

They had practically worked for nothing at the bar before, only for food and a place to stay at night and at noon. Thus, they had no money to