Amir had been released from prison half a year ago. Song Zaiyi had personally persuaded him to join his side and hired him as the vice city lord of Third City. He was highly respected within Third City's current administration team. After all, like Song Zaiyi, he was a workaholic...
In the blink of an eye, half a year had passed since they arrived in Star Sea. Amir felt that time flew by in such a fulfilling work environment. In this vibrant new city, there were no old landlords, no feudal remnants of the Caste System, no religion, and even fewer powerful capitalists or warlords. Everything was so fresh and brimming with vitality...
Everything about the future was built upon the dreams of the people. It was utterly pure. Over the past half year, because Third City's administration team was understaffed, the workload had been enormous. It had been the most grueling half year of his political career. He worked more than twenty hours almost every day.
Yet it had also been his happiest half year, because every minute was spent doing something truly meaningful, striving toward the political ideals he had once dreamed of!
He was deeply grateful to Song Zaiyi for redeeming him from prison in A San Country and giving him a new life. But now, as he watched the news about the people who had once abandoned him, he felt indescribably conflicted...
The national hero of the past had now been branded a traitor by the people of A San Country. Meanwhile, the members of his clan who had been willing to believe in him and follow him here were mostly dissatisfied with him after entering Third City...
The reason was simple. As things stood, the A San people in Fifth City seemed to have gained