When Mr. Jieluno changed clothes and arrived at the Conference Hall, some family members had already gathered there.
That was one of the benefits of a large family living together. Whenever something unexpected happened, gathering everyone was extremely simple.
At least, these people did not need to receive a phone call, wash up, leave home, retrieve their cars from the garage, drive a distance, enter the estate layer by layer, and finally arrive at the Conference Hall.
None of that was necessary. They only had to receive the notice, wash up, change clothes, and come downstairs.
The Federal Government's family culture seemed to have always avoided the family itself. Once children left their parents and started their own new families, they developed a sense of separation from their former families—their parents and other relatives.
They were clearly one family, yet because... they left home to live independently, they went from being a family to being relatives.
The Federal Government's culture also emphasized this point, but the way its people emphasized it was not quite so simple and direct.
What they emphasized was not breaking away from their "old family," but that people should learn to become "independent."
It sounded like... those were not the same thing, but in reality, the core of this belief was that once people matured mentally, they should become independent from their families, live alone, and face the world on their own!
This was the Federal Government's third great spirit after freedom and fairness—the spirit of independence!
Some people also said that this spirit actually originated in the era of the Pioneers, but that view was not mainstream. People still felt that living independently was the proper way.
Some sociologists would even cite certain animals as examples. Predators in nature, for instance, drove their young out