Leidel was one of the Peng Joe People. He was born in the Peng Joe Empire, and his father was a merchant.
The political structure of Peng Joe was extremely interesting, but it also had some drawbacks—for example, its fanatical nationalism!
All Peng Joe People believed they were descendants of the gods, with divine blood flowing through their veins, and that they were therefore the rulers of the earth! This fanaticism often troubled rational people. Leidel, for example, frequently found it difficult to endure.
He did not deny that Peng Joe was indeed powerful, but... he was not used to it.
Afterward, he chose to leave Peng Joe. After wandering through various countries, he eventually arrived in the Federation.
Here, he found the kind of environment he wanted.
Freedom, equality, and a sweet fragrance permeating the air! Here, if you achieved success, people would praise your efforts instead of believing that you were simply doing what you were supposed to do.
No one told you that you had to love your country, love your emperor, and devote everything you had to your country and emperor! He liked the freedom and equality here, as well as...
Yes, the sweet air.
But on the morning of this very day, everything changed.
By then, Leidel had risen to middle and upper management at a large company. He was the company's Senior Partner.
Judging by the way Federation capitalists exploited their employees, if he could work hard for the company for a few more years, he might have a chance to become one of its shareholders.
That would be a qualitative leap. By then, he would be part of the company's upper management, perhaps even a member of the Board of Directors.
And all of that was actually within reach!
Yet on that very