Settlement

The news from the previous day had made some more perceptive people realize that Gefra's political landscape was about to undergo some changes. The news early the next morning confirmed it.

Because someone had died in the clash that had taken place yesterday.

Whether the Emperor of Gefra and his ministers were willing to admit it or not, they could not avoid one point: a certain awareness and power among the lower classes was beginning to awaken.

The education people received, the knowledge they possessed, and the broader horizons they had gained had given them more mature ideas than before. They were no longer "ignorant masses"—at least, not all of them.

In the past, people's lives had probably consisted of receiving some seeds from the nobles during planting season, working in the fields during the day, and laboring on the land at night in hopes of producing more crops.

A good harvest could let the farmers live comfortably for a while, while the latter could let them live comfortably for a while after they grew old.

Beyond that, they really had not sought much else.

But now people had more aspirations. They were no longer satisfied with the life they had lived before. They wanted to fight for more—for example... some of the most basic rights of being human, their own lives and private property.

That was also why Gefra had courts and laws. In the past, it had had neither. Laws and courts had only appeared after the nation was unified.

The importance of the law went without saying. Someone had died during the suppression, which meant the matter had reached a certain level. More importantly, this incident was not simple.

It was not merely a case of someone dying in an ordinary clash. It involved the commoner class