Charlotte, Leo, and Re Cheng were Mirai's companions.
Ever since Toon first took part in Earl Fell's competition in Wasteland City last year, the four of them had grown closer.
If the four of them had anything in common, it was that their homes were all in the southern part of the Hyder Autonomous Region.
Whenever Earl Fell came up with one of these games, it was always a team event. Thus, the youths of the Hyder Autonomous Region were divided into two teams to compete. However, ever since Earl Fell first held such an event, the two teams had naturally formed a dividing line: north and south.
North and south referred to the northern and southern parts of the Heidel Plains, which Destiny City almost split in half. The towns in the northern Hyder Autonomous Region, including Destiny City, were relatively prosperous, while the towns south of Destiny City were almost all associated with poverty.
The gap between rich and poor had never been fully reflected in the world of children. Thus, these team competition games designed by Earl Fell had evolved into contests between youths divided by north and south.
Northerners looked down on southerners, while southerners were unwilling to curry favor with northerners, from adults to children alike. Thus, the three youths who lived relatively close to the estate had become Mirai's lesser companions.
Before she came to this world, the four of them had visited one another as well. Leo's father also held the title of baron, Re Cheng's father was a knight who had entered the ranks of the nobility, and Charlotte came from a purely merchant family.
The four of them were unequal in identity and status. Though they were still young and had never compared themselves to one another, their differing statuses meant