A Petty Official's Little Indulgence

The soldier pushing him sighed softly, but still coldly refused.

The other guards also wore varying degrees of helplessness on their faces.

"Please, I'm begging you, tell me! At least let us know why we have to die! If... if this is for research, take me instead, okay?

My sister's still little... boo-hoo!~"

At that moment, the boy was like a helpless child. As he spoke, he sank to his knees and began sobbing.

He didn't understand.

He and his sister had only each other. Every day, they could do nothing but scavenge through garbage and sleep on the streets. When they got sick, they couldn't even afford treatment!

They hadn't done anything wrong, so why were they being treated like this?

Several people had rushed onto the street, knocked his sister unconscious with a white cloth, and abducted her in broad daylight!

He had only chased after them and thrown a few punches before someone struck him in the head with a club.

Blood had poured from a gaping hole in his head. If his companions hadn't taken him to a little clinic, where his life was barely saved...

He would have died on the street. Fortunately, one of his more quick-witted friends had secretly followed his sister's abductors all the way here.

The garrison's military compound.

Why? Wasn't the Federation Army supposed to protect ordinary people? Why had they taken his sister for no reason?

He only wanted to find out where his sister was and whether she was in danger.

Whether he would ever see her again.

"Go on, leave. Even if you get inside, you'll only make things worse!"

The guard lowered his voice slightly as he warned the boy.

The boy abruptly raised his head and stared at the guard, not understanding what he meant.