If all of this was true, then if Guan Xing had not stepped in, he might have become one of them as well.
"Th... thank you for saving me. If it weren't for you, I might have..."
Thinking about how he had attacked Guan Xing earlier, Tatsumi felt especially embarrassed.
"It was nothing. I only did it in passing."
Guan Xing smiled faintly and waved the fan in her hand without a care.
"I wrongly accused you earlier. I'm truly sorry!" After saying that, he thought for a moment and bowed to Guan Xing as well.
Tatsumi felt that ever since he had left his village, he had been incredibly unlucky. It seemed as if every terrible thing had happened to him.
He had been forced to separate from his two companions on the road. After finally reaching the Imperial Capital... he had been thrown out by the Military Department. Later, he had been swindled out of his money. When he had finally met Aria's family, he had thought things might turn around, only to discover that he had fallen into another tiger's den.
Now, he did not even know what he should do.
If he could not become an official or a general, he would not be able to change his village's predicament.
Within the raging flames, the wails gradually fell silent. All that could be heard was the crackling of the fire and the bleak howl of the fierce wind.
The people imprisoned in the warehouse had already been forced to take poison. They had no hope of surviving.
Even if they were rescued now, it would be too late. They had already become walking corpses. Perhaps from the moment they had been thrown into this prison, their fates had been decided.
"Let's go. This place has