In the blink of an eye, more than two and a half years—over nine hundred days—had passed.
In the early morning, the streets of Damian City, one of the three major cities of the Adams Empire, were teeming with people.
"Truth tells us that knowledge is Power, and Truth cannot be monopolized."
"All living beings have an equal right to acquire knowledge. All who defy this by hiding or distorting knowledge shall suffer divine punishment!"
"It is the grace of Truth, He who has sown the light of hope into this world."
"The suffering will soon be over! And today, let us publicly execute the wicked who made us suffer!"
The city streets led to the center of the largest square.
At that moment, Fina Adebayo—Mayor of Damian, Governor of the Empire's North, and the Thirteenth Princess of the Empire—stood upon a dais, shouting with an air of solemn authority.
As her voice faded, a huge curtain on the high platform dropped.
