Just recalling his face made my hands and feet tremble for some reason. It wasn’t because I was angry. I simply had a difficult time understanding him.

‘I didn’t do anything wrong.’

Helping people was a very natural thing to do, yes, very natural.

‘He doesn’t know anything.’

No one ended up in the slums because they wanted to. Everyone here had their own stories to tell. There were people that didn’t get contacted by a guild or a clan and there were others that became disabled after hunting so they had no choice but to come here. There were also people that were thrown out into the streets because of a sick family member and there were others that couldn’t get a job. Simply put, it was society that led them to the streets. It was Lindel, no, the Holy Empire, no, this entire continent’s fault. It was a society that didn’t know how to care for the weak and was nothing more than a selfish society. They offered welfare benefits, but the people in the slums couldn’t take advantage of them. Since this continent only moved based on the people’s self-interest, someone had to step up and help these people.

“It’s going to be dangerous,” the man said.

“No, it won’t be dangerous,” I said.

“Well, regardless of what you think, it’s up to you, miss, but it would be best to at least prepare safety devices since we won’t know when and...