The press within the Free City of Lindel couldn’t be called the press. At least, that was the conclusion that Jung Ha-Yan came up with. There were a lot of people that wanted to write and everyone that lived in a democratic country wanted freedom of the press. But the social system was already set in Lindel, so the press couldn’t just write articles they wanted.

‘Because it’s scary.’

Armed forces basically ruled this continent. Seeing a few people die was normal and everyone knew the price they would have to pay if they went against large guilds. I was sure that the press was very cautious about writing even one article. Not only was going against those with power not allowed, but whenever they had to write an article about a murder case, they had to think about it a lot because the crazy murderer could read the article and attack the press clan.

When I first laid my eyes on the newspapers being sold in Lindel, I was confused. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that there wasn’t anything that could be considered as an article. The majority of them were announcements about various things and there was even an article about what the head of a large guild ate for breakfast. I was sure that they were ashamed because they were...