Chapter 46: A Kingdom in Peril - Mei

We all moved into the private banquet hall and sat around the table where I braced myself to hear the truth about my birthplace. I understand now why Oshmin said I could understand these people. The nagata of Longsang are suffering much like how I was at Albus Mons, only difference is it’s at the hands of someone created to defend them and in a place that they are supposed to call home.

Zixin has everyone living in fear of him. If you speak or act out of turn or in a way he doesn’t approve of he either kills you or throws you in the dungeons where he tortures you for his own amusement, usually with the help of his General and his General’s animai. I knew those two were rotten to the core. Once you’ve seen the face of true evil, it’s easy to spot. People like that try to hide their dark nature through smiles and fake acts of kindness, and most people believe it. After all, for years no one outside Albus Mons had any idea what it was like. I may have gotten the worst treatment, but I w