Chapter 7 (1/2)

It took 1 month for Joon-young was discharged from the hospital. It was a time well spent for him, as he managed to absorb most, if not all, of Isaac’s memories. Thanks to that, he was able to blend in to the society of the new world without a problem.

According to the rumours, the Baron Rondart’s family were in a troublesome spot when Isaac’s ident.i.ty was found out in the hospital. A serious investigation was put in place to find out why the heir of the family was travelling without any escorts. The family responded that their intent was for him to experience the outside world without any shackles since he had a late start.

Isaac couldn’t stop himself from laughing when he heard that excuse.

They’ve labelled him as dim-witted and locked him in the mansion for his entire life. Yet they didn’t find any problem with allowing him to travel alone to experience the outside world? Anyone with a shred of intelligence would find the fallacy in that logic, but the Rondart Family used the Viscount’s influence to pa.s.s through the questioning with minimal difficulty. It would have been much worse if Isaac had died, but since he’s alive they can still use that excuse.

“This is a really strange place.”

Isaac looked around the city like a small child seeing the world for the first time. The view of the world was quite limited in the hospital, but it became harder and harder to explain this world the more he found out about this world. The road was clean and small blocks were lined at the side, separating the pedestrians from the set of trams that ran in opposite directions.

In this continent of Lorasia, the Empire is the only nation. Its denizens were not just humans, but contained many other races such as elves and dwarves and even the almighty dragons.

The Empire was untouchable, with no opposition in sight. The Emperor and the royal court were at the top of the hierarchy, n.o.bles and rich merchants below them, and at the bottom were the commoners who made the majority of the population.

What confused Joon-young first was the caste system. At a glance, it had the social structure of a feudal Europe, but inheritance had little value as the Empire worked like a meritocracy. The five ranks of n.o.bility, Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount and Baron, were given to those who managed the Empire. Executives of the Empire received a t.i.tle of n.o.bility, and anyone who served under them, whether they were wizards or warriors, were given the t.i.tle of a Knight. Basically, Knights were the Empire’s Officials.

What’s even funnier is that there are hereditary n.o.bles as well. Those who made great achievements or served the Empire for an exceptional amount of time are given some land to rule when they retire.

As it wasn’t a rigid system, anyone could rise through the ranks with enough effort. Commoners can become n.o.bles if they become Empire’s Executive, and n.o.bles can lose their n.o.bility if they commit a crime. Although it was much more common to see someone lose their n.o.bility than to see someone climb the steps of the hierarchy, the fact was that there was the possibility. This world that ruled through a caste system had created the perfect social infrastructure where even Joon-young did not not feel any discomfort.