To Stay a Slave or Become a Responsible Human Being

The emperor had made an outrageous proposal.

He would assign me to the Imperial Knights. Show that you can be useful to the Empire and loyal to the imperial family.

If you do, I will grant you your freedom.

I was slightly flustered by the completely unexpected words.

‘I thought he’d punish me, of course…….’

He was going to set me free.

It was an extremely tempting offer to me. Literally, to me as a slave.

Not to my master, Aurora.

“Ah, Dad. What are you talking about? Assign Leon to the Imperial Knights? Free him?”

“Exactly what it means. This happened because he is a slave. If he weren’t a slave, you wouldn’t be able to do as you please with him.”...