In the wake of absolute authority, no amount of plea could be done to do anything of significance.
The memory of a man, sunken in despair, chained by steel-tight binds, staring at his direction with melachonlic eyes... flashed through himm
...It wasn't exactly a secret nor a hidden truth the whole Kingdom favored nobles more than civilians. In the law; in the rights; and even in the help they receive. They were far more treasured and protected.
Everyone knew that, including him.
Somehow, nobles were always at the top. It didn't matter on which category was it, they were at the top. They were always there...always there... to take everything away from the ordinary.
He— Ali Grimstone —was part of the ordinary taken away by the nobles.
...He was an ordinary person, living an ordinary life with an ordinary family in one of the many ordinary cities in the vast Kingdom. His life, at its core was ordinary.