As a government-sponsored student from the Loman Empire, Morris knew exactly what this email meant.
It was a summons, a recall for him to serve his country.
He'd heard rumors among the other students studying abroad about people being recalled. At first, he thought they were isolated cases, but as more and more students were summoned, he knew it was only a matter of time before he received the same email.
The sender was listed as the Emperor of the Loman Empire, but Morris knew the contents certainly weren't personally written by the old man himself. It was likely the work of the Minister of Education, sent in the Emperor's name to lend it an air of gravity.
In the Loman Empire, the prevailing ideology was that all subjects belonged to the Emperor, whose power was absolute.
Morris used to believe this as well—it was what he had been taught his entire life. However, after living in Twin Tower City, he gradually began to question those long-held beliefs.
