Nobles. They were a common layer of society in the Middle Ages. However, no matter what the time and situation in the world was, nobles were always and everywhere, only their name and the methods by which they gained their power and wealth changed.
There was only one condition for the nobles to appear - there should be enough wealth and territories to get power with their help.
Obviously, in the Citadel, where tens of millions of people lived, with a strict hierarchy reflected in the Three Rings, there was enough room for nobles.
Hearing Osana's introduction, Adam was baffled.
He had never heard of nobles before, but... why?
Well, it was because Adam had had too sharp a leap up the social pyramid. All his life, he was in the slums, he and his family were among the poorest people in the entire population.
