"Why am I so down, you ask? Ha, the situation's been terrible lately. They, they're all a bunch of parasites!"
Raj put down his glass, cursing under his breath.
Asher continued to prompt, "Oh? How so? From what I hear, hasn't the Empire been on the rise recently?"
Raj burped, his emotions becoming more agitated, "It's those Dragonblood Nobility making all the big bucks. What does it have to do with us workers?
I work from dawn to dusk every day, handling hundreds of rifles, but even if those firearms make millions, all I get is a single Ginnar a month.
Those Important Figures, on the other hand, just lounge on their sofas pretending to be busy and wind up with thousands of Ginnars in their accounts."
Raj's voice trembled, his agitation growing stronger.
"And those people from the Imperial Bank, they're a bunch of Vampires too! Half a year ago, I borrowed money from them to buy a house on the outskirts of Isdalia."
