When Mrs. Klein came out of the private room, her expression was a little dazed.
Ever since she and her husband had gone bankrupt after losing everything speculating on silver, staying alive and keeping life going had become their only task.
Before they went bankrupt, they had never imagined that even buying enough food just to stay alive could be this difficult.
They had also tried to borrow some money from their relatives, but…
The social structure of the Federation is very peculiar: everyone talks about "family," yet in this family there is no place for the elderly.
Whether it's celebrities or politicians—anyone who often appears in the media—if you pay attention to the side of themselves they show the public, you'll notice that there are no old people in it.
Family and the elderly hardly ever appear together in the same photograph.
Once the children grow up and leave home, that "family" is considered dead.
