β Scribed by Martha Adele
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
On the ninth hour of the day that a citizen of Bestellen turns eighteen years of age, the pledge in question will be fully admitted into their selected career. They never thought that this meant being abandoned. After being drafted for the military, three eighteen-year-olds are kicked outside of their country's wall. There's no way to get back in, and after finding out why they were stranded, returning is the last thing they want to do.
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