"Why have you always refused?" Yevgeny couldn't understand today's Sergei, thinking he would join the Railway Company.
"I suddenly realized that freedom is more important than anything else!" Sergei spoke bluntly.
Yevgeny was silent, thinking that he was too young, wholly unaware that freedom is a luxury.
Sergei followed Yevgeny, strolling along the path outside the Duke's manor, neither in a hurry to take a carriage home.
Both wanted to speak but found themselves at a loss for words; it seemed they no longer had common topics or the friendship of old times.
Just as the Duke had said, one believing in the God of Tsarist Russia and the other in the God of the West, there was bound to be a conflict of faith.
"Can I ask why you are unwilling to join the Railway Company?" Yevgeny couldn't understand since Nikola Corporation offered substantial benefits.
"It's about freedom too! The Railway Company is entirely the Duke's property, and we are ultimately his puppets.
