Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 23 - , The Captain’s Thoughts

... bend had ended.

The serfs, who had been shivering in the crude shacks and communal bunks next door, were driven out. A low-ranking officer from the Abandoned Cave Company announced to them that they had been liberated by the Planetary Governor and had gained their freedom.

Upon hearing these words, the serfs showed no reaction. These people had never considered freedom to be anything of value; they didn't even understand what freedom meant.

Did freedom refer to the precar ...