jaydude
Five Thousand Club
You haven't misunderstood. Canonically, the Flying Opera Company has a number of oaths, with two of the most important being to never serve a ruler or be beholden to a law, and never to make an honest living working from those who abide by laws. In everyone else's defence, I might not have made things clear earlier.Ah, unless I've misunderstood something, the Flying Opera Company is definitely not affiliated with the earth kingdom military or government. Daofei are basically bandits sworn to some honour code. So you can see my confusion not only at the government assigning troops to serve with bandits attacking said government, but with the bandits accepting the service of government troops! That's why I thought Taosei had deserted. I didn't see how else he could go from soldier to criminal, unless he's an under cover agent.