The Martial Unity

"Immediately, if you so wish." He replied. "Finding the right Martial body is something that requires time and exploration."

"How much time?" Rui asked, curious.

"Oh, it can vary wildly." He replied simply. "I think the minimum it has ever taken was a few days, and the maximum it took was a few months."

"A few months?" Rui frowned.

"Yes, we were dealing with a very fussy and indecisive Martial Apprentice." Squire Gunther nodded. "Lot of it depends on how much clarity you have with how you want your Martial Art to look at the end of your Martial Path. Usually, Squire candidates have very high clarity on exactly what is needed."

"I see." Rui absorbed the information he provided. "Can we begin the process right now then? I do not wish to waste any time before heading to the matter."

"Alright." He nodded. "The preparations have already been made. I won't be conducting the procedure, of course. It's a mostly medical procedure."

"A team is already prepared?" Rui's eyebrow rose. "That was remarkably quick. Wouldn't these things need to be booked days in advance?"

"It was." Squire Gunther sheepishly admitted. "The Martial Union expedited the process so that there would be as few delays as possible, back when you informed commissioner Feristen of your status as a Squire candidate."

far the second he had off-handedly made that comment to commissioner Feristen after

was yet another reflection of how valuable he was to the Martial

it

Furthermore, he had made major contributions to a mission that was of

him that he could basically ask for a favor from the Martial Union and they would help him out, within reason, of course.

for something important, significant, and something

Martial Union for waiving his loan, however, he quickly dismissed it as a stupid idea. His income was tremendous as a Martial Apprentice, and although his loan

loan. There was no doubt about that. In that case, there was no point in wasting the favor on something that he was very confident of being

worth using it on

his head. Techniques could be purchased, unless it was some confidential technique, there was no point in wasting something that

not wrong, from this point on, techniques are going to be increasingly less purchased and increasingly

nearly the

every Martial Squire had a unique body. Meaning it was impossible for Squire-level

technique as they were sold was

of course, there was likely much more nuance to it than he had

Art would possess, and the greater the individuality needed to make any progress down one's Martial

difficult and less viable, then it was even more unlikely that he would waste the favor