The Martial Unity

"We have successfully acquired the targets of your mission, Squire Quarrier." A woman wearing a uniform with the emblem of the Kandrian Martial Union told Rui, bowing. "Thank you for completing your mission."

Rui nodded. "Will there be any problems with handling the Martial Apprentices and getting them back to the Kandrian Empire?"

"Not at all." She politely responded. "The Martial Apprentices will be carefully monitored by a team of experts who will ensure they remain sedated. We have an extradition treaty with the Kingdom of Violis and there are many channels that the Martial Union has established for smuggling larger goods in and out of the Kingdom of Violis."

Rui nodded in response.

"Is there anything else, Squire?" She asked politely.

"Not at all, I'll be taking my leave then." Rui nodded.

"I bid you farewell then." She wished him.

He left the branch office of the Martial Union soon after, breathing a sigh of relief. He had finally gotten something off his shoulders after this long, he felt like a weight had gotten lifted off of him, leaving him more refreshed and at peace.

On the way back, he pondered the mission he had just completed.

('Certainly one of my smoother missions.') Rui noted.

that the mission itself was too easy, it was just about right for its grade. The actual arrest was the easy part, the investigation

department of the Martial Union. But Rui took the matters into his own hands and made more progress in a few hours than they had made in a week, thanks to the

a perfect

THUD

Just like when he set out for the Kingdom of Violis from the Kandrian Empire, it took him only half an hour to reach the Kandrian

transit port before undergoing the brief protocols that returning Martial

in the Kandrian Empire, he could sky-walk without any problems at all. It was only when he was outside the Empire

he treaded through the atmosphere. He couldn't get over just how pleasant it was to freely traverse the skies. One of the most primal desires of man was to

higher Realms to be able to accomplish that with raw physicality alone dampened the marvel of that feat in this world. However, there did indeed exist means of traveling through the sky via esoteric technology. Of course, he had never seen

in his mind all throughout his return to the Mantian Region and the

Orphanage. There

He called out. "How's it

they saw him descending

recalling he hadn't yet told them that

teach us how to do that?"

older," Rui suggested with a wry

overlook

of course." Rui turned to the third figure in the backyard. "I trust

Apprentice bowed, expressing respect. "They

with training experience to overlook their training while he was gone. The entrance exam for the Martial Academy was half a year away and he wanted to increase