The Martial Unity

The man accepted Rui's hand, pulling himself up before lowering his head to Rui.

"I'm sorry... I did think you would be strong, but to be this strong was beyond my expectations." He sighed. The others quickly followed through issuing quick apologies.

"It's alright, as long as you understand." Rui nodded before walking away towards the food gathering. He didn't want to interact with anybody beyond what was necessary. He simply procured a meal while ignoring the attention that he was still receiving.

The mood had gotten better because the spat had ended amicably and also because of the confidence boost they had received thanks to him.

"Mind if I sit here?"

Rui glanced at the woman who had approached him, recognizing her. She was one of the few Martial Artists who had not attacked him back then.

"Feel free." Rui shrugged.

She smiled, taking a seat beside him, holding a plate of meat, rice, and some greens. "I appreciate you holding back against those hot-headed fools earlier. It might have gotten bad if things had escalated."

"It's nothing at all." Rui dismissed.

"I'm Vemy, by the way." She told him. "What's your name?"

"Falken." He replied straightforwardly, using his official alias.

from Deny to the face without moving even an inch." She noted, before peering at him with curiosity. "That was unbelievable,

withstand the impact of the blow. Meaning most Martial Squires should be able to replicate the feat asides

with Martial bodies of a similar configuration due to the fact that all of his performance parameters were better thanks to autophagy supplying him with energy

makes me want to become a Martial Squire even more." She laughed. "It's the reason why I wanted to talk to

The secret to the Squire Realm was something that he had tried to pry out of Martial Squires himself, thinking back fondly to all the times he had spoken to Squire Dylon and Kyrie on

thinking to myself if we Martial Apprentices had been

physically human, there was a limit to what they could do. In fact, prior to the age of Martial Art, Martial Apprentices were controlled via force or coercion because they alone weren't enough to turn the

turning towards him, meeting his eyes with a pleading gaze.

her,

divulge the information that the martial Union provided to them regarding the Squire Realm before they could be briefed

data that Rui had provided him. However, that didn't matter, he would still be considered to be violating his oath if divulged the secret to

Vemy asked with a dejected

get

won't tell anyone

genuine, this is an extremely sensitive and important matter to the Martial Union and they aren't

"I see..."

the information is useless to you even if I did tell you," Rui explained. "There's nothing you can do about it, trust me. Rather than wanting

only some Martial Apprentices

('Well, no shit.') "Correct."