The town of Rjavoi erupted in hysteria as word of an attack on the Senate Hall spread through the town. None of the citizens had managed to gather anything specific, but that alone was shocking enough. The mayor even went so far as to put the entire town on lockdown!

"Too little, too late." Rui shrugged as he crossed the border of the Republic of Mernea by the time any meaningful and coordinated investigative measures were taken once the dignitaries were secured. He had left the town of Mernea stealthily, before heading to a more remote region, he then shot off at top speed towards the shortest route without intersecting with any towns or other settlements.

While there were, no doubt, some people here and there who noticed a noisy blur in the distance, they were inconsequential.

Once he crossed the border and left it in the dust behind him, he finally loosened up a bit before indulging in his exhilaration of having succeeded.

"YES!" He jumped high into the sky. "That was perfect! Oh, how I wish I could have seen the look on Fauche's face when the assassination succeeded."

Unfortunately, that was impossible. Rui would have to be content with imagining it.

More importantly, the sheer satisfaction of actually employing the Pathfinder technique in the field and successfully completing missions in ways that would have been utterly impossible for him prior, was truly immense. He could be happy for days at how well it worked out. It was an addicting feeling, almost. Although he didn't face any combat against Martial Squires, he wasn't too dissatisfied, which was very strange for him.

Union is going to say to this," Rui laughed out loud as he tried imagining how shocked the Martial

share of lies and exaggerations when it came to reports of Martial Squires

that had he not

could be said this time as well. He wouldn't be surprised if the martial Union took extra measures to verify the veracity of the report that he

they could procure. In fact, given that the Martial Union already knew that an assassination attempt would be taking

truthful. Furthermore,

question is what they'll do

but shrug and leave Rui alone. Rui's understanding of how the Martial Union worked was not

not do anything even

not true." Rui stroked his chin. "They

feat that he and his friends had managed to accomplish. Although he had help, the reports, especially those of his friends, made it clear that Rui was the core reason that they were not as hopelessly screwed as they

is a bit different

to exploit an opportunity that allowed him to kill an inexperienced and unhabilitated Squire, it was another to have a singular technique that could allow him to surpass even

personal and individualistic. It was impossible to universalize it completely, or even

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