The Martial Unity

As someone whose primary sense was hearing, she was able to read sound to a far greater degree than normal Martial Artists. She could peer into the depths of voice to a much greater degree than anybody else could.

She could see that this wasn't merely a request to help fulfill his task, he truly wanted her to survive.

Yet, while his concern touched her, that did not mean she would just go with what he said.

"I am a guardian of the Floating Sect, I fight to protect the Floating Sect." She replied with a more serious tone. "I cannot, I will not abandon my duties."

Rui furrowed his eyebrows. "What do you mean? I'm not asking you to abandon them."

"I will need to if I prioritize my own life over the safety of the sect."

Rui raised an eyebrow. "That's a rather heavy interpretation of being a guardian. I do not hold myself to that standard, nor do the other Squire-level guardians."

"That is because you are not the ultimate protectors of the Floating Sect," She replied. "You are subjects that we protect."

Rui stared at her. "Does the Floating Sect really mean that much to you? Do you have family here or something?"

She shook her head. "The Floating Sect is a place that I have committed myself to protecting. Thus I will protect it, simple as that."

Rui realized that he was listening to what was probably her Martial drive. This was the desire that drove her forward to become stronger, perhaps what drove her forward to becoming a Martial Senior.

He didn't know. He didn't know her well enough, and he didn't want to try and pry open her heart forcefully. He felt a little awkward.

Their relationship wasn't platonic. However, Rui did not have a good idea of how to build relationships with women non-platonically. He was lacking in experience even in his first life, and he didn't even have much of a reference point because the media he used to consume was centered around Martial Art.

"I appreciate your concern," She smiled, walking closer to him.

kissing him softly on

the softest of gestures, yet

objection to fulfilling your duties as a

silly." She giggled

enjoyed making her

could tell that if he made the move at the moment,

He wanted to.

Badly.

was an important day, he could not afford to get distracted and

to make

get going. Tomorrow is going to decide the

some rest,

after he left, his

Her voice.

Her scent.

Her skin.

focus,') Rui

forgotten the sheer difficulty of the task that he was responsible for

protectiveness over Senior Xanarn. This was weird because

protect her from things he wasn't even qualified

as he was more driven to ensure that

spent quite some time fleshing out his plans, he created multiple plans for multiple different circumstances based on various possibilities on whether or not Senior Xanarn

mental and psychological preparation before he was confident about fulfilling his

it. A lot of his plans involved Kane, and he needed to bring the man into them in order to make sure that