The Martial Unity

"Take care man," Kane clasped his hand in a partial hug. "Don't get lost."

"Will do," Rui smirked. "Figure out your path forward."

"I will," Kane nodded. "Good luck.

Just like that, the two of them split ways. Kane was number one on the list of two people that Rui would be seeing off.

"You have collected all the documentation you need, correct?" Senior Sarak asked.

Rui nodded.

He was referring to information surrounding Senior Xanarn's condition. Rui had memorized all the information surrounding her condition, but he also had a copy of the information in case he needed it to have a third party verify that whatever solution he was considering on acquiring was actually able to treat and cure Senior Xanarn.

"Good, before you leave, I have something for you," Senior Sarak noted as he reached for a drawer in his desk, pulling out a well-crafted badge with the symbol of the Floating Sect engraved on top of it.

"This…" Rui murmured as he studied it.

"It makes you an official ambassador of the Floating Sect," Senior Sarak smiled. "It means that you may wield the name of the Floating Sect to fulfill the objective centering Senior Xanarn."

Rui raised an eyebrow.

That was a considerable amount of trust. Senior Sarak was giving Rui a lot of power that could be misused to bring harm to the sect. For example, if Rui ran around making powerful enemies in the name of the Floating Sect while wearing that badge, the Floating Sect would suffer greatly as it would end up gaining more enemies for absolutely no fault of its own.

given to highly

undergone diplomatic training and had been deemed a qualified foreign service officer by the standards of the Kandrian Martial Union, so Senior Sarak did not have

was

was to get Rui to

a more permanent and committed basis. However, the Floating Sect by its nature was loose. It was scarily meritocratic and

consider the sect their home. Home was not a

home, that

that trait

for the sect and functioned just perfectly. It was a highly effective way to maintain quality standards and was

so bright that they were worth anchoring to

guardian who was worth investing in the island. Rui was most certainly

had made sure Kane understood this and was entirely cognizant of the manners in which they would try

without Rui's presence, but he had already

By giving him that power, he was sort of conditioning him to get used to it and normalize possessing and using that power, making him less inclined to leave the sect in fear

didn't necessarily fault Senior Sarak for employing such means to try and get Rui to become attached to the sect. At the end of the

him that even this degree of manipulation was too crude and elementary

are showing me by giving me this power," Rui replied with a smile. "I will make sure to use it to help

look forward to that. Good