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.

of power was normally given to highly

ever disclosed to anyone that he had undergone diplomatic training and had been deemed a qualified foreign service officer by the standards of the Kandrian Martial Union, so

gesture was one that indicated deep trust, it was actually the

Rui to trust the sect with

tell that Senior Sarak was keen on making Rui join the sect on a more permanent and committed basis. However, the Floating Sect by its nature was loose. It was scarily meritocratic and the cost of not being as competitive as external competition that sought a spot

home. Home was not a place that watched its residents die at the hands

no home, that

that trait that hampered emotional

the most part, it was fine for the sect and functioned just perfectly. It was a highly effective way to maintain quality standards and was one of the reasons that the Floating Sect

were talents who shined so bright that they were worth anchoring to the

the island. Rui was most certainly another of similar

the manners in which

would be able to handle such things without Rui's presence, but he had already decided to distance himself from Kane for some time and let him

in him when they handed him the keys to their political capital. 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

end of the day, the man was a

manipulation was too crude and elementary

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

man nodded. "I look forward to