The Martial Unity

Rui frowned inwardly.

Then why did the Martial Master summon Rui if the verification was that simple?

He schooled his body strictly despite his confusion. The Martial Master had already demonstrated a scary amount of insight with his remarkable observation skills.

"You must be confused as to why we're even speaking in this manner if the verification was that simple," The Master remarked. "It's simple really, I came to learn about your techniques by coincidence, and happened to look into the profile of you that we created, and I have to say, I'm impressed."

He studied Rui with interest. "So young, yet so strong, so individualistic. I have never ever seen someone of your youth with a Martial Path as deep as yours."

He leaned forward. "This depth… It far surpasses anything I've ever seen from any Martial Squire ever. Th depth of your Martial Art given your age, is profound!"

Rui recalled Headmaster Aronian remarking the exact same thing many years ago when he was still a Martial Apprentice.

Could it be that Martial Masters in general were able to gain an immense amount of information from any and everything with just a simple glance?

He didn't know, but that only made him more nervous.

The air grew more tense as Rui grew deeply uncomfortable under the penetrative eyes of the Martial Master. It appeared that he was quite interested in whatever about Rui's Martial Path.

Rui was caught a little off-guard. He wasn't entirely sure yet whether this was a positive or a negative thing. It was a shame that he couldn't just get up and excuse himself from the place. But alas, what happened had already happened.

had already replied. Right now it seemed that he was quite content simply observing Rui and learning more about him

more moved by the second, his eyes widening with amazement. He

Senior level pressure, able to handle

Master pointed out, there was a good chance that Rui would have experienced far more negative effects from the pressure that

man eyed him from top to bottom. It took him a while before he

you lock behind that mask, the depth of your Martial Path, the sheer amount of individuality in your

His eyes narrowed.

other

wave of pressure washed over him, as though it compelled

is your Martial Path, son?"

ordinary Martial Squire would have wholeheartedly responded with the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but

But not Rui.

shook his head. "I'm afraid I cannot

Perhaps he could lie that his Martial Path was centered around

Lying to him was probably impossible for Rui as he was now. He would most likely instantly see through any shallow lie that Rui cooked up while also proving to be a pain in the ass once he learned that Rui had lied to

with a resigned smile, much to Rui's surprise. It appeared that he was gracious enough to acknowledge and accept Rui's unwillingness to divulge too many details about himself. "Those were interesting details that I just discovered.

be for, sir?" Rui asked with