The Martial Unity

"It happened a year before we got married," Farion explained. "I…"

He heaved a sigh.

The air grew heavy as Alice walked over putting a hand on his shoulder.

"I had gotten addicted Noremin," Farion admitted. Rui's eyes widened, stunned. He recognized that name. That was the name of one of the three narcotic plants that the Great Forest of Hypnonarak had in large quantities. The drug was said to put the user in a dreamlike bliss, making them lose sight of reality.

"The situation had gotten bad…" He heaved a deep sigh. "I had almost reached the point of no return. I would not have gotten back if not for Alice, that's for sure."

He gazed deeply at her with an expression of affection and love. "But also, it would not have gone well without the Beggar's Sect."

to prevent the lower-class folks of a region from being completely destroyed by the drug. "They told me that they could help me and that I could join them to ensure something like this never

starting to understand why the two

their operation permanently. Since then, the drug supply has ceased entirely. I observe the state of folks of the lower class document my observations and send them to the sect, and I have observed that things have shifted for the better thanks to you. The Beggar's Sect kept its promise, and as far as I'm concerned, they have earned my trust. That is why both of us

as he had been

to

"We're still your family. And we would never ever do anything that would harm or hurt you in any way. The Beggar's Sect cuts a clear line between our duties and personal lives to ensure that we never have to choose between

of important and meaningful information, and how to memorize that distilled information quickly. I was also trained on how to efficiently and effectively organize information. Information this. Information that. It was truly difficult," The two of them went pale at the memory of their training. "But thanks to that, we can conduct intelligence surveys

was such a low amount that he would never ever notice it if such an amount disappeared from his account every day. "I know what you're thinking," Farion understood his concerns. "You think we are being underpaid. You're wrong. Like I said. I don't actually do any extra physical manual labor. I still drive rickshaws around the outer districts of the Town of Hajin throughout the day like

Rui softly replied as

value of the information they brought in. Someone like Maiun, the senior partner he had met earlier, was part of the upper echelons at a large and powerful law guild and was naturally going to be remunerated