The Martial Unity

He was unable to deceive them, much to his dismay. However, there were still ways to avoid helping the Martial Prince become a Squire. He stared straight at the Martial Prince."I am unable to provide you with proof that it will work," Rui replied. "It may even be dangerous to your psyche if your drive for the Squire Realm is weak."

"My drive to reach the Squire Realm is strong, rest assured," The Martial Prince's eyes flashed with determination. "What is this method that you have in mind?"

"Let us not get ahead of ourselves, Your Highness," Rui heaved a sigh. "In the first place, I have made my stance regarding your policies as ruler, have I not?"

"But our agreement…"

"Our agreement also specifies a severance pay for any unwarned discontinuation on my part," Rui replied. "It's expensive, but I can pay for it."

He simply stared at the Martial Prince head-on with a composed expression, conveying a subtle message. Even if Rui could help him, that didn't mean he wanted to, or would.

He had already made his stance about a warmongering nation under the rule of the Martial Artists clear. He did not like what would happen if Prince Raijun became Emperor. So why should he support him by helping him break through to the Squire Realm?

"This goes against the spirit of our agreement, you know," Prince Raijun heaved a sigh.

"I won't insult you by denying that," Rui replied. "Still, there are things more important than principles."

Rui did not deny that he was not acting in good faith. The fact of the matter was that he did agree to help Prince Raijun out earnestly, and now he came to regret that decision, thus he was trying to back out against the spirit of the agreement.

Rui didn't feel good about it, but he felt even worse helping the Martial Prince. Thus he sucked down a bit of his guilt and put up a defiant facade.

Thankfully, the prince was far too driven to reach the Squire Realm to care.

or it's possible that

inwardly, they weren't even able to articulate the problem that the prince had in a clear-cut manner. While he did not

tone. " First, I study your Martial Art and observe it extensively. Then

Raijun's eyes

I copy it, I will fix all the micro-flaws and then show you

them stared at Rui with a

Raijun murmured. "You can

"Well, yes."

you have any idea how many years I've worked on my Martial Art?"

"It isn't that big a

how they would react to Ieyasu's copying if they were

went to show how abnormal both their Martial Art

One of the Martial Master standing

haven't decided to supply the prince with my service, so

either way, it was just unfortunate that he had an epiphany at the wrong moment, giving

voice cut through the atmosphere. "You are the most prodigious Martial Senior ever. The potency of your Martial Art is well-known. I believe that there is some credibility to your solution. I'm

to talk about your offer, rather than your

think any other Martial Senior would have dared