The Martial Unity

Rui departed that day without commencing his training. He had already spent a lot of energy and skipped sleep in pursuit of convincing the domain Master to accept him as a pupil. They would begin their training at a later date.

Rui also had an appointment to tend to.

His meeting with Princess Rafia was due the next day. She had invited him to a business conference with a lot of prospective patrons whom she hoped to reel over into her faction. Rui wasn't sure what to expect from her, although he did have a very basic understanding of what kind of person she was from the intelligence he purchased from both the Beggar's Sect and the Martial Union.

Soon enough, the day arrived.

He quickly prepared himself, donning the custom-tailored formal Martial Art attire that he had worn to the reception that Prince Raemina had prepared for her patrons and prospects.

Rui found it interesting that Princess Rafia was not nearly as inclined to go for a formal social event as opposed to a formal business event.

The exorbitantly clad invite that he had received specified that it was a business event and not simply a social meeting. Meaning she would most likely be formally making some sort of business proposition to the members of the business conference.

Rui wasn't sure what he was going to do there. He had no business history or involvement, barring that of Esosale Suppliers, but that company was dead and empty, absolutely worthless at the moment.

Furthermore, he recalled what Master Vericita had told him.

a controversial proposition for Rui specifically: he wasn't sure what that

princess out. Not doing at least that much could be considered a

dawned his formal attire before taking off for the skies. He avoided going too fast, using a breathing technique to prevent drag and wind

it was a commercial trade hub. Princess Rafia was very much in her

the location of the

[Rafia Consortium]

of Hajin. This was the Hajin

between many commercial entities with a common agenda. In this particular Consortium's case, it was essentially a lobby group for commercial and economic

they gained purchasing power and bargaining power that was on par with nations. Many of these organizations were powerhouses inside and outside Kandria, after all. Even for the ruler of Kandria, it was neither easy nor wise to simply dismiss their growing demands for even greater liberalization of the economy than it

something that didn't affect Rui in any way, which is why he had never heard

liberalized economy, it also was essentially the headquarters of the Rafia Faction. She purchased a twenty-percent stake in all commercial publicly traded organizations, firmly gaining a solid grasp on the company's decision-making. Given how large these corporations were, Rui couldn't even imagine how much wealth it took, but as a member of the Royal family, she was entitled to a small minute portion of Royal treasury. Combined with

hundreds of billions of gold worth of stake, which she utilized to further her agenda of a libertarian

Communist Princess. He had no doubt that there

of motorized carriages pulling in. He felt strangely out of place when he looked at all the distinguished conglomerates

Martial Seniors in the Kandrian Empire, and most of them were firmly with the Martial Union. Maintaining active partnerships came with many benefits that simply could not be found anywhere else, in addition to high revenue.

vetting entrants turned towards

that Master Vericita had provided him, heading towards