"I must say…" Prince Raul remarked. "I didn't expect you to come back."
"Well, I don't have much of a choice," Rui replied.
"I thought our last conversation made it clear that we are not compatible in philosophy," Prince Raul raised an eyebrow, smiling.
"Maybe," Rui shrugged. "But like I said, I don't have much of a choice but to try."
He couldn't make any of the four royals on the palm of his hands into Emperor because that got rid of the weight of his evidence pretty much entirely. The power dynamics would flip, and he would forever be targeted by the new ruler.
That was why, while he might have considered Princess Ranea if she dialed down her extremities, he simply could not do that.
It would be the height of foolishness to put himself and his family at risk.
After all, the whole reason he had become involved in the Kandrian Throne War was to ensure that the harmony and peace of the lives of his family were not disrupted. It was motivated by the guilt of having disrupted their lives by his sudden disappearance; he didn't want anything like that to happen again if he had the power to avoid it.
And now, he did.
With the four royals who tried to assassinate him being completely disqualified from consideration, that left three royals; Raijun, Rajak, and Raul.
Raijun, too, was disqualified.
involved with his assassination. However, Raul, despite certainly knowing that Rui was responsible for Raijun's growth through the Beggar's Sect,
why Rui had turned to
every motive to assassinate Rui, he
he began fleshing out his plans for the Angel of Laplace,
to a blade's
It was the reverse.
didn't need to know about
carefully choose his
to make Raul Emperor.
a sense, I am," Rui admitted. "The reason I am here is to make an offer to
hear it then," Prince Raul smiled, leaning
knowledge in return for not abolishing the Kandrian Martial Covenant,"
Raul shook his head. "That
raised an eyebrow. "You come off
about Martial Artists securing rights
Raul stared at him calmly. "I am not anti-Martial Art. I'm not fond of physical conflict, but people have a universal right to cultivate their personal power. What I
many innocent people are hurt by Martial Art in
"…A lot?"
a hundred and fifty
Rui's eyes sharpened.
Almost ten times higher than he had been
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