"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.
peripherally involved with his assassination. However, Raul, despite certainly
why Rui had turned to
having every motive to assassinate
plans for the Angel of Laplace, he had taken the liberty
like someone is holding you to a blade's edge," Prince Raul raised an eyebrow,
It was the reverse.
he didn't need
carefully
couldn't make it sound like he had the power to make Raul Emperor. That
I am here is to make
hear it then," Prince
give you all my power and knowledge in return for not abolishing the Kandrian Martial Covenant,"
Prince Raul shook his head. "That is not something I can
Rui raised an eyebrow. "You come off
Martial Artists securing rights and privileges
but people have a universal right to cultivate
you know how many innocent people are hurt by
"…A lot?"
a hundred and fifty thousand every
Rui's eyes sharpened.
had been thinking. Almost ten times higher than he had been hoping
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