The Martial Unity

At that moment, the net entirety of all Kandrian powers and forces that heard his words faltered.

Many of them had aligned themselves with one of the princes and princesses, excited about the possibility of a ruler that worked for their interests. Excited about a ruler that would warp Kandria to elevate them above all.

Yet, history was a heavy weapon.

When wielded properly, it could break apart any conviction and any emotion.

Rui's eyes widened as he realized the Emperor understood this truth better than anybody else.

His powerful words were armed with the weight of human history.

Not just human history.

His history.

He who quelled the most fierce civil war. He who masterfully intertwined countless opposing forces into a single nation. He who elevated Kandria to the pinnacle of human civilization with the power of harmony.

Yet history alone was not enough.

It needed to be channeled carefully, masterfully, and with immaculate communication, both verbal and nonverbal. It needed to be channeled so that it wove past the greed and ambition of its beholders. It needed to weave past the human condition that drove man to war.

It needed to strike the human heart.

And struck the human heart, he had.

that moment, uncertainty radiated from those who beheld his

widened as realization dawned

Kandria with the weight of history…with the weight of

it was not

address His Majesty Second Emperor Rael Di Kandria." A powerful voice

cut through the progress that the

It was Prince Raijun.

Prince Raijun with calm nonchalance. "Raijun,

at him, waiting for

to the Squire Realm was one of great surprise to me. I was now aware that there was

stirred at his

the Emperor was looking at him even though his eyes were fixed on the Martial

Raijun gritted his teeth at being humiliated

Not just to you, but to all those who bear my blood." The Kandrian Emperor's tone grew relaxed. "Let us speak with each other as the family that we are. Let us indulge in open dialogue before the subjects of Kandria. Let us truly engage in

his powerful words earlier. Hammering the

optics of refusing to allow anyone to speak was one that could ruin his impact.

by freely allowing not just Raijun but also all other royals to speak openly, he maintained

Rui realized that the sheer mastery over communication that the Emperor of Harmony possessed was

a short amount of time, he had demonstrated a profound ability to move

what Prince Raul thought of

civil war is bad. Yet, it is inevitable. Conflicts of ambition and greed are inevitable. Greed and ambition are the fuel of human civilization. Would you have us cripple human civilization in a dovish attempt

before the Age of Martial Art

Raijun had attempted to associate the negative connotations of this era with the Emperor's

He did not possess even a fraction of the sophistication and mastery of his father's