A massive permanent change to his life had happened abruptly a short while ago.
He hadn't even fully processed it, certainly not emotionally.
But on a rational level, he obviously understood that the Emperor had some high expectations of him.
The Emperor wanted Rui to succeed him and ascend the throne.
"Why me?" Rui's voice grew solemn.
The Emperor stared at him calmly.
"Because you are worthy."
"…"
A deep silence echoed through the throne hall.
Sage Sayfeel had suppressed his aura entirely, reducing his presence to that of an ordinary human being.
understood the depth
would alter the future of Kandria for the rest of
allowed to
"Worthy…?"
"Worthy." The Emperor reaffirmed.
though I do not desire
appeared on
are worthy because you
rose at those words, stirring
told you," The Emperor continued. "I have watched you your entire life. In
You understood our greatest strength. You understood the pillar that
balance that you yourself hand-crafted three centuries ago is the reason our nation does not collapse into the civil war you averted long
is the most important thing a ruler must have. Harmony is not just in their policy but in temperament. The correlation between temperament and political philosophy has
His tone grew instructive.
like Raul with high trait neuroticism and high trait agreeableness, traits that statistically correlate with dovish and pacifist political philosophies, on one end, and people like Randal, who have low trait openness, high conscientiousness, and low trait agreeableness, have a seventy-eight percent chance of having a
is highly desirable in my chosen
the Emperor had was in the domain of psychology. Some of the jargon that he uttered reminded Rui of that of psychology back
Randal. You have extremely high trait conscientiousness, as driven martial artists often are; you are extraordinarily driven—extraordinarily driven to this so-called Project Water. If not for your consideration and care for your family, you most likely would be extreme. The only difference is that your sheer competence and
shrugged, considering the Emperor's
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