The Martial Unity

While Prince Randal and Princess Rafia felt the mounting pressure from their factions, the other seven royals didn't do well either. Princess Ranea, too, felt the mounting heat from her most important stakeholders in a meeting in the port town of Farund.

"Princess Ranea, what is the meaning of this?" A man clad in business attire demanded.

"The revelation of my brother's royal bloodship was new to the entire world," Princess Ranea firmly replied. "What has happened has happened. It cannot be undone."

The president of the Kandrian Seafare Association narrowed his eyes. "What are you going to do about this? Even putting aside the Kandrian Royal Sword that the Emperor personally bestowed upon him, his own personal merits make him an extraordinary threat to your ambitions for the throne!"

The Minister of Maritime Affairs nodded with a grave expression. "His Highness is sure to come out of the gates storming. Has he released an announcement or issued a statement yet?"

"No," Princess Ranea shook her head. "There exists a realistic possibility that he might not bid for the throne."

"I find that rather difficult to imagine, Your Highness," The Chairwoman of Kandria's largest shipbuilder corporation narrowed her eyes. "Not only does he have a powerful chance of seizing the throne, but he is also bestowed with the heirship of the Emperor of Harmony himself. Even if he does not want to, he may very well do so because of how much pressure is being placed upon him to inherit the throne."

"We cannot control his choice," Princess Ranea remarked. "The only thing we can do is invest even more into reaching the throne."

"You mean we, your stakeholders, must invest more in reaching the throne?" The Chairman of a large luxury cruise corporation snorted.

respond. Outside of the minute fraction of the Kandrian Royal Treasury that each royal could extract once in their lifetime, she did not have any sources of wealth

of the Kandrian Empire. Without all of her many powerful and rich patrons

the price of the throne. The money you stand to lose if someone like Prince Raijun or

before turning back

princess," A burly man seated at the end of the table

inwardly under his

Grand Admiral

Royal Emperor. Bestowed with the authority to command the twelve hundred warships of Kandria at his own liberty in times of emergency and when war was declared,

and did not profit from Princess Ranea's maritime ventures, it

Ranea narrowed her eyes. "Rest assured,

That was a lie.

already knew that her dreams for the throne were

hoped that he would put an end to the throne war by ascending the throne and letting her live out the rest of her days without the burden that she felt

before; tell us, what is your evaluation

admiral asked Princess Ranea point

room turned towards

highly competent and intelligent man and Martial Artist. His political philosophy is unclear. However, given that he has met up with all seven major prince factions and didn't join a single one of them, we