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.

the minute fraction of the Kandrian Royal Treasury that each royal could extract once in their lifetime, she

all of her many powerful and rich patrons supplying her faction with a steady supply of donations from their own pockets, she would eventually

to make," Princess Ranea remarked calmly. "However, this is the price of

stakeholders eyed each other before turning

burly man seated at the end of

Ranea's winced inwardly under his stern

Grand Admiral

warships of Kandria at his own liberty in times of emergency and when war was declared, this man

under the Royal Emperor's control and did not profit from Princess Ranea's maritime ventures, it did indirectly benefit from the state

Ranea narrowed her eyes. "Rest assured, I will be crowned Empress of

That was a lie.

like Randal, already knew that her dreams for the throne

was actually relieved that Rui Quarrier Kandria was revealed to be a prince. She 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

before; tell us, what is your evaluation of Prince Rui Quarrier

admiral asked Princess

room turned towards her

a deep breath before exhaling. "In my opinion, Prince Rui is a 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 can say that he most likely is not inclined toward