Sage Sayfeel narrowed his eyes.
The weight of his gaze pushed down on Rui.
A single question escaped his mouth.
"Why?"
Rui stared at him silently for a moment.
"I believe that I can find him."
His eyes grew more intense.
"I believe that I can compel him."
His tone grew stronger.
"I believe I can end this war by ending what caused it," His clear eyes met those of Sage Sayfeel. "I believe that I can get him to heal my father."
Sage Sayfeel's eyes sharpened into slits.
The air seemed to shift.
It seemed to be wrung taut by the escalating tension.
"End what caused it?" Sage Sayfeel whispered.
The displeasure in his voice was clear.
"Compel the Divine Doctor to heal the Emperor?"
His eyebrows furrowed sternly.
"That is not the destiny that your father bestowed upon you."
not the will that your father bequeathed
"Your father entrusted the throne to you. He entrusted you to rule Kandria in a
the Sage's powerful gaze for a moment before closing his eyes.
but…"
in their
he bequeathed me," Rui narrowed his
gave you power that many in
STEP
peering into his
to reject that power that he
only power that I am interested in is Martial," Rui
head. "These
to the Sage, meeting his powerful gaze.
more firm. "…In this life
Sage Sayfeel narrowed his eyes. "You would reject this Empire? You would reject save it from
peered into
the cost of
his eyes. "I won't allow that
the throne and rule over
Rui's tone was calm yet solid. "He didn't foresee anything. He used the revelation of the truth and the threat against the peace and harmony of my family
shook his head. "I cannot do justice to Project Water as
cannot tread my Martial Path as
from my Martial Path," Rui narrowed his eyes. "No
eyes grew
the very get-go. I know you know
Sage Sayfeel didn't respond.
silence was
choice, the choice to tread the path of the Emperor at the cost of my Martial Path, was for the sake of
as absolutely central to the very
very thought of it
I
clawing at his chest.
darkness in his eyes
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