The Martial Unity

Chapter 1778

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."

curled with displeasure. "That is not the will that

throne to you. He entrusted you to rule Kandria in a

met the Sage's powerful gaze for a moment before closing his

aware, but…" His

in

not mean I have to accept the destiny or the will that he bequeathed me," Rui

more pronounced. "Your father gave you power that many in this world

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peering into his eyes

you choose to reject that power

in is Martial," Rui calmly

head. "These are

back to the Sage, meeting his powerful gaze. "My only path is Project

firm. "…In this life and in any

eyes. "You would reject this Empire? You would reject

eyes peered

cost

narrowed his eyes. "I won't allow

the throne," Sage Sayfeel's tone grew stronger. "Ascend the throne and rule over Kandria, just like His Majesty

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 that I value

do justice to

tread my Martial

upon the throne is a second away from my Martial Path," Rui

eyes grew more

an impossibility from the very

Sage Sayfeel didn't respond.

his silence

not even my father pretended otherwise," Rui closed his eyes. "The only reason I ever considered this choice, the choice to tread the path of the Emperor at the cost of my Martial Path, was for the sake of my family,

family is not nearly as absolutely central to the very essence of my identity in the manner

his heart. "Abandoning them…the very thought of it is excruciating. Just imagining

I abandon my

hand twitched with pain, clawing at his chest.

darkness in

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