The Martial Unity

However, while he saw the plan to be perfect, his grandmother was not quite convinced by his offer yet.

"Why not secretly have him deliver the potions?" She gestured to Sage Sayfeel.

Rui furrowed his eyebrows. "Sage Sayfeel is far too precious and valuable an asset of the Emperor to be reduced to a delivery man. If you joined the Empire, you would not need to rely on this; you could just directly procure the potions from the Kandrian government or the Martial Union."

She steepled her fingers, peering into Rui's eyes. "The potion matter is secondary when it comes to the radical offer that you have made, my grandson. Do you think we have not considered joining powerful Sage-level powerhouses in the past? The greatest issue is that we cannot trust them to extract our technique by force. How can we trust the Kandrian Empire to exert its great power to extract our technique with force?"

"By becoming a part of it," Rui replied. "The Kandrian Empire is an empire of harmony. There are many interest and stakeholder groups with conflicting interests and stakes that exist without friction because the Kandrian Empire is designed to accommodate all of them. This is the system that my father devised in order to prevent civil war in an age of civil wars. It is the reason that the Kandrian Empire is a powerhouse today."

"There have been attempts by my foolish siblings to try and disrupt this harmony, but rest assured that I have crushed them," Rui replied. "As the next Emperor of Kandria, I guarantee you safety in the name of Kandria."

Her eyes widened as Rui finally played another one of the cards that he had been saving up for the right moment.

"You are due to ascend the throne?" She stared at him incredulously.

"Indeed," Rui replied. "Unless Emperor Rael magically heals, of course."

narrowed as she finally gained a deep understanding of the circumstances that Rui was in and what his ultimate objective

it. However, he judged that her hatred for Rael was not as strong as

be forced to share it. If you were in the Sekigahara Confederate, the feudal Martial clans that rule the state would exterminate all of you in pursuit of the technique if you dared to refuse them. The Republic of Gorteau, being the most corrupt state in East Panama, would undoubtedly spur countless actors to act against you in pursuit of the power

internal cooperation and harmony. This was true under my

took my daughter away from me and then

it to a small extent." Rui closed his eyes. "However, your greatest fear was the Kandrian Empire forcing the

reason we have disconnected from human

ask you this." Rui stared into her eyes. "Why would the Kandrian Empire

eyes at

of Harmony found you, you

"Yes."

he had a Martial Sage,

"Yes."

he use the power of a Martial Sage to force you to give

stared at

not bully you when he could, he even transacted fairly and built a relationship