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."

finally gained a deep understanding of the circumstances that Rui was

hatred for Rael was not as

reveal your technique is justified. In fact, if you were in the Britannian Empire, you would undoubtedly 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

of internal cooperation and harmony. This was true under my father, and it will be true under me regardless of which one

my daughter away from me and

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

is the reason we have

this." Rui stared into her eyes. "Why would the Kandrian Empire bully you this time when it did not bully

her eyes at that question.

of Harmony found you, you were a Martial Master,

"Yes."

he found you, he had a Martial

"Yes."

why didn't he use the power of a Martial Sage to

stared at him

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