The Martial Unity

2033 A Candid Conversation

Watching the orphanage gobble up his tales of the Beast Domain with ecstatic excitement was cathartic to Rui. It was because he could directly feel their joy.

A part of his Martial Mind was always active.

His Martial Mind was particularly extraordinarily powerful, allowing him to perceive the depth of happiness that his words brought about.

It was a warm feeling.

It wasn't just the children, he could sense that his presence brought immense happiness to the many members of the Quarrier Orphanage. These were people who had grown up under Lashara alongside him.

While he wasn't entirely comfortable with the ability to peer into people's minds passively outside of a conscious decision to do so in combat, at least he had the security that his presence in the Quarrier Orphanage was a positive one.

He patiently entertained everybody, making an effort to engage with everybody one after another throughout dinner and past.

"Where's Xanarn?" Rui realized she was missing. "Ah…" Alice smiled awkwardly. "She said that she would be returning to Ajanta Island to meet her friends from long ago. She told me to wish you the best of luck and said she would visit from time to time."

"…I see."

The reason she had come here was to protect the Quarrier Orphanage in addition to the protection that he commissioned for them. Then, the threat was eliminated, and Rui gained immense political power, able to commission Martial Masters to protect the orphanage and a Martial Sage eventually.

He understood why she left.

Her Martial Drive had always been centered around using her power to protect something.

purposeless and unable to

offer to pursue a family with her. While she had built bonds with the Quarrier Orphanage, she too needed

Rui murmured. "Tsk tsk, you let a good fish slip, big

POW!

at the edge of Rui's mouth, disappearing as fast as it

They each had their own lives and workload and couldn't

found himself sitting

yourself into quite the mess this

His words were heavy.

eyebrow rose. "You

in the Kandrian Empire this entire time, unbeknownst to the rest of the orphanage, was not really you," Julian remarked. "Confirmed by your stories in the Beast Domain. It is good you never allowed that fake doppelganger to come to the orphanage. I would never forgive you if

Julian's words were firm.

Rui shook his head. "The doppelganger was never meant to deceive

intended to deceive the orphanage, he would have never told them

and ensured

me was in the Kandrian Empire since I

find out that you were in the Kandrian Empire and attending an address from Prince Rui Quarrier Silas Kandria to the Ministry of Research

eyes widened. "She

a speech about how he was going to increase the

crawled up his spine. Now, he was worried about exactly what Master

him talk, I could deduce that he wasn't you." Julian smiled wryly. "His mannerisms were indistinguishable from yours, but the content of his speech was not of the caliber I would have expected from you. From that, I could deduce that, for some reason, your goal was to fool everyone into believing that you had never left the Kandrian Empire. However, the fact that you came here abruptly and are

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gazed at Julian