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.

was purposeless and unable to do that

top of that, Rui had rejected her and her offer to pursue a family with her. While she had

tsk, you let a good fish slip, big

POW!

the edge of Rui's mouth, disappearing

and children dispersed. They each had their own lives and workload and couldn't spend

he found himself sitting opposite to

gotten yourself into quite the mess this time." Julian

His words were heavy.

eyebrow rose. "You

the rest of the orphanage, was not really you," Julian remarked. "Confirmed by your stories in

Julian's words were firm.

low." Rui shook his head. "The doppelganger was

if he had intended to deceive the orphanage, he would have never told them that he was

and ensured that Master Reina never met the

you were never supposed to know that the fake me was in the Kandrian Empire since I had intended her to

find out that you were in the Kandrian Empire and attending an address

Rui's eyes

was going to increase the

stunned, speechless, as chills crawled up his spine. Now, he was worried about exactly what

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 freely talking about your escapades in

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