It was true.
He would not have gone to Sekigahara Confederate if not for the Emperor of Harmony convincing him to put aside his emotions and think logically of the consequences of the Sekigahara Confederate falling or not willing to let go of their Sages due to how weak they were in the Master Realm.
The clan leaders stared at him with an impassive expression.
Whether they were surprised or not was entirely indistinguishable.
"Prince Rui, what about this alliance do you find intolerable?" the matriarch of the Kaze Clan asked with a truly sincere tone.
"…Are you serious?" Rui scoffed with disbelief. "You launched a double-pronged Sage-level assault to destroy the Kandrian Empire when you learned of one of our treasures, triggering a war that came this close to destroying the Kandrian Empire. You have harmed our people and our Martial Artists with your continued participation in the third Great East Panamic War. And now you dare to sit there and seek an alliance?"
