The Martial Unity Chapter 2654 Arousing Power

She closed her eyes as she thought about the entirety of her life. "I have lived a life with the people I love, for a temple I love, and for myself. It has helped gain profound power. And now…"

She turned to him with a deep gaze. "And now I travel the world with you in pursuit of the truth. I voyage across human civilization to help as many people as I can with Gen philosophy."

Rui stirred at her words. "Sounds like that drive has been working out just well for you."

"Well, nothing is perfect," she giggled. "The truth of the matter is that I have yet to live a life that is nearly as fulfilling and satisfying as I would like. For as wonderful as it has been, I have yet to…"

She placed a hand on her heart. "…I have yet to fall in love."

Her expression grew lancholic while her tone grew wistful. "I have yet to find a partner. A partner to beco whole with. To spend my life with. To build a family with."

Rui tried not to make his optimism at her words obvious. "Yeah, that's tough."

"It only grew harder the stronger I grew. I only found n growing more and more distant the more power I cultivated," she remarked. "Strange, don't you think?"

"I'm not surprised you find it to be strange," Rui smiled wryly. "But, as a man, it's not as strange as you might think."

"Really?" she turned to him with curiosity. "Why is it not strange to you?"

Rui coughed. "Just man things."

He wasn't surprised that she found it harder to find a partner the stronger she grew. Most n would probably feel a little uncomfortable or even emasculated with a partner as trendously powerful as her. There was no way for an overwhelming majority of n to feel protective over her. There was no avenue to fulfill any masculine drive they had to impress her because it was impossible to impress soone as extraordinary as her. Perhaps it was because they wouldn't be able to fulfill an innate desire to feel needed and necessary, to be depended upon in a physical manner, little things like opening the jar because she couldn't. Perhaps it was the inability to indulge in masculine, albeit childish, fantasies that they harbored deep within them. Regardless, he could understand why, even if she was attractive, most n would not try to pursue a relationship with her because of her power.

The question was how he could convince her that he was different without being too straightforward and potentially making her feel uncomfortable. "Your power arouses ."

He blurted it without realizing it, simply thinking out loud.

The very mont he uttered it, he wanted to kill himself then and there. For a mont, she simply stared at him with a frozen expression.

"…Pfft!" she burst out laughing heartily, lurching forward as tears of mirth began escaping her eyes. "…No man has ever said that to before!"

Rui's cheeks flushed red with embarrassnt as he scratched his head awkwardly.

He was just glad she didn't call him a creep and leave.

What he had ant to say was that, unlike most n, he appreciated her power and thought it made her more attractive rather than less. Instead, he just blurted out his feelings, perhaps a bit too honestly.

He realized how unaccustod he was to talking to won over whom he didn't have a massive power differential.

It hadn't happened since Xanarn. Ever since he had returned to the Kandrian Empire, he had gained a trendous amount of power that often left the other party a little awed. It was easy to impress them, whether it was being the golden boy of the Martial Union or very quickly turning into the fastest-rising star within the Kandrian Empire.

And after the Emperor of Harmony revealed his identity as prince? He was dood to never have a relationship with equal dynamics ever again. This trend only increased after he beca the youngest Master in the history of the Age of Martial Art.

After he beca known for his miraculous breakthroughs, his status skyrocketed far past every other Martial Master in East Panama. That was only exacerbated when he found himself becoming the center of an entire super war, soone who could make or break the fate of the war.

And even then, it didn't stop.

With the Era of Darkness, he beca one of the pillars of salvation for all of human civilization, and with the Beggar Sect aggressively fanning the flas of his legend, he had soon beco short of living deity while also becoming the strongest Martial Master he knew alongside Ieyasu.

He had long given up hope on finding soone he could truly respect as an equal.

And then, he t Amare.

Her power was just a notch below his, earning her respect and admiration but nothing more. His political power didn't seem to move her either; perhaps it was because she was the darling of a Sage-level powerhouse as well, perhaps because her personality was such that she didn't treat people differently regardless of how much power they had.

Her Martial Path and Art, her potential, and her growth rate were almost as extraordinary as his own, it made him feel quite normal.

He found himself deeply attracted to a woman who wasn't moved by his impressive profile.

And that just made her infinitely more attractive to him.

He found himself hopelessly infatuated with her. And he realized just how bad at 'wooing' won he was without relying on their amazent at his extraordinary identity.

It took a while for Amare to stop laughing at his failed attempt to flirt with her. "Oh dear… my stomach hurts," she giggled at him with eyes of mischievous mirth. "No one man has ever told that they were aroused by my power. Still…"

"I find your power to be beautiful, as well." Her tone was earnest, and her eyes were bright with emotion.

Her smile was warm.

"To be Water." She gently brushed him. "What a wonderful philosophy. I can only imagine what kind of profound origin such a profound philosophy has."

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