1843 Powerful Reassurances

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?"