Chapter 1803 Exclusive and Permanent

Chapter 1803 Exclusive and Permanent

Rui raised an eyebrow at his words.

"He was sharp, just like you," the man shook his head. "His ailment is Kandria's greatest curse."

"I understand you feel strongly about it," Rui replied. "I do, too. It is because I feel strongly about it that I require your support to ascend the throne and maintain the harmony that my father created, the harmony that elevated the Kandrian Empire to a powerhouse."

The man heaved a sigh. "I'm afraid I cannot help you."

Rui narrowed his eyes. "...And why is that?"

"...Had I known that you were a son of the Emperor, I would have made different choices, but..." The man shook his head.

"Get to the point, Minister," Rui stared at him intently.

"I have signed a permanent exclusive contract with Prince Raijun where I forfeit the right to officiate the coronation ceremony of any royal other than him," The man lowered his head.

Rui's eyes sharpened.

He clenched his fist.

In other words, the minister could not attend Rui's coronation ceremony without violating his agreement, allowing Prince Raijun to summon him to a court and negate his officiation of Rui's coronation ceremony, voiding Rui's claim as Emperor.

Prince Raijun had complete control over the minister's officiation power, in other words.

"...How could you?" Rui growled. "That's the highest agreement that a royal can secure from a high-ranking government official. Very few of the high-ranking government officials of even my faction have signed that."

"Tsk," Rui tutted. "So they cannot be moved by powerful favors from the Martial Union or large sums of money."

"Unfortunately so, Your Highness."

Rui narrowed his eyes as he considered the dilemma. Martial Supremacy, the abolition of all restrictions and regulations, and the pedestalizing of the people's interests were doctrines that many found attractive. Thus, Rui was not surprised that a minority of high-ranking government officials were deeply supportive of one of the three.

Unfortunately, that also meant that he could not bring them over to his faction the easy way.

"Have Mikhaila set up an appointment with one of each of the most amenable supporters of each faction," Rui replied. "I will test how ideologically fixated they are and evaluate the prospects of bringing them over to my side."

If there was any hope in pulling them over to his faction, then it was best to work with the people who were most open-minded.

"I will be sure to do that, Your Highness," she bowed to him.

Rui nodded, taking his leave.

It was annoying that he had stumbled into a roadblock at the final step of the journey to reach seventy-five percent. But alas, things couldn't go smoothly forever.

Unfortunately, he needed seventy-five percent even if he didn't intend to ascend the throne. In case he failed and the Emperor died, it would light ablaze the cold war and turn it into an active war.

While he didn't think Prince Raul would trigger a civil war in an attempt to use force to make high-ranking officials forcefully officiate his coronation ceremony, the same could not be said for Prince Raijun and Rajak.

He knew that these two were capable of falling to any depths to reach the throne.

If he failed in healing the Emperor and also didn't have seventy-five percent of the support needed to immediately crown himself Emperor, then the longer that went on, the greater the probability that Prince Raijun and especially Prince Rajak would rely on desperate measures of force, inevitably triggering a civil war even if their chances of reaching the crown was slim.

He also knew that Rajak would love nothing more than to kill as many members of the royal family as possible.

'I need to get seventy-five percent as soon as possible,' he narrowed his eyes. 'Only then can I leave the Empire without concern.'