Revisit

"I must say…" Prince Raul remarked. "I didn't expect you to come back."

"Well, I don't have much of a choice," Rui replied. 

"I thought our last conversation made it clear that we are not compatible in philosophy," Prince Raul raised an eyebrow, smiling. 

"Maybe," Rui shrugged. "But like I said, I don't have much of a choice but to try."

He couldn't make any of the four royals on the palm of his hands into Emperor because that got rid of the weight of his evidence pretty much entirely. The power dynamics would flip, and he would forever be targeted by the new ruler.

That was why, while he might have considered Princess Ranea if she dialed down her extremities, he simply could not do that.

It would be the height of foolishness to put himself and his family at risk.