There was naturally nothing wrong with Lord of Radiance having such independent thoughts.
The same was true of Saine.
Although Saine's current personal strength was vastly inferior to that of the Destruction Divine Kingdom established by Destruction Demon God Locke, it was even far inferior to the overall strength possessed by the Light God Race.
But Saine had never been a mage with excessively lofty ambitions.
During the early stages of developing his own strength and the forces under his command, the gap between himself and the Light God Race or the Destruction Divine Kingdom was not a major matter to him.
Since both sides had close ties with Saine, he did not mind riding their favorable winds to develop his own strength first.
Moreover, neither the Light God Race nor the Destruction Divine Kingdom had ever intended to take Saine in as a subordinate.
The Light God Race's nature was not particularly compatible with Saine's mechanical path and Way of Destruction to begin with.
As for Locke of the Destruction Divine Kingdom, after finally encountering such a promising younger member of Wizard Civilization—and with both his daughter and granddaughter seemingly on good terms with Saine—he was naturally more willing to offer Saine whatever help he could.
Not to mention that Saine was Master Joss's inheritor of will. That status alone made Locke regard him with a little more care.
When the Green Vine Civilization sent a special envoy to discuss diplomatic cooperation with the Light God Race.
Lord of Radiance also specifically summoned Merri, the civilization steward under Saine's command, along with Wealth Goddess Wojin and the others, to deliberate together.
Of course, Madam Befu had also been helping Saine manage many of Mechanical Civilization's internal affairs in recent years.
But Madam Befu was currently locked in fierce combat