Why, you ask... It is because the emperor ordered it to be done.

It was decided that keeping the true contents of the pot a secret from anyone else was the best way to ensure the task would be completed.

So...

just because it was an order...

you didn't have any doubts about burning an elixir of immortality?

None.

...So that's how it is?

That is how it is.

...However....

The same cannot be said for other people, including my men.

If they knew of the elixir, they may have faltered and given in to temptation.

If that happened, it would have become a rather large obstacle in the way of carrying out our orders.

And that is why I kept this knowledge from them....