Level 0 Master

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There was a worldwide party to celebrate the new Kaiser.

It was a real festival for the whole world. It was bigger and greater than the Olympics or World Cup. Everyone was able to enjoy the party thanks to Sungjin.

All across the cities, and even in the country towns, people enjoyed the party organized by the generous Kaiser.

“Did you hear that? We just have to pay half of the tax that we’ve been paying.”

“There are hospitals that we can go to.”

“Wow. The new Kaiser is giving us food because we are suffering drought damage.”

People from other continents praised Sungjin’s policy that he had started in the southern continent and that was now spreading all around the world.

“Long live the Kaiser!”

“Long live the Kaiser!”

Nobody on Earth who lived in a democratic country would praise their leader that much, even if he was being generous, but it was different in this world. The people had to praise the ruler to survive, even if the ruler was a tyrant, but Sungjin was a great leader who was really trying to take care of his people.

The world was changing under Sungjin’s rulership.

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While everyone worshipped him and his policies, Sungjin enjoyed a relaxing time in his palace.

The party hall that Zakiya had requested and Sungjin had created with his imagination was majestic and glamorous. Chandeliers decorated with precious jewels floated around, and fountains pumped all kinds of beverages. The drinks from each fountain were precious beverages that could not be found anywhere else.

Dishes on the table were filled with different food before they were empty. Everything was gourmet and incomparable to any dishes from anywhere in the world.

And the party hall was surrounded by beautiful gardens. Beautiful was an understatement—rare and precious flowers and plants decorated the garden, and there were rainbow-colored fish in the river. It was a garden of fantasy that wouldn’t have been possible if it wasn’t for Sungjin’s power and imagination.

But the most glamorous part of the party wasn’t any of those things. The breathtaking glamor of the place was… the Kaiser Sungjin sitting in the middle of his beautiful girls around him.

“Wow, is that a new style?” Sungjin commented, looking at Ereka’s outfit.

Ereka was standing in front of him wearing something new. It wasn’t her armor for battle or the voluminous dress she usually wore. She was wearing a see-through dress of a dancer, just like what Zakiya wore for dancing.

“Well… Zakiya asked me… since today is a special day… we should switch our outfits to surprise you…” Ereka blushed, as if she were embarrassed.

“Yeah, you look beautiful.”

“Really?”

“Yeah.” Sungjin smiled thinking, it gentlemanly etiquette to compliment a girl’s new outfit, but it wasn’t just an empty compliment: she really looked beautiful. The glamorous dress of a princess is the perfect outfit for her, but…

The dress of a dancer that Ereka wore for Sungjin was sensational.

Her tiny waist. And she had curvy breasts and hips. Her skin was so soft. She was a shy virgin who didn’t allow anyone to have her yet, but she had such a strong passion for Sungjin.

Ereka looked like a ripe peach with all those characteristics making a beautiful harmony. With a single bite, Sungjin would be able to taste heaven from her juicy body, and he could have her anytime he wished to.

And it was not just Ereka who was waiting for him to take her. “What do you think? Don’t you think this suits me quite well?”

Eustasia was wearing a glamorous dress, just like what Ereka used to wear, instead of her regular army-styled outfit. The baby blue dress made her look gorgeous with her silver hair. Her generous breasts and fit body made her jewels even more glamorous…

She was an inaccessible woman to anyone else but Sungjin, who she didn’t hide her desire and passion for. She was a great general with great beauty who would only give herself to Sungjin.

It was a surprise for Sungjin, because she always presented herself as a great general in the training hall. “You look graceful.”

She was always holding her swords, but now she was telling Sungjin she was just a girl who dreamed of his love when she wasn’t holding her swords.

Oh well… Sungjin couldn’t hide his smile. He already knew that all his girls were beautiful with their own character and charm, but he was so used to it because he was always surrounded by them. It wasn’t that he didn’t think they were beautiful because he saw them every day, but that day was different. The girls had changed their outfits to surprise him with their different sides.

It was not just Ereka and Eustasia… The other girls were also wearing different outfits. Zakiya was wearing tight armor with two daggers on her waist. She looked like a bandit from a dessert or a secret spy. She looked like a sexy black leopard, which was different from her usual charm that made her look like wind-blown cherry blossoms. She would be flexible and would taste better than top-notch steak if he tasted her on his bed.

And two kids, Jenna and Rachel, also switched their outfits. Jenna was wearing Rachel’s priest robe, sitting like a nice and sensible girl, while Rachel was wearing a yellow mini dress and had a big smile like a young girl.

Sooryun was wearing her regular oriental outfit, but she was holding a different musical instrument. “I wanted to play something different for you. Would you mind if I played a song for you?”

“Please do.”

“Then I will dance for you.” Zakiya smiled and told him to expect some different moves.

“I will perform with you.” Eustasia pulled out her rapier she was hiding under her dress and paired up with Zakiya.

They started their performance. Next to them, Rachel and Jenna held simple instruments that looked like a triangle and castanets to play the beat.

“Great.” Sungjin was really impressed. It was a fantastic performance in great harmony.

Ereka served Sungjin’s favourite food and drinks. Everything was to serve and to entertain the new Kaiser.

Everyone who was invited to the party envied Sungjin. Our Kaiser will enjoy this kind of entertainment for a thousand years.

There were so many girls who wanted to be his, and if he wished to, he could have any girl in this world.

He was living a life surrounded by so many beautiful girls, and he didn’t have to worry about a revolt because of his absolute power. It was a life and power of a different level. People couldn’t even be jealous of him; it was just a different world.

“Enjoy. This is a party. This is the time for us to relax.”

“Yes, Kaiser.”

Sungjin’s words started the party.

Pandora was sitting in a corner watching the party from a distance. She was observing everything, but she wasn’t participating.

Sungjin noticed and approached her. “You can enjoy the party as well. You are my guest.”

“Respond search completed. Thank you, but no thanks.”

“Why?”

“What I need is to expand the knowledge that my grandfather has collected. It is inefficient to spend my energy on unnecessary activities.”

“Pff.” Sungjin laughed.

Pandora hadn’t dressed up, but she was a natural beauty. With a little touch-up, she would look absolutely gorgeous. Even with her beauty, she talked about expanding knowledge.

Well, I’m a gamer who enjoys competitions and fights, too. But he enjoyed other things as well.

“But you need energy to survive, don’t you?”

“My body has a system that generates enough energy without consuming food.”

“Oh my.” Sungjin shook his head. He had obtained a body that didn’t require any food or sleep for a thousand years when he had become Kaiser, but that didn’t mean that he had given up pleasure from those things. It seemed like Pandora had decided to give up being human to study truth and expand her knowledge.

“Studying truth is a good thing, but do you understand the human understanding of truth?”

“Search completed. Humans are members of a large group of animals known as mammals…”

“That’s not what I meant.”

“Then I need more keywords.”

“When they are hungry, they eat food to feel satisfied. They feel cold or hot. Those kinds of feelings.”

“Hunger, food, hot, cold. The definition of those words are in the dictionary.”

“But you never experienced them. The literal definition in the dictionary is not enough. You should experience them to really understand them.”

“Is that so?”

“Here. Have a bite.” Sungjin handed her a fresh apple, and Pandora hesitated before she had a bite.

Her eyes became big.

Crunch.

She made a sound with her teeth.

“It’s quite different from what you knew from the literal meaning, right?”

“Yes. You are right. I admit that there is information that I should combine with real experiences.”

“If you understand, now you should experience different things,” said Sungjin, and stepped back.

He thought he would be overly interfering if he tried to tell her everything.

* * *

While partying with the others, Sungjin looked at Pandora from time to time. I promised the Kaiser of gold, so I should take care of her.

It seemed like Pandora was surprised by her first-hand experiences. She was walking around the party to do different things.

She ate a crunchy cookie and was surprised, and then she couldn’t move for a while after she smelled the scent of flowers in the garden. She started to have facial expressions that showed surprise and admiration.

Then she stood in front of a squirrel that was moving its tail. She stood in front of it for a while, just looking at it. She tried to reach her hand toward it, but then she stopped.

I should help her out this time. Sungjin approached her again and held the squirrel gently. “Here you go. You can touch it.” But Pandora still hesitated, so Sungjin held her hand gently. “It’s okay. Touch it.”

Finally, she had the courage to lightly touch the squirrel’s head. The squirrel moved its ears. “Is this what soft means?”

“Yes.”

“This is it?”

Pff. Sungjin tried not to laugh.

Pandora didn’t look like a child at all, but how she reacted to the world was like a child.

I’m sure she knows a lot of things literally, though.

But she was just like a child in terms of experience, and everything was new to her.

“You are my guest in this palace and all around this world, so feel free to explore to experience and learn what you would like to learn.”

Studying was a good thing, but Sungjin felt bad that she was missing basic human experiences, and thought it would be nice for her to experience life to understand the truth and study it as well.

Sungjin wanted her to keep a balance and be human to pursue the truth that she was seeking. That was the reason why he kept living like a human, although he now had a transcendent body.

“Then enjoy yourself.”

“Yes. Thank you.”