After all that, he just pushed away the topic of choosing a name for his kingdom. He was bad at naming, so he wasn't going to waste his time like that. I'm probably going to make Carus do that, like all the rest of his work. Sometimes he felt bad for that guy. Maybe he should make a weapon for him. He sighed as he just laid down. He pushed all his thoughts away, hoping to think about them later as he went to bed. He wanted to get some sleep before the festival and the arrival of his new workers. It was weird calling them workers; they were slaves more or less. They had no free will and had to put up with whatever order he gave, which honestly made it a whole lot easier than arguing or having to always watch his back.

"If respect is the only thing protecting a ruler from the knife in the back, that's already a dead man walking," he said to himself as he closed his eyes and drifted to sleep finally. Deep in his slumber, his brain ignored more or less everything that was going on in the giant village at the moment as he slept peacefully.

But he witnessed a rather peculiar dream. He saw a little girl crying in his dream. She was no older than 10, maybe 11? He knew this was a dream because there was no way a kid would survive this hell. She sobbed alone in a dark room, holding onto the last memorabilia of her family—a small bunny that her brother had bought for her. He did not know who this girl was, ever since he could remember that he was an only child.

"Brother, why did you?" she sobs, trying to control her breath. "Where are you? You said you would be back. Why did you not come back? You Liar" she said, hugging the bunny tighter as he looked at the girl. Maybe even Mr. . Stoneheart felt his heart melt a bit. He felt bad, but pity was all he could do for her. It's all a stupid dream anyway, or so he thought.

"Please help her," he heard a very familiar voice, but as he turned around, he saw no one. He hoped to see someone or get some answer to what he was even seeing in this dream, but there was no one. Yet when he turned around, the girl was still there, crying alone, as he sighed and walked towards her, kneeling down next to her. She kept crying by herself as Jack, who wasn't the best at handling kids, sighed. What was he supposed to do again?

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Should he ask her if she wants candy? It did not take him more than a moment to realize how creepy that would look to the girl. Ugh, why did he have to fucking deal with this shit? He thought about it for a bit. What did grandpa used to do?

"Ah," he realized as he sighed and placed his head on the crying child's head, caressing her head gently. "Everything's going to be fine. Okay, you're not alone. You are going to be okay," he told her, as the sobbing didn't stop much. His voice wasn't as comforting as his grandpa's, nor was his tone or expression. But he really did mean it. After a bit, the child stopped crying on their own. She wiped her tears and looked up at him.

"You're a really strong kid. What's your name?" He said he was trying to smile, but he failed horribly. Even the child's expression was somewhat pitiful at his try.

"Izen." As soon as he heard the last word, he realized what all this bullshit was. It wasn't just a dream; even when he was dead, that guy was still making him do stuff. Thank you so much for being a captain. He sighed, simply chuckling. "You fu-" he stopped realizing he was in front of a kid. Izen looked up at him curiously, almost with teary eyes. "I am a friend of your brothers, and I promise you'll be fine, okay?" She nodded, trying to wipe away her tears. He sighed, but suddenly he felt as if he were pulled back with so much force that his eyes would pop out.

As he woke up in his bed, looking around, he was really getting tired of these nightmares now. But that didn't seem like just a nightmare. But how was he supposed to find out if the girl existed or not? He could not access the player list anymore, and he had already chosen 10 slaves. He would not be able to choose anymore.

"System, is there a way to choose more than 10 workers?" he asked while getting out of bed.

[No]

"Well, sh*t." He thought about it for a bit; there must be some way. One way at least, as he thought for a bit, he finally figured it out.

"Is it possible to switch slaves with another ruler?"

[It is possible if both parties agree.]

"Well, that's done now; I just need to contact another ruler. My best options are Toki and Hana. but I can't really ask her, and toki, yeah, he might be the best option. System, can you contact ruler Toki?"

[The call would cost 1000 credits per 20 minutes, are you sure?]