The customer service for the school was horrible. She asked too many useless questions and read the documents really slowly. I exited the room with an annoyed face, at least that is all over.

I looked at Yang’s documents. ‘Class ‘3-A21’ ‘, I folded it and kept holding it in my right hand. I looked around and there were no signs of Yang. I rubbed my eyes, maybe I was just pissed so much at the woman that I was not seeing Yang.

I stopped rubbing it and opened my eyes. I was still not seeing Yang.

I made the paper on my right hand disappear and took out my “phone” from my right pocket.

Where are you?-

I sent a message to him. Even if he died, I am sure Dad will revive him. If not, he surely is a shitty parent.

I teleported to a nearby park, where I sat on one of its benches to admire the scenery. There was something that I admire about this planet, even if it was so advanced, there were still some greens in it. The grass, and the tall trees all blend well with the architecture.

I felt myself at ease looking at the scenery, but that ease disappeared when I heard someone scream while crying. Based on the tone, it was not a child. But still, it caught my attention that I turned my head to where that sound came from.

I let out a sigh. My morals wouldn’t just allow it. I instantly stood up to help a fellow creature.

“How much for her?”

I intend to buy a slave after seeing it having a slave collar.

He glanced at me for a second, but he returned his gaze again to his slave and began walking away with the slave walking with him while screaming disobediently.

“Not for sale”

He continued walking, but I grabbed his shoulders before he could walk away further. I caught his attention, he turned around with an annoyed look.

“400 quadrillion”

He raised an eyebrow after hearing the price I was willing to give him. That offer should make him accept it, 400 quadrillion alone can make you live comfortably for a thousand years.

He raised his right hand and a paper appeared. It was a contract. He gave it to me.

[I, Johannesson Gebdzitz transfer ownership of a single slave(____ can pick any) to _____ in exchange for 400 quadrillion JEs.]

Below the texts was his signature.

“Write your name”

I wrote my name exactly as he asked. And below his signature, I wrote in my signature. After I wrote it, I gave the contract back to him. The moment the contract touched his hands, it disappeared into flames.

A small hole that led to my storage room appeared beside me. I took exactly 400 quadrillion JEs and gave it to him. In return, he gave his slave to me. After doing the deal, he teleported away. Was this a common occurrence here? Nobody seems to mind our transaction.

I looked at the slave who was looking at me with fear in her eyes.

“I order you to be free”

I read somewhere in a book that slave ownership was a system designed by Jay…. I do not know why he did it, but there were no loopholes. However, there was one way to free a slave, and that was by telling the slave straight in the face “I order you to be free”.

“Huh?”

After I said that, the slave collar on her neck cracked and disappeared.

I summoned my storage again and grabbed a small sac that contained a quintillion coins. I put it in her hands, turned around, and began walking to the bench where I was previously sitting. I prefer to not talk to her, that would take too much energy.

As I was walking to the bench, I noticed she was following me around. I got to my bench, but instead of stopping and sitting there, I kept on walking.

However, she still followed me around like a lost child not knowing what to do. I did not want to bring her along with me, so while walking I teleported away into a different park on a different continent.

To make sure she did not follow me, I kept moving my head around to see if she somehow did follow me. She didn’t.

I let out a sigh of relief. That conversation with him took too much of my energy.

I sat on a nearby bench while admiring the view. But there was this feeling deep inside of me, a feeling of guilt.

When I bought her, while I did free her, I nonetheless helped the slave market. There is no doubt that he will just buy more slaves with that money.

I wonder if I could’ve done something better, maybe I should’ve just killed him? No, probably not, I’d be arrested there and maybe get scolded by Dad since slavery is a part of the empire’s culture.

I let out an annoyed sigh.

“I am Jay’s son, does that mean I have any political power?”

I asked in response to Obediah teleporting behind the bench I was sitting at. I wonder why he is here, I doubt he is here just to harass me…. Knowing him, that is probably the reason why.

“While it is an empire, it is technically still a republic, just under a dictatorial one. There were never any constitutional changes, the republic simply expanded from a planet to the multiverse.”

Obediah replied while walking closer to me. I am now wondering even more about why he is here.

“So, does that mean no?”

“Yes, the empire is not a monarchy”

Stolen novel; please report.

He said now in front of me. He was also wearing some kind of “military” attire. I never got to know much about him, but was he an officer for the army or just a cosplayer?

“Do you know any people that can change the laws?”

I am intending to bribe some politicians to make slavery illegal. Plus the fact I am Jay’s son makes it even better. There must be a parliament or a senate.

He shook his head. I thought he would be more connected with the politicians of the empire considering he IS THE CULT LEADER of Jay worship.

“There is currently no centralized political system in the empire ever since Jay, my lord abolished the senate, the only one that can make laws is Jay and it has been like a couple of thousand years since a law has been made”

“What law?”

Maybe that law is something that I can take advantage of

“Nothing really special, it was just a law that gave Fedra her own empire”

I lost all hope, I should just ask Jay myself.

“Speaking of Fedra, if you want a centralized government, you should live in Fedra’s empire even if it is just a galaxy”

No thanks, I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near that woman. While she is my mother, she just traumatizes me with her actions.

Plus what the hell, how is this empire even an empire? How is this an empire if there is no one to control it?

“How does this empire even work? I am surprised it just didn’t disintegrate into war and chaos.”

“To answer your question, the only form of proper governance in the empire is by planets. I am the current ruler of Jay Planet. And most of the planets do not secede from the empire because of the benefits it has.”

“Benefits?” I never knew being in the empire had benefits. Maybe it is like protection? Also, what does he mean by “most of the planets”?

One more thing that got to my mind is how messy the empire was. A multiverse has infinites of universe and a universe contains an infinite amount of planets. And each of them contains infinite points in time.

“They want Jay’s, my lord’s protection from other seceding states or forces outside of the multiverse.”

What does he even do? Does that mean Jay is single-handedly maintaining the peace?

“What do you even do?” Apart from being the ruler of Jay's planet, what does he even do? I doubt he does much apart from sitting on a random couch inside of the palace considering that was what I observed during my time there.

“The multiverse is vast, infinite of infinite amounts of spacetime and realities. It is assumed that some chaos will occur in the empire, and it is our job to maintain peace. And if we could not handle it, Jay my lord himself will handle it.”

“Speaking of peace, that is why I am here, to offer you a job. I am in charge of the military in the empire, and I would like you to help maintain peace in the empire”

So he has a reason for being here. I thought he was just here to harass me.

“What’s in it for me?”

While I could be a huge help to the empire, I prefer to do things independently. I wouldn’t want to be put in a squad with people who I do not know.

“Money”

What? Doesn’t he know that Jay just gave me a huge sum of money? I currently do not need money, no I do not need money because I just have such a huge amount that being paid is simply worthless. I should probably donate half of it to people in need.

I remained silent and just kept looking at him. Finally, he budged

“I can help you with the slave problem-”

He took out his phone from his pocket and began using it

“Really!?”

I stood up from the bench I was sitting on, but his face morphed into annoyance, hate, and disgust. It was like he was looking at a disgusting human being. I wonder what I did that was so wrong to him. Or rather did someone send something to him?

“Hold on, there is something I just take care of”

He teleported away instantly. I slowly sat back waiting for him. Maybe there was a problem, like terrorists, he did say he was in charge of maintaining peace in the empire.

He was gone for like a minute or two until he just teleported in front of me.

“Pardon that, Schmidt just reported your brother for having Everos as his last name. But don’t worry, I did not do anything to him, it was just a misunderstanding between two parties.”

What? Does that mean my name is illegal? I am Jared Everos, I wonder how many people reported me to the military.

He returned to his phone, and a moment later Jay appeared in front of me holding a cup. He drank the cup’s contents and the cup disappeared. After drinking the contents, Jay looked at me.

Never mind it was not the real Jay, it was an avatar. I wonder how they are doing, I should probably visit them, I never even got to visit my sister. I will just contain my fear of Fedra.

“Let’s have a deal, I will ban slavery in the empire, and you join the military.”

While I would accept being in the military to keep the peace, I would not want to invade other places.

“Don’t worry, the empire stopped expanding, all you have to do is kill the ones causing trouble. However, you would need to use avatars if you decide to accept this deal.”

“I accept it”

I accepted it with no hesitations. I am willing to enslave myself if slavery in the entire empire is abolished.

[Slavery is now banned. Employance with no and little payment is now banned.

Slave owners who killed their former slaves will be erased with no chance of revival. Anyone who finds loopholes will be erased regardless]

A message rang out inside my head and Jay immediately disappeared.

“What the?”

“Slavery is now illegal? No fair!”

“Finally, tired of killing slaves attacking me”

Several noises came out from the people around us. It seems everyone in the empire got the message. I unintentionally let out a smile. Slaving myself to the army to free the enslaved was the right choice.

“So, where do you want to be put?”

“Excuse me?”

“Squad, quad, trio, or duo?”

I think he is planning to put me in a group. This is infuriating, this is discriminatory to introverts.

“Is there a single?”

I wouldn’t want to work with other people, my energy would be impacted if I am put in a group since that would mean conversations.

“No, it is mandatory for all personnel to be in a group. I do not want to make exceptions just for you since that will erupt into conflict when the other personnel find out.”

I guess it was fair. But I don’t really find the need to be in a group, being in a group will most likely be a hindrance to me. But oh well, rules are rules.

“Duos then”

I picked the group that has the least amount of members. Who knows, maybe my pair will become my best friend…. Hopefully. I hope my pair can adjust to my attitude.

A stack of papers appeared on Obediah’s hand. He gave them to me while leaving their contents upside down.

“Pick one, and don’t peek”

I did exactly what he told me. I hope I can pick at least a humanoid figure that is either a male or asexual.

I picked a random one that was near the center. I plucked it out of the pile and handed the paper I picked to him. He only stared at it for a moment and he returned his eyes to me.

“Are you not going to look at what you picked?”

He said while no longer holding any papers, they just vanished. I turned the paper around to see its contents, and it was a humanoid girl. Oh well, at least it looks like a human. I hope she isn’t too chaotic.

‘Mzichey Goftkza’

Is this her name? Names in the empire are really bizarre and hard to pronounce. How do you even pronounce that name?

“How do I pronounce this name?”

He stretched out his arm as if he was asking for the paper. I handed the paper back to him and he began reading it.

“Mee-zik-key go-ft-kasa”

He handed the paper back to me after pronouncing the name to my would-be duo.

“Where do you live again?”

“Why are you asking?”

I am not going to give him where I lived, I deliberately made it hard to locate. He was the main reason why I put a cloaking spell on that area, to prevent him from just entering my house and worshipping my face.

Now that I think about it, how did Yang even find out where I lived?

…..

Oh well, Jay probably told him.

“So I can know when it will be 8 o’clock in the area where you live, that way I set up a time when you and your partner can meet up.”

I have no reason to give him the location of where I live. I just checked on my watch and it showed “15:23”. Did some quick maths, inside my head by deducting 25 hours with the current time and adding 8 hours.

“It will be 17 hours and 37 minutes until 8 o’clock in my location.”

He looked at the watch he was wearing on his right wrist, then he looked up to face the sun. Wait, is he trying to find out where I lived just from that?

“This is sector 13, oh well I guess I have to maximize my search in sector 11”

He found out where I lived just from that information… well it is possible and really easy, did he have to?

And by “sectors”, he meant the time zones this planet is divided into. 25 parts, one sector for each hour. Each sector has a “mayor” that has responsibilities for that entire sector.

“Oh well gotta go, I have to inform her about this. What an amusing pair this is”

He teleported away. I wonder what is so amusing about us? What if we are secretly siblings? That would be really amusing.

And so, I let out a sigh of relief surviving my encounter with Obediah. I began to enjoy the scenery once more, but he reappeared in front of me.

“Oh I forgot something really important”

I wonder what is something important here for him apart from me.

He quickly knelt in front of me while putting his hand on the part of his chest where his heart was located.

‘Oh god no’

I despaired silently. I tried to teleport away but he was preventing me using space manipulation.

“You have my Lord’s blood, and so I shall worship you forevermore!”

He screamed in public like a madman causing the people all around us to glance at us. I felt myself dying, I want to escape, I want to escape!