Assent

Alexi Ethren was seething in confusion. 

What did Alchemist Davis want to do by making him the Emperor of the Ethren Empire?

Gain status? Perhaps, women?

But from what he saw, Alchemist Davis seemed to value relationships. Such a man wouldn't let his seed spread like wildfire.

Davis smiled, unaware that Alexi Ethren made him a stud in his mind, "Heh, Alexi Ethren, think about what kind of information and resources you can get by being the Emperor of this Empire. The overall information and knowledge that you would gain will be far than the one you received from me, and your ancestor..."

"Don't you think that you should absorb all of this information that is deposited in the Treasury and the Imperial Library into your memory before abdicating the throne in a few years or a decade?"