Planning

Waking up, Blake looks around to confirm his surroundings. Only now did he come to terms with his new reality.

"Are you there system?"

*Ding*

"Yes"

𝘖𝘬, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺. 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴.

Standing up, Blake beginnings walking towards the door. The door seemed lavish, as the wood seemed to be of high quality, while the doorknob was made entirely of gold. There also seemed to be some purple jewels engraved in the door.

It seems the previous owner had no taste as the light brown wood and dark purple jewels did not match at all. Maybe, if the door was dark brown, it might have matched.

Opening the door, Blake stepped out into the hall and observed his surroundings. Still unaccustomed to his new memories, it took him a while to figure out the direction of the hall. As he walked into the main hall of the mansion, Blake noticed a maid who rushed towards.

Blake did not have many servants in his mansion since his parents took all the riches when they left. This is why Blake did not have anyone attending to him at his bedroom, or at least outside it. Right now, he only has the bare minimum amount of staff.

"Hello master, my apologies, I did not know you have awoken, or else I would have had the chefs prepare you a meal."

As the maid bowed to Blake and apologized, he looked on with amazement, not used to the presence of servants. Regaining his bearings, he scratches his head and responds with, "Don't worry, that's fine. I can just wait for the meal."

The maid made a weird face before immediately returning to her normal stoic expression. Blake didn't notice this as he was busy admiring his new house. Little did he know that the original owner of this body, while he was not arrogant like other nobles, was very aloof and anti-social. He would have normally nodded his head and waved for the maid to leave. Seeing the more sociable Blake, the maid was surprised.

Unconcerned with the looks of others, Blake walked on over to the dining room.

𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴, 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘶𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥-𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴.

Inside of the dining room, there was a massive rectangular wooden table. The table looked exactly like what the rich people in movies would have. A long table that let 2 people sit on either side.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘺. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴.

Choosing a random seat, Blake sits down as he continues to ponder.

"Master"

Hearing the voice, Blake wakes up from his revere and looks up to his servant. Unsurprisingly, the same maid from before is standing before him.

"The cook made you some omelets and bacon with some pancakes. Sadly, these are all the ingredients that the mansion has Master. Our apologies for not making something that is worthy of someone of your standing."

The maid says this as she bows her head. Instead of the kitchen, Blake can see the sole cook also bowing his head. Continuing his habit of running his hand through his hair as he thinks, Blake thinks to himself,

𝘜𝘨𝘩, 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘵. 𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦.

Taking his hand out of his hair. Blake says,

"Raise your head."

"I can not do that Master. That would be disrespectful to you."

"Raise your head, that is an order"

Raising her head with a surprised look, the maid continues with,

"Yes Master, I will follow your wishes."

Tapping his foot on the ground, Blake continues

"What is your name?"

Regaining her composure, the maid answers,

"My name is Anna, Master."

"I see. Anna, don't apologize for the food. Shortly, I will generate enough wealth to raise the status of the household back to normal. Before then, I am fine with having meals like this. Just take it easy for now, and don't apologize for small inconveniences like this, I really don't care. As long as you do your job correctly I won't care about what you do. Tell the cook and any other employees this as well."

Finishing his sentence, Blake faces the plate in front of him and beginning's his meal. Taking a bite out of the omelet, Blake thinks to himself,

𝘏𝘮𝘮, 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘵 𝘣𝘺 "𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺" 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘵. 𝘍𝘶𝘤𝘬, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘳𝘶𝘱. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘴.

After filling his stomach up, Blake gets up and tells Anna,

"I will be returning to my room right now, don't bother me for the entire day. I will come out when I need food."

Anna bows her head again,

"Yes, Master."

Once Blake returned to his room, he pulls out some paper from his desk and sits down.

"So system, how exactly do you work?"

*Ding*

"The way the Almighty Emperor System works is that the more subjects you have in your kingdom, the more power you accumulate. You may have noticed, but this world is not the one you are from. In this world, there are cultivators. You also gain more benefits if there are stronger people in your kingdom. Right now you are a duke, so the system is not active."

"What the fuck do you mean not active, what do you even provide me right now if I am not a king."

"Since you are a duke, the system will not be active and you can not cultivate until you unlock, but, as a newbie gift, I will give you a replacement power. Although you can not use the system abilities until you become a king, I have given you the privilege to use the internet from your previous world. You can search anything you want, and no websites can block access from you. Of course, you can not contact anyone there and you can't do anything on the internet other than reading. As a bonus, I will let you use apps on the internet like video games and word. However, online games are not allowed."

"Oh thank god there is a benefit for me. It is also the best benefit for me right now as well. Creating a kingdom and gaining wealth will be so easy now that I got my previous life's knowledge at my disposal. I can also watch tv shows and play video games. I can even watch porn. Damn, I thought I was going to be so bored here but it seems I won't be. Forget it for now, is there anything else about the system I have to know about?"

"The system has different levels to it. The first level is when the host owns a kingdom. Above it is having an Empire. The level higher than that is having a Dynasty. Finally, the last level is world conquerer. Once you have brought the world under your control, there will be a special reward granted to the host, outside of the benefits brought from leveling up the system."

Running his hand through his hair again, Blake processes the information he has gained.

𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮, 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘣 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵.

Still sitting down, Blake enters a state of deep meditation, involuntarily.