preparing to return

"so now I'm going to ask what's probably a really stupid question but does anyone know of a place where I can stay

"the defiant is on its way so literally we just need one night" erza said who followed me right before the portal closed

"you can stay with me and benio we have the room and as for compensation you can cook for us" he said

"you got yourself a deal rokuro lead the way" I said throwing a gate talisman and muttering "the only thing a talisman is good for

as it opened I gestured for them to the way as I exited I snapped my fingers returning magano to normal with a key difference now only the weak ones can leak out the strong ones now have a curse that says they can't leave and the actual good ones cannot be harmed and can also leave magano they can also live without miasma I put the enchantment around them myself knowing no one could break my enchantment and I smiled

and then I saw the villa

"what do you think" benio asked

"small" I said

and she stared at me like I was insane

"you have bigger" she asked

"I should have a castle as emperor" I replied

"but you don't" she smirked

"only because I prefer manors and mansions and yes there is a slight difference between the two" I said

and she gawked at me as manors can be three story buildings not counting the attic which was its own massive room

"you really are an emperor aren't you

at that i tipped my fedora "m'lady" I said and she blushed slightly

at that I told erza to fetch me ingredients as I wanted to test my imagination I told her I didn't care what she brought as long as it was all fresh I did not care and told them dinner was on me tonight after I made and ate dinner I told them I Cooked they cleaned up

"my rule is you cook you don't have to clean so pick a person or all do it it does not matter to me I will be in

my room as I have a book to read before disappearing to my room the next day I was in the kitchen making everybody breakfast when benio walked up to me I would have tipped my fedora to her but I was busy cooking

"I heard from rokuro that deltaroes was home to him"

I nodded a lot of people made deltaroes there home that is what I wanted deltaroes to be a safe haven for those that just wanted to live in peace although we have the biggest military ever no one is forced every person volunteers to join the military and no one is forced to stay in the military some don't but my military is the biggest family ever literally everyone treats you as if you belong there something else I wanted from my military as long as you didn't break deltaroes's laws you could join you could be hunted for doing something someone else doesn't like for instance simply disagreeing with them you could join our military and we will protect you however there is one caveat if you break one of deltaroes's laws either within or outside yes I count outside our borders then your not eligible however my laws are ridiculously easy to follow and I only have the obvious ones like murder if you kill someone outside of war then I swear you will be chased out of deltaroes I won't punish you as it wasn't within my territory but I want you as for away as possible inside war then we can talk as I can't punish people for doing that if they are at war as that's called winning if you kill your opponent but that's a conversation for another time

"most people who live in deltaroes think that way" I said

"he also told me that when he gave me some of his power I belong to you" she said and you could see I was a little aggravated at my pupil "I'm going to kill him" I muttered to myself

"fetch him for me would you" I said she nodded and she left

when she returned I had a calm expression on my face

"rokuro I am going to strangle you" I said emphasizing the last to words and he hid behind benio as if she were his shield I was scary when I was angry

"but master I was only trying to convince her to come with" he said

"by telling her she is essentially my slave" I said and I was getting louder with every word then I calmed down

"no you don't belong to me no one besides erza and zeronoes belong to me but they are special as I also belong to them does that make sense" i asked she nodded

"who's zeronoes" she asked

"my dragon" I replied

with that I heard a knock on the door I nodded for rokuro to take over my cooking he did so I went to get the to see what I expected one of my ensigns signaling me that the defiant arrived he gave me my communicator then returned to the ship

then I went back to the kitchen saw rokuro was having fun so I decided not to disturb him I beckoned for everyone to leave the kitchen and let him concentrate

"well what I was gonna ask was am I his equal in the empire" she asked

"that is his decision if he wants to share his position I encourage that as it will help him however I should warn you to things first he doesn't know his position yet and he won't until I'm satisfied he's strong enough to accept it and secondly the position I'm giving him is quite high so if you want to be his equal you will have to help him so prepare yourself if that is your wish" I said she nodded happy