Ye Mu was not joking.
He truly had no interest in ruling anything, let alone becoming an emperor or king.
Of course, it was not absolute. If he were to become a foolish king with no risk of his country falling, he definitely would not refuse. But if it meant being like a real emperor or king—rising earlier than a chicken, going to bed later than one, and keeping busy with political affairs all day—he absolutely would not agree.
The plot of One Piece had already proven all of this.
During the Marineford War, Akainu had been an admiral who hated evil and carried himself with great prestige. Yet after becoming Fleet Admiral, not only did he lose face in front of the Five Elders, he was even bullied by a mere Lucci. It was utterly humiliating. Besides, he had to sit in an office all day. Where was the freedom he had enjoyed as an admiral?
Moreover, in the world of One Piece, strength was more important than power.
Had they not seen how so many kings—even those of countries affiliated with the World Government—had been invaded by one Shichibukai after another? If Luffy had not appeared, their miserable fates went without saying.
That was why Ye Mu had no interest in ruling anything.
Compared with ruling something, was it not more appealing to spend shameless days together with beautiful women...?
To be honest, when he had once trained himself to exhaustion on Sky Island, he had thought about it more than once.
Since he had transmigrated anyway, why had he not been sent to the world of a romance novel? Would it not have been better to take things easy, fall in love, and build a harem?
Compared with fighting back and forth against the pirates, Marines, and