Inside the imperial palace.
The newly appointed emperor lay on his bed like a heap of sludge.
His forehead was covered in sweat.
The woman in his arms had flushed cheeks and was about to fall asleep.
After Old Ninth cut off the previous emperor's head, Kou Island underwent a brief period of chaos before finally retrieving an illegitimate son of the emperor from three reigns ago from the Federation.
In other words, the previous emperor's uncle.
He was in his forties, so obese that he could barely get up.
Compared with the previous emperor, who had at least looked somewhat human, this one could be called a failure of human evolution.
At that moment, fighting raged outside the city.
Yet he held a beauty in his arms and slept soundly.
"Your Majesty, I think I hear gunfire," the beauty in his arms said, lazily opening her eyes.
"Forget it. Probably another drill." The emperor picked up the fine wine beside his bed and drained it, then belched and cursed. "They keep demanding a bigger military budget to resist the Dragon Kingdom. Hmph, sooner or later, I'll strip the military command of its power."
"But the Dragon Kingdom is too dangerous." The beauty gently stroked his fat face. "Your Majesty must still take it seriously."
"Heh, you're overthinking it. I'm not that stupid nephew of mine." The emperor was full of pride as he discussed his approach to ruling. "He followed the West with blind devotion, and ended up getting his head chopped off."
"I'll take Western aid without provoking the Dragon Kingdom. Once they've fought each other to exhaustion, I'll conquer the Dragon Kingdom in one stroke, swallow up the West, and make the whole world bow to Kou Island." A blissful smile hung on the emperor's lips, as