The next morning, Emperor woke up basked in the sunlight getting in from the window. Not too far on his left, the man was sat on a chair and was slowly eating a piece of bread. Emp sat down in front of him while rubbing his eyes and said good morning to the man.

He started to speak between two bites of bread.

"You sleep really deeply."

"I had never slept before, I feel much better now."

"What are you saying? This doesn't even make sense. You need to explain now. That was the condition for letting you in. You need to answer my questions, if you lie, I will kick you out."

"Alright, ask your questions."

It didn't matter much to Emp if the man believed him or not. Now that he had slept, he was ready to go back to his quest.

"Do you know the emperor?"

"Mardrakon Landeater XV? No."

"Who?"

"It is the name of the emperor, I know his name but I never saw him."

"What happened to the emperor Billow Grandbois?"

"I do not know who that is."

"Who sent you then?"

"No one, I was just passing by."

"Did you really live here all your life? You said you only spoke once to your parents, when was this? Who are they?"

"My parents are named, Strength, Love, Sage and Luck. It was yesterday that I spoke to them."

"What?"

The man clearly wasn't able to grasp what Emp was saying.

"I was created yesterday by four gods so that I could complete a mission for them. It's the truth even if you don't believe me. If you could just give me a tip on how to become stronger or wiser before I go, it would help a lot."

"..."

Emp disregarded the fact that the man thought he was saying nonsense and continued to speak.

"I am only a day old, What am I supposed to answer when somebody ask my age? I do not even know what I look like. On top of that, they named me Emperor. What should I say about my name, I do not have a family name and my surname is Emperor, everyone will mock me I am sure."

The man was just looking at him with a strange half empty gaze, trying to come up with some kind of answer to that strange story. Emp was looking straight in his eyes but wasn't able to guess what was going on in his mind.

"I did not even think about asking you your name yet! exclaimed Emp. I'm Sorry, what is your name sir?"

"Chinui Muracier, That is my name."

"A strange name."

Chinui had a hard time suppressing his smile when he heard Emperor tell him the exact thing he had said the previous night. He raised his hand to shake Emperor's but since he didn't know what shaking hands meant he just shot him a puzzled look.

"You are supposed to clasp it in yours."

"Ho, sorry."

Emp raised his own and they finally shook hands.

"Nice to meet you." Said Chinui.

"Same."

"Still, you understand that your story is the weirdest thing I ever heard right?"

"Yes, you had to ask me for something else than the truth. Even the gods cannot change the truth into a lie. The truth will always be true, whatever it is or who words it."

Chinui looked at nothing for some time, lost in his thoughts. Emperor observed him quietly, sitting cross-legged on the floor in front of him. After a while, his eyes came back to life and landed on Emp.

"Kid, can you even prove any parts of your story?"

"I do not know, how can I prove it?

"You could start by showing me your hunting card."

"I do not know what is a hunting card."

Chinui let out a long sigh.

"Boy, you really are clueless. Everybody is born with one. All you have to do is will it to appear in front of you and it will show up."

Emperor felt like it was probably similar to how the bag worked and wished for the hunting card to appear. Almost instantly, a panel seemingly made of light and as large as himself took shape in front of him. Even if he was the one that wished for it to be there, he couldn't help but jump of surprise. Looking at it, most of the card was empty. The only filled section was at the very top. Name: Emperor "Emp". Bellow that, there was a "Titles" section and then, the gigantic "Kills" section that was cut into two halves, both empty. He wondered why it was cut in half but he would have to ask later, for now, his host had things to say.

"I see that at least you told me the truth about your name. And you have no kills at all, not even a fish or a rabbit."

"Is that strange?"

"It is, there are usually so many of those."

"I haven't seen either yet, what does a fish look like?"

Chinui ignored the dumb question and instead, asked for something else.

"Kid, what do you know about the gods?"

"I know their names and what they look like. Apart from that, I do not really know them. Strength seemed very likable and love seemed nice. Sage on the other hand seems very serious and always plays with his beard and Luck is too weird, I don't know what to say about him."

"Did you know that the gods are named after what they are?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that their name isn't just there so that we can designate them. They really are what their name means. If for example a god was named Silence, he would never make a sound however much he tried, he would clap silently and no words would ever come out from his mouth. Not only that, he would probably feel like communicating in any way would not be acceptable. So, Love is the love goddess and everything she does is to love. Sage is the god of wisdom and no one on this earth is more wise than him."

"I did not know that." Answered Emp, happy to learn something new again. "But what is it you are trying to tell me?"

"Well, if we suppose your story is true and the gods named you, they named you for what you are or what you are supposed to be because this is how the gods work."

"I see. They did tell me to take the place of Mardrakon Landeater XV and be emperor in his stead to win a bet for them."

"Are you trying to tell me you are a god?"

"I do not know... I do not think so... They said I had to start normal for the bet. Would I know if I was a god? If I was a god named Emperor, there would be nothing more imperial than me on this earth no? I do not feel very imperial though."

Both men fell into silence for a moment. Emp now felt a little scared to wear such a name. After all, it meant that they expected him to be the best emperor of them all. He already thought that becoming en emperor by itself seemed like an impossible task so becoming the best as well felt a little excessive. How would he do to not disappoint them?

On top of that, he felt that maybe his name was a bigger problem than he thought. Not only would normal people laugh at him but once he made some progress in his quest, he felt like his target would probably make the link between the bet and the guy named Emperor.

Would his name influence his destiny? Was his name that important? If he hid behind a false name would he cause a catastrophe? His thoughts where once again interrupted by the voice of Chinui.

"Hey Emp, what was it you said they asked you to do again?"

"They asked me to take the place of the emperor of the green dragon, Mardrakon Landeater XV. To do this, they asked me to become the strongest and the wisest. They asked me to become someone people can rely on and trust, because for them, I guess, those are the qualities a good emperor needs."

"You, what do you think makes a good emperor?"

"I do not know, I never met an emperor before, either good or bad. You Chinui, what do you think makes a good emperor?"

Chinui thought about it for a moment before he gestured Emp to get up.

"Come outside with me, I will show you something. "