* * *

  When their meeting was over, Pandora slowly approached Sungjin. “It was not in my predictions that you would challenge the sacred area at this stage.”


  “I’m not that predictable,” Sungjin answered with a smile.

  Pandora lost her usual poker face. At Sungjin’s words, confusion showed on her face. It was different from her normal expressions.

  My analyzing system is confused.

  He was the third Kaiser who had overpowered her grandfather, but he couldn’t be described by just that. Sungjin was completely unpredictable, even with all the information Pandora had accumulated to make predictions.

  “If you consider the risks you have to take and what you could achieve, your decision is unreasonable.”


  “You could say that.”


  A thousand years. It was a reasonable decision to enjoy everything he could for a thousand years before challenging the sacred area. That was what the two Kaisers before Sungjin had done.

  Pandora couldn’t understand why Sungjin decided to take the challenge right away.

  My heartbeat has elevated.

  Pandora tried to understand why her heartbeat had elevated.

  Search completed. I’m in an excited state.

  And it was because of Sungjin.

  “But you will still proceed with your challenge. Is that it?”


  “There are a thousand years that are promised to me that I can enjoy, but not for the people who are living with me now.”


  “It is predicted that your era will be an age of peace compared to any other era……”


  “I know. I also know that the world I’m trying to create wouldn’t be a much better and peaceful world compared to the world where I rule with my power.”


  Sungjin knew it well through his experience on earth. Democracy, natural human rights, and equality for everyone. They all sounded amazing, but in reality, they were far from perfect.

  “But there was no case where the Kaiser left his thousand years of prosperity to challenge the sacred area.”


  “But there were only two cases before, right?”


  “Statistically speaking.”


  “Statistically…… anyways, I’m going. So you don’t need to go back to your hibernation.”


  “That was why you stopped me?”


  “Yes. So until then, try to experience as much as you can.”


  “Okay.”


  Pandora understood why Sungjin told her that she didn’t have to go back into hibernation, but what had she to experience in this world?

  What do I want to learn about the most?

  The answer was right in front of her. Her eyes were fixed on the guy who was standing in front of her.

  I want to know more about Sungin. I’ve been observing and trying to analyze him, but I didn’t expect him to make such a decision. Is this the reason why my grandfather left him as my last research subject?

  * * *

  That night, Sungjin saw Pandora follow him again to his bedroom.

  “Hey. We already talked about this issue.” He was a Kaiser with incomparable power; his word was final.

  “I know. I remember you said you wouldn’t take anyone if you didn’t feel like she was your fate.”


  “I mean, you can’t follow me to my bedroom to observe me. Anyways, what do you want?” Sungjin was able to predict what Pandora wanted, though.

  “I understood something today. That I was in my sleep for such a long time in order to meet you.”


  “That’s not completely false.” It was true that Pandora was in her sleep for a long time in order to meet the new Kaiser.

  “So you are my fate and destiny.”


  “So?”


  “So don’t you think you can take me into your bedroom?”


  Sungjin had to sigh. “That is a different kind of fate you are talking about.”


  Her strong curiosity and passion for research that made her eager to get into his bedroom didn’t make sense for Sungin. “Even if it is fate, why do you want me to take you? If you want to observe me while I’m sleeping, that wouldn’t work.”


  “There’s another reason.”


  “What’s that?”


  “I want to know everything about you. And to understand a guy, it is important to have a sexual relationship to complete the information.”


  “Ah, yeah.” Sungjin agreed with her point. There were some things that only lovers would know about each other, but…… “That’s not what lovers do.”


  “It’s not?”


  “No. That’s an interest in a new and interesting subject. Not love.”


  “It has to be love?” She looked down. She always looked unemotional, but there was a slight change in her face.

  Huh. Is she disappointed?

  She looked like a girl whose candy had been taken away, but Sungjin had no plans to step down. “If you got it, go back. You can observe me during the fight.”


  “But I wanted to know everything about you, not just your battles.”


  “Pff. Fans want to know everything in the private lives of their favorite stars, but there’s always a limit. I will let you observe my everything during the battle, though.”


  “Okay. I will observe everything about you, but will not cross the line.”


  God, I have a stalker now.

  Sungjin laughed and thought that it wouldn’t be a bad thing to have a fanatic fan during his final match.