273 Beginning of Invasion Earth 1 (1/2)
”Don't worry. We've been preparing for this for a long time. Even if I'm gone, my family will stay behind. And we have you.”
”Power is like a monster in itself. How can you trust me?”
”You could've thrown me out a long time ago if you wanted to. Why would I not trust you?”
Joonbum smiled and Jackson smiled back.
”You've got me.”
”But seriously, do you want this seat? You can have it if you want it.”
Jackson paled and shook his head.
”No thanks, Your Majesty. No one in their right mind will want to take that throne. I'll have insomnia worrying every day about assassinations the day I sit on that throne.”
”It's not that bad.”
”No, it is.”
Jackson then realized something and asked, ”When did you last sleep?”
”Huh?”
”Do you even remember the last time you slept?”
Joonbum then realized what Jackson was trying to say.
”Oh, I probably slept for twenty minutes about two months ago?”
”Look! You spend twenty-four hours always doing something. Everyone knows that you are special in that you don't need sleep.”
”Right.”
Joonbum answered as Jackson continued, ”If I sit on that throne, people will compare me to you. Even if I sleep a bit more, I'll be known as the lazy emperor that sleeps all day. Ugh, I would never want that position, nor would anyone in their right mind.”
”Haha!” Joonbum smiled, ”Keep the empire safe.”
”Goodbye, Your Majesty. My hair will be covered white by the time you get back.”
”Yeah…. I guess so.”
People gathered around the parade. It was a day when millions of troops marched towards the mountain where the Gate was. The red Marauder leading them drove in front.
People shouted, chanted, and cheered. Tens of trucks played marching music as they drove past. It was the finale of the beginning of the war celebration. Joonbum hated stuff like that but Jackson insisted on having a celebration to have people remember it for a long time.
It was going to be a ten-year-long memory. Jackson was right in his choice. He said that people in their right mind would not want the emperor's seat, but there were a lot of people who had crazy minds.
”Ugh, I don't like this,” Joonbum smiled as he commented.
”But it will serve as a warning to those who might become greedy. We can't leave our kids with our troubles.”
”Hmph! They should grow up rough, that will make them strong. They need to fight their own way out,” Jinpok retorted grumpily.