1 Prologue

Gourmet Sovereign, Solitary Bishokuya, and many more,

Are the aliases given to the mysterious man who has traveled the whole world and beyond,

More vibrant than the Four Heavenly Kings, more powerful than the Third Tiger, Second Wolf, and First Dragon, and even more mysterious than the Gourmet God, Acacia.

The man who had started his journey at thirteen; Made his mark in history at fifteen; Conquered the Gourmet World at twenty; Forced the world to its knees at twenty-three; the man hailed as the 'Greatest Masterpiece of Creation'; the man that was now among the stars, searching for ingredients beyond anyone's comprehension in his journey around creation itself.

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"Hey." a very handsome, raven-haired young man said to himself as he floats through the infinite nothingness of the void, "Ferer, Ciaran, and Arius,"

"What... should I do now?" he asked as he slowly closed his eyes.

"I became a Bishokuya to never starve again, I then carved my name into the annals of history to never be forgotten," he muttered, "Then I traveled through the limits of creation to search for ingredients to never be surpassed, and after that, I broke the Laws of Reality and learned the truth."

"All of that." he said, "To do all of that, it took me over fourteen years to accomplish."

"Hahaha!" he laughed heartily, "Can you believe that? I completed something no one could and will ever will in fourteen years! Hahaha!" he continued but with a hint of desolation and sadness.

"So, tell me." he asked, "What should I do now? Increase my power?"

"My power..." he whispered to himself, "I have grown far too powerful that even I do not know its limits."

"I could feel it..." he continued, "I can feel it growing each moment of my life."

"Can you not feel it? My power." he said and continued, "This seemingly invincible and limitless power that no one could ever hope to achieve."

"This power that continues to grow each passing moment."

"This is no longer the work of my gourmet cells." he said before shaking his head, "No, this was never the work of gourmet cells."

"It never was." a voice rang out from his body and answered, "It's the work of something... No, someone far greater."

"The work of a being too powerful." a different voice answered, "Powerful enough to actually be beyond creation itself." it continued as the man fell to a moment of contemplation.

"But you shouldn't concern yourself in such matters, for the time being, Instead..." another different voice answered, "Worry yourself to what you should do next."

"Arius..." the young man whispered and asked, "What do you think I should do now?"

"You've already reached such heights, far surpassing mine, and yet you still rely on me in such things..." the voice sighed with a hint of nostalgia and gratitude in its tone, "Hais... O, how some things never change. Hahaha!"

"Indeed." the first voice answered.

"Hn." along with the second voice.

"Settle down and find yourself." the third voice, Arius answered, after having a good laugh,

"Settle down...?" the young man repeated, "In other words, you want me to get married, right?" the young man asked with a slight frown,

"Indeed," Arius answered,

The then asked with a raised brow, "Married? You do understand that I cannot be satisfied with a single woman, moreover, tying myself to one is just a disaster waiting to happen!"

"Then just marry multiple women, it as simple as that," the first voice interjected.

"Ferer..." the young man muttered before shaking his head, "But, that's not allowed and obviously not normal!"

"Since when have you followed the rules of the powerless, Nick?" the second voice answered, "Remember this, Nick. You were never normal, so don't lump yourself with them, It's disgraceful."

"Ciaran..." Nick muttered, not minding the disdain in his tone.

"Don't forget the reason you decided to go this far, Nick," Arius said,

"!" With eyes wide open, he reminded himself of the reason he went this far, "..."

Seeing that Nick didn't answer, his three demon appetites sighed while Arius said, "Just think it through."

He said before that familiar silence returned to the void, but not its former emptiness as Nick continued to hover around, deep in thought.

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'Settling down, is it?' Nick thought to himself as he looked towards a clear direction and muttered, "Might not be such a bad idea, after all..." he said before silently disappearing from the void.