Intoxicating

"Yes sir… yes, I'll tell him about your offer. Please excuse me, I'll have to go now… (Click!)"

The lady in white bashed her head down on the table glass. The pain was nothing compared to what she's been going through for the last six hours.

'For fuck's sake! These shameless asses, who never batted me an eye before, are now begging me to help them? Hah! In their dreams! I'm planning on blocking the coms, and I would have done that hours ago, if not for the Union live monitoring the ship system.'

'Actually, something happened a few hours back, when I returned just after Showing Boss to his room. Union detected forced download of all of the database, and that too from the mainframe itself. Weird.

And of course, they don't have any idea of what happened exactly! So now they are monitoring the whole OS of my ship. Honestly, I think they need to fix some bugs in their own system.'

That aside, I wonder what's boss doing in my bed. Hehe, I didn't have any other room prepared, so I just took him to my room. It wasn't planned or anything, I swear. Only my room was up to the level of my dear Boss!' My lips curved upwards; my mind filled with not-so-appropriate intentions.

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POV-KURT

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"Boss! We are just five hours away from Headquarters." The sudden sound made me jump up from my sleep, as my eyes frantically searched for the source of the sudden outburst.

"Boss? Can I come in?" The familiar voice again loomed inside the room. Scanning the closest direction of the voice source, my sight locked on the tiny device just by the metal door. A speaker?

"Come in." I said getting up from the very soft bed. My body was refreshed after I-don't-know-how-long sleep. The metal door slid sideways, and Walesa entered holding onto a transparent panel.

Coming closer her eyes wandered towards my head. "Were you sleeping, Boss?" She asked, her eyes still looking at my disheveled hair.

"Umm yea. I dozed off I guess." I ran my fingers through, combing my dry spiked up hair. And the system did the rest.

"Wow! your hair must be very smooth. Just a single sweep and they are back to their place." She admired with an envious glint in her eyes. "Anyways, you're done with the things I told you to read, right?"

"That…" I remembered the system had uploaded all the data into my brain, the reason I was forced to sleep. "Yes, I know the basic bits," I answered, even though I have a lot more on Union than just basics.

"That's good" She nodded while handing me the panel she was holding. On the screen, there were some images of some humanoid individuals and some weird ones. "Now, you must remember these faces, they are the most fearsome bunch of the high council of union. Union council holds of about hundred members, but these are the like most powerful of all."

I swept a single look over the screen. Recalling the data on the union, the High Council was a coalition of major union districts. Each district having one leader, governing many planetary systems and representing many life forms under him, the leaders constitute as the members of the council.

Being the second highest administration body, the council acts on an intergalactic level. And according to the data, there are rarely any issues taken up by the High council.

"I see, but we are not meeting the high council, so why bother?". Her eyes stiffened. She stood by the side motionless, not responding… or denying. Sigh, I have a bad feeling about it.

"Walesa… Why's the high council involved in this?" I asked massaging the sides of my head. My joining Union was not something the High council needed to look into. This is too much. There has to be something else going on behind the curtains.

"B-Boss, As I told you before. It's not as simple as it looks. Your weapons were far from what Union has. The level of arsenal you have can easily compete with the best of the best weaponries we have right now. Many of the leaders are not even near your tech power, and they would do anything to get their hands on your technology." Her eyes glanced back at the images on the panel screen.

"That's understandable. But I'm not going to give them anything, I'm just there to join Union, right?" I'm not going for an exchange; I'm claiming what is mine. "I've spent much of my resources on my territory. So, for obvious reasons that planet and everything built there belongs to me."

"I know Boss, but they won't directly take things from you, and not like can anyway. But they'll offer you valuables, special permissions, contracts, and much more in exchange for a single piece of your technology. And I don't want you accepting their offers, they are nasty bastards. If the time comes to use the technology against you, they won't think twice." Her eyes shimmered with worry. Of course, I wouldn't give them anything, but…

"But if their proposal is something very beneficial, I'll have to consider it."

"But Boss-"

"I know Walesa, but that's what mutual benefit is. And I wouldn't give them anything that can bite me in the ass later on, so don't worry much." Although, I don't think they would have anything of worth to offer me. I have system, I have everything, do I need anything else?

"Sigh… All right. By the way, you'll be joining Union through me, so remember to mention that. This way I can accompany you to the meeting." She smiled. She might be thinking of helping me during the meeting. I nodded. Maybe I'll need her assistance anyway.

Walesa left, telling me to freshen up before we reach HQ. Going to the bathroom just right side of the bed, I noticed my clothes still felt anew. There was no dirt or dry tears on my face either. Is it some kind of function of system?

[Cleaning is under system's basic function]

'Hmm, I don't remember it being there? And I haven't taken a bath, it's been days, does it includes that too?'

[...…]

'???'

[ Host doesn't have any sense of hygiene… system needed to incorporate that too]

"...…."

'Welp, can't argue that. But let's try correcting that. I have four hours, as well let's take bath, and clear out stomach the conventional way.'

(2000 years later~)

'God, I wasted a whole fuckin hour just taking dump! And believe me, it's not my fault. I waited, applied pressure, but no, it wouldn't come out. After getting exhausted, I asked system. I had to ask.

[ Everything consumed is completely broken down, and converted into useful products. There's no generation of waste.]

So, yea, I have super digestion. Nothing goes past my stomach. So cool, isn't it?

Anyhow, leaving the bathroom, I changed my clothing. Robes aren't my thing I guess, so I bought a black tuxedo. A black watch, of course the one with atomic dial. Black boots. Yes, I like black.

I didn't like the tie, and truthfully, I don't know how to tie it, so I just threw it aside. I can work without it, and it's more comfortable that way.

"Well, hello~ Mr. Black." Walesa enters, with a flirty smile on her face. "Aren't you a handsome Boss." She picked up the tie lying on the ground. Now that I know about Union, and how things work, I found the way she talks with me isn't the Ideal behavior for space generals to have towards their leaders.

"I thought, a change would be better, high council isn't a joke. And what are you doing-" I frowned, realizing she's too close again.

"Nothing, just…" She stood on her tip-toes hooking the black tie around my neck, "...making you a little more presentable." She added, fastening the tie with a quick sliding motion.

"I didn't need your help to do that." I said, fixing the color of my black shirt. She didn't ask for permission to enter this time. A little presumptuous of her.

"Is that so? Says someone who doesn't know how to wear a tie." She said with a smug, in a matter-of-fact tone. Now that's surely isn't the way to talk to your boss.

"You're being quite provocative, aren't you?" Unknowingly, my lips curled upwards as I thought of how easily I can break her carefree attitude right now. The information I have now, "I'm sure a leader can a do lot of things to his general. And I kind of want to abuse my powers you see, especially now that I'm aware. Somebody didn't bother explaining my authority before."

"I-I didn't mean it that way Boss. I apologize. We-we should keep going now, there's only an hour left till we reach the Headquarters." She stuttered; her face paled slowly turning away. I laughed at her sudden submissive demeanor. Trying to be smart, eh? she sure catches onto the situation.

"I'm letting you go just this once. Try being haughty in front of me again, and there'll be consequences." I told her, following her close behind, out the room.

"Y-Yes Boss." She answered meekly.

Authority sure is intoxicating.