Overlord Zeroc finished his speech. Stating that from now on humans would have to work for him 4 hours every day in his empire He planned to give them the rest of the time off, which to his standard was very little time off. He as fully prepared for the usual spectacle of protests and outrage. He toke no pleasure in those but centuries of analysis and prosperity proved their way was superior and efficient. However cruel it is.

Zeroc certainly didn’t expect this unusual noise the humans started producing. It took his communications specialist a long Earth minute to identify and confirm the noise as “cheering”.

Were these humans that distraught by their demands that they went into mass hysteria? No, the specialist confirmed, the reaction appeared to be genuine. However weird it was.

In the following weeks, He has met with the representatives of the power elite. The world leaders, their richest and most powerful individuals. Contrary to his expectations, they didn’t beg him to spare their workforce. Quite the opposite, in fact.

“The economy will collapse!” One of them said, his tone identified as ‘condescending’. “If you give everyone homes and healthcare, nobody will want to work! You are just giving everyone a handout!”

There was a lot of the same sentiment from their communication networks. The same demands to be given more work and more scarcity. Apparently, that is what their previous rulers considered “motivation”.

The lower classes of the population, on the other hand, appeared almost disturbingly cheerful.

Zeroc's empire has conquered vast galaxies and countless worlds. And everywhere they went, the lower classes wept with despair over the tyranny we imposed on them. But humans were different.

They met him with praise, warmth and worship. He would have enjoyed it if I were not so busy trying to figure out why.

Eventually, he chose one of them to conduct an interview with.

Zeroc: "Why exactly have you humans been enjoying our rule so much?"

He asked through the translator.