It happened before returning to the territory and after recovering from the poisoning.
I was in my new territory overseeing the extermination of magical beasts and any other harmful nuisance.
"Ahhh~ life when you don't work and others do everything for you is beautiful."
I was reveling in my own ego, drinking iced tea, seated in the high part of my new ship, watching as those lizards were annihilated by the robots created by this kid, though he calls them "automatons without intelligent processors." Since the name is so long, I decided to call them robots.
Life is undoubtedly good.
While I was taking small sips and humming, this sphere appeared to my right, giving me a slight scare.
"You certainly seem to be having a good time, Master..." said the metallic-colored sphere with a bright red eye.
"Indeed I am. Not having to work again will be great once we're finished."
I said it in a cynical tone while it stared at me intensely.
"...Understood."
"Master, I have come to bother you in your oh-so-busy task of living like a parasite to ask you something."
Despite being its master and lord, this weird sphere bothers me like an adult indulging a spoiled child.
"May I know what the problem is?" I said in an irritated tone at its disrespect.
"You only call me 'kid' or 'weird sphere' and 'annoying floating eye,' you know. I have a name, and it bothers me greatly that you call me by your childish nicknames, so I would appreciate it if you didn't."
Wow~ the weird thing got angry. It certainly has a name, but it's fucking long, and I won't dare pronounce it since it's alphanumeric and has thirty letters in the same sentence, so no thanks.
That's when I got an idea: to give it a proper, new name.
"Hey, what would you think if I gave you a new name?"
I asked confidently, only to be shot down.
"I refuse. I already have a name, and it's registered in this ship. If I change it, I would have to reprogram the system to input the new administrator name."
This kid really gets on my nerves.
"I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about giving you a name that's easy for me to call you. You won't have to change anything; it will just be a name you'll use so I can call you. Do you understand now?"
I had to explain it like that for this annoying sphere to understand.
"I understand. If that is the case, I have no objection. What name do you have in mind, Master?"
"Hmm... what about... Laplace!" I said enthusiastically.
"Denied." Rejected just like that.
"Alright, how about... Garm!" I responded confidently.
"Rejected." Treated badly again.
This kid is very picky for having a code as a name.
"Okay, I've got it this time, a great name for you... That's it! Baharuth."
"Not in your dreams!" It yelled at me.
"Please take this seriously. I am sure all those names are just random things you mention and have no meaning. Moreover, each one is worse than the last."
I swallowed my saliva when it said all that.
I was never good with names. In fact, I even had a cat in my old life when I was a child and my parents were still alive. I named it "Nix" based on the name of the protagonist of my favorite show, which was called "Man Without Action." I loved that show and watched it always without missing a single episode. Those were good times.
"..." That's when something occurred to me.
Cutting out almost the entire show name, leaving only 'action.'
If I combine Nix and action, I'd get Nixaction... but it sounds terrible, so let's remove something else.
Nixion. That would be a good name, but for some reason the "n" bothered me, so I removed it, leaving the rest.
Therefore, it would just be...
"Ix-ion. How about 'Ixion'?"
"..."
"Ixion..." the sphere said in a low voice.
"Ixion. Understood. That will be the name you will use to call me from today onward. I like it."
"Good, with that everything is resolved. I'll call you Ixion from now on." Both the sphere and I were satisfied with the decision.
Now everything is settled, and I can continue lazing around.
(I thought while relaxing.) But then another problem arose.
"May I ask how you came up with that name?" said the sphere named Ixion.
"I don't think you want to know. It's very personal and very boring." That's what I said to evade the answer.
"That only makes me more curious. Answer me," Ixion demanded.
"I-I don't think you want to know," I replied, a bit scared.
"Answer me!!" Ixion approached me, demanding an answer.
I ran away from there while being chased by an annoyed Ixion.