CHAPTER 12

Dominic had made some good connections as essence food was a good breakthrough for nobles who knew their regime depended on their personal strength. He made some money and the connections he now had ensured that he could use that money through them.

But life was never about power alone otherwise there would be no dark lords who are strong enough to be lords of humanity but is loathed down by the populace. World works in a really bad manner.

Dominic sighed as he looked down on the people, standing at the higher level floor from where he could see the dancing nobles. He saw how the beastly stares of lust was clothed in gentlemanliness and the weakness of lower nobles was clothes in laws made by the emperor.

He hated it and he liked it too. How could not a demon like hell even though humans hate it. He was a human after all and among humans he was a lord.

A sudden sound that was loud enough to be noted among the noisy voice made him look towards it. He did not care for the noble approaching him as he enjoyed seeing ladies fighting with each other than. He had noticed that he got aroused when he sees brutality in women. But he liked noble ladies with their etiquette and beauty. If not he would have slept with his adjutant Sophie who he had been aroused by. He sighed as he kept his physical arousal on hold.

He stared at the women who were fighting. The ladies were tugging at each other. One held another's hair while other held the other by the nose. They had no fighting sense but they fought. They were surely relatives of some nobles who held power and hence were considered nobles.

"They are neat. Who would have expected the great Dominic to be someone who gets aroused when seeing some pretty women fighting? That does make me wonder why you kept Sophie away even though her powers were useful for the war against the orcs."

Dominic looked at the man who had come. His purple eyes and pink hair was oddly mismatched but it was made up by the dark skin tone he had. He was someone born with two dominant attributes. His eyes showed that his dominant power was in destruction and his hair showed that he had the attribute of charm. But charm was not everything as even if mana could charm others, it would not change taste of those who were charmed to like him. He surely did not like this person as he hated pink color. It would have been better if he had blue hair or some other color.

Dominic stared at the women who were fighting as if that was all that mattered. The pink hair and purple eyes was the feature of the fourth prince. He had tried to make connection with him and had failed as he preferred something that would increase his strength than being sent some pretty women as gifts. He sighed as he kept his energy in control as the Powell were well known in their perception as their charm worked by perceiving what others wanted and changing in that direction in a subconscious manner. He kept his energy frequency as calm as a sea.

He sighed as he planned to walk away. He hated such beings who changed themselves to cater to others. He preferred those who hate him for their own selfishness than someone willing to bow down to him. But he could not walk away as the man spoke, "My sister is a good lady and a warrior. She is well known for her brutality and had killed many and would not stop you from what you are planning to do."

Dominic turned and said, "Your sister is known for her headstrong nature and you have no right to decide her marriage. You do not even have the right to force her onto a date. You can only put forward a request with my name on it. I can arrange a meeting with her in my own manner."

The man leaned onto the rail and said, "She is my sister born to my own mother. She cares for me. You should add on more advantages to your side when you are going to chase one."

Dominic shook his head. He liked strong women as he wanted her to be strong to the outside but he preferred women who are willing to give into him. The princess was not going to be one such lady. Even if he is the best choice, he was not sure if she will choose him and whether she will have a change in her heart later. The things of heart cannot be predicted. There was a reason why he had planned to corrupt his women as he was sure that his women wanted to be his women as that will ensure that they will remain absolutely loyal to him.

So when the prospect of wooing a lady who was someone he could see a future with, he simply decided not to choose that choice. He said, "You should leave Samuel. Your brother Michael will not like you coming closer to me."

Samuel smiled. He changed his hair color to the tone of his skin. The body now only had two shades, his skin and hair and the eyes. Samuel said, "You should have awakened few more attributes when you had become an arch mage. Your eyes show killing intent and your hair does the same. Is that the reason why your hair changed into white and your eyes turned red? I preferred your blue eyes and black hair. My mother preferred that image. We could have been a good family."

Dominic's energy spiked suddenly. He kept it in control. This man was surely speaking some kind of gibberish. As if the concubine of the emperor could be with other man. He turned to leave as this was potentially treason. Even though it was this empire that had to fear him, he preferred to not make useless enemies.

Samuel came forward and put his hands over Dominic but was unsuccessful as Dominic moved away. Samuel smiled as if nothing had happened and said, "This is the reason why you are never happy Dominic. You never enjoy your power in a personal manner. You never speak out about what you want. How can you let your allies believe you when they have not invested in you? How can your superiors believe you when you act for the nation and humanity than for yourself? What is there to stop you from rebelling if that is what seems right for humanity? If you are not willing to give a chance to your subordinates to gift you something, they will live in fear." He approached and spoke to Dominic, "Men prefer lords who want to sleep with their women than a pure lord doing some good things for humanity. They hate such lords but that is the lord they know off. Anything new is something that will make them fear."

Dominic nodded and said with a trace of anger, "I do know about such psychological tactics. But why would I use it when I am the lord. As for men letting their wives sleep around, I look down on them. I would respect a man who is willing to give away his life and soul to a god or demon if that is the reason for him forming the pact."

Samuel smiled and said, "My mother misses you."

Dominic turned to leave but Samuel stopped him. Samuel was smiling with a glint as if he had seen something interesting. Dominic now had real anger. He had kept his anger hidden to social connections but this man made him angry. His killing intent emanated. The man just smiled.

Any and all attributes in this world was a part of the higher level attribute that had broken down through bloodlines. When intent level reached 100, it can form an attribute as an external incarnation of the attribute. So he could not control this man easily unless he was willing to corrupt him in which case he could control him.

But pure mystical power of attribute was lower than intent but the mystery in intent was once part of something that was higher than his current level of intent. So when they could not stop him from corrupting them, they could stop him from overpowering them as higher mystery overrules lower mystery.

He got angry and used his dark attribute that was at level 0.17 . This man was one of the few who had attribute that was not at level 0. His attribute was of higher mystery that their attributes and his intent had ensured perfect control over such intent. His hair was donned in black color and his eyes turned black. Samuel smiled and raised his hands and said, "Take it as a joke Lord Dominic and please forgive me as I found you in this room alone and wanted you to release your strain."

Dominic put away his attributes. His hair turned white and his eyes turned red. Unlike others who used attributes to forge their bodies, he had forged his body using his singular killing intent. His attributes were lodged within his genes so the color turned to that of his attributes as when it was activated.

Dominic smiled as he wanted to end this conversation and with the false smile said, "This is where the conversation ends. Samuel. I am leaving."

Samuel nodded and said, "Sure. Remember these two things. If you want to meet ladies like the ones fighting, contact me. I can arrange a private meeting. But the more important thing is that my mother wants to see you."

Dominic sighed and said, "If you want to find a lover for your mother behind the emperor, find someone in secret. Maybe her knight. I have no interest in making the emperor my enemy for no other reason than to sleep with a married women who is also a mother."

Samuel had a look of doubt. Then an idea came to him and hence he asked, "You do know that the concubines of the emperor can be given the right to be other men and my mother do have this right, right?"

Dominic looked at him in doubt. Samuel sighed and said, "Unlike most kings and lords who can marry for love, or when they find a women who is pretty enough to be forced to marry them, the emperor has to marry hundreds of concubines. Most of them are married to him due to political cases. The only importance fact in such marriage is that the women shall only give birth to the child of the emperor. Since all concubines are nobles and cannot be killed and he is not someone with enough time to use magic to replenish himself to keep sleeping with hundreds of women all the time, they have to be given the right to sleep with other men. It is better than women committing suicide due to boredom or signing contracts with incubi of the abyss."

Dominic nodded. It was a hard truth for him. He had heard of lords and ladies who were married sleeping with those they like but this was something. Even the emperor allowed such debauchery. This was one of the reasons why he liked to fight rather than act in such gatherings of nobles. This was the reason why he had let the officials under him sign deals with other nobles as per his decisions. He shook his head and turned to leave. He needed some time alone.

Samuel smiled and said, "You are a lord and the world will give into you for most things as long as you play by the rules of the game. You just need to sign a contract with me and I shall arrange what you want. You can come to me whenever you want."

He turned and left. Dominic looked at Samuel who was moving away. This had awakened him but had not changed anything. He just lost the respect he had for the emperor. He looked down on the nobles in his kingdom and now he looked down on the emperor too. But that changed nothing. But finding that the Roman Empire which he had always looked to for their human supremacist ideas and militarist society. But if the head of such Empire was someone who allowed his wife to sleep with others, then he no longer needed to hold himself back from including this empire in his plans.

He turned and left the party as he wanted some time alone. He got out of the door and sent a message to his horse through his intent. The horse ran over to him. He got on his horse and the horse left with him on him.

Dominic looked at the hall that was full of lords and ladies whose status ensured their control over a lot of humans. They were doing what they wanted and he saw nothing wrong in that as he was doing what he wanted to do. But they no longer had any significance in his mind. They were just yet another group of nobles who were strong enough just to be in his calculation of the world. The only significance they had was that they were humans as the same race as he was. His pride did not allow him to trade anything he was for more strength and hence he knew that he shall be human for forever until some new case arises. But till then, humanity shall be the only intelligent race in all planes.