Age and Talent (1/2)

Hearing and seeing the other participants whispering about him, Samael chuckled. It didn't matter to him what the small characters thought of him, what he needed was to enter a sect, build up his strength. Foster a power than can help him overthrow two of the most powerful family in the Divine Realm.

"We'll leave you here…try not to kill them while the test is going." Princess Lina jokingly begged Samael. Knowing his tendency to be a bit vengeful.

"Ha-ha, good luck out there you brat." Julian's seemingly ever-present insult shows up again.

"I'm not the one who's gonna need it, you bastard." Samael retorted back. He looked towards the crowd who were either looking at him with disdainful eyes or just didn't care about him.

Hmm?

Then he felt a couple of gazes that were different from the rest, curiosity, interest, disgust, and concern. He looked around to see if he can spot the people who looked at him.

The first one he saw was a very sexy woman, she wore a violet dress that exposed her wonderful cleavage. There were countless men around her staring at her twin peaks wanting to bury themselves in them. Her dress was tight around her waist which showed her beautifully shaped body that can charm many men. There was a slit on her thighs that showed her enchanting legs.

When she saw Samael looking over at her, she showed a smile that most men would agree to be heart-stirring. Though she appeared to be interested in him, Samael was slightly apprehensive.

He knew his own situation the best. Though he had been staying at the Imperial Palace for the past few weeks, the only ones that know about him and his dual elemental talent should only be the members of the imperial family and those from the upper echelons of the academy who tested his elemental Affinity.

Even if others were to know about this, they would probably be people who the king trusted.

But even so, why would she express her interest so openly? She should be some noble's daughter, then she should express some sort of disgust because of my low cultivation base, despite my age…But her interest in me…I can't help but feel that it stems from something else.

After thinking for a while, Samael smiled back at the girl and bowed, before walking away to explore a bit.

When the girl saw this, she smiled lightly and muttered under her breath "Interesting…"

"Please, leave me alone, sir. I don't want any trouble." While walking Samael heard a girl's almost-crying voice.

He walked over and saw a cute woman and a tanned young man in an argument. The people around them were slowly walking away and didn't want to get involved, especially the young women.

"If don't want trouble then you should just come with me quietly and let me treat you to a meal." The tanned youth laughed, his confidence in himself oozing out from him. One can clearly see that he must be one of those famed young masters who forces young women to accompany them.

"Umm…" The girl was visibly panicking and you can clearly see the dread in her eyes.

"Someone…please help me…" Her lips moved but no sound escaped from her mouth.

"Hehe." The tanned youth slowly moved his hands towards her.

Sigh…

"How about you stop there?"

"I would rather not spill blood here so stop."

Just as the tanned youth was about to grab the girl, two voices entered the tanned youth's ears. One of them was of course Samael, his body disappeared from his previous place and appeared between the girl and the tanned youth, grabbing the youth's arm.

The other was a young man, who had a lean stature and long hair tied that was tied, he wore a green robe. He moved at the same time as Samael, the only difference was that he had his sword on the throat of the tanned young man.

"Uhh, wa!" The sudden appearance of Samael and having a sword close to his throat, the tanned-youth panicked and fell to the ground.

"Hmm?" The two men, who went forward to save the girl gazed at one another. Then the green-robed young man showed an expression of disgust. It looks like he was the one who looked at Samael with that feeling earlier.

"Ju-Julius! You dare to have your sword at my throat?" The tanned-young man stuttered in fear before he flared in anger.

The green-robed man, Julius, snickered "Why wouldn't I? Dominic, you forcefully wanted this young woman to accompany you. I was merely upholding the values of the Clyde Family.

Clyde Family?

It didn't take Samael long to discover this green-robed young man's identity.

"You're Julian's little brother?" He blurted out.

"What about it?" Julius Clyde harrumphed.

What an attitude…was Julian also like this back then?

Samael ignored the obvious disgust that Julius had for him and went over to the girl. "You okay?"

"You! I don't know who you are and why you're protecting that girl but don't think you can cross me and get away with it." Before Samael could confirm that girl's condition, the tanned-youth, Dominic's voice echoed.

"What? You failed to invite a girl to a meal so you used force? Pathetic, and now you gonna hide under the skirts of your family and threaten me? Know your place."

Faced with threats from a person he hasn't met before, Samael was ticked and his pride showed itself once again. It was the same pride that didn't lose out to the King, in terms of the aura that exudes from them.

Samael didn't want to waste time anymore with an imbecile so he took the girl away from the scene.

"Just you wait, I will have my revenge for this humiliation." Dominic's hateful voice echoed from behind them.

Once they were quite away from the scene, Samael checked on the girl. It was only then that Samael got a good look at her, she had beautiful black hair mixed with some brown hair. It was probably due to her parents. She had lean figure but had the right amount of fat in all the right places.

She had fair-sized twin peaks that could sit tightly in one's hand. Her slender waist was an eye-catcher and though you could not see it, she had beautiful pair of legs. But her charms lay on the two lines between the neck and her chest, it was her collar bone which you can lightly see because of her dress.

"Are you okay?" Samael asked.

The young woman turned red for a bit, looking down she responded "Y-yes, thank you."

Seeing the woman's reaction, Samael had the urge to tease her. He slowly reached for her chin and lightly turned her head towards him to face him and he smiled.

"No wonder that guy used force when you rejected him, you're a treat for the eye. Beautiful." Samael was already charming, the maids at the palace can vouch for that, add that to his teasing nature and flowery words.

The young woman couldn't help but blush, she wanted to respond and ask him to stop teasing her but no words came out of her mouth and she just stared at him with a blushing expression.

"Ha-ha, you're too easy to tease. It appeals to a certain urge hidden in men." Samael said.

Samael's laughter and the teasing tone of his words made the girl blush even more from embarrassment but something about what he said made her curious and she asked.

"What urge?"

Samael smirked for a while then he said "The urge to dominate and conquer you."

His word sounded vulgar and thus she blushed again. Seeing this Samael laughed again, this was the first time he saw such a shy and pure-minded girl in his life.

"Ha-ha, okay. I'll stop now, I'm Samael. You are?"

The young woman pouted, hearing his laughter then smiled and said. "Stella, Stella Ford.

Before he could speak again, he heard the doors open once again and the crowd whispered to themselves once more, assessing this newcomer. Samael and Stella slipped through the crowds and saw a youth about 15 years old. Wearing tribal clothes, his arrogance radiated from his body and everyone could feel it. This guy looked over the crowd, passing through everybody and he sneered.

Almost everyone inside could feel the contempt that was in that sneer of his. This caused the crowd to go wild and attack him with slurs and other insults. But Samael was silent and coldly looked at the new guy.

Deep inside that arrogant exterior, he felt it. That unchained desire for blood!

It wasn't long before the doors opened once again and everybody was excited to see the newcomers.

"It's them! They're two of the most beautiful women in the entire empire!"

"The proud daughters of the Ignis and Frost Family"

"They have a long history of the rivalry. They've competed in countless things, calligraphy, music, beauty, and even combat ability! It was only recently that the Lady of the Frost Family was seen to be stronger than the Lady of the Ignis Family."

Once these two gorgeous women entered the venue, the men inside started talking with one another, bringing up things that happened in the past. Because of this, Samael came to know the relationship between these two.

"Alright Quite down! The test will begin now!" Suddenly, before anyone could continue to talk about the two ladies. The voice of the examiner echoed loudly throughout the venue.