Dominic immediately began sweating intensely,
"Does he know who I am? Or is he just being his usual overly suspicious self?"
Nicholas then asks Dominic,
"Why are you panicking? Are you scared of me to the point of sweating just because of one sentence from me,
Dominic, still nervous thinks to himself,
If only you knew how afraid the real Dominic was of you, you wouldn't make a mountain out of a molehill.
Nicholas, curious about Dominic's appearance and behavior asks
"By the way, why do you always sweat? is it a condition or is it just because you have excess fat?"
Nicholas then continues to say
"What I meant earlier when I said we're of different worlds is that you are not used to feeling magical interference unlike us who naturally got used to it at the age of four—nine and by us I mean the world generally, I could feel magical interference when I just became 3 and Daphne a month before turning four but you can't do so up till today which is why I'm trying to say it would be hard for you to experience and familiarize yourself with the circular flow of magic in the world even if you start now but because I'm such a kind older brother I will show you an example, take it as a late birthday gift.
Suddenly the room was enveloped by a bright golden glow even brighter than the one Daphne made earlier and this one was a thicker field something like a barrier of some sort, "but both of us were in it so he couldn't mean any harm" is what I thought until he walked out of the field leaving only me in it and when I tried to do the same, the barrier blocked me out and I saw a grin on Nicholas' face on the other side of the field, I banged the field but I bounced back, I was about to start cursing Nicholas when he said,
"Calm down, I'm doing this for your own good, this is an Adept I level field and is filled with energy needed to promote a person all the way from Novice III-Ignition to Adept I-Flow so as long as you have any talent whatsoever you would be able to at least reach Novice I before tomorrow, it's 3 pm now so you have only 9 hours to extract whatever you need and do what must be done, oh I almost forgot" Nicholas flicks his fingers
Dominic who was extremely angry and annoyed yells
"What the heck did you do?! Why can't I see?!
Nicholas then replies
"It's my barrier, I can do whatever I feel like to the environment in my barrier and I felt like taking away your ability to see anything with light or darkness"
Dominic asks Nicholas,
"How can you manipulate darkness?"
And Nicholas' reply was
"Everything related to light has a shadow, doesn't it? "Nicholas says with a raised eyebrow before continuing to say "I hope you don't have any more questions because I'm leaving now and once I leave this room you won't hear anything again because sound can't pass through the barrier but don't worry by 12:00 pm sharp you will be out, that's a promise from your older brother and I even gave you a bonus gift too, I left you with the ability to talk by allowing us to be the only ones who can make sound in this barrier and that's because I know how much you love talking, I am such a good brother right? And remember to not even bother trying to break this barrier because even an Adept II will try but not succeed while an Adept III would barely so don't try anything dumb if you don't want to leave this place injured, light can be hot and corrosive if you hit the barrier too many times when you're not strong enough to tear it down the barrier would be the one tearing you down instead" That was the last thing I heard from that cruel jerk before he left me in that hole of a barrier.
Meanwhile, Nicholas who had left the room thinks to himself,
"I don't who that person is but that isn't Dominic for sure, this is going to work to my advantage"
The chapter ends with the sight of an intrigued Nicholas giving off an amused smirk as he walks away from Dominion's room and goes further into the gorgeously decorated hallways lit with lavish golden chandeliers