The Almighty Dominance novel Chapter 552

“So, Father—do you really plan to turn them into slaves?” Sofina asked. Her face made her opposition unmistakably clear.

The king let out a slow sigh. “That was the original plan,” he said. “The one we agreed on last year—before everything changed.”

“What changed?” Sofina pressed.

The king waved his hand dismissively.

The wall screen flickered to life.

Footage from Bella’s laboratory filled the room—cold, sterile, and ominous. Inside, several people worked at their stations, moving with precision. Some of them laughed. Others talked casually.

“Last year,” the King said, his voice rising with barely contained excitement, “they finally reached Prussia’s technological level. It was the perfect time to harvest them as slaves. And from that moment on—”

His expression shifted into something close to ecstasy.

“—they stepped beyond us. They abandoned Prussia’s old path and broke free from its chains.”

Sofina stared at him, struggling to follow.

“What do you mean?” she asked.

“Prussia,” Wilhelm said, “has been stagnant for decades. Advanced, yes—but unmoving. Then Alex and Bella appeared. Two supergeniuses no one in Prussia could rival.”

He leaned forward, eyes burning.

“They took a single step forward—and that step dragged technology out of Prussia’s stagnant waters and revealed heights we wouldn’t have reached in a hundred years.”

His lips trembled with exhilaration.

“Three years,” he said softly. “They did it all in just three years. While we erased emotion from our lives, they kept it. They moved forward through emotion. Their technology grew with emotion. Ours stripped it away. And the result?”

He smiled thinly.

“They surpassed us.”

Sofina’s breath caught.

“They even created a Mother AI,” the King continued, “named Gaia. An intelligence equal to Prussia’s Mother AI—and in several areas, superior. From military systems to security networks, they began outperforming every Prussian installation.”

“Father,” Sofina said sharply, shock breaking through her composure, “you let them do all this?”

Wilhelm laughed, unconcerned.

“Oh, come now,” he said. “Prussians worship genius and knowledge. They stole our technology at first. Now I’m stealing theirs. Call it repayment.”

He shrugged casually.

“So I let them grow. I watched them for years.”

Sofina swallowed hard.

“Then… Alex meeting me,” she asked quickly. “Did you arrange that too?”

The King sighed and leaned back.

“No,” he said honestly. “No matter how advanced technology becomes, fate still slips beyond our grasp. Your meeting with Alex—and your marriage—I never predicted that.”

He shook his head.

“It wasn’t a plan. It simply happened. Pure coincidence.”

“Then how do you know Alex is still alive?” Sofina asked.

Wilhelm tapped his fingers against the table again, slow and deliberate.

“At the Winchester Tournament,” he said, “when he drained Prussia of its money and became the richest man in the nation—I knew then.”

His eyes narrowed.

“I had to bind him to me. The only way was to make him my son-in-law. Through you.”

A smile spread across his face as he looked at Sofina.

“And it was easy,” he said. “He was already married to you. And despite everything, Alex is loyal.”

Sofina felt a chill.

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