Family.
And that is why he could not cruelly kill Loki and there were things that he did that sometime is not beneficial to him.
Azief might pretended to be some kind and capable lord but he also has his flaws. It is the people that gives him all kinds of praise.
These praises….is it real or is it meant to bind him
Azief knows how reputation while powerful would also bind you. That is not entirely a bad thing. After all, the people wanted a leader that cares for them and leaders wanted people who loved them
It is only when they could not be loved, that it is better to use fear. Machiavelli knows the politics of power. But the study of power does not bring happiness.
After all it is not about the study of being happy. It is study of how one would become a ruler.
What the Prince is telling is the story of the human hearts and how to use it.
Azief knows all of the praise given to him is the hopes and wishes of the people that is under him.
How could he not know himself?
