The tallest of the three men looked at Clark. His face was filled with worry as they were sure that this wasn't the leader of anyone. However, they noticed Crim's species. A dragon. They didn't know that Crim was a slime dragon,. But even that would have just made them more stressed out.
It was natural that they would not expect someone as young as Clark to be in charge of anything, let alone a group. That was just the norm for age though. Not many younger people in any city would have the strength or the standing to be able to be in charge of anything at all.
"We are-"
"You are the three unfortunate people that noticed my group as we tried to travel through here. Since you have a chance, you can either deliver a letter for me and potentially get a job from this. Or… you can be dealt with here and now as enemies of the Mane family, of multiple other families from other cities, and of me, the most promising student that Nova Academy has ever had."