Condition of the castle town

Dragging the man out of the castle and then restraining him inside a barrier, Damian transformed to Jetray and took the man to the battlefield where Belserion was assigned and dropped him directly above one of the dragon's back.

"Damian Blake!!!" yelled the man who was still unknown of the fact that he was on top of a dragon.

Damian just threw a common iron sword towards him and said, "Act like a king and survive this battlefield. Of you return back ali-" said Damian as he saw the dragon gulping down the man in one go.

"....Oh well, whatever." said Damian as he took care of some of the dragons to let Dragonof gain the upper hand and returned back to the kingdom.

Soon Damian reached near the castle and decided to delay his arrival at the castle, so that Christopher could finish the task that he had given him.

Landing near the outskirts big the castle town and changing back to his human form, Damian decided to have a walk around the town.

'Lats time was when I came here with Irene, a few months ago.' thought Damian and soon a slightly pained smile appeared on his face.

'...I know that it is not her fault.....maybe some part of it is, but still, I never thought about her believing those lies, and not even consulting about them to me.' thought Damian as he walked around the town wearing some messy clothes so as to not stand out that much.

'...Well can't say I expected much but it's still worse than what I expected.' thought Damian as he looked around.

'If the condition of the castle town is this bad, the future of this kingdom is totally in ruin, even if by any chance Dragonof wins the war, they would still not be able to survive for long, since....well there are no countries left to trade the dragon material that they would win in the war.' thought Damian as he shrugged his shoulders. He didn't care much about the kingdom anyways and he was confident in his ability to survive even if the kingdom falls. At best he would have felt sad about the kingdom's fault.

'...But I don't think I will be even feeling that now, after what they were planning to do with me.' thought Damian as he heard some of the people talking about how bad the husband of their queen did in managing the kingdom and about how it was all the fault of the two foreigners(Damian and Stella) that their economic conditions was in ruin.

'...They really don't hold back, now do they.' thought Damian as he chuckled looking at the bar tender who was badmouthing the queen's husband in front of him.

'The nobles surely played it well by spreading those rumours.....well considering how bad my reputation already is I don't think, killing of those nobles will have that much effect.' thought Damian as he put down his empty mug.

"Thanks. How much?"

"5 silvers."

"... Isn't that way too much? I remember it to be around 5 coppers, the last tim-"

"5 coppers? Forget that, you won't even get a fulfilling meal with that much....all thanks to that mage from a other kingdom."

Damian's clutched his fists tightly as he restrained himself from punching the man through the shop's wall.

He just kept the money on the counter and left the shop without saying anything.

"...I am now understanding how corruption really feels...and I certainly don't like it one bit." said Damian as he continued his stroll around the town.

The more he walked around the town the more things he got to hear about him from the others, and by this he found out there were still a few of them who believed that it was not his fault since it was too suspicious for them....Damian made sure to tip them some money when he entered their shops since they still believed in him.

"But even after that support from the minority, I have decided that I am not going to overexert myself for this kingdom anymore, and I am definitely not going to follow Irene's peace loving way to control this kingdom." muttered Damian as he reached the castle and stood in front of the huge gate.

"Who are you?! Identify yourself!!" exclaimed the guards as they pointed their spears at him.

"I am Damian Blake, do you know me?" asked Damian in a sarcastic tone as he smiled at them.

"Huh? His Highness....don't you dare mock us!!" yelled one of them.

"I am not joking though, go and ask Christopher you general about this and he will tell you. I will wait here in the meantime." said Damian as he took out a chair from his storage and sat their comfortably making the guards look at him with surprised look on their faces.

"...Go what are you waiting for....just so you know, if you don't hurry soon the moment I go back I will fire you." said Damian as gestured one of the guards to get going.

Hearing that both the guards took a step back and their hands trembled thinking about the slightest possibility of the person in front of them really being the one who he claims to be.

They immediately asked the people behind the gate go check if what he said was true or not and then came back to their positions and looked intently towards Damian, who was looking at the castle in a laid back manner.

'...Is that really Lord Damian?' thought the two guards as they looked at the laid back man who was wearing plain clothes and had a messy appearance.

'Hmm....I need to shave, let's go and take a bath before our grand even of truth reveal and mass execution takes place in the evening. Gotta look goo on such an important event.' thought Damian as he chuckled, he had even prepared a new set of clothes for today's event and was looking forward for the evening to arrive.