The duke of Glanchester duchy has three children. Among them, the eldest is the nastiest and meanest person Daemon has ever seen. Since childhood, Daemon know about the Dragonborns. As they are one of the largest and have one of the oldest blood lineages of all. The name Dragonborn, as the name suggests is said to contain dragon's blood. The history behind them is said that the dragons, the legendary mythical creatures which rule over the kingdom of Eimver, once bonded with a human and that resulted in the Dragonborn lineage. Though how much of that is true is not proven as the Dragons of Eimver barred off visitors centuries ago. Centuries before even the Braharis arrival. It's almost like the great dragons foresaw their coming and instantly barred their entire kingdom. After that nobody saw any dragons anymore. With time they were forgotten. After a couple of generations, people started to believe they were just myths from the old tales and songs, that even the Eimver kingdom doesn't exist. No one can validate that statement as in centuries no one has spotted the Eimver kingdom.

The Dragonborns in terms of power and mana capacity are higher than that of other species, their old power has dwindled considerably. It might be because their bloodline is declining or so, no one knows. But the current generation is just shadows of the old blood. That doesn't mean they are powerless, in fact, when it comes to talent and potential the Dragonborn has the highest among other bloodlines.

The current duke, Alaistar Dragonborn has three children. The eldest one is Marakin, and the second son which is rumored to be the next duke is Dracyian. They say Dracyian was the one who got the purest of the dragon blood in this generation as he is someone with both talent and looks. This compiled with Marakin's behavior pushed him from the line of succession. He is the same age as Daemon. The youngest child Marielle was once betrothed to Daemon but the contract was called off after Daemon became indolent. Though they have only met a few times Daemon concluded she was of a rare talent. Not just talent, her beauty was otherworldly too. Though Daemon clearly wasn't infatuated with her beauty he enjoyed their small talk. Daemon is attracted to intelligent women rather than beautiful ones.

Coming back to the current predicament, Daemon knows the guy in front of him won't let him go and thrash him completely for his rage against his family for the humiliation and anger he felt when he was pushed off from the line of succession. Daemon was the perfect punching bag Marakin saw to pour his pent-up frustration.

The guest room was filled with many people of many ages Daemon doesn't recognize. But they all seem to know him. There were some people, less than a few he barely identified.

"The once mighty prodigy among prodigies has blessed us with his presence after nearly 6 years." Marakin snickered. He slowly began to walk towards Daemon. He was taller than Daemon, larger than him. Marakin stopped in front of Daemon and slowly hunched his back and mockingly cupped his hands.

"Your lordship, what have we done to earn your grace to come here and bless us with your presence," Marakin said those words with such ridicule that the entire room erupted in laughter. The mockery was so funny even Reiner chuckled.

Daemon ignored Marakin's mockery and began to walk toward the nearest couch. But marakin caught up with him and stood in front of him.

"What do you want?" asked Daemon in clear irritation. Seeing this Marakin smiled more.

"Why are you here? After all this time you showed up on the day we leave for the High Council. Are you coming with us? If you are, know that there isn't any room for useless lords." There wasn't any laughter this time as Marakin said in a cold tone that his mana started to leak unconsciously to the outside which made the people in the room wary.

"Hey, have you ever thought, why you were pushed off the succession line? The constant need to belittle or attack anyone, literally anyone might be the reason for that. Oh right, you are dumb too." Daemon replied looking straight at Marakin.

The room grew silent. Extremely silent to the point even a falling pin can make noise. Marakins face grew ugly as the rage and humiliation blinded his mind, and he began to release his mana. Making the already packed room heavier.

"What did you say?" Marakin asked through gritted teeth. Reiner was watching the show from the side, since he knows Marakin won't do anything inside the palace, he didn't interfere. Daemon was no fool too. He knows very well that Marakin won't do anything to him while inside the royal palace. If he does attack anyone without any proper reason then not only he but also his entire family has to bear the wrath of the king. in extreme cases, the title of duke itself can be stripped. Marakin knows this too. His already damaged position can be further damaged if he does anything inside this palace and he didn't think about doing anything in the first place. He just wanted to mock 'the once prodigy'. But that obviously didn't go as planned. So now he thought about intimidating the little kid in front of him by releasing his blood lust. But that too didn't go as planned, as Daemon was looking straight at him without any shred of fear. This made Marakin more furious but he contained his anger and leaned towards Daemon and whispered

"Don't think I will let you go easily once you exit the royal palace"

Almost immediately Daemon took a step backward and hysterically shouted out loud "What! you will kill me once I exit the palace" Daemon's acting was so convincing every else in the room looked at Marakin gravely. Threatening someone inside the royal palace was a great crime, threatening someone from the duke family can result in civil war. Since everyone knows about Daemon being weak and people saw Marakin whispering something to Daemon, everybody started to believe it. People started to murmur among themselves.

"How can someone threaten the Reinhearts?"

"Threatening someone inside the royal palace, that too the duke's son?"

"Is he plotting a civil war?"

There were all types of murmuring in the room. Marakin saw this. Though he was utterly angry, he knows he can't do anything right now. Even if he does something it will surely backfire on him as his being pushed from the succession line means the duke doesn't favor him anymore. Grouping with him means going against the Reinhearts, which surely is not wise. So the spectators chose the more wisely way and sided with Daemon. Due to the commotion being high the palace knights came to the site.

"What is going on here. I sensed blood lust from this room. Who dares to use magic here?". The knight who arrived was the guardian knight of the royal family, ser Duncan. Everyone knows about his tales and powers.

The 'guardian knights' are not typical knights; their only job is to protect the royal family. Even if the kingdom is burning these loyal knights won't even lift a finger for it.

Marakin knows about this too. He knew he is in trouble so he tried to play it nicely.

"There isn't anything-" he was interrupted by Daemon's pleading sound.

"He threatened to kill me once I exit this palace." The acting was so sincere the other knights immediately believed him. Ser Duncan knows about both of them. since the king has given orders to watch out for any potential warriors. For some years Daemon was at the top of the list. But Daemon soon stopped training completely. He didn't know what happened to him but he thought it was sad to see someone with high potential just being normal.

Anyway, seeing Daemon plead, Ser Duncan understood he is acting. Ser Duncan knew the kid in front of him is extremely smart, and even though he stopped training that doesn't affect his smartness. But he also knows about the other kid too. He has heard about the cruelties the kid has done. The exploitations he has done under the name of the duke's eldest son and successor. But that all changed when the duke denounced him and announced the second child as the new heir. He also knows about the second child too, he is a good kid, capable. Ser Duncan thought it is a pity for the Dragonborns that a child like him was born to that family.

Since Ser Duncan can't take Marakin without proof, he asked the audience about the truth. They all said what Daemon Said was true. So, without further ado, Ser Duncan left the room with Marakin on his side. Marakin gave a hateful look, which Daemon returned with a simple hand wave.