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 Dragonborn's. As they are one of the largest and has one of the oldest blood lineages of all. The name dragonborn, as the name suggest 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 has 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 couple of generation 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 actually spotted the Eimver kingdom.

The Dragonborns in terms of power and mana capacity is 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 bloods. That doesn't mean they are powerless, in fact, when it comes to talent and potential the dragonborn has highest among other bloodlines.

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

Coming back to the current predicament, Daemon know the guy in front 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 recognise. But they all seem to know him. There were some people, less that few he barely identified.

"The once mighty prodigy among prodigy 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 cupped his hands in a mocking way.

"Your lordship, what have we done to earn your grace to come here and bless us with your presence" Marakin said that words with such a 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 towards 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 those in 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 dump too." Daemon replied with 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, 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 clearly knows very well Marakin won't do anything to him while inside the royal palace. If he does attack anyone without any proper reason then not only him but also his entire family has to bear the wrath of the king. in extreme cases, the title of duke itself can be stripped of. Marakin knows this too. His already damaged position can be further damaged if he does anything inside this palace and he didn't thought 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 backwards 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 actually 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 for a civil war?"

There was all type 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 at him as him being pushed from the succession line means the duke doesn't favour 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 arrived was the guardian knight of the royal family, ser Duncan. Everyone knows about his tales and powers. The 'guardian knights' are not the typical knights; their only job is to protect the royal family. Even if the kingdom is burning these loyal knights' wont 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 know about both of them. since the king has given orders to watch out for any potential warriors. For some years Daemon was on 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's plead, Ser Duncan understood he is acting. Ser Duncan knew the kid in front of him is extremely smart, 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 Dragonborn's that a child like him 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 in his side. Marakin gave a hatefull look, which Daemon returned with simple hand wave.