He was one of the great guards of the kingdom, a person with power and authority great enough to bring cities under his control, under the command of the king of course, and this city was under his supervision given that it is a large city that attracts many merchants, tourists, bounty hunters and mercenaries, And sometimes criminals, as quarrels and disagreements often occur between them, and he had to intervene to maintain the stability and safety of the city.

His big brown eyes wandered among the troublemakers before him, before saying in a cold voice:

What is going on here…?

Shizuna let go of the man she was tying up and stepped forward, saying:

These barbarians have kidnapped my son and want to sell him into slavery...

Your son...?

The hammer-wielding guard raised an eyebrow in disapproval, not because Shizuna was too young to be a mother, but because she was human while that boy was a dragon.

In this kingdom, the marriage of minors was a normal thing, so you find the mother of the same age as her children, but Shizuna's lie was very clear because they are from different species. The owner of the huge hammer completed her naive lie to ask her:

When did she give birth to him then...?

I didn't give birth to him, but I adopted him a few months ago...

And where are the adoption papers...?

I left her in the palace.. the palace of the Chad family...

are you a servant there...?

No.. I'm a member of the family...

Oh, you're the girl they're looking for.. You don't seem so lost to me as the papers claim.. It's just like you're wandering around on your own will...

Of course I am...

And where is your husband... ?

there...

Pointing behind her, she put her finger directly in the direction of Tom, who began to move to avoid being involved in her lie, but she did call his name and told him to come forward, to submit to her demands while he dragged his feet helplessly.

But I have not heard of any of the daughters of Chad's family getting married...

we secretly married and ran away without anyone's knowledge...

John opened his mouth in shock, he could not absorb this amount of illogical information, and he felt betrayed thinking that John really got married and lied to them that she was his relative in order to take her with them, No wonder he was so considerate and kind to her the whole time.

And what proves that he is your son...?

The royal guard leaned on his huge hammer and asked his question, indicating that he was not convinced yet.

Then Shizuna turned towards the boy, who quickly rushed towards her while his face became distorted due to his crying as he called her:

Mom... Mom...

In the end, he hugged her tightly as if it were his last resort. Shizuna looks at the royal guard triumphantly:

see..? I told you...

The latter looked at the group of merchants who were quarreling with Shizuna and her comrades a while ago, they could not object to her claims so that she would not reveal the way they caught the boy, so accepting the idea that they kidnapped him while he was in the land of humans is better than admitting that they brought him from the land of dragons directly.

Gritting his teeth hard, the long-nosed man was about to explode with anger at the loss he would suffer, but in the end, he couldn't say anything in front of a royal guard who could send him to the other world with one blow.

Long Nose gave up and withdrew with his crew, while John picked up the wanted man they were pursuing and withdrew in silence.

The royal guard approached Shizuna to place his hammer on his shoulder as his large shadow covered the little girl in front of him, then whispered in a low voice:

You must be the half-sister of the heir of the Chad family... Devil's daughter...

Shizuna narrowed her eyes cautiously as she watched him, as his way of introducing her was not She wasn't quite friendly, but she soon became stunned and lost her guard after he added:

It's nice to meet more of my siblings now and then...

Y... you... you too...

Shizuna couldn't finish her sentence, which made the guard The royal laughed so hard that the huge hammer on his shoulder was shaking, now Shizuna realized why he went along with her obvious lie, it was one of them, he was of the same kind, it seemed strange to meet a person in the same situation as her, because she had never met one before, but the strangest thing was that he guaranteed The great royal guards who have a glorious history of victories in wars to protect the kingdom, although the Dark Dynasty are forbidden to engage in any social, political or even military activity.. because they pose a danger to the public in the words of public opinion.

But you...

yeah.. I'm a high-ranking royal ranger.. you can also become a ranger as long as you hide the mark when unleashing your power...

I thought the children of darkness would be banished out of the kingdom once they were found...

not all of them.. most rangers High-ranking royals are like us...

When Tom finished untangling the magic chains from the boy, he noticed how close the owner of the hammer was to Shizuna and that they were whispering. He didn't like the situation very much, so he approached them in case that huge man wanted to scare Shizuna or threaten her with his hammer. That, to be surprised by the latter, says:

But before you join in, you have to get rid of this fake husband of yours.. You can have a promising future as long as you put in more effort...

What if others find out that I'm a descendant of darkness in the meantime...?

I'm going to break their necks...

Tom answered instead of the royal guard, while wrapping his arm around Shizuna's shoulders, who punched his stomach with her elbow as soon as his palm touched her shoulder, she felt so slighted by his words as if she couldn't protect herself, even if they wanted to burn her alive they wouldn't It works.

Don't worry Tommy..because I'll do it myself...

Shizuna replied with furrowed eyebrows in apparent annoyance. From afar, it looked as if Tom was trying to molest a fourteen-year-old girl because of Shizuna's reaction.

They won't be found out.. We undergo a lot of tough training that requires us not to make a lot of mistakes while performing field missions.. So no one will find out about us.. We are now just ordinary citizens who are protected by the kingdom they serve...

The royal guard spoke seriously after he stopped The two talk about gossip, and every time he meets someone of the same kind, he tries to join him, and he thought that Shizuna would accept his welcome with open arms, after being marginalized and rejected for so long, but she ended their short conversation saying:

Sorry for wasting your time.. but I won't. I crawl back to those who incite others against me and see me as a vile, filthy being...

That was a categorical refusal, because she is not willing to join those who abandoned her and hated her until her last breath, she will not make an effort to protect people who will turn against her at any moment they discover who she is.

She grabbed Tom's arm and pulled him behind her without saying goodbye to the royal guard, who waved at her from behind, indifferent to her insolence, while saying farewell to her:

See you again one day.. and my offer will be available any time you come back to me.. I will be waiting for you.. Sister...

The sound of the last word he said seemed strange to her, since Maximus was the only one who called her Sister, even Tom called her by her short name Just 'shiso'.

She grabbed the hand of the boy who helped him a while ago, who was standing aside all the time and did not know what to do, but he was surprised after Shizuna grabbed his hand and walked behind her submissively with him and Tom.

It was like dragging her pets who love to cause trouble when he shoots Free her to play a little.

A side smile settled on the face of the royal guard before he shouted to Shizuna:

By the way, my name is Alexander Damon.. If you need me, ask anyone for my name and he will guide you to me...

Shizuna did not answer him with any gesture, but continued her walk while dragging Tom and the little dragon in human form, which made him laugh loudly again at her childish reaction, and that act aroused the curiosity of the passers-by around him, because this majestic and serious royal guard rarely laughed in such a way That way, to their astonishment, it is not certain that he feels very excited every time he meets the sons of darkness like himself, unlike the other guards who deny their belonging to this race once they join the royal sense; Alexander was very attached to his true identity, regardless of the criticism he was subjected to every time he revealed his true identity.

At the end of the day when the bounty hunters gather in a nightclub, Tom and Shizuna explain the true situation to John who is the only one out of all the spectators who crowded around them in the arena who believes their apparent lie, he is frustrated at first but soon forgets about it and returns to normal. To quarrel with them instead of avoiding them and throwing strange glances at them like he did in the beginning when they returned from the big square downtown.