After he brought Kira to the farm, he returned to the palace, as he did not want to return to the tavern, meeting his father's soldiers returning from the Sirana hunt, and Mark with them, who left his squad and joined Damian, surprising his presence at this time in the palace, as he usually does not return until the approaching sunrise.

I patted him on the shoulder and said, "How are you, you should have come with us, our catch was plentiful this time, we killed a huge number of them."

Damian shook his head indifferently.

He swore that he would not be a part of his father's soldiers, for...