Wood cutting

Damian who was looking at the nobles with an amused look on his face turned his gaze at the man who was acting as his footrest and asked, "What about you, wanna tell me why were you on the throne, young Wryknight who is older than me?"

Damian's legs jerked a bit notifying him the the boy was man was scared right now.

Well he should be considering Christopher's sword was just above his neck ready chop it off in an instant.

"Anyone in the room would like to enlighten me why there were people in the throne room even when Neither your queen nor I was here?" asked Damian out loud.

Seeing that no one was willing to answer Damian sighed and looked at his human footrest.

"Do you know, when I was in Adroelia and was new to the position of the mage head. There were quite a lot of families who wanted to align a person like me who didn't have any backgrounds on their sides. They used money, women, threats, drugs and much more.....but in the do you know what happened?" asked Damian as he took his feet off the man.

"... C'mon ask me if you don't know." said Damian as he patted the man's shoulder.

"I-I-I d-dont k-k-know." said the man in a trembling voice.

Damian smiled at that and said, "All those people who planned the threat and assassinations against me.....'mysterioisly' disappeared...of course the king 'never questioned' their disappearance and there were just some investigations.....but they were still not found."

The man who was just below Damian's legs felt something caressing against his neck and tensed up.

"Those were the days.....but considering that currently I have the highest authority in the kingdom, I didn't think that there would be people who would be willing to you know....threaten me or should say frame me."

Hearing that most of the people in the hall held their breath as one of the man said, "Lord Damian! Wha-"

Damian immediately glared at the man who tried to raise his voice and said, "Do you want to answer any of my questions that I asked earlier? If not then shut your mouth."

"As for you..." said Damian as he looked back at his man in front of him and asked, "Younger Wryknight....have you ever seen a saw cutting a wood?"

"Y-Yes?!?!" asked the man in a loud and panicked tone.

"...Oh right they don't have a saw here....then let's go with an axe. You should be familiar with how it cuts the wood right? No?....let me demonstrate how it works....Chris." said Damian as he moved his hand forward asking for the sword Christopher was holding.

"L-Lord D-Damian?" said the man he he looked towards Damian who was now holding the sword in his hand.

"What? Do you need to tell me something?" asked Damian as he placed the sword next to the man's neck.

"Observe it carefully.....you will just have a second to observed how 'wood' is cut." said Damian as he glanced at the man's father.

"You see it carefully as well Wryknight. Your son is acting like a tree for the play. Make sure to keep this in your memory." said Damian with a smile.

"Your majest!! Please stop!!" yelled the man's father.

"Tell me what I want to know then, even though I already know the answers we need some proof y'know." said Damian as he stared at the man.

"Lord Damian!! You are crossing the line here!!" yelled another noble.

Once he said that Damian looked at him with a surprised expression on his face and said, "You high or something dude? You should know better than me who chooses the lines first. Anyway if none of you can answer me just watch the play."

Damian readied himself to chop the 'wood'(A/N: Just so you know it wasn't the morning wood.)

"L-Lord Damian, I will answer!" yelled the man who was going to act as the wood.

"Oh, aren't you becoming a nice tree. Go on." said Damian as he lowered the sword.

"We were in the hall because we were called by father who told us we will be making it look like the court is still in session and wi-"

"LEO SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!!" yelled the man's father.

"YOU SHUT UP OLD MAN!! IF YOU CANNOT SAVE ME THEN JUST SHUT UP!!"

"Done?" asked Damian as he looked at the father and son.

"He said that they wanted to make it look like the court is still in session and use that as a front to give orders using your name and authority." said the man.

"Hmm Hmm....good good, and what about you sitting on the throne?" asked Damian.

"Everyone of the people gathered here sits on the throne,it was just my bad luck that today was my turn." said the man as he immediately bowed down with his forehead touching the ground.

"Please lord Damian, I didn't have anything to do with them, I was just pulled into this by my father. I didn't even want to be here in the first place. I have a wife and two kids to look after, please show mercy!!" said the man.

"My my, you all were using too much of your brains.....and how did no guard or maid noticed that neither me nor Irene was coming in?" asked Damian.

"The nobles here hired two people one who possess a magic to change someone's/something's appearance and the another mage able to 'convince' others with words." said the man who looked up at Damian.

Damian scratched the back of his head and said, "Chris....the people of your kingdom really do have excelling talents in various areas. Man, I am impressed."

"As for the leading figures....the ones I called out earlier were them, right?" asked Damian.

"Yes! Yes! It was the three of the-"

Just before he was able to finish Damian kickeck him with enhanced strength and sent him flying towards the ceiling.

"You really are making light of me." said Damian in a cold tone as he moved his hand forward and grabbed the man who came down from the ceiling by his neck.

"Just because I am not saying anything you think I will listen to any bullshit that you come up with...man who have a magic to 'convince' people through words." said Damian making them person who was being grabbed by him widen his eyes in shock.

"I told you earlier right? I know everything that I want to know. I just wanted to hear it from your mouth." said Damian as he gripped the neck even more tightly.

"Chris, check his clothes. He posses a magic tool which helps him in moving my seal and signatures from one document to another." said Damian making Christopher and his knights widen his eyes in shock.

"Send some people to the Wryknight, Roeschu and Cranel estates and have them capture their families too. If they need some tough love to start speaking then they will get some." said Damian.

"And you....yes you the one who told me I was crossing the line earlier. Today we are having a mass execution of all those who 'I' find guilty....so prepare yourselves who are guilty to cross the lines....that separates life and death." said Damian as he raised his free hand's middle finger towards the man.

"And about you." said Damian while looking at the man who was in his grasp.

"Let me see how you fight against the dragons on the front lines...if you want to be a king then act like one as well." said Damian as he dragged thean out of the throne room.

"Chris, don't let any of these escape. It will be your responsibility." said Damian as he finally disappeared from Christopher's sight.

'...For some reason I am really excited by how he is taking control of the situation.....even though it is very brutal' thought Christopher as he ordered his men to restrain the people in the room and lock them up.