Robbery? Extortion Is Better

But no matter how much they cursed, it could not solve the problem before them!

Solam had clearly come to hate the entire city over this matter. With that red dragon's head alone, Solam should have been a hero of the city. But how had they treated him?

Of course, these nobles knew what Groot had done. (Only the people around them knew about Marco pursuing Isabella; the outside world had yet to hear of it.)

But they had not cared. In their eyes, it had merely been a romantic affair. At the time, they had not paid much attention to where Solam had gone, because Solam had acted far too arrogantly. These nobles had held a welcome banquet for him, yet Solam had treated it with utter disdain. During the banquet, he had not even bothered to hide his impatience.

Even the newly risen nobles who had initially held some goodwill toward Solam had been deeply annoyed by his attitude. And so, Solam had been utterly ignored.

A legendary mage was impressive, but so what? Could a legendary mage directly raise their noble titles? Since Solam was so arrogant, they could not be bothered to cater to him.

They had approached Solam in the first place only to see whether they could use him to establish a connection with Chalanona. But since Solam had no interest in dealing with them, they could not be bothered to waste the effort.

After all, legendary mages and the like were simply too far removed from them.

Yet now that Solam had returned, he had come to hate them as well.

But Solam was not entirely unreasonable. He had risked his life for this city, yet they had watched as his people were bullied. No matter how one looked at it, that was