We would find Mena who would still be walking through the magma fields, which would not be difficult for her at all since, compared to any of the races, she could walk without any problem on that place thanks to her resistance to fire and the resistance to the change of temperatures. While she continued on her way, she entered a village of the kingdom, which she noticed while she covered herself, the bad state of that place as well as the danger that existed in the area being supported by corrupt soldiers and merchants who were doing illegal things, among them were theft, robbery, extortion as well as the sale of slaves.
When she saw the latter she did not think twice and rushed against those smugglers to attack them mercilessly with her sword and dodging one or another attack of them until the end of the fight, leaving those subjects on the ground seriously wounded to then run away so as not to draw much attention leaving them there for the citizens to take care of giving them a punishment.
"Well... I almost ruined my plan... But at least those criminals will go to jail, I hope they do not return to the streets and continue doing the same... Otherwise I will look for them again and I will attack them without mercy..."
She would be saying to herself as she ran past the forest of ashes leaving the town perplexed as to what had happened; But unbeknownst to her, the one who would arrest them would be Count Brenton who controlled the soldiers who had arrived to take all those who were on the ground to a hiding place to start beating each one of them, since in reality he was the leader of a criminal gang called The Chaos Buffoons, who did criminality regardless of the pact they had between the other kingdoms of not attacking each other, which did criminality regardless of the pact they had between the other kingdoms of not attacking each other, but they had captured a very few citizens of the other kingdoms as well to enslave them as unwilling animals since he had the belief that they are the only superiors that should exist and the others to serve them.
"How... How is it possible for you to be defeated by just a simple citizen! Don't you understand that you belong to the biggest criminal gang and are defeated by a simple girl! Or... Did you not have so much thought just to defeat a mere child!"
The Count would be saying shouting and hitting one of his defeated members in the face to release anger and frustration since they were almost discovered, so that all the others would observe what was going to happen to them if they failed again to continue stealing and kidnapping more citizens from other kingdoms to provoke a new war.
"If you fail me again, I swear I will end your miserable lives myself!"
He would shout like this to then give a mortal blow to the subject that he was himself hitting leaving his body on the ground showing those who were there that he was not going to allow them to fail again, thus making them leave the place all scared of him since they had only joined him out of fear which in reality was very present, since from him you could witness a sinister aura as if he was something very sinister controlling him, to then start laughing in an unhinged way.
Meanwhile Mena, would be finally leaving the kingdom which was his home, entering now in a lush forest with trees of considerable size; it was when he was going deeper, he began to hear the screams of a wounded boy, so he quickly began to run in the direction of where the screams came from, so thanks to his heat vision, he would see three silhouettes located inside a canyon, in which one was on the ground being beaten by the other two. So when he arrived he leaned on a stone to observe everything from afar, although unfortunately he did not have a hearing which allowed him to hear well from far away.
"What's going on over there? ... I think I'd better get closer to see if it needs help to be saved..."
She would say to herself in order to jump from the cliff down without getting hurt thanks to her wings hiding behind another rock thus hiding and having a much clearer vision observing and listening better the situation that was happening so she could notice that some criminals were stealing his money to that young man, also finding out that he was in the human realm so she would still stay hidden in case it became something of life or death.
"Come on, give me all your money, since it's impossible for you to have only ten copper coins, so give us the rest or else... We'll end your miserable life!"
Would say the subject thus taking out a blade from his belt showing it to the young man who was assaulted in order to persuade him to hand over everything he had, even if he did not possess it, they were not going to leave him alone as long as they got everything they wanted. At this moment he would see Mena, which made him angry that this type of situation occurred in other kingdoms, so, in anger, he would come out of his hiding place and be seen by the thieves, surprised that he had jumped in a very high way, which was impossible for them, leaving both of them in fear.
"Who... Who are you! No... You are not a human!"
Would shout that delinquent who had a blade so with a movement, he would attack her, but the only thing he had done is to remove her cloak observing who in reality was a girl and even more of the dragon race so getting too scared; he would be attacked mercilessly by her. So Mena would finish with those delinquents leaving their bodies on the ground, to then go to where the unconscious boy was, seeing him well and thinking that he could not leave him there, so he would put away his sword, take the money from him and drag him to a cave which was nearby.
After a few hours, that young man would begin to wake up with a little disoriented vision, gradually regaining his normal vision and observing more closely that he was in a cave and so exalting him and getting up but he could not do it in a good way because of the pain he had in his body for the blows he had been receiving by the previous criminals and sitting on the ground and lying down and observing that someone was approaching so with the little strength he had left, he would begin to speak with difficulty.
"Tell me... Who are you? ... Do you want to rob me too... like them? ..."
He would say with difficulty until he would slowly take a few steps forward, being Mena who was carrying some branches for the bonfire, it would also scare the young man because for other kingdoms it was very bad for other races to enter the territory of others. Mena was not worried about that, but the young man was, so he tried to calm him down with difficulty, he would leave the branches he had brought in the same fire to make a little more fire sitting in front of him, not being so close.
"Hey calm down, I was the one who saved you from being killed by those criminals who wanted to take all your money. Here, here I give it back to you, after all this is still yours."
She mentioned as she returned his bag with his coins leaving it next to him thus reassuring the young man a little, in that he would sit and watched her carefully, since none of the humans remembered how the appearances of the other races were, but in changes they knew the names of each of the existing kingdoms without knowing if there was a new generation of them.
"Thank you very much for returning it... Also, I thank you for saving my life from almost being killed by those bandits... I want you to take this... I know it's not much, but it's to thank you... In the same way I can see that... You have nothing to survive with in this kingdom, so with these coins you can get food, although it won't be much..."
At that, he would give her about four copper coins and one silver coin, making Mena think strange and weird since she actually never thought he would give her anything just for saving him, but in order not to be so rude she accepted the coins since apparently the coins and their value was very different in each kingdom. So, noticing that he was not going to accuse her of anything, much less expose the others in her kingdom, she thought of getting some information about the place and maybe she could continue on her way to find what she was longing for.
"Thank you... Hey, if possible I want you to tell me about yourself, about this kingdom and why you don't feel uncomfortable being here with me even knowing that I am from another kingdom."
She would ask Mena asking that to the boy thus making him show a little smile, something that came to reassure her thus to begin to listen to everything she had to know, thus beginning to him to tell everything about it while she watched a little the fire of the bonfire warming up because of the cold that was doing in that cave.
"In this kingdom is governed in a feudal way so much my people are in charge only in the trade of the products that come to us as we do ... Although this does not become much because it does not get much money doing this and even more with the payment that must be made to the crown and the church is almost ... Complicated to support those expenses as to get good quality food ... That is why the vast majority hunts and collects their own food ... With respect to why I do not mind being with you is because it is the first time I see someone from another kingdom, even more of the neighboring kingdom which is the kingdom of the Dragons, as they told stories of the areas that are on the same continent, drawn in our documents only came to mention the ancient names of those areas belonging to other races that exist ..."
He would be telling Mena about his town, making her surprised because apparently those documents that he had about his kingdom were from the ancient eras, although he did not mention the appearance but only the areas without having more information, being disappointed inside because it was the only information that place had but still accepted it, although she wanted to know his name to be able to call it somehow, besides she had to introduce herself in the same way.
"Mmm... I see, I thank you for telling me about this kingdom, although... I would like to know your name now please, but I think I'd better introduce myself first... To begin with my name is Mena Astra Infernal-Fire, and I am the princess of the kingdom which you know as the kingdom of the Dragons, in these times it is actually being called the kingdom of the Red Dragon."
He would be surprised to hear that since he was actually talking to a princess of another kingdom, but in that he would be reassured by her since it was actually making him uncomfortable that he wanted to treat her or see her as he did even though she preferred to escape from that for her personal reasons, so he would interrupt him so that he would not do anything that would make her uncomfortable.
"O-hey... Don't do that please, I am no princess anymore. Now I am a mercenary in order to escape and not to return to my old kingdom since I have... My own reasons why I don't want to return... But tell me, what is your name please? ..."
He would already be calming and explaining him not to tell him that, so after asking him, he would watch him waiting for the answer to his question so that he could start telling him from now until now to get to know each other a little more as a support while still in this realm.
"Well... you can call me as Roderick Sathur Emberforge."
He would be saying with a slight smile on his face, answering her question so both of them already after having said their names and where they came from, a companionship would start to form between both of them, between a new dragon mercenary and a simple human peasant, so both of them would put out the campfire so both of them could rest in those moments until dawn so we both could continue with our paths which we were about to follow from now on helping both of us equally.