Follow the guards.

A small group of city guardsmen escort you to the local barracks. It doesn't even give you a chance to change from your comfortable home clothes to your adventuring garb. You leave your pack and behind as well. Though thankfully, they don't take your weapon. They gesture you inside, and you make your way down a hall to a small office. There they shut the door behind you.

Sitting behind a desk is an older woman with a scar across her eye. She's dressed in armour despite doing paperwork. As you approach, she gestures to the chair across from her with a stoic, stern gaze.

"Sit," she commands.

I'm not a dog. You sit down and immediately begin to plead your case. "I have no idea what's going on. I was just--"

"I heard you injured some of my men," she says.

"Something was controlling me."

She sighs. "Whether that's true or not is to be seen. All that really matters is that there already was a warrant for your arrest even before you did that. It comes from above me. All I need to do is make sure it's done."

"So you're not even going to tell me what I did? That's some bullshit. I just got back from slaying a Demon King. I'm not one myself. Even ask uh... Lord Beela of the Circle, or Nyllia Tesgella, or--"

"Stop." She raises her hand. "I don't care if you did or didn't kill some kind of Demon King. I just explained that these orders come from above. The warrant speaks of treason. Conspiracy to become a Demon King and lead an army to endanger the people of Tivera. Bystanders say they heard you boast about your power before you so carelessly cut open a few of my guards and left them bleeding on the street."

"Do I get a trial at least?"

"No. But you aren't to be executed or thrown in the stocks unless you show yourself to be an even more dangerous threat. For the safely of the people, you are hereby banished from the Empire of Tivera. You aren't to set foot in any of His Majesty's cities. Head north or south or live in the woods. All else you need to know is that you must be gone by the end of the day. Period. My men will escort you at all times until then."

Something is wrong. Seriously wrong. Everything that's happened lately has been fishy as hell, and I need to get to the bottom of it. Fuck! I need to follow what they're saying for now, but when I get settled somewhere else, I'll figure out who it is that's doing this to me. Is it the new king? What does he have against me?

"Fine." You admit defeat. "I'm going back to Dragonhide Manor to tell the others. I'll be gone before nightfall."

"Wonderful. Take him away. I have far too much work to do."

You sit up and take a deep breath in. I just got home. Things were supposed to be easy without the Demon King around. When do I get to finally relax?