“Princess Felix, how dare you?”

An angry voice boomed. It was so loud that it was piercing the eardrums of all those that were present in the throne room. Everyone, including Shao Xuan cupped their hands on their ears because of the massive discomfort that they were experiencing from the noise.

After the door to the throne room was slammed wide open, a rank of heavily armoured soldiers totalling to around thirty, marched right into the room in unison with heavy footsteps. Leading in front of the soldiers was a brute looking beast man, he had a tall statue and the features of a ferocious lion.

Wearing a golden armour, he approached the princess at a steadily fast speed with a cold expression on his face. His speed was unbelievably quick considering the weight of his armour.

“W—Wait…”

Sensing his animosity, the lesser demon fox tried to block his path to the princess, but she was ultimately ordered to stand down by Felix.

“Did you just order the royal mage council to perform a useless summoning ritual at the expense of mages? Don’t you know that the mages’ magic power will remain stagnant and even relegate by one or more tiers as backlash? Are you trying to get this border town destroyed by reducing the military might of our mages when we are at war with the humans, you traitor?” The lion beast man bellowed whilst pointing his finger at the princess, accusing her of being a treacherous traitor right from the start.

“N—No, I…”

Princess Felix opened her mouth and wanted to rebut his accusations, but the lion beast man continued to speak, leaving her with no opportunity to defend herself.

“You requested for the King to appoint you to the frontline as governor of this border town. Yet, instead of killing those human scums, you spared their lives and even allowed those imbecile human refugees inside the town along with their young and old. And now, the hero you have summoned is this puny looking human who is wearing such weird clothes? What? Do you think that he will be able to save this town from the failure that you have caused?! This is so ridiculous that it’s so funny. Are you trying to make me die of laughter?”

The lion beast man mocked the princess, making his men burst out into a round of rowdy laughter. As soldiers working under the royal family, they had no respect for the princess.

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“…”

The young female mages and the princess sulked in silence and hung their heads down, clenching their fists. There was truth in what the beast man had said. Ever since they arrived from the capital to take over the governance of the town, the situation of the town had deteriorated from bad to worse. They had truly messed up.

“Pfft! Hah! What a bunch of clowns! Have you no shame bullying a bunch of young girls?” Shao Xuan laughed out loud while holding his tummy. His arrogant laughter seemed to have escalated the tension in the throne room.

“What did you say, human? Who are you calling a clown? I dare you to laugh again.” The soldiers’ laughter ceased immediately as the lion beast man shouted. Veins were bulging out all over his face and arms, and his eyes slowly turned into a crimson red, revealing his intense bloodlust.

One could tell that he was about to erupt. His ferocious stare would make anyone tremble in fear.

But not Shao Xuan.

“H —A —H! ”As though he was a fool courting his death, Shao Xuan enunciated the syllabus one by one as slowly and clearly as he could.

“Human, you dare?!” With a stomp of his feet, the lion beast man sprinted into action. In a flash, he’d closed the distance between him and Shao Xuan.

Shao Xuan cursed under his breath when he saw the beast man charging towards him with his flashy armour in a blink of an eye. He could barely see his figure charging towards him with his claws out, and his body was unable to react in time to dodge his attack.

"Die you fool!"

Clang! With the sound of metal clashing, the lion beast man’s assault was stopped abruptly. The princess' rapier had been drawn, stopping the metal claws from reaching any closer to Shao Xuan’s face. There was barely an inch apart between Shao Xuan’s head and his claws.

"Captain Shi Zi, stand down." The princess ordered in a stern voice. Despite her slim figure, the princess unexpectedly held her ground against the lion beast man.

"Princess Felix, you should be the one that should step aside. Let me kill this rude bastard! Why are you defending a human? An incompetent and spoiled princess like you should have never interfered with this country affairs.”

“Are you attempting treason?! Why are you attacking the princess?! Everyone here, you are bearing witness to an assassination! What are you standing there for?! Protect the princess!” Shao Xuan shouted at the top of his lung, he needed to take control of the situation quickly and protect the princess from harm, especially with his life on the line.

A split second was enough for Shao Xuan to discern the situation he was facing. Through the bits and pieces of their conversation, or rather a one-sided accusation, he had captured all the crucial information that was needed.

Human refugees; war; border town; governor. All of these keywords pointed out that human wasn’t welcomed here. And as a human himself, he was in a precarious position as well. The princess held a pro-human view while the lion beast man was the opposite.

Although he had no information on the identity of the lion beast man, Shao Xuan could deduce that he must be holding a high position based on his tone and the surrounding subordinates' reactions.

After watching the situation unfolds, Shao Xuan decided to force the lion beast man’s hand by humiliating and agitating him. Although that would endanger his own life, it would also force the princess to commit to a firm decision as well, seeing her weak stance against the lion beast man. As members of the royalty, they needed to maintain their dignity and firm grip on their subjects.

Shao Xuan had no qualms about leaving his original world behind and starting a new life in another world. As an orphan his whole life, he had no emotional attachment to anyone back on Earth. He wanted to travel around the new world and see the world out there, having spent his whole life struggling to survive.

He wanted to be free. But it was not meant to be. The situation did not allow him to do so. If he knew that there was a war breaking out, he would never have rejected the princess’s offer.

Furthermore, immediately after getting summoned, he tried to bring up the status screen that all the other novels back on Earth mentioned about, but nothing had happened.

‘What this? Where’s my status screen? Where’s my cheat? Those novels lied to me!’