The eldest princess was proud.
The little princess's birthday banquet had been a time and place where everyone was supposed to be happy.
Yet a Shepherd of no consequence had suddenly leaped out and ruined it.
When her younger sister saw the banquet hall in ruins, she cried all night.
Partly because she had been ambushed and knocked unconscious, and partly because she felt heartbroken for her sister.
So the eldest princess had not rested these past few days, instead searching everywhere for traces of the Shepherd.
Now that she had heard there was trouble here, and that this Beast was the Shepherd's companion, she had immediately rushed over, intending to seize him and force him to reveal the Shepherd's whereabouts.
The next time they met, she would surely freeze that Shepherd for several hours, then make him shiver his way over to apologize to the little princess.
Only then did Beast understand what this so-called "chance of survival" meant.
If he had encountered anyone else, those people would have had no Moral Law whatsoever toward a "monster" like him who used witchcraft. They would have simply cut him down with a sword.
But he had encountered the eldest princess. Though she was powerful, she did not possess much killing intent.
She was simply angry.
As long as that anger remained, she would not kill him for the time being.
And so, his chance of survival had appeared.
"I won't tell you." Though he understood this, Beast still shook his head. He would not betray the Shepherd.
Seeing Beast's attitude, the eldest princess's anger flared.
Thinking of her sister, who had cried all night and spent the following days listless, unable even to sleep well, she intensified the chill around her.
"Cold, isn't it? If you don't want to stay