Scott was wholly absorbed in his mockery, utterly oblivious to the changes in the atmosphere at the Evernight Marquis while he laid into its owner, Mengming.
The customers there-including, but not limited to, Xianzhou locals, Cloud Knights, off-duty Cloud Knights, plainclothes Cloud Knights, interstellar friends, alien travelers, and Knights of Beauty-rose to their feet and silently gathered around.
Meanwhile, seeing Scott bullying someone here again, Stelle rolled up her sleeves, ready to throw down.
March 7th shouted as well, "Stop! You're taking this way too far!"
Scott turned around, looked at the crowd, and frowned slightly. "Well, well, well. Which great hero is it this time?"
"Me, your grand-aunt!" March 7th declared, only to scrunch up her face a moment later. "Oh, wait, grand-aunt doesn't sound all that cool... Stelle, you tell him!"
"She's the Astral Express's Sword Champion, March 7th!" Stelle said.
"That's right, I'm the Sword Champion back home..." March 7th said, planting her hands on her hips.
"Never heard of you. Kindly crawl back wherever you came from," Scott said disdainfully.
"Mr. Scott, I'm Cloud Knight Lieutenant Yanqing. We've met before." Yanqing gave Scott a stern look. "Please mind your words and actions, and don't cause trouble in the streets."
"Hah?! I'm just an ordinary customer complaining to the young proprietress about her lousy tea, and even that gets the Cloud Knights involved? Who in the entire galaxy would dare visit your Xianzhou for tea after this?" Scott said.
"With that attitude, you call yourself a tourist visiting the Xianzhou?" Yunli gave Scott a sidelong look.
Her words immediately drew support from the customers, who shouted, "Exactly! What kind of tourist are you supposed to be? Drink the tea or don't. If you don't want it, get lost and stop ruining our tea!"
Scott said, "...Shut up!