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Outside the Chang Le Palace in the Great Flame Kingdom.

A deathly silence.

Every single minister was speechless, their mouths agape.

They were just a hair's breadth away from tearing that man and child to shreds.

Why did it stop?

"Something is blocking the way," an old minister finally said, his voice trembling.

"There's something blocking that beast's way! Look where its claws are slapping—it's suspended in mid-air!"

"What...what kind of sorcery is this?"

"The child in his arms is the eldest princess of our Great Flame Kingdom! What does that sorcerer intend to do with her?"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other, and they all saw fear in each other's eyes.

Shu Jingwei's expression gradually darkened; her daughter...

Yao Jingyuan stood in the crowd, his expression incredibly interesting.

First came shock, then confusion, and finally, it all transformed into—

unwilling.

So close!

They were just a hair's breadth away from being killed by the tiger!

He took a deep breath, suppressing the myriad thoughts in his mind, leaned closer to Shu Jingwei, and spoke in a low voice—

"His Majesty."

Shu Jingwei didn't look at him; her eyes remained fixed on the light screen.

"Your Majesty," he leaned closer, "this sorcerer appeared out of nowhere, took away the eldest princess, and didn't let the tiger harm her. I don't know why."

Shu Jingwei then turned her head and looked at him coldly.

Yao Jingyuan felt a chill run down his spine.

But he didn't back down and continued to speak.

"What if he suddenly appears beside Rou'er one day and uses this sorcery to take her away? What will we do? Can we break through that invisible wall?"

These words struck a chord with Shu Jingwei. She glanced at Shu Rou, who was now obediently standing beside her with a dog in her arms, and thought to herself.

If someone can appear out of thin air, someone who can keep wild beasts at bay, and if he really wants to harm Shu Rou—or even herself, can she defend herself in time?

Shu Jingwei pondered for a moment, her eyes hardening, and then she spoke.

"Order Zhang Chong, the commander of the Imperial Guards, to muster another thousand men and bring back the First Princess! As for this sorcerer, if he cannot be captured alive, kill him on the spot!"

On the sky, the images continued to play.

Little Douzi stared blankly at the scene before him, feeling as if his brain was about to stop working.

She blinked, then blinked again, her little hands gripping Lin Ye's collar once more, her voice timid: "Godfather... why... why isn't it biting anymore?"

Lin Ye looked down at her. The little girl still had tear stains on her face, but her eyes were wide open, full of confusion.

He couldn't help but laugh, and reached out to gently stroke her little nose: "Because it can't bite."

"Can't it bite?" Little Douzi was even more confused, her little brows furrowing. "It clearly...it clearly pounced on me, Little Douzi saw it..."

"Look." Lin Ye carried her for two steps forward, stopped in front of the glass wall, and tapped it with one hand.

"Knock knock".

The transparent wall made a crisp sound.

Hearing the noise, the tiger immediately came closer, its big nose almost touching the glass, its breath creating a white mist on the glass.

The little boy shrank back in fright, only to find that the tiger really couldn't get through.

It was right there, so close you could count its whiskers, but you just couldn't get closer.

"It...it's locked up?" Little Pocket asked tentatively.

"Yes." Lin Ye nodded. "They're locked up by this transparent wall. It's glass, very sturdy; they can't break it, and they can't get out."

The little boy stared at the glass for a while, then suddenly reached out his little hand and tentatively touched it.

It's cool and hard.

When the tiger saw her little hand, it stood up, raised a huge paw, and slammed it on that spot through the glass.

"Thump."

Xiao Douzi's hand trembled, and he pulled it back.

She looked at the big tiger on the other side of the glass, and the big tiger tilted its head to look at her.

"Godfather, why isn't it leaving?"

"It wants to play with us," Lin Ye teased her with a smile. "Does Little Pocket want to play with it?"

Xiao Douzi hesitated for a moment, nodded, then quickly shook his head.

"I want to... but Little Pocket doesn't dare..."

"It's okay, your godfather is here. He'll protect you. Little Douzi, do you want to play?" Lin Ye gently patted the girl's back and asked tenderly.

Little Douzi pondered, her face contorted in thought, but curiosity prevailed in the end, and she nodded.

Lin Ye squatted down, holding the little girl, and let her sit on his lap, getting closer to the tiger.

Then, holding her little hand, he gently pressed it against the glass.

When the tiger saw them approaching, it perked up again, pressed its big head against the glass, and made a "grunting" sound in its throat.

Little Douzi suddenly giggled.

"Godfather, godfather! It looks like a big cat!"

Lin Ye laughed and led her to tap the glass repeatedly. The tiger's head followed their hands, sometimes to the left and sometimes to the right.

The little boy couldn't stop laughing; his eyes shone like stars on his dirty little face.

Great Flame Kingdom.

The people looked up, their eyes almost popping out of their sockets.

"Oh my God!!!"

"That...that's teasing the tiger!?"

"That's a giant tiger! The tyrant of the mountains! A tiger that can crush a person's head in one bite!"

In the teahouse, a storyteller slammed his gavel onto the table with a "thud," his mouth agape wide enough to fit two eggs.

He had lived for over sixty years and told stories for over forty years, from the Classic of Mountains and Seas to the Records of Diverse Things. What mythical beasts and monsters hadn't he talked about? Yet, a four- or five-year-old child teasing a giant insect—he had never seen anything like it in his life!

The man selling candied hawthorns slipped, and the skewers fell all over the ground. He was completely unaware, just tilting his head back, his chin almost dropping to his chest.

On the long street, an old woman slapped herself hard across the face. Her daughter-in-law, startled, cried out, "Mother, what are you doing?!"

"Let me see if I'm dreaming!" The old woman covered her face, her eyes still fixed on the sky. "It's not a dream—someone really is teasing the tiger!"

"I'm going crazy, I must be going crazy..."

Outside Chang Le Palace, Shu Rou was holding a snow-white poodle.

That dog was no ordinary dog—it was a birthday gift that the governor of Nanhai County had painstakingly searched for and traveled a long way to present to her.

This is the only one of its kind in the entire Great Flame Kingdom. It is said to be a rare species that was brought from an overseas fairy island. It has snow-white fur, is free of lice and fleas, and can understand human speech.

Shu Rou cherished her dearly, and would often take her from the palace maids to hold and play with her.

But at this moment, she looked at the majestic tiger in the sky.

Its fur was glossy and smooth, and its claws were bigger than her face. When the tiger roared, the entire forest would tremble. It was countless times more majestic than the ball of white fur in her arms!

Shu Rou pouted, her eyes reddening with jealousy.

"Mother Queen!" She threw the poodle on the ground and started stomping her feet and making a scene.

"Rou'er wants a big tiger! Rou'er doesn't want this useless dog! It's small and useless! What do you mean by 'one of a kind' or 'once in a century'!"

The poodle was thrown to the ground, whimpering and curling up in a ball.

Yao Jingyuan quickly picked up his daughter and gently comforted her, "Rou'er, be good, that's a wild animal, we can't keep it..."

"No, no!" Shu Rou squirmed in his arms, kicking and thrashing about.

Then, with tears welling up in her eyes, she looked at Shu Jingwei and said, "Why can that little beggar play with a big tiger! Rou'er wants one too! Mother! Mother, please get one for Rou'er!"

Shu Jingwei ignored her, her eyes fixed on the small figure in the sky.

That's her daughter.

That daughter she hadn't seen or held in a long time.

He's laughing so happily right now.