"I've heard about your situation, and actually, I also support peaceful coexistence between your beastmen and us." The calmed princess clapped her hands, "Ah, look at me, I haven't introduced myself yet. I am the princess of this country, Elissa, the daughter of Queen Ceres."

I quickly stood up, clenched my fist against my chest, and performed the standard military salute of our tribe: "In the name of our ancestors, I am Bloch, a first-class warrior of the Blood Axe Clan. It's an honor to meet you, Your Royal Highness."

"No need to be so formal, here I am just like you, a mere student. You can just call me Elissa." The princess smiled and waved her hand, "As Dean Loran said, beastmen are indeed a civilized race. As a reward for helping me, feel free to ask me anything you don't understand in the future."

"Thank you very much."

Great, not only did we clear up the misunderstanding, but I also left a good impression on the heir of this country's leadership. This is a big step in bringing our two races closer together.

I couldn't help but feel elated.

"We should probably get back to class now. Ah, is this your textbook?" The princess looked at the desk and said.

Textbook?

I followed her gaze and immediately sounded the alarm in my heart.

"This book... uh—" Her voice suddenly stuck.

What was on the table was the restricted-level picture book that Loran had taken out earlier.

Then she slowly lifted her head like a rusted tin man, her eyes filled with horror, "This... this is your book?"

Loran！！！！！！！

That pervert! Remember to put the book away when you leave!

"No!" I quickly denied, "This is Dean Loran's!"

"Impossible, how could such a noble and elegant dean read such a book?"

She doesn't just have one of those books, she has a whole bunch! Damn it, that pervert's surface image is maintained quite well!

"You were planning to take advantage of my guard being down..." Elissa, the princess, suddenly hugged herself, trembling.

"That's not true! This book really isn't mine, so please take a closer look!" I picked up the book and held it up in front of her.

"I didn't see anything! Don't make me look!" She screamed and covered her eyes, "Please let me go, I really can't do such a shameless thing!"

What a far-fetched idea! If you don't want to see, don't cover your eyes and peek through your fingers. Haven't you already seen the cover clearly?

"Please calm down, Your Highness! I want you to take a closer look at the title of this book!" I covered the rather shameless cover image with one hand, revealing only the title, "You see, it's in Elvish, right?"

"Eh? It really is ..."

"So, this book was published in your country, not mine! I can't even read Elvish!"

"Could it be... that it's a confiscated forbidden book from a student?"

I slapped the table with the hand that had been covering the image and quickly went along with her line of thought: "Yes! It must be! This thing was on the table when I came in, think about it, how could I possibly put something like this on the table when she was here just now?"

As long as I can clear my name, a little deviation from the truth is acceptable.

"Is...that so..."

At this moment, the office door was knocked on, and a female elf student pushed the door open: "Dean, Ms. Mireya asked me to give you this document-"

She stopped in her tracks when she saw the scene in the office: I was leaning on the desk with one hand, and with the other, I was holding an inappropriate picture book toward the princess, who was covering her eyes (although not really covering them).

The female student hesitated for two seconds, and before I could come up with a reasonable explanation, she closed the door as if turning back time.

That day, rumors that I forced the princess to look at an inappropriate book spread throughout the academy.