Envoy
Sam's arrogance and might made everyone in the banquet hall stupefied. He has shown death to a prince multiple times, yet not killing him multiple times, right in front of the emperor crushing his confidence.
They couldn't even start to imagine the psychological blow the prince might have suffered.
The Princess, who took her veil off for the first time in the public couldn't hide her emotions, she looked at Sam who is tightening his tie and walking back to his original position on the stage as if he did nothing of significance.
His back looked like an immovable and unfathomable mountain. She was thinking what could he have done to her if not for the rules. She felt a wave of gratitude for her father for implementing such strict rules so they can survive. Otherwise, all the prideful geniuses that gathered here from all over the empire would have died in the hands of this monster including her.