While Tanya had been facing the masked man when she spoke, her words were directed at her brother who was frowning at the masked man from behind her.
She was chastising Creten for his idiocy in engaging in a battle with someone whose skill set he knew nothing about and Creten could tell that that was what she meant.
Add that to the fact that Tanya just displayed the use of an Abstract Ordinance and you will see why Creten felt so embarrassed right now.
Hal eyed Tanya's stretched hand and was smiling lightly and had his brows furrowed as he stared at Tanya whose hand was still stretched out towards him.
The Princess had proven she was indeed a talent worth a tip of the hat and a gasp of respect.
She had proved herself a genius and almost undoubtedly the best of the Emperor's children.
That said, Hal was bit least not worried...
Insight into an Abstract Ordinance could not trouble him when it was accompanied by Semi-Saint Cultivation.