"After you told me how Mehron is pining for your seat, I feel that his proposal is a trap. I think he is targeting me and not Mira because he thinks I am more important than just a slave to you. So if you try to protect me, it will only confirm his suspicions and might try something else that could expose me. But if I accept this duel, then it would seem as if you consider me no different than just a slave, and he would throw away any suspicions he might have," Damien explained his thoughts.
Akira parted her lips to say something but then closed them as she fell deep into thought. It was not that she hadn't thought about this, but since Damien also felt the same thing, it could be that Mehron was really trying to see what Damien meant to her.
Mira had a surprised look, not expecting such an angle. But she now realized that since she defended a human slave against one of her own people who had an influential status, it would definitely seem suspicious.
