"Sophistry, that's what this is, sophistry!" Duke Linqi's face turned beet red.
"Whether it is sophistry or fact, Your Grace knows best in your heart. Time reveals a man's heart as the road tests a horse's strength. At first, some may have misunderstood me, but I believe that as time goes on, everyone will acknowledge the truth of my words,"
Duge said with a smile, his bearing dignified and righteous.
Indeed!
Magic is meant to defeat enemies. What does that have to do with whether or not a person is upright?
I kill people, I set fires, I lie through my teeth, I use the Seven-Hole Touch, but that doesn't prevent me from being an upright person...
At that moment,
during the process of persuading Duke Linqi, Duge felt his own thoughts elevate; he had discovered the truest way to use uprightness.