"Unless… you are afraid of battling against me…?"
Upon hearing what Euna said, a slight frown immediately appeared on Ning Zhi's face as she gazed silently at Euna and thought to herself…
'This shrewd bitch… she's actually shamelessly proposing to settle this by having a battle with me, and the victor of our battle will be able to be the next in line to marry Sebastian?'
"Who doesn't know that she specializes completely in combat, while I specializes in both combat and talisman crafting, but mainly in talisman crafting, therefore, it is obvious that she would be the one who possesses the higher odds in winning against me in a battle!'
'The only reason that she even proposed to settle this with a battle is because she is extremely confident that she is able to win against me in a battle!'
'Shit… but if I were to decline her proposal, it's going to be obvious that I'm not confident in winning against her in a battle, and there's no way in hell my way ego is going to be able to take that!'
'Let me think… what are my chances of winning against Euna in a battle…'
'40%...? No… If it's 20 years ago, I'm confident that I would have 40% odds of being able to defeat Euna in a battle…'
'But seeing how confident she is right now that she actually proposed to settle this by having a battle, I'm sure she must have become way stronger than she was 20 years ago…'
'35%... Or probably… 30%...?'
'No, it could be worst, especially since my combat strength didn't get much stronger in these past 20 years as I had been concentrating on improving my talisman crafting skills during these past 20 years…'
'So… If I were to be as pessimistic as possible, my chances of winning against her in a battle are most likely 20%...'
Upon thinking up to here, the slight frown that was on Ning Zhi's turned into a deep frown as she continued on thinking to herself.
'Damn it! 20% is way too low!'
'Urgh!!! Whatever! I will just decline her proposal of settling this with a battle!'
'Sure, my pride will be greatly hurt by declining her proposal of setting this with a battle, since I'm basically admitting that I'm not confident in defeating her in combat…'
'But for the sake of becoming Sebastian's 3rd wife, so be it! It's not like a little bruising to my pride will kill me!'
Upon thinking up to here, Ning Zhi began taking in and letting out a few deep breaths to calm herself down and prepare herself for what she was about to say in front of everyone.
Right after Ning Zhi was done calming herself down…
With a resolute look on her face, Ning Zhi was about to open her mouth and decline Euna's offer, basically admitting to everyone within the conference room that she wasn't confident in winning against Euna in a battle.
However!
Right when Ning Zhi had just opened her mouth and was about to speak…
Euna, who had been patiently waiting for Ning Zhi to come to a decision, could be seen having a confident wide grin on her face as she opened her mouth and spoke right before Ning Zhi was able to.
"Ning Zhi, it seems that you are having trouble deciding on this proposal of mine…?"
"Since that's the case, how about this?"
"If you were to accept my proposal of settling who will become Sebastian's 3rd wife by us two battling out with each other…"
"I will make the conditions of the battle become favorable for you!"
"Usually, it's consensus that only a few number of talismans and medicinal pills are allowed to be used in martial tournament battles and friendly battles, right?"
"But, for our battle, I will allow you to use as many talismans and medicinal pills as you want!"
"This way, you could make use of your profession as a talisman crafter to the fullest in this battle of ours."
"After all, I wouldn't want you to think that I am being sly by proposing to settle this with a battle when I evidently mainly specializes in combat, while you specializes mainly in talisman crafting."
"So, how about it, Ning Zhi?"
"With this, you should be fine with going through with this proposal of mine, right?"
Upon speaking up to here, Euna tilted her head slightly to the right side as she held onto the tilted side of her head with her right index finger, then said with an extremely taunting look and taunting tone to her voice to Ning Zhi.
"Unless… you are still afraid of me and still aren't confident in being able to defeat me in a battle despite me already giving you a rather huge advantage by allowing you to use as many talismans and medicinal pills as you want…?"
It was just as Ning Zhi had thought, Euna proposed to determine who was going to become Sebastian's 3rd wife by having a battle because Euna was extremely confident in defeating Ning Zhi in a battle…
Especially since Euna was clear that she herself had gotten way stronger than she was 20 years ago, while Ning Zhi's combat strength was most probably still stagnant due to her having spent the last 20 years concentrating on improving her talisman crafting skills.
A while ago, when Euna saw that Ning Zhi remained silent and began contemplating about whether or not to accept her proposal, she immediately knew that Ning Zhi was not confident in winning against her in a battle…
And when Euna saw the deep frown that appeared on Ning Zhi's face, followed by Ning Zhi taking in a few deep breaths, evidently to be trying to calm herself down…
Euna immediately knew that Ning Zhi was intending to reject her proposal.
Thus, a confident wide grin immediately appeared on Euna's face, seemingly as if she was already sure that the spot as Sebastian's 3rd wife has already belonged to her.
After all…