"Isn't she planning to step in and stop this argument?" Betty asked in confusion.
"How could she? The Northern Frontier has always been open-minded about this sort of thing." The boy shrugged. "It'd already be good enough if she didn't pour fuel on the flames."
"In the Northern Frontier, it's very common for men to win the right to mate with a woman through duels."
"When the two of them started arguing earlier, Wodesen—the general's son—challenged Luo Wei'er to a duel. But Luo Wei'er was only a second-rank warrior, so he refused."
"Then Wodesen should have won, right?" one of Betty's girlfriends asked curiously.
"It's not that simple." The boy laughed. "Luo Wei'er said this was the Imperial Capital, and problems shouldn't be settled with simple brute force. They should be settled with clever minds."
"Even the Empire's three great generals weren't appointed through martial strength alone. They also needed extraordinary talent for command."
"So they decided to determine the winner in a relatively fairer way."
"A fair way?" Betty was puzzled.
She saw the three people in the center move apart. Several people came sprinting over from the direction of the teaching building, carrying three long tables. They placed them between the two boys in the shape of the character 工.
There were also wooden frames two or three meters tall behind each of them, with surfaces for fastening sheets of paper. Betty had no idea what they were for.
Seeing their baffled expressions, the boy beside Betty could not help laughing. "Do you know Magic Duel? Or Elemental Cards?"
"Of course. Elemental Cards have been very popular lately. They were invented by His Highness Ron, the Seventh Prince." Betty nodded.
"They're planning to settle this with Magic Duel." The boy lifted his chin, signaling them to watch. "See