Duncan could not help but smile. He said softly, "Your Majesty Ye Luo, perhaps you do not know Violet very well. Violet was Emerald City's one and only female City Lord. She had almost no need for romance. All she needed was advancement, advancement, advancement! So her challenge to you may truly have been just a challenge, not... ah, the method you imagined she was using to attract your attention..."
Duncan wore a friendly smile, but Ye Luo could see the chill in his heart even with his eyes closed. Ye Luo had wanted to use another approach to shift away from the dilemma Duncan had just laid out for him while misleading the crowd. Think about it: if Violet had secretly fallen for Ye Luo because of his strength and had used a challenge to attract his attention, then all the spectators would instinctively shift their focus from whether Ye Luo would accept the challenge to Ye Luo's charm. Not only would he no longer need to make a difficult choice, but he would have won a powerful female City Lord's affection the moment he appeared. Was that not a textbook reversal? But Duncan's words clearly intended to block off that path for Ye Luo!
Ye Luo's expression darkened somewhat.
"That's right!" The two words suddenly burst from Violet's lips.
Ye Luo and Duncan both froze on the spot.
Violet's cold gaze swept across Duncan's face before she said softly to Ye Luo, "It seems Your Majesty Ye Luo has seen through my thoughts. That's right. The Zerg rose from a Level Two civilization to a Level Five civilization in such a short time, so I truly was very curious about Your Majesty Ye Luo. And when I saw that Your Majesty was so handsome today, I somehow suddenly