Prove yourself

Rayna was doing everything to keep her mouth closed. When she had heard her father wanted to meet the Dark Magus, she thought the two of them would simply talk.

Maybe discuss helping each other in certain ways and then they could be on their way, but the way her father was speaking, of a test, it was almost like the two of them were about to fight.

"I can't go against father. I know you saved my life, Dark Magus, but this is something that I just can't do," Rayna thought.

Meanwhile, Raze was thinking along similar lines. When he had entered, he had already decided that it wasn't a good idea for him to go up against the Clan Master.

Now, it sounded as if he was proposing for the two of them to fight.

"He can't be expecting me to win against him. He should know that is impossible, and if he wanted to just get rid of me, I doubt he is the type of person who would need to make an excuse, something like this.