Even if he doesn't mean it, it's true.
Good thing he said he hadn't agreed to anything. He was about to come off as crap.
Sometimes I wonder if she just goes along with the plot to go along with the plot.
Of course it's a duel.
If you're going to win a duel by "any means necssary," then you might as well just break the blood pact, since you've got no honour to speak of.
About time for him to assert some dominance.