The emperor inclined his head to listen. “And what do you suggest, my son?”
The young man called out to the crowd. “Is there one who can serve as overseer of this challenge?”
Without surprise, Penrys watched another woman make herself known in the audience. “I am so qualified,” she said, never taking her eyes from Penrys while she bared her neck to reveal the chain. A tight, satisfied smile played on her lips.
Penrys declared, “These are the three tekenga lupjuwen employed by the Tsek clan. This last woman is the one who impersonated me on the stage at the Festival of Lights.”
“So you say, foreigner,” said Tsek Uchang. “I think this is just a way of trying to evade the charges of murder against you. If you survive the challenge, you will find justice, indeed, of a rather different kind
