No, risk it.

She doesn´t know how to deal with the strict herbalist and the fact that she was a woman limited her prospects for a "negotiation". So she decides to risk it and do it herself. The vial has approximately 6 grams of the poison, more than enough to kill a giant bear, so she takes an empty vial and carefully measure dust, reducing its quantity she thought would be small enough not to induce him to a coma, that is, to her knowledge, only a very minuscule quantity. Moments later, it was the time for the breakfast, she had been one of the first in the queue to get her bread, butter and milk, she is thinking about how to actually poison Karl when she notices someone is behind her in the queue, to her despair, it was Karl, the shitstain must have been waiting for Lina to ambush her.

(Karl´s POV)

He closes in on her, speaking very close to her ear. "Hello there, Lina, you know, I curious about our match, as much as I like the prospect of getting handy on your body in front of everyone, I still feel something is up." from his position, next to her, he can see she is trying to avoid eye contact and, even better, he can see, from the side, her biting her lips, oh my she does want to hedge the bets against him, now that´s interesting. Karl then grinds his crotch on the upper part of her ass, because he was taller than Lina, Karl couldn´t do what he really wanted, that is, press his hard-on in-between her tight ass cheeks, but could still enjoy the sensation of her soft, pliant booty and damn, it was good. Karl always desired Lina, ever since they were teenagers, ever since the first time he got to feel her body in his hands, ever since that amazing blowjob, his main object of desire was Lina, and now, at the imminence of his ultimate conquest over her, he catches her lying. "What are you talking about, Karl, I don´t need any help to kick your ass." He smiles, hot damn, she was lying, she sees her averting her eyes and he can see Lina is very fidgety, and not only from his attentions. He reaches around her and grab a tit, under her shirt, fondling it slowly. "You know, if you were any other Huntling, I would have believed your bravado, but I know you Lina. DO you remember when you cheated me **at that practice spar? All those years ago? Throwing sand in my eyes. That wasn´t nice."** He finishes by licking her neck, but just as he was going to 'press' the issue, the breakfast bell finally rings and the queue begins to walk, he couldn´t talk to her privately like this, so he just kept molesting her all the way, sometimes grabbing a tit or two or fondling her ass for a bit, he needed her on edge, whatever she was planning, she wouldn´t have time to do it. It was good waiting in the line, not boring at all and neither of them speaks, now she knew he wasn´t as dumb as she thought he was.

Moments later

Karl was lucky, she decided to sit in an empty place at the Long Table, where everyone sits to eat together, this was his chance, Karl proceeds to sit right next to her, like a bully (he admittedly is) and begins to innocently eat besides her, Lina make no effort to get away from him, like she would usually do (even if unsuccessfully), she was acting even more suspiciously, either she wanted his company (doubtful) or he did exactly what Lina wanted him to do, and realizing that gave him an edge, he wrecks his mind thinking about the possibility for a few moments until only one is left: the bitch intended to poison him and even if he wasn´t the most attentive of students in herbal medicine classes (that sexy Herbalist Helena made sure of that), but he learned a few things about poisons, which one would she use? Belle Shrooms? Gargantua Leafs? He couldn´t be sure, but the usual is for the hunter to keep a few of these on his pouch at all times, usually in the form of a fine powder, but poisons can come in many forms, even when processed, like Castor Bean oils and the Yellow Frog secretions and some of them even worked on contact with the skin or by breathing the thing. Damn it, he can´t take his eyes of his own food or her. This was going to be hard.

Then he notices that goody-two-shoes Sanders, the prick who had punched him by surprise in one of his 'adventures' with Lina, long ago, he still wanted to take **** and now he had the perfect opportunity. Karl would **** Lina in front of Sanders and the imbecile wouldn´t be able to do anything in front of so many people and not at the Breakfast, while Karl could take advantage of Lina there, any **** would have serious repercussions for the offender, even if provoked, the Breakfast was a sacred moment in the village. But even then, he didn´t want to be accused of cheating himself by molesting her right before the match, but still, there are ways to avoid this, he just needs to figure how. In any case, he will have his conquest soon.