Chapter 62: Fifty-Seven: Impatience is a Sickness
Outside the office, Malin stood feeling the chill breeze and realized— it was Colin’s timely appearance that saved him when he sensed danger.
Yes, someone was watching him in secret with malice, and likely with the intent to kill... Simple jealousy and dislike among apprentices were not enough to make Malin feel threatened, because those students simply weren’t a match for him.
Colin’s arrival must have been at the behest of his mentor, Hoffman... Thus, the mentor must know something.
Yet, he also knew that this matter wasn’t fit for him to know from the start, which would explain the need for such a conversation. He’d never understood the saying, "It’s not the thief who steals that is to be feared, but the thief who covets," as deeply as he did today.
With this thought, Malin felt a bit upset— but also somewhat relieved.
He was upset because Hoffman thought he shouldn’t know about the matter, but he was relieved... because it was clear Hoffman was willing to protect his apprentice.
This was significant. Without Hoffman’s recent intervention, Malin was certain the situation he’d be facing would be a life-or-death struggle.
Whose skull would be smashed in was the question.
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"The Queen is really making a mess of things, thinking she can manipulate someone else’s fate when it’s not even her own daughter. Does she still think she’s living three hundred years ago?" Watching Malin leave the educational area, Colin furrowed his brows and turned to his mentor, "Teacher, we must communicate with Lady Anna."