Chapter 349 - 238: Embrace (2)
Malin, having dealt with the Lich, ultimately did not face any strong criticism. Perhaps Lady Manli decided to abandon her pursuit upon seeing her husband’s lack of interest in delving deeper into the matter.
This made Malin somewhat cautious, and he couldn’t help but feel a need for a certain level of wariness towards Nobles—a creature one has to be on guard against. Lady Manli clearly aimed to tarnish Malin’s reputation—if not kill him. Yet, mere rumors were not enough; Malin even had ways to get the Archbishop of the Church of Justice to speak for him—with Malin’s standing at the Church, the elder would surely be willing to do so.
But Lady Manli had given up, which made Malin respect... no, fear her all the more.
Someone so good at judging the situation would likely not act just to sully someone’s name. If that were her intent, she could have targeted any of these girls related to Malin.
Besides Faye, there were countless ways this Lady could play dirty, although that would essentially mean an open confrontation with Malin.
She did not wish to tear their relationship apart with Malin, yet sought an opportunity to strike at him, which piqued Malin’s curiosity. What was she really after all?
Of course, curiosity alone would not elicit answers. Since Lady Manli had chosen to forsake her plan this time, Malin had no intention of stooping to her level. Malin believed in equal retaliation, so if someone attempted to kill him, he would surely plan to kill the assailant in return. And if that Lady were determined to smear him, Malin had plenty of ways to smear her back—being from an era of information overload, concocting some character assassination was a piece of cake, right, dear and respectable dirt-dwelling grotesque The Queen.
You see, this is the power of words. You play your first move, I play my fifteenth. How delightful.
Now the problem was, since neither party had engaged in hostilities, Malin naturally did not wish to make the first move—since the situation was under control. Since the Lady only wanted an opportunity to give her son-in-law a slight, her son-in-law would just have to wait for a chance to respond in kind.
Hence, after resting for a night, Malin visited the police station the next day and met with Cohen’s father.