The call from outside the room brought the elf lady out of her meditation. She adjusted her breathing and responded to Lena’s call.
"Anna, there’s been a little incident on Faye’s side."
As the rightful queen of the Kingdom of Sydney, Anna frowned, "Did she hit Malin? Or did she let him down?"
Anna, as a woman, saw that Malin, although young, had enough strength, but he never used that strength against a woman. Therefore, if something had happened to her daughter, this was the only possibility she could think of—it was the least likely, though also the least harmful possibility.
The likelihood that her daughter had used her own body to block a deadly blade aimed at Malin during an assassination attempt was much higher than any other so-called disappointment or beating.
But then Anna didn’t know what terrible slaughter and revenge this world would experience, because this kid Malin... was a sage who had always been suppressing his instincts.
"Linz Mowish interfered with the matter presided over by Mr. Malin, leading to the death of his favourite young couple."
Lena’s words took Anna aback—what exactly was Linz, Goethe’s sister, up to? She thought for a few seconds before suddenly realizing the use of "Mr." in Lena’s words.
"Malin... has achieved legendary status?" asked Anna.
"Yes, a ninth-circle mage, multiple spells, a natural caster." Lena’s words were filled with excitement: "Faye already knows the news, and now she is by Mr. Malin’s side, bickering with the Bishops from the Church of the Master of Wisdom and the Noble God. As a member of the Mowish family, she has blocked the Church’s attack on Malin."
"My daughter did the right thing." Anna stood up, took off her meditation robe, pushed open the room door, and with Lena’s help, donned her most formal legendary mage robe embroidered with gold: "That foolish girl Linz, being sold out by the two churches."
"That’s one way to put it. The Elemental Tide is sweeping across the world, the deities are awakening, and the Churches that have found their cornerstone again will be Mr. Malin’s greatest enemies."
"These old souls, why can’t they just die and find some peace?" Anna sighed, and with a wave of her hand, she opened the portal to Rongma: "By the way, where is my Goethe?"
"Goethe has already gone. He figured he might not be able to save Linz on his own, so he had his butler come find me to wake you up." Lena smiled as she stood behind Anna: "What shall we do now?"
"Is Malin going to execute Linz?" Anna also showed a smile.
"Yes, although Mr. Malin hasn’t heard any rumors about the mastermind behind this incident, he has decided to use the execution of Linz as a way to draw out his true enemies. Anna, will you help Goethe save Linz?" Lena asked.
Anna thought for a moment, then shook her head: "My daughter stood up to the pressure from the Church for Malin, which proves she has made her choice. Therefore, I will not interfere with my daughter’s decision. I will help Goethe, but if Malin does not give up on executing Linz, I will not take the field to fight Malin, and let Goethe face him alone."
This answer made Lena smile: "You really do spoil Goethe."
"What else can I do? Before Manli died, she made me promise to take good care of Goethe, so it’s the right choice to let Goethe face Malin alone this time." In Anna’s view, a one-on-one between Goethe and Malin would undoubtedly end in Malin’s victory, and if so, Malin would definitely not kill his father-in-law. Because of this, Goethe would be safe.
If Anna joined the battle, then Maya, the Cat Girl on Malin’s side, would enter the fray as well.
That was a legendary shaman, young but one who grew up eating the fruit of the World Tree. In terms of strength, she was in no way inferior to her and Goethe, and because she did not have many ties with either of them, if the fight got serious or if Malin was injured, she would definitely strike to kill.
This way, there would be no room for maneuver.
And with Goethe entering the fray, even if he lost, Malin might not actually execute Linz. Anna believed that this kid could distinguish who the real carriers of hatred were. It was the churches and the ambitious nobility who incited Linz to challenge Malin that she, Goethe, and Malin needed to watch out for.
"Have those two dumb brothers gone to investigate the families that have been getting close to Linz lately?"
"Yes, they have, and there should be quite a few." Lena’s smile was now too thick to dissipate: "Just like Lord Goethe thought, you asked the same thing."
"Isn’t that obvious? I am his wife, after all." Anna laughingly stepped into the portal: "Let’s go, Lena, let’s see which individual will become the first real enemy of this child Malin."
"I always thought Manli was his first real enemy."
"No, not really. I understand this kid, he’s a youth with empathy. Introspection and considering things from a different perspective are his strengths, so he will definitely understand why Manli felt enmity toward him and why she shook hands with him in peace at the end. Indeed, that was the case, you see, he even attended Manli’s funeral. This is a very clear signal, one that he acknowledges as the signal of succession for the next generation of the Mowish lineage."