When the time comes, who would choose Milady over the Clan Leader, Charos?
For the first time, she felt that there were moments when intelligence alone was not enough. She couldn't control what other people said, and she couldn't think of a single way to make that clerk keep his mouth shut about the matter—
Milady stopped dead in her tracks.
She turned, walked a few steps toward the wall, and carefully examined the faint, almost imperceptible marks there. They were as pale as the phantom of a large flower, a brilliant splash across the wall's surface.
Milady had gone out that night after throwing the Anti-Crystallization Medicine against the wall. The day after returning from the casino, she had scrubbed the wall carefully. But the stain had already set, leaving a very faint mark. Fortunately, it was hard to see unless you were up close.
Milady's train of thought led from the Anti-Crystallization Medicine to the cleanup.