"Besides, with so many people possessing Superpowers, who can swear that none of them could use abilities beyond ordinary people to perfectly disguise themselves as you?"
Madelyn said to Homelander.
"You mean that miserable scene last night, that moment of humiliation I regarded as shameful, was actually some cunning bastard using his Superpowers to impersonate me?"
Homelander's voice carried a trace of disbelief, but even more than that, a longing for relief.
How could he, the existence the world looked up to as the strongest of the Superheroes, tolerate the stain of defeat tarnishing his glorious image?
Madelyn smiled softly. That smile was both meant to soothe Homelander and reflected her confidence in her own arrangements.
"Exactly, darling. This not only protects your reputation, but also safeguards your unshakable position in the public's hearts. You are the invincible Superhero who forever stands at the pinnacle of justice, not that 'fake' defeated by Captain America in a dark alley."
Her tone was firm and persuasive, every word like a carefully carved jewel set precisely upon Homelander's crumbling self-esteem.
Madelyn set the tone for the matter, and Homelander let out a breath of relief upon hearing her words.
At her words, Homelander's tightly furrowed eyebrows gradually relaxed, as though a warm current had flowed into his heart and driven away the earlier gloom.
"But what if Captain America refuses to let it go and comes to question me?"
There was still a trace of worry in his voice. That sudden confrontation lingered in his mind like a nightmare, and Captain America's strength had let him taste the bitterness of defeat for the first time.
A glint of coldness flashed through Madelyn's eyes, only to be replaced at once by a warm smile.
"They have no substantive evidence proving that impostor was you.