"Hmm? Why was there still an option to interrogate the townspeople? Had Lan Keluos really thought that way back then?"
Talia let out a puzzled hum after reading it.
The dignified and imposing Lan Keluos she had imagined suddenly seemed a little like Lanchi.
"I wouldn't do something like that either, okay?"
Lanchi felt that Talia was prejudiced against him and answered her inwardly.
"True enough."
Talia thought about it and agreed.
She felt that Lanchi would interrogate them in a more elegant way.
After all, in Talia's impression, Lanchi never did dirty work himself or got blood on his hands.
But he had far too many ways to make people suffer.
"I'll have a proper talk with them about dreams and the future, make them willingly fall in love with me, and form a community of shared consciousness."
Lanchi considered how he would eliminate the options and find the best solution if he faced this question himself.
He had always been good at catching moles.
Back at Lichtenstein Castle, he had made those two impostors utterly unable to hide.
"You call that dreams and the future?"
Talia challenged him.
That was clearly pyramid selling and brainwashing.
"..."
Lanchi sat in Lier Mu Town Church in Hansabeck Province, hesitating as he faced the old mayor's question.
His gaze was fixed both on the old mayor and on the Rose Window behind him.
A key event had clearly been triggered. He could not choose option A and do nothing.
Interrogating the townspeople was too much, too.
"Accept the commission."
Lanchi did not discuss it at length with Talia and still chose C.
That was probably what Talia would have chosen as well.
His gaze fell on the third option in the Rose Window, and he nodded.
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