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Rex had stayed in Dalaran for three days, personally taking part in the charade of the thief crying "Stop thief!" In the end, he left disappointed.
Kael'thas and Krasus were clearly going through the motions. The investigation within Dalaran was extensive, but that was hardly to their credit. They had merely issued orders and left their subordinates to handle everything. As far as Rex was concerned, even without an insider like him tipping the thief off, the culprit could have escaped with ease.
There was therefore no reason to remain in Dalaran, and Rex set off straight back to Gilneas. He was still very interested in the Book of Medivh, but he had no intention of examining it. His orders to Osborne were to hand the book straight over to the Orcs once he obtained it, diverting the trouble elsewhere.
Of course, this had to be done discreetly. Rex did not want Dalaran to learn what had happened to the Book of Medivh anytime soon. Otherwise, his plan to divert the trouble would fail and merely provoke a conflict between Dalaran and the Orcs. The fact that the Book of Medivh was in Orc hands needed to be exposed at the right moment, so the Lich King would learn of it.
Rex did not need to worry about that part; Osborne could handle it. The theft of the Book of Medivh had gone exceptionally smoothly. Although Krasus had put little effort into tracking down the thief afterward, he had still posed an enormous threat while Osborne was stealing the book. That Osborne had managed to avoid alerting Krasus, leaving him to discover the theft only afterward, was naturally thanks to meticulous