Detective Aldo had gone missing, and Lailas had not found him.
But the half-elf had found the evidence she wanted in his office.
Together with the notes from the detective's earlier investigation, it left Lailas absolutely certain that a large Dakoul Cult group was hiding in the Slums.
"Reggie, how did you determine that Orton was in there?"
"I'm one hundred percent certain. I stake my artistic career on it." The bard tossed a copper coin, saying confidently, "Just listen to how those guards outside the door talk. They definitely didn't grow up in the Slums."
[Quest] showed as complete, and 2,000 experience points had been credited, leaving him just 1,300 short of leveling up.
The [Guide] was never wrong. Renato was simply curious about what method Reggie had used.
"When I was fishing for information earlier, I used a little spell to 'detect' the guards' thoughts. They followed Orton here overnight."
"You can detect thoughts with magic?" Renato quietly took half a step back. "That certainly sounds convenient."
"Afraid your little secrets will get out? Haha..."
"Detect Thoughts is a second-circle divination spell," Perly explained to Renato, cutting off Reggie's laughter in the process. "It's usually only used to detect whether there are thinking beings nearby."
"Delving deeper to read human memories is extremely difficult. It requires an exceptionally high speed of thought, and generally only mages who specialize in divination can manage it."
"I don't believe this bard possesses that level of intelligence." The young mage glanced at Reggie, who had frozen. "That isn't meant as an insult. It's merely an objective statement."
"All right, I didn't actually detect exactly what they were thinking. I just used it to tell whether they were lying." Looking a little embarrassed, Reggie scratched his head. "I didn't expect you to know