Chapter 212 - The Gown Left Behind in the River (2/2)

Now that the clues for the quest had been obtained, keeping them would only slowly deplete his magic power.

Walking down the street, Roland opened the quest system.

Secondary quest completed: Clues About the Queen.

You’ve received 221 EXP.

Secondary quest received: Find the Next Clue.

Roland arrived at the city’s river not far behind the brothel compound.

According to what the obese woman said earlier, this was where she found the silk gown.

Roland stood on the gra.s.s by the river and subconsciously held his nose. The entire area of the capital, including the suburban towns and villages, had around two million people living on this land.

And within the walls of the capital, there were nearly half a million people.

The wastewater from half a million people was discharged into this river that pa.s.sed through the capital.

There were many clumps of yellow and white things floating on the surface of the river.

The river stank severely, and there were many untouchables who were now carrying their masters’ feces and pouring it into the river in a wooden manner.

There were also many poor people taking their morning baths by the river; they didn’t seem to find it stinky.

After hanging around nearby for a while, Roland couldn’t stand it any longer and threw down two magic spiders and ran away.

He was now glad that he had derived a scouting spell early on.

Otherwise, if he were to search around this river by himself, he would probably have to give up and delete the quest in less than half an hour.

Even if the quest was gone, he could trigger others, but to have him, a modern, clean-loving man, working in such a stinky environment was something he really couldn’t stand.

Call him petulant or lacking in willpower, he wouldn’t do it anyway.

It was not like it was a matter of life and death.

He retreated to the vicinity of the east main street, letting the two magic spiders search the area while he casually found a tavern and sat down.

The tavern had been quite noisy, but after he went in and sat down, it was much quieter.

After ordering a gla.s.s of fruit wine, Roland began to think about this queen’s business.There were still too few clues—he was certain that the queen had been captured by a Mage, and then found a gown related to her.

The appearance of the gown by the river represented many possibilities.

For example, the queen had appeared by the river, or something nefarious had happened there. It was also possible that this was a diversionary tactic by the murderer, deliberately dropping a piece of clothing to draw people toward the river, while he escaped with the queen from another place.

However, these were just guesses and not really accurate, but there was one thing that Roland was at least sure of.

The queen had a good figure.

The silk gown was narrow at the waist, and the silk at the bust had two cl.u.s.ters of silk that stretched outward in an arc… This was a clear sign of it being pushed out.

I’m so scrupulous, I really have the talent to be a detective.

Roland was a bit pleased with himself.