41 41. Mana Armament

"He gave all his money to charity and rehabilitation homes for slaves," she told Rachel and even showed some receipts.

Rachel went to Thaha and did a 'door to door' check on Tyren. After three days, nobody in the city knew about any Tyren. There was no family with the Ayurvada name anywhere.

Tyren was a ghost.

"I regretted not going with my decision when you first came to me," Rachel said with a sigh. "I wanted to attach a clone to the soul-pillars just to keep an eye on you. You know, just in case..."

"A clone?" Gaus said. "Just say it, you wanted to send a spy after me."

"It wasn't for naught," she said. "By attaching a clone to you I will minimize the cost of the soul-pillars and I'll keep an eye on you in case something like this happens. If I did, I would have been able to catch him the minute he showed up."

"Then why didn't you?" Gaus asked.