When Valdel promised to find their relatives, some of the students present turned quiet. The girl holding his hand kept on saying thank you to him. While Lisa still looked at him skeptical of the whole thing.
Unknown to them someone else was listening in on their conversation. Once he heard Valdel announced that he would find the relatives of the other students, the person hiding in the shadows left the scene.
This person was the one who told the students that it was possible that their relatives were taken by Valdel. Of course he didn't tell them this piece of information directly, but instead started a rumor of sorts. This person has never directly talked to the people who lost their relatives, and to make sure no one would recognize him, he casted an illusion spell on his face. So when people asked to describe the person who told them the information, each person will describe a totally different person from the others.
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