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-Wow, it's actually really delicious! - Elrina gradually came to her senses, unexpectedly ravenously devouring the sweets to relieve her stress. -But still, you mentioned that you had already dealt with cleaning up that terrible... place. But it seems it didn't help for long. And it's right under the capital! - she said to Altina. -Don't our authorities care about this? Or do they just not know? What if all this evil breaks out into the streets one day?

Let's head east again.

“As far as I remember, the request for the cleanup operation I participated in came directly from the government. And they paid peanuts, by the way. The job wasn’t worth that much. But now…” Alaria paused, “…now, it seems to me that the government is deliberately leaving this matter in the hands of the ‘Dungeon’. You yourself heard today that the police station is completely overwhelmed.”

Arita understood that she needed money now, and there were no other job opportunities for her. On the other hand, she was deterred by the potential possibility of failing the mission and damaging her reputation. If they were to task her with eliminating all the bad guys from this thief, then she would show him what she was capable of. Complex mental operations are not for her. The girl wrote down all her questions for Castor, carefully and decisively, as she was not sure if he understood sign language.
"Can I count on anyone's help, or am I on my own? Do you have any ideas about where to look for these works of art? How does the thief know how many attempts have been made? Can I consult with you about my assumptions before I start searching? Has the police started investigating this case yet? And wouldn't it be easier to identify and punish this scoundrel? I have more experience in this kind of work, especially in the second part of it."

These riddles are really tough. There are more potential locations than available attempts.
"Where swords are forged and the old gives way to the new" - I think it's Impeccable. Swords were forged there (although I don't really like the phrasing in the present tense), and now it's a pawnshop (i.e., the old has been replaced by the new). "Limoss Steel" and "Impeccable" have equal chances.
"Where seductive demons roar with their power" - Ethereal Reactors, or Reimport.
"Where the great master lives" - either the Capital Prince's Estate (most likely), or the unofficial leader of the Taehan Quarter. Also, any other resident of that area, but that would be too much of a troll.
"Where the small world ends and souls rest" - the Ikigai Gardens, or Aquilon (where you forget all worldly worries and relax), I didn't consider locations outside of Reim.

I was thinking along the same lines.
In my opinion, reactors and gardens have the highest chance of being the correct locations, but it would be a shame if there was some other logic hidden in the puzzles.

I also thought along similar lines, but reactors are not suitable. I already wrote why.

Recalling the Palace and its mysteries, I am not surprised by anything.

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I also thought along similar lines, but reactors are not suitable. I already wrote why.

So, it's Reinfjord.

Reimport*, don't mix it up by mistake.

Indeed, I was on autopilot and made a mistake. It would have been very awkward to mess up like that...

/ I was thinking, what prevents one from pretending they haven't taken any contracts, aren't looking for paintings, and are simply taking a stroll through the areas where they might be located? A more advanced option: like Sherlock Holmes, hire street urchins for a pittance and let them search – it would be completely inconspicuous.
From this, we can conclude: the art thief must know that Castor had an informant (at least when taking the quest, but ideally when completing it as well; otherwise, how can one be sure that the quest was accepted and not rejected?). The art thief must be in many places at once or have good surveillance capabilities to monitor... well, basically, all locations in the city. After all, they could be searching for paintings anywhere, even in the sewers. It might not be true, but it should be considered as a possibility. The thief must know the city like the back of their hand and, at the same time, never arouse suspicion from the authorities – otherwise, the police would put a suspicious person under surveillance, and that would be the end of it. It is likely that the thief is a representative of the authorities, but not of the lowest rank, and has good administrative capabilities.
Therefore, the conclusion is: the art thief is Castor L. Tselen./

No. The thief is named Revan.

You're joking around, Mент, but I really did have suspicions at one point that the thief was none other than Castor's wife.

I was thinking, what prevents you from pretending that you haven't taken any contracts, aren't looking for paintings, but are just taking a walk around places where they might be?

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