Check in on Niki.

Lunch long passes. Eventually, any good time must conclude, and it would be best to check in on Niki and her family just in case. Though as your party departs, you find a moment when it's quiet on the streets to inform Bek of what the other two already know. Though you are trying to find a spy, you also need allies, and odd are the spy already knows you're here anyway. And if any of these guys are somehow working with the Demon King, they also already would know.

Bek slams his fist into his palm. "That really pisses me off. You know, I had no idea what I was going to do to pass the time before the Golden Sword, but here we are."

"What do you mean?" you ask.

Tom pats your shoulder. "I think he's offering his assistance in protecting your friend's family. And I agree. You saved my life once, and this is how I'll repay that favour."

"Damn... That's really kind of you guys."

"No kidding," Hedi says. "I'll find a way to pay you guys back for all of this help, I swear."

"It's fine," Bek says. "If I can stomp this spy into the ground, it'll all be worth it. Such shitty, shady tactics. Just fight like a man!"

"It might not be a man," Tom whispers.

You make your way back to their home and knock on the door. And then you wait. Suddenly, you hear a rattling of the door knob, and you instantly recognize Niki's voice on the other side.

"If you're an assassin, go away!" she says.

Seriously?

"It's us. We're home," you reply.

After unlocking the door, Niki pulls it open and eyes over the others behind you. "Where did you end up going? It better not have been that brothel place that opens every year."

Hedi chuckles. "Well..."

"Did you all go and get laid?!"

"No, no. Nothing like that. And we met these fellows here who actually offered their help."

Niki inspects them closely. "All right. Come inside then."

"I'll brew some tea," you hear her mother say from behind.

Tom glances down at the dwarf. "Can you handle tea?"

Bek snorts. "I'm a man of many tastes. It isn't all about ale, you know."