I forgot Noah was good at analysing stuff. He figured out how the blue-haired girl's morning stars were made using basic techniques deduced what those techniques were. Even if the empire is unaware of his ability to enter people's minds/memories, he would still be useful.

All sorts of foreboding...

Presumably, magical detection is like sonar. So they need the two with the best sonar to send out the loudest pings to be the best bait!

Don't ask questions and you won't get executed.
- Probably another Justopean proverb