The Righteous Player(s)

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Happy birthday.”

“Thank you.”

Annan smiled and said, “But I think this gift is not enough.”

“That’s natural.”

Amos added, “I’m going to buy you cakes.
Some time ago, a pastry chef from the royal capital came.
They said that his skill is great.”

Wait, pastry chef?

A word suddenly flashed in Annan’s mind.

That was what Senior Salvatore told him when he introduced Freezing Water Port’s “Unique Merchant”:

“The old baker at Freezing Water Port is skilled.
It is said that he came from the royal capital decades ago.”

Isn’t this place the Freezing Water Port decades ago?

Annan seemed to feel a surge of lightning from his back and asked probingly, “Why does he come from the capital? Our place is pretty remote.”

The word “remote” was used cautiously because it was pretty subjective.

No matter where you are, you can call your location remote.
Even in the royal capital, people who live on the edge of the royal capital can call themselves “living in a remote place.” No one will feel that there is a problem.

But Amos was not at all wary of Annan, or more accurately “Elle.”

“The pastry chef probably saved a lot of money, so he wants to retire.
After all, the goods in this place have lower prices.”

He replied casually, “Although Freezing Water Port is a bit remote, it is somewhat of a port.
Elle, you may not know, but many foreign specialties can be bought here and then sold to the capital fourfold the original price.”

“I see.”

Annan nodded suddenly.

When Amos left the room, he narrowed his eyes slightly.
Those pure and clear green eyes belonging to Elle Morrison showed the cunning of a fox at this moment.

This place is indeed the past.
It was the Freezing Water Port decades ago.

With that said, the first dungeon instance seems to the past event too.

But for that dungeon instance, because the time backtrack was too little, Annan didn’t realize how much time backtracking the “nightmare” could achieve.

He was finally convinced as of now.

Time backtrack could go to the extent of several decades.

He got the identity of Annan in that dungeon instance and learned many Gerant family’s secrets.

So, what could he get in this dungeon instance?

In this nightmare woven from actual events decades ago, what valuable intelligence could he get?

For example…

The baker.

Amos’s inference was wrong.
After a few decades, Freezing Water Port had become very shabby.
It was impossible to buy foreign specialties in that place.
But the baker not only did not leave but settled here.
People couldn’t afford cakes and pastries, so he left his craft to bake bread.

Even the locals of Freezing Water Port were curious about why he did this.

They said that the baker once won the Royal Capital’s pastry chef competition.
In his capacity, serving as a pastry chef in a nobleman’s house would bring a better life and much more profitable than opening a bakery shop.

I think I can explore his secrets in this timeline.

But before that…

Annan decided to take advantage of the time when Elle’s father was not at home.

He would loot this house clean.

Whether intelligence, mail, knowledge, secrets, treasures, weapons, equipment, Annan wanted it all!

He was not a player that randomly looted stuff.
He was focusing on his main mission!

The main mission requested him to “Explore Amos Morrison’s secrets.”

Since it was a secret, it would not be hidden in a place where anyone could see it.

“Chilly Austere’s Grand Duke’s clan emblem is a wolf head.
Why am I doing a husky’s work [1]?”

Annan mumbled, dissatisfied.
He proceeded to jump on the bed.

Annan, not Husky·Chilly Austere, began to investigate Elle Morrison’s room skillfully.

[1] Expression of sniffing out secrets like a dog.