The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 108: Evaporated

[Frederick was invited to the Cinder Barrens by his old friend "Unfallen Shield" Justus, intending to use the hidden object spell to help his friend complete a difficult task]

[——The original development of the story should be like this]

[Frederick always felt that Justus seemed to be hiding something from him. He chose to trust the intuition of the idol wizard, drank the magic wine that would cause him to coma, and used the power of the wine to steal Justus' mission contract from his dream]

[But Frederick would rather he had never seen the contract——]

[The initiator of this contract is called "Trissino". If it's just a name, then it can only be judged that it is someone from the United Kingdom. But if you add the quill mark on the contract... As the future successor of the Melvin family, Frederick can already recognize this person]

[No one knows the true identity of "Trissino". But through the ritual, it can be known that he is the pope of the "tragedy writer", the **** of murder and conspiracy]

[The contract specified that Justus should take an idol wizard with him to the Cinder Barrens. When the stars reach the correct position, the idol wizard staying here will sense the "gap between dreams". From which you can get the essence of unfinished dreams】

[According to the contract, when the sun sets today, it will be the moment when the stars reach their correct position. Frederick didn't know what the "gap between dreams" was, nor what the "marrow of dreams" was. But he knew that the contract initiated by "Trissino" must have bad intentions]

[Although when Frederick and Justus parted, he had a big quarrel with him over another person. But Frederick still hopes to protect his impulsive and foolish friend from the conspiracy hatched by the tragedy writer]

[In other words, former friends]

This introduction to the plot made Annan blink in surprise.

...This seems to be a little different from what he knows.

In Annan’s previous knowledge, it seemed that Frederick had deceived Justus. He sacrificed his friend Justus to the tragic poet.

Judging from the hints of this nightmare...it seems that Frederick knows nothing about it.

He even wants to save Justus from the Tragedian.

Justus...

This man looked different from what Annan heard from Nefertari at first.

In Nefertari's words, Justus is a calm and extremely reliable guardian.

According to what Annan had just seen with his own eyes, a very obvious sense of arrogance and self-centeredness could be heard in Justus' words. He is not as calm and reliable as rumored, and is even a little impatient... and a little arrogant.

And...

What is the "Marrow of Dreams"?

Who is "Trissino"?

Why has Annan never heard of this name?

"——What's going on?"

Everything Annan saw in the nightmare was inconsistent with the intelligence he had collected in advance from the outside world... This made him a little confused.

He got up from the sofa and followed Justus' previous words, preparing to investigate Justus' home.

He noticed that the most common thing in Justus' room was newspapers.

On the wall, on the table, in the cabinet. Justus has newspapers from almost all years and all newspapers, and he can be said to be a loyal user of the newspaper...

After all, in this era, the price of newspapers is far from cheap. If you want to collect them all, the cost will obviously be huge. I'm afraid a considerable part of Justus' income was spent on buying newspapers from various countries.

It's almost like obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Or is he a collector of newspapers?

"...Huh?"

Annan let out a light sigh.

Relying on his keen observation, he quickly discovered that the newspapers posted on the wall all had something in common.

These newspapers either mentioned Justus - and any mention of him must be to praise his great contributions; or they mentioned "Gray Professor" Seti and his other students Case.

Looking around, Annan could even see more than twenty "portraits of Justus". It is usually on the front page of the newspaper and is drawn by an artist hired by the newspaper.

...Although what he did was indeed amazing.

But isn’t this too narcissistic?

This was so abnormal that Annan couldn't help but wonder if this strange behavior was related to his curse.

——But what is the curse that makes people keep buying newspapers? Do you want to post all the news related to yourself on your bedroom wall so that you can see it at any time?

See more without waiting for Annan.

Justus suddenly rushed back.

"...something happened, Freyr."

The strong "Unbroken Shield" looked a little solemn.

Only when his face looked solemn, Annan could vaguely see a trace of Nefertari.

Annan also quickly put on a straight face and continued to play the role of Freljord, trying to see if he could get more words out of Justus: "What's wrong? Could it be...yours?" Lost the contract?

"Speaking of, where is my lunch?"

He imitated Frederick's tone, glanced at Justus, and asked leisurely.

"——If nothing else, you will definitely not be able to have lunch."

As he spoke, Justus grabbed Frederick's right forearm and whispered in a low voice: "Come and see-"

As he said that, he dragged Annan outside the house. ~IndoMTL.com~ This house looks like a donut - they are on the second floor, and the sitting area on the first floor can be seen in the middle of a circle of houses.

At this moment, there is no one in the rest area. The chairs and tables were messy.

Annan and Justus looked at each other and quickly walked down the spiral staircase without saying anything.

Through closer observation, Annan noticed that six round tables in the rest area were scattered randomly, with two to five chairs surrounding the round tables.

Some round tables still have untouched tea, which is still a little warm when touched with your hands; some round tables have some cards placed on them. But Annan took a quick look at the number of cards and realized that it was missing nearly half.

It was as if someone had just poured a cup of tea and then left.

It's like a group of people playing cards and running away with their "cards" in the middle of the game.

Annan walked over and touched the seat. There is no temperature anymore.

"Look here, Freyr."

Justus pointed to the front desk.

Annan looked over and subconsciously took a few steps forward.

His eyes suddenly became sharp.

Because the drawer at the front desk was opened, and it was full of money. No one has touched it... The account book has been placed on the table, opened, and even half-written.

[201, smoked salmon——]

This is the last line left on the ledger.

It seems that the guest in room 201 ordered smoked salmon, and then the front desk debited the account while collecting the money. Then before the account was finished, the person suddenly disappeared—even the pen he was holding disappeared with him.

This... hotel? It doesn't seem to count, Justus has obviously lived here for a long time.

In short, the people here suddenly disappeared not long ago - maybe an hour or half an hour ago.