This intelligence merchant was reminded of unfavorable events.
Therefore, he didn't immediately respond to the question Violet asked.
Instead, he contemplated in his mind, pondered over some occurrences of the past.
Thinking of those past incidents filled him with regret and remorse, things that he absolutely did not wish to remember.
It would require a journey back to a distant past, a time when ambition had yet to be curtailed, and when everything adhered to established rules.
It was an ordinary day when everything seemed to be normal.
The weather remained hot and the people around were still unambitious.
At that time, no one knew what was happening or what would happen in the future.
The intelligence merchant could hardly be regarded as one at that time; he was just a small mercenary.
As a mercenary, he was part of a very ordinary, small-sized mercenary group.
