When the Faceless Poet declared, "In this game, let's not bet on anything."
Both Annan and the Faceless Poet himself were very aware.
— The Faceless Poet was already scared.
Though rationally speaking, the Faceless Poet didn't believe that Salvatore, with his intelligence, could win against him.
But in the previous game that he played with Annan, he had lost terribly... Looking back, the initial illusion of "perhaps being able to win" was also intentionally given by Annan.
So perhaps the seemingly unbeatable Salvatore was another trap left by Annan.
In the previous game, the Faceless Poet had started with a "fifteen."
But afterwards, it was a "ten."
At that moment, a slight hope of victory had actually risen in the Faceless Poet's heart.
Because the Faceless Poet was very clear that "fourteen" was also a safe card.
If Annan truly knew everything, he should have known—that among ten to fifteen, except for the initially chosen "twelve," all were safe cards.
