again, not sure if it's bug or meant this way, but if You get robbed by fisherman people on book 2 - losing all your items, including plot-critical ones - ...
If you do not have 6 Gold Crowns, the boy will sell the papers to you for however many you have, including 0 Crowns. These papers need not be marked on your Action Chart (and thus do not require a Backpack to carry them in). Without these papers, it would be possible to wander endlessly in Port Bax.
You have lost your Backpack and therefore cannot carry the Meal or the Orange Potion.