Chapter 59: A New Model

Chapter 59: A New Model

As a young man from Earth’s internet age, Klein very quickly understood what Miss Magician was trying to do, how she planned to do it, and what she was relying on.

Isn’t this basically the sharing economy? With the Tarot Club and the Fool’s existence, the technical limitations are no longer a problem… Miss Magician is usually lazy and inconspicuous. I never expected her to have such sharp instincts in this area… Mm, it also comes from my request to rent the magic book… In any case, being able to gain inspiration so quickly and establish a “business model” is quite impressive…

Klein deliberately had the World, Gehrman Sparrow, appear to consider for a few seconds before saying, “I may need it this weekend and next week.”

He estimated this based on the time Mr. Hanged Man would need to return from the Abyss Whirlpool to the edge of the Rorsted Archipelago, while leaving him some time to preliminarily stabilize his spirituality and replenish supplies.

When the time came, they would jointly explore that primitive island where many Beyonder creatures lived.

The Magician Fors hurriedly nodded.

“Alright. I will make arrangements and ensure it does not delay your use.”

While secretly breathing out in relief, she requested that Mr. Fool witness the later rental agreements. After receiving His permission, she indicated that the private exchange could end.

Then she manifested Leymano’s Travels, looked around, and said, “Everyone, I have a mystical item here.

“It has thirty-eight pages in total. Each page can help its user record a Beyonder ability they have witnessed and release it when needed, though the effect will be somewhat weaker than the original…

“Each page can be recorded repeatedly, but one recording can only be used once… Among them, three pages can be used for demigod-level Beyonder abilities, though the success rate is very low. Even ten attempts may not produce one success…”

Fors briefly explained the characteristics, abilities, and negative effects of Leymano’s Travels. As they listened, the eyes of Justice Audrey and the others gradually lit up.

They were no longer beginners in mysticism and the Beyonder world. It was not difficult for them to recognize the value of Miss Magician’s travel notebook. Without needing to discuss it, they all regarded it as half a divine artifact.

This is a little like a Shepherd, and like Creeping Hunger. It can use Beyonder abilities from many different pathways, but without such severe negative effects, and it even has a chance to record demigod abilities… drawing one’s own blood…

As Justice Audrey thought this, she suddenly grew a little frightened and drew her hand back.

As the daughter of a great noble, she had hardly suffered any injuries from childhood to adulthood. Therefore, pain inspired in her a strong fear born from the unknown.

Taking advantage of Fors’s pause, Audrey raised her hand slightly.

“Miss Magician, how much money do you wish to exchange it for?”

Audrey believed that her father, Earl Hall, could also recognize the value of Leymano’s Travels and would not refuse to reimburse her. Thus, she planned to fully satisfy Fors’s demands.

She must be very short on money lately. Otherwise, she would not be selling such an important and practical mystical item… Audrey thought with a touch of sympathy, considering whether she should voluntarily offer more.

Damn it… Why couldn’t she wait until I return from that primitive island before selling it…

The Hanged Man Alger also felt intense interest in Leymano’s Travels, but right now, he simply could not scrape together enough money or materials to purchase such a mystical item.

To ordinary people, 1,300 pounds was wealth they might not accumulate in ten or twenty years. Yet compared to something at Leymano’s Travels’ level, it was very far off.

It is worth at least ten thousand pounds. If it met a Beyonder backed by a major force, selling it for more than thirty thousand pounds wouldn’t be strange… Alger’s gaze swept over Miss Justice, who had just asked the price, and the Hermit Cattleya, who had pushed up her glasses and was clearly about to enter the bidding. He could not help sighing inwardly, no longer believing this transaction might fail in the way he hoped and remain unsold until he returned from the primitive island.

Miss Justice is wealthy. The Hermit has the Queen of Mysteries and the Moses Ascetic Order; she is not lacking in money or resources either… Alger adjusted his sitting posture slightly, his expression calm and steady as he looked across the table.

The Moon Emlyn and the Sun Derrick were likewise interested in Leymano’s Travels, but that interest went no further. They knew very well that they lacked the ability to make a corresponding exchange.

Hearing Miss Justice’s question, Fors realized she seemed to have forgotten the most crucial point. She hurriedly added, “No, no. I am not selling it. I am renting it out.

“When any of you need it, you may rent it briefly for a period of time under Mr. Fool’s witness.”

Renting? It can be done like that?

At that moment, aside from the Fool, Klein, and the Sun, Derrick, the Hermit Cattleya and the others were visibly taken aback.

Without question, they knew what rental transactions were. But they had never imagined this could be applied to mystical items, much less that it would appear within the Tarot Club.

This seems very feasible… For every Tarot Club member, it would be quite useful, and the cost would be small enough to bear. Miss Magician, meanwhile, can accumulate many small payments into a considerable fortune. No, the most useful part is the recorded Beyonder abilities. Through this, she can gather different types of powers from different pathways, far more efficiently than if she searched for chances to record them alone!

The Hanged Man Alger quickly grasped the key point hidden within this rental model. Delighted, he asked, “How will it be rented?”

Leymano’s Travels corresponds to Sequence 6. Normally, its price should be about 5,000 pounds, but because of its special traits, it is worth at least 10,000… The Magician Fors had also accumulated a fair amount of experience inside the Tarot Club. After considering briefly, she said, “For each rental, the base fee is 300 pounds, with an additional 50 pounds for each extra day. When it is returned, you must ensure that the number of recorded Beyonder ability pages in the travel notebook is two pages more than when it was lent out. If there is only one blank page or no blank pages left when it is lent out, then filling the whole notebook will be sufficient.”

Two more pages, not two more kinds. In other words, the renter may freely use the Beyonder abilities in Leymano’s Travels. In the end, they only need to replenish the number of pages, without needing to provide the same type, only the same quantity.

Fifty pounds a day, fifteen hundred pounds a month… If possible, I could keep renting it indefinitely… Justice Audrey did a simple calculation.

The Hanged Man Alger felt a surge of excitement, though none of it appeared on his face. He said calmly, “I intend to rent it for two days, but the exact price still needs to be discussed. It should be adjusted somewhat based on the Beyonder abilities currently recorded in the notebook.”

This gave him much more confidence in the upcoming exploration of the primitive island.

“When do you intend to rent it?” Fors asked, pleased that business had appeared immediately.

“Two days between this weekend and next weekend. The exact dates remain to be determined,” Alger answered without hesitation.

The Magician Fors immediately frowned and spoke with a slightly timid tone.

“It has already been rented to Mr. World during that period.”

Rented to the World? When did that happen? The Hanged Man Alger looked toward the very bottom of the long bronze table in slight astonishment.

He then understood, believing that the agreement must have been reached during the private exchange between the World and the Magician just now.

Why would they make such an agreement? Miss Magician had no reason to tell him first about renting out the mystical item… Did they have private contact? Another transaction? What kind of contact or transaction could they have… Mm, Miss Magician previously commissioned someone to assassinate a divine envoy of the Aurora Order. The World accepted the mission. That divine envoy’s specialty was recording others’ Beyonder abilities and using them once. Heh, that matches Leymano’s Travels… Has the World already succeeded? Miss Magician therefore owes him a debt she could not fully resolve, and now finally thought of this method to repay him?

Alger eliminated one possibility after another, finally feeling that he had found the truth.

Without anyone having heard the slightest rumor, the World, Gehrman Sparrow, had already easily hunted an Aurora Order divine envoy, one suspected to be Sequence 5!

This secretly alarmed the Hanged Man Alger, because he would soon be cooperating with the World.

Fortunately, Mr. Fool will witness the agreement… As His Blessed, Gehrman Sparrow will not violate an agreement reached before a god… Alger comforted himself silently and withdrew his gaze from the World.

At the same time, Justice Audrey and the Hermit Cattleya also began from the many transactions between Mr. World and Miss Magician. They thought of the Aurora Order divine envoy and of his Beyonder abilities, which were close to Leymano’s Travels. Almost simultaneously, they guessed that perhaps the World had completed the task, and that renting the magic book formed part of that transaction.

The Moon Emlyn did not think about those matters. His attention was focused entirely on the fact that it could not be borrowed this weekend or next week.

In other words, I can borrow it during the earlier days of this week? If I have this travel notebook to help me, those two believers of the Primordial Moon will not pose any threat…

Emlyn glanced left and right. He was anxious inwardly, but on the surface, he said leisurely, “May I rent it for today and tomorrow?”

“Four hundred pounds, plus two extra pages of Beyonder abilities,” the Magician Fors quoted directly.

The Moon Emlyn nodded lightly.

“First, roughly introduce what Beyonder abilities have already been recorded. If they are of no use to me, I hope the price can be lowered, because I will also need to spend time recording.”

The Magician Fors flipped through Leymano’s Travels and began giving a somewhat vague introduction.

“Door Opening”… “Black Curtain”… “Trip”… “Teleportation”… “Lightning Strike”… “Float”… “Flight”… “Wind Blade”… Huh, why are there so many Beyonder abilities from the Storm domain? Has the World used it already? Did he record Sea God’s corresponding Beyonder abilities from Mr. Fool? Once I return to a place with a church, I’ll need to investigate what has happened recently in Backlund. That divine envoy should not have died without causing the slightest stir…

As the Hanged Man Alger listened, the thought of investigation naturally arose in his mind.