After receiving the 450 pounds in cash that Miss Magician had paid through the Fool's sacrifice and bestowal, Angel's savings finally surpassed 3,500 pounds. This was the largest sum of money she had personally held since receiving 3,200 pounds from Eye of Wisdom.
With stacks of banknotes lying around the room, she could not even sleep soundly. Early the next morning, she immediately went to the nearest Backlund Bank and deposited most of the cash into her anonymous account, keeping only some loose change for emergencies.
With her wallet bulging and nowhere to spend money for the moment, Angel thought again of the Beyonder weapon Kavi had mentioned. Its asking price happened to be 3,500 pounds as well. An amount that had seemed unattainable just last week could now be hers if she emptied her wallet, which tempted her greatly.
"Just empty my wallet..."
Sitting in the Divination Club, Angel murmured as she took a sip of the complimentary coffee. After tasting the Saint Derest Mountain Coffee from Audrey's home, this cheap coffee, heavy with the burnt flavor of roasting, no longer appealed to her. Unfortunately, neither she nor the club could afford coffee beans imported from Feynapotter, so they could only make do.
"If I really buy that weapon, I'll be penniless again. Back when I first arrived in Backlund, I still had the 50 pounds Madame Arianna gave me..."
Shaking her head with a bitter smile, Angel opened the newspaper before her and fully enjoyed all the benefits she could receive for free as a club member.
After advancing to Sequence 6, she no longer needed to continue acting as a Witch, making her time at the Divination Club seem somewhat boring and wasteful. But since she had paid the annual membership fee, she naturally had to make