"Hmm, this one is quite good."
In the dimly lit room, Shade, who had been keeping his head lowered, suddenly spoke. He used a pencil to place a checkmark beside "Satiety Feast," then handed over the pencil, the note, and eleven pounds in cash. The library's transaction commission was paid by the party selling the item, so Shade did not need to consider that.
The sound of a door opening came from behind the partition. After waiting a full half hour, the other party finally returned and passed a book through the hole in the wall. Its title was You Can Too: Simple Cooking for Mutton Stew.
The cookbook was very thick but unusually light. Only after opening it did Shade discover that its interior had been hollowed out, containing the specific information and materials needed to learn the thaumaturgy. He carefully checked it under the light and, after confirming there was no problem, stood up to leave.
But the man behind the wooden partition called out to him again:
"Since this is your first time at the library, do you know about what happened at Lake View Manor last weekend?"
Shade was startled inwardly, but his expression remained unchanged.
"I heard about it. I heard that the Masked Man Under the Silver Moon kicked down half of Lake View Manor's main residence with one kick under the moonlight."
He deliberately gave false information, and as expected, he was corrected.
"Your information is probably wrong. What I heard was that the man evaporated nearly half of Schluch Lake with one kick."
After providing even more questionable information, the man said to Shade:
"This is your first time here, so you probably don't know that we also buy intelligence. Information about that person is very valuable right now. If you have