Lord of the Mysteries: Key of Silver
Chapter 168

The Deeply Calculating Adults

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After "The Sun" Derrick finished speaking, "The Magician" Fors asked:

"What do you need?"

Derrick immediately replied, "The Sequence 7 Solar High Priest potion formula from the Bard Pathway."

"Um..." After a brief pause, "The Magician" Fors tactfully reminded him:

"They're not equivalent."

Derrick hurriedly said, "I can give you two Spirit Eater's Stomachs."

Fors: ...

That was equivalent, all right, but I didn't need two!

Fors nearly went into a fit in her mind. Just as she was about to turn him down, Cyril suddenly spoke up:

"I can provide you with the Solar High Priest potion formula. You only need to pay the number of pounds it would cost to buy a Spirit Eater's Stomach."

"As for you, Mr. Sun, you can trade two Spirit Eater's Stomachs with me for the potion formula. I can buy the extra material anyway."

"No problem." "The Magician" Fors wholeheartedly agreed with the suggestion.

That way, she would get the material, Mr. Sun would get the Solar High Priest formula, and only Mr. Fate would buy a material he couldn't use.

"The Sun" Derrick understood that Cyril was helping him complete the deal, and nodded gratefully to him.

"All right. Thank you, Mr. Fate."

Cyril nodded slightly. "Just let me know when you've prepared the materials and the money."

Buying one Spirit Eater's Stomach wouldn't be a loss for him, either. He could find an opportunity to sell it to someone from the Abraham Family later. They would definitely be willing to buy a potion ingredient below Sequence 7.

After their discussion, "The Hanged Man" Alger considered his words before saying:

"I recently took on an investigation assignment. I was wondering whether any of you had heard anything about it."

"Over the past two or three years, on the Southern Continent, in

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