Five Pages of Roselle's Diary

Odys's intelligence for everyone explained in detail what Beyonder Characteristics were and mentioned a little about the Beyonder Characteristic Conservation Law and the Beyonder Characteristic Aggregation Law.

Xio immediately felt that her money had been well spent. This was obviously highly advanced intelligence, yet it had been sold here for just over twenty pounds.

What she did not know was that her good friend Fors had just learned this intelligence at the Tarot Club and was currently racking her brains over how to tell her naturally.

For a time, the members who had received the intelligence fell silent in the living room, because they immediately realized one thing: Beyonders were walking gold pounds.

According to the intelligence provided by the "Leader," Beyonder Characteristics were expensive and could even replace the main ingredients of potions. Therefore, even if two Beyonders held no grudge against each other, if one set their sights on the other's Beyonder Characteristic, a life-and-death battle could very well break out.

Immediately afterward, they became wary of the people around them, but then remembered that this gathering was fairly reliable and relaxed slightly.

They soon grew suspicious of several Beyonders they usually interacted with, but then breathed a sigh of relief, because only a limited number of people knew this knowledge.

Having acquired this knowledge first was equivalent to gaining a tremendous advantage.

While this transaction was underway, other intelligence trades continued as well.

One piece of intelligence caught Odys's attention. Blair, a wealthy merchant in Backlund, had issued a highly paid commission: ride in a carriage he provided and wander through Backlund on the night of a Full Moon.

It was said that the wealthy merchant had suddenly wanted to conduct an experiment to see whether there was a greater chance of encountering ghosts and monsters during a Full Moon.

Only Beyonders could accept this task, and many members expressed their disappointment. They had originally wanted to earn that money.

It looked like a wealthy merchant throwing around his money to study something ridiculous.

However, with his extensive intelligence experience, Odys immediately sensed that there was something unusual about it and further guessed that it might be related to the Rose School.

First of all, the specific condition of a "Full Moon" brought Werewolves and Vampires to mind.

But Odys then recalled that Sharron and Klein had just clashed with the Indulgence Faction of the Rose School. Sharron and Maric would certainly be hiding recently, and perhaps clues about them could only be found during a Full Moon.

After all, there was only one Scarlet Lunar Corona. Either Sharron or Maric would use it, and one of them would become extremely weak during a Full Moon. Strange phenomena might very well occur around wherever they were hiding.

Odys did not show any concern over the matter, but he had already decided that he would go directly to the Backlund Mechanical Research Society later and tell Max this intelligence and his speculation.

After another half hour or so of trading, everyone's intelligence had been bought, sold, and exchanged.

During the final stage of the gathering, Giraffe said that he had acquired some "notes by Emperor Roselle" and wanted to sell them to the Leader.

Odys picked up the notes and roughly sorted through them. There were eighteen pages in total, all of which looked somewhat yellowed. He took out nine of them. "The symbols on these pages are similar to the notes displayed at the memorial exhibition. They're fakes."

What he collected were Emperor Roselle's "relics," so he did not want copied material.

He then picked out another four pages. "There is a problem with the paper on these four. They're fakes too."

In truth, the sentences were incoherent. One look was enough to tell that they had been forged.

Giraffe remarked, "I didn't expect you to have such unique insight and judgment when it comes to antiques as well."

Odys smiled. "I'll take these five pages. Ten pounds per page."

That was indeed a good price. Generally speaking, a handwritten copy of one page of Roselle's Notes could sell for one or two pounds. If it was genuine, the price would be between five and eight pounds.

But in order to make it seem like he was offering a high price, Odys paid a little extra. In any case, it was not his own money.

Afterward, others brought Roselle's "relics" to trade with Odys as well. Odys was not in the antique business, so naturally he could not tell whether they were genuine.

He could only use divination to determine it. At the Mystery Pryer stage, the results Odys obtained through Astrological Divination were about on par with those of a Seer.

But that was limited to Astrological Divination. Unless he had the assistance of a ritual, the results of other types of divination were far inferior to those of a Seer.

After Odys advanced to Melee Scholar, his divination ability improved slightly.

More precisely, it was not his divination ability that had improved, but his spirituality had grown stronger, making his divination results a little more accurate than before.

The results for overly complicated divinations were still extremely vague, but distinguishing genuine items from fakes was still manageable.

Out of the many "relics," Odys spent only eighty pounds to purchase a fountain pen that Emperor Roselle had once used.

It was a fountain pen with Intis-style carvings on its cap. Unexpectedly, it could still be used after more than a century.

After confirming that there were no more genuine items, Odys announced the end of the gathering.

He returned to the basement at 77 Hilton Avenue, in the southern part of Green Park.

After removing his mask and cloak, he became Odys, the herbal shop owner, once more.

This time, Odys simply took a hired carriage to the Backlund Mechanical Research Society.

Only in the carriage did he take out the five pages of diary and begin reading them:

May 12

Today, Bishop Van Estin and I discussed what the Savant Pathway truly represented. Only after the discussion ended did I realize that it was quite helpful for my acting.

Every Pathway seemed to have a core meaning. No matter which Sequence one was acting, it seemed impossible to stray too far from that core meaning.

For example, the Savant Pathway I belonged to enhanced one's abilities in learning, comprehension, and practical application. It allowed one to recall everything one had previously seen related to knowledge.

Sequence 8, Archaeologist, also relied on one's learning to arrive at conclusions.

Further along, although the professions involved differed, the qualitative changes brought by my potions all seemed to strengthen learning and the application of knowledge, especially the use of knowledge. This gave me extremely strong hands-on ability, which was my greatest difference from a Reader.

What about the other Pathways? Did they also have such a core meaning? For example, perhaps the core meaning of the Mystery Pryer Pathway was "knowledge itself," meaning that all acting could not depart from the concept of "knowledge"?

What about the Hunter Pathway? Could it not be separated from an Ironclad Tough Guy? Hahaha, that makes me think of that idiot Florent again.

After reading this page of the diary, Odys vaguely remembered that Florent was a member of the Sauron Family, which controlled the Hunter Pathway.

One of his ancestors had supposedly once been a woman, only to become an Iron-Blooded True Man upon reaching Sequence 4. Roselle had wanted to use this to mock that nobleman on several occasions.

Odys slowly nodded. Roselle occasionally pondered rather profound things as well.

For instance, this diary entry served as a reminder to Odys that even as a Melee Scholar, he should not stray from the core meaning of "knowledge" while acting.