Derrick immediately perked up and said, "I can help you collect a Human-Skin Shadow characteristic. It's one of the monsters commonly encountered in the darkness. There should be one in the City of Silver's storerooms. I can exchange the merit I earned on this expedition for it."
"All right. Then what do you need, Mr. Sun?"
"I need the Solar High Priest formula and its ingredients."
Klein made the World smile. "As it happens, I should be able to obtain its formula soon, including the subsequent Sequence 6 Notary and Sequence 5 Priest of Light formulas, as well as a Priest of Light Beyonder characteristic."
Creeping Hunger had Grazed a Priest of Light's soul. Klein planned to release these souls one by one later, and he could use Spirit Channeling to ask for the formulas first when the time came.
Derrick immediately said in delighted surprise, "Then I'll get you the Human-Skin Shadow characteristic as soon as possible!"
Klein hesitated before saying, "The market price of a Human-Skin Shadow characteristic is around 2,000 pounds, but the Solar High Priest formula should cost less than 1,000 pounds, so..."
Derrick said without hesitation, "Then I'll save the difference and use it toward the Notary formula later."
"All right."
Once the two reached an agreement, Alger the Hanged Man spoke. "I've already bought the Deep Sea Naga's hair. We can make the exchange after the Tarot Club gathering. Six hundred pounds."
"No problem!"
Klein quickly calculated inwardly. After buying the Deep Sea Naga's hair, I'll barely have any money left. Luckily, I can exchange formulas for the Human-Skin Shadow characteristic. Otherwise... how long would it take me to earn 2,000 pounds?
*Sigh, I spent so much time helping Prince Edessak investigate that maid, but not only did I fail to earn a single