章 163: Multiple Transactions

A new Roselle diary? Klein's mind jolted as he gently knocked on the table. The four pages that Audrey and Ebner had finished writing suddenly vanished and appeared in The Fool's hands.

However, he didn't immediately watch it. Instead, he asked with a smile,

"Very good. Miss Justice, Mr. Tower, what do you need?"

Before Ebner could say a word, Audrey's eyes lit up as she said,

"As you know, I'm about to finish digesting the Spectator potion, and I obtained the Telepathist potion formula from Mr. Tower… However, I only found one of the main ingredients in my family's treasure vault. I wish to know the clues to the other main ingredient, the Rainbow Salamander's pituitary gland… Hmm, I know that the contents of these two pages aren't much, and it might not match the value of the clues to the Telepathist's main ingredient. I'll give you a few more pages. Yes, I'll also pay you an additional sum…"

As Xio and Fors already had clues to the other Roselle diary pages and were working hard to obtain them, Audrey didn't find it difficult to take out a few more pages.

However, before she could finish her sentence, she suddenly felt that something was wrong. She couldn't help but curse herself in her heart.

Mr. Fool was a god-level figure, how could he be interested in vulgar money!

Therefore, Audrey couldn't maintain her Spectator state as she hurriedly added with a stutter,

"That's not what I meant! Mr. Fool, what I meant was that you can specify the compensation you want. Yes, that's it!"

Ebner tried his best to maintain his emotions so that it wouldn't be noticed by Klein, who was using his Spirit Vision, despite the intense fluctuations. However, he still chuckled inwardly.

"Miss Audrey, I'm guessing that Mr. Fool must really like your suggestion. He might even be fabricating a Blessed who lacks money…"

At that moment, Klein hadn't thought that far ahead. He was more troubled because how could he know the clues to the Rainbow Salamander's pituitary gland? Could he rely on divination?

No, that was the last resort because there might not be an outcome… He had to think of an excuse to deal with it first…

But at that moment, Alger suddenly said, "I know where to find the Rainbow Salamander, but this information isn't cheap."

Audrey immediately looked over, but she quickly restrained her surprise and asked reservedly, "What do you want?"

"I want 200 gold pounds or clues to the Tree of Elders' tree's heart," Alger said in thought.

The latter naturally wanted to exchange for the Wind-blessed formula with Ebner. As Detective Isengard lacked this material, Ebner didn't take back his request at the Tarot Club.

A clue to the heart of the Tree of Elders? I know that. It's in the junk pile beside me… Unfortunately, the "tower" was stored here. If I were to take it out, I might be exposed on the spot.

Klein mocked himself in an optimistic manner.

However, he soon recalled some of the content in the Feast of Blood. It seemed to mention that there was a Tree of Elders planted on Pasu Island, Esala, and Trier…

Therefore, after some thought, Klein tapped the edge of the ancient table with his finger before Audrey could speak.

Seeing that everyone's attention was on him, he smiled and said,

"I know where the Tree of Elders is.

"I'll give Mr. Hanged Man the clues to the Tree of Elders, while Mr. Hanged Man will inform Miss Justice of the clues to the Telepathist potion's main ingredient. As for Miss Justice, she will give me the newly obtained Roselle diary in the Tarot Club once or twice. That way, the transaction will be completed."

Audrey originally thought that it wouldn't be a problem to spend 200 pounds to buy clues, but since Mr. Fool had given her a suggestion, she suppressed the urge to directly pay for it. She smiled faintly and said,

"I have no objections."

"Neither do I." Alger hesitated for a moment before nodding. However, he seemed to recall something and added, "However, I wish to communicate privately during the transaction."

With that said, he casually glanced at "Tower" beside him, thinking that if "Tower" knew the clues to the Tree of Elders, he might not need to find it…

Klein didn't refuse. He knew that Tower had already finished reading the Feast of Blood. What if he found out that he was doing the same thing? Therefore, excluding him from this three-way transaction was naturally necessary.

Only Audrey looked at Mr. Tower worriedly. She felt that Mr. Tower had always been sharing knowledge and information for free. It wasn't good for them to exclude him…

However, she saw that Mr. Fool didn't object. After some hesitation, she didn't raise any objections.

As for Ebner, who was excluded from the three-way deal, he didn't show any reaction. He could guess what Klein was trying to use to trick Alger. After all, he had seen the Feast of Blood. The locations of the Tree of Elders mentioned were all near the headquarters of the Lord of Storms, the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, and the Eternal Blazing Sun… Even if he knew, how many people could obtain it?

And knowing Alger's cunning personality, Ebner guessed that it was impossible for him to tell Audrey the exact coordinates of the island with the Rainbow Salamander. At most, he would tell her the general location… Audrey was a noble lady. So what if she knew which island had the materials she wanted? This was probably information that didn't have much practical value.

Finally, the two pages of the diary that Justice handed to Klein were actually the two pages where the Demoness took the initiative to visit and the Emperor complained that the Sanguine didn't give him a beauty. There was also very little information in them…

However, in a sense, this was really an equivalent exchange!

While Ebner was lost in his own thoughts, the other three completed the transaction in private.

Miss Audrey used her Spectator powers to try her best to hide her dissatisfaction. She felt that she might as well ask Mr. Fool for information. Mr. Hanged Man was truly dishonest.

But on second thought, since Mr. Fool has tacitly agreed to this transaction, it means that it's indeed of equal value… Perhaps, the contents of Roselle's diary that Fors received aren't important? Is that why it's only worth such imprecise information?

Thankfully, among the locations of the islands that The Hanged Man gave, there are a few places that aren't too far from where Alfred served… Perhaps I should write to him and ask? Miss Justice thought to herself.

As for The Hanged Man, he was deep in thought about the information regarding the Tree of Elders given by The Fool. He thought to himself, Why would the three deities that are hostile to each other nurture the Tree of Elders at the same time? Is there anything special about it? Or is there some deeper secret…

Klein carefully observed the two Tarot Club members. Seeing that they didn't suspect The Fool, he secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Then he looked apprehensively at Ebner, but he deliberately leaned back in his chair and asked in a flat tone, "What do you want this time, Tower?"

"Honorable Mr. Fool, can I accumulate my contributions to you first?" Ebner thought that he might not put too many things into the gray fog in the future, so he felt that it was better to give some benefits first.

The Fool nodded gently and smiled calmly. "Sure."

Thankfully, Tower didn't give me any problems this time…

With this in mind, Klein was in a good mood. He picked up the two diary pages handed over by Miss Justice and cast his gaze over.

"15th January, a Witch of Calamity delivered herself… Could it be that you really don't care about meat anymore?"

"…What right do you have to support the Night Emperor and support a beautiful queen, while I only have a rough man!"

Klein's eyes glazed over as the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily. He deeply felt that he had underestimated Roselle.

As for Audrey and Alger, they realized at the same time that Mr. Fool's gaze was fixed on the first diary entry. "He" was actually reading each word extremely seriously?

"Does it record something important? I really want to know… But who submitted this page? Mr. Tower? Hmm, judging from Mr. Fool's attitude towards the transaction, the two pages I submitted shouldn't have any important information… As expected of Mr. Tower!"

Audrey thought to herself.