Chapter 154 – Too Conservative

Chapter 154 – Too Conservative

Back then, Lilith had come to the rescue under the guise of a senior student, teaching Mo Lan how to practice Culinary Magic.

Now her junior could simultaneously control two or three cooking utensils while still having the spare attention to chat with her.

Even with Sorceress Magic, her junior had beaten her to the punch, not only figuring it out first but designing it so well that Lilith, as the senior, couldn’t help but seek her advice.

Her junior’s rate of growth was nothing short of astonishing.

While Lilith was still marveling at Mo Lan’s progress over the academic year, Mo Lan had already turned her attention to her senior’s Sorceress Magic:

“Senior, I remember you mentioned before that your Bloodthirst Needle can analyze and fuse blood, allowing you to beneficially modify your own body—is that right?”

“That’s correct,” Lilith confirmed.

“Then it probably wouldn’t be well-suited for a gacha-style model like mine,” Mo Lan said. “My Card Magic’s multifunctional magic light screen is powered by the Book of Cards’ ability to create and store cards.

That card album itself is the core of the magic. Your Bloodthirst Needle, senior, probably can’t replicate that.”

Lilith nodded, unsurprised.

Though she envied Mo Lan’s Card Magic, she had never expected to copy it outright. She only hoped to borrow Mo Lan’s clever mind for some ideas.

She was about to share her own thoughts when Mo Lan spoke up: “If you really wanted something like my system, senior, you could sign an authorization contract with me, granting me the rights to package your Sorceress Magic–related functions into cards for sale and list them in a corresponding card pool. I could share a portion of the card sales profits with you.”

Lilith’s mouth fell open into an O shape, her sharp little fangs fully exposed. “You can do that? How would that even work?”

“You’d sign a special Sorceress Magic contract with me, granting me not only the right to use your Sorceress Magic, but also the right to package your Sorceress Magic and produce it as cards.

I’d essentially become a sales channel for your Sorceress Magic.

I could even set up a card pool exclusively dedicated to your magic…”

Mo Lan had noticed earlier that the Sorceress Magic spells she’d learned—the Grimoire, the Golden Pen Technique, the Mailbox Technique, the Transcription Spell—couldn’t be made into corresponding cards.

It wasn’t that her Book of Cards was incapable of producing them; she simply didn’t have the authorization.

At the time, she had wondered: if a Sorceress granted her even a sliver of permission, could she then create them?

“Of course, these are just my speculations. Whether it would actually work is still an open question.

Besides, this kind of authorization is a level above mere usage rights, and I’m not sure whether allowing me to make cards from your magic would involve permissions over your exclusive Mana.” Mo Lan couldn’t guarantee success.

Lilith was absolutely beside herself with excitement, alright?

Just imagine—Mo Lan’s system having a card pool dedicated entirely to her. Other people pulling cards from it, and she gets a cut of the profits. How was that any different from a Mana-printing machine?

But the permissions over exclusive Mana were critically important. When it came to that, there was no room for carelessness.

Yet she didn’t know whether this kind of authorization would affect her control over her own exclusive Mana.

“How about… we ask the Headmistress?”

The two Amishas who had been watching over them: “…”

They weren’t Sorceresses—how would they know anything about this?

“Hold on. I’ll have my main body ask Lady Carmela for you. She’s been at the Witch Council recently.”

Lilith and Mo Lan: “(⊙o⊙)!” “You can actually ask a real Sorceress elder! Headmistress, you’re amazing!”

While waiting for Lady Amisha to help inquire, Lilith finally continued with what she had originally planned to say:

“Actually, I was going to start by telling you about my Sorceress Magic concept, so you could help me think about how to maximize its value. I didn’t expect you to think even bigger than me… I definitely came to the right person.”

“Go ahead, senior! Even if you can sell cards through my system, that’s just one more revenue stream. The main thing is still your Sorceress Magic itself,” Mo Lan said.

Lilith nodded:

“I was originally planning to follow the approach of the Sorceresses before me and split my Sorceress Magic into two spells: a blood analysis spell and a blood fusion spell.

To fuse blood, you’d first need to learn the blood analysis spell. The two are tightly bundled—if you buy one, you’d have to buy the other.

I did want to split them further, but the Bloodthirst Needle really only has these two functions. There’s nothing more to split out.

So my plan was to put more effort into tiering these two spells—setting up more magic levels where different tiers let you analyze and fuse different grades of blood, thereby increasing revenue. What do you think?”

Mo Lan listened, and had only one thought: “Senior, that’s still too conservative!”

“Huh?” Lilith was confused. “Conservative how?”

While she couldn’t match Mo Lan’s Card Magic, she felt she had already done her best. At least it was better than the Sorceresses of old who simply tiered their Sorceress Magic according to standard magic levels, right?

“Senior, your Bloodthirst Needle may only have two main functions—analysis and fusion—but as long as you have enough Mana, it can analyze ‘all’ blood!”

Mo Lan heavily emphasized the word “all”:

“Why don’t you design a separate Sorceress Magic spell for each type of blood? A Vampire blood fusion spell, an angel blood fusion spell, a demon blood fusion spell—how great would that be! However many Races exist in the world, that’s how many types of magic you could create. You’d never worry about not having enough Sorceress Magic spells to split out!

And within each Race, you can tier them too—a spell for fusing Apprentice-level Vampire blood, a spell for fusing Beginner-level Vampire blood…

Every single blood fusion spell is a path of limitless potential and tremendous power! Who knows, it might even give rise to corresponding extraordinary professions!

Senior, your exclusive Mana can genuinely enhance one’s strength—bundling it all together for sale is such a waste!

The ability to truly analyze and fuse all blood should remain in your hands alone!”

Lilith: “(°□°)!”

Mo Lan truly lived up to expectations! She hadn’t disappointed her one bit—it was like having the doors to a whole new world flung open.

In an instant, her Sorceress Magic went from having dim financial prospects to limitless financial potential!

“Moira! I’ll never call you a goblin again!”

Lilith declared solemnly: “With a mind like yours, you were born to be a Sorceress! Maybe it’s precisely because we’re so bad at business that Valen sent you to us!

Having you is our blessing!

I can’t even imagine—when the Sorceresses of past generations realize what they missed out on, will they regret being born so many years too early?”

Mo Lan was embarrassed by her senior’s praise. “Haha, it’s not that exaggerated! I’d honestly feel more comfortable if you kept calling me a shrewd merchant or a goblin, senior.”

At the end of the day, it was simply because witches had no math classes. Though witches believed in fair trade, their idea of fairness, built atop their dismal mathematical abilities, was merely what they assumed to be fair.

“I, for one, do have regrets.”

An unfamiliar voice rang out from behind them.