hotmtlnovel Chapter 23 Happiness Came Too Suddenly
Chapter 23 Happiness Came Too Suddenly
Dear Ms. Wall:
I've read the latest volume of *Stormy Mountain Villa*, and it's as engaging as ever. I've read it five times already, and the image of Lady Sissi remains vivid in my mind.
I'm sorry I haven't written to you lately. You may have already heard that my family has recently experienced a major upheaval, and I've been struggling to make ends meet.
In my spare time, only your books can give me some comfort. If it may be offensive, I would like to ask you a question regarding the creation of literary works.
Reading your work has given me comfort, inspiration, and a passion for writing. I also want to try being a writer. I have some inspiration... (mainly from the settings of some anime or novels I've watched).
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(Polite remarks)
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I hope to get your guidance.
Your fans and friends
Lorne Disenke
"I hope this way of writing is okay."
Lying on the hotel desk, Lorne finished writing the letter, put it in an envelope, filled in the address, affixed a stamp, and handed it to Lachi.
"Latchie, please put it in the mailbox for me, the one by the hotel entrance," Lorne said, pointing to a mailbox on the first floor outside the window.
Laki drooped her ears, seemingly reluctant, but still picked up the envelope and went downstairs.
Lorne wrote this letter out of necessity. His financial situation had deteriorated to a point where he had no income and only expenses.
He even considered wearing that monocle to Diagon Alley or other flea markets to find bargains.
But after experiencing it firsthand, he found that the gap between reality and his imagination was much larger than he had anticipated. First of all, Tingen was a small place with little air of nobility, and it was rare to encounter the kind of good fortune of impoverished nobles selling their property at rock-bottom prices.
Secondly, using a single lens for authentication consumes too much energy; multiple authentications would deplete Lorne's spirituality, which is why he dares not use it for extended periods.
The best way to improve one's spirituality is to continue to advance, but this leads to a vicious cycle.
To get promoted, you need money; to get money, you need to get a monocle appraisal to find a bargain; to use a monocle for a long time, you need more spirituality; and to get more spirituality, you can only get promoted.
Therefore, Lorne could only try to leverage his advantage as a transmigrator and use the knowledge in his mind that did not belong to this world to generate income.
His first thought was to go back to his old profession and make inventions related to machinery.
However, the technology in this world is still at the level of steam engines, which is far behind that of the original world.
Even the most outdated textbooks in the original world contained knowledge about gasoline engines.
This is also what puzzled Lorne; it seems that there is no such thing as oil in this world.
Logically speaking, hundreds of years have passed since Russell improved the steam engine. In the original world, maglev trains would have already been developed, but this world is still stubbornly sticking to the steam engine.
Furthermore, Lorne didn't know much about the mechanical industry in this world, and he didn't have anyone to consult, so he had to put the idea aside for the time being.
Lorne then chose the alternative plan of learning from Russell to become a plagiarist.
Although Russell copied many works, there were always some left over. Besides, plagiarism is considered one of the standard professions for time travelers, so he was just following tradition.
Because he frequently read time-travel novels before his transmigration, Lorne knew how to become a plagiarist and the general process involved.
The only problem now is that he doesn't quite understand the publishing process of works in this world and people's reading preferences.
So he wrote a letter to his female pen pal, hoping to get professional guidance.
"Although the original owner didn't really like her work, her letters were mostly encouraging and praising."
"She probably doesn't know what the original owner was thinking, so giving her some guidance shouldn't be a problem, right?" Lorne thought uncertainly.
"But writing a book takes time. Is there any way to make money quickly?" Lorne muttered to himself.
"Meow~" Laki, who was lying on the bed, glanced at Lorne and then closed her eyes to sleep again.
Actually, there are ways to make money quickly, it all boils down to one word—gambling, but Lorne wouldn't dare to do that.
He had a bad luck before he transmigrated, and after transmigrating, one unlucky thing after another happened. If he really played like this, he would probably lose so much that he would have to pawn his clothes in less than one night.
"That's really wishful thinking."
He turned his head and glanced at the box of ingenious plans by the window, and his expression suddenly changed.
The "Miracle Box" claims to tell you the steps to solve any problem, so could it just tell me how to make a lot of money...? Lorne suddenly had an unrealistic idea.
"Oh, what am I thinking? How could there be such a good thing?" Although he said that, Lorne's gaze remained fixed on the wooden box.
"The negative effects of this box are still unclear. Trying it rashly might be..." Lorne had already arrived in front of the wooden box.
"I should be more rational..." His hand was already on the lid of the box.
"Is there a way to make money quickly...?" Lorne asked, looking at the box in front of him.
As before, the box began to tremble slightly after hearing the question.
About two seconds later, the lid of the box opened by itself.
Just like the previous two times, a document appeared out of thin air inside, which read:
"Put on your monocle and flip through the old books you bought before."
"An ancient book? The one I bought in Diagon Alley?" Lorne frowned. The contents of that book were written in some special script that he couldn't understand at all.
"The monocle doesn't seem to have any translation or interpretation capabilities, does it?" Lorne had used it to look at some ancient books with unclear text when he went to the flea market to try and find a bargain, but it didn't do anything; it could only display the age and value.
The most practical example is that Lorne once used it to look up Russell's diary, but did not get the corresponding interpretation.
"Fine, I'll give it a try." Lorne pulled out the book, put on his monocle, infused it with his spirituality, and began to read it.
"So you still can't understand it after all."
"Like this Sequence 9: The Diviner, it's completely incomprehensible..." Lorne pointed to a page in the book.
!!!
Wait, what is that?!
Recovering from the shock, Lorne quickly looked down and continued to look down.
Main ingredients: 10 ml of Lava octopus blood + 50 g of star crystal.
辅助材料：100毫升纯水+13滴夜香草汁液+7片金薄荷叶子+3滴毒堇汁+9克龙血草。
This is actually a potion recipe!
After finishing this page, Lorne was still in shock and instinctively turned to the next page.
Sequence 8: The Joker
Main materials: One adult Hornages Grey Goat unicorn crystal + one complete human face rose.
辅助材料：纯水80毫升+曼陀罗汁液5滴+黑边太阳花粉末7克+金斗篷草粉末10克+毒堇汁3滴。
Sequence 7: The Magician
Main materials...
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Turning the page further on, you encounter even more incomprehensible text.
But this information was enough to shock Lorne.
There were three potion recipes in total, and they were all from the same source.
If it's true, how much would it be worth!
Happiness came too suddenly. Lorne felt dizzy and disoriented. If he hadn't been supporting himself on the table, he probably would have collapsed to the ground.
"Wait, what exactly is this notebook?"