The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 383 Illustrated Guide to Body Structure

Upon hearing this, Lilith suddenly felt that the vampire tooth pendant was ordinary and didn't appeal to her anymore, so she put it down.

"Eh? What is this?"

She looked at the largest gold ornament on the stall.

“This is the thing that dragons cannot live without before they hatch.” Faye said, looking at Moran.

Moran: "The egg troughs used by the dragon race to store dragon eggs. Dragon eggs cannot move, so they cannot be separated from the egg troughs."

"..."

Lilith immediately withdrew her hand, her eyes scanning the stall before she picked up a book and asked with some curiosity, "What about this one?"

The book she's carrying can't be anything weird, right?

"Hmm... This is a goblin body structure appreciation book from several hundred years ago, it's out of print! The one the clan has now is different from the one I have here."

This set of books is absolutely essential reading for any witch before she decides to reproduce.

"If you're interested in this kind of thing, I don't recommend this one. There are also books about humans, elves, angels, and mermaids, as well as dragons and demons, but they're a bit more extreme and the experience isn't as good. I suggest you start with the human book to get used to it," Faye said.

At this moment, Moran did not notice anything amiss.

Because the book is indeed titled "A Pictorial Guide to the Anatomy of XX Body Structure".

She thought it was an anatomy book or a biology book.

When Lilith curiously opened the "Illustrated Guide to Human Body Structure" and saw the very realistic illustrations inside, Moran slammed the book shut: "Your eyes are dirty, don't look!"

That's not some kind of book on anatomical appreciation! It's clearly a live sex show!

It's actually part of a series, with protagonists from each race.

The art style is so realistic!
Who would publish a picture book like this for no reason?!

Moran glanced at it and realized, wow, the author was the same person, and she even recognized the name.

Helena is the witch Shana's mother admires most, the most powerful mind witch!

The author's name on the book was still in handwritten witch script, the same font as on "The Mind Witch's Magic Book," so Moran couldn't even admit he'd made a mistake.

Their commotion was probably too loud, because other witches came to investigate and found this pile of books:

"Hey? Faye, you've collected the complete original edition of Ms. Helena's 'Complete Illustrated Guide to Body Structure'?"

"I just found the Dragon Clan's copy a couple of years ago. How about it? Want it? I've already had someone fix the transcription technique. 100 gem coins for the whole set!"

Under Moran's astonished and bewildered gaze, the witch happily copied the entire set of books into her own witch's book.

Noticing Moran and Lilith, she added with a smile, "Lady Moran and Lady Lilith have reached the age where they're interested in procreation! Witches should be extra careful when it comes to romance, and be sure to keep their identities hidden!"

Moran, whose mind was only focused on becoming stronger: "..."

Who's interested in reproduction?

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She turned to look at Lilith, her eyes dangerous. "Don't look at me. I have no interest in procreation! Being a witch is too dangerous! Finding a partner is like playing with your life!" Lilith said.

Her witch mother and father had a good relationship, but it took her mother hundreds of years to find such a compatible and loyal partner.

Her innate talents are still waiting for her to develop; she doesn't have time for this.

Moran breathed a slight sigh of relief: "You're right. Our identity as witches is too sensitive. All intimate relationships outside of witches need to be handled with utmost care. We can't act recklessly! Foreigners aren't like witches; their souls are special and their character is guaranteed!"

Lilith nodded emphatically.

Moran then looked at Ms. Faye: "Is this really a picture book by Helena, the author of 'The Book of Mindful Witches'? Does the clan association even have it?" Moran felt that she might still lack some understanding of witches.

“I never lie to witches,” Faith said. “You are all adults now, and you can find books on reproduction in the clan library.”

However, my set of books existed before the clan association even existed. The clan association's collection is the newer version, and the new version has a different style from the old one.

Moran: "..."

She may not know enough about witches.

On the other hand, the witches talk about procreation and love as casually as they talk about what they want to eat today, completely according to their own preferences. The clan even has a book of pictures related to these topics. Isn't that a kind of confidence and freedom?
Moran knew that this was her experience and memory as a human being influencing her again.

Human women's shame about the reproductive process and their bodies is not something worth passing down or continuing.

It's good that the witches aren't around.

She shouldn't have it either.

At Ms. Faye's stall, Moran and Lilith ultimately couldn't find anything they wanted to buy.

The most valuable thing she has is probably that set of picture books about the anatomy of various races; the rest are just trinkets, barely better than junk in their place of origin.

Just as she was about to take her leave, Faye suddenly took out a {Management Card}: "Moran, isn't the revenue sharing for the cards listed here a bit unreasonable? The commission is too high, isn't it?"

“Yeah, yeah!” Cheryl also took out the {Management Card} she had received: “Everyone knows how rare original knowledge and works are. They should be the key to the successful creation of cards, right? Only taking 10% of the profits from unique knowledge is too little!”

“They say it’s based on the investment ratio, but in reality, you pay for all the card production costs, and we only contribute our unique knowledge. Isn’t that 90% for you and 10% for us? I think it should be at least 30%! That’s pure profit sharing, and you could make a lot even with 50%!” Faye said.

Moran actually felt somewhat gratified.

Good heavens! Or did a witch really do seriously calculate and consider the profit-sharing issue?

Her math book and her suggestion for Ms. Amisa to teach math classes weren't entirely wasted.

“Um… Moran, don’t make that face…” Cheryl said.

She's haggling, haggling! Why does Moran look like she's gotten a great price?
"I'm glad you think 10% profit is too little, but that's not how you calculate it. I don't agree to change the profit split!" Moran said with a smile, delivering her harshest words:
"It's fine to split profits according to the investment ratio, right? I can take 90% of the profits because I bear all the card production costs. Only I have the ability to make cards. Can you do that?"
Your unique knowledge may create many competing cards, but I am the only one who can create cards.

The low cost and high profit are due to my card-making ability, not your knowledge!

"A 10% profit margin is the maximum."

It would be a huge loss to give witches who can create cards by providing materials only once 20% of the profits, while witches who need to use their own magic to process semi-finished cards each time to obtain cards also only receive 20%.

Unless they, like witches, can also contribute to the card-making process, they are unlikely to receive a larger share of the profits.