Pawnshop No. 1

The world knows only of Pawnshop No. 8, where desire is the stake and what is pawned is never redeemed. Few realize that the dark pawn system comprises nine pawnshops in total, numbered one through nine; No. 8 is merely the one closest to the mortal world and the subject of the most rumors. The protagonist, Shen Ye, is the owner of Pawnshop No. 1—No. 1 does not pawn worldly wishes, only "origin": No. 8 collects outcomes, No. 1 collects causes. And as he witnesses all beings through one horrifying transaction after another, he discovers that he himself is the "Item No. 1" of this dark system, and that in the end he must personally rewrite the very first contract of all things. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Pawnshop No. 1 — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠